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victims of a bar barrick procedure given to them while they were in labor. ♪ this is "al jazeera america," live from new york city. i am erica pitzi. health officials are 2350i9ing ebola on two fronts: working to stop the virus from spreading and also trying to head off a public panic. according to the world health organization, this outbreak has claimed 4,555 lives, nearly all of them in west africa. to date, only two people have contracted the disease in this country. both are nurses who cared for ebola victim thomas eric duncan. fear is contagion. today, president obama used his weekly address to urge people to resist the hysteria. melissa chan is in dallas, a city that's become the focal point of the u.s. response to

ebola. melissa, this cdc is going to issue new guidelines for hospitals dealing with ebola. do we know what those changes will be or when they will be announced? >> well, erica, the cdc said it would like to issue those guidelines as soon as possible. possibly today and we have been watching all afternoon. no word yet. in terms of the actual guidelines, you know, over the past few weeks here at texas health presbyterian and between the cdc, there has been a lot of finger pointing, the hospitals saying it's not been given enough guidance from the cdc. the cdc saying that they have always wanted to be a little flexible with the guidelines so hospitals could respond and deal with each local condition. >>, obviously, hasn't worked out very well. the cdc guidelines will be more specific. it will deal with protective gear and make sure nurses and doctors are fully covered: no exposed skin. >> that's something that was an issue that came up from the nurses that worked here. some of them donning ground that exposed their neck. the other thing is how to put

the gear on and put the gear off. and lastly, the third major issue that we are keeping an eye on is guidance from the cdc on how to deal with the amount of human and by logical waste. now, we have to keep in mind that every hospital is still independent. each hospital will have to make its own determination on how it would like to adopt these protocols. >> when it comes to training for how to handle ebola patients, parkland memorial hospital says it's ready. >> you shouldn't have to start your training when it gets here. you have to have the program in place grandfather. >> that's also what texas health presbyterian hospital thought t, too, said it had provided doctors and nurses training in infectious diseases, including ebola. in california, stanford reached out from advice from those few special isolation units capable of dealing with ebola. >> all along, we have had a little higher standard than what the cdc has recommended. it's full-body, full-skin

covering. >> practice makes purpose. the hospital not only trains a special team how to put protective gear on, but, also, how to take it off. and anything that goes in to isolation unit can't come out. >> at chicago's rush university medical center, they are now training three to 4,000 employees. each hospital sets its own guidelines. here, unlike at stanford, healthcare workers are using duct tape to close any gaps in the gowns. without one national health system, each hospital makes up its own rules. the cdc only provides recommendations. >> obviously, everyone in the country who may be called to care for an ebola virus disease patient is clamoring from information, not only from the centers that have done this before but from presbyterian hospital here in dallas that obviously has a lot of information over the last two and a half weeks that they can share with us. >> new information and integrating new procedures requires more training and training takes time, time that

no hospital has if another ebola patient appears tomorrow. >> just to add a little bit more about the time issue, i mean experts say that this isn't something that can be solved with one workshop or a few sessions. they say that requires intensive training, four to six weeks. we are seeing hospitals doing these trainings. they are definitely not giving their nurses, doctors, time like that, four to six weeks. so time is going to be the big challenge for all of these hospitals across country. >> melissa, let's talk about the hospital worker who was confined to a room aboard a cruise. what's the latest with here? >> reporter: well, we understand that this female healthcare worker that worked at texas health presbyterian did not actually have direct contact with that first ebola patient, thomas duncan but she did handle lab specifications mens. she boarded the cruise before the c. does c advisory for active monitoring and has volunteered to be self quarantined during the process of determining how

to get her back in the united states before the end of the cruise ship. the good news is that from what we understand, she is not exhibiting any symptoms at the moment. >> all right, melissa chan, thank you very much. >> experimental ebola vaccine produced in canada will be headed to west africa on monday. it's something canadian health officials say they have been working on for years. they are sending 800 vials of the experimental vaccine to the world health organization and, as a precautionary measure, there will be three separate shipments. clinical trials on the drug began on the u.s. last month. results are expected in december. france is also taking steps to stop ebola from spreading. airport screenings are being put in place from flights returning from guinea. he bowl a checkpoints were already in place in west africa airports but extra measures are now being put in place to keep people safe. some passengers say they are okay with the screening process. >> it our temperature was taken on arrival.

