though, of course, just remember to check your iphone first to make sure there's no lightning in the forecast. that's our show for today. thanks for joining us. hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. crisis in yemen, the arab country wants reform, torn apart by chaos. catastrophic loss. world bankers worn from the

outbreak of ebola. and fed up in kentucky, people worried about jobs and their future. are politicians even listening? ♪ tonight with the world focused on syria, iraq, and isil, not middle east hot spot is on the verge of collapse. yemen. it's bordered by saudi arabia. and this summer president obama called yemen a foreign policy success. it's not looking that way today. now the divide inside yemen threatens to break the country apart. today they had the worst violence there in years. one attack happened in the

capitol the other hit a military position. the question is who is responsible. a warning some of the video you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: this is the attack caught on a cctv camera. protesters were on their way to join an anti government rally when the bomb exploded near a houthi security check point. it happened in the capitol sana'a, the square, dozens of people were killed and injured. they were gathering at a rally to protest against the appointment of a new prime minister. >> translator: we demonstrated for our legitimate demands, and we hold him fully responsible for this bombing. >> reporter: this is the man at the center of the controversy. he was chosen by the president to form a new government of national unity. hours after the announcement was

made, houthi leader said the appointment was dictated by the u.s. >> translator: moments after the president met with the u.s. ambassador, he appointed mubarak. this is dangerous, who gave western embassy the right to impose their will on us. >> reporter: the suicide bombing in the capitol was followed by two more attacks targeting security forces in an eastern province. there have been no claim of responsibility, but the area has recently become an al-qaeda strong hold. the political crisis in yemen raises fears of more chaos and instability. the minority houthis who control the capitol insist they will only pull out once a government where they have equal say is formed. but the sunnis remain skeptical. they say the houthis want to

overthrow the president and seize full power. robert mcfadden is the senior vice president of the sufan group and has been going to yemen since 1990 to gather intelligence. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> the president said yemen was a success this summer. what happened? >> well, it has been a remarkable story. in all of my time in yemen, including many, many months in the capitol, i would be hard pressed to think of a scenario where the houthis, which is the largest tribe of the offshoot of shia islam control the capitol. it's remarkable. >> why should americans care about this? >> for one the spill-over effect in other countries, for example, saudi arabia, that borders to the north. u.s. has had warm relations with

yemen in varying degrees since the mid-1990s. so in a smaller world these things tend to impact us when there is chaos in a country like yemen. >> what is the united states government looking to do in yes, ma'am mr-- in yemen and how cant help. [ laughter ] excuse me -- >> no it has been a problem for a long time. >> you have a very weak government in sana'a. but amongst all of the chaos, you have al-qaeda creeping up -- >> the u.s. has been chasing al-qaeda in yemen for years. >> for years. and it will continue to work with the special operations forces in the county terrorist elements in the south and the

east, but then working with the government to get to some kind of accord with the houthi. >> americans see all of the hot spots going on in the middle east, and they wonder whether there is any connection. there is no connection with isil is there? >> no, there's no direct connection, but the common thread what we refer to as al-qaedaism, or bin laden-ism. that violent extremism. >> so chaos reigns for the near future? >> it certainly looks like that. >> the government can't control it. >> no, you see what happened with the prime minister app pointed in the last 36 hours. that ended terribly. and with this suspect bombing, figuring out who even conducted that with all of the enemies the houthis have. >> start. robert standing by for a second. but first to the isil fight and

the syrian border town of kobani. isil reportedly controls about a third of kobani. the u.s. continued air strikes today, but kurder fighters say they need more help on the ground. stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: the black isil flag flies threateningly over an eastern neighborhood of kobani. but taking this town is proving difficult. coalition air strikes have helped hold isil back to some extent but the battle is far from over. >> kobani is a tragedy because it represents the evil of eye -- isis, but is not the definition of the strategy or the full measure of what is happening with respect to isil. it is one town and there will be others where there will be conflicts. president obama has been absolutely clear and up front as

have i, that this is going to take a period of time. >> reporter: time seems to drag on in kobani with no end in site. the kurdish fighters of the ypg know the streets well, and gives them the tactical advantage. but the group is as close as it has ever been to kobani. as the future of kobani remains unresolved there has been a real diplomatic push for turkey to do more in the fight against isil. nato's secretary general met with turkish leadership on thursday. turkey wants a safe zone across its border and says it will step up its military commitment but it won't go it alone. >> translator: it's not realistic to expect turkey to launch a ground operation on its own. talks are underway with our allies. once we reach a common decision, turkey will not hesitate to fulfill its part.

