in the butt, and they come back and they kiss them. >> that's a whole other show. thank you. >> coming up at the stop of the >> the fighting i abel out break in liberia and sierra leone is ferocious. >> and on the edge of the war turkish tanks over the town of kobane where a vicious fight is under way. isil fighters go street by street to capture the strategic town. and honor, protect and educate turn. >> i want to see every child

going to school. >> the mobile peace price is awarded. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm david shuster. we begin with a new death toll from the ebola virus. the "world health organization" says 4,000 people have died in west africa from the current outbreak. that is more than the reported number of cases. world leaders say the spread of the virus has outpaced the world's response with only a quarter of the $1 billion requested by the united nations now funded. paul brennan reports how world leaders are trying to respond. >> the country is stricken by ebola says it's a strategy unforeseen in modern times. liberia, sierra leone and guinea

wants international assistance, money, medical assistance and training, the imf has pledged $500 million. but the u.n. said it could cost $1 billion to stop the outbreak. arriving in monrovia, troops are receiving final training. these soldiers will help construct treatment centers and not have direct contact with ebola patients themselves. >> we're sending three thousand guys and girls into a country ridden with ebola. there is a chance that u.s. soldiers could get infected with it. i feel that we've been prepared with our medical training to deal with it. >> reporter: enhanced screen something being introduced at five airports in the united states, and staff at two main airports in britain are doing the same starting this weekend. >> quite rightly we're taking all the steps we can to keep our own people safe here in the u.k.

what we do is we listen to the medical advice and then we act on that advice. that's why we're introducing the screening processes at the appropriate ports and airports. >> macedon in a authorities say the sudden death of a british man may not be linked to ebola after all. but the final results will not be available until saturday. in the meantime 25 guests at the hotel are he has been staying are quarantined. medical staff who have come in contact with him are also in isolation in hotels. no one is taking a chance. >> it's highly recommended not to undertake the autopsy of the body until we see the results of the lar tore. >> reporter: in madrid, doctors are looking into the case. >> reporter: there is a fear that people are presenting

themselves with symptoms. seven more patients have presented themselves to be put into isolation, bring to go 14 the number of quarantine. the only person who has tested positive for ebola, she remains, according to hospital authorities, in stable conditi condition. the spanish prime minister visited the unit. >> the risk that this disease can spread in the future is very lows. i think we should send this message to all spaniards and make it clear that this is not from the spanish government. it's from the "world health organization" and their commission and their experts. >> reporter: but it's falling short and the prime minister's car was heckled by protesters who accuse the authorities of mishandling the crisis. paul brennan, al jazeera madrid.

>> records from the dallas hospital that eventually treated the patient thomas duncan show that he had been september home with a fever of 103 degrees. heidi zhou castro joins us live from the airport. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: they asked some tough questions about airport preparation, pushing for health screenings not only in the five u.s. airports also mentioned, but also here at dallas/fort worth international. this is where duncan landed after first passing through washington, d.c. now the committee also questioned how the hospital handles this case, saying what happened when it turned away duncan with that 103 fever with the knowledge that he showed--that he shared with the nurse that he had been in west africa, and sending him home despite that really presents challenges that other hospitals in the u.s. may face.

that is a point brought up by sheila jackson, representative from houston. >> i'm told in a survey by nurses they're telling us across the country 80% of hospitals have not communicated to them policy of potential patients with ebola and 85% said their hospital has not presented information about ebola for the nurses to interact. >> the cdc said it is reviewing those concerns and contacting local and state-level health agencies to hopefully reach out to more hospitals. >> heidi, the family of thomas duncan speaking out. what are they saying about his treatment and the latest information about his death? >> reporter: they're having a very hard time, as you can imagine. it's made so much more difficult because they're grieving in isolation. thomas duncan's fiancé was sharing the same apartment as him, and now she and three others are quarantined for the

next nine days. and because they're in isolation they can't speak out. but a spokesperson brought their concerns to the media. >> that his death is not in vain. that his death has--even his dying is a sacrifice for all of us because it is through erik that the awareness of ebola has been better known and the potential for ebola is widespread, and that africa is being helped more than it would have been. >> reporter: and what made be the legacy of duncan? congress put its final stamp of approval on $750 million of aid being sent to west africa. the family is taking comfort in knowing that some action is coming to africa. >> heidi zhou castro, thank you. let's take a closer look at ebola by the numbers.

