♪ ♪ this is "al jazeera america" live from new york city. i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories. isil fighters on the hunt in the embattled town of kobane reaching critical stage. shortages of resources in medical personell threaten to overwhelm efforts to contain the spread of symbols in west africa. here at home, screening begins in an effort to present anyone infected with the country from entering the country. >> country deeply divided over a series of deadly police

shootin shootings. symbols symbols. >> the fight against isil. the group is making gains on two fronts. iraq's anbar prevents, an urgent plea as isil draws closer to the western edge of baghdad. in kobane, 12,000 civilians mostly seniors are trapped. this shows the fighters in the center of the city yesterday. kurdish forces were able to push back a pre-dawn attack with the help of coalition attacks. isil is on the advance moving in from the city from two sides. on the turkey syria border with the latest. >> martyrs never die. the chant of a final fair well. the bodies of two fighters of the ypg fighting isil in kolbane are laid to rest across the

border in turkey. >> these two people who we buried today were taken to hospital here in turkey when they were injured. now, they have lost their lives. >> on saturday, the non-stop sound of that stand-off, sources inside kolbane tell us there is now a fierce fight underway on the southwestern edge of the town. there have been more coalition airstrikes here many say they are helping, but this is a battle that is far from over. turkey's military has a strong presence here along the border. see one of the tank formations behind me. it is also one of the sources of anger among the kurds, the fact that the military hasn't done anything yet to get involved in the fight against isil. >> the fight has become symbolic for the kurds. olbane. we want to prevent i.s. from

taking the site. >> the more thankers have gone. this is not where these fighters would have wanted to be buried. some people tell us that one day, they will be taken back to kolbane to finally, be put to rest at home. no one here knows when that day might be. stefanie dekker, on the turkey slay syria border. >> the islamic state group has been presence since january but recent advances by the group have iraqi officials asking for strategic help. the insufflate erbil. >> iraqi government officials are appealing for military assistance in order to prevent isil from taking control over the prove incident of anbar, a very strategic province that borders syria. if ice ill is able to take control of am anbar, it will have an open supply line in syria and rack. it will be at the doorsteps of the iraqi capital. >> has been their target to get

in to baghdad. anbar is strategic because there are a lot of army installations. as of late, there have been a number of of u.s.-led airstrikes targeting the group but they haven't reversed the momentum on the ground. isil has been making gains, taking more territory. but air power as well as the iraqi army, they will not be able to stop the group. they are going to need the support of population. this is a sunni prove incident. people have so far -- there are some fighting alongside the government. the majority of the people haven't decided to take up arms against isil. they are going to need support. sunni opposition leaders are saying: why should we help the government get rid of isil, when, when they leave, all who replaces them are shia militia? s the sunni fear the shiia militia even more. >> zeina hodr.

milwaukee in duseldorf community is. is ill with 100,000 kurds in syria alone. they scald for solidarity with kurdish fighters defending kolbane along the syria-turkey boarded. remembering james fwoeshling a memorial service on october 18th. that would have been his 41st birthday. the beheading was confirmed in august. the memorial service will be held in his hometown of rochester, new hampshire. organizers are asking for everyone to put a white electric candle in the window in foley's honor. that's what his parents did when his death was confirmed. eight months since the outbreak of ebola in west africa. it is the greatest peacetime challenge the u.n. has ever faced. the advice reached seven countries including the united states and spain. one person, thomas duncan, has died of ebola in the united

states. the, two doctors and a nurse and journalist were brought here for treatment and have or are recovering right now. more than 4,000 people in west africa have died since outbreak began. that's out of more than 8,000 people who have been diagnosed with this all around the world. in syria leone, aid agents say the international community needs to invest marfar more mor than into containing the ebola outbreak. they say they do not have enough resources to treat patients. >> this is an ebola treatment center in western freetown. freetown.

