20 persianbly where up in 2011. >> car loss, always a pleasure. >> as another american ebola patient walks out of the hospital, president obama weighs in on the global response. >> america cannot look like it's shying away because other people are watching what we do. >> now the debate over quarantines of healthcare workers heats up. kurdish fighters are about to get more help fighting kobane, isil continues a relentless series of attacks across iraq. and we take a closer look at

tight races. georgia and the politics of outsourcing coming up. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. president obama said that the united states cannot shy away from the ebola. >> tell us more about the ebola outbreak. >> president obama said that it is key that the americans stay vigilant at home. that doctors and other professionals needing to ready in case there are more cases of ebola that come to the united states. making sure that efforts are at top potential there.

he just talked toda today with a team that has been working in liberia for two months now, and they say they're seeing signs of progress, which does give some sense of hope. >> libby, the president spoke out about the mandatory quarantines put in place by the governors of new york, new jersey, and illinois, what did he say about that? >> did he not directly address governors cuomo and christie and what they're doing, but that was the backdrop of the president's comment today, including a potential lawsuit by the nurse, who was in quarantine in new jersey against her will. so a defiant chris christie criticized the administration, and called them incredibly

confusing. so with all that going on as president obama spoke today he warned that there could be a real chilling effect, that's these healthcare workers going to west africa should be given praise and not dealt with in a way that stigmatizes them. he said that america is not a nation ruled by fear. >> when we see a problem, and we see a challenge, then we fix it. we don't just react based on our fears. we react based on facts and adjustment. and making smart decisions. that's how we have built this country and sustained this country. >> president obama using words like sensible and science-based to describe the cdc guidelines and what states should be doing as they watch the most high-risk

of potential patients. >> that was pretty stern body language from the president. mr. obama also talked about the military decision of soldiers serving in west africa. >> he said, frankly, they're different than medical personnel going over to west africa. they're members of the u.s. military. indeed, they may be held to a different standards, they may have to go through different procedures. we're looking at a 21-day quarantine from the secretary of defense for military members who are in west africa specifically dealing with ebola issues. but as president obama and others have said that their role is not to treat patients but to set up hospitals and infrastructure and help train personnel there on the ground. tony, members of the military are often used to the comings and goings in a different procedure. they will still get paid while in a place of quarantine. the real concern are medical

personnel who are voluntarily getting over there may not get paid while in quarantine and may not be enticed to go over and help people. that's the danger that the white house is trying to avoid. >> michael: libby casey at the white house. thank you. a five-year-old boy will be removed from isolation after testing negative from ebola. meanwhile, ebola patient craig spencer remains in stable condition. we have more from atlanta. [applause] >> reporter: it was a packed news conference in atlanta after amber vincent was declared ebola free and released from isolation. >> while this is a day of celebration and gratitude i ask not to lose focus on thousands of families who labor under the burden of the disease in west africa. >> reporter: she was in detention after flying from

texas to ohio and back just days after treating li liberian national thomas duncan. >> thank you for donations of plasma for me and other patients, and thank you for your leadership in helping to educate the public about this difficult but treatable disease. >> while world leaders apeople from doctors and nurses in the west african hot zone, health workers in the u.s. are finding themselves at the center of the controversy. this nurse return together u.s. showing no symptoms of the virus, she spent the weekend in this tent outside of a new jersey hospital. she says she had no heat, no shower, and a box for a toilet. she called her treatment inhumane. now she's being allowed to continue her 21 days of

isolation at her family's home in maine. >> her service and commitment to this cause is something that should be honored and respected, and i don't think we do that by making her live in a tent for two or three days. but new jersey governor chris christie said that he did the right thing by quarantining her. >> we're preparing for the time. that's what we need to do to protect the public. >> lawyers who represent amber vincent and stacey hiccocks. she's challenging the new quarantine that new jersey has imposed on any person arriving from the west africa hot zones with a high risk of contracting ebola. >> a case of possible bullying over ebola here in new york. two boys say they were beaten up by classmates who called them ebola. now the boys had recently moved to the united states from africa. they now say that they don't want to go back to their school. roxana saberi covered this for

us and has more. >> reporter: the boys are 11 and 13. they told me today several of their classmates ganged up on them while calling them ebola. the department of education is investigating but many say this kind of harassment goes beyond schools and onto the streets. >> shyness takes over the brothers. they moved from senegal just weeks ago and speak only french. they said that classmates won't let them touch the ball. >> they say we have the disease. >> the taunting turned into punches and kicks. >> the school called me at 2:00 and let me know that there was a beating of your children. >> reporter: he said that more than a dozen kids started beating his younger brother. when he rushed to rescue him, he got hit, too.

