>> on the stream. >> the war on climate change is being waged by innovators from around the globe from solar power dresses and smart cities, to a green military wait till you see what's going on >>the stream, on al jazeera america >> the nobel peace prize for 2014 is awarded. >> on historic choice for the nobel peace prize. education rights activist shares the prestigious award. the teenager is the young effort ever to win. >> trade be fire after after

south korea launches propaganda balloons. kim jong-un misses another major event he. >> police and protestors clash on the streets of st. louis. tensions running high after police shoot a teenager. police say he was armed. his family say he was holding a sandwich. >> a man removed from a flight by a crew in haz-mat suits after just joking that he was sick with ebola. >> good morning, and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm paul beban. breaking news, a short time ago, the nobel peace prize awarded. >> the teenage pakistani human rights activist that was shot by the taliban for advocating for her right to get an education will share the prize with a man

who has fought against child labor in india. this was not a total surprise. >> in some ways, it is a total surprise and in others isn't. there was no real obvious choice this year for the nobel peace prize so a pakistani girl and hundred do man were given the prize. she worked for the rights of girls to be he ha educated. >> the nobel peace prize is awarded. >> the announcement this morning in norway means that she is now the youngest person ever to win the nobel peace prize. the 17-year-old has been campaigning for girls' rights to education since the age of 11. she took a bullet for taking that stand. she was shot in the head in 2012 by taliban gunman while on a school bus and since her

extraordinary recovery has continued her campaign around the world. >> it is not my day. today is the day of every woman, every boy, and every girl who have raised the right for the rights. >> this joint win comes at a time when isis fighters are murdering women and children in iraq and syria. she can't go home to pakistan. she's in london where she's being treated, because in pakistan, she's simply not welcome. >> she travels the world advocating for children's rights. she was even in nigeria addressing women's rights since boko haram.

>> she's only 17. what were you like at 17? >> i certainly was no not as sef possessed and powerful as she is. >> we'll go live to islamabad, where we are there with reaction to that nobel peace prize announcement. >> turning to st. louis, violence on the streets as protestors and police square off. there is anger over the shooting death of an 18-year-old. police say this victim was armed, but his family tells a totally different story. >> that's right. his family is speaking out in his defense, saying the teenager did not have a gun, as police have insisted. they say he only had a sandwich, that he bought at a store earlier that night. that new information intensifying protests overnight. >> walking down the middle of the city street, packs of protestors taunt nearby st.

louis police officers. within a matter of minutes, reinforcements arrive to slow down the exhibition. >> just one day earlier, hundreds of people poured into the streets as soon as news spread that a white police officer shot and killed black the black teenager who police say shot at the officer first. they've been demonstrating ever since. it is strikingly similar to ferguson after another white officer shot unarmed teen michael brown to death. a mere 16 miles away from ferguson, st. louis police advisably pushing people back. they resorted to what appears to be pepper spray. several as you comed to the spray as others came to help, offering milk to soothe the

burn. this latest police shooting coming days before many planned to protest in ferguson as a weekend of resistance. protestors are expected to come from around the country to concerns about police violence on the two month park since brown's death. >> a lot of people here drawing comparisons between the two police shootings in missouri but police say brown was unarmed and yet they say myers was not only armed, but also shot at the officers three times before the officer returned fire. myers' background is much different. he was arrested over the summer and is facing a gun felony charge and brown does not have that kind of background. >> as questions swirl about where north korean leader kim jong-un has been, northee and south korea traded fire overnight. the incident happened after south korea activists launched

propaganda balloons with information condemning kim. there is no word of casualties, but the clash came as north korea marked the 69th affairs of its ruling party. kim jong-un was a no-show. he has not been seen in public for more than a month. a government source has told reuters he is suffering a serious leg injury but is fully in charge of the country. we'll have a report from south korea straight ahead. >> lawmakers today are set to ask tough questions about the ebola response is dallas. the house homeland security committee will hold a special hearing there. they want to know what was done to treat the first case diagnosed on u.s. soil. >> zero tolerance in alabama and the dominican republic, airport workers responding in full haz-mat gear over fears travelers may have been carrying the virus. we are in dallas this morning. homeland security, this hearing taking place not in washington like we usually hear about.

>> that's right. we are hearing that the house home land security chairman will be meeting here in dallas at the airport to review federal, state and local responses to the first ebola case, which we had here in dallas. some of the things they're going to talk about include ways to improve capabilities and screening methods, this coming as nerves are running high amongst american travelers. >> passengers on edge as the haz-mat team boards their plane. the flight landed in the dominican republic. cell phone videos show a passenger removed after he kneed and joked he had ebola. health officials say the american passenger had no contact with ebola patients and other passengers were not at risk. airline officials were simply following strict new c.d.c. guidelines, screening passengers of signs for the ebola will start this weekend at j.f.k.

airport in new york, taking people he's temperatures and filling out questionnaires. screening begins at four other airports next week. a deputy in dallas was quarantined and now sent home. >> the public is safe. we need to all stay calm and carry on with our daily lives. >> duncan's fiancee is still in warn teen, but she is questioning the level of duncan's hospital care. >> she thought that he should have been admitted right away and they should have taken this more seriously. >> in a statement, texas health presbyterian hospital said our care team provided mr. duncan with the same high level of care given any patient, regardless of nationality. >> in liberia, u.s. military planes carrying marines and supplies landed near monrovia. >> we are here to support a.i.d.

and the liberian government. >> they will help by building hospitals in the region. >> ebola screening is also to be introduced at airports in the u.k., which means travelers arriving at heathrow will be subject to additional screening, temperature-taking and people coming from those hardest hit areas in west africa will face tracking in questionnaires. >> more news out of washington this morning, the plan to provide more funding to the u.s. military mission in west africa is delayed in the senate. what's the hold up there? >> the house approved $750 million in spend to go fund a six month mission to support the deployment of those more than 4,000 u.s. troops into west africa, there to set up medical facilities to fight the virus. we are hearing 700 million of that is held up by senator james in half, the top represent on the senate armed services

committee. a spokesman for the senator said he's not been satisfied with the answers he's gotten with regard to the safety plea cautions for troops that will be there and also the end plan. $700 million still held up. >> a nurse assistant infected with ebola in spain is now in serious but stable condition. she had been reported in critical condition and close to death earlier in the day. are is the first person known to have become infected outside the affected zone in west africa. a plane was denied permission to land in portugal. the pilot hoped to refuel before continuing on to oslo, a norwegian physician was working in doctors without borders when he got infected. that plane refueled in the canary islands. >> isil is stalled in the syrian town of kobane after blistering

airstrikes from the u.s. on targets there. >> there is increasing pressure on turkey to get involved. we are joined live from washington, d.c. there are reports that isil controls a third of kobane. what is the u.s. doing to convince turkey to take action? >> general allen is there for a second day of talks. they are really pressing this key nato ally to get more involved militarily. right now, turkey is helping with intelligence for example, working to try to stop foreign fighters from going into syria. the u.s. wants more from this country. here's state department spokeswoman. >> we want them to play more of a military role, to do more stopping terrorist financing, more on countering foreign fighters. there are a range of ways they can contribute. >> for example, some of the things turkey might do is allow the u.s. to use an air base in turkey to launch attacks. it's just 100 miles from the syrian border. also, turkey could help arm and

train moderate syrian rebels. the talks continue as the u.s. pressures the turkish government. >> we've heard about a buffer zone and no fly zone. what would these things look like? >> turkey has really wanted a buffer zone to try to protect itself really from that on going civil war in syria going on for years now. the buffer zone that would be on the syrian side of the border, we don't know how large it would be to house refugees which are now streaming into turkey. turkey sees this as a bargaining chip now. the u.s. wants turkish help, turkey saying ok, give us our buffer zone. we'll see how that comes out. >> live in washington, thank you very much. >> the u.s. sending their message to russia. an army calvary unit complete with 20 tanks is in the bat particular state of estonia training at an air field. the message according to officials is to show russia it should not interfere in former

soviet states. moscow is accused of being behind the con applicant in ukraine. >> the youngest person ever has won the nobel peace prize. we are in islamabad this morning. what is the reaction where you are? >> so far, the reaction has been the official one from the government. the interior minister said this is very good news after a long period of negative news to come out of pakistan. he also said that this will show the world and the world will recognize that pakistan is a peace-loving country and its people are prepared to make sacrifices for peace. the local television station has been running the news non-stop. local activists are start to go speak out and congratulate her.

