this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories. imposing quarantines to stop the spread of ebola. three states are taking matters into their own hands fearful for their families and worried for themselves. the chaos of elections in ukraine, a country desperates for sustainabilit for, for stability. the 12-year-old girl challenging tradition at the wailing wall in jerusalem.

did he ha a doctor being treated for ebola in new york city, three states imposing mandatory quarantines for people who have had contact with ebola patients. a 6th country now reporting a case of the disease, and the efforts to russia vaccine in production, all of these key elements of our top story, the ebola outbreak. in his weekly address, president obama saying we cannot live in fear. >> and 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 every day. jump okay buses, riding the subway, crowding in elevators, heading in to work, fact other in parked, that determination to carry on is part of what makes new york one of the great cities in the world. >> that's the spirit all of us can draw upon as americans as we meet this challenge together.

>> the centers for disease control and prevention released new numbers on ebola in america. four people in the united states have been diagnosed with ebola. one, thomas eric duncan died from the disease. 101 people are under a 21 day montoring process who have had contact with someone ho has ebola. the world health organization released new figures on the global impact of ebola. 5,000 people have died from ebola so far. another 5200 people have been diagnosed with the virus. a total of over 10,000 and 15 african nations including ivy coast are at high risk of ebola spread into their borders. moritania closed borders with mali. health officials are feverishly trying to prevent the spreading. hundreds of people may have come in contact with the child. rand-off nogul reports. >> mali's first come firmed case was brought here thought dusty town of kayes. now, the country has its first

victim. >> well, i can say it's a two-year-old girl who traveled accompanied by her grandmother. it's possible these two people arrived at a time when the symptoms were not detectible but that the illness evolved. >> malian health officials say she may have contracted ebola where it was first reported in december of last year, in the town of kisaduku in southern gunea. she had symptoms and was likely contagious when she traveled with her grandmother. dozens of people who came in to contact with the girl on her journey been identified and isolated. officials say there could be hundreds more. there are fears mali, one of africa's pourest countries is ill equipped to contain the disease. staff from the world health organization were already in mali discussing how to prepare the country, should a case occur. >> i trust the world health organization and the malian government. i think they will find the

necessary solutions for this disease here people must watch their hands with soap. this is the first plan. now for the rest. we are waiting to know what we should avoid doing. on that point, we do not have much information. >> while there is hope in this community, ebola is spreading rapidly with experts warning the rate of infections could reach 10 per week across west africa. with such a high risk of exposure in mali's first ebola case, the country industry will have to to work hard to contain it. randolph nogul, al jazeera. >> one part of liberia's capitol, mon rove i can't, officials have closed the only health clinicetic. officials say health workers do not have the necessary protective gear to handle ebola patients. one resident said doctors were afraid to each of even touch people when they ran out of gloves. back in the united states, the governors of illinois, new york and new jersey enacted mandatory quarantines applied to anyone coming from west africa who had contact with ebola patients.

although she tested negative for the virus today, a nurse with doctors without borders was isolated last night in new jersey. rashi nubuku reports. >> reporter: she is treated at university hospital in newark, new jerksee from africa on friday afternoon but by evening, she spiked a fever. the nurse was the first to be ordered into quarantine under new rules imposed by the governors of new york and new jersey for ebola medical workers returning from west africa. >> a traveler arrived at newark liberty international airport, a healthcare worker with a history of treating patients with ebola in west, if anything, but with no symptoms. the department of health made the determination that legal quarantine order should be issued. >> the stricter rules for ebola workers in new york and new jersey contradict the federal government which has not imposed such a quarantine for ebola helicopter workers. >> voluntary quarantine, it's almost an oxymoron to me.