>> they hit me in the head. >> in the eyes and then the nose. >> the two boys don't want to come back to school here. they're worried that the other kids will keep picking on them. the school is investigating what happened on this playground but locals of the african community say this was not an isolated case. >> this has brought media attention on this, and many have come forward and said this is happening to my child at school. this happened to me on a train. someone said i have ebola, i should stay away. >> the boys want to find another school where they feel accepted on the classroom and the soccer field. and their father wants school officials to do more to teach kids not to bully. >> kids are kids, but at some time they have to train them. >> reporter: we reached out to the school and did not get a response. earlier today the father and boys met with one of the

bullies. they said that the boy apologized in front of school officials but on his way out raised his fist to the brothers. they have been declared free of the virus earlier this month. >> nancy was one of the first in america to be diagnosed with ebola. tomorrow morning we'll talk with her here on al jazeera america about her experience and how she is helping ebola patients right here on al jazeera america. start acting 8:00 a.m. eastern time. reinforcements are on the way to accept syrian kurds in kobane. airstrikes have only kept isil fighters at bay. now the hope is that troops and heavy weapons from iraq's kurdish rage may help turn the tide. peshmerga soldiers have been deployed. more will be deployed. they will make the 370 trek, and it may be kobane's last hope after fighting and hundreds of

casualties. bernard smith has more. >> reporter: on syria's border on turkey shells kurdish position just meters away. only airstrikes from the u.s.-led coalition have stopped, falling under isil's control. english kurdish fighters turn to turkey for help. turkey special forces take no chances. they have been in conflict with separatist kurds for 30 years. that's why the government won't allow arms through to kobane. it's worried that they could one day be turned on the turks. help is offered on purely humanitarian terms. >> reporter: when drivers got a call that there are injured waiting on the other side of the front, they race down here. those who are on the scene, they have just seconds, really to, treat the injured as quickly as

possible, move them into the ambulance and take them into turkey for treatment, but it's very dangerous down here and cannot hang around. this fighter has suffered shrapnel wounds. every day the number of kurdish fighters dwindles. for both these men their fighting days could well be over. even if they fully recover, the turkish authorities won't let them back into kobane. they'll have to be smuggled in across what is a tighter front here. bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey-syria border. >> the u.s. and partner nations have conducted 13 airstrikes across syria and iraq and into today. pentagon officials show

reporting of strikes that hit isil bases. it has cost $580 million since it began in iraq on august 8th. now the u.s. and arab nations began strikes in syria late last month. and in iraq the government is trying to manage the fight against isil with conflicting agenda among the ethnic groups, kurds, they are all divided in defending kirkuk, but the vast oil wells could be the chink in their armor. >> reporter: kurdish peshmerga forces on the front line. nearby the oil fields in northern iraq. the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil, are only a few kilometers away. the vast amount of natural resources around kirkuk could make the city one of the most

prophettible on earth. isil is the common enemy, but many hearsay distrust is growing among kirkuk's multi ethnic population. a sunni arab political leader said that he survived an attack here by shia militia group last year. >> it's a big problem for arab sunnies. they suffer from attacks from militia, from isil, and then injustice from the government, and sometimes we suffer at the hands of our brothers, 9 kurds. the real agenda is to raise the arab sunnies from iraq and syria. >> reporter: isil have launched suicide attacks in recent weeks. the city is 30 kilometers from iraqi kurdistan the threat from isil is so great that the that kurdish peshmerga forces are

helping the iraqi army defend it. iraq's constitution said that both the krg and baghdad have a role in running kirkuk. this office behind me was set up by the krg government, but they say the rivalry is seriously affecting their ability to protect against isil. >> everyone is threatened by isil in iraq. this office in kirkuk is trying to bring people from all groups together. but now they're bringing enemies to each other. before it was marriage between ethnic groups, there was understanding, but now it is different. >> reporter: political leaders agree. he said that the problem is not just in kirkuk.

