to escape. >> robert kennedy, thank you so much for being on "talk to "al jazeera america." ays" we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me? >> it was terrific. thank you. >> till held by the country. >> we fight for our freedoms. >> protestors asking for democracy in hong kong stay in the streets after a meeting finds no common ground opinion in our america votes, special covering, the race in kentucky becomes a fight to convince voters who they dislike more. >> cells for a paralyzed man's nose may have helped him walk

again. >> this is aljazeera live. an american held more than five minutes by north korea is free. the state department said jeffery foal is on his way home to ohio. this picture was taken earlier today showing a u.s. government jet at pyongyang international airport. mike viqueira has more. >> six months later and he is free. jeffery foal, a 56-year-old ohio native was detained since may when he was accused by north korean authorities of leaving a bible on a table in a nightclub. american officials tried time and time again to get these individuals free. there are two others, there were

three. as of this morning, americans detained in north korea, now there are two. sweden played an important role. the united states has no formal diplomatic relations, operating through the swedish diplomatic mission there. this was welcomed at positive news. here's the state department spokeswoman. >> he has been evaluated by a doctor and appears to be in good health. he has been in detention in north korea. we will continue to provide any necessary consular assistance. we have been providing it to his family, we will provide it to him in the coming days and weeks if he requires that. we'll let the north careens speak for themselves why they decided to do this, why now. we hope for the release of the other two. >> why now is a good question. when it comes to north korea, that is the question likely to go unanswered, the

administration eager to remind everyone there are two more americans detained, matthew miller and kenneth bay. >> what's the latest, any news on their cases? >> none whatsoever. we've seen bits and pieces of video from these two individuals who have been detained, kenneth bay for a 15 year sentence because of hostile acts. he he's been there since 2012. matthew miller has been detained since april, serving hard labor sentence, accused of espionage. it is an owe peak regime. you never know what is happening there. there are experts trying to read the tea leaves on a daily base. it's unknown how north korea is approaching the release of the other two americans detained. >> in hong kong, protest leaders met with government officials

for talks aimed at ending weeks of pro democracy demonstrations. there was no agreement and little sign of compromise on the protestors chief demand. we've got live pictures from the financial district. you've seen this shot for weeks now there in hong kong. thousands are still demonstrating there on the streets, resting now, early morning there in hong kong, just after 6:00 a.m. sarah clark has more now from hong kong. >> they arrived by the thousands, most, if not all realistic about their limited chances. >> we all understand that we can't really get any concrete results, but at least an open dialogue can tell everybody why we are all here. >> they've been here for weeks, demonstrators occupying hong kong streets demanding free and fair elections. the protests began after the chinese government decided to limit voting reforms by screening candle dates for the 2016 elections. the two hour talks tuesday

between five members of the hong kong government and five student leaders were meant as a first step towards ending the standoff. at demonstration sites protestors gathered around t.v. screens to watch and listen to what was said. >> the voice and demands of the students have been heard loud and clear by the hong kong government, community and central government. >> the chief secretary insisted the hong kong government is looking for a solution and will report the student's demands to china's central government. she said electoral reform is possible only after the election of the chief executive in 2017. the student leaders questioned the sincere. they want greater voting invites now and a roadmap for the upcoming election. >> >> why is it people are so angry and willing to protest on the

streets for a better society? >> protestors camped on the streets and watched to see what would happen. many were disappointed that the meeting delivered almost no changes. >> it just happened is a expected, so nothing, no real surprise. >> the talks were civil by emotional and described by all as a crucial first step. with the government refusing to make concrete concessions, the students show no signs of a withdrawal from the streets. aljazeera, hong kong. >> kurdish fighters in kobane are holding their ground against isil attacks on the town, but the armed group is stepping up its time line to take kobane and its border. isil is better equipped than the kurds. one air strike may have dropped more weapons into its hands. the pentagon is ring this video

