to get that first person >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shoeser with a look at today's top stories. >> the ebola virus is an unseen threat and it just a flight away from our shores. >> death toll tops 4,000. isil gains control of koba kobane. plus. >> this is just the beginning. i want to see every child going to zoo. >> the youngest person ever to

receive the nobel peace prize. [ protesting ] >> protesters clash with police, more demonstrations are planned for today and for the coming weekend. >> we begin the hour with a new death toll. 4,000 people have died in west africa from the current outbreak. that's more than half the reported number of cases. world leaders say that the spread has outpaced the world's response with only a quarter of the $1 billion requested by the united nations actually funded. we have reports of how world leaders are trying to respond. >> reporter: it's a tragedy unforeseen in modern times. liberia, sierra leone and guinea

want international assistance, money, medicine, equipment and training. the world bank and the imf have pledged more than $500 million but the u.n. said it could cost $1 billion to stop the outbreak. the first u.s. mission to liberia has arrived. more are undergoing final training in their base in kentucky. these soldiers will construct additional treatment centers and not have direct contact with ebola patients themselves. but they're still worried. >> they will send 3,000 guys and girls from the army into an area that is ridden with ebola, and there is a chance that they could get infected with it. i think we've done well with our medical training to deal with it. >> reporter: the screenings at five airports in the united states and staff at two main payments in britain are doing the same starting this weekend.

>> quite rightly we're taking the steps we can to listen to the medical advice and we're introducing the screening processes at the appropriate ports and airports 1234 in macedonia, the southern death of a british man may not be linked to ebola after all but the final results may not be available until saturday. in the meantime 25 guests at the hotel where he was staying has been quarantined. another ten medical staff who came in contact with him are also in isolation in hospital. doctors are taking no chances until the final tests are known. >> it is highly recommended not to undertake the autopsy of the body until we see the results from the laboratory. >> reporter: in madrid doctors are continuing to treat the only confirmed case of ebola infection outside of west africa. such is the fear here in madrid that even people without symptoms are presenting

themselves for observe says, seven more patients have arrived here at the hospital behind me. and presented themselves to be brought into isolation, bringing the number 14 under quarantine here. the only person who has tested positive for ebola, an infected nurse, she remains according to hospital authorities in a stable condition. >> reporter: the spanish prime minister visited the facility. >> the risk of the spread of this disease is very low. this is not a message from the government but the world health organization. >> reporter: the prime minister's car was heckled and jeered by protesters who accused the authorities of mishandling the crisis. paul brennan, al jazeera, madr

madrid. >> records from that dallas hospital that treated ebola patient thomas duncan shows that he was sent home from wit the hospital with a 103-degrees. i imagine the hospital is raising questions about hospital procedures. >> reporter: they certainly are. they're joining a chorus of voices asking those questions. we know that he went to the hospital septembe september 25th complaining of abdominal pain, dizziness and headache and decreased you're nation. we're finding out that according to his medical records his fever peaked at 103 with an exclamation point within the medical records kept. but doctors decided to send him home with antibiotics and advice that he should take tylenol.

that's why duncan went back to his apartment in dallas that he was sharing briefly with his fiancé and three other people. those people have all been exposed, possibly to duncan, and they'll be watched and quarantined, and the apartment has to be cleaned by the hazmat company. all of that happened according to the family with many critics because of this hospital's decision to send him home and not admit him immediately. this is what a spokeswoman said should have been obvious. it was obvious to the fiancé, but not to the hospital. >> she knew that they should have done something better than sending him home. the first time it was just sending him home with nothing. to the send someone home with such high fever. >> reporter: now the hospital never has really given a clear explanation for why it sent duncan home. however today it did issue a new

statementing say its still reviewing his procedures and it has made some changes. david? >> heidi, did they say what those changes are, and what they found in that review? >> reporter: they have not. we've asked many times and homeland security hearing is happening at the dallas/fort worth airport trying to get to the bottom of these questions, but it has not been determined. the spokesperson was asked if the family is thinking about suing the family. the family is still grieving, of course, and those answers will be answered in the near future. >> thanks for the report. looking at ebola by the numbers. even deemologists struggle to keep the maintain the virus.

