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♪ >> we have to be guided by the science. we have to be guided by the facts, not fear. >> president obama uses his weekly address for the second week in a row to calm fears about ebola. also today, sobering new numbers from the world health organization on the ebola outbreak in west africa. the number of people blooefbd to be sick ended by the disease is believed to be over 10,000. the first healthcare workers in no, and new jersey is criticizing the process. cox had been treating ebola patients in sierra leone and was isolated upon her return to new york airport. she described her upsetting experience in the dallas morning news newspaper. she said this is not a situation i would wish on anyone. i am scared about how healthcare workers will be treated at airports when they declare they have been fighting ebola in west africa. i am scared that like me, they

will arrive and see a frenzy of this organization, fear and most frightening, quartantine. craig expenses continues his treatment at new york's bellevue hospital. the 33-year-old treated ebola patients and positive for the virus on thursday. his fiance was being monitored but is set to be released. she and two friends remain in quarantine. the president says the response should set a precedent. >> yesterday, new yorkers showed us the way. they did what they do every day, jumping on buses, riding the subway, crowding in elevators, heading in to work, gathering in parks. that spirit, that determination to carry on is part of with a makes no, 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 obama administration says its considering implementing national mandatory quarantine meyers similar to those in new york and new jersey.

joining me now is dr. saleem, infectious disease physician. let's pick up on that point about quarantines and thank you for joining us. the healthcare worker tested in new jersey ended up testing negative but she described a chaotic an frightening process. s if that process continues, might we have fewer people willing to go to africa to help? >> absolutely. you know, here are doctors and hours are putting their lives on the line, taking a hit in terms of their earnings back home and spending time away from their families to volunteer to help control the outbreak and they are rewarded by being stigmatized and put through the ringer by customs officials and potentially being quarantined for fore 21 days. >> that's really not the way to be treating people, the very people we need to be relying on to keep us safe. >> what is the answer? because while we have talked to people on the street who say logically, i know there is nothing to really be terrified

of, yet some people still say they are. so what is the answer for people coming back to the u.s.? >> well, i think in the case of healthcare workers who have been working in ebola treatment units like was craig experience in guinea, these are the people who know the most about the disease who have had real experience with patients with ebola who know what the symptoms are and the consequences of not getting treatment would be. >> sure. >> it's in their interest, not just in the publicts interest but in their own interest to be monitoring for symptoms and to come forward as soon as they develop symptoms because with ebola, time is of the us he knew. starting treatment as soon as you develop symptoms is essential to survival. and, so i think in this case, there is more than enough motivation for healthcare workers to do the appropriate monitoring and to do the right thing. >> you say that it's so important to find this so early. is that why people that have been diagnosed here in the united states are surviving and people in africa are dying at an alarming rate? >> i think that's a huge part of

the story. i think part of the reason thomas eric duncan who was the only one who was treated and died of ebola in this country was because there was a delay. he was sentence home and comes back two days later. i think that was a really missed opportunity. but everybody else who has fwreentd for ebola in this country had treatment initiated as soon as they developed symptoms. and that makes all of the difference. >> so how do we make that happen in africa? because right now, the world health organization is warning there will be 5 to 10,000 cases a week by december. is the global response not aggressive enough? >> global response is too little too slow, too late. we don't have nearly enough hospital beds or ebola treatment unit beds for the patients that we have now. and, you know, it's at the point where people are being told, this is how you can do this safely at home and take care of your loved ones. >> my. >> can you imagine having to do that here in new york city? it's really a dire situation where we have been too slow.

we need to be building ebola treatment units and staffing them with people like craig spencer and there need to be incentives for people to go over and deal with the problem at its root, not creating more obstacles to that. >> the w.h.o says the goal is to have a million doses of a vaccine by 2015. this is not the first time the world has seen an ebola outbreak. why is there not a vaccine yet? >> you have to remember, development of drugs and vaccines is largely funded by pharmaceutical industry. there is not a market for an ebola vaccine in the minds of fa pharmaceutical industries. it's a disease that affects the poor in africa. so, you know, that's -- >> that's harsh but that's real. >> that's reality. and in terms of funding from places like the national institute of health, they tend to fund more of the earlier development, what we call basic research, understanding how the virus replicates and then bringing vaccines and drugs up to a certain point but then to

