>> you're looking live at arlington virginia, mid term voting getting underway. we'll have live coverage of key races from coast-to-coast. >> baghdad will provide weapons for iraq kurds in the fight against isil. on the ground in iraq with the latest fighting. >> thousands of nigerians fleeing their homes trying to avoid raised by boko haram.

>> the world health organization botched the response to the ebola outbreak but points the finger at pharmaceutical companies for not developing a vaccine 40 years after the virus was discovered. >> happy election day, i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> the first polls opening even as we speak. millions of voters set to decide the balance of the power in the states and on capitol hill. >> there are 36 seats in the senate and 36 governorships being voted on today. >> the biggest prize is control of the u.s. senate. if the republicans take over this this, most of president obama's agenda could be on the chopping block. >> the latest polls give republicans the edge in this key senate race, but there are still several contests where the races

are close. >> early ballot races are shedding light on that how a couple of toss up states could swing and could go in favor of the democrats. >> victory is in the air. we're going to bring it home tomorrow night. >> with the control of the senate at stake, candidates in several states made a final push before polls opened first thing this morning. >> with dan sullivan right here in alaska. >> some bring out the big guns in the hopes of having the vote go their way. >> whichever party wins may go to the senate. we have a lot of enthusiasm on our side. >> voter enthusiasm at least in two toss up states, georgia and north carolina may swing surprisingly in favor of the democrats. the early vote share for african-americans in georgia so far is 33%, slightly more than the presidential election in 2012 and 13 points higher than the mid terms in 2010. those kind of numbers can only help democratic senate candidate

mitchell nun edge out david perdue. >> thank you for being here. i can't think of a better place to be than right here in make con on a beautiful day. >> there have been 1.15 early million ballots registered to democrats, which accounts for 48% of ballots, while registered republican blots make up 22%. with these early turnout numbers going blue, it could give kay hagan the boost she needs to overcome republican tom tillis who she is leading in the polls. >> i've got 100 locations right now with 10,000 volunteers, hitting the pavement, knocking on doors. >> let's talk about young adults 18-29. getting out their vote is key he for the democrats. turnout across the country is three points higher than turnout for the 2010 mid terms. that could translate to a boost for some democrats in these

races. >> ok, erica pitzi, thank you. >> libby casey is tracking the race from louisville, kentucky watching the fight for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and allison grymes. mcconnell is pulling away. what is he saying? >> you heard him a moment ago, victory is in the air is what he is saying. allison grymes said it will be a photo finish. the final polls show mcconnell with a 5 point lead and other polls have him pulling farther away. mcconnell hopes to build on this momentum rather than let his supporters get complacent. he is making the case for his 30 year in washington and how he will rise in power if the republicans take the senate. he was joined campaigning yesterday by rand paul, kentucky's junior senator. makes sense the two republicans

together except rand paul is far more libertarian and notoriously clashed with mcconnell in the past. they come from very different parts of the goth. they are trying to show unity here. rand paul will benefit if the republicans take the senate and having a closer relationship with mcconnell will benefit him. >> focusing on women, how successful has she been and will that cut into mcconnell's lead? >> the narrative right now is that this race is david versus goliath, but david just happens to be female. at one point, the bluegrass poll showed her pulling ahead but it's been hard for her to define herself since mcconnell keeps making this race about president obama. he didn't even mention grymes' name. he just talked about president obama. grymes has had to walk a tightrope, distancing herself

from the president, who's unpopular here and trying to show those loyalist democrats that they should turn out for her today. some women we've talked to have found that attempt to be all things to all people, just not genuine. her camp has largely tried to throw a big anti mcconnell pitch. there's been a lot of negativity in this race. in the last couple of days, grymes has tried to turn the message and have that positive closing argument. as kentuckians go on line to figure out where to vote, they'll see a big picture of allison grymes on the website, since she's the secretary of state. she's trying to do a softer gentler pitch but it may be too late. >> coming up, we'll talk to our political contributor about the potential runoffs. tonight we'll have a complete wrap up of returns from around

the country. >> one of the unexpected campaign issues are isil. iraq's government will start supplying weapons to kurdish forces battling the group, something baghdad officials have long been reluctant to do, after isil went on a killing spree in anbar province. more than 300 people were killed, including women and children. we are live in baghdad. good morning to you. isil fighters claim they are sunni muslims trying to create an islamic state across syria and iraq, but their latest targets are sunnis. is there anyway to assess what drives their strategy? >> isil only care about one thing, if you're sunni or shia they don't care about. they care about establishing an is state and anyone in their way is an enemy. there are pro government sunni tribes or sunni tribes that are even sitting on the fence aren't

sure whether they should join isil or whether they should join the government and isil is sweeping through the town and massacre them. it's about establishing the is state. if you're not with them, you're against them effectively is what isil say. it's a tactic they developed in syria. remember in syria, isil forced people who were fighting president bashar al assad, some of their natural allies they turned against because they saw them as an enemy of establishing the islamic state. >> we've been talking about this tribe massacred in an bar. why did they target that particular tribe? >> the tribe have a long and storied history in anbar province. during the height of the sectarian violence in 2006, 2007 and 2008, this tribe worked very closely with the americans, fought against al-qaeda in iraq at the time. they were seen as a very effective fighting force.

isil had seen them and labeled them as a significant threat within anbar province and what they've turn is tried to take out some of their senior leadership through the use of these massacres. also they're trying to weaken them. this is a tribe that has long been at the brunt of the fighting against isil. they've long said we need american support, we need the support we had in 2006, 2007 and 2008 when we managed to beat al-qaeda in iraq. we get that support once more, we can beat isil. this is one of the more outspoken sunni tribes. this is why they've been attacked and why they are seen as a threat. >> of course they did not get that u.s. support over the weekend. thank you. >> let's go to lisa stark in washington, d.c. there are reports that the u.s. is focusing efforts on syria on a group with ties to al-qaeda. what has the al-nusra front been

up to. >> he there they threaten to take a key border crossing used to provide humanitarian aid, military aid to the more moderate syrian rebels. it's a very important border crossing there. the washington post is report that got u.s. administration is debating whether to widen its bombing campaign to take on al-nusra, which has been making very significant gains in western syria. >> in what may be a major blow to u.s. syrian policy, which includes arming and equipping moderate rebels, the syrian revolutionary front has lost its base to the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front. american made weapons may be the spoils of war, which in this video they claim to have captured from the rebels. u.s. anti tank missiles like these were used by rebels in

may. >> we are assessing equipment, whether heavy weaponry or none that was taken. we are working with our partners on the ground to do that. >> partners on the ground are few and far between. the president of the syrian coalition who release groups like the free syrian army says the u.s. needs to do more beyond airstrikes. >> so far, has that strategy worked? >> right now, there is no, to be honest, there is no strategy where you can see it. there is only the airstrikes, since there is only airstrikes, really, it's not strategy. >> last week jointly chiefs chairman said those fighting isil were not vetted, a process which could take months. >> those kind of forces with that significant capacity to take on hardened fighters like isil take time to train and equip and stand up and otherwise. >> the fighting in kobane continues, pitting syrian kurds against isil.