showing islamic state fighters meant for the kurdish fighters. we have the latest from the border. >> isil fighters launched a renewed assault on kobane monday night but kurds were able to hold their lines with the help of the new ammunition and weapons they received in that u.s. air drop. however, there remains still something of a stalemate. the kurds haven't gained territory and isil firefighters haven't either. positions are the same as the last few days. they are ready to send iraq peshmerga fighters to aid the kurds in kobane despite the peshmerga's challenges that they remain in negotiation about how much aid in terms of humanitarian aid and military aid they can send along to the

fighters and the route they will take as they transit turkey do kobane. >> iraq's prime minister was in tehran today for his first official visit since taking power. al adaddy pledged support. isil's advance has deepened sectarian violence in iraq and left the countries valuable oil fields under threat. we have a report from kirkuk. >> the kurds control the oil fields in kirkuk but may not be able to protect them much longer. the threat is from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. there is a perimeter around the city in northern iraq. kurdish troops replaced government forces here when isil pushed them out. it's been a struggle to hold the territory. the governor of the city is asking the u.s. coalition to

launch an assault against the group. he said isil wants kirkuk's oil fields. >> that's the point i tried to make to our american friends when i was in washington and when i talked to them here. that's why it's so important for the united states and for the airstrikes to focus on kirkuk. >> we want more. we want to keep these people away, drive them away from kirkuk. >> coalition rare strikes began in august but there haven't been many in this corner of iraq. >> the problem is kurdish security forces don't just face isil fighters on the battle grounds. this checkpoint is considered to be a front line. it is the main entry point to kirkuk from the south. >> thousands of iraqi's cross this check point dially. some of isil's members are able to infiltrate the city where they already have some support.

>> we have fought terrorists among us. we have even among students to come to take their exams, they were planning to do whatever isis does, explosives, suicide bombers. >> this check point has already been targeted twice by suicide bombers in the past four months. what kurdish officials fear most is if the armed group pushes through this defensive line to storm the city. >> the government of nigeria is hopeful to secure the release of the 200 kidnapped school girls. boko haram has been holding the girls since taking them from their school in april. there was a ceasefire reached with the group. the government believes boko haram is sincere in negotiations, despite doubts.

>> >> aljazeera learned there has been scattered fighting since the ceasefire was announced. we've been told other groups launched those attacks, not boko haram. the condition of a dallas nurse infected with ebola has been infected from fair to good. she was diagnosed after treating an infected liberia man. new travel restrictions were issued today to help stop the spread of ebola. starting tomorrow, all travelers from west africa will have to go through one of five airports with advanced screening. >> the department of homeland security has put in place new travel restrictions for passengers who wish to travel to the united states from sierra leone, guinea or liberia. in order to travel to the u.s., passengers may only travel through five different

designated airports in the u.s. those airports did already have enhanced screening to try to catch anyone symptomatic of ebola. now it will be a requirement to travel through those airports, new york's j.f.k., newark airport, atlanta, chicago o'hare as well as washington dull less. the concern is because there are no direct commercial flights between those west african countries affected as well as to the united states, there are many who are criticizing this, saying that more needs to be done, there should be a travel ban, that this still allow the for the opportunity for passengers who have come through another airport en route to the united states will have the opportunity to switch passports, perhaps lie about their original destination or their originating city from where they are traveling to their destination, so a lot of criticism about new measures put in place.

the white house saying that they are considering other travel restrictions and are open to discussions about other travel restrictions, but at this point still are ruling out any travel ban from the three west african countries. >> thousands gathered in new york for special ebola training. federal officials talked about how health care workers should handle patients. we have more. >> officials are applying lessons learned from an experience at a texas hospital where the patient who contracted ebola in africa died and where two nurses who treated him are now fighting the disease. today's information seminar was organized by service employees health care workers union and the new york hospital administration. instruct materials were provided by the centers for diaz control. >> health care workers signed into a new york city auditorium to learn more about ebola.

