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on twitter, facebook, instagram, google plus and more. >> the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states has died. as health owes officials monitor a possible second case in texas. the white house screensers passengers arriving from africa. and new u.s.-led airstrikes help to push back the group to
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contain the border town. good evening, the first person diagnosed with the ebola virus has died. thomas erik duncan passed away in dallas success coupling to what a spokesman called an insidious disease. president obama said it will add another layer of protection for our country, and the pentagon said that the military will play an important role in the battle against ebola. we'll build an infrastructure that does not exist to transport personnel and equip and supplies to deal with these deadly epidemic and disease.
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>> the president said there is little margin of error in fighting this disease. what has been the reaction to the news. >> reporter: doctors here had always cautioned i did speak with a member of the dallas local ebola response team who offered the family condolences. >> in this situation it's likely that the organs were just not keeping up with the infection, and it's very tragic as to what has happened.
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>> now there will not be an autopsy. that's coming from the coroner because the body can carry this virus for ally long time. that's why they've decided to cremate mr. duncan. >> there is word of another possible case in dallas. what information can you give us michael, just a few hours ago we saw this man being escorted into the same hospital where duncan was this morning. the patient himself was wearing a face mask and headgear. now we're hearing he was a sheriff deputy who had served the order at the apartment where duncan had saved. and they had expressed concerns when he realized he was going to
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this apartment with no protective equipment or gear. at that time the medical waste from mr. duncan was still inside the apartment. they approached the health authorities in dallas with those concerns. when he began to feel ill and took him to an urgent care clinic in frisco, out of an an abundance of caution they brought him in. now they're all being very clear this is likely not an ebola case. he is very low risk. again, out of a an abundance of caution they're watching him. >> randall pinkston picks up the story for us. closing the borders to this
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outbreak is not an option, and the cdc does not recommend it, but will this help? >> reporter: they certainly think it will be another step in a laird approach. it is an effort to keep the nation clear of ebola. the center of disease control and homeland security jointly announced enhanced screening such as fever. selected because they are ports of entry for 94% of the passengers who arrived here from west africa. the heart of the ebola outbreak. >> since the start of the epidemic, 3,742 patients in west africa have been documented to have died from the disease. we don't have their faces as prominently in front of us, and which know even more people have been affected. so we think about this, and we remember what a deadly enemy ebola is, and how important it
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is that we take every step possible to both protect americans and stop the outbreak at its source. africa. >> now the five airports are dull es in washington, d.c. p newark, o'hare in chicago, atlanta and. >> we will take their temperature with a non-contact thermometer, which can be a key indicator of potential infection. >> again, the focus on traveler coming from west africa specifically the three nations where they have had an outbreak in sear a leon sierra leone and liberia. if the traveler has a fever,
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they will refer them for evaluation. the new rules will apply to approximately 150 passage as day, but he continues to resist calls for total ban on travel to west africa. >> it makes it extremely difficult to respond to the outbreak. they can't get in because they can't get out. if we make it harder to respond to to west africa it will spread to other parts of africa and ultimately increase the risk here. that's why the concept of above all doing no harm is so important. >> so no travel ban. screening begins with the other airports implementing the new guidelines next week. >> and we cannot get to zero risk in the united states, but these screenings will help. we're joined by doctor salbo.