>> they take it very seriously. >> the treatment center, we have to be careful when you go inside there. it's a risky job for the cleaners, the nurses, the doctors. it's not easy to do the work inside. you have to take your time and take all of the precautions. trying to contain the outbreak is especially hard for sierra leone. it is home to 6 million people, 75% of them live in poverty. the government spends $205 per per person year on health and there are only one 20 doctors. another problem is how to insure the safe disposal of the bodies of the victims. they are highly contagion and with more people dying every day in some places, the bodies can lie in the open for some time.

>> we use personal protective equipment. and then we use gloves and then we use boots, chlorine. it's very risky. that's one. and then it's a voluntary job to save our country. >> but if the people organizing the treatment center in lakaw are correct, that on its own may not be enough. dominic kane, al jazeera. >> ebola screening is now underway at kennedy airport in new york. the policy applies to traveler come from liberia, sierra leone and guinea. they will have their temperature checked upon arrival. screen legs again at, at lanta, chicago, washington, d.c. and new jersey. courtney keellyy is live in new york city. so courtney, this is only being done at five airports in the state. could that possibly be enough?

>> well, richelle, critics are definitely questioning whether these screenings are going to be effective enough, but officials say it's part of a multi-layered approach and it's just more than screening at these airports. >> passengers arriving will be screened for signs of illness including high temperatures regardless if they were checked upon departure. they will fill out a questionnaire and leave contact details so they can be contacted later if necessary. but at a press conference here at jfk, a top official with the centers for disease control and protection warned these screenings are just one part of many necessary measures that must be taken. >> this new entry screening procedure is just one part of a multi-layered approach. already, there are 100% of the travelers leaving the three infected country tries are being screened on exit. no port of exit or port of entry or airline response procedure will supplant the need for state and local public health

departments, clinics, hospitals, to be prepared to detect a case, might it o'er and to rhinolith respond p isolite and prevent transmission other. >> any patients suspected will be transferred to pel view hospital. they can treat up to four patients at a time. the room has sliding glass doors that allow the patient to be monitored without nurses and doctors entering the rooms. there are nine other isolation rooms at the ready if they are needed and new york's other public and private hospitals also have isolation units. doctors and medical staff will wear a full body suit, a surgical gown over the body suit, boots and surgical mesh over the boots. they also wear gloves and a hood with a plastic face guard as part of a leave-no-sin-cell uncovered level of preparation. there will be monitors to observe the gear is put on and taken off according to safety standards. and there are sterlizing units for the gear before they are

deposed of as normal medical waste. there is a broad range of hospital disinfects ants more potent that normal can be use. blood tests can be conducted near the isolation unit so as not to infect any other lab sflooiz supplies or travel through the hospital. 911 operators have been trained to ask questions to identify ebola patients. >> richelle, now, 95% of all travelers from these affected countries do come through the five airports having screenings. half of those travelers come through here at jfk. there are no direct flights from these three countries, but customs officials and home land security say they can track travelers despite despite whether they stop at multiple stops on the way to the u.s. >> cot knee keely live from jfk in new york. i am joined by dr. debby neferumple. we appreciate you joining us.

so let's pick up on what courtney is talking about and dig in a little deeper. they are screening at these airports. right? taking temperatures? doing all of this type of thing. what's the next step if someone has a sky high temperature right there at the airport? what next? >> so they have to ace light them, which i am glad they have these rooms at bellevue at a hospital because i was a little bit concerned before that if you just take people who might have a fever, they may not have ebola. but if you put them in these rooms and don't clean them in between, the standards that you need, people could get sick from this whole process, you know, catch something else in the process. so, if they take them to these isolation wards, they can observe them to see if they develop symptoms. the people who go into those rooms afterwards should be safe. >> how do you predict this going? because often people have fevers. it's not that uncommon. >> exactly. so, i think we are going to catch people with a lot of other things besides ebola. you don't have to have an infectious disease to have a fever, but you can because your body is fighting something. it could be something like the flu owned interovirus.