>> we nurses are the front line in taking care of all patients and we need to be educated in taking care of all kinds of patients. >> the featured speakers were public health care experts, but new york governor cuomo was there cautioning the audience that dealing with ebola isn't the only challenge. >> the second problem is dealing with people's anxiety and people's panic, so you have two missions today, one learn, train yourself, pay attention. when you go home, when you're talking to your family, when you're talking to your neighbors, keep the anxiety down. >> so far, new york has had no cases of ebola. public health officials want all health care workers to be ready just in case. showcasing the new training protocols to nurses, aids, technicians, dieticians, anyone

who might come in contact with a patient. >> a highlight was a demonstration in the use of protective gear, putting it on properly and taking it off safely. >> the instructor was from the u.s. public health service. >> the range of motion exercises before you go and make sure that the p.p.e. is ready, comfortable, and you're not going to have to adjust it once you go in the room. >> he explained each step, from the scrubs to gloves, foot covering, outer gown, facemask, head covering, a second pair of gloves and last, a face shield with frequent use of hand sanitizer throughout. the requirement was stressed for having an observer to assist before and after seeing the patient. >> she does not begin any of the removal of the equipment until the trained observer is there and ready to help. >> the attendees we spoke with

said the session was very useful. lisa porter is a clerk at a new york hospital. >> what's the most important thing you learned? >> hand hygiene through all the steps is really an eye opener. >> sheldon is a dialysis technician and knows that bodily fluids from an ebola patient could be a source of disease. >> what do you think needs to be done next to get health care workers ready? >> more practice. you need to spread the protocols laid out by the city today and make sure that everyone understands that these protocols need to be followed, and to me, that's the most important thing, because you can have protocols, if you're not following it, it's useless. >> like the man said, practice, practice, practice. >> the plan is for health care workers to share the knowledge with colleagues who could not attend. >> that's terrific. approximate if more states put on these kinds of operations and the media covered them, that

would go a long way to calming fears. >> those health care workers were paying attention, taking notes. >> right, right, right. >> in madrid, a spanish nurse is ebola-free, the 44-year-old has tested negative for the virus twice. she was diagnosed two weeks ago and was the first person to catch ebola outside west africa. she was infected caring for a priest who later died. >> oscar pistorius has started his prison sentence for killing his girlfriend. >> count one, culpable homicide, the sentence i am modes is the maximum imprisonment of five years. >> pistorius could be released in 10 months and serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest. the judge calmed the sentencing fair and just. pistorius was acquitted of more

serious murder charges in the 2013 valentine's day shooting that left his girlfriend model reeva steenkamp dead. >> an egyptian court will consider january 1 whether to allow an people of three jailed aljazeera journalists. the three have now been in prison for 297 days, falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood and are appealing their convictions. aljazeera continues to demand their immediate release. >> coming up on the program, china's economy isn't growing like it used to and that could mean bad news here in the united states. we will explain approximately also a paralyzed man takes his first step in years after doctors transplant cells from his nose. the first of its kind therapy is next.

>> new numbers today show poppy production in afghanistan at an all-time high despite a decade long fight to shut down the drug trade. here's a look at the situation

by the numbers. a record 523,000-acres of poppy were grown in afghanistan last year with an estimated market value about $3 billion. six years ago, farmers grew 477,000-acres of poppy, pull in about $2 billion. the profits fund the taliban, using the money to lure new recruits, even though the u.s. has spent $7.6 billion since 2001 to eradicate the trade, afghanistan produces 80% of the world's illegal opium and it is growing. >> china's economy grew 7.3% between july and september. good number, right? that number is pretty good. it is less than chinese leaders have predicted. ally, cline in a has seen huge growth in the past, but is it showing signs of wear and tear and slowing down? >> i'll get to that in a second.