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patients who have been diagnosed with ebola, and two of them were treated and released, they're fine. people would have problems understand why a person who is being treated here would die. >> the reason why ebola is so scary is that it's a scary disease. the death rate is 50% up to 90%. the fact that one out of those three died shouldn't be a surprise to us. and from what i understand this
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patient actually got care. he didn't get zmapp. it's my understanding that there is no more zmapp right now but he did get another experimental drug. he was on a ventilator and dialysis. unfortunately, this infection overwhelmed him. as it does many people. it's a deadly disease. >> there is no secure for ebola, but early detection is key. and despite there being early detection in mr. duncan's case it is not necessarily going to prevent death in this case. >> exactly. >> receiving a blood transfusion were ebola survivor dr. kent brantley. will the blood transfusion increase the likelihood of
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survival? >> somebody who has survived ebola like dr. brantley has circulating antibodies, this passive inmenu indication where there is a blood product with those antibodies pre-formed. dr. brantley pre-formed them when he was fighting off the disease, and the hope is that they will attack the ebola virus in the next patient, the one getting the infusion. >> doctor, i would like to get your opinion on the new protocols in five of the airports here and the advanced screening process. from your perspective how much will this help keeping ebola from spreading in the u.s.? >> you have to remember that there will be what we call false positives. people who have a fever but
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don't have ebola. that happens all the time. we'll be screening some people and having to evaluate them and then it turns out they don't have ebola. that's okay. i think we'll pick up some. dr. duncan, he didn't have a fever when he came through. so we won't pick up 100% of people. we'll only pick up peep who didn't screen positive at the exiting airport and then screen positive at an u.s. airport. >> doctor, an internist and emergency physician joining us from san francisco, thank you so much for your time today. >> my pleasure. >> nurses and doctors on the front line of the ebola outbreak need special training not only to keep the virus from spreading but to keep themselves safe as well. >> reporter: this may look like a clinic income west africa with
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health workers dressed in full body protective suits, but it's not. >> this is some of the most important training and the fight against ebola is occurring right here. >> you spray the outside. one option is to tie it holding both ends, and then wrapping it around. >> that's why at this homeland security campus they're training licensed clinical healthcare workers to pride safe care for patients and themselves in the hot zones. one of them is dr. rosita marshal. >> you know, this is a very congested city. we have about probably
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715 million people it can be easy to spread. >> we see people dying, or is that exaggerated? >> i think we're exaggerated here. a patient may not going to a hospital or clinic, and by the time he gets there, to take him out of whatever transport brought him, he could be dead before he even gets inside. >> dr. marshal wants to get more training to protect herself before returning home to liberia next month. and safety is an offer concern about health workers. dr. marshal said she hopes this is a wake-up call, and after ebola is contained a world will strengthen an already effected
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area. >> u.s. and coalition partners carry out more airstrikes. the pentagon said that it's helping push aisles fighters out of kobane, but it hay not be enough to prevent isil from taking control of the town. now kobane is on the border with turkey. wounded fighters are going to turkey for treatment. bernard smith spoke with fighters desperate to return to kobane. most of the syrian kurds fight for kobane before they took up
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arms to defend their town. a musician, across the border now in occur can i getting kurdish town getting shrapnel wound treated. >> we only had two choices. kill or be killed. he has seen friends killed as isil push through kobane town. despite their desperate circumstances, he like other kurdish fighters is suspicious of the turkish government. >> we're not going to let the turkish army enter co-ban any. we sacrificed, we won't let them steal our victory. will they send their troops to kill us?
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>> he has been trying to get back to kobane, but turkish authorities won't let him cross the border. >> my mother told me she's all alone in kobane and hungry. she said my son, do not come back home. i told her i would prefer to die in kobane. it is my wish to die there. >> he tells me that he has dreams of a family, a house, and a vegetable garden. if life in kobane ever returns to normal. bernard smith. al jazeera, on the turkey-syria border. >> kurds in turkey are demanding more action from the government. here's what you need to know from these protests. kurds have taken to the streets in istanbul and other provinces. 14 people have been killed. the most violent protests have been south in diyarbakir.
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they want the government to provide heavier weapons to kurdish fighters in kobane and allow kurdish fighters in turkey to join the fight across the border. it has included germany, france, and the united kingdom. president obama met with senior military and national officials today to discuss whether the air campaign to defeat isil is actually working. mike viqueira joins us from the white house. what do we know came out of these meetings for the president? >> the president did travel across the potomac river. he sat down with top military brass. not only was the fight of isil in iraq and syria on the table, but elsewhere and the efforts to contain and ultimately eradicate the ebola virus. but it is isil on the mind of many here in washington, not to
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mention those on the ground of kobane and all across iraq and syria and rebel-held areas that have been taken over so rapidly over the course of the last several months. president obama talked about the fight against isil, secretary kerry earlier today still evolving this coalition even the policies themselves and president obama struck a similar theme. our strikes continue. as i indicated from the start this is not going to be solved overnight. >> and pentagon officials say there have been 11 airstrikes brought about by coalition air forces near kobane by the isil forces. >> michael: speaking by the airstrikes.
