buildings. >> thank you very much for joining us, and that's it for me, but our special coverage of the attack on the canadian parliament continues here on aljazeera america. >> i'm not sure anybody could get that far in the capitol building but there are some weaknesses. down, interns get to park again there's another set of mag magna. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. ottawa attacked, gun fire in parliament. a canadian soldier is killed. the latest on the investigation. guilty verdict. american blackaward security guards convicted seven years after killing dozens of iraqis. treating ebola, a new serum made from the blood of survivors. the hopes and the risks. the autopsy, surprising new

details out of ferguson about michael brown's deaths. stopping abortion. shutting down a planned parenthood clinic in louisiana beforists even built. we begin with a still developing story out of ottawa tonight. we are awaiting a press conference from the canadian prime minister steven harper. we'll bring it to you when it happens. meantime, the police officer shot dead inside canadian parliament this morning. the suspect is michael zehaf bibeau. shot and killed by the house much commons sergeant at arms. just moments after a canadian soldier was shot to death at the national war memorial. the attack comes days after the murder of another canadian soldier. thomas drayton has more.

>> shots had been fired at the national war memorial and a ceremonial guard was immediately hit. just two minutes later multiple shots are heard at parliament hill. by 10:00 a.m. tactical teams arrive, and shooter running with a rifle. various reports emerge that a gunman is seen in a car. shortly before noon ottawa police report there are multiple shooters in the area. ottawa goes in the lock down mode. president obama is briefed and america does not go into raised level of security. 1:45 officials announced the guard who was first shot, corporal nathan cirillo died

from his wounds. an ottawa hospital is treating three patients, they have since been released. it is too early to know the mostly sunny of the crime but -- movies of thmotivation of the c. >> thomas drayton, thank you. white house placed in security when a person jumped the fence again. mike viqueria had to move inside because of security and he joins us live now. mike before we get to ottawa tell us what happened at the white house. >> you're right john it happened again a little over a month after omar gonzalez jumped the fence and made it all the way inside, another warehouse jumper. because of the prior event, security on hairtrigger, and let's face it because of the events that unfolded in ottawa

today. the person was able to overcome the bicycle racks, and over the wrought iron fence that is largely decorative. and run towards north portico. what didn't happen last time happened this time. steve washington who was outside the gate saw the dogs deploy and take this man down. the secret service confirms what steve saw, the man got over the fence and was apprehended by the dogs. there is a lock down at the white house at this moment, that's why i'm not there. >> other than the security, tighter security how is the white house reacting to these shootings in canada? >> well, the president was informed just as we heard from thomas, shortly after those events began to unfold by lisa monaco, his advisor, white house

reached out to canada to see what they could do, investigative help they could provide. then we heard president obama did in fact make a phone calm to his canadian -- phone call to his canadian counterpart, stephen harper. all the things you might expect, john. offered assistance. then later in the oval office, the president had this to say about the possibility this could be linked to terror. let's listen. >> we don't yet have all the information about what motivated the shooting. we don't have all the information about whether this was part of a broader network or plan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions. but it emphasizes the degree to which we have to remain vigilant when it comes to dealing with these kinds of acts of senseless violence. >> noing change to the threat

level -- no change to the threat level here in washington. one thing we've seen what's roughly parallel to the facility in ottawa, the war memorial, just across the river in arlington, is the tomb of the unknown soldier, the district of columbia has oversight over that facility. no additional security around washington but you can bet homeland security is keeping a close eye on what happened in ottawa. >> if you learn something more about the fence jumper we'll get back to you mike viqueria. the man being held a hero, kevin vickers is a sergeant at arms. 58-year-old fired the shot that killed michael zehaf bibeau. vickers is a former police officer, also worked for the royal canadian mounted police for 30 years.