it went very well. if that can reduce the psychosis and stag matization around ebola, that's fine. there are people arriving who are feeling well. it is a good thing to do temperature screenings here i think more importantly, they are already taking all of the essential measures with hand washing at the airport and three different temperature screenings. >> the french health minister said they have not had any reports of ebola. ebola has changed the lives of many in west africa. but it's also created a stigma. people who live far away from the hot zone are afraid to admit they have a family member who has been impacted. al jazeera's anna buwati has more from ghana. >> he escapes war as a young boy. spent time in ivory coast before arriving here as a teenager in 1998. he managed to go to school and had plans to return to lineria in september to set up a management studies college but ebola has changed all of that.

>> in a lot of ways, i see it like a stalin wall. after fourteen years of civil war, trying to recover from everything we lost, the destruction of life and property and then this sad incidence of ebola, this disease has come. >> he doesn't know when he will be able to go home. he started his college here his family in liberia is constantly on his mind. he lost cousins to the disease and is sfraed for his wife in the east of the country. there are more than 10 line booerningz in the settlement . so many liberians have been personally touched by ebola but the stigma associated with it is it is just not something people want to talk about openly. it's home to thousands of other west africans and began ians. the only non-governmental organization says it's running out of funds.

>> they are close together. vest berians it's a place where at a time berians if ebola erupts here, it will spread like wild bush fire. >> this place because many people move out and come back. >> the borders are closed? >> yeah. you know, the south african borders are porous. >> the settlement is soon to be dismantled. some want to stay on ghana as refugees. yefr berians jefferson wants to go back. he says he praise berians prays every day that began a remains stable so he will be able to raise the funds to fulfill his dream of opening the college back home. ama buati, al jazeera, began a. joining us via skype from mon rove i can't, liberia is larondoulvier. he has been working on the ebola crisis from the start. you have dealt with a lot of humanitarian crises. what is different about this

one? >> berians. >> it's very different. the challenges that we face are immense and immediate. over six months after the beginning of the outbreak, we still see a number of indications growing exponentially, not just gradually. exponentially across the three countries. good news, we see more hands on the deck. more people. more organization. but the bad news is that ebola is running faster than us. so time is key, and we need to speed up. we now sees increasingly the second wave of the impact. we had seen the first wave of impact with a number of patients, of people getting infected and dying, but now, we see the second wave that is hitting children and mothers very hard because of the lack of health infrastructure and the lack of access to health facilities. more and more children and pregnant women are at risk of dye from preventable disease.

they could get vaccinated against such as meibles berians isil's, poll i don't or malaria. so, it's extremely concerning and we really see here that the needs are growing and growing and we are running out of time. as the question to the liberian here s the situation worse than what you experienced during the war? and many of them berians them told me that absolutely, it's worse than the war. because in a war situation, you see the enemy. but here, no see the enemy. it's invisible and permanent. >> let's talk about this second wave of the crisis. we know many children have lost one or both parents. how are you providing them with support given the infection nature of the disease? >> yeah, there are many children who have lost one orbo berians two parents and they are now orphans. we see the numbers growing. we are talking about thousands of children now. and the problem that we have berians we are facing with

unicef is usually berians usually what we do in times of natural disaster is that we set up child-friendly space, bring all of the children together. we organize recreational activities and we build the capacity of the social workers to provide psychosocial assistance. but in this context, we cannot make berians mix children who have been in contact with infected people with those who have not been in contact. so, it makes the situation extremely complicated and extremely complicated for us to handle. we so far have one center where ebolas orphaned during the inkpation of 21 days where they don't show symptoms but they have been in contact with infected people can be looked after and we are involving survivors who are immune in providing psychosocial assistance to those. it's only a tiny minority of