do the clinical trials is very expensive, and so, you know, it's not until now that we are really having, you know -- >> a sense of urgency about this? >> exactly. exactly. >> doctor salime we will call you, you again. same-sex couples in 6 more states learned their marriages will be recognized by the federal government. eric holder said the add miles per hourstration will make sure same sex couples will receive the same array of benefits. the 6 new states where gay marriages are valid are alaska arizona idaho, north carolina, west virginia and wyoming. today's decision comes after the u.s. supreme court declined to hear appeals in cases that legalized gay marriage in those states. in washington state, a school shooting leaves two teenage girls fighting fire lives. the 14-year-olds were shot in the head yesterday. north of seattle. the shooter was another student,

jay win fryberg who witnesses say opened fire inside the crowded cafeteria. a third female student was killed. two boys are in intensive care. one shot in the head. the other in the jaw. >> the next three days are going to be crucial. these young people are being monitored moment by moment. they have a nurse at their bedside constantly. a doctor is very near by constantly. all of the neuro surgeons have rounded this morning and they will be here rounding throughout the day. >> local media reporting he opened fire at a table where his cousins and friends were seated. investigators say he may have had a fight with one of them over a girl. they say a cafeteria worker tried to stop him and he died from a bullet from his own gun. in california, highway patrol officers have arrested a couple after a carjacking spree left .2 sheriff's deputy deputies dead. officials say one deputy approached a vehicle in sacramento. someone in the car opened fire hitting him in the chest.

they say the occupants car jacked fore vehicle shooting the driver, then stole a third car. the couple then droep drove to placer county and shot two more sheriff's deputy deputies, killing one. in canada, a ceremonial return to normalcy at the too many of the unknown solid? >> it re-opened after wednesday's deadly attack. nathan cirillo was killed, the shooting suspect stormed parliament and was killed by the sergeant at arms. >> coalition forces carried out targets on isil targets, in iraq and kobane. al month of fighting with gains and lots on both sides. earlier this week, it was reported isil got hands on weapons air dropped by the u.s. meant for kurdish forces there? >> there is ongoing fighting near the lebanese city of tripoli between the army and gunmen believed to be loyal to isil. singles soldiers and two civilians have been killed. tripoli has been divided.

stefanie dekker has more from beirut. >> it has been tension in the earn city of tripoli with the army fighting armed men. for the first time we have seen those bats, the seller on the old sidewalk of the city. there are two neighborhoods that supports the revolution and one that supports assad. they have fought together. it's been quiet there for the last few months. this recent flare-up comes down to give you some context. on thursday, the army raided an apartment north of tripoli where they arrested a man they say was believed to be one of the main recruiters for isil. we sat with one of the military expa commanders on friday. it was it was a call for attacks on the army and retaliation for the arrest. he told us the army is ahead but there is a concern that this will go on lebanon, of course, no stranger to the spillover of the syrian, a very sectarian society, divided. that is a huge concern to the

people here, but the politics, i have to tell you, often divided or begin the same message that they stand behind the army. >> stefanie dekker reporting there. in generally,downses ofrenals have been killed and a sue aside attack. the attack just one in a series of violent battles between tribesmen and houthi rebels there. a report. >> the city of radaa south of the capitol sanaa is at the center of a battlefield. there is fighting on multiple fronts. al-qaeda fighters and tribesmen are confronting advancing shia 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 that sentiment is only increasing tensions and it could turn into a wider sectarian conflict. there is also fighting in the western frof incident on the red sea. houthi rebels are confronting tribesmen from the tahani movement who oppose the houthi movement. they are making gains and consolid ating their positions. the in southern yemen, there is no fighting but an increasing separatist movement with 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 increasing fears of a wider sectarian conflict and in the south, it could be a matter of time before it breaks away. omar adan.