she has become a symbol for pakistan and the rest of the world. for most people in pakistan, they are happy to have positive news coming out of here. >> those of us that have followed her story know she was 15 years old when she was shot by the taliban. is there a sense that in country of how big her actual impact has been on what would be described by many as a very patriarchal society? >> most people here really do understand that she has become an international symbol. some people may say that her impact on the ground locally hasn't been as strong perhaps as it has been in terms of being that sort of international symbol, so people are well aware of that. the situation has changed in the valley

malala was attacked by the taliban. the pakistani military is currently targeting the taliban. people are aware of the international significance and prominence that she's received. she's met u.s. president barack obama. the last 12 months object she's been to nigeria to campaign for girls education there. she met with refugees in jordan, syria, refugees there and in turkey. she's been on the international circuit. >> nicole, thank you. >> wet weather, more flooding across the middle of the country this morning. >> for more on the national forecast, let's bring in our birthday girl, meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> if you ever think we control

the weather where i'm going to be today is also raining, so you don't always get what you hope for. it's a little bit messy. this is out in colorado springs where overall, three inches of rain, but most came down in heavy thunderstorms in a couple hour period. it's making things very wet on the road. the core of the wet weather still in colorado including snow in the higher elevations. oklahoma kind of the border with missouri and arkansas is where the really heavy stuff has set up. that's where we have our more widespread flood watches and flood warnings this morning under the core of that moisture. that will shift southward as that boundary, the frontal boundary had a little enhancement from that last tropical system. later today, places like d.c., up through new york, even boston could see some of that rain. this is going to be our trouble maker through the day as we start off our weekend.

>> trouble maker into the weekend. thanks. >> the mystery over north korean leader kim jong-un. >> he has not been seen in a month in public, including this morning, one of the countries biggest celebrations. now the north and south have exchanged fire. >> the death of a man from ebola in dallas has hospitals from coast-to-coast preparing for the worst. how they're planning for someone infected with ebola to end up in the e.r. >> cover your eyes if you're afraid of speeders. homeowners discover thousands of speeders crawling in the wall of their new home. >> not good. >> $16 million is the big number of the day. >> what it has to do with keeping your computer safe from cyber attacks, after the break.

>> today's big number is $16 billion. that is the value of anti virus giant as he man particular and it will soon be split in

two. >> the half would handle data management that took in $2.5 billion last year. the split would help it better compete. hewlett packard announced plans to break up early this week. >> north and south korea exchanging gunfire just hours ago as questions swirl about kim jong-un's mysterious disappearance. >> he appears to have been a no-show at another big national event, the celebration of the workers party. he didn't show at celebrations. this is the second time in recent weeks he's missed a big public holiday. he hasn't been seen for months now. what sparked gunfire this morning? >> it happened at about 3:55 local time in the afternoon here, the south korean defense ministry saying that it was

sparked by the launch of large helium balloons filled with anti-north korean pamphlets. it was said if the south korean allowed this to go ahead, there would be catastrophe in the relations between the north and south. this time it seems they decided to act on it. anti aircraft machine gunfire directed at these balloons, some of those large caliber bullets landing in south korean territory. an hour and a half later, south korea issued a warning to north korea that it would return fire in kind. forty rounds from its own anti aircraft, heavy machine guns fired into north korean territory. no reports of casualties on either side. >> these exchanges of fire happen from time to time. is this something we should be concerned about.

>> it is interesting that it happened over the d.m.z. military an lifts can't remember anytime since the end of fighting in 1953 in the korean war that such an exchange of fire has happened across the demilitarized zone. it is something that does happen from time to time in terms of warning shots fired. just on wednesday, in fact, the maritime border offer the west coast of the peninsula, a northern vessel came south by 900 meters into south korean territory. warning shots were fired into the water from the south korean vessel and there was an exchange of fire there. it does happen and the fact that there was this warning also suggest that both sides were trying to minimize further escalation or fallout from this. >> we heard rumors about kim jong-un has been deposed, that he's suffering from gout. do we have any idea where he is and what's going on?

>> >> frankly, no. it is an i a impenetrable situa. it is suggested that there is a palace coup by some watchers. the south korean government saying earlier that it believes that the ruler kim jong-un is operating normally, giving further weight that those that think it's a health concern that he has, some sort of problems with his ankles or legs and north koreans simply don't want him seen in public, laboring under that kind of injury, something that would be embarrassing for such a young man to be suffering from. >> great to have you live from seoul that morning, thank you. >> the reason we pay teens all the speculation is because sometimes it turns out to be

true, like when un had his uncle killed in a power play. is there a possibility if he does have health problems that a power struggle is going on. >> it's a great question. you're right. we can never really know for sure what's going on with north korea. you can't discount any possibility. i think that certainly the longer this goes on, the longer his absence, the longer there's a sense that there might be something physically wrong with him, then yes, there's a possibility that that's going to start chatter within north korea. people might hedge their bets, think about a post kim jong-un era. i don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. i wondered whether he was goingg to have problems when he first took power. we don't have evidence he's in trouble. he's 30 years old. no one dies of natural causes when they're 30 years old. >> it's possible he just doesn't want to be seen in state media with a cast or lying in bed, but

it is unusual for the state press, which is controlled directly by the government, to report that the supreme leader has health issues. how do you read that? >> you put your finger on what is the most curious thing here, that the north korean press would actually say that he was having discomfort. because in north korea, they sort of make their leaders god-like figures who are perfect in every way, so to say this guy has health problems cuts against that. it could be that something serious is going on here and they're sort of preparing people for that. that's what the people who say there's maybe a coup is going on would say. it may be that north korea's just a wee bit more transparent than it used to be. it's under this young kim's rule that they admitted they had a missile test that failed. when they had the indictment for the uncle, that he was engaged in a plot. these are things previous north korean leaders would have never said out loud.

maybe it's them being a little more open. as with all things north korean, it's hard to say. >> why does the u.s. need to pay attention to this? >> we do need to be paying attention, because anytime, you know, this guy's only been in office a few years now, so when you have a new leader who has no experience, who has nuclear weapons in a tension-filled region, yeah, you want to keep on eye on that so nothing starts small and then gross and escalates and turns into something really bad. the other thing is if there is leadership transition here, then that is also important for the u.s. to know. again, you don't want to be poking them if they're in a very defensive mood dealing with internal problems. >> they do have some nuclear weapons. >> yes. >> jim, thank you very much. >> the weather, wet weather, cold temperatures, let's get a check of the forecast from nicole. >> we had that front that's in the midsection causing the rain. behind that, cold air.

my friends and family in the midwest are saying it's the 30's outside, we're breaking down and turning on the heat. that's not a breakdown. it's just cold and you said. 25 in fargo. i know people who turn on the heat in the 60's, so i think you're good. because of cold air, frost advisories this morning, this is part of a big temperature contrast across the country, highs today in the midwest in the 50's, south that have, 80's and 90's on the other side of that front. back to you. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> taking to the streets of turkey in protest. >> kurds say the turkish president is not doing enough to help fellow kurds in syria. we speak to a former ambassador of turkey i about the fight against isil. >> getting ready for the potential threat of ebola. >> an m.m.a. fighter live tweeting a standoff with police trying to arrest him. >> google mapping the world, how it used a camel cam in the

arabian desert.