you can see me, right? >> yeah, i can. >> what do you think of the threads? >> dude, you rock the threads, you and your team work it. are you getting some pushback? >> a little. one of the guys on the floor is not liking the sweater. >> work it, work it, doctor. >> i just wanted to check if you were ok with it. i respect your opinion. china, 7.3%, united states growing at 2.2% right now, so we think 7.3 is fantastic. china is the world's second large effort economy. it has been growing in double digits. in 2007, they had 14% annual growth. that's a rate at which the economy gross compared to the year before. the bottom line, this 7.3 was better than analysts expected, but in the long material, everyone expects that the chinese economy will slow. the reason is this, china has gone from being a planned

centralized economy where the government spends the money on dams and railroads and cities into one which reassembles america more trying to get individual to say prosper and work in higher paying jobs and urbanize, and then get them to be consumers. that is just a very, very difficult transition. part of the reason it's a difficult transition is because china has gone from a paternalistic nanny state that took care of you from cradle to gave, saying get a job, buy a house and car and take care of yourself. they're not sure the government is going to be there with them. they earn their money, they're saving it and that doesn't stimulate the economy. we're going to see a chain in a that goes down to maybe 5% growth and can the world sustain that? that's the question. >> there you go and that's the question. what does this mean potentially

for the u.s., right? >> china, because it's been building stuff forever is a massive consumer of natural resources. china builds and exports a lot of stuff, but imports stuff, too, as china slows down, it means it doesn't import in many cases the natural resources that it does from around the world. it doesn't have the same money to buy the goods and services everyone else manufactures. if china continues to slow down, that could shave everybody else's g.d.p. when you're slowing your g.d.p. because of china, it has a meaningful effect. if you have a 401k or invested in chinese companies, all of those american companies in which you're invested do business in china. the bottom line is we're very, very closely tied to china. we need to be concerned. >> as for the gear, remember keep in mind, you work with some people down there, guys there

who think a suit is something you file. >> you understand me. >> just rock it, doctor, right there. ali velshi, real money coming up. >> a radical treatment is allowing a paralyzed man to walk. unable to walk since 2010, the man is on his feet. doctors and researchers transplanted cells that normally help him smell into his spinal cord. jake ward joins us with more on this. it sounds like a revolutionary treatment. it certainly feels like a breakthrough. >> it absolutely is. it is an amazing thing both for what they've managed to accomplish and for how little they actually know about now this works. the back story is, a british fireman was the victim of a stabbing attack, which very

nearly severed and almost entirely severed his spinal cord, left him paraliced. for 3 million people, they'll need and seance for the rest of their lives, they don't have bowel control or sexual function for the rest of their lives. the cells that allow you to smell, it regenerates cells throughout the adult life, they placed those in nerve cells that crossed the gap in his spine, sort of this almost improvisational surgery putting a thin strip of tissue across his spine, across that gap, inject it with these special cells and they begin to regenerate, using these special cells. they don't know how this really worked. they talked about the mechanism, they don't really understand. that's the magical thing about

stem cells, we don't know why they do what they do. they managed to bring him back to his feet. >> how quickly after the treatment was he able to walk? >> it was actually very fast. this guy had been in rigorous physical therapy leading up to his surgery and had gone nowhere. afterwards, in those first three months after his surgery, he found that he was developing muscles in his legs again and about six months later, he was able to actually stand. he can walk out of his rehabilitation center and stand using a walker, which would have been impossible, unthinkable for anyone in his position even a couple of years ago. >> that is truly amazing, thank you. >> coming up, a reminder that in politics, a female candidate doesn't necessarily get female votes. that's next as we ramp up to the mid term elections. >> we showed you the video of a good samaritan carrying a man out of a house, then disappearing. today, the reunion.

>> in today's power politics, we are exactly two weeks away from the mid term elections and the list of candidates criticizing the obama administration's response to ebola is growing longer by the day, along with the hypocrisy from some of those candidates. we have more. >> scientists and experts say halting flights from west africa and the united states won't do any good. the obama white house is criticized and there is a demand he put a halt to the air traffic. mitch mcconnell is locked in a tight senate race in kentucky.