>> reporter: but a safe zone comes with huge challenges, namely foreign troops on the ground in syria, and the guarantees from the sky. >> i believe that it's no simple and straightforward ways out of the problems we are seeing in syria and iraq, kobani, these days. it has not been on the table of any nato discussions yet. and it's not an issue, which is discussed in nato. >> reporter: the u.s. has always spent its special envoy in the fight against isil to turkey, but it's not clear how they will be stepping up its military commitment. nothing con creted -- concrete is coming out of the talks. stephanie decker, al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. as we have said before, the battle for kobani is complicated. several different groups are fighting to defend the town and

in the middle a major u.s. ally. jonathan betz has more on who is fighting and what they are fighting for. >> reporter: in the fight with isil, the boots on the ground are largely filled by kurds. kurds in syria, iraq, and turkey have been pushing to become their own nation for decades, now fighting to keep what territory they have. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the focus is on saving kobani, a largely kurdish town in syria right on the border with turkey that isil has nearly vourngded. defending it is the people's protection unit, or the ypg. it is struggling to hold back isil. inside turkey another player, the kurdistan worker's party. the pkk, it's a kurdish group that wants to help the kurds inside of syria. but turkey has been keeping it away, literally. stopping supporters who have

tried to run across the border into syria. the problem is pkk has been trying to break away from turkey for decades. the u.s. and others consider it a terrorist group. so some analysts say turkey doesn't trust it, and worries helping kurds in syria, might help the pkk, which might turn on turkey. but turkey's hesitation has sparked riots as well as frustration from world leaders. >> we face security challenges both to the south and to the east of our alliance. >> reporter: for now turkey's army is simply sitting on the border. its leaders want more assurances, including a plan on how to topple syria's government. iraqi soldiers and kurdish

fighters are also trying to prevent isil from seizing two towns in northern iraq. imran khan has exclusive video north of bagdad. >> reporter: it might not look like much, but this makeshift bridge has become a key strategic point. if this bridge goes, then the town will be exposed to an isil takeover. they have already blown up the permanent bridge. isil fighters have moved to isolate the town from the rest of iraq. everyone here wants to stop that from happening. >> translator: we are the local fighters of the tribes. we are all ready to fight. we have been attacked by isil over that orchard, but we managed to foil the attack. and by the help of god, we are still resisting. and we have not slept for two days already. >> reporter: if it falls to isil that puts off the province from the rest of the country.

there have been coalition air strikes, but they haven't dented iz's response. and there is another town that is gearing up to fight and local residents are worried. and inside that town they already know what it is to fight. they have repelled isil fighters for weeks now, but they say in the last 72 hours, isil have advanced quickly, and they are getting even closer. if they take these two towns, then iraq's supply lines between bagdad and the north will be cut. no supply lines and iraq's fight with isil gets a lot tougher. imran khan, al jazeera, bagdad. and we get new information tonight about the fbi's search for the identity of masked man appearing in an isil propaganda video. >> we're here in the 17th division military base just outside of the city. >> reporter: isil released the video last month. the fbi asked for help identifying that man who had what it called a north american

accent. authorities say they have received hundreds of tips. let's bring in robert mcfad engine. your background for decades in law enforcement and intelligence. how effective is something like this? >> it could be very effective. this form of crowd sourcing of tips in the information age is the same as in years past where there was a wanted poster in a post office. if we have a recent example the brothers in the boston marathon bombing. when we saw that video, we turned to each other, and we said within minutes there is going to be many, many tips. there's scores of clues and coming from a high-definition video like this, it could be very effective. >> from your intelligence experience, we talked a lot about this in the news room. what is a north american

