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rocket explosions robbed him of what little hearing he had. now heats listening to music for the first time. at 18 he never had a job. now he wops to get one. his dream to work for the afghan government. >> lots more on aljazeera.com. bold move - the governors of three states ordering quarantines for health care workers returning from west africa. could a federal mandate be next? plus trying to make sense of a tragedy as another teenager opens fire inside his high school killing a classmate and then himself. [ explosion ] u.s.-led air strikes pummel i.s.i.l. in syria as the battle
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for kobane wages on. floodwaters racing through the streets of athens filling houses and leaving cars stacked on top of one another. >> good morning to you. welcome to "al jazeera america". thank you for spending your morning with us. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. this week new york new jersey and illinois are taking extra precautions to save guard against the spread of ebola. chicago o'hare became the third airport to mandate quarantine for any health workers. new jersey imposed the same policy in friday. it came after the first ebola case in new york city. dr craig spencer is in isolation in bellevue hospital. the first person to capture ebola on u.s. soil has been declared ebola free.
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nina pham left hospital. ross shimabuku joins us. why are official doing it now? >> it is to contain the spread of ebola. friday, new york governor and new jersey governor chris christie ordered a mandatory 21 day garden each for medical -- guarantee each for medical workers who had contact with ebola patients in west africa. patients were subject to cdc screenings screenings, but the news of craig spencer lead to vigorous protocol. >> a ride on the train can affect hundreds of people. several thousand of individuals. we believe it is appropriate to increase screening for people coming from infected countries. we informed the cdc of our
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intentions, and they agreed that states have the rights to establish their open guidelines. those quarantined will be staying in their homes and receive visits from health officials. officials say a nurse quarantine the at newark on friday developed a fever and was taken to a newark hospital. doctors say this morning her test results were negative for ebola. the woman arrived after treating ebola patients in sierra leone, and she was not experiencing symptoms when she landed. doctors at bellevue are monitoring dr craig spencer. he will be in isolation and be there until ebola free. craig spencer rode the subway took a car service, wept bowling, visited a coffee shop and ate at a restaurant a week
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after offering from guinea. doctors without borders do self-monitoring. they are not required to self-quarantine. up until the airport guidelines they were free to go wherever they pleased. the president addressed this case in new york. we'll hear from him coming up at 8:00. >> thank you ross shimabuku the first person to contract ebola on u.s. soil returned to texas, ebola free. nina pham was welcomed back by her father and fellow workers. she made a return though the white house, a symbolic move showing if she hugged the president, america was safe. >> i'm fortunate and blessed to stand here today. i'm on my way back to recovery as a reflect on how many others have not been fortunate.
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>> nina pham contracted the virus while treating thomas eric duncan in texas. her co-worker, amber vinson has been cleared. in mali a 2 ireland baby has died -- 2-year-old baby died of ebola. the baby travelled from guinea to mali just over a week ago in the next hour fears and misconceptions about ebola virus. how west africans are dealing with backlash as cases turn up on men soil a -- american soil. a grief-stricken community came together to honour victims of a shooting in seattle. a homecoming freshman killed one, injuring four others before committing suicide. officials say more need to be done about school shootings,
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starting with mental health evaluations. >> it's time for us as a country, nation and city to look at values and determine what we are going to do. how we are going to do and help those that need help. they say he killed a classmate. four injured are being treated in a local hospital sacramento police arrested a man accused of a car jacking and shooting spree. he used a rifle to gun down three southern californian deputies two died. a person with marquez, believed to be his wife was arrested. he was found hiding in a house base and they used tear gas to flush him out. one of the two car jackers was shot grim news for the family of hannah gram.
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remains have been identified as the 18-year-old college sophomore pictured here. she discovered mere her campus in virginia. jessie matthews is under arrest charged with her ab duck. she was -- abduction she was last seen with him before disappearing. the state department is calling for an having after an american was culled in the west bank. a 14 yoorl was killed during -- 14-year-old was killed during clashes on friday. they say he was carrying a molotov cocktail. he's the second teenager to be killed. protests began after palestinian taxi driver slammed into a group of residents killing a 3-month-old girl. 31 soldiers were killed in two separate attacks on the sinai peninsula, most in a car
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bomb. no one claimed responsibility. an emergency meeting with his defense team president abdul fatah al-sisi announced the army and police would take all measures necessary to stop terrorism. special forces are searching for rebel hideouts. >> a u.s. drone strike killed at least 10 suspected fighters in southern yemen, where rebels are trying to seize territory. the u.s. acknowledged using drones and the last-known strike took place in august. a security situation in yemen is deteriorating and there are fears that the country is subsiding into civil war. >> kurdish fighters are being helped by u.s. air strikes. these are images on a strike on a hill on friday. a few minutes later kurdish forces moved in and recaptured the territory. a u.n. -- iran executed a woman
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for killing a man she said was trying to sexually abuse her. 26-year-old reyna was executed in a tehran prison after spending seven years behind bars. there was a large call to save her. she said she was acting in self-defence. iran ranks second in the world for the most executions carried out last year ukrainians will head to the poll on sunday. it's been a dush u leapt year for ukraine. in february the former president was overflown. part of the country joined russia. the rebelseneded a ceasefire a few days ago. barnaby phillips claims how the
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current president is trying to rebuild the got. >> these elections take mace at a difficult time in ukraine's history. the president is not taking party, they are parliamentary. opinion polls suggest his party is leading and that he will be able to form some form of new coalition which he says will be a stronger more reformist, pro-e.u. kind of government. pane of the people here in kiev who took part in what they see as a revolution have been frustrated in the mons since. they -- months since. they have seen old figures, and see those with a visited interest in the old corrupt way of doing things. we will not see a turn around of who is represented in the iranian parliament. president viktor yanukovych's