they are backed up by u.s. war planes and iraq peshmerga forces who bombarded the militants again monday. its iraq, the kurdish region got unexpected start from baghdad. that countries defense minister visit add training camp where there are reports of isil closing in. >> the peshmerga are part of the iraq defense system and our support is with them. what the army has is for the peshmerga. >> much of the public's attention has been on kobane in syria. meantime, the u.s. and its coalition partners continue those airstrikes in iraq as well to try to tamp down-ice as i will and stop its advances there. >> also this morning, the u.s. is tightening restrictions on travelers who come into the u.s. without a visa. what is behind the security measures? >> the concern is foreign

fighters, individuals from western nations going to syria to join the fight on behalf of the more radical groups there. the concern is they could come back to western europe or to the u.s. without a visa radicalized. the u.s. wants more information from them to better determine who should or should not be allowed into the country. >> no bail for a suburban chicago teen accused of trying to join isil in syria. a judge said muhammed chan is a flight risk and cannot be released. >> we'll talk to former u.s. ambassador he james jeffery about the u.s. strategy against isil and what role the u.s. should play in the spring offensive in iraq. >> in nigeria, thousands are fleeing their homes after a series of deadly attacks. on monday, a suicide bomber

killed dozens. in recent days, boko haram seized towns and villages in the northern and eastern parts of the country. the government says its launching attacks against boko haram, but as we report, those who escaped the latest violence paint a very different picture. >> if we look at the past few months, boko haram has actually launched attacks and took over some villages and towns. nobody can say specifically what is going on. the military said it is on top of the situation, but the situation on the ground and what you hear from people from such places is that the military or security forces are nowhere to be seen. therefore, it's always difficult to say what is happening with little or no communication between the people on the ground here and people in the villages abundant by both the military and civilians, it's difficult to say who is in total control. from what we hear, after the

military has been in the villages, it's boko haram with their flags over these towns and villages as we speak. >> at one point, the government claimed boko haram agreed to a ceasefire and would release those abducted school girls. the group's leader, however has flatly denied any such deal. >> burkina faso's military promises it will make a quick transition to a civilian government. it comes days after the president was forced to resign by protestors and unrest in the streets. the military has been given two weeks to hand over power. the u.s. state department is urging elections. we are live. can you tell us more about this handover plan? >> we don't know yet exactly what the handover plans going to entail, but the protestors on the streets who burned the parliament building witness their demands are clear they

want civilian rule. they want a swift transition to civilian rule. the current military ruler has said he's promised a quick transition to an authority he says will be constitutional, so people are waiting to find out what the exact plan will be and who will be named to take over and if those names are indeed civilians or military personnel. >> we are learning more about u.s. involvement in burkina faso and their ties to the former president, but also with the lt. col. can you tell us more about that? >> that's right, the abrupt end to the president's 27 year rule really showed the gap between how his people felt about him and how his western allies felt, particularly france and the u.s. who saw him as a useful ally in their fight against armed groups in this region that pursue political islam. the u.s. have bases where

they've flown from here and in august, secretary of state john kerry met with the president and praised him for stability. the u.s. said if there is a military coup, they will stop their military support and said they haven't decided but could potentially cud aid to burkina faso, as well. >> live from the capitol of burkina faso. thanthank you very much. >> we are learning more about the deadly crash of a virgin galactic spacecraft, looking into pilot error as the accident. it was a co pilot who unlocked part of the tail seconds before the craft disintegrated. >> the moving to lock from unlocked 11 from the locked position to the unlocked position, that's the event that according to the processes is

not supposed to occur in the acceleration process until the vehicle has reached mock 1.4. >> one pilot died in the crash, the other is still in critical condition. the full investigation could take at least a year. >> it is election day. nobody likes to vote when it is raining, so how is the weather shaping up for people heading to the polls today. >> let's bring in nicole mitchell for this very important forecast. good morning. >> good morning. they say for each inch of rain that falls, one percent fewer people vote. poor weather tends to favor republicans, good weather democrats, because more people will get out. if you're decided, much more likely to go to the polls, you look out, it's range, it's no, so more people stay home. under $50,000 if the weather is poor, you might have to use public transportation to get to your polling booth, you don't want to do that during a storm, so that can make a difference. oklahoma, texas, moving into

arkansas, that's going to be one of our big areas. another system into the northwest causing impact. in terms of the places where it's close races and this could actually make a difference, a lot of those will have favorable weather. one place to watch would be kentucky later into the day, more into tomorrow, but somewhere like arkansas, this could make a big difference. you can see the core of heavy rain moving over a state where things could be close and it could impact it. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> the balance of power as we have been mentioning hanging in the balance today, hanging on your votes. >> several key races expected to go down to the wire. we'll look at which contests could spark a run off. our political contributor will talk about who wins and who loses if the battle carries over 22015. >> the head of the world health organization lashing out over ebola, saying the epidemic could have been prevented. >> a hawaiian community

threatened by lava. >> $4 billion is our big number of the day. >> the high price to win your vote.

>> today's big number is how much the mid term elections cost this year. >> outside groups have spent $81 million to influence the races. the latest polls call many of them a dead left. >> as we have been reporting, democrats have been in control of the upper house, right now have an edge over the republicans there, but 36 seats are up for grabs and nine races considered too close to call. republicans need six seats to take over the senate. >> our aljazeera political contributors joins us.

it's going to be a long day, so lets dig right in. two of those key -- >> happy election day. >> happy election day. it is an exciting day. >> two key races may not be decided tonight. >> you'd think for $4 billion we could know by midnight. the way louisiana and georgia hold elections, in louisiana, you have to get 50% to win and it looks lake mary landrieu won't get there. they will possibly go to a runoff. georgia, you have to get 50% plus one. we don't know and for them, they do not hold their runoff until early january after the new congress is sworn in. >> we may not know who controls the senate all the way up until the first of the year. what type of chaos are we talking about? >> it is chaos. looking at the polls today, i do think republicans will get the six they need, so we probably will know who controls, but the

question is going to be by how much of a margin. you're absolutely right, it's reminiscent of 2000 with the presidential race where you wake up the next day and don't know the margin for the republicans. >> no sense of closure. the republicans have other paths to get to the numbers they need in the senate. let's say it does end up in a runoff. which party has the advantage. >> i think the republicans do. mary land degree is up. alaska is another state where they don't close until 1:00 a.m. and perennially, polls are not very reliable. >> is there a possibility of recounts? >> absolutely. some of these states trigger

automatic recounts if they are very close. in other cases, candidates, parties and voters can request them, so we could see that happening in a variety of states and they differ in terms of how the laws work. in some cases, that can go for days or weeks, which means you may have to see me more. >> i would love that part of it. thank you. we'll have more on the ads has help shape the mid terms. >> israel is condemned for building new homes in east jerusalem. the u.s. doesn't believe that either side is doing enough right now to help restart the peace process. >> a hawaiian town threatened by lava is now officially a disaster area. president obama signing the declaration on monday will allow the state to apply for federal funds and assistance. the lava flow stalled for now. it's 100 yards from a house and

500 feet short of pahoa's main road. >> a lot of people waking up saying i already voted. let's check on the forecast. >> nicole. >> we have a lot of areas seeing rain and cooler temperatures. ahead of the next system, very mild, very comfortable, a lot of places where they're going out to the polls, sneaking out for a hike or for lunch, really nice up and down the east coast for example. central plains, it's cleared out but temperatures have dropped. ling cob, nebraska 15 degrees cooler than yesterday morning because that front has come through. you see the contrast behind the front, denver 23, there are sprinkles in here. big chunk of the country, the east coast, 60's and 70's after that rough halloween weekend, a lovely day. >> feels a lot better.

nicole, thank you very much. >> the iraq government says it will provide arms to a kurdish fighters battling isil. >> the pentagon may shift its focus to a different armed group in syria. we're going to talk live to james jeffery, the former ambassador to iraq. >> one grieving mother is using the web to fight extremism affidavit her son joined isil and was killed on the battlefield in syria. >> a car crash on tape, what happened seconds before that accident that left a 13-year-old boy with a split second decision. >> a young boy gets and he new lease on life thanks to a prosthetic limb from a 3-d printer just one of the stories caught in our global net.