>> the rafa crossing is the only non-israeli border point for gazans. on friday, 30 egyptian soldiers with were killed if coordinated attacks on army checkpoints in northern sinai. no group has claimed responsibility. he script cdeclared a 3 month. >> laid to rest with full military honor, these soldiers were killed in northern sinai in one of the worst attacks. a car bombing was followed by gunfire on another post near the egyptian border with israel. the president sisi declared a 3-month emergency. he said the fight against what he calls terrorism won't be over soon. >> i am affording all egyptians. be vigilant. a plot has been woven all that has happened has been expected. we have raised issues before. we must join forces to 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 as well as members of the previous government of mohamed morsi. in the past, an armed group has claimed responsibility for carrying out similar attacks in the sinai. the group's activities have increased since the then elected and outlawed muslim brotherhood government was offeredthrown by the military. however, no one has claimed responsibility for friday's attacks. to deal with the growing number of attacks, egypt has deployed more soldiers to the region and a peace deal has beenedes allowing for more egyptian military presence in the sinai peninsula. among heightened security, the rafah border crossing is also

downloads. with these meyers, the egyptian army and the police say they will be is able to tackle threats and preserve the security of the region. but those who vow to protect the state continue to face great risks. al jazeera. several major elections taking place around the globe this weekend from tunisia to ukraine to brazil. we have an in-depth look at the issues facing voters in those countries. an arningsz special series is domestic violence awareness month. we sit down with two survivors who share their owing story.

welcome back to "al jazeera america." here is a look at your top stories: millions of voters around the world will head to the polls tomorrow. key national elections are taking place in ukraine action tunisia and brazil.

at stake, stability, democratic rule and corruption free government. >> six more states will have marriages recognized by their government. eric holder says same-sep marriag marriages are recognized. they declined to hear appeals on cases in those states. the first healthcare worker isolated under the quarantine is criticizing the process. she was isolated. she heard quarantine after a negative ebola test was an over reaction. mali is reporting the first confirmed ebola related death ordering mara -- bordering maritania. a two-year-old girl died earlier this week after traveling through mali this makes mali the 6th west african nation affected by the illness. health teams are september to the capitol there. the president says his country will not close borders to guinea

despite the girls' case. health officials are working to get a vaccine in place. mary snow reports it's an unpress defrptd. racing topstop stol 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. >> vaccine is not a magic bullet but when ready, they may be a good part of the effort to turn the tide of this epidemic. >> there are many if's including how safe they will be and will they be effective? one pernlthsal vacciexperimenta the most advanced and already started human trials. the next step would be to test in thousands of volunteers in liberia, see ai sierra leone ana

and one by johnson & johnson is looking to start trials 2014 all because no ebola vaccine i hoex the incentive for a pharmaceutical company to get involved to develop a vaccine for a disease that up until this outbreak had less than 2500 people finthd, we did not have the kind of incentivization on the part of industry. we certainly have that now. now johnson and johnson says it's talk 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 fapharmaceutical company

will proceed with vaccine trials in thousands of patients without some form of indemnification. >> the world health organization says a possible fund could be created to indemnify pharmaceutical 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 toses indemnify these companies against risks. >> the cost of doing nothing is a greater risk. mary snow, al jazeera. >> one part of liberia's capitol officials have closed the only health clinic. it leaves a community with no access to medical care. hith workers did not have the necessary protective gear to handle ebola patients. one resident said doctors are afraid to touch people when they ran out of gloves. a liberian xhocommunity left ma

feeling alienated. kristin saloomey has that story. >> reporter: perhaps no one in the united states 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. >> sierra leone talk and where? africa? and then people move away from you because that stigma. >> the community here, there is a fear and a -- of the stigma. people, if they are sick, we are worried they might not go to the hospital. >> news that a new york doctor now has the disease is only adding to their concerns. craig experiencing came home from treating ebola patients in guinea over a week ago? >> there is no cause for alarm. new yorkers need to understand the signatures 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. spencee

notified public health officials an frsz quarantined here at the city hospital, designated to deal with the virus. >> even appears officials try to calm new york city residents, telling them the chances of ebola spreading are 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 absolutely quarantined without a doubt. >> it's a deadly disease. there is no cure for it. if i got it, my whole family is going to get it. i have a four-year-old son. i worry about it. >> in the neighborhood known as little liberia, there has been meeting after meeting about what to watch for and how to help. almost everyone here knows someone home who has died from the disease. >> y'all got to send us some money. y'all got to said us some supplies. y'all have to send us some highgenic 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 saloomey, al jazeera, new york. >> october is domestic violence awareness month. most people think of abuse, physical violence comes to mind. emotional violence, however, is just as devastating. there is help for victims who are is able to seek it out. >> 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. but thenlt gained the courage to leave and now they are telling their stories. >> this is pretty. >> gabriella came to the united states from germany as a student. show describes her younger self as a fearless, focus woman. she fell in love with an ivory-league educated man. they got married but their relationship took a dangerous turn. >> take me back to when you knew