>> protestors clashing with law enforcement. they gathered to remember an 18-year-old shot and killed by police. police say he was armed. >> near kobane, isil fighters are being targeted helping kurdish control the town center. isil fighters control a third of kobane. >> turkey is under pressure to get involved in the fight for the city. the u.s. wants turkey to take an active role. kurds inside turkey say their government isn't doing enough to help. we have more. >> across this kurdish city, the sound of clatterring pots and pans echoed through the apartment blocks. unlike earlier this week, there

were no deaths or violence, just noisy protest. political leaders in this city have called for calm and the streets tonight have been relatively peaceful, but not quiteette. there is a very effective way of getting a message across. >> kurds here are frustrated at what they believe is the turkish governments failure to stop the syrian city of kobane falling to islamic state of iraq and the levant. when they say no, it upsets people. why are they sending weapons to others, but kurds, they don't do anything. >> if kobane falls, turkey and the u.s. will bear the responsibility. >> there has been violence elsewhere in turkey. this was the capitol ankara wednesday where police and

students fought. this is the border with iraq. the protestors want the turkish government to provide weapon to say kurds in kobane and allow reinforcements through. but turkey is suspicious, seeing those syrian kurds as an extension of the kurdish p.k.k. which waged a long bloody conflict with turkey. >> stephanie decker joins us live from the turkey-syria border. bring us up to speed on the fierce fight for kobane. you just witnessed an air strike. >> there was a coalition air strike on the eastern side of kobane a couple of hours ago. there have been airstrikes, intensified around kobane and inside certain isil position that is they do have. it hasn't really managed to control the battle. they are still actively behind us, gunfire and explosions.

the kurds are doing incredibly well in holding isil back when it comes to taking the town. the town is still mostly under control of the y.p.g. there's the kurdish fighters inside syria. they do need more weapons and supplies. what's interesting is we had the u.n. special envoy to syria. he said turkey has oh tope borders to kurds to law them to go help in the fight. u.n. officials say finding peace in syria is no easy task, certainly they say turkey should open the borders to allow men to help push isil back. >> do we have any idea how many civilians are left inside the city of kobane?

>> we have heard 500 to 700 civilians, mostly elderly. people saying a lot of their elderly parents didn't want to leave their home. this is their home, they say if they're going to die, they would rather die in kobane. this is something that highlights to you the commitment of these people to their town. what's interesting is kobane has become a symbol for the struggle of the kurds. there is a long history of syria and the--turkey he and the kurds, 30 years of civil war. >> stephanie, thank you.

>> the turkey foreign minister said it's unfair to ask turkey to go it alone. >> turkey has a positively on all three camps, isis itself, so some degree on the kurds fighting in kobane and above all, on the assad government in syria. what the turks want is u.s. commitment for a no-3 zone to help the turks overthrow assad eventually and to keep additional refugee flows going into turkey. the u.s. envoy is talking with the turkish government today, but we don't have any break through yet. >> you mention that had no fly zone or no buffer zone. why can't the u.s. and turkey agree on what to do here? >> that's a very good question. first of all, having negotiated for many years with the turks, they are tough negotiators and

sometimes they can be stubborn. the u.s. administration has not really clarified its position on assad. the turks believe and many of us outside of the u.s. government believe that assad is part of the underlying problem that led to isis. you can't deal with isis without dealing with assad. that's the turk message and it's a pretty good message. we need to listen to them. >> what is the tactical importance of kobane. why does it matter? >> unlike what many administration officials here have said, it is absolutely strategically important. geographically if you take kobane, isis will control 500 kilometers of the turkish, syrian border and thus can threaten turkey and control the flow of weapons, the flow of people in and out of syria. that's critically important. it's now a symbol, as we just heard. these are people, the kurds

fight go there who are willing to stand up for isis. they are fighting for the united states and international community. they need our support and we can't let them fall. that will send the wrong message, a terrible message across the entire middle east. >> strong words there, james jeffery, former ambassador to turkey, thank you. >> back in the u.s., a dallas hospital is defending its initial treatment of ebola patient thomas eric duncan. some asked if his race and finances might have played a role in his care. >> his care is putting the spot lighted on the way ebola and other infectious diseases are being handled in u.s. hospitals, many preparing for a worst case scenario. >> live in atlanta outside grady hospital, with americans concerned about catching this, what message of federal officials trying to get across to local health departments and hospitals? >> good morning. the main message is communicate internally within the staff in the hospitals, and state health

departments so that another confusion like what occurred in dallas a couple of weeks ago does in the occur. behind me, grady hospital, one of the biggest trauma units in america, we visited with them and they say that they have their act together. >> the passing of the first ebola patient diagnosed in america is a wakeup call for hospitals and state health care systems across the country. >> we are hearing from for example different clinical groups this week that they don't really feel prepared. they have more questions. they have concerns. >> for months, the c.d.c. has been sending flow charts out lining ebola systems to 5,000 hospitals nationwide. >> doctor, are you guys prepared for an ebola patient here in your hospital? >> yes, absolutely. >> atlanta's grady hospital is a few miles from the busiest airport in the world, one of just a handful where passengers from west africa entered the

u.s. the doctor says the hospital has been prepping for an ebola infected patient since early august, updating their electronic medical system so communication between staff is spot on. they fully expect someone with ebola symptoms to walk through the door. >> we ask them if they have symptoms, regardless, we'll put a mask on them and move them immediately to an isolation room. >> the screening process at atlanta's grady hospital has intensified since thomas eric duncan was sent home with just antibiotics after his first visit to that dallas hospital, exposing gaps in the communication process there. >> we just don't know enough about how the infection can be treated, number one, how best it can be supported. i don't think that there's anything that could be said about an earlier intervention that may have made the difference. >> when people hear that a patient went to the hospital in

dallas and they knew he was from liberia yet sent him home he to and the bites, it's hard not to panic. >> it's true. that's where it lies on the hospitals and emergency democrats to have things ready. >> the ebola response goes beyond the confines of emergency rooms. first responders in the field are a key component in communications. >> the triage operators trained in the right questions to ask so they can alert the crews, the paramedics and e.m.s. crews that arrive. >> this week, the c.d.c. conducted specialized training for health care workers on their way to hot zones in west africa. this may be expanded for domestic doctors and nurses in smaller health care systems with less coordination in the coming months. >> it should be noted, we're just a few miles from atlanta's