>> we have informed the cdc of our intention and they agree that states have the right to establish their own guidelines. >> the administration insists it has already stepped up screening procedures, but it is sidestepping questions on a mandatory quarantine for ebola healthcare workers. >> i would strongly encourage anybody who is concerned about the situation to focus on the facts. >> the governor's bold move came after reports that dr. craig spencer road the subway and went bowling after arriving from working with ebola patients in africa. spencer remains in isolation at new york's bellevue hospital, but concerns about his movements in new york city came up at a house hearing on ebola where republicans blasted the administration's lack of a quarantine for medical workers. >> you can transfer this via sweat. right? for that secretion. the ebola viruss for some time. correct? >> the bowling alley is being cleaned out of an abundance of

caution. >> dr. spence's apartment was cleaned on friday while new york city mayor bill deblasio he rode the subway to show new yorkers there is nothing to worry about. subway riders have mixed opinions? >> i think it was a little irresponsible of him to be out running around when he knew he had just come from those circumstances. >> i don't think there is going to be an outbreak. >> that's just a panic kind of thing? >> i would not like to take that subway at all. >> roshi nubuku. roxannena has more details on the efforts to retrace dr. spencer's steps before he went to the hospital for help. >> cleaning up and packing up, that's the task of this crew making its way into dr. craig spencer's apartment. he lived on the 5th floor of this building in harlem. >> a great guy? >> helps you in with the goeshs. he is a nice guy. >> others didn't know of him until now. and they say this all seems surreal. >> it's kind of so big to like

process. i don't really think -- i am not like scared at all. the logical part of my brain says we are going to be okay. the other side of me is like, naturally just afraid that ebola is so close to me. >> city officials say experiencing took three sun way lines from his home to a bowling alec on wednesday. the day before, he started feeling sick. >> the atriu -- a train was one. he might have gotten on it here the train runs express from brooklyn. you can see a kumdz of dozen here on the platform about midday. there are 10 stops on the way from mid town in lower manhattan. officials say it's unlikely anyone on the train could have gotten the virus from dr. spencer. some of these passengers aren't so sure. >> very concerned. even touching the pole. >> that's why i have this hand sanitizer. i am very concerned. it's not okay at all. >> not too concerned. from what they are saying, it can only be spread in certain ways. >> here in brooklyn, it's about an eight-block walk to the

bowling alley. this is mostly bars, restaurants and warehouses. it is in a hip part of williamsburg. locals say it's the best and chooecht place to bowl in town. today t looked like the scene of a crime. >> on friday evening, the bowler was still closed. as a precaution, officials say. people who bowl here say they want everything to return to normal soon. >> it was scary at first, but it seems like people have everything under control. >> police were out here today handing out these flyers to people walking by. it says you can only get ebola from having direct contact with a sick person. for example, by touching their bodily fluids like vomit or roourne urine. the bureau president was out here. he is confident ebola will reopen by saturday. he said everyone should come back and bowl with him. >> as happened in dallas, the liberian community in new york city is on edge. fears of contracting the virus and ignorance about the way it spreads has left many of the community feeling alienated. kristin saloomey has that story. >> perhaps no one in the u.s. is

more concerned about the spread of ebola than these immigrants from west africa. they have seen the disease take a toll on family members there while being treated with suspicion here. >> someone, you are from africa? then people move away from you because that stigma. >> for the community here, there is a fear of the stigma. so people, if they are sick, we are worried they may not go to the hospital. >> news that a new york doctor now has the disease is only add to go their concerns. craig spencer came home from treating ebola patients in guinea over a week ago. >> there is no cause for alarm. new yorkers need to understand the situation is being handled and handled well. there is no cause for every day new yorkers to be alarmed. >> the mayor says that the first sign of fever, dr. spencer notified had you bepublic healts and was quarantined here at the

city hospital designated deal with the virus. >> even as officials try to calm new york city residents, telling them the chances of ebola spread rig slim, this first case of ebola in new york is getting local, national and international media attention, and all of this talk has city residents worried. >> as soon as he came, he should have been quartantined without doubt. >> it's a deadly disease. there is no cure for it. if i got it, my whole family going to get it. i have a 4-year-old son. i really worry about it. >> in the neighborhood known as are saz little liberia, meeting after meeting about what to watch for and how to help. almost everyone here knows someone back home who has died from the disease. >> y'all got to send us some money. y'all got to send us some supplies. y'all got to send us some hygienic 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.