>> they're not just in danger here. they're angle justic anxious in other areas. they're being squeezed out by other groups. >> reporter: they face isil in kirkuk almost every day. tension among the people who live here could make defending it even harder. al jazeera, kirkuk. >> security is being stepped up by government buildings across washington, d.c. and other major cities. the move is because, quote, calls of terrorist organizations for attacks on the homeland and elsewhere. no word on which exact buildings will have higher security. hundreds gather to pay respects to soldiers killed in canada's parliament shooting. 24-year-old corporate nathan cirillo was shot and killed while standing guard at the nation's war memorial.

at the funeral prime minister stephen harper said that corporal cirillo was a dedicated soldier. >> our hearts are broken at his loss, but our spirits are grateful for his memory. corporal cirillo knew what all those men and women who died before him also knew, the only values really worth living for are those worth dying for. >> today secretary of state john kerry played a wreath at canada's war memorial in ottawa where corporal cirillo died. four gang members from in connection of 43 students who disappeared in mexico. there was a new mass grave found near where they were last seen. >> reporter: we're here in the city hall burned by protesters last week who were angry over the suspected role of the mayor in the disappearance of these 43

students. on monday mexico's attorney general said that they had arrested four more people in the case, and that they had given evidence and testimony that a large group of people were handed over to this cartel warriors united on september 26th, and they led investigators into a series of new mass graves that are being investigated now, and that remains are being removed from. we have no evidence yet if these remains found in new graves are those of the students. meanwhile, this case has more political fall out this last week. the governor had r resigned or stepped down, and a new governor has been appointed from the state congress. he received the backing of the president of mexico, and said that the people are not alone. >> hackers may be trying to get to military secrets.

and some analysts say home prices have plenty of room to grow. wow, ali velshi from "real money" is next to explain.

>> the mid terms are exactly one week away, and the economy is the number one issue for a lot of people. many americans don't feel financially secure even though their jobs and housing markets are improving. "real money's" ali velshi goins us. let's begin with the housing market. where do we stand? >> so the rate of increase in home prices is continuing to slow down. prices are still going up, but they're going up a little more slowly. we have the s&p index out. it's a lower increase than we saw a month earlier. all major california cities were weaker than they've been: san francisco dropped to annal you'll growth level in housing prices of 9%.

las vegas continued to see a sharp deceleration. not a drop just a slower rate of growth, but it was still 10.1%. miami was 10.5%. in fact, all cities except cleveland saw a slow down, cleveland was up a little bit. interest rates have ticked lower in the last month, but most of the activity we've seen has been in the mortgage refinancing market. we're still not seeing buyers in here. that's what we're wondering. are these lower prices enough to get people into houses or are we actually seeing this overall slow down. we're not seeing slow downs across the board. we saw strong housing starts, groundbreaking on new homes. permits for new home construction is up. so you look at continued gains in the job market. it's unclear where this is going. >> what's your take here? do consumers have confidence in this economy?

>> a month ago i would have said no or less. now we've got new consumer confidence numbers that shows despite what has been going on in the stock market and uncertainty in the economy, u.s. consumers are the most confident they've been in seven years. they seem unfazed by the stock market. you and i have talked about it. many don't feel connected emotionally or financially to the stock market. the bulk of the gain about consumer confidence are from people looking to the future. they expect job creation to continue. they expect income to go up. you found that the biggest growth in consumer confidence was in new england. the mid-atlantic and the south atlantic. if you go to the mountain states and northwest, a little less confidence. people seem to be feeling pretty good. >> what else are you working on? >> well, it's a week away from mid terms. that's what we're talking about. we're looking at how the money is shaping this election.