ali velshi has more on security there and how it compares to capitol hill in washington. >> very much like airport security. you take stuff out of your pocket and go through metal detectors. while there isn't a sense of an armed presence around you in the way there typically is in the united states there are officers at all of these places. so you can't get into parliament, typically, without confronting armed officers. and as you saw in the cell phone video that everyone's been looking at today, clearly the minute this happened, there are rcmp and armed guards all over the situation. i will tell you after 2007, after an alleged -- it wasn't an alleged plot, it was a terrorist plot, there was discussion to arm guards more than they were. there was discussion they would get their batons, they were armed and got their batons but the man who pulled the trigger

was the sergeant at arms. just like in congress here, the sergeant at arms is a ceremonial position. this man was a 29-year veteran of the rcmp, the royal canadian mounted police, he was weapons dashes trained and armed. he was criticized for doing that back in 2007. >> ali velshi thank you. the canadian prime minister steven harper is addressing the country. >> my fellow canadians, for the second time this week there has been a brutal and violent attack on this soil. our thoughts and best wishes are with the family of nathan cirillo. he was killed today providing a royal guard to the memorial. that sacred place provides tribute to those who gave their

lives so we can live in a free democratic and safe s society. likely our thoughts are with patrice facon, who was killed by a i.s.i.l. terrorist. tonight we pray for the speedy recovery for those injured in this despicable attacks. foanl canadians, we have been remind of the private citizens and the first responders who came to provide aid to corporal cirillo as he fought for his life. rcmp, ottawa police, who came quickly at great risk to themselves to assist those of us close to the attack. fellow canadians, in the days to come we will learn more about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had. but these week's events are a

grim reminder that canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world. we are also reminded that attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of goftsd are by their -- governments are by their very nature, attacks on our values, on our society, on us as canadians as aa free and democratic country who intreas human dignity for all. we will not be intimidated. canada will never be intimidated. this will lead us to strengthen our resolve and redouble our efforts to take all necessary steps to identify and encounter threats and keep canada safe here at home just as it will lead us to strengthen our resolve and redouble our efforts to work with our allies around the world to fight against the

terrorist organizations with the hope of bringing their savagery to our shores. they will have no safe haven. today has been without question a difficult day. i have every confidence that canadians will pull together with the kind of firm solidarity that has seen our country through many challenges. together we will remain vigilant against those at home or abroad who wish to alarm us. for now, lorraine and ben and rachel and i join all canadians in praying for those touched by today's attack. may god bless them and keep our land glorious and free. >> that's canadian -- that's the canadian prime minister steven harper. talking about the attacks today, in capped. an-- in canada. while he was not specific, he said canada would not be intimidated by this violins and

canada will strengthen its resolve. reuben shake in canada, welcome. reuben what did you think of what the prime minister had to say? >> yes, this is you know expected. you know it's to give comfort, consolation and confidence to canadians. and i'm sure we will see a lot more information, of course, come out on the details of the attack and the case. but this is the kind of address that we would expect. >> but the word choices regarding this particular incident, and the way he delivered them, seemed to indicate more than just a random attack on parliament. how do you read it? >> yeah, i think more and more people are moving away from the random attack scenario. i did initially believe it to be a terrorist attack just given

the timing and the targets. and i think the foreign minister is also, had mr. baird, has mentioned or directly linked canada's combat mission in iraq to this attack. and you hear some of that in his speech as well, talking about we will be more resolved, you know, enemies or adversaries, domestic and abroad. this is all in context of the canadian forces mission in iraq. >> yeah, i mean he talked -- he did use the word terrorist or terrorism in his speech as well. it just strikes me that if he's talking about terrorism, he's talking about the country's strengthening its resolve against terrorism around the world that this is more than a random shooting. >> yeah, especially coming after the attacks on monday, on warrant officer vincent and now corporate cirillo.

they're obviously linked. there's clearly an extremist muslim convert scenario. and like many others they are not viewing these attacks as random or anything beyond what it is. it is i.s.i.s. sympathizers who have done what -- exactly what i.s.i.s. has called for them to do. >> so how big an issue is radicalization in canada? >> well, i mean considering you have about a million canadians, and at most, 100 who have gone overseas, that's just who have gone overseas. that doesn't include -- and that's a very small, a fraction of a percentage, there are no numbers really on sympathizers who are here or otherwise individuals who are happy at this. but i mean you know it's a problem relative to the population. it's no different really -- it is actually different than some other places. the u.k, australia, you know,