airport. people from all over the world come into that place every single day. as we know, there are five airports being screened for folks coming in from west africa. the government just announced that. this hospital is absolutely ready, just in case someone with ebola symptoms happens to land here in atlanta. >> meanwhile, a strong warning thursday from c.d.c. director thomas dreaden. what is he saying now about ebola in the u.s. >> dr. thomas dreaden, head of the c.d.c. wants to make sure that this doesn't become a pandemic like aids did in the 1980's and 1990's, killing 35 million people plus. he wants to make sure that that doesn't occur and people pay close attention to this ebola outbreak so they can stop the spread before it gets worse. robert ray live in atlanta,

thank you. >> turning to smoke news and a possible smoking begun for the nfl. the former manager of the chicago bears say it was common for teams to cover up domestic violence cases. >> jerry angelo said he is speaking out now because of the ray rice incidents. john henry smith has more. >> jerry angelo admitted to the "u.s.a. today" that hundreds and hundreds of abuse cases went unreported and players were rarely disciplined. he said the video of former ravens running back ray rice punching his wife in an elevator made him reassess his actions during 30 years in the nfl. he said teams did little about domestic violence because they were in the business to win games. he now regrets he didn't take more action. angelo said we knew it was wrong for whatever reason. it just kind of got glossed over. i've got to look at myself first and i was part of that, but i didn't stand alone.

>> former bears coach mike ditka reacted angrily to his comments, saying if you didn't do anything while you were running the team, then shut up. don't live in the past. ditka also called angelo he gutless. in a statement, the chicago bears said that it was surprised by angelo's comments, and that the team does not know what he is referring to. >> now, a well known mixed martial arts fighter and the one time host of the f.h.v. reality show bully beat down, thursday jason miller, better known had his nickname mayhem was a wanted man. a heavily armed swat team surrounded his home in orange county, california. he refused to come out. he was being served an arrest warrant. he started live tweeting about the altercation. >> we set up a perimeter around the house and have for the last several hours attempted to make contact with mr. miller to bring this to a peaceful resolution. >> he invited his twitter

followers to watch his house as the events unfolded. police blew his door down and arrested him peacefully. >> let's look at other stories caught in our global net. a little commercial for google here. they're taking their street view technology far from the streets, a telegraph saying that google took one of those trekker cameras to the desert to give you camel cam. this is the same tracker camera that's been mounted on a bike, on a snowmobile, on humans, but this desert is particularly spectacular, because it was home to some of the world's earliest settlements. there's some pretty cool pictures. >> you need a steady cam on the back of that camel. >> would you go shopping at amazon in a store? first-ever brick and mortar store. the on line retailer has signed to take over a building in new york across the street from the empire state building. >> apparently, you can pick up orders, and all sorts of stuff

there, but you may also be able to buy stuff from the store. we'll have to see. >> if you have rack in a phobia, look away. those are one of the very few poisonous spiders that roam the earth. >> you won't die if you get bitten, but it will make you want to feel like it. >> they can make you pretty jake breaking down the cost of ebola beyond the how many toll. >> the outbreak could run into the tens of billions of dollars around the globe. >> steptics take note, there maybe scientific proof of life after death. that is one of today's discoveries.

>> it's time now for one of today's discoveries. scientists may have an explanation for out of body experiences. they found you can be conscious for a few minutes after death. >> the key here is you have to live to tell the tale. british researchers studied 2,000 people who went into cardiac arrest. 40% had some memories from when they were continually dead. the takeaway is when your brain stops working, there is proof some people retain awareness. >> the ebola outbreak is taking lives and destroying families in africa and wreaking economic havoc. >> the toll could top $32 billion by the end of next year. not everyone thinks the bank and i.m.f. are the right organizations to help stop the outbreak. >> it was a warning that went beyond what had already been said. >> unless we quickly contain and

stop the ebola epidemic, nothing less than the future of west africa and perhaps africa is at stake. >> those international governments present were quick to pledge help. even the i.m.f. was ready to forget its usual rules. >> it is good to increase the fiscal deficit when it's a matter of curing the people, of taking the precautions to actually try and contain the disease. the i.m.f. doesn't say that very often. >> that came as a surprise to the president of guinea. >> the president of the i.m.f. managing director said that we need help and we can increase our deficit, which is quite a change from the usual narrative. >> it's a fundamental point. some say holding the meeting here was bitterly ironic, because both the world bank and the i.m.f. bear responsibility for ebola's rapid rise. the i.m.f., because it's economic orthodoxy prevents

governments from spending on health care infrastructure, the world bank con send straits on privatized development and not health care facilities. >> the world bank's health in africa initiative was studied. >> parts of the word bank, the finance corporations, the private sector lending arm of the bank has been investing in private hospitals and clinics that are bodily serving the wealthy and not reaching the poor. we want to see more investments in strong public health systems that can reach all people especially the poorest people. >> forcing countries to limit spending and privatize health care gives them little chance against ebola. the world bank's chief economist of africa said policy that changed. >> i certainly hope we were not financing this. >> the i.f.c. was. >> then you would have to ask a colleague from the i.f.c.

>> in cooperation with the world back. >> yes, at the world bank, we try to reduce poverty. >> the world bank has called for a $20 billion global health fund to deal with emergencies like the ebola outbreak. even the officials present at this meeting admitted that if just a fraction of that money had been spent on long term public health infrastructure, many lives would have been saved. aljazeera, washington. >> peter joins us. the world bank estimates the ebola outbreak could cast $33 billion by the end of next year, if the virus spreads to neighboring countries. in the grand scheme of things, how big is that number? >> for the global economy, even all of africa, it's not very large. for these poor are countries, people will be thrust into deeper poverty and it will take

decades to recover. even if we bring this contagion to a halt by 2015. >> could conflict be a result of these issues? >> starvation often leads to conflict, but i don't think that's necessarily on the horizon here. people even in these places have become more sophisticated and there is more recognition. you could see order break down and you have criminals or highwaymen, plundering, looking for the basic sustainance of life. farmers eating their seeds. >> most is economic costs, the industries shutting down and the neighboring countries closing the borders, losing commerce with these countries, being the

places from which these products flow. in turn, they're losing tourism out of fear. >> could we see global impact from that fear factor? >> well, you see a little bit of hysteria in the united states. donald trump was saying historysterriccal things yesterday. by and large, the american people are getting the message that the secret or the trick here is to contain the virus, to provide the hospital facilities necessary to isolate people in west africa, so they don't have an opportunity to spread around the world and we don't have an h.i.v. contagion. >> thanks for your expertise this morning. >> time for a check of the global forecast with nicole mitchell. >> as we take a look out this morning, you know, incredible images coming in as far as space of our what was a super typhoon, turning in the pacific ocean. this is from the international space station, and this is the typhoon that we've monitored heading towards japan. this was taken by nasa

astronaut. he does a lot of different pictures of lunar events and things like that. when we talk about the storms, we talk about not the intensity alone, but how big they are. you can tell this 100s of miles across with some areas of impact that we're going to be seeing. the pig picture getting closer to the islands, south of japan, including okinawa where we have u.s. interests, feeder bands, some of that outer cloud cover is moving into the area. as it heads north, it's been start to go head into cooler water. it's losing a little bit of intensity, but and it's start to go slow down, as well. that's good news, because it is losing intensity and moving slower. hopefully it will lose more by the time it makes it here, but still a typhoon as it makes landfall. we're watching a quickly intensifying system, a typhoon in the bay of bengal headed toward india into the day tomorrow. this would be what we would