it's the most expensive midterm in history. $4billion projected to be spent. we're going to show you where the most expensive races are tonight. >> ali, appreciate it. "real money" tonight on 7:00 p.m. on al jazeera america. i was distracted by an amazing picture from nasa. the u.s. postal service has been monitoring the mail of thousands of americans sometimes without proper authorization. we look at how broad the program is. approving 50,000 request to monitor americans' mail in 2014. this is one of the first detail looks at the program which has played a role in surveillance since the 9/1 9/11 9/11 attacks. a report out today there have been efforts to hack into

computers of u.s. defense contractors, and these efforts are likely sponsored by the russian government. earlier i spoke with laura galante, manager of threat intelligence. her company was tasked with finding out who snuck in to u.s. military databases. 1914 shared the result--she shared the results of that investigation. >> the malware has operations and targets across the globe. yes, u.s. defense contractors are part of that targeting profile. but what we've really seen are militaries and governments, especially ministers of foreign affairs in the targeting profile of this group. >> why do you believe, am i correct in saying that you believe russia is behind this cyber spying operation? >> yes, that's our main assessment. so what we have are the targets and the malware.

the tools that the group uses shows that these are efforts that well resourced, and goes back to 2007. so seven years of operations by very professional developers working on these tools. add to that there is also the russian language settings that we've seen the programmers use for their tools, and the timing that they put these together aligns with utc 4, the time zone in moscow and st. petersburg. >> when it comes to spying, should the united states government be more worried about the russians? we're certainly concerned about china, but should we be more concerned about the russians? >> it depends who you are as a target. what we're seeing with this russian group or what we believe to be a russian group is that the targeting is mostly at eastern europeen government military, and european organizations and organizations such as georgia.

we're talking about economic espionage when it comes to the chinese. and state espionage when it comes to the russians. >> the spyware was so sophisticated that it was able to avoid detection by jumping between computers walled off by the internet. we're going to show you dramatic pictures here. breaking news from nasa. roll these pictures here. this is a live picture from nasa, and this is a rocket that was taking off on a cargo mission that we believe exploded just moments ago. the unmanned atari rocket, let's take a look at this together here. launched from virginia, and everything appears okay here. there it is. the rocket exploding literally

within seconds of lift off. the information that we're getting now from nasa is that there is no indication that anyone was injured it was headed up to the national space station on ary supply mission. can we see that? is it difficult to rerack those pictures? we can't rerack them, we'll get more information and show you this again. okay, we'll have more information on exactly what happened here to the best of our ability to get information as we look at the live picture after the fact. after the explosion. but we will get more information and turn all of this around foreyou as soon as possible. we have it? let's rerack this. and again this was a supply mission leaving from virginia just moments ago, and at this point on launch everything seems

okay. we'll get a wider view of the launch, and within seconds of lift off there you go. there's the explosion. on national tv. okay, we'll get more information. again, no one injured. that's according to nasa. more as we get it. coming up we'll take are a look at just how desperate some campaigns are at this point with one week to go until the midterm, and we'll have a closer look at one of the races that will control the senate. it's a dead heat in georgia. and it's molten lava, and it's inching closer to homes in hawai'i.

>> okay, in today's power politics. one week until midterm. one week until the midterm

elections. and in several races--i love this--the air is thick with with desperation. david? >> the control of the u.s. senate may come down to a few thousand votes in one state. battles include kentucky where mitch mcconnell is trying to hold off allison grimes. mcconnell has exceptionally high unapproval ratings, and now he's trying to be funny in a spot where he considers silly advertising ideas. >> hey mitch, what about using a talking baby? >> that's been done before. >> then you and bloodhounds. >> that's not going to work. >> maybe it's enough to say mitch fights for kentucky. >> maybe this is not such a bad idea. i'm mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. >> you wonder how many takes for that last ad and his laugh still seemed force. ed gillispie during monday

night football, he began attacking senator warner for not taking a position on--wait for it, wait for it--that's right, the name of the washington redskins. seriously. >> why won't warner fight the washington redskins bill. why won't he answer the question. >> i'll oppose the anti-redskins bill. let's make our nation safer. let the redskins worry about what to call their team. >> ed, that's what they're doing but now wading in to the redskins controversia controversy. amazing. remember vanc vance mcallister, he was caught making out with a woman who is not his wife. he was forgiven by his wife, and he has inlisted help from the tv show of "duck dynasty."