>> you're looking live at democracy in action, inside a polling station in arlington, virginia. early birds already out voting in races for the u.s. senate and

the states' 11 congressional districts. >> a canadian mother speaks exclusively to aljazeera america about her son who fought and died in syria. how she's trying to help other families break the pull of radicalization. >> a record fine for hyundai and kia, the feds say they misled customers. >> an esteemed bio he goetickist weighs in on the right to day debate. >> after months of campaigning, billions of dollars coming down to voters. voters are deciding contests in i have state, control of the senate up for grabs. nine senate races are considered nail biters. republicans need six seats to take over the majority. thousands of people are flowing boko haram in nigeria. 32 people were killed on monday when a suicide bomber targeted shia muslim worshipers in the

country's northeast. >> new reports say the u.s. is considering focusing military efforts in syria on the al-nusra front. the group which has ties to al-qaeda is getting close to syria's border with turkey. the u.s. uses a corridor there as a supply line to equip fighters. >> ambassador, thanks for being with us. iraq will be arming kurdish forces now to fight isil. are you surprised? >> i'm pleased, not necessarily surprised, because these were officially iraq army forces under kurdish control, so technically, they should have gotten arms a long time ago and we, the united states government tried to give them arms back a few years ago, but the iraq government kept blocking it. this is a good sign of

cooperation between baghdad and erbil kurdish regional government region to the north. this is exactly what we need to fight isil. >> a tribe was massacred by isil. they needed weapons and didn't get them in time. how much of today's arming of the kurds is in response to that massacre? >> i don't think there is too much that we can draw a comparison of the two. the kurds on the offensive against isis terrorists to the north and to the south of mosul has been part of an american plan for sometime. the massacre of the tribe in eastern anbar province near the syrian border is part of an ongoing campaign where isis has the initiative. this is of great concern to the united states government,

because eventually, the isis people can take over all of anbar province to the west of baghdad and again threaten baghdad and shia centers. we have to watch this closely. >> the u.s. is plan that go spring offensive in iraq to drive away isil. will it work without significant u.s. ground troops and do you believe that once election day has passed, you might see the president reverse his decision on that? >> two separate questions. i think american ground troops, several brigades of troops, perhaps 5,000 to 10,000 combat troops would make an extraordinary difference very quickly but i do not think the president will reverse his decision on that because this is a decision he beliefs for idealistic and policy reasons, not because of any election outcomes and the american people are supporting a strong position against isis. the president simply doesn't believe in military solutions as

a general rule. nonetheless, he'll be under tremendous pressure if he does not put ground formations in to at least put advisory and close ear support teams on the ground with iraq and peshmerga brigades and perhaps battalion sized units, the smallest united states out there fighting independently to ensure that these people get enough u.s. air support. without such support, they're not going to make progress against isis. >> peshmerga forces join the army to defend kobane. is it your opinion that now that the peshmerga forces have arrived that they will succeed? >> i think that first of all, the isis push to take kobane is not going to succeed. i think in that sense, the peshmerga forces along with the syrian kurds and free syrian army reinforcements are going to hold the bulk of the city. what this points out again is as

we saw with the mosul dam, as we see around baghdad, in no one sunni arab areas of iraq and syria, with american assistance, local forces hold their own but the real gym is western iraq and most of syria. that's where isis developed deep roots, where it controls 6 million to 8 million people and we're not going to get isis out of their areas which is now their home land unless we have a lot of support from the sunni arab tribes and populations of those areas and we provide a great deal of air sport and logistics. that struggle is way ahead of us. >> ambassador, thanks for being with us this morning. >> syrian opposition parties are joining together to fight against extremists. 16 of them signed an agreement in damascus yesterday. the new coalition completely rejects isil, saying it violates the interests of the syrian people and has turned the country into a battlefield.

>> it's been two weeks since parliament in canada was attacked. he was upset that the government stopped him from joining the fight in syria. >> in an america tonight exclusive, we speak to a fighter who did join the fight. >> growing up in calgary, damien was bright, into school, sports, cars and star wars. as a teenager, things started to change. >> i think he was just trying to find where he fits and it was difficult. we had struggles. >> at 16, he dropped out of school, became reclusive and depressed. counsel didn't help. >> the day after his 17t 17th birthday, he attempted to take his own life. >> soon after, her son converted to islam. she was relieved. >> when he converted to islam, he'd found this peace within

him. >> for three years, damien seemed happy, working at peace, but then he he moved to a new apartment, and that brought him to this downtown mosque. >> there's more agitation within him. he started talking about 9/11 conspiracy theories. he he started talking about other countries and the wars that they have there. >> in 2013, the troubled 22-year-old went to fight alongside extremists in syria, joining al-qaeda link to al-nusra. calgary police said there is a problem in his city. >> i don't buy into i went to the internet, liked what he said, i'm going to be radicalized and go fight. i don't buy that. >> in the arab social media, mad calendar groups use the internet with recruitment videos. >> they can be introduced to the

ideology. >> this 40 year veteran trained in counter terrorism believes the internet alone doesn't create would-be terrorists. >> you need someone pulling the strings, communicating, encouraging them, driving them down the highway of indoctrination. >> his mother started a website based on the successful german program originally designed to deradicallized neonazi youth. when she finally figured out what was going on, she attempted to reach out to her son. >> we found where he blogged. he wasn't coming home. that was going to be his new home, and he hoped he could stay in contact. >> she never heard from her son again. he was killed in syria in january. >> if i can help just one family and save one life, it's all

worth it. >> aljazeera, calgary. >> officials linking at least 130 individuals with connections to canada to radical groups overseas. you can watch america tonight. it airs weekdays 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >> masked gunman opened fire overnight on worshipers in saudi arabia. five were killed. the victims were attacked inside a shrine where they were mark ago shia holy day. she he i canes are a minority in saudi arabia and have restrictions on openly observing their writ cools. she he i can't's around the world have been observing ashura, marking the split between sunni and gee muslims. those divisions run especially deep in lebanon. >> ashura in beirut has been marked by the tightest security ever. thousands showed up to commemorate the death of the

grandson of the prophet muhammed. this is an area controlled by hezbollah. extreme security measures were taken. you have security check points every couple of meters, men on the rooftops taking care that nothing is happening here. this translates to tension here. the spillover of the war in syria hazard hezbollah fighting in syria on above of the effort. that has caused problems here. it is an incredibly sectarian sow it aalready. we heard the message to followers, the people, was that their fight in syria is to protect lebanon. it's against extremists. and it is fight against extremists. that is his message clear, saying they will stay in syria just to protect the borders here. >> hezbollah's chief has not been seen in public since july.

>> the world health organization head is lashing out against drug companies saying no do your ebola exists because drug companies saw no profit in developing one. >> eight years ago, the head of the w.h.o. said it would be judged by improvements in the health of people in africa. the doctor said she and the w.h.o. haven't had enough help in keep be africa healthy. >> at a regional conference, world health organization director general doctor margaret chen repeated her refrain that the ebola outbreak is the most severe public health emergency of modern times. she acknowledged with its nearly 5,000 ebola deaths that west africa has gotten the worst of it. >> my deepest sympathy to the people of west africa.

>> in her speech, the doctor had no sympathy for drug companies. she said "a profit-driven industry does not invest in markets that cannot pay. w.h.o. has been trying to make this visible for ages. now people can see for themselves." she criticized the lack of effective health systems in countries like liberia where fears of ebola have caused such a shortage in health care professionals that families are having a hard time getting their children vaccinated. unicef is trying to fill the void. >> if we want to stop the cycle of fear, it will happen here, making sure people trust. >> the doctor admitted that her own organization needs to be better, too. >> we look to you for further guidance and advice how we fast-track our w.h.o. reform to

make it a relevant, credible and performing organization. >> there is reason to hope that an ebola vaccine is on the way. two weeks ago, the w. when o. said they hope to begin trials of vaccines as soon as december and know which ones are effective as early as next april. >> thank you. >> police are denying a report about that no fly zone over ferguson missouri this summer, the associated press claiming audio recording showing the move was to keep news helicopters away from demonstrations. we are following the story from chicago. what are the police saying about the report? >> st. louis county police chief john bell mar is insisting that that no fly zone was put in place for safety purposes. he claims that a police helicopter had been fired upon from the ground. he says comments that he had made to the f.a.a. that were

later accessed by the associated press were taken out of context. >> i'd like to underscore the fact that the f.a.a. started this conversation with the police department because of the number of shots fired. this was reported. we have air crews that could see muzzle flashes from the ground. >> now the white house and the justice department have both said that if the intent was to keep news crews out of the air and to prevent news crews from getting pictures, that that was wrong and they have been animate about coming out against that. >> why would police have wanted to keep the media away as the associated press report is claiming? >> if they were in fact trying to keep the media out of the sky, it all has to do with scope advantage. when you're on the ground, you can see just so much. we were on the ground in ferguson for a couple of weeks and following the protests, you can see so much.