jacob ward, break it down for us. >> reporter: at the simplest level epidemiologists' lie on the basic reproductive ratio. that determines how many people could be infected. that ratio varies widely from one disease to the next. pertussis is infectious, that's why we vaccine our children against it. small pox infect seven other people, less infectious but still something to worry about. ebola simply does not spread as easily as the others. it's ratio is a max of four. in west africa it's between 1.5 and 2. the trouble is it's far less communicable, but it's more

deadly and once someone has died they still remain communicable. to patrol thi--to control this epidemic, 70% of people need to be in treatment within 60 days. at the moment only 17% of infected people are actually in treatment centers. that's a really serious shortfall. by this math we need 10,000 and 15,000 people in treatment right now. if we don't do anything within one month that number will rise and in two months that number will become oh more than 100,000 people. handling even a single patient requires major investment.

cleaning up around one patient requires 52.8 gallons of water, 20 gallons of bleach. eight pairs of rubber gloves and we're talking about incredible moments of basic supplies. that leads to the bigger problem. right now there are only 1,100 beds available in guinea and sierra leone and the heart of the epidemic. in the u.s. we have 1700 beds available that is appropriate for treating ebola. the u.s. military has pledged to build 17 treatment centers but by that time we're looking at 50,000 people needing beds. even if those treatment centers are huge with 200 beds a piece that's only 231,400 beds. this time next month. even with all those beds available we're short 43,800 beds worldwide if things don't thank. it's the basic fact of our situation. to help people on the ground and stop the international spread of this disease we have to commit massive resources to this

situation. >> al jazeera's jacob ward. that was one of the most informative and compelling reports on the ebola virus i've seen. thank you very much. >> reporter: appreciate it. >> now to the ongoing battle for control of the syrian town kobane, turkish tanks are moving closer to the border. the islamic state of iraq or levant or isil, there are fears that kurds will be massacred if isil takes over kobane. we have more from the turkey-syrian border. >> reporter: the u.s.-led coalition has been active in kobane. more airstrikes have targeted isil positions in the northern syrian town. but the fight remains relentless and it's angrier the kurds from watching the border. >> the real enemy of kobane is not isil. it's president erdogan's government. we do not expect anything else from the turkish government, the turkish state or the turkish nation any more because of this

stand against this atrocity. >> reporter: international pressure is growing, too. the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up military taylorly and now the special envoy to syria has asked them to open their border and to help kurdish fighters defeat isil. >> our appeal to turkey, to take some specific addition, action, to stop the advance of isil. we need that, because otherwise all of us, including turkey will regret deeply that we have missed an opportunity to stopping isil and sending a signal that that cannot continue. >> what is clear is that the battle for kobane is a fierce one, and it is ongoing. and another point that the u.n. envoy made is that isil will

control 400 kilometers of border with turkey. isil is reported to have made further advances east into the city. and there is no mistaking these sounds. it's a constant battle taking it street by street. now many who were forced to leave kobane now watch helples helplessly not knowing what will become of their homes. >> the united states wants turkey to do more to prevent isil from taking kobane. mike viqueira at the white house, if they could put pragmatism aside, what would their wish list be? >> it's not just what the united states wants. it's what turkey wants. there are syrian refugees living in turkey, they obviously share a border and those isil forces flank around to the turkish

border. they insist not only should it be against isil but the bashar al-assad regime, something that the administration is dead set against. turkey wants a no-fly buffer zone, that would be effective against assad as well. isil has no flight resource but assad does. >> turkey could be helpful in a number of ways not just just military action, the training and equip program, they could also provide some basing rights. i know secretary hagel made comments about the specifics on this yesterday. certainly in line with our thoughts on that. >> that was a reference to chuck hagel on route overseas in his