older children that need assistance. we are gearing up and providing more and more assistance on the ground. >> it must be tough because you talk about wanting to guess berians give these children support but you really do need to keep your distance, too, in order to protect yourselves. right? >> absolutely. i visited this interim care center yesterday. and i can tell you it's extremely frustrate. what a child need in those poems berians moments, it's a big hug, conform berians 40. you would like to shake hands. you would like to play with the kids and to tell them, it will be okay. but you cannot do that. only survivors can be in contact with those children because they are still in this incubation period. they can still show one or another signs of the disease. so we need to be extremely careful. we went there with, we visited them, but we avoided any contact with them.

we were wearing long sleeves and, of course, washing our hands with hand sanitizer and chlorine. we tried to mix the berians. those children deserve attention and support. so involving survivors who are immune is one way of dealing with this situation. >> and you had said, too, laurant that you guys need to keep physical distance, about six and a half fee berians feet or so. tell us a little bit about how the kids are rope berians coping. maybe tell us about one of the personal stories that you have experienced. >> well, that's what we call the no-touch policy and we are planning that to also the social workers so now the social workers are increasingly providing basic health berians healthcare services by keeping the distance with the patient. so, it's important that we try to mitigate a risk for the health workers. they still to berians continue to get the job done but without touching people, by avoiding any

physical contact and berians it the children understand that. they will not berians not shake hands. but it's frustrating. he specially in the african berians african societies where greetings are one of the key components of daily lives. the survivors, yes, can have those contacts with those children and you imagine how frustrating it could be for those child, but it's better than just facing somebody dressed like an astronaut wearing full protection gears. survivors don't need those kind of equipments because they are immune. so we are working on those alternatives, but we can see that it's not written in books. everything which is related to the humanitarian response is a

try and learn. be encouraging but we cannot waste time. we need to take action now and that's what unicef is doing. >> absolutely. the situation still so tough and so dire. thank you, laurent duvillier. thank you for joining us? >> you are welcome. >> unicef has been helping children across west africa who have been impacted by ebola in one way or another. take a license to berians berians listen to 114-year-old girl recount her experience in sierra leone. >> translator: >> berians berians clear berians

apass panspass berians panspass berians . the world bank says the battle against ebola is being lost. it's president, jim young kim blames a lack of solidarity. dominic kane has more. >> it has killed thousands of

people across west africa and devastated families and communities. more and more countries have instituted travel bans on people from the affected states n his weekly address on saturday, the u.s. president repeated why he believes that is not the answer. >> we can't just cut ourselves off. our medical experts tell us that the best way to stop this disease is to stop it at its source, before it spreads even wider and becomes even more difficult to contain. trying to seal off an entire region of the world f that were en possible, could actually make the situation worse. >> there are others who say the international community may be losing the flight against ebola by not providing enough resources. it's like you are in your room and the house is on fire and your approach to putwell wet towels under the door. >> might work for a while, but unless you put the fewer out, you are still in trouble. >> fire is at its most intense in begin i, liberia and sierra

leone. aid agencies say their most urgent need is not money but extra people. >> the support from other well meaning, philanthropists, from other organizations that were coming to help. >> one. less publicized impacts of intoldz is on the younger generation. unicef says thousands of children have been orphaned by the virus. it beliefs the psychological effect on them will last a long time. sgrvrnl. >> children are depressed. people in astronaut suits coming to take sick people away or their parents, even worse. >> the international communitied fight has been strengthened with more aid but at the rate the virus is spreading, some believe the global response may not be able to keep up.