>> it strikes me not an expert, but a good idea to discontinue flights into the united states from that part of the world. >> ok. he says he's not an expert. mcconnell has a strong opinion. now, back up a week to a talk radio program when senator mcconnell was asked about global warming. >> senator, that's a yes or no question. >> it is not a yes or no question. i am not a scientist. i know there are scientists who think it's a problem, scientists who think it isn't. my job is to protect jobs in kentucky now, not speculate about science in the future. >> in other words for mcconnell, do not speculate about global warming, but it's ok to speculate about ebola. >> in the arkansas senate race, a battle could determine which party controls the chamber in washington. mark prior attacked tom cotton

for budget cuts scientists believe hurt the government's ability to fight infectious diseases. groups are accusing prior of desperation. >> there was a time when the name prior stood for independence. what happened? today mark pryor is another vote for barack obama, voting with him 93% of the time. >> the colorado senate race, where the incumbent is trying to hang on against challenger gardner, member of congress. democratic groups are trying to drive up voter concerns about the position on education and social issues. >> have you checked the record? cory gardner in your voted to cut job education nearly in half, cut student loans for 150,000 people in colorado and voted seven times to end medicare. >> the senate race is considered even. these raises underscore the

challenge for democrats. here are all the competitive senate races this year, blue states currently held by democrats, republican-held seats are in red. as you can see, the democrats have more territory to defend. keep in mind, republicans in order to gain control of the u.s. senate need a simple pick up, a net pickup of six states. six of those blue states have got to turn red and republicans will gain senate control. >> battle for the house, a race involves vans mcallister. surveillance video captured the married congressman making out with a campaign staffer. here's the latest ad. >> kissing were you ever his staffers. >> vans mcallister's personal issues are well known. what's less known is how liberal he's been in washington, voting for a budget that raised taxes and increased spending. >> louisiana has an open ballot system. the group behind that ad is one

of mcallister's republican challengers. >> in georgia, john bar row is trying to hit back in attacks that say he has not accomplished anything. his latest ad features and interesting tag line from a georgia constituent. >> anybody who says don bar row isn't getting anything done is lying like a no-legged dog. >> ok, i get it. in the wisconsin governor's race where republican scott walker is trying to hold on against challenger mary burke, republicans have slammed burke over tuition increases. their ad complete with a college student who is victimized in this riffs on the t.v. show c.s.i. >> he was completed blindsided. >> wallet's empty. >> we've got to catch her before she hurts anyone else. >> great acting, right?

one might be tempted to label that ad the worst of the week. the michigan republican party released a sharknado themed ad against gary peters. >> funded by a convicted felon, connected to a loan shark ring, run by an international gangster, who also contributed to peters campaign. [ belching ] >> that shark burped and vomited money. if that's the best the republican party can come up with, they are in more trouble than they know. >> david, appreciate it, thank you. >> women voters may be the key to winning kentucky's tight senate race. their support is important to allison grymes. mitch mcconnell has a clear lead with men, so grymes is depending on women to surge ahead. we have the story. >>

>> jennifer chapel doesn't wait for others to lead. >> it's not going to be done tomorrow. >> want 27-year-old works full time as an office manager, but also is a dedicate community activist. she's speaker heading this project, cleaning up an eyesore of an intersection to bring louisville communities together. >> it's just something that i decided it needed to get done, so i'm doing it. >> chapel is exactly the kind of kentucky voter democratic allison grymes needs to win over this fall in her race for u.s. senate. chapel grew up blue collar, urban, liberal and a woman. >> i was thrilled to see that there was a woman in politics, especially representing kentucky. >> but in kentucky, people feel strongly about who they don't like and not as certain who they do like. >> i think it's time for a fresh, new voice, whether that be allison grymes, i'm not sure. >> senator mitch mccann necessarily hoped to reach voters at the annual coal