if they have cancer, they can get a low-great fever. >> one of the down sides of this approach. >> exactly. >> you are grouping in people who don't need to be in this group? >> exactly. it's daws ring, tuesday, if you think about if nefrmz people's personally freedom. at this time, we are getting into influence season. they have allerg jeers and shuttled to this quarantine is not e who knows how long it will be before the tests are done if you are visit okay a trip, you are here for something like a wedding, punishment people are concerned about ebola. you have to weigh the risks and benefits. >> is some of the concern coming from the fact that some people still aren't convinced that we really know how people get a ebola? >> well, i mean there is always an element of uncertainty. right? pitheads everything we know in terms of the previous ebola

outbreak. this isn't the first time it has come here well, to the u.s. but i mean in terms of affecting the globe. based upon those other outbreaks, they pounds out it's only spread through bodily fluids. blood and urine, feces, vomit. there is no evidence that goes against that. if something is spread so easily like the flu, we would have a lot more cases than we do right now in the u.s. i mean we are following individual cases whereas if it was something like that, we would be talking about clusters, you know. >> so we have a lot to learn from the fact that this has happened before. >> exactly. we don't know everything. our knowledge is limited. we know enough to be able to try to protect ourselves. >> how do we protect ourselves? >> yeah t depends upon which population you are talking about. i be think in west africa, the problem is, two of the things that allowed it to flourish there are the fact that in terms of water, like the running water and stuff, you know, here one of the basic things is that you hand wash all the time for any infectious disease. >> right? >> if you don't have running

water, you will have a problem. if you don't have the things to treat ebola, fluids and food to fight the virus, that's what we are doing here, too, with i.v. fluids and stuff. if you don't have that, you have another problem. this is a poor country where they are not able to fight it once they have it. and in terms of the trash or sewage stem, we throw things out in a bio ha azard bag nat hospital and we don't worry about it. we have systems in place to get rid of it. in a poorer area when you have trouble even with the regular trash, how are you going to eliminate these blood-contaminated products? it's spread a lot there. there are things we can do in terms of infrastructure. here, in terms of protecting ourselves, we are taking the appropriate steps looking at the ways that ebola could enter the country, keeping an eye on those people f somebody has it, trying to treat them to get them better. >> there have been some calls for a travel banal. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, i think it's, you know, i understand people asking for that. i think that's very reasonable to think, how can we stop ebola from getting into the country?

but there are a few other things to consider. you know, if we have a travel ban, the problem is, well, there are a few. >> goes in both directions. right? so we won't be able to get any relief to the people who are suffering in west africa. >> so icestrated] exactly. >> that's another thing. if you think about it, let's say you were in west africa and you thought you had a high chance of getting ebola. if you think that there is hope, there is help coming, people are coming to help you, you might follow the rules and laws and try to do whatever he can. but if you felt like you were just stuck in this place where, you know, there is no help coming p coming and, you know they

areraling in st. louis and ferguson where this began. in august, a white policeman shot and killed black teenager michael brown prompting violent protests. this week, another black at the scene shot and killed by a white off-duty police officer. people have been rallying every night since. ashar qureshi, what is the scene like? i know it started earlier in the morning? >> that's right, richelle. it basically has come to a close. most of the people have dispersed from this area, very different scene from what we saw earlier today. we saw large crowds. we saw lots of families. we saw a very diverse crowd. most of all, it was very organized and one of the things that people were concerned about was the, you know, how these protests, when they are calling so many freedom so many places

to come out here, how they were going to turn out. for the most part, very, very peaceful. ♪. >> shining a light on injustice through mass demonstration. >> let's go ahead and get this march growing. >> brought hundreds of protesters to marriott yard. vander benefit graduate grew newspaper ferguson and has come back to his hometown every other weekend. >> this is representative of not just mike brown but other victims of state violence. this is a turning point. hoping st. louis will realize we are not going to go away, we demand juvis and we demand actual safety and not profiling. >> two months after the fatal shooting of unarmed am michael brown, frustration lingers over the around of darin will who shot and killed brown. >> the four-day was kicked off with nighttime vigils and demonstrators marching on the ferguson police department despite a somewhat tension face-off, the protests remained