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>> controversial comments about pay for women. >> we're following a developing story oversea hes. north and south korea exchanging fire. >> it happened after south korean activist launch said propaganda balloons carrying leave lets. >> this came after kim jong-un has not been seen in public for months. we'll have more on the story coming up. >> first, an extraordinary young woman changing and making history. malala yousafzai has won the nobel peace prize. she survived a taliban attack when she was 15. she'll split the prize with an indian activist. we have more. >> the norwegian nobel prize

committee has decide the to award it for the struggle against oppression of young people and children and children's right to education. children must go to school, not be financially exploited. >> the world's most prestigious peace prize, the two campaigners who have risked their lives to help others. pakistan's malala yousafzai is the youngest recipient in its 113 year history. the 17-year-old was at school when the nobel committee awarded her the prize. though now being educated in the u.k., she was on her way from from her old school in pakistan when the taliban shot her in the head in 2012. there she had been campaigning for the rights of girls to go to school. she, herself, had been banned

when the taliban took over. she is not alone this year. india's active campaigner has freed thousands of kids forced into a working life. he said the nobel prize is an honor to children in slavery. together from the sub continent, the pair is not only trying to change the worlds around they will, but the world at large. aljazeera. >> director of the peace research institute in oslo and closely monitors the prizes every year. he joins us from oslo this morning. thank you so much for being with us. is anyone surprised by this result? >> there are always plenty of speculations out there, and a lot of different people hold their own favorites, so in that terms, there may be some surprise, but at the same time, i would say this is not a

particularly surprising prize. malala yousafzai was hotly seen as the major runner up last year. she was a very popular candidate and there was wide disappointment when she ended up not awards the prize. >> yeah, there was some disappointment last year when malala didn't win. why do you think the committee decided to have co winners and pointedly an indian national? >> well, i think there are a number of reasons for that. i think the committee was eager to point towards what is admittedly one of the most tense areas of the world, namely the south asian region, with the tension mounting between india and pakistan, two nuclear powers. i also think the committee was a little worried about malala's

young age and having her stand out as a sole prize winner, and therefore may have looked for different ways in which to combine the team. i don't think for particular insights within the committee. >> joining us from oslo this morning, christian, thank you. >> for more on the historic prize, we go right to islamabad where nicole johnston is live. what are people there saying? >> >> so far, the main reaction weaver had has been from the government and the military, both of them have congratulated her. the government has come out and said that it's good news, a rare piece of good news when there's been so much negative news coming out of pakistan. they say this will show to the world that pakistan is peace loving and its people prepared to sacrifice for peace. the word is still getting out

about malala yousafzai have been been awarded this prize. we're still waiting for more reaction from the ground. activists are speaking out and very happy, as you can imagine. >> she is, was, an education activist. has her work changed the state of education for women in pakistan? >> she has been more of a national sometime bottom and international symbol. she has not been one opening schools across the valley where she comes from. it's more of a symbol and somebody fighting towards women's education inside pakistan. having said that, the taliban has been driven out of the valley, the area where she came from. the military got rid of them from that area in 2009, but there's still a lot of problems with education in pakistan and just to name one, we recently went to pakistan in a province

with 6,000 schools, known as ghost schools. many teachers aren't showing up to school. there is a great deal of corruption involved. that is just as much of a large problem for students trying to get educated in pakistan. >> thank you. >> in north korea, just a short time ago, north and south korea traded gunfire along the border amid new questions over the status of kim jong-un. the north korean leader was out of sight again overnight as the country celebrated a major public holiday. there are rising tensions along the border between north and south. >> on a day that was all supposed to be about kim jong-un and whether he would appear for an important anniversary, the anniversary of the creation of the ruling workers party in north korea, the big story is an exchange of fire across the demilitarized zone. analysts say it's the first time such a thing happened since the

end of the fighting of the korean war in 1953. it was all sparked by the launch of balloons carrying hundreds of thousands of anti-government leaflets launched by north korean defectors in south korea. they were warned there would be consequences and they made good on the threat by firing anti aircraft machine gunfire at balloons. some of those large caliber bullets landing in south korean territory. the south careens then gave a warning that they would return fire. they did so. there was a response from north korea, a second response from south korea, all of this happening on this important day in north korea, a day usually marked by kim jong-un's attendance at the moss liam housing his father and grandfather. he hasn't been seen since september 3, more than a month now, prompting all kinds of speculation as to the state of his leadership and health.

the south careens say his leadership appears to be robust, adding further fuel to the speculation that there's something wrong with his legs. he was seen limping in the last video we have of them from july and it's possible he's being kept out of view while he recuperates. >> according to one of our aljazeera correspondents on the ground, not many surprised that kim jong-un did not show up today at celebrations. >> in st. louis, violence erupted after protestors and police clashed in the streets. there is rising anger after a white police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old black man. our correspondent, sebastian walker is on the ground in st. louis. he joins us now on the phone. sebastian, good morning. you've been in the st. louis area for the past couple of days. the situation's been escalating. set the scene for us. >> that's right. i mean, we were actually here since the very beginning of the week, doing research on some of the complaints people have about the systemic issues within the

justice system in this part of missouri. ahead of these protest plans for the coming weekend, the organizers we spoke to, just even on wednesday evening were saying they were really hoping this was going to be a peaceful weekend of demonstration, but then just a couple of hours later, the shooting took place and we were on the scene shortly afterwards with a crowd gathering and people extremely angry that another shooting had taken place. the atmosphere then just completely changed, people were out on the streets again protesting, and clashing with police. we saw some very angry scenes that evening. really, this looks like it's going add fuel to the fire for the coming weekend of events that are planned and the fear now is that people are really going to just get more and more angry. >> this is a different scenario according to police than michael brown. police say this person was armed, but the teen's family is giving a different version of what happened, right?

>> yeah, two very different narratives, the police saying that the young man had a weapon and fired at the police officer. witnesses that we spoke to on the ground and the young man's family saying he did not. the basic dynamics just one that keeps happening in this part of missouri. it's another young teenaged male, black male shot dead by a white police officer. i think a lot of members of the community really don't trust the police version of events. they just see this as yet another officer-involved shooting of a young man dead. i think the details are still emerging, but there's going to be a lot of mistrust of the police version of events and people are just seeing this as yet another example of police killing a young member of the community. >> sebastian walker on the phone from st. louis for us, sebastian, thank you. >> turning now to ebola news.

the company that manufactures the experimental drug zmapp is ramping up production. the family of deceased ebola victim thomas eric duncan said he never got it and they are not happy about it. today, the house homeland security committee is holding a special hearing in dallas. lawmakers will hear testimony about the response to the first case of ebola diagnosed on u.s. soil. we are in dallas this morning. unlike two other ebola patients treated in the u.s., thomas eric duncan did not receive zmapp. do we know why? >> well, the simple answer is that it wasn't available. according to the manufacturer, they haven't had the drug since about mid august. one of the other questions is the effectiveness of this drug. that's something we don't know much about. it's true that two of these patients, american missionaries were successfully treated, but it's not clear whether or not that was the effectiveness of zmapp. two spanish missionaries treated with zmapp died from the ebola

virus. duncan's not the only one who did not receive zmapp. another person being treated in nebraska is serving the same experimental drug duncan was treated with in dallas. >> the hospital in dallas is responding to criticism that duncan didn't get proper care because he couldn't afford to pay for treatment. what is the hospital saying about that? >> well, the hospital stands by its treatment, saying that over 50 professionals were treating duncan during his stay here at the hospital. they say that a 24 bed intensive unit was set aside and isolated for his treatment. they issued a statement in which they said our care team provided mr. duncan with the same high attention of level and care that would be given any patient regardless of nationality and ability to pay for care, defending the way it treated duncan here over the last 10 or