festival, but linda moore said seeing a candidate roll through town isn't enough. she likes the health care law. >> i think everybody needs health care. >> but that's not deciding her vote. >> who you are voting for in the senate race? >> i have no idea. i really don't. i don't. i haven't decided. >> her vote, anyone but mitch mcconnell. >> just get mitch out. we'll take anybody else. at the end of the day, i think i'm going to vote for the lesser of two evils and vote for allison. i don't want to necessarily call her evil, but i don't know if she's the best representative. >> with that lack of enthusiasm, both campaigns biggest challenge may be getting voters to the polls at all. >> the kentucky race, republicans hope to take the senate in two weeks. that makes the kentucky race a must-win. that's because the incumbent, minor leader mitch mcconnell has

been the leader of the republicans for the senate. a poll suggestion the race is a dead heat among likely voters and since there is not a lot of difference between the two on the major issues, perception has become the battleground. who represents kentucky best. with the president's low approval ratings, grymes has had to work hard to distance herself. >> i'm not barack obama. i disagree with him on guns, coal, and the e.p.a. mitch, that's not how you hold a gun. >> mitch mcconnell is hoping he can scoop votes out from under grymes. >> i'm a life long democratic, but i share his values. >> the parties have nothing told with the value of the people in kentucky to mitch mcconnell. >> joining acinal for more on this race, michael shore in los

angeles. >> the shoes are in demand. >> he's a no-legged dog, tony. [ laughter ] >> michael shure, the latest poll, what does it show? >> this sample happened just after bill clinton blew through kentucky. a lot of the energy that the democrats counting on getting, they're getting from bill clinton in places where the president can't go. i'm not so surprised that it's tightened. i do think that allison grymes had a really tough time that in debate, the fact that she was not able to say whether or not she voted for president obama was awkward, uncomfortable and

probably not good politics, but it didn't mess with the policy or change people's perception of all of a sudden liking mitch mcconnell more. >> david shuster, is president clinton going to have to hit the rod more to bring out the core for grymes? >> he is going back there this coming week to in his. we were talking about this off camera, did the democrats make a mistake by pulling the money away at a time allison grymes looks in striking distance? she refused to say that she voted for president obama and who is the top fundraiser down the stretch? president obama. don't you think there's somebody at the white house is picking up the phone and saying hey, democratic senate campaign committee, you're not going to send a guy to kentucky for a woman who refuses to say she voted for the president. >> what about the issues here come mid term election night, we're going to be talking a lot about issues on this program. issues like equal pay, raising

the minimum wage, shrinking student debt, are those sort of top agenda items for people in kentucky? >> the democrats want to make sure they are. they want to make sure that connect, you saw the woman holding that connect bag, that's the name of what they call obamacare there. it's really the best way to put it. it's the exchange. mitch mcconnell thinks it's just a website. grymes says it's good, sound policy. it's been successful in kentucky, lowering the number of uninsured kentuckians than any other state except arkansas. that's the issue they'll be fighting over. other issues, not just bill clinton, hillary clinton going to get women voters out and that equal pay issue is very important. >> the president gets no credit. >> he's not getting credit. here's the other thing. this is probably why. there is a strong anti

washington-anti politician streak through all those raises to the extend mitch employee connell portrayed the establishment. allison grymes portrayed as an obama clone, she's in trouble. the question is who candace stance themselves from politics as usually and focus voters on the issues. >> one of the other things you have to remember when you see the dance at the white house being done, barack obama got trounced in kentucky, arkansas, loft badly in georgia. these are places where the politics need to be very, very careful. to have it called connect, to have other people represented is much better for the democratic cause than to call it obamacare and bring the president down there, too. >> michael, we talked about this a couple of weeks ago. to what extent does coal factor into this race? >> coal is so important in