if you're above the crowds, you get a better idea of scope, how many people are there, how many police are there versus protestors and what kind of equipment the police departments are using. >> live in chicago, thank you very much. >> the federal government is suing southwest airlines over $12 million in unpaid fines. the justice democratic said southwest owes the money for not properly repairing its jets. the southwest hired a contractor to fix the skin on 44 planes. >> two korean automakers hit with fines coming from the justice democratic and the e.p.a. >> john joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> who are the culprits and how far reaching are the fines? >> the main company here has a name that can be pronouned two ways, hyundai or hyundai. >> that's a car manufacturer. >> good morning. the fines are against hyundai and kia motors.

attorney general eric holder and the e.p.a. administrator say both automakers misstated the fuel economy of their cars. it was off by a whopping six miles per gallon. that's huge! for hyundai and kay i can't built the brand around the idea that their cars got better mileage, they promoted that in ads that attacked less officials rivals. now the companies will have to pay $100 million fine. they'll have to forfeit e.p.a. credits to the tune of $200 million and spend approximately $50 million on measures to prevent future violations. >> this will send a strong message that cheating is not profitable, and that any company that violates the law will be held to account. this unprecedented resolution underscores the justice democratic's firm commitment to safeguarding american consumers with fairness in every marketplace and protecting the environment. >> the settlement is taking a

toll on the bottom line, shares being driven down -- get it, driven down -- in trading on monday. >> a video showing a pickup truck slamming into gas pumps. the driver suffered a seize ir. his 13-year-old grabbed the wheel. witnesses pulled all the victims to safety, both the driver and his son now said to be recovering. >> that was quick-thinking. let's look at other stories caught in our global net. in russia a monument commemorating the death of steve jobs has been dismantled in st. petersburg, the city morning herald reporting that interactive memorial was removed at gay propaganda the day after apple c.e.o. tim cook announced he was gay, and of course jobs was not gay, but if you'll recall, right around the time.

winter olympics, russia. >> had that big crack down. >> had the new law that said you cannot have gay prop began at a near students -- >> that i phone is still bay propaganda. >> a copyright dispute with 50 works of the sherlock holmes in the public domain. >> in durham, north carolina, students given an opportunity to help a 12-year-old boy. the middle school student, born without a fully developed right hand is getting a prosthetic one built by the students themselves. the real big deal is because they're using a 3-d printer, it

will cost about $30 as opposed to $15,000 to 20 thursday. >> and they're going to do it for a couple of other students that also need prosthetics. >> a barrage of mud slinging right up until the second you cast your vote. >> millions spent on negative political spots, much of it in a few key contest. we'll break down the ads that shape today's elections. >> does laughing gas mess with your memory. the results of the study is one of today's discoveries.

>> it's time for one of today's discoveries. a new study suggests getting anesthesia during your next medical procedure could lead to memory loss. 30% of adults ever memory troubles after surgery.

>> that theory tested on mice found anesthesia can affect the brain for up to a week. it can be reversed. an antidote instantly returned those mice to normal. >> getting your say in the elections. a flood of negative ads hope to go influence which 11 you pull. super pacs spent millions in the last few days, most of that money spent in a few key contests. welcome back. >> thank you. >> a lot of ads are going to shape these races. your first pick, an ad in arkansas. take a look. >> your next word is prior. >> may i have the definition, please. >> prior, a washington liberal out of touch with arkansas, voled for the obama agenda 90%. >> may i hear it in a sentence? >> mark pryor was the deciding voted for obamacare.

>> pryor, obama. >> so that is of course trying to unseat the incumbent in arkansas is a tight race. why do you feel this ad was particularly effective. >> not all negative ads work. this one works. they give the republican's main message, this democratic candidate is barack obama, a vote for this person is a vote for barack obama. they did it effectively. they didn't have that low bar tone scary voice that they sometimes have. it's slightly entertaining and was very well received and the message clear. >> this ad in north carolina target tom tillis. >> this is that spooky voice ad. what did you take exception to on this one.

>> it is an effective ad to the extent that she again is really kay hagan in north carolina, wimp had the most negative ads, you mentioned $113 million spent there. if you were there in mid october, there was one negative ad every minute of television, if you can believe it. this was one of them. this ad was effective for hagan, although i know her opponent didn't like, i because it really does pick up on his record in the statehouse as speaker of the statehouse. what she's done effectively unlike the other democratic incumbents is said this is not about barack obama, this is about you, you defend your record, put him on the defensive and that has made this a much better race for the democrats than some of the otherwise we've talked. >> a lot about local issues in north carolina and the fact that he's pushed through a very conservative agenda as head of the house. your last ad that you wanted us to talk about isn't directed at a specific canned date or race, but let's look at this one. >> washington actually can cut spending. >> the c.d.c. said its

discretionary funding has been cut by $505 million since 2011. >> cut. >> cut. >> our budget has been flat since 2003. respond to go an infectious disease threat was particularly damaging. that was the left hook. the right cross was the sequestration. >> this i would guess is a pro-democratic ad. >> absolutely. what's so effective about this for the democrats is they make their message clear, that republicans, not democrats are responsible for the u.s. governments inability to deal with the ebola crisis because they cut federal spending. the repetition makes it effective, cut-cut-cut. in the end, there's a call for action and that is to vote democratic, so another effective ad. >> it has gotten so dirty, negative, controversial, do these ads work in terms of

getting us to vote one way or another. >> they do. everybody hates negative ads, but the reason they are so effective is because people remember them. >> they do. they work. >> unfortunately for all of us. >> thank you. >> aljazeera america will have complete covering of voting tonight 2014. it begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern with an in-depth look at the issues driving the mid terms and join us for returns coming in across the country. >> flooding in peru is causing major problems and soldiers have been brought in to help with relief efforts. >> that's a part of central peru, we're looking at 100 homes and schools evacuated. definitely a dire situation there. one place we have to watch for flooding, not of that magnitude, but the midsection of the country moving through the southern plains. already places like oak on the ground, texas, moving into arkansas later on, a core of two

to three inches of rain over the next couple days and then another system into the northwest. back to you guys. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> fans of the show "car talk" are mourning the death of the 77-year-old boston mechanic and mitt grad. he died from complications of alzheimer's. tom and his younger brother ray hosted car talk for more than 30 years and they became famous for their automotive device dispensed with humor. it was interesting to those of us who don't even like cars. >> the fashion world and best and brightest turning out to honor oscar dela renta. high profile guests attended. he was 82 when he died of cancer last month. >> ahead in our next hour, candidates fighting for a spot in the hauls of congress. >> we look at the perks to

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>> ground breaking... >> they're firing canisters >> ... emmy award winning investigative series. landlords. >> voting is underway as americans go to the polls to decide which party will hold the power in congress. we break down the key he races across the country that can reshape the political landscape in washington. >> officials weighing whether to expand airstrikes in syria. >> expanding settlements, the u.s. and israel at odds over tel aviv building new houses in east

jerusalem, saying it flies in the face of peace efforts. >> police in philadelphia want your help, seeking the public's help to find a woman, all of it caught on camera. the plea her family is making for her safe return. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> the most expensive mid term election in american history is in the hands of voters. polls are open across the east and the midwest, up for grabs, no less than the balance of power in the states and on capitol hill. >> all 435 seats in the house are up for election, so are 36 seats in the senate. 36 governor ships are being voted on today. >> the latest polls give republicans the edge in many key senate contests, but some of tim ply too close to even predict an outcome at this point. erica pitzi joins us now. you have monitored early turnout information. >> turnout could be huge here. early ballot numbers out of georgia and north carolina are surprisingly in favor of the democrats. take a look the this.

the early vote share for african-americans in georgia so far, 33%, slightly more than the presidential election in 2012, and it's 13 points higher than the mid terms in 2010. those kind of numbers can only help senate democratic candidate michelle nunn. >> registered republican ballots make up 32% and 20% are unaffiliated. these early turnout numbers going blue, it could give democratic senator kay hagan the boost to overcome the republican who she is slightly leading in the polls. let's talk about young duties, getting out their vote is key for the democrats. so far, turnout is at 27%, three

points higher has not the turnout for the 2010 mid terms. whether all of these numbers translate to wins for the democrats in these races we'll find out tonight. >> thank you very much. let's turn to libby casey in louisville, kentucky this morning. >> watching the fight between mitch mcconnell and allison grymes, another key race. the numbers heading into today's vote show mcconnell is leading. is that still holding this morning? >> well, it is, stephanie. the last bluegrass poll showed him five points ahead. this has been a very tight race for weeks now. mcconnell needs to convince voters that they still need to get out and support him and this isn't a done deal. allison games says this will be a photo finish. she's really trying to get supporters out. with a 5 point lead, a ground game may not be enough.

mitch mcconnell's switch to voters is that the possibility the becoming majority leader is what should send him back. allison games has a very different take on it, of course and she's trying to hammer that things in washington are broken, and that it's time for a change. >> democrats have poured millions of dollars into that state to defeat senator mcconnell who isn't extremely popular there, but neither is president obama. how much does the president's standing affect grymes' campaign. >> democrats have poured money into this race, but republicans and anti grymes camps have poured even more here and a lot of it has been incredibly negative. an association with president obama is very harmful to grymes. she hasn't said publicly whether or not she's voted for the president in the last two presidential races, and that's hurt her, although ultimately, voters when polled said they are

not as focused on who she voted for, but she can't really get away from the fact that she's a democratic, even though she's been bringing the clintons here, democrats, southerners, that's the kind of populace democrats she's trying to associate herself with, but mitch mcconnell in stump speeches yesterday as he was closing his deal was all about president obama. he was barely even mentioning allison grymes. she's had to try to forge her own identity here in kentucky and show voters that she will be her own woman. we'll see in the message sticks. >> all right, libby casey in louisville, kentucky via skype. stay with aljazeera for complete coverage of america votes. we'll take an in depth look at the issues driving the mid terms. join us for all the returns from around the country. >> a policy shift in iraq this morning, the government will start giving weapons to kurds now to fight isil. >> that's something baghdad has tried to stay away from, fearing

it would bolster kurdish attempts at independence. in anbar province, 300 people were killed, including women and children. >> iraq peshmerga fighters are among those it ing isil. aleppo is a pressing concern. >> it has been under heavy bombardment by the assad regime but the u.s. coalition has been unwilling to take action there. nick schiffron is on the border with syria. >> on the syrian-turkish border, the funeral marsh stretches a mile long. these kurds fight isil. they receive american help and flash v. for victory. they resist and die proudly. their commanders thank the u.s. for saving their city. >> on the ground, the american airstrikes hit their targets 80%, even 90% of the time. >> 80 miles away in aleppo,

emergency crews rushed to the scene of a massacre. they wear white helmets in response to bombs dropped by that the syrian government. on most days, they arrive too late. the men who call themselves syria's civil defense accuse the world of neglect. >> when you saw human suffering, you should do something. >> the u.s. policy in syria is a tale of two cities, kobane where the fighters are backed with airstrikes and aleppo where the u.s. holds back. the man in charge of the syrian opposition said the u.s. strategy is backward. >> the two care about the same issues, kobane and what is happening now in aleppo. >> today, the u.s. focuses on kobane. on one side, kurds fight with assault rifles. some of them are women, all are outmanned.

on the other side, isil fighters use american bot tanks stolen from the army at cover. the u.s. launched 200 airstrikes that have killed 500 isil fighters. that's allowed u.s. backed front line commanders to hold their ground. >> this is your headquarters? >> kobane. >> kobane is their last stand. the only thing saving kobane are those u.s. airstrikes. >> would kobane fall to isil if not for the u.s. airstrikes? >> if it wasn't for the airstrikes, it would be very hard. we are fighting ferociously but we can't complete. how can you compare a da labor no cough to a tank?

>> people are killed by bombs, blast cars, bombings, everything, everything. >> in kobane, despite the u.s. support, the city's defenders suffer heavy losses. here they as i will believe in the possibility of victory. it's not clear whether the u.s. strategy can achieve it. nick schiffron, aljazeera, turkey. >> let's go to lisa stark in washington, d.c. we see reports that the u.s. is broadening strategy in jair to focus on the al-nusra front. why is that? >> al-nusra is making gains in syria, recently pushed out the syria revolutionary front, the more moderate syrian rebels there, from their base in northern syria.

that's a big blow he to the u.s. policy. the u.s. had wanted to arm and train these more moderate groups to sort of take on the ground fight in syria. again, this is not good that this group has been forced out of their camp. in fact, al-nusra in its advance may also have captured american-made weapons that had been provided to the rebels, another area of concern. here state department states woman. >> they're in a combat zone, as you know, we're well aware that there is that risk. we're assist be equipment, whether heavy weaponry or others or none that was taken. we're working with our partners on the ground to do that. >> the question now for the u.s. is does it widen this bombing campaign in syria. that is under consideration by u.s. officials. the group is threatening a key

border crossing that the u.s. uses to get humanitarian and military aid to the more moderate groups. again, the u.s. thinking about whether to broaden its bombing campaign in syria. >> another development this morning, the department of homeland security tightening restrictions on people who come to the u.s. without a visa. what's behind these changes? >> the big concern here is what we've called foreign fighters. these are members of perhaps even the u.s., but more importantly, western european nations who are going to syria to join the fight on behalf of the groups there. the rebel groups fighting. the concern is they could come back to europe or into the u.s. radicalized and carry out attacks. the u.s. wants more information there to make sure they are not allowed into the u.s. >> you're veteran of all things

washington. is it your sense that there has been i guess a lull in the rhetoric because of the campaigning and will that change now that election day will be behind us in 24 hours? >> a lull in the rhetoric, you mean about what's going on in the middle east? ok. well, i think certainly attention has shifted. i think also nick schiffron made a good point in his piece. the attention has been focused on kobane, that one town in syria, because we can see the fighting there, so that has in a sense put everything else on the back burner, so you haven't heard a lot of rhetoric about that, as well. as this continues and if the u.s. continues to find its strategy isn't really working in syria and iraq, you're going to see rhetoric pick up again for certain. >> thank you very much. >> the u.s. is coming out against israel's plan to construct 500 new homes.