>> kristin sal e-mail e al jazeera, new york. >> health officials are hoping to get some sort of vaccine in place to prevent the spread of the virus and as mary snow reports, the effort is unprecedented. >> racing to stop ebola from spreading, the world health organization says trials of ebola vaccines could begin as early as december in western african nations most affected by the epidemic. it would be a record pace. >> it is not a magic bullet, the v vaccine, but when ready, they may be a good part of the efforts to turn the tide of this epidemic. >> there are many ifs, including just how safe they will be and will they be effective. one experimental vaccine by glaxosmithkline and another with new link genetics working with canada are the most advanced and already started human trials. the next step would be to test them in thousands of volunteers in liberia, sierra leone and

guinea. five other experimental vaccines are in the pipeline, including one by johnson and johnson, which is looking to begin trials at the start of 2015. all of it being fast tracked because no ebola vaccine exists. >> the incentive for a fa pharmaceutical company to get involved in putting a major investment to develop a vaccine for a disease that up until this outbreak had less than 2500 people infected. we did not have the kind of incentivization on the part of industry. we vernal that now -- certainly have that now. >> johnson & johnson says it's talking with competitors such as glaxosmithkline and pfizer on collaborating to ramp up production. money to fight ebola is coming in from a wide range of sources, from governments to charities. the eu is the latest to pledge $12,000,000,000, but before drug companies proceed, they want legal protection if there are adverse reactions to vaccines. >> i do not think that a big

global pharmaceutical company will proceed with vaccine trials in thousands of patients without some form of indemnone of the. >> the world health organization says a possible fund could be created to indemnify farm ute cal companies but the question is: will it be enough? >> i don't think a fund is going to be large enough to indemnify them. i think it's going to require legislative changes in all of the countries involved in order to indemnify these companies against these kinds of risks. >> still, experts say the cost of doing nothing is a greater risk. mary snow, al jazeera. >> ukraine's president is hoping to build a stronger government with new parliamentary elections sunday. the country has been in crisis mode for nearly a year now. it started when the former president, victor yanukovych strengthened ties with russia last november. he was over thrown. there is still major disagreements on which way they

should go. as barnaby phillips reports, many ukrainians are looking for stability. >> these are dark days in ukraine and there are some unlikely dcandidates who say thy can get the country out of its mess. darth vader is on the ballot paper promising peace and an end to corruption. but even if ukrainians share his concerns about where the country is going, they are unlikely to vote him and his friends into parliament. >> there are more credible new parties emerging. these activists played a prominent part in the overthrow of the yanukovych, but they say their revolution is not yet complete. >> yanukovych escaped but his system in courts in general prosecutor office in allstage agent sees and ministers is working. his cleptocratic state is alive and 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 thou fight feel should be brought to justice the man here was assaulted met with him in his. he says new legislation that punishes senior civil serveants and ministers who worked for yanukovych is unfair. >> it's a catastrophic mistake. it could affect some win mil serve servants, professionals the government can't afford to replace. it's a politically vendetta. we hope to repeal this legislation. >> no one in kiev will ever forget the basis that took place in this square last winter. now that yanukovych has gone, ukrainians going to these elections divided on the best way forward. some want to see the old system completely swept away but with the economy shrinking and a war in the east ukraineians know their country is in desperate

need of stability and unity. president poroshenko is not running in these elections but opinions polls suggest his party, the petro poroshenko block is, is likely to be the win ir. he hopes to form a new coalition giving ukraine a stronger government. but the changes of the past year have been violent and unpredictable. in ukraine, there is no triedition of consensus and compromise in politics. whichever new government margie's from these elections will struggle to hold this country together. new allegations that isil has added chemical weapons to their arsenal, a month of fighting there. gains and losses for both sides. earlier this week, it was reported isil got a chance on weapons air dropped by kurdish forces. the raffa border crossing has been closed following a deadly attack. the crossing is the only non-i

see rally point. 30 egyptian shoulders were killed in coordinated attacks on army checkpoints in northern sinai. he script has declared 3-mottmo state of emergencies on areas that border gaza and israel. a report: >> laid to rest with full military honor, these soldiers were killed in northern sinai in once of the worst attacks. at car bombing was followed by car bombing near the egyptian border with israel. a 3-month emergency in the sinai region. he said the fight against what he calls terrorism won't be over soon. i am addressing all egyptians. be vigilant. a plot has been woven against all of us. all that is happening has been expected. we have raised these issues before. we and all e jipingsdz must join force to see address this challenge. many have fallen and many are