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party, the party of the regions is no pore. former supporters regrouped, and they have significant support in the east. signs are that they will get back into parliament. whoever form the new government has enormous challenges - a shrinking economy, the change of bringing peace to the east xils restoring ukraine's territorial integrity. >> according to the u.n. 37 hundred have been killed in you -- killed since april 217 seats are up for grabs for more than 100 different parties. tunisia is the arab springs sole success story. the threat of violence hangs over the election. more police will be on hand to protect the voters. people there's major flooding across south-east europe. it's time for a check on the
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forecast with meteorologist dave warren. >> the storm causing the flooding is hurricane gonzalo, this is what looked like making land fall over bermuda, moving over the cooler waters transitions and interacts with a large area and split from the main flow over europe causing gale force wind. it's a slow-moving storm moving across greece causing a lot of flooding. you get the slow moving storms this is what's heavy rain over the same area streets turn into rivers and this is a major area of flash flooding pushing them up against buildings. a lot of damage in that area of low pressure. the not moving caused all of this damage. major flash-flooding reporting. the storm moved off, we are seeing improvement. here is another area of low pressure, it's across the north-west. and you see the spin moving up
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into oregon and washington pulling in a lot of moisture not getting it. there's a drought situation in california a lot of rain and snow gusty winds as well. there's a threat for severe weather. the other day we could see severe weather today. damaging wind and this is snow coming down in the higher elevations. we are seeing the rain snow and wind. that will be the big problem over the next 24 hours. >> thank you so much. >> a live look at roam this morning. where -- rome where union organizers are marching against labour reforms. thousands filled the square in the city. they are waving flags, blowing whistles and are calling for job jurt joy. rensa won election on promses to -- promises to change rules on austerity stay tuned.
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a fitting honour for the victim of this week's shooting in ottawa ontario of the thousands of canadians lined the streets for the procession of his hearse sijing the canadian -- singing the canadian national anthem a stand off impacting the tourism industry in hong kong. >> the first time i walked into the space, the theatre, i thought it was daunting. it was really in bad shape a multi-million dollar renovation under way in new york city. the task of restoring a majestic theatre to its original glory. >> development go anywhere -- don't go anywhere.
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lining the streets friday night cheering and serenading reservist nathan cirillo as a motorcade returned his body to his home town. the 23-year-old was gunned down standing guard at the canadian national war memorial. the shooter michael zehaf bibeau was shot and killed in the parliament. nathan cirillo is expected to get a fuel regimental funeral this tuesday. good morning and welcome back to "al jazeera america". thank you for joining us i'm morgan radford. new york city's police complfr is calling a hatchet attack an act of terrorism. two rookie cops were attacked before being shot to death thompson was inspired by terror groups and his recent online activity included visiting sites of al qaeda protests in south-west mexico as residents mark one month since the abduction of 43
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students. members of a teachers union broke window setting fire to a building and are upset that officials have not located the missing students. they disappeared after an attack by local police in iguala. the incident left six dead and 25 injured tensions boarded in north and south korea, where a group of activists hoped to launch balloons with anti-north propaganda leaflets. things didn't go to plan. >> after a day-long stand off, it seems that an attempt to launch leaflets to north korea ended. the group of people opposing this happening, a mixture of residents in the area that saw machine-gun fire coming from north korea into the area a couple of weeks ago when another balloon launch happened and left wing activists won the day. they followed the balloon leaflet ears. the police tried to separate
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them. at one point somebody from that group managed to get the box of leaflets and scatter them in the brush around here. north korea had been consistent in saying that the action if it happened would be equivalent to a declaration of war, necessitating a military response. south korea, the government has been trying to stop the activists from launching the balloons saying that they have no legal basis to stop them. what happened has been a stand off between the two groups of opposed south korean activists, the police playing referee, and presumably the south koreans trying to arrange high-level talks with north korean counterparts for thursday won't be too dissatisfied with how things turned out. >> this is the third time in weeks that activists launched or tried to launch the balloons. student protesters were getting ready to end a month-long movement. things have been calm but
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thousand of demonstrators were camped out on city streets, blocking major interrkss. the vote coming after officials great to meet students demand for left involvement of china in elections. it doesn't appear to be affecting tourism. >> there may be fewer student demonstrators, but the protest site is attracting visitors of a different kind. >> look around. travel warnings have been issued in some countries, but tourists are unphased by the protests emanueling like a permanent fixture in the streets of hong kong. it is massively impressive. i hope they achieve something. >> isabelle made the trip from the u.k. they saw police protesting going ahead with a visit.
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it probably wouldn't affect them. hong kong relies on mainland china for most of his tourism dollars. last year more than 40 million arrivals - that's 75% of visitors much. >> the visit was planned six months ago. that's why we came. they planned trips ahead. not all mayland visitors agree with the students' approach much >> translation: they don't have the right to occupy the road and shouldn't inconvenes citizens. >> translation: it would never happen in mainland china. >> this is one of the busiest shopping districts in the city particularly for mainland visitors who come to cause way bay. protests are having an impact on retail sails. >> that estimated impact is only
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slight. the international bank ubs forecast the worst case scenario translates to a loss of 0.1% of hong kong's g.d.p. so far hotels in hong kong have not reported noticeable increase in cancellations. coming up bringing a forgotten piece of history back to life. we take you inside the $94 million renovation of a majestic theatre into new york city left to fall into disrepair. and at 8:00, an amazing story helping hundreds of people in afghanistan here for the first time. wait until you see what happens.