peaceful. no arrests were made. the message appears to be less about raw emotion and more about sparking a movement toward change. >> what does this mean in the grand scheme of things? >> this is beautiful. i am so happy. i have a smile during this movement. but this is everything. i love it. . >> the venue may be downtown st. louis. the core of the issue may be the michael brown shoot, but there are people here from all over the country voicing their opinions about issues they believe in, everything from reproductive justice to gender equality and racial equality to police abuse. >> it comes just days after an off-duty st. louis police officer shot and killed a black teenager, sparking two days of unrest. police say 18-year-old von derrick myers, jr., shot first. >> we didn't get to this spot overnight. there is not a light switch we can throw on tomorrow to make a difference. increment al thinks to make it better. >> organizers say they expect thousands to participate in what they call the weekend of

resistance. the rallies, marches and protests are expected to culminate in acts of civil disobedience for which protesters say they are prepared to be arrested. richelle, beyond just rallies and marches, there are other events planned for this weekend including panel discussions, film screenings, so it's a variety of activities that they are continuing to do here under what they call the weekend of resistance. now, they have also called for a march on canfield in that area where michael brown was shot and killed about two months ago and that's happening tonight. so while it's been very peaceful here today and it was relatively peaceful last night as well, when darkness falls, it's always a concern and police will continue to be on alert here today. richelle. >> ashar, thank you. an al jazeera exclusive. inside north korea as they celebrate the anniversary of the ruling party. hong kong protests stretch into a third week with no sign after promise. we will have the latest next.

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pro-democracy protesters in hong kong are asking china's president to reconsider election reforms. the open letter criticizes hong kong's current leader. thousands of protesters flooded the city's business district this weekend after hong kong officials called off talks with leaders of the demonstration. al jazeera has gained rare access to north korea during the celebration of the is 69th anniversary of the ruling or first party. a report from piyong yang. >> celebrations on the streets to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the workers party of korea. >> it is the founding day of the worker's party of korea. the party is like a mother. i am happy. >> even though there haven't

been any big celebrations this year, thousands of people came on to the streets to pay their respects to this country's leader and to the workers party who was created in 1945 and that continues to run this country's political life. >> it's been almost three years since king jong un became the supreme leader after his father, king jong il passed away in between. korea's independence. >> we were taken to his birthplace where people still come after all of these years. he is 80 years old. he said he remembers his struggles against the japanese ongpation? >>. >> felt the presence. all of us have to uphold the leadership of marchci of martiag

un. video aired on state t.v. in september showed him walking with a limp. our guide said that nothing unusual is going on. people, they are meeting a lot. >> that's why on the news, on the t.v., people are meeting a lot. they wait. >> kim jong un might be out of sight but it seems life continues as usual here he blocks to a dynasty that has ruled this nation for almost seven decades. on this anniversary, his family's presence continues to loom large. al jazeera, pyong yang. >> election in bosnia. the country goes to the polls to

it fill 581 legislative positions. they will pick three rotating presidents. the country has been plagued by corruption in recent years. most observers say they don't expect many changes at the top. gorbachev has been discharged. he was hospitalized thursday for what's being called a disease recurrence. he suffers from a severe form diabetes and has admitted his health is getting worse. the new prime minister is yemen quit his post saturday in reaction to a call from mass protests this week. abarak was appointed on tuesday. ppointed on tuesday.

two days later >> they attracted global scorn when they kidnapped 200 nigerian girls in april. no word on that their fate. next on "al jazeera america," forced from their homes, a number of syrian refugees girls is being married to older women is on the rise. later. >> new york, environmental groups are fight to go keep a natural gas pipeline from being built under this beach.