expected to fall. it is a huge war. he script is facing a huge war. >> there have been a number of attacks in the sinai in recent months despite military operations against armed groups. he script security forces used the same term, "terrorists" for those carrying out these attacks including those of mohamed morsi. a group has carried out responsibility tore carrying out similar attacks in the sinai. the group's activities have increased since the then leenthd and now outlawed muslim brotherhood government was tloefrn by the military. however, no one has claimed responsibility for friday's attackshrown by the military. however, no one has claimed responsibility for friday's attacks. to deal with the growing number of attacks, egypt has sfloid deployed more solids and a peace deal has beenedes. among the heightened secure, the raffa boarding crossing into gaza is also closed. with these meyers, the egyptian

army and police say they will be able to tackle threats and preserve the security of the region. those who vow to protect the state continue to face great richingdz. al jazeera. coming up, democracy protesters remain in the streets of hong kong but the chaos isn't affecting the city's lucrative tourist industry. an activist in south korea has a message for the north, one that could send off a military reaction. these stories and more on "al jazeera america."

sglifsh in hong kong, student protesters will vote sunday on whether to end their month-long movement. thousands are camped out on the city streets blocking major intersections. sunday's vote comes after government officials refuse stoagree with demands from less involvement from china and their elections. despite the chaos of the least few weeks, it does not appear to be affecting tourism. sarah clark has more. >> there might be fewer did student demonstrators but the protest site is now attracting visitors of a different kind.

>>s people having a look around, tourists. >> travel warnings have been issued in some countries. tourists appear unfazed by the protests which is now looking more like a permanent fixture in the streets of hong kong. >> marvly grossive. i hope they achieve something. >> isabell terri made the trip in the from the united kingdom. she saw police fight with protesters on the news but went ahead with her week long visit. >> afternoon after a few days, it became clear it probably wouldn't affect them. it's safe. >> hong kong remains on mainland chooipz for most tourism dollars: ina for most tourism d >> our visit was planned six months ago. >> that's why we came i feel fine that i am here. >> preplanned trips might still be going ahead.

not all agree with the students' approach. >> they don't have the right to occupy the rode. they shouldn't inconvenience their citizenship. >> it would never happen in make land china. >> this is one of the busiest shopping districts. particularly more feignland china. slow economic growth in china and the protests here are having an impact on retail sales. >> that estimated impact is only slight. the international bank ubs forecasts the worst casesin would translate to a loss of .1% of hong kong's real gdp. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> scuffles continue to break out among activists in south korea after a group launched anti-north korea leaflets overt border. it's angered locals to say it will eng danger that i wear of life. the north says they are a threat

of war and harry fawcett was at the disputes in south korea. on the road of what would turn out to be a long, violent day. ultra conservative activists determined to launch balloons carrying leaflets across the border. >> we do not consider north korea a country nor a government. by our constitution, it's an illegal group and a criminal organization. there can't be any talks of peace with a group. >> a similar attempt led to a cross-border exchange of fire when north korea tried to launch these blooningz. another would be an act of war, requiring a military response in when they arrived toe launch site, left wing activists were

waiting. this is the reality these activists have been confronted with. residents of this area utterly opposed to these actions, most as to whether the balloons they are trying to launch will actually get off of the ground. >> the south korea ie agreement seeking high level talks requested an end to such launches but said it had no legal power to stop them. this, the arrest of a protester who had apparently cut up the balloons and scattered the leaflets before they could be used. >> if they send them, north korea is threatening to fire back. tourists aren't coming here after seeing the news. we have a right to our likely. >> undauntsd, the activists recovered what leaflets they could and decided to get away from their opponents intieching

locations. the plan b hardly seemed a success. the protesters and the conflict followed them. while this stand-off continued, news later came that another group had managed a launch from yet another location. the question now is whether the apparent recent progress can be salveaged. harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. >> when we come back, the story of two women who let their abusez -- left their abusers but weren't free of them for years. global condemnation after iran executes a woman who killed a man who was sexually abusing her. helping afghan children hear the world for the first time. you are watching "al jazeera america."