epidemiologists are facing long odds as they struggle to contain the ebola virus. the disease cannot and will not be stopped until each infected person infects on average less than one other person. jacob ward is live in san francisco. jake, take us through this. >> reporter: when experts assess an outbreak like this, they break it down to math. the math is pretty scary. at the simplest level there is the basic reproductive radio which describe how much of the disease it's likely to affect. the most common disease pertussis or whooping cough is very infectious. 17 infected people for every one person. small pox infect as many as seven other people. a little less infectious but still scary. ebola is at the bottom of the

list. it's ratio is between one and four. in west africa it's between 1.5 and 2 at the moment. the trouble is although it's far less communicable, it's far more deadly. once someone is infected they remain communicable for a long while and it takes a lot of supplies to treat each other. thomas friedman said that the ratio needs to drop below one in order to stop the epidemic as just mentioned. here's how we would get to that number. on wednesday the who reported three essential figures. 70-70-60. percent of the people burials need to be conducted safely, to say that no one is infected while preparing and moving the dead. and 70% of infected people need to be in treatment. only 18% of infected people are in treatment centers. by this math right now we need between 10,000 people and 15,000 people in active treatment. if we don't do anything, and if

things continue to go the way they are right now in one month that will reach to 45,000 to 50,000 people and in two months it will reach over 100,000 people. the problem is handling even a single patient requires major investment. water, bleach, gloves, body suits. that leads to the bigger problem. there are only 1,100 beds available in ginea, sierra leone and liberia, the earth of th --the heart of epidemic. the u.s. military has pledged to build 17 centers by november. by that time we're looking at 50,000 people needing beds. even if those treatment centers are huge, that's only 3,400 beds. the grand total does not give us enough. this time next month if the numbers continue, we're going to be short 43,800 beds worldwide.

that's the fact of our situation. to help the people on the ground and stop the international spread of this disease we have to commit massive resources right now to this situation. >> great reporting you've put together. the 52,000 gallons of water to treat someone with ebola on a dale lay basis, how short are officials and the hospital systems, the medical systems in west africa doing that in the people they've identified as having the disease. >> we're talking about just the people they know to be infected now, and they're often times operating in places that do in the have centralized sources of fresh water. you need that water to clean around the place that you're treating each isolated patient. it's very hard to do that without a fresh supply of constant running water. even a well-based system is not adequate to that task. if we're talking about 50,000 or as many as 100,000 people you're

going to need massive quantities of water and whole systems built. that's the logistical trouble we're in now. that's not even talking about medicines and the ability to keep people hydrated using i.v. drips. that is additional stuff that will keep the area clean for patients. >> thank you. >> now to the syrian town of kobane. islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil now controls 40% of the town despite more u.s.-led airstrikes. there are also fears that kurds will be mass curd if isil takes over kobane. stephanie decker has more now from the turkey syrian border. >> reporter: the u.s.-led coalition has attack the northern syrian town but the

fight remains relentless and it's angering the kurds in turkey. >> the real enemy of kobane is not isil but turkish president erdogan. we don't expect thing from turkey any more because of their stand on atrocity. >> reporter: the united states has made it clear it wants turkey to step up militarily and now the u.n. special envoy to syria is urging the turkish government to open its border and allow kurds into kobane. >> 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 be regretting deeply that we have missed an opportunity of stopping isil and sending a

signal that that cannot continue. >> but what is clear is that the battle for kobane is a fierce one, and it is ongoing. another point that the u.n. special envoy made is that if kobane falls to isil, the group will control almost 400 kilometers of border with turkey. >> isil is reported to have made further advances to the east into the city. this is video up loaded to the internet by the group. it is said to be inside the town of kobane showing the fighters moving through the streets. on the other side of the border many who have been forced to leave kobane now watch helplessly with no idea of what will become of their homes. al jazeera on the turkey-syrian border. >> the united states wants turkey to do more to prevent isil from taking control of kobane. mike viqueira is live at the white house. what does the obama administration want turkey to do?

