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good evening, in a surprise move the supreme court expanding gay harge in the u.s., ending delays in five sex unions, several more states are bound by the order, making marriage legal in 30 dates. randall pinkston joins us from washington. what does this mean for same-sex couples? >> for same-sex couples it good news. for others it is open. the supreme court had seven petitions on same-sex marriage, where the justices could decide whether all americans had a constitutional right to same text marriage. nor now it extents only to

people in certain -- extend only to people in certain jurisdictions. >> reporter: the wait is over. same-sex couples in virginia rush to get married hours after a surprise move which the supreme court. in indiana. >> we never expected this day to come. >> reporter: in utah and beyond, same-sex couples expecting a battle were shocked when the justices refused to review several case, effectively upholding law court rulings which overturned bans on same-sex marriage. >> it means families in you tea, finally have the -- utah, finally have the dignity, fairness and equality that the constitution affords to them, and that we fought hard for. >> the thought of waiting until june next year to find out was hard. the landmark ruling opened the door. the supreme court quoted parts

of the federal marriage act and federal courts used the ruling to strike down state bans on same-sex marriage. the major criterion is where the courts of appeal are split. there's no did the amongst the lower courts in favour of marriage equality and the requested, the correct idea that our constitution requires marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. pamela lee says it makes a difference for her and her fam hi. >> if one of us is killed in the loin line of duty, our supposes get the same benefitsar others. >> independeiana's prohibition same-sex marriage is final. same-sex marriage is now legal in indiana, and is required to go by the united states constitution. there's nothing that can be done

by way of an indiana constitutional amendment or law. >> the attorney. constitutional accountability center, which supports same-sex marriage says the supreme court's move does not resolve the issue for the nation. >> there are 20 states in the country where marriage equality is denied to gay men and lesbian. those people must be wondering how long it will wait, for the right to be recognised. >> opponentsful same-sex marriage -- opponents of same-sex marriage criticized the decision. senator ted cruz says nailure to take -- failure to take access is judicial activism at its worth, allowing the lower court ruling to stand is tragic and indefensible. >> a lot were surprised the supreme court did not take up the issue. i wonder how it affect the

states where same-sex marriage is illegal. >> the states covered by today's decision comprise three circuit of appeal areas. there's 11 circuit of court appeals. people in those areas will use the ruling today to challenge banning same-sex marriage, and if the full court follows suit -- federal court follows suit, you are likely to see more states where same-sex marriage will be legal. >> it will give them an avenue to pursue that as well. the supreme court decision not to hear appeals on gay marriage makes it legal in the majority of states in the country. let's look at what it means by the numbers. delays in gay marriage in finally, indiana, oklahoma, utah have not been eliminated, but it will be legal in six more states where appeals were pending.

those 11 join 19 where gay marriage was already legal, bringing the total to 30, plus a distribute of columbia. gays cannot get married in the remaining 20. public opinion has shifted to the state where the majority of americans approve of same-sex marriage. i spoke to jamie floyd earlier, and asked if she was surprised that the supreme court declined to take on the cases. >> i can't lie and say i'm not surprised. i'm in good company. almost all analysts expected them to take one of these cases. so, yes, i'm surprised, because these are really, really big, important cases. that's number one. number two. this is the chief justices 10th year as chief. we thought it would be a legacy moment for chief justice roberts, and number three, this

is the unusual part, this was a case were not only the losers, gay marriage opponents were asking the court to take the case, but the winners, gay marriage proponents were asking the court to take the case. both came to the court saying we want a definitive answer on gay marriage. we want to know do we have a right, do they have a right to get married. please take the case it's unprecedented that everyone on both sides of the issue asked the court to take the case. i thought they'd take it, everyone thought they would. >> do we have any idea - because they don't have to give a reason for not accepting the cases - do we know why they decided not to? >> they don't have to give a reason. it's highly confidential. i think it's a good guess. the first thing the court looks at when taking a case - this is why we were a little ara ganned. the first thing they look for is

