private sect he can sit back and enjoy life. >> thank you for taking time to talk to us about this. here? >> great. thank you. >> i am richelle carey. coming up at the top of the >> nigeria and the school girls kidnapped by the boko haram group are still a mystery. and healthcare workers say they don't have the staff to deal with ebola. >> we don't have the money. >> and locals and tourists prepare for hurricane gonzalo as well as they can.

we're tracking the storm as it bears down on bermuda. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris. the nigerian government agreed to a cease-fire with the armed group boko haram today, but the fate of 200 kyle girls who were abducted is still unclear. talks to talk about their release and boko haram assured them that the girls are alive and well. >> a cease-fire deal has been reached with the radical armed group, and talks of the girls release is continuing. president goodluck jonathan has come under criticism. >> we're a bit concerned about how many girls we're going to

see, what condition they're going to be in. some of them have been given out as wives. what is the assurance that we have that when people say that oh, none of them have been harmed, they've all been kept together, the rest of t we really don't know. >> reporter: jonathan is expected to announce his re-election bid. some say the timing of the deal is convenient. they insist that the girls will be home soon. >> we'll agree with them that the cease-fire, the release of the girls i think are things that have been agreed upon. it is logistics. >> further details on the agreement including what happened to the prisoners still being held by boko haram remain

clear. some nigerians are skeptical. they say they don't believe the cease-fire will hold. the priorities of the families of the missing girls are getting them home. the government does not give a clear indication of when that will happen. >> the kidnapping of the nigerian school girls sparked an international up rising but there has been little news about their fate since they were taken six months ago. we have more on the girls and their efforts to release them. >> reporter: the girls are between 13 and 20, several have escaped but 200 remain missing. friends and family and supporters have criticized the semi year january government for not doing more to rescuing them. >> esther said she would give anything for the freedom of her 13-year-old daughter. even if they take my life at that moment, i think i'm satisfied. i'm not happy at all. i feel like killing myself.

>> reporter: as far as we know her daughter is still among the missing. she's just one of dozens of mothers shaken by the kidnappings in april. boko haram attacked the villages setting homes and offices on fire, and seizing 200 girls from this boarding school. girl's father asks that wenot . >> they took us to their camp. i and three other girls lied to them saying we needed to use the toilet. that is how we ran away. they chased us, but we kept running. >> reporter: the next month boko haram released this video showings the captured girls saying muslim prayers. the government says they're doing all they can to get the girls home, but families and supporters say that is not enough. >> we're angry. it has taken too long. >> the "bring back our girls"

campaign has spread across social media and across the world. singer alicia keys spoke out just this week. >> i represent all the girls that rape and violence is used as a weapon of war against. >> nigerian government spokesman said that bo boko haram spokes people say that the girls are alive and well. the families at home say they're cautiously optimistic. >> that's a good position to take as far as i'm concerned. those who follow the "bring back our girls" campaign are understandably skeptical. ines has been following social pediatrician. >> reporter: while there is a lot of excitement about the government announcement today, some are cautiously optimistic. they're hoping that it's true. the bring back our girls campaign tweeted this out just hours ago saying we're monitoring the news with huge expectations. also representative frederico

wilson has been closely monitoring the campaign. she said closely monitoring the reports on deal for the nigerian girls' release. let's continue to tweet. raquel says i'll believe it when i see it. and some are questioning the political timing of all of this. elections will be held in apology near nigeria next year. >> ines, appreciate it. thank you. the "world health organization" said that it botched the ebola response in west africa. it admitted that it mishandelled the outbreak. we join us from the washington. tell us more about ron klain and what the administration plans to put in place here. >> reporter: what the white house is hoping they'll do is put an end to all the missteps on ebola and there have been

plenty of them. there is already criticisms from republicans about this choice because ron klain has no medical background. still the white house believes that he is the right man for the job. >> with the two nurses sick and dozens of other individuals under bowl watch the white house could no longer resist calls for an ebola czar. mr. >> good afternoon. >> former chief of staff to vice president's joe biden and al gore cla klain leaves his job for now. the administration was asked why pick someone without any ebola expertise. >> we're not looking for an ebola expert but an implementation expert. ron klain has extensive experience in the federal government, he has extensive management experience when it

comes to the private sector. >> reporter: thursday night the president, after meeting with his ebola team, signaled that he was ready to consider an ebola czar. >> it made sense for us to have one person in front so that after this initial surge of activity we can have regular process just to make sure that we're crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's. >> reporter: there is much to coordinate. including the cdc's efforts to trace anyone who may have been exposed to the virus. the screening of u.s. travelers at key u.s. airports. humanitarian relief efforts in west africa and the u.s. military push to build treatment and testing centers in liberia, which is staggering under thousands of ebola cases. the military's effort could cost