the state department in the u.s. describes it as an unfortunate development, calling new settlements in east jerusalem i will legitimate. the u.s. now says it has no plans to try to restart peace talks between israel and the palestinians. coming up, we talk with ambassador elon pinkiss. >> in burkina faso, the countries interim leader insist it will be a quick transition. sanctions are threatened if civilians aren't back in control within two weeks. the u.s. state department is urging the country to hold democratic elections. malcolm webb joins us live from the capitol. do we know more about how this transitional government will be formed? >> >> we he don't know yet. the currently military ruler has

said that a handover to a transitional authority will happen very soon. he said it will be constitutional. people are awaiting to see if constitutional means it's going to be civilians or military personnel in charge. the protestors demand the power be handed to civilians quickly. they burned the parliament building days ago. they are likely to go back to the streets if they see that their people's revolution has been usurped by the military. >> we are learning more about the in trim president and his ties to the u.s. could that impact his rule over the country? >> the line's a little bit bad. i think the role of the u.s. the military leader was trained

in florida and botswana. they've had interactions with him and know him. the u.s. has military bases here, as well. the u.s. said it will cult military aid if they deem what happens here to be a military coupe. they've also said that they're yet to decide whether or not they would cut aid to burkina faso depending on events that happen in the capitol. >> the fact that you're standing live in a burned out parliament building showing the instability in that african nation. live in burkina faso, thank you, malcolm. >> it is election day and so much of election day has to do with how the weather, because millions are headedding out to it. >> it's a key factor. let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell for a look at the election day forecast. >> the worst the weather, the more people stay home. it depends on different things. for each inch of rain and we're going to get it from arkansas to texas, 1% ever votership tends to go down. where are places that could

impact? in a lot of the key states where the match ups are close, not causing too many problems, the weather is good. that's great news for getting people out. also this system into the northwest, but a couple key areas, somewhere like arkansas, where it's a closer race out there, that could make a difference. another factor that they say lower income. you don't want to be public transportation to the polls in a storm, so it can keep lower income people at home, impacting the vote, as well. >> we look with the heavy area of rain, some of it falling oklahoma to texas in places under that extreme level of drought, but widespread one inch and that core of it, arkansas into texas, could be two or three inches over the next couple days. needed rain, but could have political impacts. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> israel's announcement to build new settlements is drawing criticism including from the u.s. former israeli consul general joins us to weigh in on the move

and reaction to it. >> kaci hickox in the state of maine reaching an agreement over her ebola quarantine. >> some relief for residents in hawaii in the path of a lava flow. that video and others cap further by our citizen journalists.

>> final for videos cap occurred by citizen journalists. thousands give a final farewell to a boston fixture, former mayor, some holding signs saying thank you, others cheering as the procession passed. he died last week after a battle with cancer. >> heavy rains resulting in severe flooding in france. this is footage captured by a driver that shows excess water cascading down the roadside. >> relief for residents in hawaii as the lava comes to a standstill. officials are watching for other flows further uphill from the village. >> the elusive leader of hezbollah making a rare public appearance in lebanon today, addressing shias observing the

holy day of ashura in beirut. he warned his group is fully capable of fighting israel, despite being involved in syria's war. hezbollah has been fighting alongside bashar al assad's forces there. >> the u.s. condemning israel's decisions to build 500 new homes in east jerusalem. the u.s. spokes wham said neither side is doing enough to restart the peace process. >> the former israel consul general joins us this morning. thanks for being with us. first that trouble at the temple mount and then that building committee approving 500 more settlements. why now and is that only going to make matters worse? >> good morning, del. you have to divide the answer

into two. one is the why build in emand the other why build now, the issue of the timing. israel has been building in jerusalem for many years, it never got castigated, denounced or criticized by the u.s., because it was part of an understanding it was in a border context of peace negotiations, unsuccessful, but nonetheless, negotiations and deliberations. right now in the last four or five years, there hasn't ban peace pros, and in the last year, it broke down entirely and comprehensively. right now, comes the issue of tensions mounting in jerusalem, and jerusalem becoming a focal point of violence, not as much as reported, but the potential for escalation is there, which is why the decision to build, albeit an old decision that is being chan ed through the

bureaucratic red tape comes at a point where it seems as if it contributes to the escalation rather than to mitigating it. >> mr. ambassador, according to a kuwaiti newspaper, there was a meeting with the king of jordan. will netanyahu work to keep from stirring up tensions in that region? >> that's a very good question. let's remind our viewers that jordan is responsible for the holy places in jerusalem. the places holy to islam, so jordan has a vested interest, which is why, i don't know if there was a meeting, but why jordan is negotiating with israel and trying to talk to

mr. netanyahu. in mr. netanyahu's defense, i have to say that he did call for easing the tensions. he did call for restraint. he did plead with members of the israeli parliament not to go ahead with in as i understandry remarks or unilateral acts, but a member of his own party he defied him, not for the first time and went on a one man tour of temple mount escorted by 150 policeman or so. while mr. netanyahu i'm sure is not interested in jerusalem becoming or in an escalation in jerusalem and subsequently jerusalem becoming the focal point of the problem, i am not sure that he has control over members of the parliament or the right wing. he is part of the right wing, albeit is the prime minister and it is incumbent upon him to be somewhat more moderate but i

cannot see his pleas responded to by the right wing. both sides have an interest in inflaming this rather than quashing it. it. >> are calls for peace falling on deaf ears in the region? >> >> not on deaf ears, but if you take the sequence of the things that reportedly have been said about mr. netanyahu reported by jeff goldberg, jeff goldberg in the atlantic, things that israeli ministers said about john kerry, american

denunciations and condemnation of building in jerusalem the breakdown of the peace process, and john kerry's statement that you just alluded to, you see that there's no channel of communications between two supposedly and ostensibly major and close and tight allies. mr. netanyahu was speaking through israel television and israeli media, and mr. kerry is speaking through official statements rather than have a discreet, reliable, credible and intimate dialogue between two administrations. that channel is conspicuously missing, which is why i'm afraid that while no one means to be deaf to american pleas or no one means to escalate, this could be the unintended consequence of all this. >> ambassador, as always, thanks for being with us. >> a really nuanced perspective he gave there. >> harsh words for drug

companies from the head of the world health organization, blaming them in part for the lack of an ebola cure. >> she has tough words for the world health organization, as well. >> at a conference in africa, the doctor repeated that the ebola outbreak is the most severe public health emergency of modern times. soon afterwards, she chastised the drug industry for not coming up with an ebola vaccine saying a product driven industry does not invest in markets that cannot pay. she criticized the lack of effective health systems in the most affected countries, liberia and sierra leone. she offered condolences to the people of west africa. >> i extend my deepest sympathy to the people of west africa who have seen so many of their fellow countrymen fall ill and die. >> the world does seem to be mobilizing to wage war on the ebola virus.

in a few minutes, a meeting in paris will discuss financial solutions. today president obama will meet with his national security and health advisors for an update on the ebola response and medical equipment is scheduled to be flown to sierra leone to stock an ebola treatment center set up by the red cross. she called on leaders in west africa w.h.o. to become more response i have to their need. >> the casey hick cox can travel freely but has to monitor her own health. she said she won't go into the town where she lives, even though she said she is allowed to do so. >> the polls are open and the voters casting ballots across the country. michael shure is here breaking down important legislation on the mind of many voters today. >> before it any maynard's decision to end her own life over a terminal illness is

drawing reaction from both sides. we'll look at the day bait over persons choice to die. >> good samaritans racing to the rescue after this accident. the story behind it after the break.

>> good morning. welcome to al jazeera america. police are fighting back over a report of what was behind the no fly zone in ferguson, missouri. we are live in chicago tracking all the details. >> a megasized fight in california over new homes not only changing the view but also the makeup of entire neighborhoods. >> first a look at the headlines this morning. there are reports that say the u.s. is focusing military efforts in syria on the al-nusra front, the group that has ties to al-qaeda. it is getting closer to turkey. the u.s. uses a corridor there to eequipment the free syrian

army. >> the u.s. is condemning israeli construction of 500 new holes. the state department has no plans to press for a new round of talks between the israelis and palestinians, saying both sides aren't doing enough to push for a peace deal. >> months of campaigning and the polls are open across the east and midwest. control of the u.s. senate is up for gaps. nine races too close to call. republicans need six seats to take over the majority. >> weather has played a key role in past voting and may again today. >> dave warren joins us now with a look at that. >> these were very, very close races and if you look at the past, in 1960, kennedy and nixon, high pressure gave very nice weather so a big turnout here. these were the states that went toward kennedy, very close race here that suede the election. if there had been rain, a lower

turnout, it may have been gone in nixon's favor. in florida, there was heavy rain during the day, limiting turnout in some areas. it was very close. they feel if it was nicer weather there, could have been more democratic votes in that state. it does play an important factor. that lower turnout would be those who tend to vote democratic. undecided voters are less likely to turn out when there's rainy weather. it was stormy weather this year in georgia where we had the snowstorms and a poor response there they felt for a lot of the mayor of atlanta and governor of georgia and it happened in chicago in 1977, but weather could influence people to change their votes. >> georgia is were you ever those key places. >> yes. >> dave warren, thank you. >> for those of you outside the political arena, running for congress looks like a long, going idea. endless travel and fundraising and a lot of promises to make.