it's a problem that western countries are seeing wherever there is a muslim diaspora, especially young disenfranchised males in particular. >> reuben shake, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. four americans that worked in iraq as blackwater operatives, were convictof homicide. today the jury in washington, d.c. found one of the former security guards guilty of first degree murder. the other three voluntary manslaughter. the lawyer for one of the guards, evan liberty, says he is weighing his option he. >> ihe -- husband options. >> it's difficult to understand but i'm going to review our

option he with evan and i expect we're going to appeal and we're going to continue to fight vigorously. >> u.s. attorney in charge of the case released the statement saying he praised the verdict will bring some sense of comfort to the survivors. from baghdad, jane arraf has a story of one of the families and their fight for justice. >> reporter: it's taken seven years to bring the case to court. for hussein, it seems like yesterday. >> translator: we went to the place of the incident, we went to the square and saw bullets in the square and burnt cars. >> his older brother was driving taxi when guards from the private security firm known as blackwater blocked the street and started shooting. >> translator: i arrived at the hospital and saw three to four people dead already. and many injured. my brother was in very critical condition. he was shot in his lungs.

>> reporter: two years ago hussein and other families settled a civil suit out of court. he says after paying almost one-third of the settlement in legal fees each family received about $230,000. he said he wanted to see the men hang. >> they walk around freely as if they haven't conducted a crime at all. all of the victims' families were hurt to see them walking in the streets. >> reporter: when hussein and his cousin haydr were taken to the united states to testify in the trial, haydr said he was struck how kind the people were. he didn't think the guards represent all americans. for most people american soldiers killing civilians at checkpoints and security officers driving around with guns blazing is a distant memory but the blackwater killings here

left a course to change american history. when it came to leave a limited number of u.s. soldiers here anger over the killings played a large part in iraqi lawmakers insisting the troops leave. as dangerous as iraq has become most iraqis say they would rather take their chances than ever again allow foreign security forces to rule their streets. jane a arraf, al jazeera, baghd. >> michael brown'michael brown'.

>> new developments tonight in the search for 43 students who disappeared last month from a small town in southern mexico. the prime minister says the mayor of aqualla is a suspect as well as his wife and police chief. adam rainey reports. >> attack on the students and their subsequent appearance shows how the mayor has increasingly become one of the main suspects in this case.

on that night his wife had held an event in which she gave a report and in which many say she was launching her political career. now he had instructed police according to the attorney general not to let the students interrupt the event, the students had bin fundraising, for a national protest in mexico city. the mayor and his wife have not been seen in more than two weeks. considered fugutives from justice because they are wanted for questioning in the case. a total of nine mass graves have been found containing 30 bodies. in the city of i.gwalla protesters marched and lit the city hall on fire. it's a sign of aggravation from you traition and rage that continues -- frustration and rage, where these students are and whether they are alive or not. >> that's adam rainey reporting. there are more restrictions

being put into place to stop the ebola virus from entering the united states again. the cdc says travelers will face a 21 day screening period, covering visitors from liberia, guinea and sierra leone. ashoka mukpo has been treated in omaha nebraska since the beginning of the month. he left the hospital thanking folks are for caring for him. johnson and johnson says it plans to start testing a virus later this year. johnson and johnson has pledged $200 million to speed up production efforts and hopes to have some doses available by

spring, pending safety approval. amish adolvo joins us from pittsburgh. doctor, thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so in your mind does this serum work. >> so the vaccine we've got very good data in nonhuman primates, that this has been effective against ebola. what needs to be emphasized is a lot of these vaccines are great. it's not going to be a major player in this outbreak. we may be able to use these vaccines in a targeted fashion, but low tech efforts that have stopped ebola in the past, people shouldn't see this as a pan sepanacea. >> there is going to be a lot more money spent on several

experimental drugs, how do they decide which ones to use and which ones not to use? >> the overriding factor is, these are scarce products, we really haven't seen them ever used in humans before. when we have patients that consent to this, these are experimental, they have to have hospital approval the give them, it is not clear whether these are beneficial or not. they are not being studied in a randomized fashion. they will change the face of ebola outbreaks in the future. >> back to the serums and the blood transfusion. if this is going to be tried in west africa what are the challenges? >> if you are going to be using the blood transfusions in west africa, you have to be sure you can use them safely. you have to have the blood type, you need to be sure that it's