something is wrong here. >> several things. he may give me a real lesson how to squeeze out the toothpaste 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 of 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 net working. i have cia contact. i have this and that. and he threatened me even though i had everything legal, totally control. he threaten did me. "you don't know what i am capable of doing" "you don't know what i can do". >> what have the process he have 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 you feel like you know what? i can do this. >> numbers of startling. one out of every four american women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime n each year, almost 5 million women become the victims of physical abuse by an intimate partner. >> hi. how are you? >> while leaving seems like the logical solution, many women like ron save they feel trapped. >> when people say why doesn't she just leave, why does that make -- how does that make you feel. >> the idea of being homeless, living in the street, you know, is scary. it's not safe out there. you know this be environment you are in, even though it's toxic and dangerous. >> what was your relationship like with your ex-husband? >> emotionally, he will tell you, you are fat, you know. verbally, he would abuse. 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 this going on? did you miss a lot of work? >> i miss a lot of work. especially going back and forth to court for almost eight years of my life. >> add that to a dire financial situation and many women give up and go back to their abusers. there is help. >> that's where places like sanctuary for families come in. the organization offers victim services that include counseling, legal representation, and even financial support. help women like gabriella and roni say transformed their lives. >> i have become stronger. i want my daughter to know that she doesn't have to stand there

and let somebody dictate to her. 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 endured years of abuse interview say they are no longer victims. hear how they did it in part two of their story tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. there is international outrage today over iran's execution of a woman con vithsd of killing a man she said was trying to attack herconvicted of killing a man she said was trying to attack hera she stabbed an intelligence min tree worker scenario years ago. there were concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case. >> includes reports of confessions made under severe duress. iranian authorities ignored please to spare her life. she was hagued this morning in an iranian prison. much of the effort to free her was spearheaded by amnesty international. they say the hanging and mistreatment of women happens far too often be in iran.

>> there were many questions hanging over this case and they at trial, the investigations that led to the issue agape christian fellowship of a death sentence, extremely defective. she was arrested when she was only 19 years old under the charge of killing a minister of intelligence former employee. she was held in solitary confinement for two months. without access to her lawyer and family. she was convicted of murder. her sentence in 2009 and her sentence was upheld in 2011. she admitted from the first moment of her arrest that she stabbed the man once in the back but she said 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. >> the state department of also condemned this morning's

hanging. the statement calls for iran to -- this is a quote -- respect the fair trial guarantees afforded to its people under iran's own laws and its international obligations. iranian prosecutors are trying to catch who is behind a string of acid attacks on women. in the a last few months, there have been eight such attacks in a city south of iran. each crime followed the pattern. two men on a motorcycle approach a car. one throws acid at the woman inside and they speed off. there have been no arrests. much more ahead on "al jazeera america." several major elections taking place around the globe this weekend from tunisia to ukraine to brazil. we have an in-depth look at the issues facing voters in those countries.

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let's start in crain where the country will elect the first parliament since the ouster of yanukovych. it was a movement marked by deadly force. tomorrow, voters are expected to support the party led by petro poroshenko. in tunisia, security is a major concern for parliamentary concerns there. 5 million voters are expected to cast ballots since the arab spring. tomorrow'sly is considered a major step toward democratic rule. the end of a long presidential rates in brazil. political corruption has become a major campaign issue there. it's being called the currents tree's cloechts presidential race in decades. the ruling workers candidate appears to have a slight edge despite a deaning bribery scandal. for more, newman joins us from brazilia. what do the latest polls tell

us. >> richelle, they tell us that his approval rigating dropped slightly in the last few gaze that this is still very, very much a nail-biting, difficult to call race. there are a large number of brazilians who are undecided who could swing the race to the presidential palace you see behind me either way. so, it's still much too close to call. >> how really different are these candidates? >> you know, richelle, it's very interesting because there are profiles, personal profiles absolutely different. roussef is older, a left wing guerilla who was tortured during dictate offership and she is a socialist. she liens to the center left