kentucky, more important than any of us who have never spent a great deal of time there know. if you read into it, allison grymes has used the song of america's got talent runner up as one of her themes, which is coal keeps the light on, and very much so. it does that in that state specifically, so they have to be able to appeal to coal while at the same time say hey, here's some of the problems with coal, here's how we fix those problems and go forward from there. there's certain people she is not going to woo and the coal industry has a very good friend in mitch mcconnell and that is why this is a close race. >> talk about mitch mcconnell, how unpopular is he in that state? he's in a close race. he's not running away with the race. >> he's not likable. they like that he has power and brings much to kentucky, but mitch mcconnell called into a sports radio talk show and asked who do you cheer for, kentuckyar

louisville and proceeded to berate the sports fans and get into an argument about why he couldn't answer about global climate change. mitch mcconnell has a big personality flaw that he's trying to get past. >> david and michael, that was fun. see you back here over the next couple weeks. >> tonight we focus on the environment and independent voters join us for vote 2014, at 8:30. >> schools are closed in a pennsylvania district after a suspected cop killer was seen nearby. the pocono mountain school district decided students should go home early today. a man moo might have been eric frein was spotted over the weekend and again yesterday.

parents found classes were canceled as they tried to drop their kids off. >> they merely said that the whole school districts is closed today. >> they could have called us last night to say hey, school's closed. i could still be laying in bed for another hour. >> police have been luking for frein for more than a month after he allegedly killed one state trooper and wounded another. >> wyoming state attorneys will not challenge a ruling striking down its gay marriage ban. don't expect a rush of weddings. wyoming is the nation's least popular state, only 700 gay couples of estimated to be in the state. >> workers tested and collar nateed water, but the g.p.s. in their cars said they were elsewhere. a brain eating mean i can't was found in the water supply. so far, no one has been infected. >> in colorado, an about face on

a possible man of edible marijuana. yesterday, health officials suggesting banning marijuana in food and drinks. amid outrage, they back tracked. several children have already been hospitalized for eating pot products. >> in a story update yesterday, the man who ran oh into a house fire after hearing screams has reunite with the man he saved. they met and shook hands yesterday, two days earlier, the man was driving by the fire when he jumped out of his car, ran into the burning home and carried him out. >> i seen the daughter or niece trying to help him out and he couldn't walk that well, so i just picked him up and carried him out. >> you helped me out of there and i told you let me down, i realized what he done. he helped me out tremendously. >> the modest man said he is not

a hero. >> he jumped out of his car. i didn't know that yesterday. he heard the woman screaming. >> coming up, we will get an update from yemen where al-qaeda has taken control of at least one city and the entire country has fallen into political chaos. >> a musician arrested on the subway leading to protest. some say it was an abuse of power. has made drastic changes >> the highlight of this is... eventually doing away with income taxes... >> the democratic challenger says, these policies aren't working >> we are trailing the states in our region >> can governor brownback win again? >> i think you spend your money better than the government spends it.. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al jazeera america

>> yemen security officials say 10 houthi rebels were killed as the battle with al-qaeda fighters and dough employed gunman in the capital despite a

peace agreement with the government of yemen. >> what's important and why they invade our province, it is al-qaeda and there are two fronts hiding the who theie, one is the al-qaeda fighting the houthis and tribes man hiding the houthis. in the town, al-qaeda fighters, as well as tribesman united and they are making gains. they control four districts from the outskirts of it, trying to repel any houthi advance. now everyone is talking to each other with the president, with the new prime minister to form a unity government to end the crisis. i to have tell you that winner in all of this would be the houthis, because there are unconfirmed reports that the hatties are in a powerful

position to gain at least six ministers in the new cabinet. this is not official. if that happens, it indicates the new power that this group has gained in my country. >> the u.s. ambassador to libya meets with the prime minister as violence in the troubled nation spirales out of control. deborah jones tweet a photo of her meeting in malta calling it an excellent exchange. in benghazi, the exchange in gunfire. >> police in montreal say a man who ran down two members of the canadian military with his car killing one had become radicalized. the man flipped his car during a police chase after hitting the two men on monday. police caught up with him, shooting and killing him. one of the soldiers died from his injuries today. the other suffered less serious

injuries. >> the royals and giants square off in game one of the world series. we have a preview next. >> coming up, china's economy isn't growing why it used to. why that's america's problem too. >> a week before halloween, what's scaring a lot of first time homebuyers away. all that and more on real main main real money.