stored at the right temperature, you need oscreen for hepatitis b, hepatitis c, and side effects, look to see it's working. it is very challenging. there is some controversy whether thesing serums work. but we are throwing everything we can at these outbreaks. >> if there are vaccines available how difficult would it be to distribute it? >> there wouldn't be enough to vaccine west africa. they will probably prioritize certain groups, particularly health care workers. because they are at risk of getting the disease. quite a ways away from deciding how we are going to distribute the vaccine. >> do you get the -- i mean because we haven't had hard evidence, but we have seen people walk away from the hospitals, are these the people

that just simply survive the virus, or was it their treatment? >> it's hard to say because we don't know -- we don't have good clinical data from what's going on other than the american patients and the other european patients that have been treated in modern facilities. but we do know that supportive care, giving aggressive intravenous fluids is the key. >> in the last few months with ebola than we have in the last couple of years? >> definitely but i would say this all started around 2001 after the anthrax attacks, because ebola is a category a bioterrorist agent, right about to hit human trials when this outbreak occurred and this is a great opportunity to actually see them in action see the benefits of biodefense funding for normal public health problems. >> because these patients like mukpo walked out of hospitals,

have walked out of hospitals safely in the united states, should this send a message to people around the world that you can contain ebola? >> definitely. ebola is not 100% uniformly fatal. but it is 90% fatal depending what drain you're talking about. but the main thing these patients in the united states are getting is strong supportive care. we know people losing a lot of fluid with ebola, if you can keep up with iv fluids that may mean the difference between life and the death. >> doctor thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, gun laws, and what's being done to prevent california's san joaquin river from drying up.

>> this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. and coming up the latest on the shootings in canada that left one soldier dead and parliament on lock down.

plus the newly leaked autopsy report in the michael brown shooting and what it reveals. and big business, big religion in the battle against abortion in louisiana. the canadian capital remains on alert after a deadly shooting attack. police in ottawa say a male suspect was killed inside parliament. moments earlier a canadian soldier was shot dead at the national war memorial nearby. president obama has offered assistance to canada's government. investigating whether there is any link to terrorism. first, evidence on unarmed teen michael brown's shooting. jonathan betz is here with that.

>> john this autopsy report reveals this unarmed teen may have been hit at short range. this supports the police officer's report. 18-year-old michael brown had his hands up when he was shot by officer darren wilson. but the official autopsy report appears to suggest otherwise. the st. louis post dispatch asks two experts not associated with the case to review it. >> it seems at this point that it still may be excessive even though michael brown was near the car. why did he have to shoot him in the head. >> does not support witness claims that michael brown was shot while running away or with his hands up. witnesses say michael brown reached through the window and tried to grab his gun. evidence does support that there was a significant altercation at the car.

wilson said he fired twice during the struggle hitting brown in the hand. sources tell the post dispatch that brown's blood was found on wilson's gun. feared for his life when he fired more shots. three gunshot wounds to michael brown's head, two to his chest, another three ohis right arm and one to his right hand. sphreforensic, browb brown had s system at the time. >> we're looking for information that is from the autopsy and other scientific studies, that will allow us to eventually reach final conclusions. >> the private autopsy arranged by brown's family mostly agrees with the official report but that investigation said none of the gunshot wounds appear to be

fired at close range. >> i've been doing this almost 15 years now. it is very, very rare that a defendant is brazen to go grab an officer's gun. there is imminent and apparent deadly force. >> evidence of a third autopsy done 50 justice department have not yet been released. brown's family says the autopsy does not answer why the teen was shot even though he was more than 20 feet from the officer's car. the officer remains on paid leave while the grand jury determines whether he should be charged. john. >> thank you jonathan. john terret is live with the latest from ottawa. john. >> john good evening from ottawa which today at times has seemed more like an armed camp than a capital city. as we approach almost 12 hours since the shooting spree took place we are told by the royal