while her opponent is a man who is younger, certainly more car asthmatic and he is a little bit more to the center. some say the center right, at former governor but there are their policies, what they promise to do is practically identical. both promise to combat corruption, to improve the economy which is practically in recession right now and to help a lot of the working class. so, it's difficult. it's a matter of perception right now. roussef is seen more as the woman who defends the working class and her opponent is seen as a bit more elitist. >> the debate last night, the final debate, how much impact has that had on this entirely? >> well, on the entirely, i don't know, but it did seem to account for the fact that the roussef's approval rating

dropped by about 1 percentage point cog to this last poll that you mentioned at the beginning. but it is still very much aetechnical time. she had a hard time defending herself, tooth and nail against the charges that she was someway of a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal including her political party and the state-owned oil company. she has had a difficult time explaining why inflation has risen to nearly 7% under her watch and why the economy is actually technically in recession right now. a lot of people continue to support her and we really don't know who is going to win. we will know that, of course, after the polls open at around 6:00 a.m. eastern time on sunday. >> i know you will keep uso in touch. the parliamentarily, a violent outcry for democracy 4 years ago. intro we are introduced to the youngest candidate on the ballot. >> violence and instability loom large in a country set to cast

an historic vote. security forces track group of people with explosionives in a house in a suburb of the capital tunis. especially in the hideout killing most of the fighters, including five women, police officials say were armed and planning to disrupt the country's political process. the raid happened just as millions of tunisians are getting ready to elect a new parliament. this is ase psi leader of what tunisias call a party likely to make sniffing can't gains. members of the former government and of the president are taking part in these elections. one of them is mozan, who serves as prime minister.

nigh priority is security. i am also determined to fix the economy and build strong ties with the international community. moryan and ase psi face a challenge from the party. tunisia's election system is based upon proportional representation. no party is likely to win a majority. the leader -- for the leader consensus is the only way forward. >> the lesson we learned from egypt and other countries is that in a transitional period, a simply majority won't be able to find it. you have to have an extended coalition consensus. >> the election will end four years of a transition that was marched by violence, instability and a deaning rift between conservatives and seculars. >> i think it's defining political moment. tunisia will basically stand on

the basis of the outcome of this election as a country with some kind of opportunity to rebuild society, to rebuild the state. i guess to be the shining model. >> tunisia's future will be decided by more than 5 million voters. according to receipt opinion polls, half of them are undecided. >> this is where four years ago, thousands of tun easeians took to the streets to denious government oppression. freedom, 5 millions across the arab world. now people in the renalon wonder whether tunisians will inentire, becoming a model to the peaceful transition of democracy. tunnis. >> since the arab spring action many arab nations have replaced dictators with unstable governments and even war. we will take a deeper look tonight at the current situation. so join us at 8:00 p.m. eastern,

5 pacific. there is much mistake. voters will decide if they want to could not the direction of the part headed by petro poroshenko. for many, it's a chance to distance themselves from the influence of the former soviet union. more from barnaby phillips. >> on the edge of kiev, they are practicing for war. not all of their guns are real. this is not a game. these are students, electricians, teachers. some fear an attack on this city, others have volunteered to go east to fight. in another part of the city, refugees from the war. they live in a church shelter where we visited, there was no electricity. olga lost her house in donetsk. now, she and her family share a room with 20 other people. their lives have been turned upsidedown but they are determined to take part in these elections. >> we want to show people that we exist and that we have a right to vote.

we can't go home. we will fight for yoour rights. we are citizens of this country. >> thousands of people have been killed in the east. these pictures show just some of the soldiers and policemen who have died. in kiev these elections are taking place under extraordinary circumstances in ukraine. >> the dire state of the economy has brought this crowd on to the streets. as ukraine's current see falls in value, these people find their mortgage paldz go up and up and they can't take it anymore. >> we pray and we have no hope. >> thephon minister told me these elections offer ukrainians the chance to vote in a new reforming parliament that will push through difficult reforms. >> if you talk to all ukrainians now on the streets, they will tell you, we have a new

president. we have new government. but why do we still have the same parliament who voted for this crazy, anti-democratic, who supported the previous region. >> there is the possibility for ukraine to make a clean break with the past. building a new country in the midst of this crisis is something of an act of faith. barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> the opposition of mozambique is rejecting the results of an election there, that he won with 57% of the vote. that means the current defense minister will be the next president. opposition parties will challenging this alleging voter fraud, calling for a coalition government. others say there should be an investigation at polling stauingsz. across the u.s., early voting is underway in 36th 6 states 689 in california, more than a million people have already cast their

ballots, the same in florida wherebily day early voting will account for 70% of all of the votes tabulated in the state. 33 states opened their polls early. three states, oregon, washington and colorado conduct elections by mail. early voting has the potential to changely dynamics as candidates can no longer rely on that last minute push to woo voters. coming up next, why efforts to make getting a mortgageesier may not be working. passengers of the beener car service note they can rate the driver but they may not know they are being rated as well. er