>> for those who do get elected, there are plenty of rewards. >> being a member of congress seems like a thankless job, con studently analyzed, vilified and criticized, plus only 15% of americans approve of the way you're handling your job. why would anybody want the position? one reason may be the perks. the annual salary, for all all members of congress, it's $174,000. if you're the speaker of the house, your compensation jump to say $223,500, not bad considering the median household income in america is only about $52,000. the hours aren't bad, either. consider this. the current 113th congress is scheduled to meet and conduct business for only 159 days this year. though that doesn't include the time the congress person will put in at their home district,

the average american is required to punch in to work 250 days a year. each member of congress receivers 1.2 and $4.7 million in annual travel and office expenses. there's even a $40,000 allowance just for furniture. there's pretty good health care and retirement benefits. members of congress must use the obamacare insurance marketplaces, but can receive up to a 75% contribution from the federal government toward the cost of those health care plans. if they retire after putting in only five years of service, members could receive as much as 80% of their final salary. in fact, more than half of the retired members of congress receive an annual average pension of more than $71,000. of course, there's special free parking spaces at washington airports abwithin exclusive

dining room and members only gym access for all current and exmembers of congress. even the death benefits are good. if a member of congress dice while in office, his or her family receives a full year's salary of $174,000 as compensation. all in all, it's surprisingly sweet deal for a job where you're only required to report back to the boss every couple of years. ali velshi, aljazeera. >> if the repute gain control of the senate and presuming they hold the house, which everyone says they will, congress' priorities could see a clear shift. michael shure is an aljazeera america political contributor here to that you be that aspect of the story. according to politico, the obama administration is planning a sort of counterattack of sorts if the republicans win the senate, executive action honest immigration, infrastructure, early childhood development,

things that they would dare the republicans to oppose in congress. >> that's what's going to happen. it's going to be a two year period of working up to 2016. you're going to see in this lame duck session probably one of the most active lame duck congresses or senates in a while depending of course on who wins tonight. it's going to affect the way legislation is put forward. however the president has said, he said it before the election, it's been said and intimated since that they will do some sort of executive as on immigration. how that is received is an entirely different story because what the republicans may do should they win the senate tonight is say ok, we'll give you a little bit that have, find the things that they like and find the things they know they'll undo once jetted this is assuming that the republicans gain control of congress. >> yes. >> in recent months they have threatened lawsuits against president obama. they have talked impeachment when it comes to his use of executive action. would you expect that to come

total fore? >> we're more likely to hear people whisper about that in the house. i think the senate is going to try to take their majority and do what they term to be productive things should the republicans be in the majority. these two years, very important in terms of winning the white house, which is the prize that the republicans so very dearly want. it's also, they have a terrible precedent. i can't speak for when andrew johnson was impeached, but certainly when bill clinton was impeached, there was a real -- it didn't work well for the republicans. there was a real surge in the popularity of bill clinton. they don't want to see that happen, the democrats be sympathetic. they have to be careful. >> let's talk about the possible legislation in the next two years. sunday, former gop can't dated mitt romney predicted that a republican control senate would pass comprehensive immigration reform. we have a sound bite. lets listen. >> you're going to see a bill

actually reach the desks of the penalty if we finally have someone besides harry reid sitting in the senate. >> let's talk about that. is that going to be a big push among republicans? >> it will be. harry reid's not going anywhere. whether he's majority leader, minority leader or a u.s. senator. that's where romney is wrong. what romney's right about is that republicans going to try to own this issue. what they can do where this productive or otherwise is turn to the electorate in 2015 and 2016 around say hey listen, the democrats had control of the senate. what got done on immigration? they can turn to hispanic voters in florida specifically and say listen, what did the democrats do? and then if the republicans have a piece of legislation that they are not just the party that goes against the president, that can work in their favor. they could own immigration. >> it could be a pretty consequential next two years. thank you so much. we'll see you more tonight. >> a lot.

>> stay with aljazeera america for complete covering of america votes 2014. we'll take an in-democratic look at the issues driving us. join us for all the returns from around the country, that special coverage starts at 7:00 tonight. >> we are following breaking news out of mexico. police have taken into custody a fugitive former mayor. he was detained in mexico he city. he is blamed for the disappearance of 43 college students back in september. police are now interrogating he and his wife. we are joined by phone from mexico city. adam, what else ever you learned? >> they arrested them in an apartment in the south of mexico city. we don't know if there were other people with them or if they had any weapons there at the apartment. we know they are now being questioned by the attorney general's investigative office that handles organized crime. heave been long time links between the family allegedly and a major cartel operating in the city of guerrero where the

students were missing. >> now, there have been a lot of arrests in connection to these missing students, including police officers and gang leaders, so why is the arrest of this mayor so significant? >> well, because the federal government and the attorney general is trying to paint him as the main master mind of the attack, that he's the one who ordered local police to attack these students in the city of iguala in southwest mexico on september 26 and after that order, those students ever never been seen again. the federal government actually conveniently like to paint him as the main culprit, because he's a local mayor, it doesn't go any higher. that's not to say they might not be right but it turns out well if he is the one that did give this order and it goes no higher. >> adam, thank you very much. >> police in philadelphia

offering a $10,000 reward in the search for a missing 22-year-old woman there. she was last seen sunday. surveillance video showing a man grabbing her and dragging her into a car. witnesses heard her screaming for help. the fib has joined the manhunt. >> police say it was about safety, not censorship. they're defending the no fly zone imposed over ferguson missouri this summer and deny it was to keep news reporters away. what is the police chief saying? >> the police chief is saying that the f.a.a. contacted him about the no fly zone, not the other way around. he's also saying that comments that he made to the f.a.a. were taken out of context. >> after the death of 18-year-old michael brown, photo journalist captured the chaos and confrontations in ferguson, missouri from the ground.

news photographers were banned from shooting video of the protest from the air. >> everybody but the media's ok. >> right, right. >> according to recordings obtained by the associated press, the f.a.a. shut down 37 square miles of air space surrounding ferguson in august at the request of the police department. >> they finally admitted it really was to keep the media out. >> the st. louis county police chief say the restrictions were implemented to protect people on the ground and in the air. >> i'd like to underscore the fact that the f.a.a. started this conversation with the police department because of the number of shots that were fired. this was reported. we have air crews that talked about seeing muzzle flashes from the ground. >> but media reports say an f.a.a. manager described shots being fired at a helicopter as unconfirmed rumors. the chief said conversations on the tape were taken out of context. >> had we just wanted to move the media away from this arena,

he would have started that ago and that's not what happened. >> the fact is that the policies are put in place by the f.a.a. were that focused on safety and only image packed media covering for 12-14 hours until the temporary flight restriction was updated. >> police were widely criticized for the way they handled the protestors and media after black teen michael brown was shot and killed by a whited police officer. attorney general eric holder came to ferguson over the summer to try to calm tensions and slammed the flight ban. >> transparency is a good thing. the american people need to understand what happened, for instance, what was happening, but is happening in ferguson, and anything that would artificially inhibit the ability of news gatherers to do what they do is something that needs to be avoided. >> one local station in st. louis had said that it was looking to mount a legal challenge against the no fly

zone. it was relaxed so the station got above the protest, but the station said it was too high to get anything. >> have we heard from the prosecutor's office about the grand jury investigation? >> late last week, county prosecutor said the grand jury is still hearing evidence in the case, so no decision yet. >> ok, diane, thank you. >> j.p. morgan chase says the justice department is now investigates its foreign exchange business. the invest firm revealing the probe in its quarterly filing on monday, saying losses total just under $6 billion. citigroup also expects probes. >> hyundai and kia are penalized up ward of $350 million for overtating the gas mileage on some of their cars. attorney general eric holder said the mileage was off by as much as six miles per gallon.