welcome back to "al jazeera america." here is a look at your top stories. the ebola death toll continues to rise. the disease has claimed are more than 4 lives. today, new york's kennedy airport began traveling screeners for ebola symptoms. several hundred people are rallying in st. louis in suburbs from what organizers are calling the weekend of resistance. they are demanding reform and

accountability. protests began two months ago after a white police officer shot and killed black teen michael brown. isil continues to advance in the syrian turkish border town of kobane. despite two weeks of coalition airstrikes. they are making gains. official are asking for more international military help to push back this group. the violence in syria has forced hundreds of thousands of people to seek refuge in neighboring countries. now, the u.n. warns have arrived in the number of child marriages among refugees in jordan. a report from dakar that girls as young as 13 are having children with men more than twice their age. >> this girl was 13 when she got married right after the war began. she is now 16 with a child of her own. the war forced her parents to marry her off to her cousin to make sure someone would look after her in jordan. war displacement and marriage have meant she had to drop out

of school in the 9th grade. >> i advise any young girl to get an education and not take on the big responsibilities i have taken on as a child. i had my son so young. i didn't know what to do with him. when he cried or got sick, i had no clue. >> she was timid in the interview because her mother-in-law and husband were there but in private, she told us pregnancy was an excruciating experience for her. >> a study by the united nations unicef noted a sharp rise of child bride marriages among syrian refugees in jordan. the study shows almost half of these child marriages were to men who were 10 or more years older. ngos are concerned that early marriages could leave some girls in abusive and ex ploytative situations. >> that's why some have designed specific programs that aim to prevent child marriages and help

those who are married cope with value he knows. >> dara is 17 and divorced after a three-year abusive marriage. >> so many of us were crammed into a small space and my ex-husband became more violent. >> he would beat me and scream at me all the time. >> some syrian families who flee find early marriage favorable. reproductive health worries ngos. studies indicate early marriages have a higher risk of pregnancy complications and miscarriages. >> that's why aid agencies are working to raise awareness. >> we are really looking at a generation of girls that will lose their future. their education is lost. they to no longer going to school after being married. so the cycle of poverty of vulnerability is transmitted from a generation to another. >> although early marriages have long been an accepted practice in syria, it appears the war has

encouraged them even more and in the process, shattered the dreams of many young syrian girls. al jazeera, dakar. >> from toronto canada, sally armstrong, as a journalist, she is known for covering war zones and the world's women. listening to that report, it's heartbreaking to hear what so many young girls are going through. can you talk a little bit more about what are the risks to girls when war happens? >> well, richelle, the risks are enormous but they always have been enormous. what's different today is the attention we are bringing to the issue around girls during war and, in fact, outside of conflict zones. >> you know, besides just the morality of it, could you talk about more why it is important for women and girls to have true gender equality and safety? >> you know what, richelle, in 1985, the world bank did a study that said it if you give the girl child a little education, a

little bit of food, a little bit of attention, certain things will happen very quickly. she will mary later, have fewer children, and those children will be healthier. >> that's enough to turn the economy of the village around. it was a great bit of news, but no one paid much attention. a few years ago, jeffrey sax, the xhern common mist said the status of women and the economy are related. where one flourish and so does the other, or one is in a ditch. the girl child is the center piece of almost every development plan. >> you know, while you were talking and we were showing video of a young girl in nigeria and of course, more than 200 girls were kidnapped by boca haram for doing what you just said, trying to flourish, trying to get an education. what does it say about where we are when this could happen when these young girls basically have vanished and no one has done anything to find them? >> well, the incredible thing about that story and you really picked a good one, is when

barack obama said he was sending surveillance equipment and strategic advisors to nigeria to find those girls, he made history. you know why? no military, no government has ever gone anywhere to rescue girls. but you know, the u.s., the u.k., russia, china, israel, and canada went in there to find those girls. they found them. why can't they get them? because the president of nigeria is not that interested. the international community is the there to help, not to lead. so their hands are tied. good luck jonathan is using these girls as a bargaining chip with boka haram. >> that's the reason those kids are not at home and back in school. >> so as you are saying, there were some good signs, you think, about the world community reacted and obviously some material signs. are there signs? can you tell me some other signs, rather, or the fact that you think the world community is starting to understand that the state of things for girls today is not acceptable? >> you know, there is no doubt that the earth had shifted under