>> in yemen, dozens of houthi rebels have been killed in a suicide attack south of sanaa.

the attack is just one in a series of violent battles between tribesmen and houthi rebels there. a report. >> reporter: the city of radaa south of the capital sanaa is at the center of a battlefield. there is fighting on multiple fronts. quad fighters are confronting houthi rebels who took control of the capitol last month. for the first time since then, government forces have bombed al-qaeda and tribesmen positions in radaa. it follows a number of u.s. drone attacks against suspected al-qaeda fighters in a number of areas. tribesmen and al-qaeda fighters say the yemeni government, the u.s. and the houthis are in alliance against them. and the sentiment is only increasing tensions and it could turn into a wider sectarian conflict. there is also fighting in the western prove incident of alhudada on the red see.

houthi rebels there are con fronting tribesmen from the tahami movement who will oppose the takeover of this province, where they remain and console, making gains and consolidating their positions. in southern yemen, there is no fighting but there is an increasing separatist movement which set up camp two weeks ago and is promising to escalate the sitting protest until the south achieves independence. the political negotiations so far have failed to form a government of national unity to end the fighting. yemen is facing an existential threat with an increasing fears of a wider sectarian conflict. in the south, it could be a matter of time before it breaks away. omar al saad, adan. >> four years since what became known as the arab spring. since then, many arab nations ve placed dictators with unentail governments and war. we will take a deeper look at the current situation. join us at 8:00 p.m. eastern,

5:00 pacific. international outrage over iran's securities of a woman n convicted of killing a man she said was trying to attack her. 26-year-olds stabbed an intelligence ministry worker in the back. there are serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case. >> includes reports ofcom confessions made under severe duress. iranian authorities ignored international pleas to spare her life. jabari was haynes this morning in an iranian prison. much of the effort to free her was spearheaded by amnesty international. the spokes american said the hanging and mistreatment of women happens far too often. >> the international community is shocked by the news of her execution. they condemn her execution in the strongest terms and i must say that they were hoping until the very last minute that the iranian authorities will stop her execution and grant her a retrial as we and many other international human rights

organizations and human rights advocates had asked, both in iran and globally. the they were calling for a retrial. there were many questions hanging over this case and at a time trial and investigations that led to the issuance of a death sentence, they are extremely defective. she was arrested when she was only 19 years old on the charge of killing a minister of intelligence, former employee, and she was held in solitary confinement for two months without access to her lawyer and family. she was then convicted of murder. her sentence in 2009 and her sentence was upheld in 2011. she admitted from at a time first moments of her arrest that she stabbed the man once in the back but she said that she did so after he tried to sexually abuse her. more importantly, she said that there was a third person involved in the killing, and

this claim of her is believed to have never been properly investigated. so defective investigation, lack of access to the her lawyer in the important stages of the investigation means that iran stood in direct violation of the international humanitarian obligations and the authorities were asked numerous times that they revoke her sentence and grant her a fair retrial without resort to the death penalty. amnesty international opposes execution in all siringz but executions become a lot more tragic and more cruel and inhumane form of punishment when they take place after an unfair trial process. >> tragically, her execution case is far from uncommon, and

over the past three decades, amnesty international has documented numerous cases of such executions that take place after unfair trials, detainees are always held in detention without access to their lawyer, in their vest investigative state and they are tried in proceedings that fall fall short of international fair trial standards this case personifies outrage has been shown internationally and inside iran over iran's use of excessive -- death penalty and growing numbers of executions we are seeing in recent years. >>. >> the state department condemned this morning's hanging. a statement called to iran to respect the fair trial under

iran's own laws and international obligations. october is domestic violence awareness month. most people think of abuses, physical violence is what comes to mind. emotional violence, however, is just as devastating. but there is help for victims ready to take back their lives. >> fear and shame no longer consume them. but they are still not comfortable showing their faces on camera. they are victims of domestic abuse who say their husbands slowly chipped away at their self esteem until it was almost gone. thenlt gained the courage to leave and now, they are telling their stories gabriel a came from germany as a student and describes her younger self as a fearless woman. she fell in love with an ivory-league educated man and they got married but their relationship took a dangerous turn. >> tack take me back to when you knew something was wrong? >> he gave me a real lesson, how