a split in the circuits below. there is no split. all the courts that looked at the question came down the same way, in favour of gay marriage. there's no disagreement in the court's below. it's possibly a simple answer. they are waiting for a disagreement. if you have kids, and they are not fighting you don't go in the room, you sit back and enjoy the glass of wine. you wait until the kids have a dispute. the courts are saying we don't have a dispute, there's no reason to get involved, there's nothing for us to resolve. >> president obama said strict protocols will be followed to prevent the spread of ebola in the u.s. >> in recent months we had thousands of travellers arriving from west africa, and so far only one case of ebola has been diagnosed in the united states. that's the patient in dallas.

our prayers are with him and his family. we have learnt lessons in terms of what happened in dallas. we don't have a margin for error. >> a cameraman that attracted the disease is in hospital. and a man who contracted the disease in dallas has been downgraded. heidi zhou-castro, have we heard more about thomas eric duncan's condition. >> still critical. despite being treated with an experimental drug, starting saturday. it appears his condition may have taken a turn for the worse. thomas eric duncan has been quarantined in the hospital for a week. the people he had contacted are approaching a critical window. symptoms of ebola usually appear 8-10 days after exposure. 10 people were definitely

exposed to thomas eric duncan. for other, exposure was possible. all have been identified. >> all the individuals are seen once a day and having their geefr checked twice a day. 100% we are seeing yesterday. 100% of them had no signs of fever, no signs of illness. 100% were doing well. >>likal officials say his apartment has been cleaned. >> a crumb has been taken away -- drum has been taken away with all the clean up from the apartment itself. we have saved personal its, the grandmother's bible. photos, hard drives, passports - they have been taken away. >> the family duggan was staying with is under quarantine in another home. thomas eric duncan's family in north carolina has come to dallas where he is fighting for

his life. he has been receiving an experimental drug. administrators are not clear as to why doctors sent thomas eric duncan home on september 26th, when he sought help. the story from the hospital changed three times. first we were told he didn't tell the doctors he was from west africa, thin there was a failure -- then there was a failure in the electronic records. what is your response? >> we'll have to look at that. it's important when you talk to the media to try to have the right answer. obviously it was changed several times. in the midst of that, the message i have been trying to tell hospitals is that troubled history isn't important. >> in austin, state officials slammed were critical of the response. >> unfortunately, recent event illustrate that we as a nation, as a state, and as individual

counties can clearly do a better job. >> clearly do a better job. the last words from the senate chairman of health and community services in texas. the government created a task force looking into this says, and plan for future outbreaks in texas. you heard from the president himself earlier saying that he will be reviewing protocols on a federal level. >> heidi zhou-castro reporting from dallas. health officials in spain are dealing with the first case of ebola, from outside of africa. a nurse that was part of a team last month tested positive. she treested a 69 -- treated a 69-year-old spanish missionary flown back from sierra leone after he contracted the illness. he died three days later. islamic state of iraq and levant may be close to seizing a

town in northern syria. kurdish forces are trying to stop them taking kobani, near the turkish border. >> sources in the town cold al jazeera that i.s.i.l. fighters breached the town's offenses towards the east and part of the south. when we talk about defenses around i.s.i.l., we are talking about a large trench. the syrian kurdish fighters tell us that they have dug around kobani. a significant advance to the east. sources telling us they are involved in fighting in the streets, it's a build-up area, it's not a matter of i.s.i.l. forces all the way through kobani. we believe there are several thousand syrians trying to defend kobani, and they say they will be able to repel the

i.s.i.l. fighters. the few remaining, couple of hundred civilians in kobani have been evacuated to turkmenistan, an indication of the enormous pressure that i.s.i.l. is managing - i.s.i.l. fighters are managing to put on kobani. >> bernard smith reporting from southern turkey. a teenager in chicago has been charged accused of trying to leave the country to become an i.s.i.l. fighter. he was arrested saturday at the o'hare airport attempting to fly to turkey, lisa stark is at the white house. what can you tell us about the case? >> we don't no why kahn was suspected by the federal authorities. in may he got a passport. in september he booked a round trip to turkey, and he was in contact online with someone in turkey, who was going to help him get hooked up with the

fighters. kahn was in court, and his parents. they did not talk to the media his mother was upset. at the time the fbi served a search warrant on the family home. they found a number of documents indicating he was in support. and found a 3-page letter. in that letter, according to the criminal complaint he said make sure not to tell the authorities, and extended an invitation to his family to join in the islamic state.