>> hey, louisiana, guns brought us here. guns will keep us here. that's why i'm voting for him. >> bibles and guns will keep us here. i can't wait to ask michael shure about that one. >> there you go. >> and can you imagine charlie crist who has taken $90,000 from strip club owners. he's running an attack ad featuring images of a prostitute. >> when they call on you to return that money if not for any other reason but the sexism. why have you not returned that money? >> we got it from a management company. >> now that you're aware of the source of the money, do you think it's appropriate to return it? >> no, i don't. >> you wonder why voters get so sick of election ads.

>> isis gaining ground. terrorists committing mass murder. ebola inside the u.s. americans alarmed by national security. what is president obama doing? making plans to bring terrorists from guantanamo to our country. >> but it's not like he's going to set them loose in our country. you know that asses seseme street game which of these things are not like the other? >> wolfe will cut your take home pay. >> that's just plain crazy. tom wolfe, his higher taxes are

so frightening, he even scares people who scares people for a living. >> ouch. a lot of people like to dress up for halloween. candidate for parliament changed his name to darth vader and campaigned in former death star attire. on election day he went to the polls representing the internet party. poll workers were not sure if he was luke's father or an imposer, so they asked darth vader to take off his mask. [ heavy breathing ] >> vader was denied a ballot. he did not vote does not mean that the empire will not win. but in ukraine's elections the force was not with darth vader. he and his party did not receive enough support to win a seat. >> wow. >> that's in today's power politician. >> fully loaded. don't go anywhere. you're going to join this man, michael shure.

just roll him in. we don't have to be fancy about it: let's do a bit of a deep dive on georgia's senate race with senator chambli ss retiri retiring, michelle nunn is making a tight race. she's facing david purdue, and polls suggest the two are tied. do we find that purdue held a lead into october but lost it after news broke he outsourced jobs earlier in his career. the comments have turned the race on its head, really, and made the economy the issue to watch. purdue said he's proud of his work. >> he'every time we invest in

georgia workers we can compete anywhere in the world. i don't know how you can be proud sending american jobs overseas. >> he hit back based on his experience running dollar general. >> i helped create and save thousands of american jobs regardless of what michelle nunn says. the policies of president obama and michelle nunn, the president himself said make no mistake these policies are on the ballot. >> this poll averages 45-45, i think we've seen a lot of those polls pulling the average towards the middle because michelle has been polling better lately. she has run a smart campaign.

he made another gaffe about laying women off and cutting jobs. >> really? >> and saying only 2,000 women lost their jobs. and michelle nunn seized on that. one of the things that they're going to spend a lot of time on is the black vote. nunn campaigned with john lewis, the civil rights icon, the conscience of the congress. they see that as a way not only to win the race but she wants to avoid the run off. >> how enthusiastically. you were the first to mention this to me, david, how enthusiastically are african-americans going to be voting for michelle nunn when she's distancing herself from the first african-american of the united states. john lewis, i don't know if he's hurt, but i don't know what degree he helps. >> if michelle can make this about the economy.

look, everyone knows what it's like to struggle and have a boss you don't like and disregard your concerns, and then people can relate to him paying women differently than he paid men, and people losing their jobs, then african-americans become engaged. >> i think it makes a difference. i think what you see with john lewis is a little bit of the wink and nod you need in politics in the south. he can speak to the blacks communities. this is politician. and the 44% approval for president obama in georgia. that's not great but it's better than other places. while she has distanced herself from the president, he can go in and say, when she gets there. >> if michelle nunn win georgia, that state has been red for a

while. you can't win without women and minority votes, you just can't win. >> you think about the last democrat, i believe it was max clellan. >> yes. >> the coalition of centrist of blue dog democrats. they may not make overt appeals for civil rights but have that sense well these are voters who feel disenfranchised by the system. if you can get to those middle class workers particularly those outside of atlanta, and they start to feel, hey, wait a second, this is about me or people who have been screwing me for years, then it becomes-- >> back the coalition that has to come together. i want to play the sound bite you alluded to, or maybe we alluded to together, the controversial comments from purdue. >> i defend it. i'm proud of it. outsourcing is to help yours