the status of women and girls. you can see it everywhere. look what happened in kenya when 160 little girls between the ages of 3 and 17 sued the government of kenya for failing to protect them from being raped and they won and they won it for 10 million girls in kenya. these kinds of things are happening everywhere. when you consider the status of these kidnapped girls in nigeria, this has been going on forever, you know, women and girls are stolen, raped, traded, given as sex slaves but now we are paying attention. now, the world is watching and demanding something be done about it. done about it.

pakistan has a poor education record. a report from zin professor. one of the biggest problem is

getting teachers just to show up to work. >> there hasn't been a teacher here for seven years. the classrooms are empty. the corridors, quiet. people here call it a ghost school. >> a written survey found more than 6,000 schools across syn prove incident aren't functioning. one in serrefine like this, an empty shell. today, a new teacher has turned up. when officials recently visited the area, parents pushed them to appoint one. the kids are excited. even though they have no books or pencils or even a chair. until now, these children have had no education. we asked their teacher why so many of his colleagues aren't turning up to class. >> i don't know. the orders to go come from the officer. if the officer doesn't call for

the teacher to go, he won't. . >> for many in singh prove incident, there is no chance to study. 52% of children go to school. 10% of all teachers aeither dont show up at all or are regularly absent. the government says it's trying to clean up corruption in the system. this official shows us the teacher attendance roll at one school. the day he turned up, all eight teachers were absent. he said they have all had their pay suspended. >> earlier, the appointments were based upon corruption, rights nepotism or some things, political pres you're and not merit. >> this boy's parents sent him to a nearby city to study. . >> my father told me to stud.

these students are very poor. they are poor. they cannot go to the university. >> the first day of school is over. the teachers here don't have a reputation for staying around. so parents worry that eventually t will return to being a ghost school. nicole johnston, al jazeera, in pakistan. >> in our sunday night series, edge of 18, we have been following the lives of 18-year-olds having to make some real really big decisions that set the courts of their lives. in israel, there is compulsory military service. the story of two teenagers who have taken very different paths. >> when 18-year-old dara wahl packs her bags? >> a fancy university to wear outside of base. >> filled with toilet trees and clothes? >> you need lots of under shirts

because you are sweating all day. prayer book. i have a very strong relationship with god. >> her dog. >> it's weird to see my name on it, so very grown up. >> she fulfills an expectation shared by hundreds of thousands offisi 18-year-olds? >> i am going in with a lot of my friends. we are going to be in this together. >> can you show me what you pack to go to jail? >> when 18-year-old prepares his bag. >> you have no clothes? >> they are giving me their uniform. >> no toilet trees? >> they give me also. >> only books? a sheet and a towel? >> he packs for protest. >> what gives you comfort in prison? >> the four meetings that they have every day. >> every able jewish israeli 18-year-old other than the ultra religious must complete military service. three-quarters are men. the majority of women serve. >> dara will serve in the military of education wing. she will train the generation

that follows her. >> i feel like it's the right thing. i feel like it's what i am supposed to do. the next -- >> in israel, the military fills the society. solids walk openly, joining the military is a rigte of passage even if that means going to war. the soldier's unit helps open career and society doors. >> in the army, you are part of something. it's a language. it's a way of speaking. it's a way of going about. it's embarrassing. to not do what you can. >> udi refused to serve. so he is shunned and imprisoned. he filmed this video of himself right before he told the army no. if you refuse again -- he refuses because he disagrees with with's wars and occupation. >> no need to occupy the palestinian occupation. when you occupy people, he can't be surprised they are bombing you. no one say, okay. i will be in prison. like the biggest prison in the