>> reporter: well, general john allen, retired marine general president obama has capped as the coalition together. the united states is openly calling for turkey to get involved in the u.s.-led coalition. the u.s. wants one thing and turkey wants another thing. the assad regime must go in the estimation of turkey militarily the united states does not want to do that. turkey wants a no-fly zone on its border. the united states considers that a de facto way of attacking the regime itself. he did get a commitment with turkey to take a commitment of training. and the state department said they're in this for the long haul. here is the deputy spokesperson. >> just because allies did not

come out two weeks ago and said they would do something doesn't mean that we wouldn't welcome support going forward. we need support in the long haul. it's not about one day or way week or one month. >> meanwhile, secretary of defense chuck hagel is traveling overseas. he told reporters on thinks plane he wants them to open the air base. this is a massive air base a nato air base but they're not allowing coalition airstrikes based there in turkey and their rendition of the meetings over the last couple of days. they say it never even came up. >> mike, what has turkey greed to do as part of the fight against isil? >> reporter: well again, the united states is pressing them to contribute not only militarily but financially. general allen did come away with a promise to have turkey become involved in the training of the sow called mod raid syrian opposition. these of course are forces that the president has arranged with saudi arabia, a very controversial proposal to train

them. but again that program is not up and running for months. they would not be able to field those 5,000 for a year. there is much more that the administration wants turkey to do. >> mike viqueira at the white house. thank you. two children's rights activists were awarded the nobel peas price. pakistan's malala yousafzai is the youngest to win the prize at 17 years old. and india's kailash satyarthi is one of the world's leaders against child slavery. we go to simon mcgregor wood with the latest. >> reporter: malala gave what was not a very prepared written statement. it was off the cuff and heartfelt. she said how honored she was to win this reward. she was careful to pay tribute to her cohenner indian partner in this joint award. she said it was very important to her that a pakistani and

indian should share this award, and she hoped that this would develop a message of love. and she said it was significant that she was muslim and her indian co-winner was a hindu. she paid a rather warm tribute to her father and family, who were present on the stage with her. and she made it very clear that she was so grateful that her father had allowed her to go to school back in pakistan as she said that he had, in fact, not clipped her wings. she went on to repeat how committed she see to girls in her home countries getting an education. simon mcgregor wood in birmingham, blend. kailash satyarthi has been credited for saving thousands of children's lives from forced labor. his statements after the

announcement. >> after decades of campaigning for children's rights he has received the most prestigious international award the nobel peace prize along with malala yousafzai. it's a cause he wish i didn't have to fight. >> millions of children, as i talk to you, are working in mines, factories, homes and workshops and so on. and i feel very bad about it. i--every moment--i feel for them because--it's because of them. >> reporter: satyarthi has been a relentless activist against child labor in india. he has been attacked and intimidated but his organization has helped to ask you more than 80,000 working children. he has been injured, and he has escaped death. he has even had to change his name. people are confronted him carrying a gun. imagine if he didn't have strong

willpower how would he get out of these situations. this kind of thing has happened a lot. >> in india he is a national hero compared to some to mahatma gandhi for his determined work to end child slavery. he has promised to spend the prize money on his organization. after campaigning for 30 years he has received global recognition. his hope is that this award will raise awareness about his work to protect india's children. al jazeera, new delhi. >> coming up, after years and hints and provinces will president obama close the infamous prison at guantanamo bay? >> and what do the clintons howard dean and the state of alaska have to do with each other? it's all part of power politics. join us for the show at 5:30 eastern on saturday.

>> wall street ended a volatile week by extends it's also losses on theirs. the dow fell 115 points and s&p 500 down 22 points and nasdaq

102. what happened today? >> you know what, it was a little bit of the same stuff. we had definitely europe still in the crosshairs thinking about the global economic slow down but people are also talking about china here. and there had been talk about a soft landing where people get nervous. we had a semiconductorrer company come out today giving us guidance looking ahead, and it wasn't so bright especially on sales in china in the september quarter. that got a lot of people thinking again about the slowdown and again we ended on another down day. we had a big up day. the biggest of the year as well. it was really the return of volatility. that's the headline this week. >> we'll have democratic politicians like to point out that the united states has been doing well despite the slow down in china and europe, but at what point does this start to impact the united states other than the dow. >> right now we're not seeing economists bring down their

numbers. and on the show we'll talk with someone who thinks its pretty well insulated and we have internal strengths going for us that will keep us this bright spot relatively speaking in comparison to the rest of the world. so right now we're not seeing that translate into numbers being brought down and estimates being brought down except with what we saw earlier with the imf. we'll see that continue. we'll have earning season, when we start to get those numbers we'll start to see changes. >> what else is coming up on the show? >> we have an interesting story. ebola. a lot of people would not touch it with a 10-foot pole, but we'll look at a business owner who cleans up everything from anthrax and mrsa, now he's getting ready ready for ebola, and getting ready with employees and insurance coverage when it comes to this deadly virus. >> we would like to see the number of people sending their