>> video of a musician getting arrested has gone viral. new york city subway musicians say it highlights an abuse of power. they protested the arrest at a rally. >> people may not know new york city transit rules allow musicians to perform for donations so long as they don't interfere with transit. andrew sings and plays a guitar at train stations. he has been cited six times now.

this last time, he refused to back down. watch as the officer on the right wants him to leave. the musician directs him to the public transit rules on his phone. the officer reads out loud the part that said artistic performances are allowed, but decided to arrest him anyway. watch. >> >> you can arrest me, sir. >> get your stuff, you're being eject the. >> hey! hey! you can't do that! >> travelers are bag the officer. the video has been viewed now more than half a million times over the last three days. i called the new york city police department. they say they're aware of the video and it's under internal review. i spoke with the musician. he told me in his own way he was standing up for rights america

needs to protect. >> i was in the right and i will come out on top of all of this. that is wonderful. there are many places in the world where if the police tell you to do something, you better do it, and it feels great to live in a place where you can know your rights and stand up for them. we need to make sure that this place remains a place where that happens and that incidents like this don't happen anymore. >> just to make their point, colleen and other bus musicians held a rally at the platform where he was arrested. >> and they weren't hassled? no problem, no issues. >> no issues today. >> funny how that happens. appreciate it, thank you. >> the world series kicks off tonight between the san francisco giants and kansas city royals. the giants won it all just two years ago, but for the royals, the playoff run is 29 years in the making. is this destiny versus dynasty tonight? >> it looks that way.

others look at the series in terms of what it lacks as opposed to actually what it has. the world series is the countries oldest team championship event. historically it featured not only baseball's best teams, but best players to decide the ultimate champion. this year's fall classic falls short on both star teams and star players. >> for the first time since 2002, the world series will feature two teams who failed to win their divisions and mark the first time ever in a non-shortened season that both world series participants failed to win at least 90 games. unless you reside in the kansas city or san francisco areas, marge inial baseball fans may not have much reason to watch. there's a giants pursuing a title for the first time in three years. san francisco's game one starter is one of the rising young stars

of the game after his m.v.p. performance in the national league championship series. royals relieve pitcher is on the verge of doing something no other player has done in the history of the sport, appear in the college world series and major league world series in the same year. the best story line is the cinderella run of the kansas city royals, making its first postseason appearance since 1985. >> it's been a wonderful experience, i think not only for our players, but, you know, this is a fan base that has been longing for this for a long, long time. you knew that once we got to this point, it would be a very special relationship with our players and our fans. >> this rag tag bunch of youngsters ended that 29 year drought in dramatic fashion, by becoming the first team to ever start a postseason with eight straight wins and seven of those eight games have been within one run in the ninth inning and four having to extra innings.

>> the city has been waiting for this for a long time. the fact we're doing this in the fashion we are is tremendous. it's a special moment for us to be able to do that. >> if you go back to 1985, give you an idea of how long that was, book to the future was the top movie that year and windows was about to come out, courtesy of microsoft that november, windows 1.0. >> baseball is in decline, agree or disagree? >> disagree. >> ok. >> people are coming to the games, seventh highest total attendance this year in baseball history. the playoffs, t.v. ratings were up over last year. the question is small market kansas city, san francisco three hours away from the coast, what will this be for the series. >> baseball is too long. >> absolutely. you play too many games and the games are too long because of all the multiple pitching changes you have that you didn't have 50 years ago. you should watch. the world series is going to be

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