dominic kane, al jazeera. >> here is an indication of how concerned some americans are right now about symbols. a school superintendent in maine has suspended a teacher just because the teacher attended a conference in dallas last month. the teacher has not been identified and did not come in contact with anyone expose today ebola. the school posted a statement on the website saying it is doing this out of, quote, an abundance of caution. and in britain, parents in the town of kru are threatening to remove their kids from school because two teachers are taking a trip to kenya. kenya is 3,000 miles away from the ebola epidemic zone. as concerns about ebola grow in the united states, some editorial cartoonists are taking notice of the near hysteria that sometimes surrounds the crisis. aircraft jack omen of the sacromeant 0 beat compares the facts about obama deaths caused by avoidable complications like

obesity, tobacco and alcohol &drate provilla pointed at the media's coverage says seems to treat epdemmics different depending upon where they other and to whom, unquote. well, coming up on "al jazeera america," the latest on the fight against isil in syria. also, syrian refugees finding a new life far from home. n southmey. and nigeria cease-fire with bok a boko haram. will the girls be set 3.

texas has been cleared to use a controversial voter id law. the new voter id law will require voters to produce a

state-issued id in order to cast a ballot. about 600 ,000 voters in texas lack proper identification. early voting begins on monday. now, syria, where the u.s. coalition launch did some of the heaviest barrage of airstrikes to date. around six airstrikes took place on saturday alone. kurdish forces have been able to push back isil on and off for about a month. kurdish officials say isil holds part of the south and east of the city. >> yo uruguay is offering full resettlement of syrian refugees, taking in 120 refugees and the first group of 42 arrived last week. soon, they will receive cultural training and permanent housing. al jazeera's daniel schidler has their story from montevideo. >> it was a long journey across half of the world to escape fear and danger to end up here, for

now at least a haven of peace and tranquility. five families of 42 syrians, mostly syrians were personally welcomed by the president. we cannot avoid war. sending food will not salve our conscience. >> officials working with the united nieingsz refugee commission went to the refugee camps in lebanon to choose the families they thought most suitable for settlement in south america. >> what we are spending now will be repaid because they are going to work to pay taxes. so this really is not an expense. it's an investment. if countries like qatar and the emirates could help us, we could bring thousands here. >> for now, they are here on the outskirts of montevideo learning spanish and about their new country before being relocated

to different towns around uruguay. this could not be further away in so many ways from the conflict in syria nor the uncertainties of life in the refugee camps of lebanon. this is the beginning of a new life, a delicate transition for now hidden from the public gaze. >> they have been kept away from a chir curious media. hussein from the syrian city of aleppo had already settled in uruguay and is employed as their translator. >> they say that we it really change our life to be better, more than -- because they are refugees of lebanon. now, they are here. so we cannot say that they are refugees here. >> they received an enthusiastic welcome tot from the locals meeting these pupils from a nearby school which the syrian children will attend when they have enough spanish.

for the children, for the childr children. it's an amazing future really. >> uruguay was built and developed by immigrants, mostly spanish and italian. it's now opening a fresh chapter with the hopes and aspirations of these new syrian arrivals. daniel schwimler, montevideo, uruguay. >> they are. >> the announcement came ahead of the support for "goodluck" jonathan who plans to announce a another run in 20s 4. others feel the girls release, themselves. a report from abuja. >> tractor-trailer organizing the really in the general election next year and he has done a good job, they want him to run for a second term.

other nigerians are a bit more skeptical. they are saying it's take tool long for the government to deal with the insurgency problem. news of a cease-fire is good news to many people but others are skeptical. they say they have the government version. they want the official boko haram sources. they want make talk about where the girls are and what he got in exchange to the cease-fire. the government said it had to be reached. the parents of the girls are frustrated, angry, scared. the girls have been missing for more than six months. all they know is they are somewhere in the bush being held by strange men. don't know what's happening to their daughters. they want their daughters and the government hasn't yet given them a date of when it's going to happen. >> still ahead, ebola and global politics. the united nations says its members need to contrib you but a lot more aid to stop the spread of the disease and shedding light on a disturbing