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how is the president and his military leaders responding to the airstrikes tha that have been ineffective? >> indeed. the picture from kobane is relayed back from the turkish border. this fight is not unlike other fights in iraq over the last several months. the difference is this has been televised in turkey overlooking the town of kobane. they say all along airstrikes is not going to be what saves kobane and other towns like it. they all but conceded that the town was going to fall. >> they are not going to save the town of kobane. we know that. yet we continue to get questions of why aren't you doing more,
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and how come they have not been effective. we've been very honest about the limits of air pow here. >> another controversy today, yet another one. secretary of state john kerry in a photo op left the door open for a no-fly zone along the turkish border and syria. he said it's worth examining. maybe he's being diplomatic but they've spent the rest of the day trying to walk that back. the concern any no-fly zone would effectively bring the coalition into the fight of the asass r assad regime. >> so many issues involving that conflict. they want the u.s. to be involved against assad. mike viqueira reporting live from the white house in washington.
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human rights groups five men hang in afghanistan today for the gang rape of four women. there are four calls for ashraf gandhi to stay the execution but he chose not to. >> the five men were hanged in the outskirts in can bull in response to an attack in august where they're accused of robbing and gang raping women. the accused men were paraded in a public press conference before they even went to trial. president hamid karzai now former president called for the death pen penalty for the crime and the death penalty was quick to come. two very fast trials. the first laked a few hours, the second not much longer than that
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as they appeal their fate. one of the things that hamid karzai did was to sign the death warrants. and ashraf gandhi was asked to stay the execution. the five men being convicted and being hanged in the outskirts of kabul. many afghans are welcoming this swift punishment, swift justice. they say it will serve as deterrent to any further kinds of attacks of this kind. rape is a terrible, and the afghan people were outraged when this crime came to light. >> jennifer glasse reporting from kabul. outsourcing and how voters feel about outsourcing could change the balance in the senate. and amazon employees want to
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be paid for the time it takes being screened. their case has gone all the way to the supreme court.
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>> georgia is one of the key battleground states in the battle for control of the u.s. senate. the biggest issue in that race is now the outsourcing of jobs. david shuster is here from real money. how did outsourcing become such a big issue in this particular race? >> it's fascinating because court documents came out this week involving david purdue, the republican candidate for georgia. while he was leaving dollar general he outsourced thousands of jobs. he admitted that much in court documents. they came out this week. when asked about it, he said, yes. coming up tonight on real money we'll take a closer look at
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outsourcing. yes, outsourcing in some cases can be wise and shrewd for a business to protect its bottom line. on the other hand yes, it could have a dramatic impact in terms of workers, standards and protections. we'll look at this particular case and determine who were the winners, what was the right decision and we'll put politics aside. >> what impact could purdue's comments have on this very tight race? >> it could have a huge impact because all of a sudden people will have to make that decision. do they believe that david purdue was looking out for america's best interest by trying to protect the fiduciary interest he had to his business or was he trying to pad the bottom line for his company? that is now the crucial decision that voters in the senate race are going be confronted with because the candidates are on
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diametrically opposite side on this, and they'll have to make a choice. >> he could argue that we have to keep prices down so people can go to the general dollar store oh to get a good price. >> right. >> we'll hear more from the power politics coming up within the hour. >> yes. >> the deficit is down to $486 billion. that's a far cry from the trillion dollar plus deficit the president inherited when he took office. it's lower than earlier projections by the white house budget office. more than half the team in kentucky say they don't like obamacare but the state has one of the highest enrollment rates in the country. we'll find out why. and police pepper spray a black teenager in his own home because they mistook him for a burglary.
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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm michael yves. the fight for thes in is so tight that any one race could make the difference in the balance of power and the affordable care act also known as obamacare will be one of the hottest topics in many of these races. half of the people in kentucky are not happy with obamacare despite the fact that the state has one of the highest enrollment rates. libby casey in kentucky to see why people there are mixed feelings. >> reporter: frank is only 52, but his body is damaged from decades working as a mechanic in the mining industry. >> frank, you look like you're in pain. >> i'm all right. >> is that your back? >> yeah. >> what does it feel like? >> hurt. most days i can't hardly get up. >> like so many others in
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eastern kentucky mining dixon lost his job in 2012 making $90,000 a year. >> it says your position has been eliminated. >> what's it like now? >> kind of ashamed to say i'm on $300 a month food stamps. >> losing work meant losing health coverage. for a year he and his son were uninsured. then the state set up its own health exchange. dixon signed up and qualified for a medicaid plan. here obamacare goes by connect, ky for kentucky. say obamacare and he bristled even though he's covered by it. >> do you like obamacare? >> oh, um, some things left unsucceed. >> i do recall one patient who said i don't want it even if it
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is free because he didn't like president obama. >> dr. sharon colton at a clinic that treats 70 patients a day. they come from all over coal country, and many patients are seeing a doctor for the first time in years. >> do you feel like your patients understand what connect is versus obamacare? >> they probably don't. some of them are just happy to have insurance. however they got it, they're happy about it. they don't look at the politics. >> but the term obamacare is poison in kentucky a poll found 60% of kentuckyens disliked only care but when asked connect only
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22% disapproved. here in mining country a man's life expectancy is only 58. >> men who are involved in rockfalls and very serious mining accidents, and if they are not killed they often have devastating injuries. they're disabled for the rest of their lives. >> frank dixon says insurance bureaucracy is holding up back surgery and he's frustrated that politicians in washington don't seem to listen. >> i would like for him to come down here and sit and talk to me. i wouldn't be a smart alec, i wouldn't be hateful. just look and say. >> it's a feeling that he and other kentucky voters will take to the ballot box in four weeks when they decide a tight senate race between mitch mcconnell and allison run der green grimes. it will help claim who wins.