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a live look at the sun rising over washington d.c. with the dome of the capital building is surrounded by scaffolding due to a renovation project. welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford. and to dave warren. >> sun rising. >> beautiful. >> the storm clearing up. a different case in the west, the storm moving in. one moving out of the north-east, one out of the north-west. powerful storm. you can see it on the satellite. there's a lot of moisture pulled in. it's going over washington and
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oregon. mainly northern california we'll have rain it's cold enough to see rain and snow. the storm seeing the spitting here a powerful area of low brochure here comes the rain over 24 hours, that's where we'll see the heavy rain snow. and it's windy. a powerful area of low pressure. wind gust and damage there's a risk for a storm across the north-west. there's rain moving north, and the storm moving into california. it will turn to snow in the higher peaks. there's a lot of wind advisories. high wind warnings and watchers that's the darker tan colour and wind advisories. strong wind gusts in the higher peaks. the right areas, that's the red flag warning, not much rain. increase in wind speed could cause problems with the fire weather situation.
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as the storm moves across the mountains, approximately pull up a lot of warm air, temperatures climbing into the 80s kansas city found its mojo and after losing game 1 of the world series the royals won two in a row. beating the san francisco giants 3-2 friday night, and kansas city has a 2-1 lead, two games away from a world series title since 1985. game 4 is tonight in san francisco after more than 35 years of neglect, one of new york city's biggest theatres is getting a long overdue face limit. we caught up with the people bringing the king theatre back to life a retired school teacher is known as mr brooklyn. he loved here his life and fought to present every piece of its history. >> look at that. that is really something. >> one to the holds a special
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place in ron's hear the king theatre. >> the first time i came to the kings theatre was in 1959. my wife and i were married. this was not a mvi theatre, but a movie palace. you felt like royalty. the columns, shanked leers -- shanked leers, the 80 foot ceiling, it was immense and mag nif sement. >> built in 1929 it staged vaudville, hosted concerts and showed the big films of the era. the king goodnight cout last the blackout -- outlast the blackout and economic woes. decades of neglect took its toll. >> the first time i walked into the space, the theatre, i thought it was so counting.
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it was really in bad shape the restoration took a team of hundreds of people three years. when the rises in jan -- when the curtain rises in january, thousand will be able to see the outcome. >> the buildings are incredible treasures, so many destroyed. i can't tell you how excited we are to have the people walk by on the outside of the doors open a little bit, and they are dying to sneak in and take a look. this is so important to the community. i think 94 million is a bargain to have a treasure like this back. >> his partner hopes the revival can revive the rest of the neighbourhood. >> theatres do it like no other sports facilities. it brings communities together. they bring people together.
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they look around and say what else can we do here. >> at least one person will be here when the curtain rises again. >> the kings theatre - bringing back memories for my wife and me but new memories for people that have never been here before. >> new memories for a theatre ready for a close up. >> the king theatre is one of five palaces built by lowes, three are used by churches and another as a performing art center. >> coming up at 8:00 - clearing the air about the risk of ebola. a community facing backlash as the outbreak continues in their homeland. >> were you put into an anmel pen? >> yes. >> inside a breakaway aimish community in ohio. how the group's leader ruled with an iron fist and some are defending him plus he's a combat veteran
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and war time amputee and now on the cover of men's health. check him out. we speak to him live next. keep it here i'm back with you for the 8 o'clock hour of al jazeera. >> their participation is really important in changing our political system >> and what, if anything can be done to stop china's tightening grip on the wealthy city people and power hong kong: occupy central only on al jazeera america
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plus he's a combat veteran >> there's no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. this morning three states taking drastic measures to stop the sprod of ebola. why -- spread of ebola. why it can worsen the situation in west africa as new york's mayor tries to bring calm. >> darth have aeder on the -- vader on the pallet as voters -- pallet in ukraine
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one of the volcano that created hawaii threatening to destroy part of it. a town in the line of liquid fire and a leap of faith. the company behind a record-setting sky dive from the edge of outer space. >> we believe it is appropriate to increase current screening procedures for people coming from affected countries. >> new york governor como and new jersey governor chris christie announcingeing stricter travel measures for travellers returning from west africa. i'm morgan radford, this is al jazeera america medical workers returning to illinois new york and new jersey from west africa will be put under mandatory quarantine if they had contact with ebola patients. this comes two days after dr craig spencer became the very first confirmed case of that
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virus in new york city. joining us for more on the concerns is ross shimabuku. why do officials feel compelled to make the move? >> simply put, this is about containing the spread of ebola. both governors felt that federal officials were not doing enough. they decided to go above and behind guidelines. the screening process seems to be working. another healthcare worker was put into isolation and tested for ebola. >> reporter: the doctors without borders nurse is treat at university hospital in newark new jersey arriving from africa. by evening she spiked a fever. the nurse was the first to be ordered into quarantine under new rules imposed by governors said of new york for ebola medical workers returning from west africa. >> a travel arrived at north liberty, a healthcare worker