accident? >> speculation on my part -- >> it doesn't seem to narrow it down very much. >> we believe that would mean someone either born and raised in or grew up in speaking english as the first language in the u.s. or canada. >> so are there other clues other than the accent? >> absolutely. >> what can we gather from the video? >> even from a video where the individual is -- is not seen but the split of the eyes, that can be very revealing as can be the posture, the cadence of speech, just many clues where someone is going to identify and know who the individual is. >> clearly the fbi and authorities have more information than they are sharing with us. but how many tips do they get and how long does it take to track them down? >> that's the other part of a high priority situation like this when you reach out to the public. i can't imagine the amount of tips and leads the fbi is dealing with now. and they all must be

investigated, so it's very task and time intensive. >> i mean, do you think it's likely that they can just from this video, identify this person? >> i think they can, combined with other bits of information. >> there are computers, i guess that are able to look at eyes. if there is another picture of him, will they be able to match that? >> that's right. the technology has grown leaps and bounds, but like a fingerprint you have to have the original to compare with. >> thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> coming up next, what is to become of the remains of the first ebola patient to die in the u.s. and a strike by airport workers over their concerns about the ebola virus.

the spread of the deadly ebola virus could end up costing the world billions of dollars. that was the warning from the president of the world bank. he says the economy of ever african nation is at stake. >> reporter: it was a warning that went beyond much of already had been said. >> ladies and gentlemen, unless we quickly contain and stop the ebola epidemic, nothing less than the future of not only west africa, but perhaps even africa is at stake. >> reporter: those present were quick to pledge help. even the imf said it was ready to forget its usual rules. >> it's a good to increase the fiscal deficit when it's a matter of curing the people, of taking the precautions to try to contain the disease. the imf doesn't say that very

often. >> reporter: that seemed to come as a surprise to the the -- president of guinea. >> reporter: the president of the imf said we need help and we can increase our deficit, which is quite a change. >> reporter: it's a fundamental point. some say holding the meeting here was bitterly ironic, because both bare responsibility for ebola's rapid rise. the imf because of its economic orthodoxy prevents governments from spending on health care structure. the -- for example. >> unfortunately there are some parts of the world bank, the finance corporation, which is the private sector lending of the bank, has been investing in private hospitals and clinics that are serving the wealthy in

africa, and not reaching the poor. and we want to see more investments in strong public health systems that can reach all people. >> reporter: they say forcing countries to limit spending and privatize health care gives them little chance. >> i certainly hope we were not financing those. >> the ifc was. >> it may be. >> that's a corporation of the world bank, isn't it? this >> yes, but at the world bank we try to reduce poverty. >> reporter: they have called for a $20 billion world health fund to deal with emergencies. but even the officials present at this meeting have admitted that just a fraction of that money had been spent on long-term public health infrastructure, many lives would have been saved. and we have more on the ebola story after much

speculation yesterday, it turns out a texas law enforcement official does not have the ebola virus. he had been in thomas duncan's apartment. he was the first person to die from the virus in the united states. heidi zhou castro is live in dallas with more on the story. heidi? >> reporter: hey, john. the south county sheriff's deputy was discharged from this hospital this evening, ending the scare that began just on the heels of duncan's death and had people here holding their breaths. a sigh of relief for the dallas community. the sheriff's deputy who felt fatigue and stomach pains a week after entering the contaminated apartment tested negative for ebola thursday. >> we need to all stay calm, and

carry on with our -- with our daily lives. there is zero percent chance of me or the deputy having come in contact with the bodily fluids of mr. duncan. >> reporter: he also visited the apartment of thomas duncan. the hospital that treated duncan for ten days says his heart stopped at 7:51 a.m. according to a statement from the hospital: a hospital administer of the investigative drug as soon as it could be obtained. :

health authorities say the risk remains fully contained. at the peak period during which symptoms of ebola would emerge, none of the 48 people monitored as possible ebola contacts has fallen sick. john, i spoke with the stepdaughter of duncan who is in quarantine along with her four children, and she says everyone is feeling fine physically. of course emotionally it's a whole other story. they are mourning duncan's death and it's ever so much more difficult because they must do this in isolation. fear of ebola prompted about 200 cabin cleaners to walk off of the job at laguardia airport. the workers are concerned they will pick up ebola after cleaning bathrooms on flights.