>> consumers deserve the right to know the cars they buy have the characteristic that are represented to the e.p.a. a basic compact at hyundai and kia was flagrantly violated in this case. >> other car makers could face similar fines. ford has overstated mileage on several recent models. it was not part of this settlement. >> when it comes to new home construction, big is in at least in los angeles. >> the monster mansions are changing the way neighborhoods look and pricing out just who gets to live there. >> they've been called starter castles, garage mahals, mcmansions. >> we call these hummer houses. >> homeowners say they are ruining neighborhoods in los angeles. homes here have traditionally been single story modest bungalows built in the 1920s. that was then, this is now. >> our gardner of 10 years came over and said oh, my goodness,

they've built an apartment next to your house. >> this is no amount. it's a single family, 4100 square foot super sized house. >> we can't go inside the house and show you what it looks like, because we don't have permission from the developer. if i look over the fence, you can see just how large this house is. you can also see the size of the house in relation to the lot, and that's one of the issues that homeowners have. the other issue was also angering them is that a house like this eliminates any sense of privacy they may have had. >> we feel like we're in a petri dish because this home looms over our back yard, so it feels like we've lost our home. >> the so-called mansionization of l.a. is happening throughout the city. of the 295 homes in this neighborhood, there are 18 of them with a dozen more under construction. los angeles hasn't updated its zoning code for single family homes since 1946.

ad hoc amendments like the 2008 base line mansion ordinance has done little to stop developments. while it was supposed to stop large homes on small lots manufacture developers find work arounds, like building it 20% larger if built to be environmentally larger and not counting garages as part of the square footage. >> would you live next to one? would you be happy with one was built next to your house? >> no, absolutely not. we see that there are some flaws in the original ordinance and we needed to have it fixed. we sympathize with concerns. the planning department is committed to try to revise regulations. >> michael lens an urban planning director said he's sympathetic. >> when you purchase that home one didn't necessarily buy the air rights. you didn't by that the rights to

have a view in perpetuity. you did not purchase the rights to have a particular structure next to you. >> what about somebody who says well, too bad. somebody can buy out the lot next to you and build whatever they want on it. what if it moves in next door to you, how would you feel? >> city wide fixes could take 18 months or more wimp means more mcmansions and more protest signs will continue to tear apart some of the city's most beloved neighborhoods. aljazeera, los angeles. >> this is the trend. according to senses statistics, today's new homes of 1,000 square feet larger than 19 -- larger than a new york city apartment. >> that debate is cropping up. >> one woman's decision to end her life spark ago nothing

debate. >> it's time for our big quote. >> one obama administration official explaining why republicans will be forced to reach common ground with the white house if they take the senate. the message from the people is they're tired of washington not being able to do anything. the man behind the prediction, next. >> an election day midterms marathon. >> it's gonna be close. >> several swing state elections are up for grabs. >> are you kidding me? >> don't miss filmmaker a.j. schnack's unprecedented... >> if i can drink this, i don't see why you should't be able to smoke that. >> behind the scenes look... >> are you gonna do this? >> at what it takes to win. >> it's certainly something that doesn't exist elsewhere in politics on television. >> midterms election day marathon. today, 1:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america.

>> who said the message from the people is they're tired of washington not being able to do anything? >> our big quote from vice president joe biden. he said pressure will be on the republicans to find compromise no matter the outcome of today's election results. >> the death of britney maynard sparked a growing conversation over the right to die. in her last video, she said her hope was for the public to better understand the polite of terminally ill patients. >> if all my dreams came true, i

would somehow scribe this. i most likely won't. >> maynard had moved to oregon because the state is one of a handful to legalize doctor-assisted suicide. advocates hope her story impacts next year when more state legislatures could take up death with dignity laws. bioetteicist director at n.y.u., mr. kaplan joins us. you are a proponent of the right to assistance in dying. what impact does her death have on the debate? >> it doesn't really change the issues. the critics have their concerns about slippery slopes, the proponent their belief that you should have a right to choose if you don't want to die in a

hospice. she changed the optics. the spokesperson for the right to die before her was jack kevorkian. he scared people. >> he was older. >> he was also too enthusiastic, if you will. she brought young people into the discussion. she's big on social media. she had a real impact drawing their attention to the issue. what was an older person's issue is now a mainstream issue. >> oregon, washington, vermont, montana, new mexico recognize the death with dignity act. will her death push more states into action sooner? >> young people have had a real impact on social issues, legalizing marijuana, gay marriage issues. i think we'll see an acceleration of legalization, but i'm not sure it will happen. it's notoriously hard to keep young people interested in issues about dying. they want to get into issues about a mortgage, and having a

job. >> she may change that, the face of this woman may change that. i think a lot of young people feel like they knew her. >> i agree with that. she was vivacious and articulate and she really did bond with a whole new generation of people. if they stay on the topic, she will absolutely have a legacy of changing policy. >> the national right to life organization made it clear they were not criticizing her choice, but criticized the organization compassion and choices for what they say was an exploitation of ms. maynard situation. >> i find that a bogus complaint. she wanted to do this. she chose to make her death partly a cause. she felt offended that she had to go to oregon from california. she wanted other people not to have a travel, spend money to bring their family to a state where it's legal. i don't think she was exploited. i don't think she first coerced. >> it's the same arguments, people that just believe that god should decide when one dies.

>> right. it's hard if you look at modern employed 16, god has to work through a lot of technology. i don't believe that that is an objection, but even if it was something that mattered to people personally, it shouldn't be public policy. that's where i think we should have legalization, because it's up to you. if you want to use the pills, you do, if you don't, you don't. >> thank you for sharing your perspective. >> my pleasure. >> on this difficult issue. >> a man and his son lucky to be alive this morning. video captured the pickup truck that they were in shows them slamming into gas tanks. the father suffered a seizure. his son grabbed the wheel swerving to avoid traffic. witnesses pulled the victims to safety. >> let's get another check of your election day forecast. for that we turn to nicole mitchell. >> in key states where it will be close, an impact could be caused by the weather, not too bad. do want to note there is a big

temperature change behind the front, lincoln, nebraska 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. some of those temperatures in the 20's versus ahead of the front 50s and 60s. you're feeling it as it goes through. the east coast and south pretty please hant today. the temperatures rebounded after that weekend cold and wind. the place where we do have problems, you can see anywhere mom missouri, arkansas, texas, oklahoma, those are the place we're going to get the core of the heavy rain with all of this and especially a state like arkansas, it tends to keep a few more people indoors especially lower income and democrats stay in more versus republicans, so if you have nice weather, it can go one way versus the other depending on all that. this core, arkansas down into texas is an area we could be seen easily widespread one inch but two or three inches, this is an area we've had significant drought, so that part of it is

really good. hopefully the weather people brave it anyway. >> new stickers today, i voted with an umbrella. >> forest rangers in western india had to think fast when a lion got trapped inside an open well. the lion got stuck after it entered the village looking for food. rangers tranquilized the big cat. it took an hour to pull him out. the lion will be under observation at an animal care center for 24 hours. i'm pretty sure that's a female, and then moved to a local wildlife sanctuary. >> tomorrow morning, the results of the mid terms. we'll have a full break down of the races from coast-to-coast, including voting taking place live. political analysis all tomorrow morning on aljazeera at 7:00 a.m. >> we're all over the voting results today, too, taking an in-depth look at the issues driving the mid terms. >> we'll bring you results as

they he pour in beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >> i'll be there for that, too. that's it for us in new york. >> coming up from doha, more on the breaking news out of mexico. a future mayor has now been detained. >> go out and vote, folks. . >> election day stay with al jazeera america for live, in-depth coverage focusing on the issues with expert analysis and updates from across the country. midterm coverage that's serious, straightforward and unbiased. tonight, 7:00 eastern. on al jazeera america.

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