resumé toss that guy. thanks, we look forward to seeing you at 7:00. >> thanks. >> north korea and south korea exchange shooting over the border. it comes with the celebration of the workers party. but leader kim jong-un misses the celebration bringing speculation on his health. >> the day was supposed to be about kim jong-un and whether he would appear for the anniversary of the creation of the ruling workers party in north korea. the big story has turned out to be an exchange of fire across demilitarized zone. military analysts say it's the first time such a thing has happened since the fighting of the korean war in 1953. it was all sparked by balloons carrying anti-pyongyang leafle leaflets. north korea told south koreans that if this happens there would be consequences, and they would

fired anti-aircraft machine gunfire at these balloons. and some of those bullets landing in south korean territory. the south koreans then gave warning that they would return fire. they did so. there was a response from north korea. the second response from south korea. all of this happening on this important day in north korea, one that is usually marked by kim jong-un's attendance at the mausoleum that houses the bodies of his father and grandfather. no show from him. he has not been seen since september 3rd, more than a month now. and it leads to questions about his health. an there is added fuel to the speculation that something is wrong with his legs. we saw him limping in you july, possibly he's being kept out of

view as he recuperates. >> a day after hong kong's government canceled talks with student protesters thousands joined demonstrations in the city's business district. resurgence after week of dwindling participation. protesters are again vowing to stay until they get greater say in choosing the city's leader in 2017. government previously halted negotiation saying they were severely undermined by students' calls for more demonstrations. coming up next on al jazeera america. [ protesting ] >> protesters clash with police again in missouri, and more demonstrations are planned.

>> libby casey reports. >> reporter: towns shut down. businesses abandon. it's a common site in eastern kentucky but not in whitesberg. it's fighting odds in finding life after coal in the mix of quirky new small businesses. >> this is a symbol of where i'm from, the coal industry because my whole family was brought up in coal. that's my way of paying tribute to that. there we go. >> reporter: john haywood always thought he would seek his fortune away from his boyhood home of central appalachia. he moved to louisville and got a degree in fine arts. >> my father always wanted me to get an education. he didn't want me to have to go down them 'ol mines because he

had been broken down. he had black lung. >> reporter: but the mountains and community called him and his wife back. haywood started his business downtown and let customers find him. business is good. jordan garnett knows unlike his new tattoo his job hauling coal may not last forever. >> why the skeleton. >> represents being the minor and dead. >> reporter: he says it's not crazy to start a record shop in a county why unemployment is twice the national average. competition is low and a place for kids to hang out are built-in customers. >> you have to go a hundred miles to go to any other record store in our radius. we have people coming from west virginia to drive down and check out our shop. we now have an opportunity to redefine what our industry is,

or what our economic strengths are. >> reporter: desperation. desperation. >> reporter: her husband's job loss moved her to open her first shop. >> businesses and neighborhoods helping each other. >> reporter: why is whitesberg coming back to life while other coal towns crumble? >> we've always been a little weird. >> reporter: one of the biggest forces is apple shop. the non-profit started 45 years ago with funding from the war on poverty. today it is a message to invest talents and insurgent in central appalachia. >> you should not give up on a place because it requires a little extra work. the answer is not just to leave.

the answer is to do something. >> but there is not a lot of attention to the initiatives. >> reporter: ada smith's family has lived here to two centuries. she was not going to be the one who up roots. she said politicians talk about moving jobs back, they tend to overlook what is already here. >> we see art and culture as a way forward, and as a kind of backbone industry to everything else around us. >> reporter: smith said what is unique is a simple as this, local people taking the initiative. their 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 a change. [♪ singing ] >> reporter: libby casey, al jazeera, whitesberg, kentuc kentucky. >> be sure to turn in america votes program "fed up in kentucky." that's right here on al jazeera america.