so days. >> thank you. >> a u.s. airways passenger has learned to ebola is no laughing matter. he sneezed during a flight from philadelphia to the dominican republic and then joked about having ebola, even yelling i've been to africa. after landing, a crew in full haz-mat gear rushed onboard, took him offer the plane. authorities in the dominican republic say they strictly followed new c.d.c. guidelines when they came onboard. >> the u.s. launched seven airstrikes they're kobane, syria, targets isil fighters. we are joined live from washington. u.s. officials say airstrikes alone will not defeat isil. what else are they trying to do? >> what it's really going to take is a robust ground force. the u.s. isn't going to put troops in there and turkey ruled them out. the u.s. really is punishing turkey now, neighboring turkey to at least arm and train those

moderate syrian rebels. >> for a second day, retired u.s. general john allen who is coordinating the coalition against isil will continue to push turkey to contribute beyond sharing intelligence and stopping the flow of foreign fighters into syria. >> we want them to play more of a military role. we want them to do more as it receipts to stopping terrorist financing. there are a range of ways they can contribute. >> despite the stalemate over ground troops, some progress of made thursday, but the state department announcing both countries will send a joint military planning team early next week. >> the u.s. has launched almost two dozen airstrikes north and south of kobane since monday against isil. the group continues to control a third of the town. the u.s. admits airstrikes alone will not save kobane from fouling to the militants, but reiterated those advances will not deter or affect u.s. strategy in defeating the group.

>> it is one town and there will be others where there will be conflicts over the course of the next months. this is going to take a period of time. >> across the border, turkey's tanks sit idle yards away. the foreign minister said putting its troops inside syria is not an option. >> it is not realistic to expect turkey to conduct a ground operation on its own. we are holding talks. >> in those meetings with general allen, turkey's expected to push for a buffer zone in exchange for committing its military. that buffer zone is meant to protect refugees and guard against isil attacks. agreeing to that would mean implement ago no fly zone and air patrols to fight syrias air defenses, something one retired and decorated general told aljazeera could work to prevent towns like kobane from falling. >> we could work in conjunction with turn issue ground forces

and provide u.s. air cover and a temporary no fly zone over the area to make sure there is no interference from bashar al assad. something could be pulled together and probably that's under discussion right now. >> the u.s. government, though has sent very mixed messages about whether it would support a buffer zone. such a zone would be costly and complex to enforce. the area would be ideas syria. that would be the u.s. is taking on the assad government directly and that goes far beyond what president obama said was this mission, which of course is to defeat and destroy isil. >> in that join, at least, how are u.s. officials addressing the fact that the airstrikes are probably helping bashar al assad? >> well, it is a con none drum, because they are not coordinating these airstrikes with assad obviously and they know, they acknowledge that they probably are helping the syrian government, but they feel that they're necessary anyway, because their main concern right

now is to take on isil and that's what they have to do with these airstrikes. >> lisa stark, live in washington, thank you. >> in a moment, we'll take a deeper look into the fight for kobane. retired u.s. army major mike lyons here to tell us what he thinks whether coalition forces can keep them from capturing the strategic town. >> the unique view of a monster typhoon captured from space. >> floodwaters devastating one italian city. that video and others captured by our citizen journalists.

>> time now for the videos captured by our citizen journalists from around the world. residents in italy cleaning up a major mess following heavy rains that led to extensive flooding. the waters were so strong, they flipped cars and at least one person died. >> a couple of professional sailors having a close call with a water spout in england. two men got closer to take a

better look, maybe not the best idea. >> new protests erupting in turkey over the battle of kobane. this is video of demonstrators facing off against police at one university in the capitol. >> a busy night for the u.s. military in syria launching seven airstrikes near kobane. officials say airstrikes helped protect kurdish forces, but isil still controls one third of kobane. the fear is that it will eventually fall. we are along the border. >> there was a coalition air strike on the eastern side. there have been airstrikes over the last few days, intensified around kobane and inside certain isil positions that they do have. it hasn't really managed to control the battle. they're still actively behind us with gunfire and explosions. the kurds are doing incredibly well in holding isil back when it comes to taking the town.

the town is still mostly under control of the y.p.g., the kurdish fighters inside syria. they do need weapons and supplies. what's interesting is we had the u.n. special envoy to syria. he said turkey has to open its borders to kurds to go into co he bain to help the fight. it's up to all countries who signed a u.n. resolution to prevent massacre at the hands of isil. it's significant. senior officials saying turkey should open these border to say allow more men in there to help push isil back. >> mike lyons joins us. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> secretary of state john kerry has said it is just one town, there will be others. do you agree with him? is kobane not as important as we thought a week ago. >> it has strategic importance. if isis wins, they keep momentum

going, continue to recruit individuals and people. it's an important piece for them. if the coalition side can blunt the advance, if the kurds inside there defend the city, it would be a win for our side. i don't agree with that. i think it's like stalin grad, a last stand. >> stalin grad meaning they are surrounding? >> it moves the entire mission forward. >> this is so strategically important, back breaking for isil this f. they lose. >> the key is the ground forces and turkey refuses to cross that border. understanding why, they want another partner, looking for other concessions. in some cases, they are ok for both fighting besides each other, but it's important that we defend that as best we can. >> at what point, how many towns need to fall in syria, but our reporters in iraq say there are

small towns leading into baghdad that are start to go fight isil. at what point does the u.s. need to reexamine the military strategy? >> we are playing defense, not offense. nothing is going to change until we go into the towns and getting them and holding them. the fact that we are using attack helicopters in baghdad, getting a closer look at targets, we are still very much on our heels here and time is not on our side. >> the attack helicopters called into fallujah, why would they not be used in kobane? >> syria is like a different planet. the second we put american troops there, war power has congress involved, none of that is going to happen. we can't invade syria with troops on the ground to support those kind of operations. >> thanks for your insights this morning. >> smog so thick you can barely see. this heavy haze covers parts of

northern and central china, causing massive traffic jams, forcing dozens of highways to close. residents are donning masks thursday, trying to breathe. people with respiratory issues told to stay indoors. it is expected to last a few more days. >> a powerful typhoon making its way toward japan. it could be the strongest storm to hit japan this year. that's how the storm looks from the international space station. for more, let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> that image was at the height of the storm when it was the strongest storm throughout the entire world with winds to 180 miles per hour. it's lost some of that intensity. right now, you can see the northern edge being chipped away in later frames. winds down to 140 miles per hour, so what we would consider a category four. that's still really strong. as it continues northward, still losing intensity, you can see dryer air heading into cooler

waters. it will still be a typhoon by the time it makes landfall through the next 24 hours starting to impact thized. this is a big storm. the tropical storm force winds extend out almost 300 miles across for a big impact area. not as big a storm, 150 miles across with the cyclone in the bay of bengal. this one, while the other is losing steam, this is gaining intensity, so could be as strong as what we would consider a category three storm, a major hurricane as it hits india. this is a very densely populated area, as well. that expected to do so do tomorrow, and a wide rain field, so flooding and storm surge more prone in this part of the world. also a little disturbance could impact bermuda da. it's been a quiet season, not so much now. >> u.s. military forces on the ground in liberia. up next, john henry smith will break down the mission and explain the challenges for the

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>> malala was shot by the taliban for going to school and will now split the nobel peace prize. >> the company that manufactures zmapp is ramping up production. >> testimony will be heard about how did you know can was treated and officials responded to the first case of ebola on u.s. soil. >> stepping up efforts to combat ebola. we have more on efforts. >> in september, the government approved a plan called operation united assistance to aid in the ebola fight. it calls for more than 3,000 troops to deploy in africa at a cost of $750 million. that plan is now springing into motion. six military aircraft and 100 u.s. marines arrived thursday near monrovia, bringing with

them boxes and botches of supplies. the u.s. military will get to work on building housing and care facilities for ebola patients in liberia. >> the troops already deployed in africa will be joined by reinforcements. soldiers went through a dress rehearsal to prepare for deployment. more than 500 troops will deploy by the end of this month, along with 200 troops from fort bliss. senator john kerry is encouraged. >> we are confident that we have the ability with increased input from other countries, which is coming, but not yet quite fast enough, to be able to contain ebola. the key is being able to isolate people and being able to identify exposure at the early

evident moment. >> so far, the world health organization estimates that ebola virus has claimed 3800 lives so far in west africa, and these soldiers going over to africa, it's one thing to fight an enemy you can see. you hear a little fear in their voices about fighting an enemy they can't see. >> of course they have a lot more protection than the folks there too do. thanks a lot. >> a doctor that studies emerging diseases and preparing for them and is an infectious disease specialist joins us this morning. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> the u.s. is about to begin screening for ebola at five major airports. c.d.c. officials will be there to observe, passengers arriving from infected countries will be monitored for fevers and will fill out a questionnaire.

is this effective or will it give a false sense of security? >> there is a 21 day in cube base period. people can take ibuprofen and tylenol to mask fevers. australia screened millions of people and never found a case of sars. i'm worried this is a needle in a haystack approach and we need to focus on source control in the countries afflicted. >> interesting. here in new york, hospitals are running drills, checking their own emergency protocols. are enough u.s. hospitals prepared for a possible outbreak? >> i can't speak for all the hospitals in the united states, i can speak for the one that i work at the university of pittsburgh medical center. we've been working on a protocol for months that takes you from

the point of contact with the patient, how to isolate them, what type of personal protection equipment to use, how to take lab tests, who to notify. every hospital should be doing that. the drills occurring are a very good thing. that is something all hospitals should be thinking about right now. we don't want to repeat what happened in dallas. >> of course. there are no direct flights from ebola-sticken nations to the u.s., but there are calls for restricts flights out of the area completely. could that help? >> that could make things worse. when you isolate a country with a travel restriction, you actually make it very hard are to get things in and out of that country. we need to control the source. these countries are teetering on the brink of collapse and isolation can deal fatal blows to their economies. travel bans can really make things a lot worse. >> what more can the u.s. do

domesticically aside from hospital preparedness. are there things individual people should do to be ready? >> this virus is deadly, scary, but not contagious and doesn't pose a general risk to the american population. however, there are things that we're doing here. we are speeding the dellment of vaccines and anti vires. that will be a long way to change maybe not this outbreak, but ebola outbreaks in the future. >> being ordered on line are haz-mat suits and gloves. some overreaction by the public? >> opinionic is probably more contagious than the virus. people are buying things off the shelves that may or may not be of any use. there are a lot of people that thrive on this type of stuff and that's what we're seeing with these haz-mat suits flying off

the shelves. they need more information, not haz-mat suits. thank you, doctor. >> more mass graves have been discovered near the town where 43 student protestors have been missing since last month. no word on how many bodies were buried in the new sites. 28 bodies were found last week and those bodies of yet to be identified. the reputed leader of a mexican drug cartel is behind bars, picked up during a traffic stop in northern mexico. the f.b.i. has been offering a $5 million reward for the capture of the 51-year-old known as the viceroy. he is wanted in the u.s. for murder and drug trafficking. >> microsoft c.e.o. was apologizing today for a comment he made about women and pay. he was asked to give advice to women who want to ask for a pay increase and here is what he said. >> it's not really about asking

for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. that i think might be one of the additional super powers that quite frankly women who don't ask for a raise have, because that's good karma. it will come back. >> after that statement, the microsoft director said he was wrong, saying women should do their homework and role play negotiating. later in a statement to employees, he admitted he was completely wrong. >> got himself in hot water. >> facebook founder mark zuckerberg targeting a massive new audience in india where only 25% of the country has access to the internet. less than 1% are on facebook. he is there to discuss ways to get the country more connected.

>> investors are watching wall street this morning after the single worst day for the dow, falling 334 points. analysts say the markets are worried about the impact of a few things, pole la, isil and the slowing economies in europe. >> did he say spate that volatility, times have never been better for some shareholders, companies using profits to buy back stock. >> as real money tells us, that may be good short term but in the long term could become a road block for corporate growth. >> many of america's largest companies have been on a being, spending $914 billion this year alone to issue dividends and buy back shares of their own companies. the companies include apple, i.b.m., exxon-mobil, pfizer and cisco systems, buying back more than $86 billion of stock in their own companies. the net effect is that companies

with the biggest buy back programs have increased the value of their stock price and outperformed the broader market by 20% since mid 2008. it's a trend that's been on the incline for the most part since the end of the financial crisis. analysts say companies with the biggest buy back programs are on track to outpurchase the market by a record 25% in 2014. >> companies are doing more buy backs now possibly because they can but more importantly because they are being pushed to by outside investors. when they do the bye back, they actually reduce the number of shares that they use in calculating their earnings per share. it goes up, the price per earnings per share goes down. it's more attractive and investors like that. >> critics say some of the buy back money should have been used for hiring of employees, showing big companies have been spending

less on capital improvements over the last decade. companies now spend around 40% of their cash for capital expenditures. >> what is concerning is if more and more companies continue to do this, and more and more of the earnings are created through share count reduction as compared to actually increasing the sales and true earnings of the company. >> many wonder how long companies can keep buying back their own shares at record levels before shareholders continue to question but companies grow for the future. >> companies of spent so little an capital investments that u.s. firms now of the oldest plants and equipment in almost 60 years. >> coming up, control of the u.s. senate, could it come down to the state of kentucky? >> libby casey live with an

economic break down of the state and what the voters are saying. >> one of hollywood's biggest stars doing a little trash talking ahead of the football marchup this weekend. >> it's time now for our big quote. >> in the mid term elections, one of the countries early leaders had this to say: >> the man behind those profound words, next.

jew who said always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection your vote has never lost. >> the big quote is from john quincy adams. tough one. >> kentucky voters could determine the balance of power in the senate next month. the top concern is the

struggling economy in the eastern part of the state. >> libby joins us. tell us why is the job market so tough there? >> eastern kentucky is based on a monoeconomy. coal is what's employed people for generations and has plummeted. natural gas is cheap because of fracking, coal cheaper other places, because eastern kentucky has been so heavily mind that the seams have been used up. people are left wondering what they can do to create a new economy. we visited one town where they are not waiting for politicians or outsiders to help. >> towns shut down, businesses abandoned. it's a common sight in eastern kentucky. not in whitesburg. the town is bucking odds and finding there's life after coal with a mix of quirky new small

businesses. >> it's kind of a symbol where i'm from, the coal imagery. my whole family was brought up in coal, so that's my way of just paying tribute to that. there we go. >> john heywood always thought he would seek his fortune away from his boyhood home. he moved to louisville and got a bachelor's in fine art. >> my dad said he wanted me to get an education. he didn't want me to go down in them old mines, because he had been broken down, he had black lung. >> the mountains and community called him and his wife back. heywood found a cheap basement space downtown and let the customers find him. business is good. jordan knows that unlike his new tattoo, his job hauling coal may

not last forever. >> ben said it's not crazy to start a record shop in a county where unemployment is twice the national average. prime store fronts are available, competition is low and kids who need a place to hang out are built-in customers. >> you have to go over 100 miles to go to any record store within our radius. we have people driving from west virginia to come down to check out our stock. we now have an opportunity to redefine what our industry is or what our economic strengths are. >> desperation. desperation. >> her husband's job loss motivated kay fisher to open the first general store seen in years. >> business and neighbors helping each otherrer.