to squeeze -- twist it out of the tube. at one point, i had to run back to the bathroom, close the door because he was yelling and screaming at me, that i did something wrong, and he kicked with the foot in the bathroom door and i was afraid for my life. >> so what would happen when you started to push back against the abuse? >> he let me know that he could cause me a lot of harm. he told me i would call the irs. i can have networking. i have cia contacts. i have this and that. and he threatened me, even though i had everything legal, all totally in control but he threatened me and he threatened me. "you don't know what i am capable of doing. "you don't know what i can do." > what was the process of leaving him like? >> you feel vulnerable because you still listen to what he said in court. but then at one point again when you learn not to let him get this power over you, that's the first step when you feel like, you know what contra i can do this. the numbers are startling. one out of every four american

women will spence domestic violence in their lifetime. in each year, almost 5 million women become the victims of physical abuse by an intimate partner. >> how are you? >> while leaving seems like the logical solution, many women like roni say they feel trapped sflfrn when people say why doesn't she just leave, how does that make you feel? >> the whole idea of becoming homeless, living in the street, you know, it's scary. it's not safe out there. so you know this environment you are in, even though it's toxic, it's dangerous, you know of it. >> so what was your relationship like with your ex-husband? >> emotionally, he would tell you, you are fat. you know, verbal lucky, he would abuse you. one day, we was in the bedroom and he kicked me out of the bed. >> he kicked you out of the bed? >> yes. >> i can't imagine what that does to your self-esteem.

>> first of all, i started gaining a lot of weight. i got so depressed. they put me on medication. >> how difficult was it to do your job with all of this going on? did you miss a lot of work? >> i missed a lot of work. especially going back and forth to court for almost eight years of my life. >> at that to a dire financial situation, and many women give up and go back to their abusers. but there is help. >> that's where places sliefrning wary for families come in. the organization offers victim services that include counseling, legal rep presentation and even financial support. help women like gabriella and roni say transformed their lives. >> i am becoming stronger i want my daughter to know she doesn't have to stay in there. i am speaking up more. i am saying, no, you can't do

this to me. >> tomorrow, we will hear more from roni and gabriella. they have endured years of abuse but they say they are no longer victims. they are survivor. part 2 of their story tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. a 12-year-old girl is breaking tradition at the western wall, one of the holiest sites in judaism. women are not allowed to pray at the wall but she will read from the torah. the first female to ever do that. nick schifrin reports 12-year-old sasha lot doesn't look or act like a revolutionary but her simple act of singing might overturn decades of tradition. >> are you proud of duer? >> translator: i am trying not to get overexcited but i think this is the most exciting moment of my life. >> sashar is practicing for an ancient jewish coming of age ceremony called the bat mitzva. it's the first time an israeli

girl reads the old testament at the holy site. boys have done that for hundreds of years, they carried a torah through the western wall plaza. ♪ the proud fathers hold judaism's most revered text. orthodox juice say girls aren't allowed to do this. they have ripped sasha's posters down. >> the group, women of the wall, sponsoring her bat mitzva has been arrested. the chief rabbi calls her a prove actire and promised to -- a provocateur? >> peaking people want to stop a war. in a regiligious war, you can't control the flames. >> the pressure can get to a 12-year-old. her mother arana tries to reassure her. "um with you, she whispers."

i am with you. on the daw of her bat mitzva, reassurance may not be enough. as the sunrises over jerusalem's hills, their plan seems to come undone. women at the wall are stopped by the rabbi's representative. >> you cannot bring in torah scrolls. >> that's the regulation. >> not allowing women to come in and pray the same way men can pray, to be able to pray from the tower. i am shamed. i am shamed. >> sasha and her mother enter would the the tor a. h. thing put on a brave face even though some of the men try to shut them out. >> what do you think of what they are doing? >> they desecrate the place. >> but today, they remember determined to prove they belonged. they took a very big step with a smalltora smuggled in a purse. >> we are going to be reading

for the first time. for 45 years since israel captured and occupied this site, this has never happened. >> a girl reads from the torah at her bat mitzva at the wester wall and a daughter proves to her mother and everyone she was braver than she realized. >> we are calling upon all girls to do their bat mitzva in the western wall. >> that's the message. >> the chief rabbi called the ceremony a deception but women of the wall say they will continue to fight so the next generation doesn't have to deceive or fight anymore. nick schifrin, al jazeera, jerusalem. sglavrn 12-year-old pioneer there. a program>> 12-year-old pioneer a program. giving some afghans something they have never had, a sense of hearing. a report from kabul. >> the end of silence for norula. he has been deaf since birth.