businesses run. people do it all day. business dos it, manufacturers do it. >> how much does this hurt? >> it hurts quite a bit. when the economy is the number one issue you're voting on when you cut away isis, ebola and other important but not pocket-book issues. this is number one. to hear insensitivity, that never hurts. that's what hurt mitt romney two years ago, and it will hurt david purdue, and it already has. >> when you look at the poll, from the time he said those comments they went up on ads. and then media reports of those comments they went up in ads and michelle nunn, she talked about it in her debate. every time she talks about outsourcing, and he says this is part of business. yes, it may be part of business but people feel when you're moving jobs out of business, that does not help. >> the importance of this race and the balance of power moving

forward in the senate. >> this is one of the races to be the first decided. kentucky and georgia are two seats currently held by republicans. if democrats can flit those blue then the republican magic number to taking control of the senate goes from six to eight, and then the democrats can suffer losses in iowa, north carolina, arkansas, and then taking republican seats, and slipping in a victory there and perhaps they can hold onto the rest of the night. >> would you tweet him on that? >> i would retweet him on that. i would tell him he is right. and this is a place that republicans didn't think they would have to defend. it's happening in kansas and now georgia, and perhaps in south dakota, this is all stuff that democrats are pretty pleased. >> can we see that rocket ship video again? >> you know we're going to see it. this is television. yes, we're going to see it several times.

michael shure and david shuster, thank you. voters will have a huge impact on federal courts. the party that controls the u.s. senate has enormous power or nominations. randall pinkston is here with more on this. >> tony, just a few minutes before the rocket we'll tell you about the courts right now. for decades the senate has had differences over court appointments. usually fights on the supreme court or court of appeal, but during the administration of president obama the battleground has shifted to trial courts. the federal district courts, which are the workhorses of the nation's judiciary system. >> reporter: judge john jones was nominated to the federal court in 2002. he was confirmed six months later and handles 200 to 300 cases per year. then two judges left the bench. >> what kind of case loads did

you have when there were vacancies on the court? >> the caseload was doubled, so we were up 400 cases per judge. >> in texas retired federal judge ferguson, who was confirmed in four months in 1994 never expected it would take years to appoint his replaceme replacement. >> it's taken six years to fill my spot. i think we have two republican senators and one democratic president. they don't necessarily see eye to eye on these matters. >> reporter: most americans are familiar with high profile battles over supreme court nominations like this one for nominee elena kagan. >> do you agree with the characterization that you are a league progressive. >> i really don't know what that label means. >> but nomination fights did not always stand to district court justices. judge jones said times have changed. >> in my experience there were

very few controversial district court nominees. i think i can't give you an average time for confirmation, but i think there was anything that compared to what it became after that. >> even when the senators from the state where the vacancy occurs and the president agree on a nominee there is no guarantee that the vacancy will be filled. that's because it has to be filled by the judiciary committee, and then a vote of the full senate. at every step can derail confirmation. >> historically appointments have not been politically fought. >> is there a water shed year when you noticed the up tick in federal court, trial court vacancy? >> you usually the first year that a president takes office there is an up tick in vacancies. that happened in 2009 when problem took office just as it lapped for president bush and

clinton before hand. that number did not go down for five years that number increased and stayed above 60 vacancies. >> last year senate majority leader harry reid initiated the so-called nuclear option allowing 51 instead of 60 votes to confirm appointies excluding supreme court nominees. mitch mcconnell denounced the move. >> this is not a proud day in the history of the senate. >> with the new rule the democratic-controlled senate confirmed more judges. but there are still more than 60 court vacancies. 16% of them in states with two democratic senators. 32% in states where there is a democrat and a republican. and 43% in states where there are two republican senators. >> unfortunately, we've seen politics come ahead of the interests of the courts in those states as well as the individuals in businesses that relay on those courts.