canadian mounted police in the city of ottawa athat the situation is still fluid, still in flux. large areas that were under lock down have been reopened again and we are told that where canadians call parliamentville they are reopening as well, barriers are coming down streets and barriers are reopening. the area around parliamentville people are told they must stay in and not come out tonight. now a few moments ago the prime minister of canada, steven harp he addressed the nation, it was a televised event, very short, put back several times, the reason for that was to get the wording absolutely right on this extraordinary occasion. prime minister harper used the terrorist word in public for the first time. >> fellow canadians in the days to come we will learn more about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had. but this week's events are a

grim reminder that canada is not immune to the kind of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world. >> reporter: prime minister of canada, steven harper. this evening we learned the name of the young reservist that was shot, corporal nathan cirillo, according to his facebook page he was an outdoor enthusiast and loved animals. the name of a gunman who was shot in the central parliament complex. they are not linking this death with whoever shot corporal cirillo, but nonetheless a person who was shot was michael zehaf bibeau. we are learning he had a number of criminal convictions, one in quebec, one in vancouver we are told, he was known to the

federal authorities he was on a watch list and may have had his passport confiscated as well. john. >> thank you, john terret. sheila macvicar is in washington, d.c. now. sheila what have you been learning from your contacts about this shooting? >> john, a lot of attention is focused on the identity of the shooter, the man killed in the halls of parliament this morning. we do know as john was just saying there that not only does he have criminal records mostly for small scale drug possession and probation violations, we also know that he is on the watch list, that he is one of 90 canadians who have been identified by the security services in canada as being a potential risk to travel to syria to fight with i.s.i.l. because of that, we are told he has had his passport confiscated sometime in the last few weeks. now, what makes this very interesting, of course, is not

only what he did today, in ottawa, which has been truly shocking for those in canada and in ottawa, but it also draws comparisons to what happened just two days ago, in a community south of montreal where a man very much like this shooter a very similar kind of profile, someone who had been on the watch list, someone whose passport was confiscated because he was deemed to be at risk of traveling to syria, took his car and rammed it into two canadian soldiers, killing one, the police eventually killed that man but again this sort of speaks to the question of a different kind of threat. not so much a lone wolf but someone who has been inspired and desired to fight with i.s.i.l. and now perhaps has been looking at i.s.i.l. videos online which have been calling on fellow travelers if you will to commit terror acts no matter how crude against especially military members in canada and in the united states.

that's obviously something that's drawing a lot of attention here in the united states. it is something that has raised security already in canada with authorities being told they should not wear their uniform in public and there's a risk of further attack perhaps and even the ceremonial guard, at the senate war memorial in ottawa, we are being told for the moment that ceremonial guard will be suspended. john. >> i know you'll be covering this on "america tonight," at the top of the hour. sheila macvicar thank you very much. allen schauffler is in portland, oregon tonight with more on the canadians and their guns. allen. >> john what we've found is the gun control environment in canada is dynamic, evolving and very different from what we have here in the u.s. for instance, licenses to carry concealed weapons common here are almost never issued in canada. at the same time, the country

has a strong national history of a long gun ownership, that is, ownership of shotguns and rifles used in hunting and wilderness protection. a lot of people we spoke with say they feel a need to work to protect what they consider a right to own and shoot the firearms of their choice. the royal canadian mounted police say 1.96 million people hold legal firearms licenses and put the gun told nationwide at just under 10 million. with each canadian gun owner averaging more than five firearms each. donald has a dozen. >> it's a passion. those of us that are in it are passionate about it. >> reporter: but canada's leading gun rights organization coughs at those numbers -- scoffs at those numbers, saying there could be more than that. >> there are tens of millions of firearms that will never be

registered. >> an extensive effort to register all long guns in the country rifles and shotguns was abandoned two years ago, the eventually cost more than $1 billion, 500 times the 2 million government originally predict pend cgi, the company hired to run that system, was the same handling the health care.gov website in the u.s. a victory for canadian gun rights advocate, a defeat for gun control groups. >> the data we already had on those weapons have been decide outside of quebec and that's very disturbing to me. >> reporter: guns fall into three classes, unrestricted, the long guns for hunting and shooting, prohibited, the short barreled handguns and fully automatic guns. >> these three are all