he said he didn't know what his role with i.s.i.l. would be, it could be humanitarian, police work or combat. >> some of the information alarming. this is in the the only person coming to the attention of authorities. what do we know about others taking up the call. >> the administration is worried about the foreign fighters. in september, someone in new york was charged with trying to recruit americans, and a 19-year-old denver woman pleaded guilty. she was to provide material support for terrorists, she was planned to go to syria, and joined up online. the u.s. believed 100 americans fought with i.s.i.l. they are trying to keep tabs on him in case they come back to

the u.s. they are trying to stop anyone going over to join the fight. >> proof of how i.s.i.l. is trying to use social media from recruiting. the president of kenya will appear in the criminal court at the hague. he organised ethic massacres killing more than 1,000 people. >> if president kenyatta refused to go to the hague, he would have been issued with an arrest warrant. now he said he'll go and continue applying with the court. in a previous hearing, the prosecutor said she no longer had enough evidence to secure a connection, and key witnesses denied his statement, saying the lack of evidence is back he's

not guilty. >> al jazeera america - coming up, backlash for a catholic school after it fired a lesbian teacher after she became pregnant. and america's oil boom is so big it's causing problems for the o.p.e.c. countries. we explain next.

a catholic high school outside detroit is rethinking policies after firing a teacher. barb webb, a chemistry teacher was let go after announcing she was pregnant. the community is protesting. the school is showing signs it may be listening. bisi onile-ere is in detroit with the detail. >> the catholic church forbids homosexual relationship. barbara webb managed to stay on the job because her sexual orientation was hidden.

when she became hidden, a part of her private life became public, and the high school took issue with it. >> reporter: barbara should be excited by the birth of her first child, instead she's dealing with the disappointment of losing her job. >> it is painful. >> reporter: web worked as a chemistry teacher for a decade. in 2012 she married her long-time partner christian. when she told administrators in august she was pregnant. she was fired. >> it was a shock. >> webb signed a morality clause, forbidding certain behaviours going against catholic teachings. webb became pregnant through invitro fertilisation, a church opposed by the church. her letter didn't explain why she was let go. >> the actions from the past

tell me the reason i was surveyored is because i'm pregnant sf -- fired is because i'm pregnant in a non-traditional way. he wrote about it on facebook. the response was overwhelming. students and parents led protests for web. many believed when pope francis opened his stance on homosexuality it could lead to change. >> i was born a catholic, i'm a struggling open catholic. some of the messages from the pope and the priests you listen to, in some messages, you are welcome. >> it's a conflictual message. most schools will not comment. the nuns from the school sat with else. >> they hear the words from pope

francis, yet one of their teachers is not there. it's challenging for student. >> the sister said the school's policies and practices are under review. >> we have to be faithful to the catholic identity. it will be difficult to do that and be fair and just to people in our employment. it will be an interesting road ahead was we look at things in a different way. >> there's the potential for change. if anything, that is great. >> webb found a new job and says she has no plans to file suit against marion high school. the nuns that govern the high school are advocates for justice and piece, and it is something they'll take into considers moving ford. >> when an international crisis takes out.

the u.s. can take much credit. david shuster is in for ali velshi on "real money". how is the u.s. oil boom helping to push down the oil prices? >> it's helping a lot. oil futures settled at 90.34, up $0.60 from friday, it's still a drop. there are three reasons for it. the oil boom that you mentioned, the online energy, and because of that the united states is poised to be the top according to the international energy agency. there are other reasons. europe and asia are playing a part. worldwide consumption is down. and there's o.p.e.c. they are countries in the middle east that work together to have prices up. another not doing that now.