>> workers have done everything they can to get their contractor to respond, and it has been nothing. and particularly in light of the ebola scare and so many infectious diseases coming through the airport, you would think a contractor would do more. but instead they are threatening to fire the workers. saturday jfk will be the first to start screening passengers for ebola. the walk-in ebola case in texas highlights the need for hospitals around the country to prepare for the virus. robert ray reports. >> reporter: the passing of the first ebola patient diagnosed in america is a wake-up call for hospitals and state health care systems across the country. >> we're hearing that they don't feel prepared. >> reporter: for months the cdc has been sending flowcharts outlining ebola symptoms to

5,000 hospitals nationwide. atlanta's hospital is just a few miles from the busiest airport in the world. one of just a handful where passengers from west africa enter the u.s. this doctor says the hospital has been prepping for an ebola-infected patient since early august, updating their electronic medical record system, so communication between staff is spot on. they fully expect someone with ebola symptoms to walk through the doors at any moment. >> we ask them if they have symptoms concerning for ebola, regardless if they have those symptoms we'll put a mask on them and move them immediately to an isolation room. >> reporter: the screening process at the hospital has intensified since thomas duncan was sent home after the first visit to the dallas hospital. >> we just don't know enough

about how the infection can be treated, number 1, and how best it can be supported. so i don't think that there's anything that could be said about an earlier intervention that may have made the difference. >> reporter: when people hear that a patient went to the hospital in dallas and they knew he was from liberia and sent him home, and it turns out he was actually infected, it's hard not to panic >> it's true. and that's where it lies on the hospitals and emergency departments to have things ready. >> reporter: the ebola response goes beyond the confines of emergency rooms. first responders in the field are a key component in communications. >> the triage operators are also trained in the right questions to ask so they can alert the crews, paramedics, and ems crews that arrive. >> reporter: this week the cdc conducted specialized training for health-care workers on the way to west africa, but this may

expanded for domestic doctors and nurses in smaller systems with less coordination in the coming months. and we have more news for you, up next, renewed tensions in missouri, after another deadly encounter between a black teenager and the police. those are life pictures from st. louis. and millions spent to win elections in kentucky, but are candidates really listening to what the voters want? ♪

this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. another teenager shot and killed by police in missouri. we'll look at how that incident could contribute to an already intense atmosphere. india and pakistan blaming each other for some of the worst violence in years. ♪ a tension situation again

tonight in the st. louis area over another fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old black male. it happened just a few miles from ferguson, missouri. shooting of another black male in august, 18-year-old michael brown, and last night an off duty security officer was patrolling the area for a security firm. police say three people ran off, the officer chased them, and one of the three opened fire. >> the young man pulled a weapon and shots were fired. the officer returned fire, and unfortunately the young man was killed. >> after the shooting dozens of protesters confronted police. witnesses says the victim was unarmed. police say the young man was no

stranger to law enforcement, and was wearing an electronic device. >> reporter: details are still emerging, but we were on the scene pretty early. the body of the victim had just been taken away by the police. but there was a crowd on the scene, and we were speaking to witnesses who were telling us that the boy in question hadn't been carrying a weapon at all. people in the crowd were saying that wasn't true, he was just holding a sandwich that he just bought. the police version of events is very different. they say he did have a gun, an officer who was off duty at the time, had been chasing him, and the victim eventually turned around and started shooting at the officer, and fired three rounds at the officer before the officer returned fire fearing for his life and killing the young man. but it's exactly the same kind of story we have been hearing on the ground here, where there

were two very different versions of events. the police story is really just one of police response to a life-threatening situation. but witnesses at the scene were saying that this was not a similar story in that regard, that this was a young man who was gunned down by the police, another officer-involved shooting. there have been three officer involved fatal shootings in the st. louis area, since the shooting of michael brown, and it's really feeding into the tension on the streets right now, we're really bracing for a weekend of demonstrations with protesters coming from around the country, actually specifically to address what happened in the shooting of michael brown, but this happening in the days leading up to those protests on the streets are really going to add fuel to the fire. and the situation now is extremely tense, and we're going to be monitoring events throughout the evening, and seeing if there are more protests and people back out in the streets demonstrating. >> all right. thank you very much. and now to our special