prohibited and the rest of them are restricted. the special license required, cannot get that license anymore. you had to own those guns when the law was passed. >> some of the country's worst mass shootings, in montreal, and more recently in 2006, are still legal to own, light semi automatic rifles for target shooters. at no point will you actually load and fire an operating gun. for safety dummy ammunition is used and the guns won't shoot. then the law requires trigger locks and an opaque container placed out of sight in a vehicle. there's a separate license just for transportation and you need license to buy ammunition. gun homicide totals here have remained fairly stable for the last 15 years at about 178 a year as population grows.

by comparison, the annual u.s. gun homicide average is about 11,500, nearly eight times the canadian rate based on population. in a canadian charter of rights and freedoms guns are never mentioned leading some to call gun ownership here an earned privilege not a specifically guaranteed right. that of course part of the evolving discussion in canada on gun control. add what happened in ottawa today with the shooting and killing of three royal canadian mounted police officers in nu brunswick this summer and it is fairly certain gun control will be part of the canadian discussion. john. >> allen schauffler. thank you very much. then the battle over abortion, played out on several fronts. in new orleans a push by business leaders to stop a

planned parenthood office before it gets built. jonathan martin. >> good evening, john. a lot of the debate has centered around this construction site in new orleans. planned parenthood had planned to built a facility in new orleans but construction has stopped because of religion politics and one of the city's most influential voices speaking out. >> new orleans is the biggest small city. this city is built on relationship. >> with more than 100 employees river parish disposal is one of the city's top waste disposal facilities. brother fronmeier says they have been getting into a tense debate over abortion rights. >> i've gotten 50, 60 a day,

some of the local letters coming in from current customers we service talking about how they want to cancel their service with us. >> people were outraged his business had contract ed to haul trash from a new construction site. >> but i didn't know what the construction company was building. >> reporter: the project was for a planned parenthood clinic in new orleans said to be the company's first office in the state to do abortions. criticism intensified over the summer from protesters called out contractors for working with planned parenthood. >> i pray for you every day you and your family y'all need to go to church and scriptures and stuff like that. >> reporter: but then one of the city's largest and most flurninfluential businesses weid in. the catholic church. any company working with the planned parenthood cling was, quote, cooperating with evil. urged are catholics not to focus

on hot button issues like abortion and gay marriage. >> how much influence did it have on your company? >> let me tell you, it had a huge impact.the archbishop controls all the 36t catholic schools. it's huge. >> the archdiocese has spent tens of millions in the communities. owning schools and universities and including several frommeyer does business with. >> the risk of losing a lot of customers, risk of losing a lot of friends. putting my employees at jeopardy because my downfall of my company. >> the head of the construction company which hired frommeyer let hymn quit the job at planned parenthood, that working at the clinic was just a job. >> i kind of understand it to that aspect but i don't like backing an boorks clinic.

>> it seems clear others fear retribution. the project has been idle for four months. planned parenthood told al jazeera contractors had been bullied harassed and intimidated but it still plans to build the clinic and see patients next years. >> respect, relationships and beliefs all mean more than motor. brother fro frommeyer says he ws to run his business and steer clear of religion and politics. john another key portion of this debate in louisiana centers around a new state law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles of their clinics. that is a law that could shut down all but one of the clinics, that is on hold in federal court as it has been challenged by several doctors.

john. >> louisiana is one of the states considered battle grounds. the tight senate race there will help determine whether republicans take control of the senate. alexis levinson, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> you have three candidates including the incumbent mary landrieu. do you think there's a runoff? >> seems pretty sure there's going to be a runoff, you have to have over 50% on election day and with three candidates it seems unlikely that one will pull that off. >> talk about mary landrieu. >> because louisiana is such a republican leaning state she has definitely held somewhat more conservative positions. she considers herself a moderate democrat.