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welcome back to "al jazeera america." the world health organization says the intoldz outbreak has claimed more than 4500 lives. nearly all of the victims lived in west africa. three people have been diagnose did with ebola, a liberian nurse

and two ness nurses who worked for him. >> experimental ebola vaccine. 800 vials will be headed to the world health organization on monday and as a precautionae measure, there will be three separate shipments. clinical trials on the drug began in the u.s. last month. results are expected in december. france is taking steps to stop ebola from spreading. airport screenings are being put in place from flights return from guinea. ebola checkpoints were already in place in west african airports but extra measures are being put in place as well. the u.n. says the outbreak cannot be controlled without a massive international response. al jazeera's patty colhane reports on the special u.n. session. >> as the united nations general assembly met, they heard one clear and potentially terrifying message: >> we have to recognize it's spreading very rapidly. >> ebola infections will double every three weeks. no country is immune, and if it

isn't stopped soon? >> the world will have to live with the ebola virus forever. >> the response: >>s brazil shaz shipped ency support kits last week, australia committed $10 million. >> our support, currently, is close to $20 million. >> the u.n. says it's not enough. it needs almost a billion dollars, so far, only a quarter of that has actually been provided. >> aid started arriving from across the globe. almost 500 americans are on the ground. their mission is to take care of the logistics, of getting more aid in, and they will set up hospitals that will treat healthcare workers who get infected. up to 4,000 american troops are expected. those train to go lead call this a dangerous mission. >> any time you send 3,000 guys and girls in the u.s. army into a country that is ridden with ebola, there is a chance that, you know, u.s. soldiers could get infected with it. >> the disease has spread beyond west africa along with the fear of it.

25 hotel guests have been quart quarantined in macedonia after a british man died. tests on whether he was infected with ebola are being done. the condition of the spanish nurse who treated an ebola patient and became infected is reportedly deteriorating. but the hospital staff insists she is stable. more than a dozen being watched there. increased airport screenings will soon begin at major airports in the u.s., the u.k., and likely other countries soon. but the clear massage at the u.n. it won't be enough to protect the global population if ebola isn't stopped at its source and soon. patty colhane, al jazeera, washington. a new u.n.-led initiative in libya has been announced in hopes that stopping fighting in the capitol tripoli while providing humanitarian aid meanwhile in benghazi, renegade khalifa hatar continues his assault on splinter militia

groups. he was a former general understand gadaffi who routinelied and now he has called on loelz to take up arms against islamist groups including antalashari who has been designated terrorist organization by the u.s. ? >> a mexican gang kingpin is in custody for his alleged role in the disappearance of 43 missing students. the gang is suspected of conspiring with police to kill the students. rachel levine reports from mexico city. >> this announcement by mexico's attorney general is a huge development in the case regarding the 43 university students that went missing three weeks ago at the hands of local police in the state of guero. authorities believe this man, the leader of a group may have valuable information as to what has happened to these young men and where they might be found. criticism is growing here in

mexico against the government the earlier, there was a demonstration in acapulco. nearly 5,000 people took to the streets demanding that the government do more, and they were not alone. earlier this week, united nations and human rights watch strongly criticized the mexican government and they said that the government needed to be more pro-acti in this investigation. >> the gang leaders's arrest comes three days after another leader from the same gang killed himself when police surrounded him. well, bishops at the vatican have shot down a monumental change regarding homosexuality. nearly two-thirds of the bishops rejected a revision that said people with homo sexual tendencies mutt be welcomed with respect and del casey. they failed to pass an amendment that would have allowed divorce or civilly remarried catholics to receive communion. well, women's rights groups trying to raise awareness about a horrifying medical practice in

ireland. they are comparing it to female genital mutelization. the pregnant women were griffin this surgery without their consents or medical need. >> the stories these women have to tell are shocking enough to bear comparison with human rights violations anywhere in the world. but they are not refugees. they are not a minority group. it's their own doctors who stand accused. >> this x-ray shows what it is, the deliberate sawing through of cartilage and bone in a woman's pelvis during a difficult childbirth as a preference to cesarean section. the x-ray is of lily who can still remember every detail. >> you could hear them. >> i could hear them, yes. i could hear them. >> what was the sound? >> it was a sound of someone sawing a stick. >> betty was married in 1967 and immediately became pregnant but in hospital, she was given sleeping gas and woke up after birth in agony.