series, america votes, 2014. this week, fed up in kentucky. in the bluegrass state voters will decide a closely contested senate race. but are the politicians talking about the issues that the voters care about. libby casey is in washington tonight. libby what did the voters tell you? >> they are concerned about jobs, the economy, and for some personal freedom. kentucky is a populous state, and many support democratic economic policies, by -- but buy and large they believe in republican policies. parts of the state feel alienated. they don't support things like gay marriage, and they don't relate to president obama. and alds -- he says those

feelings may determine more than the policies. >> it boils down to a question of whether or not you think it's your economic interests that are more important, or your values that are more important. and the republicans have succeeded in making it mainly a question of values, and they have been able to blur these economic questions, which, frankly, are more complicated. >> reporter: now cross isn't saying that democrats have the market cornered on good economic idea as, but voters are having a hard time parsing out where the candidates stand on things because they have been blanketed with ads that have been very negative. there will be a debate next week, and they will drill down on some of the issues, like health care. kentucky has extremely poor

health. andal he says he hopes voters will come away understanding where the candidates actually stand. >> so this debate is a real opportunity for the candidates as well? >> reporter: it could be. the question is, will they be able to do more than just sling mud or can we get to some real meat of policies. the candidates have been accused of not getting a lot of face time with voters. today the news out of kentucky is that allison grimes did a big sit downwith the newspaper. the headline out of that one, though, she wouldn't say whether or not she voted for president obama. so that's already fodder for negative ads on the web as we speak. >> she wouldn't say? >> reporter: no, she just deferred and said that's a

private moment at the ballot box. she said she supported hillary clinton back in 2008 during the campaign process, but she would not commit. >> she doesn't have to say, but i'm sure that question is going to be asked again before this campaign is over with. go ahead. >> reporter: well, i was going to say, john, hillary clinton is someone she would like to align herself with a little more. because bill clinton was very popular in kentucky. that's the kind of person she wants to be aligned with. when i talk to kentucky voters, they really feel disconnected to what president obama stands for. so that is certainly playing out on the ground. >> it sounds like the president is not very popular on the campaign trail at least in some states. libby thank you very much.

now, back to the tension in st. louis, and the area over another fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old black male. mia is the executive director of global policy solutions. it recently released a series of proposals to help police prevent shootings of minority teens. mia welcome. thanks for being with uses. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> i want to try to take a couple of pictures -- we have lost those pictures from st. louis, but it does look like there was a crowd beginning to gather, and the concern is about the safety of that community on all levels. so what do you think the differences are between ferguson and what is going on in what they call the shaw community of st. louis tonight? >> there actually is a difference. what we're seeing is people using their first amendment

rights to stand up and speak out against a pattern of behavior that we see, where police officers and law enforcement officials using extra judicial killings to take out black and brown boys across the country. this happens too often in america for it to be a coincidence. this is a pattern of behavior that we're seeing in communities across certainly missouri and illinois, but also across the country. >> and that's even if this young black man had a gun and fired at police? >> well, we actually don't know what the situation is in this situation. so we're hearing one story from the police, and we're hearing another story from people who were bystanders who witnessed the situation. and that's what happened in the case of michael brown in ferguson as well, that there were two stories. what we have is a dangerous lack of trust in the african american

community in our law enforcement system here in america. and what you are seeing is this trust -- this distrust displayed in other communities. we have all seen movies where the police officers basically basically exonerate themselves, and there is a lot of suspicion and mistrust, and frankly people don't believe the police. >> and recently we have seen phone videos. we have seen pictures taken of police engaging in action. we saw some of it in ferguson, during the protests there. do you think white america is discovering something that african-americans have known most of their lives. >> i don't know why white america would be suddenly discovering something. our history unfortunately has been similar. there has been very long history if you start with slavery, jim

crow, the lynchings of black men, killings have happened certainly in more recent times. the roster of black and brown men shot dead by law enforcement under questionable circumstances can fill up an entire monument. so for white america to be clued out and not tuned in to this history, and to think that this is an isolated incident, is certainly signalling they might be out of touch with reality. >> mia, it's good to have you. thank you very much. it has been a week of wild swings on wall street. today the dow fell more than 300 points, the biggest of the year on concerns the global economy is slowing down. today's big drop followed wall street's biggest gain of the year yesterday. time to head to washington, d.c. joie chen telling us what is coming up on "america tonight." >> good evening, john, on