>> there are plans for new protests in missouri after another night of tensions. for the second night in a row hundreds of protesters face off protesters in the streets. they're facing what activists say is racially biased policing. it happens after another police officepolice officer shot and killed another black teenager this week. protesters want the justice department to investigate. they say it's all part of a systemic issue of racial profiling. we're joined by randall pinkston in studio. >> reporter: the police shot

vonderrick my ers. their effort to be transparent did not calm protesters who say the shoot something yet another example of racial bias in policing. >> reporter: protesters versus police not in ferguson, month m but in st. louis where another case involving a white police officer and african-american teenager reignited anger and frustration. last night demonstrators confronted police over the death of 18-year-old vonderrick myers jr. tempers boiled over after officials said myers was killed when he allegedly fired at an off-duty officer during a foot chase. police in protective shields tried to disperse the crowd. at one point using what appeared to be pepper spray. protesters use milk to try to

soothe the sting. myers' family claims the teen was facing charges of weapons possession did not own a gun. he was holding a sandwich which they had just purchased. the police say they recovered the weapon that myers allegedly used. the the mayor announced plans for a dual investigation. the police department will conduct an investigation and deliver the results to the district attorney and evidence will be turned over to federal prosecutors for review of federal civil rights violations. the shooting comes two months after the shooting of michael brown in ferguson. prosecutors are still presenting the case in brown's death to a grand jury. today marks the beginning of the

beginning of resistence. a march is scheduled outside of the prosecutors office demanding his resignation and the arrest of the officer. tonight a candlelight vigil is scheduled with a coffin and march to the site of brown's death to the ferguson police department. protesters plan a march and rally in st. louis tomorrow as part of what they call a weekend of resistence. they say ther there will ther there will be non-violence civil disobedience, but brown's family are urging people to avoid any violence stating, we understand firsthand the powerlessness against law enforcement that you feel, but we ask that those who come to support our son do so within the law. >> randall pinkston. thank you. house speaker john boehner said the closing of the guantanamo bay in cuba without congressional input would be a

lawless action. it comes hours after the wall street journal drafted options to close the facility. in 2008 the president pledged to close the facility while in office. 149 detainees are currently at the prison. let's take a deeper dive on this issue. we go to michael shure. it sounds like the wall street journal and john boehner are doing the alley-oop here. they're exercising what president obama might do, and john boehner slams in to make the point. >> you're not wrong. this is the president posturing, perhaps even the white house posturing. eventually the president will have to come through with one of these athletes. he's threatened to use executive power. the white house has done so. they have insun waited at the very least. everything appears to be his red line in syria, and they don't want to be the white house who cried wolf.

>> but there is no way. oh my goodness the white house acting before the election. i don't see that happening. we may have one of the most famous lame duck sessions because there is maybe executive action on immigration, guantanamo and lame duck congress. >> it could be the most fascinating lame duck session. the other part of this, you brought it up before, maybe there is and alley-oop between the wall street journal and the speaker because it doesn't seem like any white house would want to float anything like this before election. even pat roberts who is working for his life, said he will shut down the senate if the president brings this up legislatively. he may not be in the senate that he tries to shut down should he lose next month, but the point is that this is giving the republicans fodder on the campaign trail and fodder the white house does not want to give them. >> let's suppose that nothing will happen until after the election, but the white house is considering these options,

guantanamo, immigration, how does control of the senate alter or shape what the president and white house might do on their own, or does it not shape it at all and the president then regardless of what happens i'm moving forward. >> conventionally you would say, look, the way that the senate is composed, changes after election day going into january, that you would say oh well, then he's going to get these things done. but he has had the senate and he has not been able to get these things done any way. any type of legislative action will be met the same way it was last time. i don't see how it's going to make any difference whatsoever. the white house decides they want toot executive action on these issues specifically. immigration, number one, and guantanamo, as you remember was a campaign promise of barack obama way back in 2008, then they're going to do ahead and do it. they cannot rely on legislation to pave the way for either of these things. >> you mentioned kansas and

there is a tough senate race where republicans are facing a steep cline because pat roberts is in trouble against an independent. now there is a similar case in south dakota where the republican mike browns is in trouble against an independent, form republican senator. with democrats pouring in money, how much are republicans in trouble now where they have to fight for territories that they never thought they would have a problem with. >> no one thought that south dakota was in play. entering the race as an independent. mike rounds has been embattled because of his position on a business deal there in south dakota, and then the democrats, has gotten $1 million from the the professor in his pac, he is trying to get money out of politics. he started a super pac to end super pac. he said i have to do it. it's the only way to do it