so many years on, she can't lift one of her legs, is doubly incontinent and unable to have a physical relationship with her husband. >> the pain was just excruciating. i couldn't lift my leg. i couldn't move. it was just horrific. i had to crawl around on my bum and to walk, i had to get two sweeping brushes and hold the handle as crutches and i was like that for weeks. >> we brought in a physio therapist who helps african refugees in ireland who are victims of female genital mutelization to give her assessment of how the two practices compare. >> if you think about how extreme this is, it's as extreme as fgm is, taking a woman and changing their body without their consents for no clear medical reason. i think there is a huge comparison that can be drawn between the two. >> throughout the 20th century, ireland led the way in this

practice. at leading hospitals, doctors preferred sawing women's pelvises open to cesarean sections on the grounds that it would allow them to have more children n line with catholic thinking. the worrecords show just how ma women were subjected to it against medical logic and often without their consent. >> their dislike of cesarean sections stemmed from their view of it as a limiter on family size. one a cesarean, always a cesarean, three of these operations were seen as the upper limit, and these doctors saw nine or 10 children as the ideal family size. >>? recent weeks, it was rejected out of hand, a payment of around $60,000 per survivor on the grounds that it allowed the state denyability. >> also assumes the state thinks this as a piece of history which may or may not be true.

>> ireland's medical community has had nothing to say about these allegations. to the extents that campaigners don't actually know whether it ended here in the 1980s as is widely held. indeed, they say they are as sure as they can be that one procedure was dmuktd southern ireland in 2005 and they believe that another one may have happened as recently as last year. so does the state here really know what's going on inside its own hospitals? >> we can't be sure that the influence of the church has been eradicated from medical practice and, in fact, ex plicitly religious ethos is said by the boards of some of our major hospitals to inform the way in which they go about their work in a modern democracy. >> that's simply not acceptable. >> lilly whose pelvis was split in two to enable her baby to emerge only found out afterwards that it its head had been

punctured by her pelvic bone. it didn't survive. >> she bled to death. >> female genital mutelization has become a cause for some governments but what happened to these women has been largely unkno unknown. approximately 1500 irish women underwent the procedure between 1944 and 1984. doctors were allowed to perform it without their consent or knowledge. rescue teams in nepal are searching for more climbers who may still be stranded. at least 40 people have died in one of the worst disasters to ever hit the him lhimalayas. snow slammed trails on tuesday. since then, more than 200 people

have been rescued. well, every year in north korea, the competition to get in to the top senior middle schools is fierce. only graduates from these schools can get into the best universities. al jazeera's teresa beau made a raretree trip to the secretive country and to visit one school. >> at school number one, they say they have great hopes for the future of their country >> i am going to it lunch, five, six, seven. >> children coming here are among the best students in the country. and everyone here seems to have the same dream. >> one country, only one career.

tower country is divided in half. i am sad about that. >> the issue of reunification of the corps ian peninsula is an important subject for many of the children studying in this school. in fact, on the map you can see here, the korean peninsula is not divided. >> we came here under the scrutiny of our guides who controlled our every move. but still, we were able to see how north korea's future generations are being taught to defend the values enshrined by the kim dynasty which has been ruling this country for almost 70 years. >> the supreme commander. >> this wall explained one of the corps values of the communist state, also known as songun. it's the military's first ideology. >> the new generation, it's important for them to know, to learn about the history and then how their parents, how the

forerunners, the former generations had to travel to gain independence and liberation. they are learning this history and the struggle of the former generations. they cannot lose or gain the dignity of the nation. >> we are told that thanks to the current leader, kim jong un kim, the school has new computers. children here say they have never used the internet. >> the government rungs every aspect about it. the vice president denies children are being indoctoriniated. >> no. no. our objective is to educate our students, focusing on everything, knowledge, philosophy and physical education. as for the revolution history of our leader, kim jong un, everyone has to know and learn and follow it. >> that's why we should study