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with a history of treating patients with ebola in west africa but with no symptoms. the department of health made a determination that a quarantine order should be lifted. >> strict our rules contradict the government which did not impose a quarantine for arriving ebola health care workers. voluntary quarantine no. it's almost an oxy moran to me. >> we informed the c.d.c. of our intention, and they agreed that states have the right to establish guidelines. >> the disagrees insists it has already stepped up screening procedures but is sidestepping questions on a mandatory quarantine for ebola health care workers. >> i would strongly encourage anyone who is concerned about the situation to focus on the facts. >> the governor's move coming after reports that dr craig spencer road the subway and went bowling after arriving from
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working with ebola patients in africa. concerns about spencer's movement came up about a house most where republicans blasted the administrations lack of quarantine for medical workers. >> you can transfer via sweat. that secretion could hold the ebola virus for some time correct. >> so the bowling alley is being cleaned out of an abundance of caution. >> dr craig spencer's apartment was cleared. and new york city mayor bill de blasio rode the subway to show workers there was nothing to worry about. >> i think it was a little irresponsible for him to run around when he knew he had come from those circumstances. >> i don't think there'll be an outbreak that's not the panic kind of thing. >> i would not like to take the subway no. >> test results show that the nurse held in isolation in new
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jersey came back negative for ebola. many experts are against a mandatory guarantee each saying it would be a disincentive for health care workers to go to africa if they have to be quarantined for 21 days on return president obama weighed in on ebola during his weekly address. what did he say. >> president barack obama said a decision on a 21 day mandatory quarantine will be based on science, not fears. and praised new yorkers for going about their business. >> we have to be guided by the science. we have to be guided by the facts, not fear. yesterday new yorkers showed us the way. they did what they do everything - scrumping on buses, riding the subway crowding the elevators, gathering in work and barks. the spirit determination to carry on is part of what makes
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new york a great city of the world. that is what all draw upon as americans, as we meet the challenge together. >> we can beat the disease and reiterate that the best way to stop ebola in america is to stop it at its source in west africa. >> thank you so much in mali a 2-year-old baby died from ebola. dozens of people have been quarantined after they were exposed to the toddler after a high risk period. they travelled on a bus from guinea to mali and was the first case of ebola. speaking of the first, the first person to contact ebola returned to texas ebola free. fan was -- nina pham was great by her father and co-workers. yesterday she made a detour to the white house, a symbolic move showing if she can hug the president, the american public
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is safe. nina pham was released after five tests came back negative. >> i'm fortunate and blessed to stand here. i'm on my way back to recovery as a reflect op how many others have not been so fortunate. >> pham contracted the virus while treating thomas eric duncan in texas. doctors say the co-worker has also been clear of ebola. >> 60 army soldiers are headed to west africa and troops from the 53rd transportation bettalion over see the transport of medical supplies. they do not have contact with ebola patients. soldiers trained on the use of personal equipment. we take you inside a community called little new york. the stigma attached to ebola is causing more concern than the virus. and we talk to a doctor from the
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mt sinai school of medicine. washington police are investigating why a student wept on a shooting spree. home coming prince killed one stup injured -- student, injured four others before committing suicide. locals say more needs to be done about school shottings -- shootings, starting with mental health evaluations. >> it's time as a nation did city to look at what is -- nation and city to look at what is going on look ot our values and those that need help. >> he killed a female classmate and the four student injured are being treated at a local hospital meant sacramento area police arrested a man accused of carr jacking. he used a rifle to gun down
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three californian departmenties. two died. another with marquez was his wife. she was arrested also. he was hiding in a house base. police used tear gas to flush him out one of two car-jacked is in serious condition. >> an attack on officers was called an act. terrorism. two rookie cops were attacked and he was shot to death. online activity included visiting sites focussed on i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. >> most of his activity and expoirge appears to -- exposure appears to be through the internet. he sent extensive time by himself in his bedroom and was a loper -- loner. thompson served in the navy and had a history of run-ins.
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>> remains found last week in virginia wood belonged to missing college student hannah gram. officials confirmed the identification on friday. the 18-year-old had been missing since september 13th. she disappeared near her campus at the university of virginia. jessie matthew is under arrest and charged with her abduction. gram was last seen with him before she disappeared. >> israel and the palestinian territories are on the edge after israeli forces killed a palestinian american teenager. an army spokesman said they killed a 14-year-old because he threw a molotov cocktail. he is the second teenager to be killed by an israeli military in the past week. riots have been going on in recent days beginning after a palestinian driver slammed into a group of pedestrians, killing
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a 3-month-old israeli-american girl. islamic state of iraq and levant or i.s.i.l. is in control of large portions of syria and iraq. the international coalition is determined not to let one town fall into i.s.i.l.'s hand. bernard smith reports on the battle for kobane. [ explosion ] >> reporter: u.s. air strikes on a small hill to the west of kobane occupied for two days by fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant. after this kurdish fighters took back cell. in full view of the world's media, it is a test for the u.s. strategy against i.s.i.l. a strategy that relies an air strikes and il-equipped forces on the ground. a u.s. failure here may prompt questioning of its plan. >> if they were to fail it would look bad for the u.s. coalition, it would look good for i.s.i.l.
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i think the attention the other towns didn't get. because of its location because it was in a dip. you can see the attacking forces and you can see from the safety of turkey what is going on. >> the battle a being played out in front of an audience of kurds - turkish and syrian. turkey is hosting 200,000 refugees from kobane but refused to allow weapons through to the town for fear they could be used by separatist minded kurds in turkey. >> kurd in kobane are fighting for kurds over the world. kobane fights for kurdistan. >> reporter: the intense fighting is destroying kobane. on on emergency air drop of weapons by the u.s. helped to keep what is left of the towns in kurdish hands. after that did turkey agree to
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let around 200 peshawar forces join the battle against i.s.i.l. they are yet to arrive. >> turkey has been a reluctant partner in the battle against i.s.i.l. largely because the government believes the regime of bashar al-assad is a big threat. it wants washington to add bashar al-assad to its target list. it won't. turkey is yet to difficult permission to the u.s. making use of military bases, buses that believe would significantly help the campaign against ril. bernard smith on the turkey syrian border. a u.k. based syrian observatory said us-type of fighters killed 400 i.s.i.l. fighters. roads became rivers. the greek capital swept away cars and flooded roadways. massive rain fall are remnants
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from hurricane gonzalo. home owners and businesses had a mess of clean up. look at that. reports of dozens of flooded homes and cars. they may be the remnants of a tropical storm. this is a hurricane gonzalo, the aftermath. >> once it's an area of low pressure it's still a storm. they watched this thing, moving up the mid-atlantic coach. making land fall. that's why it was a hurricane. in the cooler waters it's an area of low pressure spinning around it cutting off, moving over europe and sitting over parts of greece and italy. the slow-moving storm was an area of low pressure from hurricane gonzalo. it caused a lot of problems. that led to the flooding and roadways. this is what it looked like when you get the heavy rain.
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that's when you get the demrash flooding. the storm didn't move fast enough. there's a lot of moisture and it continues to spin. we are watching a storm in the north-west. it's spinning off the coast of california. rain and snow. look at that. coming back with a workup later. >> stay tuned. >> ukranian's president petro porashenko is hoping to build a stronger government with new parliamentary elections on sunday. the country has been in crisis mode for a year now. it started when former president petro porashenko turned away from the e.u. strength thing ties with russia. he was obvious thrown. there were major disagreements over which direction the country should go. many ukrainians are looking for stability. >> reporter: these are dark days in ukraine. there are unlikely candidates
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that say they can get the country out of its mess. darth vader is on the ballot paper, promising peace and an end to corruption. they are unlikely to vote him and his friends into parliament. >> there are credible parties. they played a part in the overthrow to viktor yanukovych. they say the revolution is not complete. >> it is complete but the system in court, in general prosecutor office in all state agencies and the ministers is working, unfortunately. he is alive. we should keep it. >> frustration at the slow pace of change is boiling over. in recent weeks crowds have attacked members of the previous government who they feel should be brought to justice. a man assaulted here is a
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minister under viktor yanukovych. we met him in his office. he said new legislation that punished senior civil servants and ministers that work for viktor yanukovych is unfair. >> it's a catastrophic mistake that could smact 1 million civil servants proeffectals the government can't afford to replacement it's a political vendetta no one in kiev will forget the battle in this square. ukrainians go into these elections divide the. some want to see the old system swept away. but with the economy shrinking and a war in the east ukrainians know that their country is in desperate need of stability and unity. >> president petro porashenko is not running in the elections, but opinion polls suggest his party, the petro porashenko bloc
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is likely to be the winner. he hopes to form a new coalition, given ukraine a stronger government. changes of the past year are violent and unpredictable. there's no tradition of consensus. whichever government emerges from the elections struggles to hold the country together well when it comes to ebola, fear is gripping americans. >> people if they are sick worry that they may not go to the hospital al jazeera goes inside a community called little liberia, where the stigma attached to ebola raises alarms. and we talk to a doctor in the mt sinai school of medicine. >> being able to communicate with the rest of society is life-changing. >> they have been strangers in their own communities for years. hundreds of deaf children are
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which informed the c.d.c. of our intention, states have the rights to establish their own guidelines. >> we have to protect the people. when we see circumstances that need to be changed we'll do it. >> governors of new york and new jersey announcing tighter restrictions for travellers and mandatory quarantine for health workers that treat ebola patients. dr spiro from cynomedical it joins us. calling to a 21 day protocol is it a response to the disease or the fear surrounding the virus?
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>> there's so much fear. it is scary. it is a little bit of overkill. let's look at the heart of the matter, which is west africa. >> if we are going to quarantine aid workers, how will they go in the first place. there's a great deal of doctors, nurses janitorial workers, systems to get to west africa. >> do you think it will have a negative effect? >> it will be hot. it will discourage people in growing. look at what happened on thursday when spencer - he's within self-monitoring since he got back which is the right thing to do. just as nina pham and vinson did. nina and amber are cured. craig spencer is in good hands. all eyes should be an bellevue and the staff, not the public. we have not seen transmission in household contacts of thomas eric duncan's family who died
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or nina or amber. thomas eric duncan's family is in the clear. >> you say he did the right thing, but he won't to a bowling alley, after knowing he treated ebola patients. was that reckless? >> he didn't have symptoms. we know it's not digous until you display symptoms. look at thomas eric duncan. he was in contact. with shops and schools were shut down in texas, passengers on sepp flights were -- several flights were contacted after amber vinson grew. none of his contact have had ebola of out of doctors without borders - four have got ebola. >> an interesting reality. >> that is the reality. >> interesting because last week you used the word epidemic. you told me the medical
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community must call the epidemic what it is. we have an emergency here. one case dianes the disease. we have what might be called an outbreak. two cases in dallas or three. one case here. we are not seeing transmission in new york. all eyes have to be on the nurses in bellevue. quarantine in public - who is going to quarantine and look after them and service them are you going to guarantee teen them as well. it's a cycle. >> true or false, are officials negligent by not calling it. >> officials have done the right thing. >> bill de blasio said let's keep calm ride the subway get is food shot. no one has caught ebola.
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>> dr spiro, thank you for being with us this morning staten i would is home to little liberia, a community infected by outbreaks. fears of contracting the virus, and ignorance has left many in the community feeling alien stated. kristen saloomey has that story. >> perhaps no one in the united states is more concerned about the spread of ebola than the immigrants from west africa. they have seen the disease take a toll on family members, and being treated with suspicion here. >> citizens in the subway talking and basically some of them say "are you guys from africa?" and they move away. that stigma. >> for the community there's a fear did stigma. if people are sick we are worried they may not go to the hospital. >> reporter: news that a new
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york doctor has the disease adds to concerns. craig spencer came home from treating ebola patients in guinea. there's no cause for alarm. new yorkers need to under to handle the situation. there's no cause for new yorkers to be alarmed. >> the mayor says at the first sign of fever, dr spencer notified health officials and was quarantined here at the hospital designated to deal with the virus. as officials try to calm the resident telling them that the chances of ebola spreading are thin this first case is getting local, international media intention. tall the talk has city residents worried. >> as soon as he came he should have been quarantined. >> because of a deadly disease, there's no cure. >> if i cabinet it my family will get it. >> in a neighbourhood known as
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little liberia, there has been meeting after meeting about what to watch for and how to help. everywhere nose someone back home who died from the disease. >> you have to send us money, supplies medications that we need. >> now that the disease is in the united states largest city they hope more americans will want to help too residence in little liberia are complaining of job discrimination some health care workers have trouble going back to work after receiving a clean bill of health. coming up fake classes designed to help student athletes make the grade. a shock scandal rocks a prestigious programme. the head coach of the basketball team responds. >> were you put into an animal incident.
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good morning, thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford, these are the top stories. medical workers returning to new york and new jersey from west africa will be put under mandatory quarned. those quarantined will receive house calls for 21 days searching for answers. after a high school shooting in washington state. police say they don't know why a popular freshman killed one
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student, injuring four others. a memorial was held to honour the victim last night. remains found have been positively identified as shows of heather graham. the 18-year-old disappeared near the campus of virginia. jessie matthew, picture here was last seen with her and has been charged with her abduction. allegations of academic fraud rocked the university of the north carolina chapel hill. at the center of the controversy, the tar hills high profile ploim and the administrators that -- programme and the administrators that oversee them. it could have remifications for the -- ramifications for the programme moving forward. >> reporter: the university of north carolina chancellor is talking about a two-decades long fraud that has been flushed out in the form of a report from a former prf.
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there was a fraudulent scheme designed to keep football and basketball players eligible to play. >> they never had to attend. the only course work was to write a single paper. most importantly, or as importantly, at the end of the process, they grade the papers and hand it out - high grades. >> deborah was not a professor. she was an assistant in a department headed by this man. the report sites them as a ringleader. neither are facing criminal charges. neither is employed at u.n.c. chancellor says the paper class system says the report lasted 1993 and left with them. they want to underscore that there is a distinction between the then and the now. >> former basketball playerer former football player and former administrator turned
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whistleblower mary milling ham who said she received death threats they were not the only victim. >> mr wayne stephen's investigation shows us that bad actions had of a view and inaction of more failed our students and our faculty and staff, and it undermined our institution one of the me caught in the middle of that controversy is north carolina head coach roy williams. last night he spoke about the toll the allegations are taking on himself and the university. >> we made a lot of moves, procedures have been put in mace a lot of people -- place, a lot of people lost their jobs. i'll be sad about what we have around the country. we have one of the greatest images. we'll work as hard as we can work to have the image impact where it was. >> joining us this morning to discuss the controversy at
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u.n.c. is robert boland former sports agent and professor of sports business and our own sports expert ross shimabuku. before jumping into this i want to take a sound bite from roy williams. let's pull it up for a minute. >> first time i heard of the word paper classes is in the last couple of years, the first time i heard the terminology and asked someone what they are talking about, independent studdius it was not a -- studies, it was not a stigma. >> former college star mccans said roy williams knew it was happening and said "i met with roy williams about this." in the report it exonerated him. is he guilt free? >> i don't know if he's guilt free. he's probably not the ring leader was d predates hits tenure at the university back from coaching in kansas. it was going on. this was someone that saw it and
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saw advantages in it. if mccance hadn't gone out. you wouldn't have seep this. >> there were allegations going back a couple of years about this. the times wrote about it. we wouldn't have seen the depth and the quality of the report on this. and the action that it took. >> how likely is this case similar going on. how is it going to help investigators moving forward. >> this is one of the worse cases. students are playing, and not getting education. it's prevalent. a lot of schools, you didn't think north carolina which had a credible programme was going to be one of the worst frnds, it would be bad. it shows the tip of the iceberg. a lot of schools will need to look at it on their own. >> in these paper classes students never interacted with a
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single faculty member. how do you get past the register. it was somewhat of a fraud. to the extent that the sections were going to be created for athletes. essentially it was a myth. we heard stories about this. and all of us have smiles about classes we might have taken. the short answer is this was a systematic programme designed to keep players eligible and give them a sub par education. >> given how much revenue is replicated if the allegations are true will the n.c.a.a. consider the death penaltiy on the basketball programme. >> the n.c.a. of 20 years ago may have locked at it. the n.c.a. of today which is under pressure to pull away and basketball is a billing source
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of revenue, it is highly unlikely to come down with a death penalty. if north carolina want to self sanction or do something credible. that would be the better answer. >> 1993, 2005 championship matters, should they be let down. >> north carolina - i don't think it is worse than anything else. they have been exposed systematically. if it systematically is happening there, potentially at the other university what is next, the solution. >> the easier solution is we have been creating a myth of eligibility. players have to go through college. the reality is more reflected in the idea that players play and do it for exchange for an education, and may be obtained lair. now or later. it doesn't matter. a life-time scholarship will be the greater answer. it confuses the issue.
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a college education is special. players if they don't take advantage, if they have an opportunity to come back it's important. >> robert boland sports professor at n.y.u. students in a philadelphia country expressing disappointment on losing out on a homecoming game. officials cancel the remaining two football games for central bucks west high school and doyle son pennsylvania after rookie players were subjected to humiliateing and in appropriate hazing. >> it's not fair that all of the other hundreds of students suffer because of four or five kids. >> the action they took was necessary. it was serious, and i'm glad they did that. i hope it will stop. >> for me to go to the biggest game of the year and find it cancelled is disappointing. >> varsity and junior varsity cope were suspended pending having. over the summer a federal
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court overturned the conviction of an aimish sent leader and followers. they were among attacks op aimish and ohio showing fear by cutting off their beards. the leader is serving a 15 years sentence. an investigation reveals that he's running things from inside a prison sell. adam may spoke to his family including one that left that community. >> how would you describe sam? >> he's a gentle loving man. he can get stern like anyone else. people say he has power, he has power over us to keep us here >> reporter: does he? >> no. anybody that lives here as of now, can leave on their own free will. >> reporter: they have said that your husband believes he's a prophet and talks directly to god. is that true? >> my husband - i am not sure
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how to word it that anybody would under. i have heard and seep things that i know that he is a man of god. >> reporter: allegations here that people are punished by putting them in animal opinions are they true. ? >> yes, i was one. >> how long did you spend? >> 18 days. i had quite time to pray talk to god. wrote letters. it wasn't that bad. it wasn't that bad. i went on my own will. as far as i know everywhere else that was put in there was there on their open free will. >> and what about children? >> no we are all adults. >> they do things to like chicken coup and paddling because they say they want to help you, it helps you get better. >> were you put into an animal pen? >> yes. >> for how long? >> seven days. >> did you have a choice? >> not really.
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i was in against my will. and they made you write down your sips then you were forgiven and start over a new life. why does everywhere have to write your sins to him and he could supposedly solve and fix it. he's one guys, he's not god. >> do you think sam acted like a god? >> yes. still does. you can catch more of adam may's investigation on "america tonight" monday at 9:00pm eastern. >> violent protests continue after residents mark a month sense the abduction of 43 students. >> members of a teachers unit broke window and set fire to an education building in guerrero state. they are upset that official have not located missing bodies.
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they disappeared af an asfack in iguala leaving six -- after an attack in iguala leaving six dead and 25 injured. . >> it was asked why it took 12 hours to notice that a driver slammed into an mon u. a man was arrested for smashing his car into the ten commandment monuments. he said he was on a mission from satan. the monument was smashed to pieces. the mayor couldn't believe it. >> i was shocked that anyone could be so shocked that anyone could come on the capital ground and run over part of our state. >> this monument has caused controversy. it's been argued it violate state and laws. >> renovations took three years longer and millions over budget. as paul brennan report the sign of a wider recovery in the art
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scene. >> pablo picasso is the most recognisable and revered of the 20th century artist. he harded his open work and by the time of his death his collection in the 27 artworks. managing the collection has proved as challenging as the artist himself. the renovation of the picasso museum took five years and cost $30 million more than budgeted. problems culminated in the sacking of the president. who was rehired as a curator. no wonder the new president prefers to look for the future. >> my hope is to make this museum alive. it's very dangerous for monographic museum to be hike it. this museum should be alive and be a place where people are
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happy. that's my mandate during five years. >> there's cause for optimism. the reopening of the museum is symptom attic of a wider disturbance. >> in the same way pablo picasso amassed a collection of his prit works, paris art clebors owned -- collectors owned discretely behind closed doors, times are changing. there's excitement in the paris art scene. >> the streets of the district are lined with scores of independent galleries. 100 years ago artists flocked. another flag ship opened in the french capital. it's the louie vuton's design and gallery space, commissioned by a french billionaire. the paris scene overshadowed by new york los angeles, tokyo and
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the middle east. it's once again exciting. >> you have a climate favourable for contemporary artists. not only shows it for the public but the private sector what it is doing. i think we are lucky to be here in paris. >> as dealers and galleries search for talent the biggest beneficiaries could be the artists them. so how much do those renovations cost in total? $60 million coming up he lost an arm and a leg on the battlefield. the iraq war veteran didn't let his injuries keep him down. he's a cover model and joins us live with his story, after the break. >> giving the gift of sound. how one group is allowing the deaf to hear for the first time in their lives, and a place that offers little hope to the
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imagine what it would be like to we hear after regaining that sense of sounds. hundreds are given that opportunity in afghanistan for free. >> reporter: it is the end of silence. new hearing aids low cost low power models will allow him to hear for years. he can't wait to show his parents. so many dreams could be fulfilled. a new life for the hearing impaired afghans. >> it would mean a better education, learning skills. communicating, which is basic being able to communicate with the rest of society. it would be life-changing in every way. >> it is expected 650 afghan