giving $1 million to the democrats. some democrats are saying get out of the race because if he wins we'll have another independent there. but at the end of the day the problem for republicans they're getting these situations, these flareups in states they never dreamed they would be campaigning in. that's a problem within the g.o.p. certainly within their senatal. >> where are you in los angeles. there is shimmering water, is that a screen or are you in front of a hospital. >> no, i'm at home. this is my view. >> michael shure always a pleasure. you can always catch michael shure. you can see why we love this show. thank you. >> thank you. >> we look at headlines around america. maria ines ferre joins us with those stories. >> reporter: the fiancé of oregon governor admitted to accepting a $5,000 payment to

help an ethiopian man get his u.s. citizenship. she married him in 1997 and divorced him in 2002 but she never mentioned this to the governor when they started dating. >> i was ashamed and embarrassed. therefore, i did not share this information even with john once we met and started dating. i deeply regret not being up front about the fact that i had made such a serious mistake. >> hayes cannot be charged with marriage fraud since five year statut statute of limitations on the crime has expired by the government has the power to revoke the legal status of her former husband, who now lives in washington, d.c. kansas issued it's first same-sex marriage license today but hours later the attorney general asked the state supreme court to block the licenses. the kansas constitution bans gay marriages but two days ago the judge granted clerks to begin granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples. in washington state a

21-year-old woman is home after being lost for three days in the cascade mountains. she could in the find her way back from her hike with two dogs. she was able to rely on deliver survival skills. >> she ate mushrooms. she maybe even eigh ate tree bark. built fires and was resourceful. >> the police used an instagram post paula made before her trek to find her car and then a police department helicopter spotted her and airlifted her out. one of our viewers asked what happened to the dogs? they were airlifted, and she gave them beef jersey. >> wonderful. a happy ending for everyone. appreciate it. in our sunday night series "edge of 18" we've been following the lines of 18-year-olds who are having to make big decisions that will set the course of their lives. in israel there is a course that has been made for teenagers,

compulsory service. >> when she packs her bags. >> this is a fancy uniform i have to wear outside of the base. >> to the toiletries and clothes. >> and you need lots of under shirts because you sweat all day. >> prayer book. >> i have a very strong relationship with god. >> her dog tags. >> it's weird seeing my name on them. i feel very grown up. >> she shares expectations shared by hundreds of thousands of israeli 18-year-olds. >> i'm going in with my friends. we'll be in this together. >> can you show me what you pack? >> you have no clothes. >> they're giving the uniform. >> no toiletries. >> they give me also. >> only books, sheet and towel. >> he packs for protest. >> what gives you comfort? in prison? >> th

>> every able jewish israeli 18-year-old other than the you will at a religious must complete military service. three-quarters of men and majority of women serve. dara will serve in the military of education. she'll train the generation that follows her. >> i feel like it's the right thing. i feel like it's what i'm supposed to do. >> in israel the military instills in society. soldiers walks openly. joining the military is a rite of passage. even if that means to going to war. the soldiers' unity opens career and society doors. >> you go into the army you're part of something. it's a language, a way of spooking and it's a real--it's embarrassing. >> people say they're going to kill me. they don't have the right to live here. >> he refuses to serve so he's shunned and imprisoned. he filmed this video of himself right before he told the army no. he refuses because he disagrees

with israel's wars and occupation. >> occupying the palestinian nation, when you occupy its people you will be surprised they're bombing you. no one just says okay, i will be in prison. gaza is the biggest prison in the world. >> his friends support him but it's not ease. his brother fought. his father and grandfather fought. >> everyone in israel in school, in the education system, they brainwash. >> there are people who refuse to serve. what do you think about those people? >> on a personal level i understand it. on a more national level i think it's a disgrace. i think it's absolutely the most selfish thing. >> for dara serve something a religious and national duty in a country all too familiar with war. >> i have so many friends who have been killed over the years, so many. it's crazy.

no one--no one my age in the world knows death as much as me or my fellow friends. no one. >> a decision about war and peace that each israeli 18-year-old must make as soon as they finish high school. nick schifrin, al jazeera, jerusalem. >> you can follow the lives of american 18-year-olds who will make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. it airs 9:00 and 6:00 pacific right here on al jazeera america. water is precious in the drought-stricken areas of california, and refugees in one of the dryest countries in the world. those stories coming up next on al jazeera america.