it. >> reporter: that's whatever we hear everywhere we go, north korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. but that does not seem to trouble children who are taught to value index and self reliance above all else. al jazeera, pyongyang, north korea. >> we will take a closer look at north korea coming up tonight in our deeper look segment tonight at 8:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. pacific right here on "al jazeera america." well, there is calm on the streets of hong kong so far today after three nights of violent clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters. city leaders announced they would return to talks with the demonstrate orders on tuesday. you are looking live as the student led groups continue sit-in protests. tuesday talks will focus on constitutional reform and will be broadcast live.

xhishing -- sluggish comic growth in europe is a big reason for the united states stockmarket's recent volatility. there is evidence the continent is at risk of deflation. >> that's when falling prices stoke expectations of further price drops so people sit on their money instead of spending it, bringing economic activity. as patricia sobra reports t leaders cannot agree on how to fix it. >> reporter: spiraling toward deflation. that was the concern when the latest reading on yoeurozone inflation coun firmed it's heading in at the lowest level since the financial crisis in october of 2009. the heels comes on the heels -- itcoms on heels showing that germany is skidding toward recession. signs of factoring growth that are fueling calls for european policy makers to do more. >> we want them to put in place better economic policies to support growth. i think that's become clear over

the last several days is either they are their unwillingness or inability to do that. >> the european sentencentral bs tried to spur growth through low interest rates and bringing up capital by buying bonds backed by pools of loans. european central bakers can't agree on whether to go further by taking a page from the federal reserve's playbook and buying government debt as well. last week, the ecb chief signaled he was ready for such a move only to have the president of germany central bank dismiss the idea as dangerous. another point of contention is whether german should boost short term spending to encourage growth in the euro zone? france and italy have been volk in their call. berlin is resistant arguing for neighbors to implement tough structural reforms. >> there is a view in germany that to spent more takes the

heat off of other governments to do the right thing whether it's labor market reform in france or bert competitive measures across the periphery. >> whether the market turmoil turns up the heat sufficiently to soften the stance, only time can tell. given the very public airing of distances over which course to pursue, it's clear that the process of kick starting europe is as much about politics as it is economics patrick a sobga, al jazeera. >> coming up, some experts believe changing the minimum wage could have a major impact on our economy and that idea is becoming a key political issue for the mid-term elections. also, finding new uses for one of america's major cash crops: you are watching "al jazeera america." stay with us.

many republican lawmakers >> the idea, they say it kills jobs and their stanchion could

be a crucial factory. here is "real money's" ali vel velshi in some red states, the g.o.p. may be vulnerable on one key economic issue: boosting the minimum wage. polling in states with close senate races like north carolina, kentucky, louisiana and iowa show that voters support president obama's proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from 7:25 an hour to $10 and $0.10 an hour by wide margins. but republicans in those states, including kentucky's incumbent snashl mitch mcconnell oppose the move. his state's unemployment is higher than the national average at 7.1%. he says boosting the minimum wage will cost jobs? >> it could cost 17,000 joshes in kentucky, alone, and potentially, as many as a

million nationwide. >> senator mcconnell's democratic opponent, alison grimes says boosting the midge minimum wage would raise a million americans out of poverty. the non-partisan congressional budget office forecasts that the higher federal minimum wage would lift as many as 900,000 workers above the poverty line and it estimated 16.5 million low wage earners across america would see a bump in their pay. but the cbo said raising the minimum wage would also put half a million dollars million jobs in jeopardy by late 2016 as employers let workers go to save on costs. opponents of the wage increase have seized on their number but not all business leaders agree. like frank knapp junior president of the small business chamber of commerce. >> if one or two people find themselves, that they for some reason lose a job because of

this, and those who are let go will find other jobs because there will be more hiring to meet the demand that laying the minimum wage will create. >> his group backs raising the minimum wage, a red state generally seen as hostile to big government telling business owners what to do you, but he may be on to something. polling in those four tight senate races could turn on candidate support for boosting the minimum wage. ali velshi, al jazeera. >> for more political coverage, join david shuster for power politics coming up at 5:30 eastern today. a global decline in snoekers has meant dwindling profits for american's tobacco farmers. john hendron reports from the tobacco fields of kentucky. >> reporter: kentucky's autumn tobacco harvest has changed little. they hang the massive leaves to dry in curing barnes like this.