saudi arabia in particularly is undercutting. there's a glut of oil, because o.p.e.c. has a spigot on it, and they are causing prices to drop. >> supply and demand. old-school capitalism. the more you have, the more it costs to get it. the increase - i know it's not the only reason. will it continue to happen, prices going down? >> we have a guest on, 200 a barrel. fracking - it can't be sustained. the price in terms of the united states, nrt to fracking - -- in relation to fracking - the companies can no longer afford to keep business. it will fall off the table. there's the united states so dependent on fracking energy, and all of a sudden when the u.s. demand goes on to the

international market. oil prices will explode, and, by the way, during that time there'll be economies like germany and others, going to renewable energyies, and they'll drive the economy. a fascinating interview at 7. >> "real money", david shuster, look forward to it. computer giant hewlett packard will split. one will handle the computer and printer business and the other corporate hardware and services operation, which whitman will lead. part of the plan include laying off 5,000 employees. the classic hotel in new york to pay hilt worldwide holdings under $2 billion for the iconic hotel. the deal calls tore hilton to operate it. the waldorf historria opened in

1931. i.s.i.l. may be close to taking a key prize on the tur y turkey-syrian boarder. a disease kills a little boy in his slope with no warning. new concerns over the entero virus next.

welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm michael eaves. i.s.i.l. may be close to seizing a strategic town in syria, kobani, on the turkey border. earlier today i.s.i.l. fighters raised the group's flag on buildings on the outskirts of kobani. here is what we know about the fight for kobani. it's in northern syria, close to the turkey border. i.s.i.l. began to attack the

town in mid-september. i.s.i.l. fighters captured several kurdish villages, and since object 1st, the u.s. coalition partners carried out air strikes, kurdish fighters say the air strikes are not enough to hold back i.s.i.l. let's take a deep dive, joining me is mike lyons from the truman center. let's talk about the air strikes. forces on the ground, on the kurdish side say the air strikes are not having an effect. why? >> there are no ground effect, forward groups on the ground bringing the air targets in telling them where to bomb. they are not able to hit the targets. we may make a pass and hit one or two tanks or trucks, but none to the effective nts from the peshawar forces. >> the free syrian army says they have not been in

coordination with the americans. is that something easily rectified? kurds aren't either? >> you'd have to put people in harms way. put some troops on the ground to call for fire, has the capability, radar, the ability to laser in a target. it is easily rectified. >> pick up a cell phone saying we need an air strike, it's not as easy as this? >> no, you can't call for fire using that means. >> there's an issue relevant to turkey, i'll try to put it in commonsense terms. let's say they were invaded by a terrorist group. we see what is happening across the water in windsor, and american troops are sitting doing nothing. how would america respond saying why aren't we there helping them. if that goes down, we should expect something on our border.

why isn't turkey more involved? >> the ground situation is more complicated. they are kurds in turkey, which turkey has a problem with. the same kurds are in syria. they have had problems with these people breaking off and challenging the government of turkey, while they are there showing force, and as a minimum to your point, they could violate the border, surround the town, but for now they are choosing to stay in the background. maybe it's leverage or something more. >> worse case scenarios, i.s.i.l. takes kobani, in the process. what we know about the fighters, we can see hundreds of thousands, turkey has a problem, because you have the kurds overtaking, in your country, and you sat and did nothing. >> it will be a problem. 150,000 participation refugees. maybe turkey is being

short-sited. maybe it wants something from the united states, or wants a united states commitment to put troops in the region. we don't know. or they want the united states to go after the bashar al-assad government. that's what they want. they want regime change. >> turkey is a member of n.a.t.o. we heard there could be a situation where n.a.t.o. could get involved. would it come from turkey? >> if i.s.i.s. punk tours the border, crosses, violates it, you could have a call for the nato forces. it may help them get involved inside iraq or syria, i don't think they'll be dumb enough to do something. they recognise and will unleash the rest of n.a.t.o. on them. president obama said he wants there to be a partnership. why do you think there are a number of nations in the arab legion, joining, getting