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>> 413,000 residents enrolled before the deadline. and of that majority 330,000 applied under medicaid. 75% of the ply candidated previously did not have insurance. david, we appreciate the time. david, i was born and raised university of kentucky. my father was a coal minor and i had health insurance through the united mine works association. my mother still has that same insurance. but now that the coal industry has begun to dwindle in that state so many people, like the gentleman we saw in the last
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feature, now has no health coverage. now they have obamacare or connect, whatever you want to call it, but they have it now and didn't have it before. some people are not satisfied with it because of the game? >> obamacare is a negative connotation in this area of the country. people don't like the name. how do you deal with it when you get people to sign up through connect? >> we move them through the insurance and we talk to them about the affordable care act and connect even though they're the same of obamacare the message is much better when we go along that way. >> you purposely do not use the term boom care. >> that is correct. we do not use that in the state of kentucky. >> why is working in kentucky
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soish better than working in other states in kentucky? >> we have the state exchange that works. they ex-handed medicate. we also have a co-op, one of the 23 in the country. their rates are very good. benefits are very strong. national network and it has helped our pricing in the state. and the income in the state of kentucky is pretty low. that means our citizens qualify for very nice subsidies through the exchanges. >> how satisfied are pool when they get their coverage through connect or obamacare? >> i was listening to the piece before, medicaid i'm not familiar with. the biggest things we see is the
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coding for the bills is offer wrong. that's no the doctor's office that is doing that incorrectly. >> it's very user-friendly than the national website for the affordable healthcare act and allows consumers to browse the different packages before signing up. is that correct? >> that's correct. in kentucky the application process, after that they get to look at the different sections they have. >> how do you think connect would have worked helping people through the process especially as it relates to the website, to get signed up for the hardible healthcare act. >> i'm not sure that there has
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been done by the navigation part. but as far as the percentage to be enrolled in, i think the agents play a major part in that. >> it's connect or affordable healthcare act. it is not obamacare in kentucky. david, thank you so much for your time this evening. >> you're welcome. >> tonight, libby casey will bring us part three of our series fed up in kentucky. she'll show us how the senate race in kentucky is on pace to be the most expensive in u.s. history. that's tonight at 8:30 and 11:00 eastern righ11:30 eastern right here on al jazeera america. looking at voter views about business outsourcing. david shuster talked about this issue earlier. he giants us now with more. >> the georgia senate seat up this november is one that g.o.p.
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is confident will stay in their hands. but david purdue the former ceo of dollar general acknowledged he spent most of his career moving u.s. jobs outseas. when he defends the outsourcing, he doubles down. >> this is a part of american business. it's a part of outsourcing. people do that all day. >> but not all u.s. businesses seek out the weaker labor standards overseas, and democrat michelle nunn has been turning it into a campaign ad. >> david purdue admitted he spent most of his career ou outsourcing jobs overseas to places like china and mexico. david perdue. he's not for. >> but purdue is trying to reframe this debate with this response. >> government can't create jobs, but bad government policy can kill them.
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if we cut regulations and taxes, train our workforce and produce for domestic energy, that will get us going again. >> and the north carolina race kay hagin is now on the offensive after admitting she skipped an armed service committee to attend a fundraiser. >> what has happened at that hearing, it was scheduled early in the day and votes were scheduled. that hearing had to be postponed later that day. yes, i did miss that one. >> and the 2004 house midterm, several republicans are trying to die democrats to their house leader nancy pelosi. the g.o.p. charges that pelosi is an elite teasist and out of touch. and added fuel to the fire when asked about the baseball
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playoffs. >> there are a lot of good teams her next door neighbor owns the nationals. a major dodge on a controversial business and environmental issue. asked by canadian journalist if they support the oil pipeline. >> i really can't talk about it because i was in the office that has prime minister responsibility to make a decision. i don't want to ecorrect myself into a continuing process or in any way undermine my susser. >> that has not stop clinton from undermining kerry and other former boss obama on arming troops in syria. bill clinton just equipped about the perks of being an ex-president and challenges in
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his case. >> the great thing about not being president any more is you can say whatever you want. unless your wife might run for something, then you can say whatever you want as long as you don't make headlines. >> finally here in the home touch, a lot of candidates and campaigns are trying to soften their image and end on a positive note. steve king has questioned the president's birth certificate, and promised that obama would kill america irritates democrats and annoys fellow republicans. but there was something that made him more likable. he borrowed from jimmy kimball and read out loud angry tweets he receives. >> i hate and despise you. the world hates you, too. you're garbage. cheers.
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well, okay. you're a nut job. and these are all from the sky. >> you're a bad excuse for a human being. >> hmm. >> i've been saying that for years. >> self-deprecating for the congressman and his wife. well done. that's today's power politics. >> let's take a look at other stories making headlines. maria ines ferre is here with those stories. >> reporter: the family of a new york city man who died after police put him in a chokehold is suing the city. erik gardner's family filed notice that it will also sue the police department and eight officers. they're seeking $75 million. gardner died in july when the officer used a controversial hold on him during an arrest. there is a hammer account in the shooting death of a pennsylvania police officer. officials say that they found a
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journal left by erik frein in the poconos woods. it describes how he ambushed two officers and escaped. police in north carolina used pepper spray on a black teenager when he was inside his own house, the one that he shares with his white foster families. neighbors called police when they saw 18-year-old deshawn curry enter the house, and it seems that the neighbors just moved there and did not know that. and when the police got there they pointed to picture at the white hasn't. >> well, they said put your hands on the door. i said for what? this is my house. i was like, why are you all in there? all i hear is the spray from the back of my neck up to my eyes. >> they used the pepper spray because curry was, quote, threatening and belligerent:
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school board is up olding a decision to cancel the rest of the football games this season. older players reportedly taunted and bullied younger ones during hazing. it has won three of the past four state football championships, and the district said it wants to send a clear message to people that hazing won't be tolerated. >> some parents are very upset about the things these boys allegedly did to their teammates. it calls for a strike in mexico and protests around the world over the disappearance of 43 students. their parents asking for justice. we'll take you to mexico next.
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>> thousands of people march through the streets in mexican cities today protesting the disappearance of 43 students. their parents demanding justice.
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similar marchs are planned for similar cities around the world. and residents where they disappeared want to know if people who run the state were involved. we have reports from mexico. [ protesting ] >> reporter: we're here in the state capitol where thousands of people have been protesting to show frustration with the government for what has been days of inaction. we've spoken to the protesters, and this is what they've had to say. >> we feel pain because we feel like we can't do anything to help. but we're here for solidarity. >> our leaders pretend they want to help and support us, but that's just a front. pretty pictures for magazines around the world, but the reality is very different. that's why we're here fighting. >> students have been missing for two weeks now and this is the largest protest we've seen so far. the protests are mainly students, young people and also poor people from the surrounding countryside. they feel their government has
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not done enough to find these students and give them answers about what happened, what we know is that police and cartel members fired on the students on the night of september 26th, and they have not been seen since then. mass graves have been found. and here students appear, but there are no results yet confirming the identity of these bodies. we have thousands of people expressing rage over what they say is a government that does not take their concerns seriously and does not solve their problems of security in one of the poorest and violent states in all of mexico. >> protesters in mexico have been receiving mentions of solidarity aroun around the world through social media. maria ines ferre back with that. >> reporter: michael, throughout the day people have been posting images of different protests happening in different cities. people calling its disappearance of 43 students corruption and the height o violence going on
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there. the come pullalation of the 43 missing students, their faces and their names, people throughout the world have been sending messages of sol layert layer--solidarity in certain cities. this is from buenos aires, this is from bolivia. here in front of the mexican consolate. in madrid, spain, and barcelona as well as well as london. now several facebook pages have been set up speaking out against what so many are calling an injustice, and one mexican posted this song about the missing students. listen to this. [music] and the lyrics say they could have been your brother, your boyfriend, your son or daughter referring to the missing students. >> a lot of eyes on that story in mexico. ines, thanks. >> reporter: thank you. >> kenya's leader is the first sitting president to appear at
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the hague under investigation for butchering people from rifle political parties after the election in kenya. his lawyers demand allegations be thrown out. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: he said he came as a private citizen but his arrival looked very presidential. he came with a motorcade and supporters and his own mode guards. once inside his lawyers told the court they would be doing all the talking. they say that the kenyan government is withholding evidence, and they should be instructed to hand it over. the prosecution admits it does not have enough evidence. it has some witnesses but it wants phone records, bank statements and tax returns that it believes will further incriminate kenyatta. >> for the court to make a
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ruling, which will effectively be interpreted as the court saying if a country sticks out for long enough, obstructing proper inquiries being made by the prosecutor, then case against the person of that country wants to protect will go away. that would be a disastrous interpretation. >> they insist that he's innocent of all charges and has done everything to cooperate. if there is not enough evidence the case should be dropped. >> the case has failed, and it has failed in a way that means there is no prospect of it going further. if the prosecutor does not inter convenient, you act to terminate. the prosecutor will not offer any evidence. j. >> if the judges decide to gra
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grant, mr. kenyatta will not like that. but the court has to balance his rights and the court's commitment to prosecuting people regardless of how powerful they are. in a conditions this court's red ability is also on the line. >> the families of the victims only want justice. >> nobody at the mid-level of responsibility and nobody at the high level of responsibility. >> so kenyatta has been allowed to go for now. he did not get the dismissal he wanted, and he must wait for. the court's decision what happens next. >> the last of the pro democracy protesters vow to remain on the streets of hong kong as the two sides have finally set to meet.
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plans were made between protest leaders and government. >> we have two items of agenda. so we hope that we can stick with the item, and then we can proceed on the meeting. >> meanwhile they are still figuring out plans to remove the final protesters and reopen those streets. amazon workers are screened for stolen goods before leaving for good, but they're not paid for that time. waiting in line for the screen. now there are cases in front of the supreme court. that's next. then david shuster is next for ali velshi on "real money." >> trust issues as spying and surveillance are causing lose business overseas. and the families of inmates say they're getting ripped off. all that and more on "real
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>> the supreme court heard arguments today in a lawsuit filed against amazon by former employees. workers had to stand in line to go through security to make sure they're not stealing anything. sometimes it can take as much as 25 minutes and they're not paid for that extra time. lisa stark reports from washington. >> reporter: at amazon's gigantic warehouses employees race from one item to another grabbing items to fill the online orders. when their shifts are done they're off the clock. before they leave amazon puts them through airport-type security to make sure that they haven't stolen anything. a work at a nevada warehouse sued, upset that it took him and hundreds of others 25 minutes to get through the security logjam at the end of a long shift. time they were not paid for. his attorney told the justices this is not a trivial amount of
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time, and workers should be compensated. >> whatever the employer tells you to do, if it is not illegal they should be paying you for it it. that's our basic position. >> on the other side form solicitor general arguing that security screen something part of exiting the workplace. the modern equivalent of waiting to punch in and out of a time clock which the court has previously determined is not paid time. the key question before the court is this security screening integral to the job that workers were hired to do? if so then they should be paid for it. if not, then amazon could continue the screening without adding the time to the workers' paycheck. justice he will lane in a kagan said it may be key to warehouse work. saying what is really important to amazon that it knows where every toothbrush in the
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warehouse is, and that's just as integral to what amazon does and what it requires workers to do. but just as justice scalia was skeptical. he said this is not what they're hired for. for now he's no longer working at amazon but his attorney said lawsuit has changed screening there. it is now through five minutes. >> if they got the workers through faster there wouldn't have been a lawsuit. >> that's the case. they wouldn't be there for 25 minutes as some supervisor checks their bags. >> there are a lot of eyes on the skies as a lunar eclipse creates a blood moon. the earth's shadow began covering the moon. when it was totally eclipsed it appears ready, hence, blood
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moon. the next aloner ellipse is next april. maybe you can see it then. i'm michael yves. "real money" is next with david shuster. >> ethe first person diagnosed with ebola in america has died. we'll tell you where america could get much-needed help. also how people all over the world are losing trust because of high tech spying and that's not good business for america. and doubling down to make it it the hottest issue of the whole campaign. i'm david shuster in for ali velshi, and this is "real ne