>> judges say that the ka vacancies are having an effect lawsuits. >> billions of dollars are lost to our economy every year because cases lag in the court system. resolution doesn't come, and people sit there, spinning their wheels. >> ultimately judge jones said vacancies impact everyone waiting for their cases to be heard. >> we just should not have this many vacancies on the federal courts. these are allocated, funded full boat district judgeships, and they ought to be filled. the appalthe appellatecies should be filled. >> whatever the outcome of the midterm elections judge ferguson and judge jones agree both

parties must find a way to make the judiciary work. one way the judges are managing to make it work is with the assistance of magistrate judges and senior judges in some jurisdictions. some of those senior judges manage as many cases as they did when they sat at the message. >> how has this backlog impacted the work that the judges do? >> they say it cause heavier work load on the judges. criminal cases have priority, but with so many cases, ruling on motion which normally take weeks sometimes drag on for months because of vacancies. >> randall pinkston with us. join us for two hours of in-depth coverage of key issues effecting key elections. and don't forget to join al jazeera america on

november 4th for a complete round up of election results and analysis. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. nasa rocket exploded just moments after launch. this was at 6:22 eastern time. the 14-story time atari rocket launched. you'll see it here. just moments, just six seconds after launch it explodes. it was an unmanned craft with 5,000 pounds of supplies. how quickly can they get another mission up to the international space station? those supplies obviously needed. you're looking live at the launch pad in virginia right now. we're told that no one on the ground involved with the launch was injured. no word yet from nasa on what went wrong. nasa and the company that designed the spacecraft are creating. we'll bring you more information as soon as we can.

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>> in hawai'i the volcano has erupted causing families to evacuate. >> you deal with so many different types of stress with this lava. now it's coming to take your home that you worked so hard for for all these years.

we don't know what we're going to do. we'll take it day by day. >> 5950 people have live in that community. we've been following the breaking news of a nasa launch that went wrong. on the phone is former astrona astronaut, international space station commander. leleroy it's good to talk to you. what is your reaction after seeing this just minutes after lift off. >> it's a big disappointment. not only to commercial crew and commercial cargo. they're in the critical path for the future space station. it's not totally surprising. rocketry and space flight is a tricky business. you expect failures now and then. but it's a disappointment. >> leroy, something this big, something this catastrophic.

does it lead you in any particular direction as to what might be the cause? if you were investigating this at this point, what areas of focus would you be concentrating on? it seems to me that you would ask something about the fuel line, rocket fuel lines. if you were leading the investigation, where would you go? >> no, obviously its way to early to speculate too much. you've got to let the investigation play out. they'll look at everything, naturally. as you pointed out, moments after liftoff you're going to be looking at the engines, the fuel flow, the control, the control systems, so it's hard to tell at this point what it could be. because any of those areas could have caused this failure. but you know, the point is that it's unfortunate, but we're going to learn from this, and as an industry we'll move forward. >> well, it seems to me that this was a scheduled mission

because what was being taken to the international space station was needed. it seems to me that now one of the questions is how quickly you can get another mission up to the international space station to bring the supplies to those astronauts that obviously would need them at some point soon. >> that's absolutely correct. we had resupply issues, and we were critical and only having russian vehicles, they've running out of water and in a couple of weeks they'll be running out of food. you're right, it's not going to get up to the station. how quickly can we get another shipment up there, and how quickly can the russians throw another supply shipment in? there are going to be a lot of people at nasa up all night trying to look into this.

>> leroy chow, a former international space station commander.

>> the creator of the game operation cannot afford his own operation. >> he developed the game when he was an engineering student years ago. he sold it for $500 and promise of a job. here's the day when he showed it to a toy executive. >> i walked in to his office. to his desk. he said well, you have to take this probe and go through the maze. so we started, and it buzzed. as soon as it want like that, he threw it up in the air. he stood up and said, i love it.

at this time i was a little short of cash. i had not completed my last year of school. so i readily agreed to the deal. >> no royalty. just $500. the job he was promised never came about, and his friends say john is not bitter, but right now he can't afford to pay for a $25,000 dental surgery. >> now john is in his golden years and things have gotten tough for him and his families. >> reporter: his friends are asking to donate to a crowd funding site to pay for john's operation. so march more than $4,000 has been donated. half of that today. as for hasbro we're told that the toy company may buy the original prototype hopefully than for more than the value of the surgery. >> that's all of our time. before we go we want to remind you we'll have more coverage on the breaking news out of nasa, that nasa rocket exploding just

seconds after the launch. more news on this coming up i'm tony harris in new york. leroy to rent or buy - good question. i'll get the answer from a nobel winning author the man tasked with cleaning up a bowling alley at the center of a panic i'm ali velshi, and this is "real