airplane. he wants turkey to allow coalition aircraft to be based at a massive nato facility in southern turkey very close to the action in syria and iraq. turkey so far has refused. their version of a high-level meeting with top turkish officials, it never even came up. >> they're having difficulties getting turkey to consider this nato base. what has turkey agreed to do as part of the fight against isil? >> well, the up shot of this high profile meeting with general john allen and his deputies, they're in charge of getting this coalition together. they were there for two days. there were no big deliverable that is came out of it, frankly. the tushes would agree to work with the united states and the coalition to train the moderate opposition, this free syrian army in saudi arabia.

we know there will be more meetings, a top level pentagon delegation is going to anger later this week. also next week general martin has hosted officials from around the world to talk about the delegation. >> two children's rights activists were awarded. pakistan's malala yousafzai was the youngest to receive the prize at age 17 years old and is one of the leading campaigners against child slavery. she was in school when she found out. simon mcgregor wood has the latest there. >> reporter: malala gave something that was obviously not a well-prepared statement, it was just off the cuff, heartfelt. she was very honored and was careful to pay tribute to her

indian partner, and it was very important to her that a pakistani and indian would share this award. she hopes that shares love. and she noticed that she is a muslim and the co-winner is a hindu. she paid tribute to her father and family, and she made it clear that she was so grateful that her father allowed her to go to school, and in fact, he had not clipped her wings and she went on to commitment to girls in her home country to getting an education. >> a little later we will meet the journalist who first brought malala into the international spotlight. that's coming up at 4:30 eastern time. peaceful campaigns in children's rights in india for 30 years. credited for saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of

children from forced labor. we spoke to him in new delhi after the announcement. >> it's a vicious sweet moment for this man. after decades of campaigning for children's rights he has received the most prestigious international award, the nobel peace prize along with pakistan's malala yousafzai. but it's a cause he wish he did not have to fight. >> millions of children now must work in mines, factories, homes, workshops, and so on. and i feel very bad about it. every moment i feel for them because of them. >> satyarthi has been an activist against child labor in india. he has been attacked and intimidated, but his organization has helped to

organize more than 80,000 working children. >> he has been injured, and he has escaped death. he even has had to change his name. people come in front of him carrying a gun. imagine if he didn't have strong willpower how could get ge get out of these situations. this has happened a lot. >> in india he is a national heroish compared by some to mahatma gandhi for his peaceful but determined work to end child slavery. >> the future of the human giant. satyarthi has promised to spend the prize money on his organization. after campaigning for 30 years, kailash satyarthi has received awareness of his work to save these children. >> protests in missouri after another night of tension. for a second night in a row hundreds of protesters faced off riot police in the streets.

they were protesting against racially biased policing. it comes after a white police officer shot a black teen. michael brown was shot in august. protesters want the u.s. justice department to investigate. they say it's all a systemic issue of racial profiling. we are joined by randall pinkston in studio. >> reporter: they fired seven shots, but it was the one to the head that was fatal. it's the second police shooting in two months to receive national attention. unlike ferguson where the police released no information. st. lewis police were proactive calling a news conference just hours of the incident. but the effort to be transparent did not bring calm to

protesters. >> protesters versus police. not in ferguson, missouri, but in st. louis where another case involving a white police officer and an after american teenager reignited anger and frustration. last night demonstrators confronted police over the death of 18-year-old vonderet meyers jr. tempers boiled over after officials said that meyers was killed when he fired at an off-duty officer on a foot chase. police in protective shield tried to disperse the crowd. protesters used milk to soothe the sting of pepper spray. >> protesters say that he did not have a gun. he was holding a sandwich. the police say they recovered

the weapon that meyers reportedly used. the mayor announces plans for a dual local and federal investigation. the police department will conduct an investigation and liver the results and evidence will be turned over to federal prosecutors for review of federal civil rights violations. the st. louis investigation comes two months after the shooting death of michael brown in nearby ferguson, a case where heavily-armed police were accused of treating protesters like enemies instead of american citizens. prosecutors are still presenting the case in brown's death to a grand jury. today marks the beginning of a weekend of resistence, a march is scheduled outside of the prosecutors office demanding his resignation, and the arrest of the officer who killed michael brown. tonight a candlelight vigil is scheduled with with a coffin and two-mile march from the site of brown's death to the ferguson police department.