world. his friends support him but it's not easy. his brother and father and grandfather fought. he believes young israelis are indoctorinated. >> everyone in israel in the education system, going to brainwash. >> there are people who refuse to evserve. what do you feel about that? >> on a personal level, i understand it. on the more national level, i think it's a disgrace. i think it's absolutely the most selfish thing you could do. >> for dara, service is a religious and national duty in a country all too familiar with war. >> i have so many friends who have been killed like over the years so many. it's crazy. no one, an 18-year-old, 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 eachisi 18-year-old must make as soon as they finish high school. nick schifrin, al jazeera,

jerusalem. >> follow the lives of american 18-year-olds trying to make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. edge of 18 airs sunday night at 9:00 eastern right here on "al jazeera america". and coming up on "al jazeera america," remember a dictator, hundreds attend a funeral of baby doc duvalier.

a funeral was held today for baby doc. a private ceremony was held for jean claud duvalier. here with more on the former president's legacy. >> in haiti, even the dead can't find peace. the grand cemetery, toombs have

been plunderred. human remains lay scattered. his too many has not been spared. >> treenail in haiti after france sway duvalier. >> papa doc, regregs, torture and the disappearance of thousands marked his time in. some hoped it would end when he made his son president for life. under baby doc, as he became known, little changed. after 15 years in power, he was exiled in 1986, only to return 25 years later, welcomed by many invited to officialents by haiti's current part president. the duvalier's lawyer said he was greatly misunderstood and did much for haiti. >> the people got poor here

after he left. and insecurity, we didn't know these words when he was in power. kidnapping. sta we didn't know nothing about these things. >> like his father, baby doc used his personal militia to repress political opponents. he lived through both rege-mails and said the duvaliers lived through fear? >> i lived almost all of my youth inter when i got home and i was talking to my father and mother in whispers because duvalier had an incredible network of spies. >> the duvaliers let heidi haiti for almost 30 years. at great cost. tennessee and thousands were tortured and killed while father and son led lavish lifestyles. they remain devisive.

some mourn their loss and many feel cheated this neither faced justice. many are too young to remember either. >> both diedfree men am for many victims, that's an injustice. the grave lies vandalized and empty, perhaps a fitting epitaph for a man who many say did so much harm. port awe prince haiti. >> i am joined by kim eize. we appreciate you coming in. was there any real consideration at all given to having a state funeral for baby doc? >> i think there was the pardon me, it's going to be very ugly if you are giving support of that nature to the dictator, who even though they supported him, it's clear. >> are you surprised by the fact that the current administration

would even consider something like that? is there any public support for something like that in haiti? >> no. not really. i mean most of the public have reaction of from bemyselfed, to annoyed indifference. 22 is the median age. so anybody born after '78, '79, never really knew the duvalier regime and its rule. most of the young don't know it. but the human rights groups and the victims made the case and the regime, though, is filled with the children of the duvalier. >> his legacy looms large even if some of the young people don't realize it? >> exactly. he is the grandfather or the father of the martile regime. this is a neo duvalier regime conducting many of the same policies he did but maybe with a little more veneer. >> so what is his legacy?

>> it was annihilated through prison system, disappearances, massacres, killings and kidnappings despite what his lawyer says. it was all legalized, they were legal bandits. >> were you surprised to hear the gentleman in that story that andy gallacher said that baby doc was misunderstood? >> yeah. wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. he was the almost clueless to the damage he did to haiti and the people and its psyche. he was too busy riding his motorcycles and mazarities and d thrownings dimes to peasants. he left a huge scar. >> he was never brought to justice. was there a beginning of a criminal inquiry into what he had done and to his rule? but he was never held

responsible surely for what he did. will the people that he affected ever be able to come full circle on this ever get any type of restitution, anything? >> but when marteli came in, they did everything to undermine that. most of the -- of hershmen of the dictator are still there. some of them led the coup d de tete against aristede. i think it's very unlikely under the marteli government that will happen. the people are mat at the marteli government right now, the situation tension and quite explosive. >> thank you for your expert he's at a time like this. we appreciate it? >> thank you. >> up on al jazeera america, a massive gaspipe line is in new york. f residents are not happy.