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will benefit from the programme to hand out free hearing aids. most from the schools for the deaf. the hearing impaired lived in a world of their own. this opportunity gives them a chance to rejoin society. until now, all they have known is sign language. with hearing aid they could learn to speak. something afghanistan's overloaded health care system couldn't offer them. >> we have - we have so many problems. we have lots of challenges and, of course child more totalityies, diarrhoea, immunization and malnutrition and this is one of the examples were not for profit organizations can do. >> an american foundation brought its team and equipment
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at the invitation of an afghan host. >> you'll see today that the ear is the road to the heart. >> turning it on is a first step taking time to get used to hearing the sounds around them. rocket explosions robbed him of what little hearing he had. he's listening to music for the first time. at 18 he's never had a job. now he'll be able to get one. his dream - to work for the afghan government and this week they succeeded in making sure that all 650 children from those schools for the deaf received a hearing aid. moving from afghanistan to iraq. a combat veteran turned fitness champion. noel galloway chosen as the men's health magazine fitness guys despite losing an arm and leg in 2005. he didn't let the injury let him
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down. he joins us. let's go back to the moment that your life changed. when you woke up at walter reed hospital, what was your first reaction when you were told you lost not only your arm, but also your leg? >> you know the first reaction was terrifying. i was injured six days prior and didn't know what had happened. six days of my life i lost and i woke up in the hospital and it was my mum who told me that i lost my arm and leg. there was a lot of anger and sad possess. i was a physical person and i felt was taken away. i didn't know what the future held. >> you were angry, disappointed your mum told you what happened. now here you are, and you didn't get to where you were overnight. there was a perted of depression and adjustment. then you say you decided to focus on what you had, instead of what you lost. what godt you to that turning point?
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>> one day i looked in the mirror, every time i looked in the mirror i felt i saw my injury. one day i looked and saw i had gotten out of shape, i wasn't taken care of myself. i was a father of three children and i wasn't the father they needed. i knew there had to be a change and quick. >> even though you knew change was to come you said you took baby steps. talk about joining the 24 hour gym, and why you were comprehensive at first. >> i joined a 24 hour gym, i didn't want anyone to see me. i was embarrassed of not just being out of shape. i was not sure how i would exercise or what i'd do. i'd go at one or two in the morning and mess around with the equipment, see what worked what didn't. as i wept and the weeks and months passed and i got into better shape and got confident i could go any time of the day and i competed in races and things
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progressed from there. >> so you became more confident and then you get named the cover of this magazine. in your blog you write about a moment you had after you found out you won the cover saying "i freaked out because i thought the reason i was chosen was for my in juries alone." do you still believe that. ? >> well they were impressive guys, i accepted the fact that it was possible i wasn't gone to get the cover. i was okay with it. after it was announced and i got back to the motel room i had a -- moment where i thought i was chosen because of my injuries finny congratulated me again. he said "you earned this." he calmed me down. >> i think you earnt it too. what advice would you give other men and women who are coming home different to how they left? >> i give the same vice i give
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to anyone. mike small atapable goals, move at a slow pace and you'll look back and be impressed with what you accomplish. small atapable goals get you there. >> what is your next goal? >> i want to compete in an ironman. which is not a small goal. >> small and obtainable. >> i like challenges. >> great. >> i like those huge challenges. so now i'm at the point where it will take me about a year of training. that's what i want to do. >> noah galloway good op you. thank you for joining us. it's been our pleasure to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> of course one town on the big island in hawaii is in the line of liquid fire. the powerful kilowaya volcano that helped to create the island threatens thousands. red-hot lava advanced nearly 500
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yards between thursday and friday. evacuations haven't been orders but officials plan to go door to door to find out how many need shelter if necessary. >> let's look at the forecast and meteorologist dave warren is here with that. >> we are looking at the north-west. we are tracking a large storm. evident on the satellite. big area of low pressure. wind starting to increase. there was damage earlier this week from the tornado. this was in long view washington. now, there was severe storms this was a report of a tornado. minimal tornado, e f1, 85 to 110 miles per hour. this is the next storm we are watching with the satellite. it will show you the damage there we can expect more with wind reports and damage from this storm here. this is an area of low pressure over 24 hours, moving to the
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north-west. that will bring a lot of rain and snow in the higher elevations, and there's a custody wind leading to reports and damage thank you so much. >> check this out, a google executive broke the sound barrier by sky diving from space. now, that's alan eustace, and he took a leap of faith from the edge of space he plummeted to earth in a free fall lasting 4.5 minutes, can you imagine. he set several skydiving records last week and his jump was part of the process for a company working on making a self-contained commercial space shoot tomorrow morning on al jazeera america, a comeback with two weeks o go. the kentucky race is a dead heat. go alison lundergan grimes pull
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off an upset against mitch mcconnell. tomorrow starting at 7:30 here on al jazeera america that will do it for us. coming up in two minutes live from the newsroom - the effort to prevent ebola spreading in mali, the latest country where it's turned up. thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford. who is protesting? >> their participation is really important in changing our political system >> and what, if anything can be done to stop china's tightening grip on the wealthy city people and power hong kong: occupy central only on al jazeera america
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