>> and tomorrow a justice for all march and rally schedule for st. louis organizers saying there will be non-violent acts of civil disobedience, and they expect some demonstrators to be arrested. >> randall pinkston, thank you for staying on top of it. we appreciate iten troops between north korea and south korea exchanged gunfire and kim jong-un has been noticebly absent. plus thousands of protesters are back on the streets of hong kong after china refuses to meet with pro-democracy leaders.

>> the big story has turned out to be an exchange of fire across the demilitarized zone. military analyst senates sas

say it's the first it has happened since 1993. it was all sparked by balloons carrying anti-government leaflets. nortnorth korea said there would be consequences and they fired finance gunfire with bullets landing in south korea territory. south koreans gave a warning that they would return fire. they did so. there was a response from north korea, a second response from south korea. on this day, with no show from kim jong-un. he has not been seen for a month now. there is prompting speculation about the state of his leadership and his health. his leadership appears to be

robust and that's adding future fuel to the speculation that there is something wrong with his legs. he was seen limping in the last video we have of him july, and it's possible that he may be kept out of view while he recuperates. >> we also have teresa in pyongyang. and she has this report. >> we were able to see people dancing in the streets, from the military in their traditional costumes. they were honoring leaders. they were going through the founder of the workers party of korea, and kim jong-un, the father of the current supreme leader of this country. it was very emotional for people here. it was thousands and thousands of people attending these events. however, there were no massive

celebrations or military parades as we've seen in the past. we're told that is to be expected next year for the 70's anniversary of the workers party in korea. this year the celebrations were more private, and it was not a surprise that the supreme leader was not there at all. >> in hong kong pro democracy protesters have now returned to the streets. the mass demonstrations revived after the chinese government called off talks with student leaders. >> reporter: crowds here are large but not as large as we've seen at the height of the protest. there is a certain new york here, but it's far more relaxed as they listen to speakers continuing the protest.

there is a sense that this crowd will be broken up by police or government. the age range is interesting in that there are more older people than we've seen in recent days. both sides saying they could not reach a consensus, and it seems like it won't be happening any time soon as we hear the chief secretary is supposed to be talking to the students, and boast executives are heading to southern china for trade and development talks. >> wall street ends a wild week with more losses. the cowboy fell 118 points. and the s&p 500 lost 22 points and the nasdaq was down 102. >> 17-year-old malala is the youngest recipient of the peace prize. and we talk to the man who put

her and her story on the spotlight. and how a hiker managed to survive after being lost in the mountains.

>> back to up of our top stories. knonobel laureate ma lala, we look back at her journey. >> reporter: malala yousafzai has been a symbol for girls education. she went to school at a time when the taliban controlled the

area. she had destroyed over 400 schools and malala spoke out against them. in 2009 the military throws the taliban out of the valley. three years later taliban fighters shot malala in the head as she road her bus to school. the attack received international attention and she was thrown to the u.k. for treatment. her old teacher said she has brought pride to the valley. >> for me as a teacher, she has brought happiness to see my student get this award. she was an outstanding student. >> reporter: pakistan's government and military has congratulated her. activists have spoken out, too. >> i feel that this is not just an honor that malala has brought upon herself but also a great honor on pakistan. >> it's been an incredible journey for the young girl. she has met the u.s. president,