"america tonight" they are on the road, not, though, by choice, we'll have an in-depth look of the lives of some of the hidden homeless. thousands of american families who have been forced out of their homes and out on the run. from sleeping in vehicles even if it is their only shelter. we'll look on the long night that homeless families spent in their cars. >> this mantra repeated over and over in my head, i want to go home. and i just kept avoiding that one thought that says please, you don't have a home to go back to. >> an in-depth look at the lives of homeless families forced to take shelter in their vehicles, and we'll look at a solution that could put them back on track. in just a few hours we should know the winner of the nobel peace prize. there's plenty of speculation, leading the list of possibilities is pope francis.

he would be the first pope to win the prize. another is edward snowden, the former contractor who exposed government surveillance tactics. and then a favorite last year, the pakistani teen who was shot in the head by the taliban after campaigning against the policy of not educating girls. a battle over a long disputed borderer is raging tonight. the kashmir region between india and pakistan. we have more from knnew delhi. >> reporter: in the middle of the night they fled for their lives. running away from mortar shells. thousands of indians living in the area are seeking refuge.

>> translator: it is very bad. there is firing from the pakistani side. people are leaving their homes. >> reporter: the situation is equally dire on the pakistani side. >> translator: india fired my house on the morning of eid. we have lost so many things. my nephew is also injured. three children have been killed in this village, and one old lady. they have fired up to 250 rook kets on this village at night. >> reporter: this is the most intense fighting between the two in more than a decade. they have both blamed each other for provoking the hostilities. pakistan has accused india of dismissing ceasefire talks, while india says krcross-border

attacks must stop before negotiations can begin. >> if spach stan persists with the adventurism, our forces will make the cost of this adventurism, unaffordable. >> reporter: but pakistan says as long as india continues to fire at its civilians, it will respond. >> my message to them would be, deescalate. don't fire on to the civilian areas. if you want to fire, give us a reason. there has to be a reason to fire. but if you continue to fire without reasons, you will continue to see a response. >> reporter: the conflict has continued for more than a week. people on both sides of the border have suffered the most from this recent conflict. they say they want their governments to talk, and reach a solution before more civilians are killed.

to north korea now where we could soon more about the whereabouts of the leader. friday is the 69th anniversary of the founding of the worker's party. kim usually participates with a visit to his father and grandfather's tombs. the new palestinian unify government has held its first cabinet meeting in the gaza strip. meeting is the first of itsing kind since the 2007 civil war between hamas and fattah. >> reporter: every morning, this man walks from his small rented apartment in the center of gaza city to what was once his home. all that is left of the spacious

town house is this pile of broken concrete and twisted metal. the neighborhood where he has lived for most of his life was one of the worse-hit areas during israel's 50-day bombardment. he tells me he hopes the lawmakers will ensure the area is rebuilt. >> translator: we trust in god not the state, but i pray these leaders will not fail us like the previous have. the leaders need to know we're struggling. >> reporter: the visit marks the first time a sitting palestinian prime minister has come to the gaza strip since hamas took over in 2007. and while both sides have agreed to work together to help rebuild neighborhoods line this one, given their complicated past, not everyone is convinced they

can put aside their differences. few have forgotten the violence that saw the end of fattah's rule in the gaza strip. hamas sees it's a as the lawful representative of the palestinian people after winning parliamentary polls the year before its fighters grabbed control of the enclave, since then relations between the two sides have been tense. but the formation of the unity government in unirea has raised hopes, so too has the agreement that the independent lawmakers would assume immediate authority over gaza after the war with israel. but abdullah admits given the years of mistrust, moving forward won't be easy. >> translator: we have huge challenges lying ahead, i mean domestic challenges. all of the palestinian factions should live up to the responsibility and transcend differences. this is a government of all of palestine and the palestinians.

>> reporter: which is all people like this man say they want, some sort of normalcy, but depending on how much is raised at the donor's conference in cairo on sunday, that could take years. coming up next, your next car could run on hydrogen. a look at the benefits and drawbacks coming up. ♪

good evening, i'm kevin corriveau, again, tonight we are following the supertyphoon making its way to the north. this system has weakened slightly from last night at this time. but it is still a very powerful storm, and it's making its way up here towards okinawa. it's a population of about 1.3 million people. 80,000 people are u.s. citizens whether they will military, department of defense or families. so we'll be watching this very carefully. we think it's either going to

make landfall or close to landfall on saturday afternoon. but the track keeps on changing as we go every 12 hours. we're going to be watching this carefully. wind speeds will be anywhere between 127 to 115 miles an hour. we're also watching here in this bay, it is making its way to the north and increasing in intensity. we expect it to go up to 127 miles per hour before making landfall. the problem is the density of population along the region, and the infrastructure is much weaker so we could see quite a bit of flooding along the way. your news is next.

hydrogen-fuelled cars may be the future of the highway. they could hit the market as early as next year. "techknow" contributor has a

look at what could be the car of tomorrow. >> reporter: the streets in california, a testing lab for the next game changing alternative fuel vehicle. here it's electric versus hybrids, and soon the hydrogen fuel cell car. this is the hot room at toyota's technical center. where they have tested the car. >> this is the future. >> reporter: jacky is a fuel cell engineer. >> what is inside a fuel cell car? >> instead of having the gasoline driving the wheels, we have fuel cells driving the wheels. >> reporter: the reaction occurs when a membrane between the hydrogen and oxygen strips the hydrogen atom of its one

electron, that electron moves around the fuel cell to hook up with the oxygen to produce h2o. so this only emits water? >> it only emits water. i can show you. >> all right. let's get some water. so this is the big purge. that is kind of amazing. unlike most cars, the undercarriage is wrapped up tight. >> we would take the plastic covers off and see a hydrogen tank here, another one here, and the fuel cell is under the front seat. >> reporter: you do a lot of safety tests? >> yes. >> reporter: including shooting it with bullets. >> we do. with the first shot we weren't

even able to penetrate one wall. >> reporter: but the second shot? >> the second shot went through, and [ inaudible ] the hydrogen out. >> reporter: so this seems pretty safe unless you get shot in the exact same spot. >> phil we have heard about this technology for decades, why now? >> that's right. it has been around for a very long time. the issue was in the past getting that many fuel cells packed into a car was really expensive. now it is a fraction of the price. the other issue was the hydrogen gas itself. california is really taken the lead and there is quite a few pumping stations around. >> how does it compare to a gasoline car when it comes to price? >> with gasoline cars toyota hasn't given an exact number but say they it will be between a

prius and a tesla. >> and how does it impact the environment? or is there a big change here? >> it is a huge change. as you saw coming out of the exhaust was literally water. so it is incredibly green technology. the one issue is this hydrogen fuel comes from natural gas, so it's good for energy dense here in the u.s., but it does release some co2, so in the future we'll see it come from things like wind, solar, or even bacteria. >> the big concern for years has been safety. how do we know what they say is true? >> they wouldn't let us see the video of them shooting this thing, but they say it's a pretty good video, so maybe we'll get our hands on it and know for sure. >> how do you compare it to driving a gasoline car? >> it's pretty similar. i got to go for a ride with these things, and i had a good time. it was similar to the prius that i normally drive it was quiet

and a smooth drive. it doesn't have that zip that electric cars have, but it's reasonable. >> how many do think they will sell early? >> i don't know. it's an interesting price point for them. so we'll see. i think definitely in southern california we'll be seeing sales. but other states may not even have a place to pump up the gas. >> phil good to see you. interesting story. thanks very much. there will be more this weekend on techno. it's great show. coming up at 11:30 eastern time, a new york high school team cancels his football season after allegations of hazing. plus most can't afford them, but everybody looks at them. the sky high apartments soaring

above american cities. and tonight's freeze frame is a contribute. comedian jan hooks passed away this morning. best known for her work on "saturday night live." that's our news. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here tonight.

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