what has changed are tobacco's leases. these won't be smoked. the oftenvil villefied plant is being considered as a treatment for the ebola virus. >> discoveries in plant biology have been conducted using tobacco. tobacco is not just an evil weed that causes cancer. we can actually use it to making bio pharmaceut caddell, anti-cancer. >> it is susceptible to something like 80% of known vir viruss. so scientists here inject viruses into the plant in place after human host then work on vaccines and treatments he the effort also came from tobacco farmers who started looking for more ways to make money as smoking declined around the

globe. now the crop known for causing diseases may treat them. >> a firm has taken tobacco viral research one step further. they have developed a serum that was used to treat american aid workers who contracted the virus. here at the tobacco research center, tobacco leaves are being used to develop bio fuels for cars. >> the next generation of bio fuel will be more similar to diesel. now, we are making those fuel or the compounds in the leaves so when we harvest the leaves, we can extract them out. >> that would cut the time it takes for organic term to transform into oil by millions of years and it could open a lucrative new market for a plant that was increasingly going out of style. john hendren, al jazeera,

lexington, kentucky. >> where do you look for clues about the world's most famous fictional detectives? it's elementary. we'll take you to london for the answer. coming up next on "al jazeera america."

for more than 125 years, sherlock holmes has captivated fans. the museum is honoring the super sleuth with a new exhibit. jessica baldwin takes us there. >> this is the way in. >> the pipe, the deer stalker cap and the violin, all here the 19th century manuscript in the tiny writing and costumes worn over the years by act orders portraying the victorian dete detective. no other character has been filmed more. from early black and white depictions from foggy london to the more updated modern city,

the old stories and the new films are increasingly popular in the far east and the museum of london is negotiations to ship the show to other destinations. >> i think it is a global phenomena. i can't think of anotherficational character that has quite this breadth of, you know, hold on the world. >> author anthony horowitz has written two sherlock holmes novels. the first was a huge success. the second, moriarty is published next month. >> the great grandfather of all detectives. there is something about the two men, holmes, aloof and cold and distant. watson, affable, humane, a bit like us. the two of them together are irresistible. >> the analytical mind, the master of disguise, the model englishman, the drug-using bow hemian, all aspects examined in the 6th month exhibition.

what is it that cans are so keen on? >> us it's exciting. >> there seems to be no end to the popularity of sherlock holmes. the victorian detective continues to inspire new books, movies and even rom answer. a dating agency offers walking tours right here on london's baker street. what would sherlock, himself, think about the publicity, buzz, interest? most likely, he would turn to his friend dr. watson and say: it's elementary. jessica baldwin, london. >> a woman in the fort hood community is being honored for her affection towards u.s. soldiers. elizabeth laird, better known as the hugging lady. on friday, the 82-year-old was honored with the yellow rose of texas award which is given to women for exemplary work in their communities. for more than a decade, she has been hugging fort hood soldiers when they are deployed and when they return home.

>> i want a hug from elizabeth. >> does it for us here at "al jazeera america." i am erica pitzi. "talk talk to al jazeera" is next." for more news, head to aljazeera.com. take care. ♪ suwell, a feeling is not a fact. our country is almost unique in people believing that global warming is not a human cause. >> robert kennedy, jr., a lifelong advocate of the environmental movement thanks in part to memories of his dad prior to his father's assassination in 1968. >> my father considered this part of our heritage and our purple mountains' majesty.