spoken at the united nations, and traveled to nigeria and jordan promoting girl situation. with the nobel peace prize to her name it's a lot to live up to, but malala yousafzai takes it in stride. nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >> joining us now a producer o of 2009 documentary "class dismissed" which helped to put malala in the spotlight. first, you were the first reporters to cover malala back in 2007 in pakistan. what was it about this nine-year-old girl that stood out? >> back then, i myself not knowing that, the only thing i knee was that she was very bold. she was not shy in front of the camera, and she was the one who was trying to understand what

was happening all around, and she was trying to let us know in her innocent ways what the militants are all about, and the suffering so for me as a journalist, at that time malala was a very good story without understanding that much of what she was going to be doing in futur future. let me tell you, she waation was an inspiration for me, and i was looking at the taliban. my interest particularly in malala and pushing her sometimes to tell me something about other side of the story where nobody was interested in talking to us, how it woul she would be

affected if everything was put in the hands of the taliban. my interest was not just her but her entire family. in 2009 after i met her for another documentary, that was the whole family. >> what is it about how that family has dealt with suffering that is just out in this next documentary. >> it's not just the family, but looking at the people, 2 million people suffered displacement. so we made that family symbolic to let people know pakistan should be taking pride in malala

and what they have done. and it was of and running and this family was trying to mobilize some forces so the governments would be pushed to the level they could take action against these militants. i would hear that this family was a test case for us because through this family we were trying to make them a medium to let people know how bright girls and families like malala, they're suffering because of what is happening. >> what is like for a girl like malala, and what was it that helped her to escape the traditional roles of women there? >> yes, this is a major story.

as somebody i'm looking at not just the global context, and still the local context is much more important to me than the global context. malala is inspiring me to do more than i have done. why am i saying this? because as a child speaks up in society, where a child is not speak to speak up to her elders. she stood up. and a child, a girl is usually confined to the four walls of the house. she's getting outside of the house, and at a local level she's representing us. it is not only malala. she belongs to a very

marginalized area. it is an area totally neglected by the state, and those forces ruling us are not interested in the condition of the local people there. nobody was living to what was going on over there. this documentary which i made was only documentary that i went there under dangerous circumstances. media was not supposed to go there. and just guiding with my friend, and the political leadership and media was looking down on this area. >> professor, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it.

>> thank you very much for having me. >> back to the united states. kentucky, one of the battleground states, could determine the balance of power on election day, but a lot of voters say they're less concerned about washington than the struggling economy. libby casey reports. >> reporter: towns shut down. businesses abandoned. it's a common sight in eastern kentucky. but not in whitesberg. the town is bucking odds and finding life after polls with quirky new small businesses. >> it's a symbol of where i'm from. my whole family is brought up in coal. that's my way of paying tribute to that. >> john hayward only thought he would seek his future tune away from his boyhood home in at latch in a. he went to louisville and got a

degree in fine art. >> i always said that he wanted me to get an education. he didn't want me to go down in those mines. because he had been broken down. he had black lungs. >> but the mountains and community called him and his wife back. they rent space downtown and let customers find him. business is good. jordan knows that unlike his new tattoos, his job hauling coal may not last forever. [music] ben said it's not crazy to start a record shop in a country where unemployment is twice the national average. 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 other record store within our radius.

we have people driving from west virginia to come down to check out our shop. we now have an opportunity to redefine what our industry is, or what our economic strengths are. >> reporter: desperation. >> desperation. >> her husband's job loss motivated her to open the first general store they had seen in years. now she's starting a downtown merchant association. so far seven members. why is this town coming back to life while other towns crumble? >> we've always been a little weird. >> apple shop. the non-profit started 45 years ago with funding for the war on poverty. today apple shot is hosting kentucky college students. the message to them, invest your talents and energy in central at

lash shah. >> the answer is not just to leave. it's to do something. >> reporter: this woman's family had lived here for two centuri centuries. >> we see art and culture as a way forward, and as a backbone industry to everything else around us. >> reporter: smith said what is 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 the long haul you're going to see it change. [♪ singing ] >> reporter: libby casey,

al jazeera, kentucky. >> tune in for "america votes: fed up in kentucky" right here on al jazeera america. also tomorrow at 5:30 eastern time. the bush and clinton families are fully engaged in the midterm election. that's our power politics. 5:30 eastern. we look forward to seeing you then. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around america today. maria ines ferre joins us with those stories. >> reporter: david, the fiancé of oregon's governor is admi admitting to immigration marriage fraud. sylvia hayes gave a tearful press conference. she admitted to marrying a man and divorced in 2002. she never mentioned this to the governor when they were dating. >> i was ashamed and embarrassed. i never shared in information not even with john.

i deputy lie regret that i had made such a serious mistake. >> haze has not been charged with marijuana fraud since statute of limitation has expired. but they now have the right to revoke the status of her former husband, who now lives in washington, d.c. the court office in johnson county granted license early today to an unidentified couple. the constitution bans gay marriage but two days ago they were instructed to begin granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples. a 21-year-old woman is home after she was lost for three days in the cascade mountains. she could not find her way back during her hike with her two dogs. she was able to get through it by relying on deliver survival skills. >> she ate some newsrooms, maybe

even tree bark. built fires and she was resourceful. >> the police used an instagram post that paula made before her trek to find her car. and police officers spotted her and lifted her out. >> amazing story. incredible. >> reporter: they were able to identify exactly where w her car was. >> incredible. scientists say they have been able to figure out the cause of california's long-lasting drought. and a test drive in a driverless car that is headed to a highway near you.

>> many californians suspect climate change has played a part in the state's drought. scientists have confirmed those suspicions. they say they have identified the precise cause of the dry spell. for an explanation let's go to melissa chan in san francisco. what are the researchers saying? >> reporter: well, david, scientists will be the first to say that they probably know one of the causes of the california drought. and at least stanford scientists were telling us it's in the earth's atmosphere. this is lake shasta, one of california's major reservoirs, just one-third full because of the worst drought here in a

century. now scientists have identified one of the culprits. a high pressure region in the atmosphere they call a ridge. >> the ridiculously resilient ridge so named because it has had such a large impact on the day-to-day weather in california. >> so what are we looking at? >> so, this is-- >> reporter: the ridge, like a big boulder in the stream has blocked rain from landing in the statement for two years. and that kind of extreme atmospheric temperature is rare and probably connected to climate change. >> it's very unusual to see that kind of behavior in atmosphere. >> there is evidence that the atmospheric conditions have been made more likely by global warming. >> in this year alone the california drought will cost the economy $2.2 billion u.s. in direct and indirect losses, and some 17,000 jobs.

that's according to one study from the united states of california-davis. the impact so far has been felt most acutely by farmers. some have had to drill deep underground for water. others have seen cattle field go up. >> nothing works without water. i don't care what business you're in. if you're in agriculture, without water you won't be in agriculture. >> reporter: land has been left to lie fal fa llaallaw. >> people don't work in the field because with no water, no jobs. >> reporter: scientists have called this a natural disaster like earthquake or tornado. one thing they can't predict is how long this atmospheric ridge will last. another season without range

will really drain these lak dry. >> reporter: just to add a little bit more about predicting the future. they essentially told us we don't have the technology or the science to know what will happen any more than just a few weeks in advance. there is no way of knowing when this drought will end. it could end tomorrow or roll into 2015. >> melissa chan. thank you so much. driverless vehicles are expected to start appearing on american highways in the next few years. google and toyota developing cars that allow drivers to sit back while the vehicle does the driving. >> we're all set for auto control. >> reporter: this is how general motors envisioned the future back in 1957. that was then. this is now. this is g.m.'s concept car

driving itself. aided by on board cameras, radar, and v-to-v technology. >> i can take over any time. >> reporter: and come 2017 g.m. will start selling cadillacs with super cruise that will allow the car to do much of the driving and even take control to avert a crash. >> very quickly people adjust to the system. they're willing to take their hands off the wheel and their feet off the pedal. >> reporter: nissan is racing towards a 2020 deadline for their fully autonomous vehicle, and nissan's top researcher let me figure out how it works. >> these are your laser scanners. and they send out big beams of laser. >> yes. >> and to determine how far the distance is. and then we have a big radar panel that can feed 200 meters

away. and in the back of the car we have another radar panel here and here as well. >> and 70 meters. >> it determines 70 meters whether objects are approaching or going away from the cars. and teen these raiders and cameras on either side of the car. and it's totally protect type. that's the autonomous button. >> hit it. >> so you have no hands. [ laughing ] >> the cameras are reading the speed limit, and we'll watch it slow down. red light. camera detecting it. signal is red. how did it know to go left. >> it reads to the right. so it follows the road using the cameras, and what happens if a kid comes out chasing a ball-

ball--oh, my god. >> whoa. >> we almost caught that guy. >> how does the car know how to do that? >> it's the coolest thing. >> was it weird being in it? >> it felt like it knew what it was doing. i felt comfortable sitting in the seat next to the developer while it parked the car for us. i felt safe. >> would you feel as safe and confident if it was in regular traffic as opposed to these test drives? >> i think so, and i was just talking to a guy the other day what was talking about google driveless cars, and they're testing them out. >> what is the safety hurdle? there has to be a glitch somewhere. susomeone runs out in the middle.

>> first, and foremost, 30,000 people die every year in car accidents. 200,000 car accidents could be averted if 10% of the cars on the road are autonomous vehicles saving 115,100 lives every year. which is impressive. how it does that through all these incredible technologies. now to your question, what are the big challenges we face? weather. how do we drive in the snow. another is the human factor. i got to test the car, and it was literally senting a text message and the car tried to hand it back to me, i didn't notice that it was handing driving back to me, and it was challenging. >> all of us in this computer age has had moments. we had one earlier on this network when we were trying to do something, and a part of the system was not working well. when that happens and you're

driving the car and suddenly the frequency is off, you're in trouble. >> that's the thing. it's supposed to sense these challenges and hand the car back to you. we haven't figured out how to hand the car back to you in a meaningful way. >> but once you get there, that's when presumably this will be safer? once the computer knows it's having a melt down or data is not coming in properly. >> there are so many systems upon systems upon systems for that purpose. they wouldn't let it out on the road without all these backups in place. >> thank you for joining us. appreciate. >> my pleasure. >> you can see more of the reporting on "techknow" at 7:30 eastern and 4:30 on the west coast right here on al jazeera america. the ceo of microsoft did some damage control today after comments made that women should not ask for raises at work. the fallout is next. >> hello, i'm ray suarez.

would it surprise you to learn that the percentage of americans who are not married is at an all-time high? why? it's a complicated mix of economic, social, and racial and generational factors that tell ucla about who we are, and how we think in the country today. join us live at the top of the hour.

>> the fall out is coming from everyoner where from the ceo of microsoft over comments for women and advice for female workers who are uncomfortable asking for a raise. this was his answer. >> 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. and that i think might be one of the additional superpowers that quite frankly women who don't ask for a raise have.

that's good karma, it will come back. somebody is going to know that's the kind of person i want to trust. that's the kind of person i want to really give more responsibility to, and in the long-term efficiency things catch up. >> he later apologized. he said he was completely wrong and inarticulate, but not everyone is buying the apology. maria ines ferre is back with that story. >> reporter: he may have apologized but reactions have been pouring in. his original answer highlights what so many women feel in the workforce, it's not okay to ask for more women and they often shy away from, which only feeds into the pay gap. and sarah michelle is saying, well? women should not ask for a raise? susie orman said don't put you on fail.

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