involved in this situation. >> a lot are adversaries in the region, if they expend the resources, they don't have to expend them. they are pushing each other to do it. i mean, here is the thing. this is the first terrorist organization that wins by winning, not by not losing. they don't just survive. they are winning, taking towns and villages. the other nations are watching, waiting for the other to get involved of the at some point they'll have to get involved. >> will we see american troops on the ground? >> i don't think so. i know the military doesn't think it's a bad idea. we are not talking large formations. >> former retired army mike lyons from the truman national security project. hundreds of protesters spent the night camped out on the

streets of hong kong. these are the latest pictures. it's tuesday morning. there are fewer demonstrators. they are vowing to stay until the government responds to demand for democratic rerelease forms. this report was filed overnight. >> protesters hoped many people would join them here after school and work hours. what you are seeing is people coming through, fewer than in the past few days. it's mostly office workers, and people passing by. people have taken to the statement to rally those who are here. there's music, and speeches. but you are not feeling the same energy as in the past few days. there are still protesters here who are bedding down for the night. they are setting up the tents and made it clear they would not leave. this is the latest directive from the hong kong chief executive. he called on the protesters to

leave and clear the streets. he did not give a deadline. he mentioned mongkok. the area where we have seen violence, saying that crowds seem to be gathering there. the police will take action if there's a sign of trouble. once against, he did not explain what kind of action. he did not give an ultimate matom like in the -- ultimatum like in the last few days for the people to clear the road. what is happening is student leaders are having the conversation with government representatives. they are talking about how to proceed with talks, and how to take the conversation and dialogue further. >> that report from hong kong. i spoke with a protestor and activist with hong kong democracy now. he told us what he thinks about the demonstrations now that government workers are allowed back into the building. >> we are getting into a

peaceful place and we are negotiating with the government to have dialogue. it seems to be it's getting more peaceful nowadays. >> protesters ignored a deadline from the government to leave the area. do you think there would be a backlash in the coming days if the protestor denied the request to disperse? >> no one nose. we think the possibility exists. for the past two days there has been a lot of rumours and students believed that something would happen in the past two days. nothing happened. many people think it is an option for the government to use a lot of power to do the

clearance. >> what do you say to the reports that there's not enough leadership among the protesters? >> that's true. most of the protesters are different from previous demonstrations and most think they are not mobilized by an organization. they come out just only because they want to have true universal suffrage, so they won't leave the occupation site until they get what they want. >> what do you anticipate will happen to the negotiation talks as the week goes on? >> i'm not optimistic to the negotiation or the dialogue. actually, the protesters only want one thing, which is true democracy or sufage, or the withdrawal of the decision, and

it is impossible that chinese men would enjoy the decision of the substantiate. nothing much that the hong kong government can do or give to the protesters. >> do you think the protests ultimately will be nothing more than a waste of time? >> i don't think it is a waste of time. there's always the possibility, and, in fact, people have shown a lot of courage, and they have - and the demonstration has been a new thing to compete with. i think we still have possibly this, although the penalty is not that great. >> thank you to protestor and activist joining us from hong

kong. in the power politics, 29 days in the the election, and a comment by president obama is a driving issue for voters, david shuster doing double duty, back with politics. >> last week president obama gave a wide-ranging speech about the policy and a key line about the policies on the ballot, is running in republican adds. incumbent republican mitch mcconnell is trying to paint alison grimes as an obama clone and his her with this. >> i'm not president obama. >> but president obama says a vote for alison is a vote for his policies. >> i'm not on the ballot this fall. but the policies are on the ballot. every single one. >> obama needs grimes, and kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> in the kansas frontal race it's on the ballot.