>> in california scientists suspect that climb chang climate change has been the cause of the drought. scientists confirm those suspicions. >> 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 at stanford have identified one of the culprits. a high pressure region in the atmosphere they call a ridge. >> they're ridiculously resilient ridge so named because it has been unusually

persistent, and has had such a large impact on the day-to-day "b" in california. >> what are we looking at? >> so this is-- >> the ridge, like a big boulder in a stream has blocked rain from landing in the state for two years. that kind of extreme atmospheric pressure is very rare and probably connected to climate change. >> it's very unusual to see that kind of behavior in atmosphere. >> there is evidence that atmospheric conditions have been made more likely by global warming. >> 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 university of california-davis. the impact so far has been felt most acutely by farmers. some have had to drill deep underground to find water.

>> nothing works without water. >> if you're in agriculture, you don't have water, you're not going to be agriculture. >> if we don't have water, we won't have jobs. without water they don't need people to work in the field. no water, no jobs. >> one thing they can't predict, how long this atmospheric ridge prevents storms in california will last. >> there is not a lot who can say how much rain we'll have this winter. >> melissa chan, al jazeera, stanford, al jazeera. >> across the world from california the nation of jordan i may be jeopardyiz

jeopardize. >> water experts say that the it should never have been built here. >> selecting that place was a very stupid idea. i don't know how they came up with it. they could have selected a better place. the second thing is having selected that place there is a responsibility of providing the water and providing sanitary facilities. >> reporter: but the government didn't expect the syrian refugee crisis to last this long. a recent study revealed the underground water has not been

contaminated yet but it could happen at any time. many refugees have set up their own toilets and showers inside their homes instead of using communal facilities. instead, filthy waste water that could seep down through the soil possibly contaminating the underground water supply in the future. there are communal washrooms everywhere in the camps. these are connected to septic tanks that are emptiyed every day. but this come has had her own system for eight months. the waste goes straight into the ground. >> the communal washrooms are not good. this is better for families with young women and safety who are worried about their safety while making the trips to the communal washrooms. >> reporter: the system to minimize the cost of trucking 3,500 cubic meters of clean water in to the camp every day. a new waste water treatment

plant will be operational in the coming months but funding is still not available for underground institutage system. >> the crisis is becoming more contracted, fund something less and there are various areas around the world competing for the funding. >> reporter: they expect international communities to not improve conditions for refugees but protect their scarce underground water. >> microsoft ceo wanted bad karma, he probably should have avoided saying what he said yesterday. that's next and then real money with jen rogers. >> coming up on real money, we'll look at fears of a global slowdown and whether that will effect it soon. and what big happy

>> ththe comments about women's and raises. the moderator ask the ceo his advise for female workers who are uncomfortable asking for a raise. here's 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. that, i think, might be one of the additional superpowers that quite frankly women who don't ask for a raise have because that's good karma. it will come back because somebody is going to know that's the kind of person that i want to trust. that's the kind of person that i want to really give more responsibility to. and in the long-term efficiency things catch up. >> oh man.

nadella apologized and said he was wrong and inarticulate but not everyone is buying his apology. >> reporter: he may have apologized, but that has not stopped the reaction from pooing in. what he said highlights what so many working women feel, that it's not okay for women to ask for more money. which only feeds into the pay gab. sara michelle writing, really? i thought this was 2014. personal finance host suze orman said, don't put yourself on sale, women. i have been telling you that for years. microsoft ceo is just plain wrong. self worth equals network. and maybe we should thanks microsoft ceo for saying what he really thinks. and karma, we have a list of women you missed.

harsh tag ask 4 more. >> snap chat is saying that users private content may have ended up online. it works by deleting content senders send. it turns out that a third party app has been collecting snap chat photos and video. snap chat saids own servers were never breached and discouraging people from using third party apps. this is a cat video with a 60-pound difference. that is a mountain lion. the big cat was hunting and marking his territory. you know how he marks his territory. at this point it appears to include the car.

i'm david shuster. "real money with ali velshi" is next. jen rogers is sitting in. we'll see you over the weekend. >> stuck in a downward spiral all of the do you gains gone just like that in fear that the global economy is slowing down. whether the american economy might get dragged down with it. i'll talk to a man who's ready to cackle ebola in person. >> plus a foot in the mouth moment for a big tech c.e.o. setting off a furor among women, forcing an