his hearing aids will allow him to hear for years. he can't wait to show his parents. so many dreams could be fulfilled here a whole new life for these hearing impaired afghans. >> it would mean a better education for them, learning skills, you know, communicating, which is basically being able to communicate with the rest of society. it will be live changing in every way. >> it's expected about 650 after gans will eventually benefit from this program to hand out free hearing aids. most will be from kabul's two schools from the deaf. for years, the hearing impaired hereinafterganstan lived in a world of their own. but this new opportunity gives them a chance to rejoint. >> until now, all they have

known is sign language. with hearing aids, they could learn to speak. something afghanistan's overloaded healthcare system couldn't offer them. we have so many problems in the health sector. we have lots of challenges and, of course, prior to priorities, child malnutrition and diarrhea and this is one of the examples we are not for profit organizations can do. >> equipment was broad here at the invitation of an afghan host. >> you will see the ear is truly the road to the heart. >> turning it on is the first step. it takes time just to get used to hearing the sounds around them. saleem said rocket explosions robbed him of what little

hearing he had at birth. now, he is listening to music for the first time. at 18, he's never had a job. he hopes now he will be able to get one. his dream to work for the afghan government. jennifer glassee, al jazeera, kabul. >> changing lives there. this week they succeeded in making sure all 650 children from the schools for the deaf received a hearing aid. halloween, yes, it's still a week away, but in west jordan utah, people are saying merry christmas this weekend. the early celebration was prompted guile grim news. ethan van levin has leukemia. his doctor said he has at baeft few weeks to live. his family decided to make the most of their time and that meant putting the holidays on a sped up schedule. today, they are celebrating christmas. coming up on "al jazeera america," restoring an ornate american movie palace to its historic splenldor. when is a hat more than just a hat? when it was worn by napoleon as

he conquered and lost his empire.

♪ ♪ >> hist orns say it wasn't necessarily the hat, itself. it was the way the man wore it. >> man being napoleon bonaparte. if haufl a million dollars to spend, you could be in the running to own one of his black felt hats. it was a popular style at the time but he wore it side wafrmentsz instead of front to back. it is being auctioned off in narrows november. the pablo picasso museum re-opened today. thousands of paintings and

sculpt sculptures. $60 million. his 1969 painting sold for almost $700,000 in an talk information shanghai friday. it was more than 60 pieces of 20th century art that fetched $132 million, the biggest serial was by a contemporary chinese artist that sold for $3.2 million. after more than 35 years, new york city's biggest theatre is getting a long overdue facelift. the people bringing the loew's. >> mr. brooklyn has lived here his entire life and fought to preserve every piece of its history. >> look at that. >> is really something. >> but one spot hodes a special place in his heart the. the kings theatre. >> the first time i came here

was in 1969. my wife and i had just gotten married. we lived in the neighborhood. this was not a movie theatre. it was it was a movie palrie pal. flood columns, shand leers, the 80 foot ceiling. it was immense and magnificent. >> build in 1929, it staged vaudeville performances, hosted concerts and showed big films of the era. the theatre survived the great depression but the king's couldn't last the 1970's blackout after the theatre shut its doors, decades of neglect, water damage and looting took their toll. architect gary martinez remembers opening the doors for the first time. >> the first time i walked in this space, into the theatre, i thought, gosh, this is so daunting. i mean it was really in bad shape. >> the restoration took a team of hundreds of people three