>> obama sa candidate for senate in kansas, greg ormon, a vote for greg is a vote for the obama agenda. >> make no mistake... >> former obama confidante and white house advisors david axel rod said he would not have put the line in the speech. >> under the context of the line was the things he's pushing forward, minimum wage, pay ek wittie, infrastructure, and said -- equity and infrastructure, these were on the ballot. when you saw the speech, it's... >> you are an ad man. >> it was a mistake. >> republicans tried to nationalize the election and put voter feelings about president obama into the mix. a republican said she believes in the president's strategy, air strikes in syria, has been driven by a white housest to

help midterm democrat. >> i'm fearful as we look at the current military strategy, it surrounds the november elections and will not have the resolve to follow throw with what needs to be done. >> the republicans whant the white house to put troops on the ground. they say it's a valid debate, but it is playing politics. >> the president is getting compliments for a policy, lindsay graham is praising ebola response, whilst criticizing him on i.s.i.l. >> it seems the president is all in when it comes to ebola, i want to compliment him for sending troops, but we have a series of half mash urts with i.s.i.l. they'll -- measures with i.s.i.l., they'll draw the conflict out. and democratic mark prior is in a tough race to hold his seat, and his supporters are

attacking republican tom cotton a veteran, voting for a bill that opposed it. >> tom cotton's military service - i respect it. trust him to send him to the senate - not a chance. >> former vermont governor, howard dean running 10 years ago, is in issue in a florida congressional race. >> remember this guy. he was a key aid on the presidential campaign. what she's thinking is trying to beat a republican congressman steve suther land, and the issue, strategy, particularly in a competitive way is to through everything but the kitchen sink and see what stuck. thus howard dean made an appearance in the ad.

that is the politics. why howard dean from way back. let's look at the other stories. maria joins us now. >> teachers in philadelphia are outraged after the school system cancelled their contract. the district wants teachers to contribute to health care premiums. most teachers do not pay for them. >> opening statements in the trial of a friend of the boston marathon suspect accused of lying to the fbi, three days after the bombing. robo was in the dorm room when two men removed a back pack. he lied about what he saw. the attorney said philipos was high op marijuana and couldn't remember. n.f.l. player jonathan dwyer pleaded not guilty to charms that he assaulted his wife. he is accused of beating hits wife, pufteninging her and

breaking -- punching her and blacking her nos. the arizona cardinals deact rated him. the d68 entero virus killed a little boy, who died in his sleep. he was sick at home. school officials are taking precautions. >> we need to watch our hands, make sure that if we see signs that our children are ill, that we keep them home. >> if my son was in that school, i wouldn't send him back. >> the illness struck 500 children. four people with entero virus died. >> a marriage proposal in a hot air balloon in california went awry. the balloon made an unexpected trip into the ocean. wind blou it off course and over the ocean. the couple flew a rope into the water, surfers pulled it back to

shore. the would-be groom called it unforget ability, and he is not sure he'd take a repeat trip. >> his fiancee said yes. >> how fortunate the surfers were there. researchers call it the brain's g.p.s. system. three scientists that discovered it won the nobel prize. what it could mean for diseases like alzhiemer's next. >> public phones used to spy on people. we explain how it works and why new york is getting rid of them.

the nobel prize in medicine awarded to three people, including an american for what is call the brain's g.p.s. system and may help researchers learn more about diseases such as alzhiemer's.

jacob ward joins us to explain. i'm fascinated. give us an idea of what the work entalls. >> sure. this is a prize split between two bod why is of work. one was professor o'keefe in london, and the other a husband and wife team in norway, with their own clinic. mr and mrs moss are. o'keefe discovered place cells, the idea that your brain fires a set of neurons everyone you go, where there's sensory feed back, a certain part of the brain lights up. o'keefe established that. in 2005 the mosers determined there's a grid of cells in the brain mapping out where you have been. letting schools loose. all of this was done. in the spouse the squigly line are a trace of where they went.