>> why is whitesburg coming back to life while other coal towns crumble? >> we've always been a little weird. >> one of the biggest forces behind the turnaround is apple shot, the arts and education non-profit started 45 years ago with funds from the war on poverty, one mission, recruit people who will make a difference. today they are hosting kentucky college students on a tour of coal country, the message, invest your talents to lift it up. >> you shouldn't give up on a place because it requires a little extra work. right? the answer is not just to leave. the answer is to like actually do something. >> there's not always a lot of attention to initiatives. >> ada smith's family has lived here two centuries and she wasn't going to uproot. she said when politicians talk about bringing jobs back, they envision big industry. they tend to overlook what's already here. >> we see our culture as a way

forward, and as a kind of backbone industry to everything else around us. >> smith says what's unique about whitesburg is as simple as this, local people taking the initiative. the risks are their own, but so are the rewards. >> when people commit to being in a place for a long haul, you're going to see a change. >> another thing that's helped whitesburg is the town went wet a couple of years ago. folks were able to buy alcohol at bars and restaurants. prior to that, you couldn't buy a beer in a cafe. local entrepreneurs can be open mic nights, drawing in people from outside the community and getting people offshore couches and bringing them to the downtown in the evenings. the real question is is this exportable to hour towns. folks say yes, but you've got to make the most of what you've got. if you have local history, emphasize that. if you have great trails and nature, emphasize that. you have to market and use what

you know best. >> right, right, really thinking locally. libby, you wrap up this series tonight. it's been great, fascinating. what are people in kentucky concerned going forward? coal is the past. >> it comes down to jobs and the economy. we talked to some young people at a football game. we'll air that story tonight. they're looking at their future and feeling like it's pretty bleak, frankly. they're watching friends move away, because their parents are getting jobs elsewhere, watch their own parents struggle. they're facing very adult questions that most teenagers don't think about, like how can i make a living and can i stay in the place where my family has lived for generations. it has repercussions. their parents are voting. kentucky is a key race in the senate and could determine he a lot. the question of what the future looks like is very important. >> tougher times in kentucky. looking forward to your last piece tonight.

live in washington, thank you. >> be sure to tune in for that final in stallment on america votes, fed up in kentucky tonight at 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. here on aljazeera america. >> president obama making his first campaign stop for a congressional candidate, swinging to the california headquarters of senator involved in a hotly contested campaign there. the seat was long held by henry waxman. he then headed to a fundraiser at the home of actress gweneth paltrow. so hollywood. we are joined by a former aid to george w. bush and a former aid to senator hillary clinton. i want to start with president obama. so he's in california, democratic stronghold, doing

fundraising. we're not seeing him anywhere else. is the president at this point an island, a mid term liability? >> it pains me to say this, but yes, he is. he is a likable person, but i think a lot of voters and certainly candidates across the country feel that some of his policies have been a bit toxic. he said that he's not on a ballot, but his policies are. sadly, that's what a lot of folks are running from. i don't think they should. there's a lot there that people can hang their hat on. he's hat failures with communication. obamacare, they expanded medicaid, so there are a lot of poor folks, the democratic base who could latch on to that, but they are not talking about it. >> you can't argue with the approval ratings hovering at 40%. are republicans capitalizing on sort of this status of the president as being isolated from

the mid terms? >> absolutely. i think this is the poison arrow, actually for the represents, because obama approval ratings are in the tank and certainly, when you haval lon grymes, when she voled with obama and now is avoiding that. >> i would say it's a better chance than not that the senate will turn represent after the november elections. probably by one or two seats. there are a lot of democrats that i thought would hold on that i'm nervous about. louisiana, very popular senators for several years. i'm surprised she is not doing

well. she fired per campaign manager. these are things that make me nervous and should make democrats nervous across the country. >> democratic candidates seem to be embracing hillary clinton. how do republicans perceive her presence in these mid term fights? >> i don't see how she has a presence. that's really very strange. it's desperation to say i was a clinton delegate, i'm not with obama. they would be better offer running on their own record or policies or what they want to do instead of saying we're not with obama, we're really clinton peel. it just sounds desperate and i don't think that shows leadership. i don't think she's a factor at all. >> i think she doesn't want to be a factor in the mid materials. she'll be a factor afterwards. the clintons doing something they do extraordinarily well, energize the base and make sure

that the party pathways, the party infrastructure is working and functioning well. bill clinton was much more of the party act visit than obama has ever been. i think what the clintons do extraordinarily well is energize the base and get surrogates to address the issues. >> thank you both for joining us. paul, back to you. >> are you ready? o.m.g. pop star katy perry going to be the big half time show at the superbowl. according to billboard, she beat out some big other acts including rihanna and cold play. it is february 1 in glendale, arizona. lasted year, more than 110 million people tuned in for the superbowl. now, some other star news. os star nominated actor bradley cooper getting in the middle of a big rivalry between the lions

and eagles. he narrated this video for the eagles which the team hosted on twitter. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, you want to know the best way to shut a loud mouth up? is to shut it for them. >> there he is, bradley cooper, never mentioning it is giants by name, but the video does show the giants taking big hits from philly. there's been trash talk leading up to sunday night's game, so here we go. >> he was playing himself in some ways when it came to wearing that jersey throughout the movie? >> maybe. i don't know, maybe not the mental illness part. [ laughter ] >> it's going to be a wet start to the weekend. lets bring in nicole mitchell with more. >> we're going quiz you later to

see how many katy perry songs you actually know, paul. >> heavy rain centered around kind of the corner of oklahoma, missouri, arkansas where the core has been with a boundary starting through the midsection of the country. we have flash flooding going on. it's going to be a wet commute and shift southward during the day. kansas is not the core of the heaviest rain, but pretty much most of the state getting wet right now. that will show southward, take some of these flood concerns southward with it through the course of the day. then as we look at the rest of this energy, well, a piece of this breaking off heading up toward the northeast, especially overnight tonight, places like d.c., up through new york and boston could be dealing with some of that rain and some of the rest of this shifts towards the south. that dividing line causing big dramatic temperature changes. you get on the backside of this, temperatures in the 50's, including chicago, you get on the other side of this, we have

temperatures still quite warm in the 80's and 90's. that dips more to the south tomorrow, so you could see memphis could lose 20 degrees between today and tomorrow. >> wild weekend ahead. nicole mitchell, thank you. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, screening for ebola, getting way at airports nationwide. how some passengers will be tested for the deadly disease. >> coming up from dough he has, more u.s. airstrikes as the battle for the city of kobane reaches a turning point. >> our images of the day of egyptians protesting today against the coupe that ousted president mohamed morsi.

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