years and cost $94 million. but when the curtain rise ins january, more than 3,000 people will be able to share in the experience. >> martinez says the price tag is a bargain. >> these buildings are incredible triers. so many have been destroyed, torn down to make way for parking lots or office buildings. i can't tell you how excited we are to have the people walk by on the outside of the and the doors open just a little bit and they are dying to sneak in and take a look and see what's going on. this building is just so important to this community. i think $94 million is a bargain to have a treasurer like this back. >> his partner, david andersen hopes the revival of the kings can help revive the rest of the neighborhood as well. >> theatres do it like no other, not like sports facilities or anything else. theaters bring communities together. they bring people to gather together, and they can look around and say, what else can we do here? >> at least one person will be

here when the curtain rises again. >> the king's theatre bring back memories for my wife and me but new memories for people who have never been here before. >> new memories for a theatre that once again is ready for its close-up. kaelyn forde, al jazeera, new york. >> jack ruth, bass guitarist for the group super cream has died. ♪ the sunshine of your life >> founded by bruce, ginger baker in 1966, cream was known for hits like sunshine of your love, whiteroom, crossroads and strange brew. the group broke up in 1969 and was induthsd into the rock in role hall of fame in 1993. bruce was 71 years old. >> computer gaming becomes a college sport. a brand-new high-tech arena with all of the trappings including uniforms. >> story is coming up on "al jazeera america."

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>> at least one town on the big island in hawaii is in the line of fire. lava following from the volcano that helped create the big island threatens thousands of people. he evacuations have not been ordered but officials plan to go door to door to see who needs help. i am meteorologist dave warren. this is impressive video coming out of greece, flash flooding here, a lot of rain coming down over the same area, a slow-moving storm that kudz this. this storm is actually the remnants of a hurricane that was gonzalo in the at labtic. it started off as a hurricane, maids landfall and transitioned to an area of low pressure, spun around, bigger low went over europe and cut off from the main flow. so, it just sits over the

same area. this is an area of low pressure that was once hurricane gonzalo. another area of low pressure, off to the pacific northwest, a powerful storm will move across northern california up to oregon and washington. strong wind is expected with the storm. a number of high wind watches and warnings are in effect. the last 24 hours, you see the center of the storm working its way toward oregon and washington. a lot of rain is expected. the blueish color there, well, that is snow in the higher elevations. over the next 24 hours, we will see a lot of rain, wind damage reports likely, en some snow across the pacific northwest. and by this week, that storm moves across the northern plains and these are temperatures into the 80s across the southeast. >> dave warren there. for years, the debate over what makes a sport and what makes a hobby has been raging. competitive video gaming, yes, or esports is part of that hot topic. this weekend sees the opening of

america's first ever gaming arena. the new home of gaming. >> reporter: it requires hand/eye coordination, rapid timing and strategy but is video gaming a sport? >> i don't see the athletic ability. mentally, yes. >> i view it as a sport. it may not be as physically taxing as, you know, football or stuff like that, but there is a dent mental factor in it. i think that really valuedates it. >> that flag. >> last year, more than 71 million people around the world watched competitive gaming at events or through online streaming. this year, chicago's robert morris university became the first u.s. school to treat the e game league of legends as a varsity sport along with football, basketball and hockey. >> it now, for the first time in the u.s., gamers have their own venue. major league gaming's arena

opens this weekend in columbus, ohio. >> it may work out for a certain amount of time but a computer gamer spends half of their day just basically learning mechanics. >> now, many gamers say if curling and table tennis can contend in the world's biggest supporting competition, why can't they play e games like call of duty. the asian olympic committee recognizes competitive gaming. >> you see worse things at the olympics. you see some thing like winter olympics and it's like how did this become an olympic sport? absolutely. hands down, i would love to see it. what matters, is it entertaining to watch? are people interested in watching it? can people follow it? >> what the question should be asked. not is it a sport or not? >> with another major league gaming arena opening in china in 2017, recognition of egames as a legitimate sport is on the rise for better or worse.

john hendron, al jazeera, columbus, ohio. all right. i guess you decide. i am richelle carey. "talk to al jazeera" is next and for updates from news throughout the world, go to aljazeera.com. thanks for your time. >> from now on, it will be different than the one we were chasing in the past. we have to adapt to it. >> carlos helped restrushing nissan pulling it out of near bankruptcy and transforming it into a company with more than $100,000,000,000 in a one of a kind collatration, he not only heads nissa. he also leads