they are clusters of areas where they looked around, and the brain established a ping, it lit up, the cells, the grid cells. what is amazing is when you look at the pattern, the center of each cluster, when you connect them, they form a perfect grid. that goes on and on. it is basically the brain's cellular map of where you are going. rats, no matter where you are, formed the incredible grid and mapped these triangles. it's a physical look at how we think about where we are. >> what implications does the research have? >> there's no clear sense that the grid cells exist in the human brain. place cells have been found in human brains. it's adding up to a good

picture. what is cool is it connects to places that seem to deteriorate. a commonsense is someone losing their way home. and it could give us a sense of how to treated alzhiemer's in the future. >> you say move it forward. any idea how long it could take. we see it affecting people. >> the thing to consider is we are talking about individual neurons, there's over 100 billion. we are talking about a tiny - it's like counting grains of sand on the beach. it gives us a sense of how to make order out of chaos and the mechanisms. i'm still we are years or decades away from doing that. getting a sense of how the brain

maps out where we are, it's magic mumbo jumbo a few decades ago, it's amazing that they locked that down. >> jacob ward reporting live. thank you. >> thanks. >> new york city says it will remove hundreds of phone-tracking devices hidden in phone booths. it can be used to track smart phones and track your location. we looked into this. >> some people think it is shady. the city allowed an advertising company to install these devices in 500 phone booths last year. news came out today. critics say the city should let the public know about something that can track your movements. >> >> reporter: gimbel says the beacons help people get information from what an around

them, from train schedules to point scores. they can push ads to your phone. so when reports surfaced on monday that new york city allowed 500 beacons to be installed last year. privacy advocates were upset. >> there were 500 beak lions that could have used input, but didn't. >> they track movements and trigger ads. you have to turn on the phone's blue tooth and allow apps to correct and send information. critics worry the technology could be abused. >> whether you attend religious services or diners or where you work, if you would like to keep that a secret. so many things can be resealed. without the app, the cap says it can only log the time of day and location. if you have app app powered by

software, you can pick up more. in some cases,... ism for an entity, let alone a city to have access to that information is a window into types of things going on that are personnel. >> such criticism prompted the mayor to announce that they'll come down. they said: we'll have to work out over time how to give people control over the information and the under lying data collection. >> several companies started to use beacon-enabled apps. apple stores use it to give customers product informs and

have them check out the iphones. michael use it. passengers heading towards security find that their boarding passes have been picked up. >> that's cool tore people that travel. this is a perfect example where people mean that. >> it is. a spoebs person at the -- spokesperson at the city said they didn't have bad intentions, and maybe it could be used to find missing children. >> bad intentions. it's there. >> campaign austerity, women in australia wearing the hi jab in support of the muslims. that's next, and then david shuster is in for ali velshi on "real money." >> the oil boom, and another pressures commodity, water. another landmark bought by the chinese - all that and more than "real money".

michael phelps has been pulled out of the water after being charged with dui in baltimore, the second time he was arrested for dui. the swimming suspension is for six months and he will not compete in the world championships. phelps announced he would take time off to attend rehab. a campaign for women in australia wearing the hi jab. >> hashtag wish, woman in solidarity hi jabs. it was a campaign after an alleged racial attack against a woman wearing a hi jab in a train in australia many people that you see are non-muslims wearing head scarves. belinda says she is christian

with many muslim friend. and this woman - the piece of cloth is not a reason to assault women. and this woman is not muslim, and courtney writes "i believe we are all sisters, no matter where you are from", it comes at a time where australia lawmakers are considering restricteds of wearing the burka, full head gear, in parliament in canberra. >> thank you. good to see solidarity around the world. giving new meaning to don't look down. the aisle tower has glass for. the first level of the tower - it's not for the faint of heart. especially if you have a fear of plummeting to earth from 187 feet in the air. the cost for the project

$38 million. of course, we have seen other buildings, some in chicago, with the floors. a lot love them, some will not go with them. i'm michael eaves, "real money" with david shuster is the price of crude is falling thanks to parts of the u.s. frac-ing boom. but lower oil prices are also fuelling tensions between producers overseas. we will explain. also a lawsuit claims the u.s. government broke the law with its bailout of insurance giant aig. plus the hotel landmark now belongs to china. i'm david shuster in for ali