also, one of the collintons howard dean, the state of alaska has to do with each other. they are all a part of power politics. >> show coming up at 5:30 eastern today.

i am meteorologist dave warren. looking at the radar out of japan, this is the islands of okinawa. these are the bands moving toward the island. a slow-moving storm with heavy lane. this will lead to flooding across the area here it is expected to turn north. wind appealed speed: about 100 miles an hour. it se isn't as intention as it was. a powerful storm making landfall there and another landfall expected along the larger islaneye of japan. >> will be occurring late in the weekend and early next week. look at the intensity, not nearly as intention now as it was. still, wind over 100 miles an hour and heavy rain will cause a lot of problems, not only throughout okinawa but up through japan as it continues to turn to the northeast and take this general track pretty much the same as the last typhoon.

this is what we are watching in the pacific. here across southeast u.s. is an area of high pressure to the north and south, warm and cool area in place, but a front stalled outright over the same area that had the heavy rain yesterday, more flash flooding is expected today as money tour comes up from the south and gets dumped along this frontal boundary which is really not moving much. expecting more flash flooding across arkansas and tennessee. >> southwestern georgia, residents are criticizetion plans for a new national gas pipeline. the project would cost more than 3 and a ha$3 and a half billion and transport gas from alabama to power plants in florida. if approved by washington, the pipeline would be built across about 600 miles of land. while the political debate rages over building the keystone xl and tar seabeds pipeline, a bigger project is underway under new york's national parks. as al jazeera kaelyn forde reports, residents are vow to go

block the pipeline. >> the photographer victoria barber, rock away beach is home and muse. when hurricane sandy hit hard two years ago, victoria pointed her lens at her community's resilience. >> peoples's lives were in the streets in piles. there muwas so much going on, s much destruction. >> much of this beach community located 25 miles south of manhattan was destroyed. so she said she was surprised to learn a month after the storm, on no 27th, 2012, president obama signed a law allowing a major natural gas pipeline to be built right here. >> it's like they snuck it in. disaster capitalism at worse. they took advantage of this vulnerable community. known as the rock away lateral project, the pipeline is being constructed by williams entirely on federal land running right through the gateway national park and across from the jamaica

bay wildlife refuge. >> williams expects it could be finished by the end of this year. when completely, the pipeline will run under is this beach and out another two miles offshore. >> the pipeline will carry more than 647,000 decatherms of natural gas a day at high pressure. the gas will be adjusted at a regulator station here in an old airplane hanger. according to propublica, hundred sandy was responsible for 1400 pipeline leaks. mikebedient says pipelines are the safest way to transport natural gas. >> water does not bother them at all. it can flow through the top of them. >> residents have also voiced concern about williams' safety record. williams' pipelines have been involved in at least 50 gas transmission incidents since 2006 according to federal regulators. >> that's why some rockaway residents and environmental activists are pushing to have the pipeline shut down.

in june, they stopped construction. but activists say it's about more than just stopping this pipeline. why allow these companies to lay these pipes and imagine we are going to go solar and wind. >> for its part, williams said it doesn't take a position on climate change. >> i don't know if williams really has a policy on climate change. you know, we are a natural gas company. we do see, you know, there is some type of whatever climate change there is a talk of in the news at all times but for us as our company, i don't believe that's something we are concerned about, climate change. >> victoria says the rockaways are on the front lines of climate change and should also be on the front lines of finding solutions. >> it should be the poster boy for sustainable energy, ro rockaway. we really have an opportunity to do something different here. >> an opportunity some here fear the rockaways could miss.

kaelyn forde, al jazeera, new york. . >> i am richelle carey. "talk to al jazeera" is next. check out our website, aljazeera.com. keep it here. >> it's something that i was