' with a in hong kong, student protesters will vote on whether to end their month long movement. thousands of demonstrators are carped out on the city's streets

blocking major intersections. sunday's vote comes after government officials refused to knee with less involvement from china. regulators took steps toward loosening credit markets. a report, some experts think regulatorsr not addressing the root problem. >> the feds ever so slightly loosened grip on lenders, giving them more freedom and encouraging them to issue loans with only 3% down. at a mortgage banker's condition, federal housing finance agency director melvin watts said, quote, we know that this issue has contributed to lenders imposing credit over lazy that drive up the cost of lending and restrict lending to borrowers with less than perfect credit skordz scores or less conventional financial situations. >> the housing market has two major drivers: credit and demand much the feds action as the other thanship e kwalt but

the stats are sobering. >> new home sales performed better in the third quarter of 2014 than they have since the end of the 2013 but they are still at recession levels. nearly 300,000 fewer fha loans were issued in the 12 months ending june this year compared to 2013. the mortgage banker's association expects total lending for home purchases will fall 13.5% this year. mortgage banker and author of mortgage 101 david reid says the new rules don't necessarily make it cheaper for people to buy than rent because the less a buyer puts down, the more private mortgage insurance he must pay. borrowers today if they want a 5% down payment con conventional or three 1/2 % fha, you know, it's a toss-up of which is better. i am not quite sure that lowering the payment from 5% down to 3% down is going to help. >> the new rules also don't address root causes of diminished demand for home other thanship. stagnant middle class wages

along with a rise in part-time freelance jobs, banks generally don't consider these types of quality applicants and often reject them. >> the quality of loans in today's market and it has been for the past couple of years is probably the highest quality of mortgage loans in the history of the program. credit scores are much higher. >> finally, with first time buyers less than 30% of the market, when we talking the appear teethtting the appear teeth the appetite for lower down payments. >> rebecca stevensson, you say wind is a major concern right now? >> major concern. we have already had a 61 mile per hour gust at newport oregon along the coast and winds are beginning to build northward getting gusts in general 40 to 50 miles an hour. not only in weren't and central oregon but beginning to move up into washington state. you could see where a high wind warnings are and they include places around worth earn california, nevada and utah.

wind gusts in the last check along the coastline are 45 in this last hour for new port, 39 for the washington coast. now, these winds are also going to build in strength even farther inland for the valley around pag pugett sound. we have a high wind warning with gusts anticipated up to 60 miles per hour. >> warning begins in the next hour and continues overnight. see the storm system swirling offshore. in fact, it's so tightly wounds on the radar, it almost looks like a hufrnlt but this is a cold core. it is pronouncing or producing enough rainfall to have some concerns about urban flooding. we don't expect river flooding at this time. we are going to get a lot of rain quickly on top of what's already fallen, as you can see, approaching an inch on the washington coast will probably end up with 2 to 3 inches of rainfall along the washington oregon coastline and in the mountains, higher amounts. the mountains as cold air rushes

in. we will start to get some snow as we get into tomorrow and the following two, one to two days. that will include idaho over into montana and utah as well. so mountain snow and then we get another storm system on the way. in fact, hurricane ana, this is the same hurricane that last weekend was near hawaii, well, it's held together, tracking into northern waters. it was actually tracking into warmer ocean water. it maintained its strength but by the time it does reach the western washington area as we get into monday night, tuesday morning, it will not be a hurricane anymore. but still strong enough we have to watch it for the phonecial of a windstorm and again, heading in to a lot of rainfall. >> that's easily going to take some trees down because the leaves are still on them. >> we will have to watch out for it. rebecca, thank you so much. you have heard of the popular car service beener servicing big cities across the u.s. at the end of each ride, the he passenger rates the driver.