$750 million but it is not enough. according to secretary of state john kerry, speaking to u.s. diplomats at the state department, kerry said the rest of the world must step up it's health. >> no one country, no individual group of nations is going to resolve this problem by themselves. this is going to take a collective global response all hands on deck. >> kerry warned if the outbreak in west africa is not stopped ebola has the potential to become like hiv or polio, the health hazard the world will be fighting for decades. kerry also said that the united nations believes it needs $1 billion right now to fight ebola in west africa, and kerry said that the u.n. has raised barry a thir barely a bird of

--third of that. >> texas governor rick perry is calling for a travel ban. he urged president obama to take action. >> air travel is, in fact, how this disease crosses borders. it's certainly how it got to texas in the first place. based on recent and ongoing developments. >> the cdc is telling americans to avoid non-essential travel to those countries as calls for travel bans to west africa grow. the dallas healthcare workers who contracted the virus while treating a liberian man are now in separate facilities. 12,349 the 29-year-old nurse who

was flown to atlanta to emory university hospital, and emory university hospital will not give us an update on her condition but will continue to mondayer that and will get the situation on how she's doing. now the other nurse who yesterday was flown from dallas, the first nurse to be infected, flew from dallas to bethesda, maryland, and is said to be in very good condition--fair condition. a video was posted earlier today by the dallas hospital showing her right before she flew to bethesda. she seemed in good spirits. let's listen to some sound from the national institute of health talking about her condition. >> she's resting comfortably. she's intertive with the staff. she's eating. she's able to interact freely and i think she's doing quite well. >> tony, they also say that they

fully expect her to walk out of there as a healthy individual at some point in the future. so it appears to be good news for that nurse up in bethesda. >> that's great to hear. another healthcare worker treating thomas duncan is now in isolation on a cruise ship. >> a lab worker who had contact with thomas erik duncan who is now deceased, they decided to have her isolate herself in her cruis cruise ship room. they tried to dock in mexico to let her off, but the mexican authorities would not allow that to happen. so the cruise followed a packed house on their vacation is headed back to texas to have everyone get off successfully.

again, that lab worker, no symptoms. >> robert ray for us in atlanta. thank you. here's an update on the numbers that tell the story of the ebola outbreak and how the epidemic is connected globally. in texas, nebraska, georgia and maryland have or are treating ebola patients. hospitals in spain, france, germany have treated and are still treating ebola patients. more than 9,000 people have been infected in guinea, sierra leone and liberia. and cases in guinea has increased 27%. there has been an 26% increase in cases in liberia, an, and 41 percent increase in sierra leone as well. an outbreak in the democratic

republic of congo has nine cases and th in an internal document there is blame of incompetence and bureaucratic red tape. i spoke with a marketing person, and asked if she was disappointed with the ebola responsresponse to the ebola outbreak. >> i feel like this could have stopped much sooner. organizations were asking for aid, but there was not international pressure until the americans got ebola in july. in liberia. >> emily, are you saying that a better response and this would have been stopped? we wouldn't be where we are now? it would have been contained long before where we are in the present state of the outbreak?

>> definitely. and i think that we're seeing the effects of that now. the outbreak has gotten way out of control, and it has taken every organization on the ground, including ours to help fight this outbreak. >> all right, tell me about what your teams need now. what is the situation like on the ground where your teams with are operating? what do they need, and what are the chances your teams getting the materials it needs at this point? >> yes, so we've actually been fortunate enough. we started working in the slum of west point in monrovia, which is quarantined in august, and we've been able to partner with the ministry of health. because we're small in grassroots we've been able to fund people on the ground, local leaders who are in their community and know what their community needs to get ebola out of west point and we've actually seen amazing results. we've gotten cases down and the administrative health has asked to expand our work into five

other areas. we're coordinating ambulance services and we're getting people out of their neighborhoods as quickly as possible. in the earlier stage it was taking three or four days to get people to a hospital. that's when infections were spreading. now we're able to get people out of west point who are safe with 30 minutes, and we're able to contact anyone that is contact with those people. and trace them and isolate them as needs be. >> let's go get to other news now. the syrian border town of kobane has been front lined in a battle against isil. coalition airstrikes have helped to weaken isil positions and it has begun to shell the turkish side of the town. >> reporter: a barrage of u.s.-led airstrikes in and

around kobane result the fighters from the islami he's islamic state in iraq and the levant of isil fighters have littering the streets. >> isil fighters are still positioned in the areas of kobane. sometimes they manage to hide. >> the battle for kobane has taken place without the involvement of the turkish military. the government here wants to target the regime of syrian president bashar al-assad, as well as isil. the u.s. only has isil in its sights. airstrikes ray loan won't be enough to save their town.

>> if the situation stays like this, the battle will be long. >> unfortunately. >> on friday. >> the kurdish fighters have been able to hold kobane, isil is determined to take this town. they've sent in more and more fighters as reinforcement. they've had more targets to hit. the pendulum may have swung in kobane for now. >> the obama administration has faced questions this week over priorities against isil. the pentagon said despite the up tick, iraqi is still the priority. today the man in charge of military action against isil said strikes are forcing the group to change tactics. >> we're no longer seeing them

move around the country in large convoys. now they're mostly traveling in civilian vehicles in smaller numbers. this is hindering their ability to amass and shift combat power. we've seen them alter their methods of communication which is inhibiting their ability to coordinate and synchronize their efforts. we're having the desired effects but this will take some time. >> iraq's kurdish north holds the only hope really for safety of thousands of people fleeing isil control territories. we're in kirkuk with their story. >> reporter: they cross enemy lines for some of these people it is not a matter of choice. on any day thousands make this journey. this rode has become a lifeline for those who live in mosul, tekrit and areas under the control of islamic state in iraq and the levant. it is the only official route to reach the kurdish-rol

-controlled north. >> we decided to come here and stay until the situation in ramadi improves. but to reach here took us seven hours and we drove on dirt roads but no one stopped us from leaving. >> this border is also a front line. isil positions and kurdish forces are less than a kilometer apart security is tight here to prevent isil from infiltrating the region. cars are not allowed through. people can only cross on foot but the traffic is not only one way. >> these people live in territories controlled by the islamic state. that's why many of them are too scared to speak. as you can see they return home. >> some don't want to leave their homes and livelihoods. others just can't afford to pay for accommodation and in the relatively safer areas in the north. and there are those who come to

buy much-needed goods, which shows how difficult it is to buy basic supplies in isil-controlled area. this is what we've been told by those who look for refuge elsewhere. >> our lives have stopped. >> people are clearly tired. each person here has a story to tell. >> life in mosul was like living in darkness. isil detains people and they steal from them, he says. now that he is on the other side he says that he feels he can now breathe. al jazeera, south of kirkuk city. >> the last five days on wall street have left a lot of people scratching their heads. ali velshi is will explain. what's going on and why the markets shot up today. >> i'm alan schauffler in alaska. a nasty political ad with an

unprecedented price tag. >> mark begich is wrong for alaska. >> we'll look at the on air fight that could tip the balance of power in the u.s. senate. that story just ahead. so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real.

>> wall street ended a volatile note. the dow up 263 points. but it was not enough to prevent another weekly loss. ali velshi joins us. what is going on? >> that's right weird. you have a 263 jump in the dow, and it's still down. >> the s&p is down 1% for the week. that's because of the crazy week we've had. now the reason why we got the conference today could be many. it could be that we don't think that the world is falling apart. it could be that the do you ha dow has gone up.

back in the old days when we had hair the rule was it was a reflection of the performance of america's companies. america's companies were earning money and the stock market would go up. for once we're dealing with fundamentals. there were strong earnings today and a picker measure of consumer confident rose to its highest level in seven years. we're measuring the first weeks of october. these things are always on a lag. that might have helped. we had a couple of other things in the mix. gas prices were up in the mix. housing starts which is the beginning of construction for homes were up 6.3% in september. so there were a few actual fundamentals. it's nice when the market does something and we can give you reasons for it.

really for the last month we were talking about, no one. ally, we're hearing there are people who were unhappy that the market--explain that to me. >> well remember this market was up more than 30% as you go back to the beginning of 2013. when you going back to march 9, 2009, the bottom of the market, this market is up 170%. some people were saying, let this thing fall a little bit until we get it out of this system. which don't have to keep worry about it, worrying about it. there are some people who think that the markets came back pre-ma surely. we never got into that official correction, and hence there are concerns that this could happen. again, we're not done with this thing just yet. if you're done a little further we might have said, it gave up 10%. we can stop talking about the fact that this market has not

gone down 10% in x number of years. >> what's on the run down? >> minimum wage in an economy where it's tough for democrats to make head way where they're facing severe challenges and some district they may get a leg up because of the president's position on minimum wage. he wants to lift it to 7.25 to $10.10. this is going across the country, and we'll take you to some districts where this is making a difference. >> coming up, the former head of the united nations say he's bitterly disappointed with the response to ebola cries in west africa. and hurricane gozalo is hitting bermuda. we'll check on the conditions with kevin.

>> well, the "world health organization" said that it botched the ebola response in west africa. it admitted that it mishandled the stages that the virus is spreading at an alarming rate. and kofi annan said that he was disappointed, first of all, with the international community for not moving faster in this world we are in it together. when you hear that in a city like monrovia there wasn't even a single bed for a patient with ebola, then you know how desperate the situations are. we go to the senior health director with the international rescue committee. doctor, thank you for your time. you're just back. >> that's correct. >> what country were you in? >> i was in liberia. >> so you were in liberia.

one of the epicenter states. describe the conditions. tell me what you saw. >> i saw a lot of bad things. i saw dead bodies and loos also a lot of fear. i saw a man who had a huge abscess on his face in his teeth. he said he couldn't get care anywhere because he was so focused on--because everybody else, the health workers, were focused on ebola. >> tell us about the response effort that you were able to witness on the ground. how would you characterize it? >> i would characterize it as large and growing. i think there are few missing pieces. one missing piece in particular that is capital, that no one is talking about. >> jusjust dollars? >> no, the piece that is very important. >> what is that piece.

>> the local piece. it's important how the international response and how it came too late, but this is missing a key aspect of the story. the fact that people who are best place to address this epidemic are actually people who are in liberian homes and communities and villages. >> you're talking about actually people in liberia who are having the first contacts with people who were sick, family members, relatives. >> they need to be empowered? >> they need to be empowered. they need to be tart of the conversation. >> what does that mean to be empowered and part of the conversation. what does that sound like? >> it's simple and complicated. it's simple in the sense that people in liberia would have the same reflection reflexes that we would have. you would look to protect your family. you would avoid contact with six people. >> that would mean the cdc.

whether the cdc has provide the all the right information at the right time. government practicing good governance, it would mean a fully functioning healthcare system in liberia. you were there, are pieces in place? you were there. >> even before you even get to that all these things are important. but before you get to functioning health systems you have the behavior of people individually in communities, and even when you don't have a cdc, you don't have a full health system. when peoples lives are on the line, and when they have the right information they often will do the right thing. we know because in some places it's actually happening. so the key thing is winning that battle, that battle for understanding so that people in buy lear i can't have the right information and are doing the right thing. >> how would you describe the flow of good information in liberia? >> what it looks like is

community leaders who have the right information who are influential, who are respected, and who tell people what to do in their homes. they look at their whole community, and they say what can we do as a group to make this safer? that can involve controlling who goes in and out. it can involve people who are sick have some place if they can't go to a treatment center that is safe where they get some minimal care. there are different actions. the point is that people in neighborhoods and villages are in best place to figure out what those actions are. they have not been part of the conversation. >> what is responsible making them part of the conversation? is that the local government? community leaders? community leaders getting information from heads of state and government? >> i think one key set of actors

are local or organizations such as the ask you committee who have been on the ground for a long time and in turn can make contact with local leaders. so you need to realize that it can't all go through the government, nor can we expect who to just come in and be able to make those contact. it requires a long presence in the country. >> doctor, appreciate it. the senior health director with the international rescue committee. thank you for being with us on the program. the united nations has renewed an urgent appeal for countries to donate more money to the ebola trust fund. they've set a $1 billion target. but a spokesman for the doctors without borders say those on the front line fighting the disease money is not the answer. >> we need more people to come to work here. we don't need money. we need people. we need arms and legs.

we need to have people take responsibility in the response. >> we hear that many are calling for bans on travel restrictions. when the ebola outbreak took root in liberia, sierra leone and guinea, senegal and ivory coast and guinea-bissau closed their borders. kenya airlines stopped flying there. zimbabwe now puts anyone coming in from the affected countries under a 21-day surveillance. and in the west, there are travel plans in place. the cdc has called the ebola a

wimpy virus because it can't live outside of the body. but fears of the unknown is worse than the actual danger. jacob ward here to debunk the myths. >> we've seen a great deal of misinformation here, but it's really comes down to the basic scientific understanding of this disease. one of the common smiths that sneezing and coughing can get you in trouble. sneezing and cough something how you get the flu and so forth, but those are airborne particles. you would have to be sneezed on in a way that you've never been sneezed or coughed on in your life. it would have to go in your face and nose and mouth, and it just doesn't work that way. and the survivors of ebola can continue to pass it on. that's not the case. you end up with survivors

are--the virus is out of the body. it is not there in the amounts that it would need to be able to passed by bodily bruise. it's just the dead that you have to worry about. the once a human being, a living human being, the symptoms have passed, they're no longer infectious. there is a notion that when you die from ebola it is because your organs have liquified. this is what people think with the external bleeding. external bleeding is rare. only 25% cases have led to external bleeding. it's the organ failure and shock are the things that get you in trouble and lead to death. and the notion that hand washing is not enough. that is not--that is some how not going to disinfect you properly. well, it will.

hand washing with soap and water is what the who recommends. alcohol gel can work but that's not enough if your hands are clearly dirty. if there is visible dirt you need to wash them with soap and water. but soap and water can really save you from infection. >> we've been talking about travel bans. many people want travel bans. experts say no, and why is that the case? >> well, travel bans, tony, seem like an idea that seems practical, cut it off at the source, but it's a very bad idea. one of the great weapons that we have against this epidemic is knowledge of who is moving where. that's something that the cdc has repeatedly said and all international agencies have said we have to know where people are moving. the systemic tracking of that is important. it's a question of not shutting down--it's just dumb, the idea that people are flying directly from africa. thomas duncan arrived from africa through belgium.

and cutting off air traffic by 80% would reduce the arrival by four weeks. it's an insignificant and temporary measure and it does not make sense. >> in dallas, thank you. let's turn to hurricane gonzalo that is hitting bermuda as we speak. the british island territory has been pounded by high winds, heavy rains and rough surf all day. it's nightfall in the east, so nightfall there in bermuda now. at least 22,000 people lost power, and here's a live picture now as you can see moments ago--there's that light, a beacon or something. that's all you can see at this point. kevin is here with the latest. >> meteorologist: that's right, the lights are going off and on again now. the island is population of 65,000. we're looking at one-third of the population without power. it's going to go up. i know it will come up if you come back at the wall we're looking at the bermuda services

radar. it went down for a little bit. you can see right here. this is the center--this is bermuda. this is the northern wall. it is the worst part of the hurricane right now. of course we're talking about a category three hurricane sustained winds of 115 mph. the center is right here. you can see it. it's not in the center of the open area. it's actually to the north. that is going to go through. that is what is going to make land full. probably within the next 45 minutes for the next hour and a half. we're going to be watching this very carefully. right now they're receiving the worst brunt of the storm. come over here we want to show you google earth. i want to show you where the worst part of the storm is hitting. this is the airport. and we're seeing a lot of storm surge coming in. there is a cause way right here. we think we're going to lose that cause way probably in the next hour or so. that will make it difficult once we start to transfer tomorrow.

things will get better after midnight but basically it will have to come in, and aid will have to come in by boat. >> i know we're telling people to get to high ground but is there much high ground? >> we're not concerned about storm surge but the wind. there is not friction to stop the wind. it's hitting the island right on. >> appreciate. it. 18 days until the midterm elections now and alaska is one of the key battleground states. the republicans need six seats to take control of the u.s. senate, and democrat mark begich is one of their top targets. the campaign has been nasty controversial, and expensive. >> reporter: from the streets of the big city anchorage to the far-flung corners of this huge state the sounds of this senate race is inescapable. begich acts like mr. alaska when

he wants our vote. but he votes with bomb. more than $43 million has been spent on this campaign. that's $160 plus per likely voter and political ads ran on television more than 43,000 times. >> it touches everybody. >> reporter: the race between mark begich and dan sullivan in this red state could tip the balance in the senate. and one controversial ad may have backfired. this begich spot, lining sullivan to a light sentence given to a sex offender, and offender who on the day of his release allegedly committed horrific crimes. moore, who is doing internal polling for a candidate in a different race believes begich hurt his own cause and the commercial mess may have cost

him two to four points in what is expected to be an extremely close vote. >> a very, very politically savvy person who just gets it in an intuitive hard-wired way what is smart and what isn't, and i don't know. i don't know why that happened. it's crazy. >> that was adam schauffler reporting. be sure to turn in to more "america votes: five days in alaska." that's right here on al jazeera america. let's get to you maria. >> reporter: tony, michael dunne, the man convicted of killing an unarmed black taken in florida was sentenced to life in prison without parole. he shot and killed jordan davis at a gas station in 2012. the shooting happened after an argument over loud music. dunne said he pulled out his gun because he thought the teen had a weapon. investigators say that davis never had a gun.

a federal judge in arizona has struck down the state's ban on gay marriage. the judge said that the ban was unconstitutional unless the state appeals the decision couples will soon be able to obtain marriage licenses. gay marriages are legal in 30 states across the country. university said 18-year-old sara stelzer was admitted to the hospital with symptoms like the flu. she lived on campus and officials say she may have exposed several students to men jemeningitis at fraternity parties this month. >> we're in the range of 300 to 400 people that we're notifying. >> only students who had extremely close contact with stelzer at risk.

>> and this one is for you, tony. a home run ended the game for the san francisco giants last night winning them a spot in the world series. travis issu iskhikawa with the pop off home run. the giants will face the kansas city royals, who have not been in a world series since 1958. this will be the third world series for the giants in the last five years. they won the pennant in 2010 and 2012. i know you have a lot to say so you have the floor. >> i do, but i understand that folks don't look to us about sports. >> reporter: one tweeter said you should let him take over the sports story. can you send that to our manager. >> i'll send it to you first. >> up next dozens of people still missing after getting caught in a violent snowstorm in the himalayas. now the search for them is

getting larger. also the protests in hong kong are getting bigger and louder again. the small hours of the morning, you can see the demonstrations that continue in the financial district. this comes a day after police tried to break them up. we'll be back with this in a moment.

>> chaos in hong kong during an early morning raid. take a look. hundreds of riot police tore down barricades. some used pepper spray against protesters. it is now saturday morning in the financial district, and you're looking at live pictures now where you can still see a lot of police officers and a lot of protesters in and around those police officers. well, around them. the raid came one day after the city's chief executive revived negotiations with student demonstrators. we have the latest. >> reporter: hong kong police cleared this intersection in mong kok, they greatly outnumber the protest whose made this their home for the last three weeks. this area has been scene of the most violent confrontations since the start of the protest. the biggest challenge will be

this one across the harbor in admiralty. the protesters told the police to stay put until they have talks with the government. >> we don't know what the government could deliver to the hong kong people. i guess it has to be only after we have this dialogue in the meeting. we can see what the government says. >> the protesters have been calling for full democracy by 2017. a demand the chief executive says is impossible because beijing will not change its decision to vet candidates for the election. the government made it clear that it will no longer leave the protest sites in their up coming discussions. >> according to local media there are 700 tent at this site. the students are making sure that they'll be able to stay as

long as it takes by making it as comfortable as possible and setting up study centers. >> we protest to take action instead of saying something useless. >> despite the early morning clear outs by evening the crowds have gathered at the mong kok intersection to show their support for the protesters there. as they succeed in taking down the barriers protesters say it will take a lot more effort to break their will. al jazeera, hong kong. >> then there is this, a ventilation collapse in south korea that killed 16 people today. 11 others were seriously injured. look at this. firefighters try to pull out bodies from the bottom of the concrete shaft about 60 feet

down. police believe the collapse is from everyone standing on it. in. in nepal efforts to find stranded trekkers are widening right now. 29 people died tuesday and dozens more still stuck in isolated mountain lodges. survivors say they were caught off guard from a series of bliss arrests and avalanches. al jazeera has the latest. >> it's been four days since the snowstorm hit the annapurna region of nepal. rescuers were facing a new challenge. they decided to continue their trek. with the snow chest high in areas of the mountain parts, all had to be rescued. helicopters were transporting people in and out all day.

army medics treated the injured. a body of the trekker is also flown in. this woman is visibly upset. >> my husband is still up there. >> the leader of the ask you team tried to calm her. the cloud goes something left and something right. don't worry. don't worry, madam, we're not leaving your husband. >> the government has come under severe criticism not only for the total lack of disaster preparedness, but also the lack of communication since the disaster happened. the rescuers had to use most of their aviation fuel in recovering the rescue and evacuating people who were trying to cross the pass.

>> friends of the dead trekker identify the body. the chopper takes off again. the last of the trekkers is brought, but there is no room for the people who rescued him. >> you're waiting and left him in coldness for three hours or four hours. there was no rescue. >> as the weather takes a turn for the worse the army rescue teams is left on the mountain. al jazeera. >> well, when he announced the coalition campaign against isil in iraq, president obama praised u.s. drone strikes in yemen as a success story, but for the past three weeks the violence has escalated. armed rebels control the capitol and are taking mortar tore every week. there is also a resurgence of al-qaeda. we have more on the sectarian conflict that is brewing.

>> reporter: there was a clear message to the shia houthi fighters. houthies are not welcomed here. and with more than 2.2 million people most of them sunni, and the fighting shia houthi could bring sectarian aspect to the crisis. another warning came from the top military commander in charge of other southern provinces. >> no one can answer by force. by the pow of mer of my office is to bring security. so it is our duty to provide security to citizens under these circumstances where the strong devows the weak. >> and fighters gathered their force.

they fought with the houthies who took control of the province on wednesday. these fighters demand that houthies leave the city. but they remain in other parts of the country. it has made significant gains in recent days and weeks controlling more than circumstance provinces and the important port on the red sea. they also control the capitol. yemen now has a new reality with the houthies emerging as a powerful force. but many here the houthiies have settled a score with their enemies. >> going to social media to speak out. i necessary has the campaign,

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>> tony, lie buyerans say they're being stigmatized and discriminated against. one woman said that her daughter came home very upset after someone told her you're from liberia so you have a disease.

that's when she and others have started a campaign by posting this video on youtube. >> we live in a region that has been devastated by a deadly disease but we're not all infected. miswrong to stereotype and stigmatize an entire people. remember, we're human beings. i am a liberian, not a virus. >> the liberians are tired of this stereotype so they show pictures of themselves holding signs saying i'm a liberian, not a virus. they started a facebook page sharing some of these images. they hope with more information and education they can remove the stigma surrounding all of this 37. >> we hope this community gets their act together and matches that overwhelming response thank

you. that's all of our time for this news hour. "real money with ali velshi" is coming up next on al jazeera america. have a great weekend. >> congratulations america, you made it through one of the craziest weeks we've seen in a while. maybe you even made a little money today. i'll look at what's causing these wild swings and what could happen next. also who says bosses aren't giving out raises. there is wage growth out there in america if you know where to look. i'm going to show you. plus ordering a travel ban to combat ebola will not work. i'll tell i couldn't. i'm ali velshi, and this is real money.