that's definitely the personna she's putting out there. her relationship with the oil and gas industry which is a huge industry in louisiana, she is chairman of the natural resources and energy committee in the senate. and they really like her. because she, a lot of democrats tend to be more friendly to environmental intrefghts instead of oil and gas interests. she is really friendly with the oil and gas industry and they're actually -- >> when you say they really like her what do you mean? >> they're supporting her campaign actively. >> with money? >> yes, i believe it's two to one what they're giving her republican opponents. they are generally supporting republicans in the hopes that republicans will take back the senate but they are also supporting her because if democrats do hold the senate they would like her to be chair of the committee. >> what role has president obama

played in this one? >> republicans would like him to be playing a really big role. they have spent time to tie tie landrieu to everything he has done. they want to say that landrieu is tied to the obama administration, and with everything he has done. he's really unpopular there so that's a good strategy for them. >> the fact that the keystone pipeline has not been built, even though she's strong for gas and oil -- >> she has been stouting her clout in washington that she is chairman of that committee. and one of the things republicans push back with is, they say well but you haven't gotten the keystone pipeline passed and that's something the oil and gas industry really

wants and that would be good for louisiana's economy. and she you know, probably not her fault that it hasn't been passed, obviously there's been a lot of gridlock in the senate but -- >> does she support the pipeline? >> she does support the pipeline, yes. >> and so you think it's going to be close. so if there hadn't been a tea party candidate in this race, would mary landrieu be ahead? >> actually if there hadn't been a tea party candidate in this case, bill cassidy would just win on election day. because when you look at the polls of the cassidy vs. landrieu, the expected runoff, he's ahead by three points. so really, manna seems to be pulling most of of his votes from cassidy. >> it's not over until it's over but we'll watch to see if there's a runoff. alexis, thanks for being on.

>> thanks for having me. >> california's san joaquin river, it has bigger problems than just the drought. pan.

>> california's san joaquin river irrigates the bread basket. bringing water to arable land but the river is in trouble. >> on a late summer day this

family is fishing for river along the san joaquin river. chances are they won't catch anything. the second largest and longest river is dying. topping the list of the most endangered rivers. >> it's really low. >> to find out why, i met with conservation expert john kane. >> the reason the river is in such bad shape today it simply does not get enough water to be a healthy river. >> why is that? >> it doesn't get enough water to be a healthy river because so much water is diverted for agriculture. >> california's central valley is home to the nation's bread basket. crops that grow here help to feed the world. 700 million acres of irrigated farmland. the river and its tributaries are dammed 73 times. water siphoned from the san

joaquin helps irrigate harry's citrus orchard. >> when it was decided that the water was going to be diverted to go south to benefit a tremendous amount more people, and grow crops that go all over the world. you could say that it was that, that killed the river. >> every day, people drive right over the san joaquin river. but what you can't see from the bridge is that there's no water here and there hasn't been for years. you come down the slope and you look this way, this was once the mighty san joaquin river. at one time there was enough water to carry steam boats 80 miles upriver all the way to fresno. now you'll see plenty of sand, some shells and a couple of foot prints. the waters are so low, the once legendary migration of salmon

has reduced to practically nothing. the effort to stock the river has gone without results. >> he's a pretty little guy. >> my backyard is this river, i get to make a living off of it. it would be very detrimental to see it deteriorate any more than it is now. there are a lot of political forces that would rather have the water for farms and not worry about the river. we're asking the state water board to stand up for river. >> les gruber is with the state water board. >> why hasn't more been done? how has it been allowed to get othis point? >> everyone wants this to happen quickly. in the end there will be many people that will not like the specific answer. but what we're going to do in this process is make sure that we're relying upon the best science for the protection of fish and wildlife and balance it again with the uses for

agriculture. >> scefertionists like john-z conservationists like john kane say, the river can balance those needs. >> the river can be saved. the plan calls for 25% of the river's natural flow to stay in the river. >> that may be a hard sell, the historic drought, and the fish that so many rely on. >> coming up on our broadcast at 11, 8:00 eastern time, the ebola. what las vegas is selling for $150,000. plus you know him from the sopranos, how fredericko carlucci is becoming famous in the art world. 8:00 pacific, 11:00 eastern

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