you might not know that that driver can also rate each passenger. our science and technology correspondent jacob ward has more. >> if you live in a major city almost anyone in the world, tokyo, london, san francisco, services like air b and ba lift and task rabbit will pair you as if bike magic with an apartments or a car or someone to run errands for you. these companies are trying to change the way we arrange for such services by taking advantage of spare time and spare resources and tossing a little good old fashion trust into the next. it's not the traditional customer relationship. >> that's particularly true of the ride sharing service uber. >>. uber let's passengers rate the drivers to make sure that no one is getting drunk behind the wheel or freaking out, road raging, whatever it is on the company's behavior. when you use uber, you are being receipt rated as a passenger. >> now, you don't get to see

your rating. you have to ask the driver for it or write to customer support, but if you drop below three stars, that's it. you are out. so, it's not really a traditional capitalist enterprise. this isn't a typical customer service kind of business. there are manners and mores you have obey. what does it take to get exiled from yourer? >> sex in the vehicle. >> if it didn't bother my date where i would have to go back and scrub something off, i probably wouldn't even car care. >> probably the action that, you know, they have a choice. >> yeah. i think i would kick them out before i even let it get that far. >> a horribly stinky dog. i mean like undead smelling. >> i like animals >> so i am okay with that. all right? >> i would have to roll down the windows, drive around foreign 10 minutes or so before i could even get the smell, assuming there is no mess. >> i definitely would get that one a one star.

i would let them know before they get in. >> puking. >> if you throw up in the car, yes. >> dem deserves a one rating and a clean-up fee. >> one star. >> if they were that sick and they actually through up in the vehicle >>. >> if you use the back and didn't make any mess, it would be fine with me. >> why doesn't beener publish it's passenger ratings. back in the spring they blifshd a study that they said consistent service where residents had complained, that leaks good. maybe they haven't made them public because it didn't want them picked apart for evidence of drims nation. the company wouldn't talk to us about it. in the meantime, it seems straightforward. don't contaminate the vehicle. don't try to cheat the driver by asking him to end the ride early. behave yourself, everybody. that's how you get to keep riding. everyone like a courteous

passenger in their car. >> i got five stars. pretty nice guy. >> jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> we always give jake five stars. coming up on "al jazeera america," an inside look at the restoration of a magnificent american movie palace.

bass guitar's for the super group cream has died. ♪ >> founded by bruce, guitarist eric clapton and drummer ginger baker in 1966, cream is known for sunshine of your love as well as white room, cross rooms. bruce was 71 years old. after more than 35 years of neglect. one of new york city's the kaelyn forde caught up with the people bringing the lowes's theatre back to life. >> ron swige certain known as mr. brooklyn. he has lived here his entire life and fought to preserve every piece of its history. >> man, look at that: that is something. one heals a special place in his

hearted. the king theaters? >> the first time i came here to the king's theatre was in 1969. my wife and i had just gotten married. we lived in the neighborhood. this was not a movie theatre. this was a movie palace. you almost felt like royalty when you walked in. the fluted columns, shachandeli, the nature sfeelting was immense and magnificent. >> built in 1929, it stages vaudeville performances, hosted concerts and showed biggs films of the era. it survived the great depression but the kings couldn't out law suit the blackout and economic woes in the 1970s. after it shut doors, he cdecade it neglect, water damage and looting took a toll. gary martinez opens the doors for the first tie. >> the first time i walked into this space and the theatre, i thought, gosh, this is so daupting. i mean it was really in bad shape.

>> the restoration took a team of hundreds of people three years and cost $94 million. when the curtain rise ins january, more than 3,000 people will be able to share in the experience. march. >> martinez says the price tag is a bargain? >> these buildings are incredible treasures. so many of them have been destroyed. so many have been 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 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. >> theaters do it like no other, not like sports facilities or like 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 kings theaters, 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. >> the kings theatre is one of 5 movie places built by loews in the new york city area. three are currently used by chuvenlingz. the other is a performing arts center. breaking the sound barrier isn't rocket science anymore. it was once considered impossible done by military jets every day and now by one daring google executive. ♪ alan eustis took a leap of faith from 136 thousand feet up, about 25 miles high. on his way down, he became the first person to break the sound barrier in just a spice suit. he plum edit to earth at 822

miles per hour in a free fall that lasted 4 and a half minutes. his jump is part of a project for a company working on making a self contained commercial space suchlt i am richelle carey in new york. "real money" is next. have a good night. >> the united states is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. but it's not a crisis of illegal drugs. it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively, they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs.