>> ground breaking... >> they're firing canisters >> ... emmy award winning investigative series. landlords. ♪ flesh off a series of big wins nor republicans the speaker of the house strike as combat it tone. >> the house, i am sure, at some point will move to repeal obama-care. >> to taxes, g.o.p. leaders outline what they want to do with their new power in congress. and the fight against isil, many women are puts themselves on the front lines and encouraging others to do the same. and prosecutors say they have shut down another illegal website, where everything from drugs to fake i.d.es were up for grabs.

this is al jazeera america. two days staff g.o.p. seized full control of congress can, the top republicans in the house outlined their agenda for the next two years. house speaker john boehner health a news conference today, and had a warning for president obama about acting alone on key issues. lisa stark joins us now, lisa, good to see you, so the president says he is ready to act on his own. but speaker mainer says not so fast, huh. >> ehe did indeed. saying if the president tries to go it alone, he will be playing with matches and he risks burning himself. when it comes to immigration reform, that should be left to congress.

oil prices made clear can to the president, if he acts on his own, he will poison the well, and there will be no chance for immigration reform moving. the white house indicate canning that the president is likely to take executive action, given his tone today that will not sit well at all. >> during his news conference, and in a wall street your honor nah add with senator mitch mcconnell, he talks about repealing the affordable care act, what does he plan to do and how is the white house responding? >> well, the speaker said he does not doubt the house will vote on that. he says it needs to be replaced, that it is

hurting job creation, and the economy, and not doing much for healthcare, as you can imagine, the white house is saying what it has said all along, that this is a nonstarter, that the president is not going to sign any bill that would repeal the affordable care act. josh earnest also said desmite the differences both sides are still trying to find some common ground. >> republicans have concluded or at least had concluded that it was in their own personal political interests, to oppose every single thing that the president wanted to do, that's not astrut joy that's been good, it hasn't been a good strategy in terms of the republican brand. but now that the deck has been reshuffled here, and you have republicans who are leading not just house of representatives but now the united states senate, maybe it will prompt republicans to re-evaluate their strategy. >> meaning come can together and work with

the president either way, some of the areas of commonality may be tax reform, that's what both sides are hoping they can agree on, tomorrow, here at the white house, the president will begin that discussion with congress, he will host about 16 top leaders from republicans and democrats, as they all sit down together, to break bread, and hopefully come up with some ideas that they can agree upon. i know you'd love to be a fly on that wall. >> wouldn't it. john boehner and mitch mcconnell also promised bipartisanship today, they wrote we will restore an error in which committees in both the house and senate conduct meaningful oversite of federal agencies and developed and debate legislation. and members of the minority party in both chambers are given the opportunity to participate in the process of goshing. the wall street journal

reports president obama secretly wrote to iran's supreme leader in the letter written last month, president obama reportedly offered cooperation on fighting isil as long as iran signed a nuclear deal. if true uh, this would be the fourth time that the president has reached out to itoll la. now today, the white house refused to comment. i am not in a position to discuss private correspondents between the president and any world leader. i can tell you that the policy that the president and this administration have articulated about iran, remains unchanged. the wrights has enganged in conversations with iran in the context of the talks to resolve the international community concerns. about iran's nuclear program. >> the secretary kerry will try and hammer out a deal with the iranians by november 24th. the u.s. and other world powers fear iran is

developing a nuclear weapon. something iran denies. israel's prime minister says the rules will not change, jewish worshipers cannot pray in ala mosque. tensions are high, and back and forth violence, including two so called car attacks. the latest developments from west jerusalem. >> well, the situation remains tense right across jerusalem, of course in the occupied east it's been extremely tense, but also in west jerusalem. of course, this is where what israeli police are describing as a hit and run terror attack took place at a light rail station, in which a number of people were injured, and one person died. from his injuries in that attack which was carried out by a palestinian man who was later shot dead. but all of this underscores the tension right across the city, we have seen israeli authorities put up cement blocks in front of these

rail stations to prevent any further attacks and we have also seen security increase right around occupied east jerusalem. now, that in itself is significant because the security there has been enormous now for the past several weeks. in fact, israeli police from around the country have been brought to the annex east of jerusalem for that very purpose, and now we are seeing even more security. and that is partially why we have seen these continuing protests in several neighborhoods. >> whatever the case, the knew of what again, the police are describing as a hit and run terror attack, happening in the occupied west bank, in which three israeli soldiers were wounded that also is a serious cause for concern. many fearing the occupied is spilling over into the west bank, and that is a very serious cause for alarm, not only for palestinian leadership, but for israelis as welt.

>> the pentagon says it cowerryed out air strikes against the so called cor cacorker san group. isil's progress and control of parts of syria and iraq has made the region a haven for hard line fighters. and the head of central mind, says activists say this is the after math of the air strike and that killed david dr,jon. the pentagon blames the group for the attacks on united states. the first was uh on september 22nd, syrian rebel groups claim women and children were killed by those strikes, but both times the u.s. says it has no information on civilian casual canties. for months syrians try to escape can the instability fled to kobane, but the town

empties weeks ago when isil began it's assault. kobane is now in ruins. these are exclusive images from inside that town. kurdss are struggling to hold on, and a number of women are signing up to try to stop isil. knows all about the horrors of war, her husband he heads the armed syrian kurdish group. her son also a fighter ever was uh kill canned by an isil sniper last year. despite her loss, she dedicated her time to encouraging kurds cans to take up arms in what she called a battle for freedom. at this camp on the border of kobane, she meets with displaced curd kurdss. some of them have also lost loved ones. she tells me that it is the duty of women to serve on the front line, she says the battle is part of a wider struggle not only against isil, but against the syrian regime.

the kurdish woman was oppressed from two sides first by society, and the other oppression by the syrian regime, which can took away all her rights. despite this it is the kurdish woman who is now resisting and because of this she has become a symbol of resistence around the world. >> syria's kurds cans celebrate their fighters. the ypg has posted several videos of it's female units in the wpg fighting in kobane and other parts of syria. this isn't the first time they have taken up arms. their comrades were part of the armed struck uhle there for the better patter of 20 years. in syria they pose a special threat to fighters. isil threatened to cut off our women's heads and told their fighters if they were to get killed by a woman, they would not go to heaven, but the female units fighting have demonstrated to the world how strong they are. >> she was imprisoned

several times by the government. at 55 she doesn't have it in her to take up arms but that hasn't stopped her from asking others to do so. she tells me her own daughter is current cannily fighting on the front line. >> our women fighters have vow uhed that they will take off their head scarf and tie their feet together, because they refuse to retreat. they have declared either victory or martyr.com. large parts of cue uh barney and other towns. but they remain optimistic. >> syrian kurdss peshmerga and our brothers from the free syrian army are fighting together. we have been dreaming of this unity for years now, in order to defend both the syrian and the kurdish people. >> the refugee camps here are filled with children many of them have elder sisters or mothers fighting in a war that has all but destroyed their country.

the hope is there will be no more war to fight when they grow up. >> jamal al jazeera, from the turkish syrian border. >> libya supreme court has dissolved the elected parliament making months of political instability. lawmakers and the u.n. special envoy to libya dismissed the order, but they may not have any choice in the matter. rebel militias control the cap can toll in the oil well. victoria has our report. >> libya has been under the control of two rival governments each supported by armed groups enganged in daily fighting. >> now the supreme court has ruled on how to move forward, it has declared the u.n. backed parliament that was elected in june, and it is now based is unconstitutional and should be dissolved. this ruling means that what is called the parliament that is held has become a thing of the past.

and it's decisions no longer have any meaning. libyans have now started again on the road of constitutions, institutions and the rule of law. >> in august, armed groups opposed to the government of the prime minister, took over the capital. their own government was put in place led by omar. the leadership he pushed out was forced to move eastward. >> rival militias also formed two losely affiliated blockens one battling the government, and seen as more moderate, the other backing the leaders in tripoli and seen as more religiously conservative. violence and rivalries have split people, the country has fallen into chaos since the 2011 nato backed uprising that deposed leader rival brigades have defied the authority, divided and unable to restore law and order. in fighting and attacks

between rival rebel groups have become common, some brigades even seized oil ports and deprived the libyan government of it's main source of revenue. so far none of the groups have shown any sign of reconciliation, and it is unlikely the supreme court decision will do anything to change that. al jazeera. >> nato secretary general is in the cap can toll of afghanistan today. he promised to continue can supporting government forces there at the u.s. and other troops yawn at the end of this year. it has been a punishing year. has killed more than 4,600 afghan forces so far this year. that's about 15 a day.

>> the afghans are taking the full responsibility for their own security. we are going to assist and help them, but the responsibility yet the taliban are still very strong here, and al quaida still elements here, according to your own senior general, how can you say it is a success. >> i think nobody believes that we are able to say they are a perfect society. the head of nato acknowledged that some of those problems are rooted in pakistan. and praise the new president for reaching out to the government there. >> the hope they will be able to develop cooperation, and fighting terrorism, which is bad for both countries but uh also a challenge nor all of us. >> ganny is also searching for a negotiated solution with the taliban, and the president plans to attend

the nato foreign ministers meeting next month. a sign of the relationship between afghanistan and nato. >> nato will have a much smaller presence here. for fewer than the 100 how thousand. they insist the allergans to be on their own, while the new mission is to help when needed. jennifer glass al jazeera. >> you know the number of people monitored in new york city for possible exposure to ebola has more than doubled. 357 are now under watch. most arrived recently from west africa. spencer contracted thes and. he has been in isolation since october 23rd. federal officials have shut down silk road 2.0,

is say it's moundser a flight risk. reportedly confessed to running the illegal, untraceable black market website. the fbi estimated more than $100,000 bought and sold drugs on the site. tom ackerman has more. >> and that in fact, this was a continuation of 1.0. the defendant in the trial in that case is currently on trial in new york. he is contending that the government i legally searched his emails and also seized the servers in iceland, which was the means by which this business was conducted.

a judge in that case can, says she is not going to suppress that evidence, because the defend r defendant in the original case can says that he denies any knowledge of that server or having anything to do with it. >> the arch diocese of chicago coming clean can today about decades worth of sexual abuse allegations against it's priests. they released some 15,000 pages of formerly secret documents. dianne joins us live now from chicago. why did the arch diocese decide to release these documents after so many years. >> . >> well, tony, this all has to do with a settlement with victims and the documents released today pertain to 36 priests, back in january there were some documents that were released that pertained to 30 pleisss. and the arch diocese says this is also part of an effort to become more transparent.

we can cannot change the past, but we hope we can rebuild trust through honest and open dialog, child abuse is a crime and a sin. we are concerned first and foremost with bringing feeling to abused victims. we also talked to a victim, rather than just releasing the documents she wants to see the church encouraging more victims to come forward. >> we with think that the climate in this arch diocese is one where loyalty is defined as keeping silent. and not disclosing information to police. now, the church says it documented abuse against about 350 children. blaine thinks that number could be close can tore 1,000. >> is there any indication can that officials are going to try to prosecute can these priests? that might be difficult, because the statute of limitations on many of these cases has run out,

the lion's share of them happened well before 1988. >> new information about a cyber attack on home depot. the company can says hackers may have stolen even more customer can data than they first reported that story is next, also, with u.s. energy production booming and republicans in control of congress, get ready for a big political fight over oil. can can can can can can. >> . >> >> >> . >> . >> . >> . .

>> >> he is h still failing to give them answers as to what has happened to the 43 students that went missing at the hands of local police over a month ago. now uh the attorney general promised as soon as he was able to capture

the mayor and his wife, who he says are responsible for the attack, that he would have answered. that he would be able to tell the family members where their loved ones are but three days after those arrests those answers have still not come, and that's why you see people here camped out in front of his office, demanding his resignation, and also dend maaing the resignation of the president of mexico. this is yet another sign of how tensions continue to build in this country. there are over 80 schools throughout mexico, include uhing major universities both public and private that have gone on strike, 72 hour strikes, and they are trying to show solidarity with the missing students. so as each day passes, and as each day passes without answers to what has happened to these students, the tension continues to rise, here in mexico and the criticism abroad at this government, that has been sailed to bring down the violence. >> home depot saying a

recent cyber breach is worse than they initially thought, the hardware store says someone got into their system and stole 53 million customer email addresses. that is far more than when they first disclosed the breech. now uh the hackers also logged information from 56 million credit cards and stores in the united states and canada. a potential game changing move by microsoft today, lit give mobile users it's landmark office software for free. off applications including word, excel, and power point will be available for tablets and smart phones. and this is no water down version, microsoft says it will do almost everything the computer version can do house speaker john boehner says america's energy boom present as big opportunity, now that the gop controls congress, he is outlining a plan to take advantage, real money joins us now with more on this, alley, good to see you, how has this energy boom already

helped transform a good part of this economy? is. >> it's been a very big deal, and what a lot of people don't realize is it became a big deal right around when everybody else was coming apart. the oil and gas sectors have seen a 40% jump in the people they employ. not everybody counting this year, 162,000 new jobs have been created in oil and gas production, most of them are in texas, oklahoma, new mexico, north dakota, all staged with big shale oil and gas formations. north dakota's unemployment rate has dropped to 2.8%. that's the lowest in the nation, and by the way, 2.8% that means anything who is looking for a job can get one. but there's a down side. fracing can double or triple the cost of getting oil out of the ground you didn't hear it here but some people say it causes earthquakes. >> the g.o.p. rise to

power clears the way politically for the keystone pipeline but now uh am i to understand there can be another problem with it. >> yeah, so there are about 57 senators that supported this, here is the problem, we are producing so much oil from fracking. >> yes. >> there's just less demand for this oil coming from the oil sands in canada. so people came out yesterday and said hey, american oil companies stopped drilling for oil, we have too much, so the price has dropped to about $78 a barrel, right now it is 107 in june. at that point, this oil from canada looks like a great idea, but there are a lot of people saying hold on, we don't need more at the moment, so it may not be politics it may now be economics. this has been in the work for six years it would be ironic if it is now economic instead of political.

per ever tillty and work like balance. it is time for a little transparency. >> i can't watch, ali velshi, real money, top of thank you. another sticking point here in washington to talk about, it is immigration as you know. coming up how the new g.o.p. congress could go up against the president on plans to fix the system, as hawaii's new tourism industry guns how hawaii is making a lot of money and letting people fire weapons.

>> host: inch inch inch house r house speaker john boehner spoke out stood. he had a warning for president obama who has said, he will take executive action to stop

some undocumented immigrants from being deported. if the president continues to about on his own, he will be playing on his own. he is going to burn himself fighting for power he continues to go down this path. >> okay, before we dive into the politics of this, we want to take a closer look at what this debate is all about. thousands of immigrants continue to make the trip to the united states and more of them are dying because of a ft.fied wall, which has forced them to travel through isolated areas of mexico. more now from arizona. 25 years ago, much of this wall didn't exist, since the mid 1990s the u.s. has built hundreds of classroom tors offense to deter migrants from making the trek north. and thousands started to

die from exposure, and dehydration in the dessert crossing. that's because rather than deter, the wall a patch work of barriers only encouraged them to cross in more isolated area, those who die are impossible to identify, sometimes it's their personal possessions that help investigators make a match. >> often times because it is so harsh. that identifies somebody. >> they have been able to identify two-thirds of those that stretched. this is dedicated to them. it is about garcia blaming the deaths of so many migrants. >> over 2300 deaths in

the past 20 years in this area. it is a direct result of the border militarization, by all administrations, democrat or republican, and we are going to continue to see more. >> the border patrol refused our requests for an interview. in total more than 6,000 people have died trying to cross into the u.s. since 1998. the government hasn't just built more fences, it's deployed thousands of more border agents to and added more check points. many deep inside u.s. territory. the truth is few migrants are caught at these chien points. critics say border eights abuse rights through racial profiling. the u.s. government spends $18 billion a year on the wall, and on border security and for all that construction, and all that spending it only seems to increase

the chances that people will keep dieing in the dessert. adam rainy, al jazeera. let's take a deep dive on the immigration report. leslie, good to see you, thank you for your time. >> hi, how are will you? >> i am good. let's speak with house speaker where he talks about immigration reform, and here is what he had to say. >> i made clear to the president, that if he acts unilaterally on his own, outside of his authority, he will poison the well, and there will be no chance for immigration reform moving in this congress what are your thoughts on this? the president has promised to move forward with an executive action, and the warning has been sounded what happened here. >> i think it is a moor move on behalf of the administration to thumb their nose at congress, especially when you have a new congress coming in without sending out an

olive branch, and trying to find a way to reach a compromise. there are many things that republicans and democrats agree upon. and the president is dangerously close to fallowing in the footsteps of all people, president ronald ragan when he passed the 986 amnesty kind of for about 3 million people, the problem with that immigration reform, of '86 is that it allow uhed 3 million people to become citizens, stay in this country, but it didn't think of the consequences. and again, here we are, fast forward nearly 30 years later and you are looking at the same issues. poor border enforcement, no idea what to do with the individuals here, some don't want to become u.s. citizens. >> that's on both houses. >> absolutely. >> i say this republican, have been responsible for the big major immigration reforms that have passed in the last 30 years. ronald ragan, the 1996 reform, which we saw in that package, put up more

fences more security, and you think that's money well spent? >> i think it is a responsible thing to do, because we have to protect our borders whether they be land, sea, or air, and people would agree with that, the question is how do we find a way to match the immigrants who want to come here that we need their labor, in a responsible way with employers? are they paid taxes how long are they here. >> that's a terrific place. >> it is a place we agree on, the difference is the president saying i quantity to take action, open borders, open amnesty that's a big problem -- >> the president is also saying that republicans have had an student for the last six years of his administration to come forward with a comprehensive plan. there was support for a bill in the senate, and senator rubio put forth a plan, that was considerable a push back from his own party. so what happens, what

happens to the 11 million people who are in the country without proper documentation? what is the republican plan for managing that situation? >> i think there's certainly is an urgent need for republicans to address this. there is again a lot of area of compromise. nor employers that hiring undocumented immigrants. but also a path for leapization. >> are you in favor of that? >> absolutely. absolutely, if you give people a choice between being here illegally, or legally, they are going to go the legal rout. that's very easy, the united states -- the immigrants have come here for political or economic freedom. and we want that would you agree with me there is a portion of the republican caucus that is

dead set again what senator rubio put forward, and everybody what you are suggesting right now. >> there's a big portion of the conservative movement, that does not like the idea of citizen ship for everyone. blanket citizenship. i think there is an area of compromise, between select citizenship for a select few. and legalization a way to match labor that they can flow back and forth in a same humane way. when we didn't address that, is when people had to take many more -- you know dangerous put themes in dangerous circumstances to get back and forth. >> last question, so does uh it make sense for republicans to coalesce around an idea? on something as comprehensive that deals with the borders and also deals with the 11 million who are in the country without proper documentation, and then maybe let's have this conversation? as opposed to don't do this, and don't do that. >> absolutely.

republicans need toe take the lead, they need to move forward with measures that they can agree upon. it is a very good contract between that and the president saying open boarders open amnesty. >> okay. leslie sanchez is with us uh, she is an author and republican strategist, good to talk to you. >> likewise, thank you. there are other stories making headlines today. >> tony, in a reversal of recent trend as federal appeals court is upholding state laws against gay marriage. the ruling says the bans can stand. this is the first time a federal court has uphead bans on same-sex marriage, it almost ensure add show down in the u.s. supreme court. the suspect in the activist duction of a philadelphia woman appeared via video in a court in baltimore today. 22-year-old car lesha left the hospital in maryland with her family last night, hours after

escaping her captor. surveillance video shows her being dragged away on the street sunday night, it was a long three days for her family. this is great. i went to school for criminal justice, and i studied cases like this, the first 24 hours is the most crucial, and any type of case like that. and then it is slim, but you know when you have god on your side, ain't no telling what can happen. >> a long rap sheet and faces charges in the virginia for attempted murder, and rape. texas governor rick perry made his first court appearance today on felony charges of abused his power, he asked the judge to dismiss the charges on technicallish huh-uh shoos. the charges stemmed from a veto threat to stop state funding for public corruption prosecutors. and the jackie robinson west little league team pay add visit to the white house today. >> invited the runners up

in the world series to washington when he saw them last month in chicago. he called them role models. >> yeah, they were terrific. they got hammered a bit in the final. but they were terrific. south korea, it wasn't japan. okay, the south korean team, they were really good. thank you that's great information. >> see you later, thank you. across the country, there are places where children can pick up an automatic gun and open fire. advocates have been raising a lot of questions about that, since nine-year-old nevada girl accidentally shot and killed her instructor in august. >> many people make their business out of turning guns into property. how does this work. >> well, let's take hawaii for example, when you think of waikiki you think of surfers but when we were with there, we saw something very different, and slightly

unusual, we are talking about billboards featuring beautiful women holding assault weapons. hawaii is ground zero for gun tourism. >> it may be surprising that gun tourism is flourishing in hawaii. after all, the state has a reputation for strict gun control. led the lobbying efforts for tough gun restrictions the grandmother whose family managing a small golf course was once called the most dangerous women in america, by the national rifle association. >> how would you describe the gun law uhs in the rest of the country. >> well, actually, we have -- question don't have any contiguous states. and so all the gun legislation that we have passed here is watched very carefully by the national rifle association. and they know pun intended they send their big guns out uh here every time there's an issue on our legislative

slate. >> has personality talked to you. he is right next what he called a gun nut. >> and the man who murdered him was a lifetime member of the nra, and a lifetime member of the hawaii rifle association. and he went out to the gun range. and he had enough guns in the police raided his home, it took three hand trucks loaded to the top to take the guns out. >> do you do background checks on the people that come in here. >> we have them sign a waiver form saying that by law they are allowed to be around firearms. >> but the felon himselfs are supposed to know that they are supposed to be around guns.

it might be quite possible. >> we have a list t bit of a mystery, because there is a grey area. you need to go through training courses or a lot of laws there aimed at keeping all weapons away from children, these do not apply to these gun tourist destinations, that is what some are calling a gun range loophole. tony? >> wow that's something. yeah, maybe we should be doing more on this, adam may, appreciate it. good to see you. >> you can see the rest of the story on gun tourism, on america tonight that's at 9:00 p.m. eastern. right here on al jazeera. coming up on the program, after a century and a half, a civil war soldier gets america's highest military honor for his bravery in the battle of gettys burg.

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one thing lost in the fall out over the midterm elections, a municipal tax on soda and other sugary beverages. 75%, it is the first city in the entire country to do such a thing. melissa chen reports. >> packing up like many campaign headquarters across the country this week. supporters have measure uhed the soda tax, they have come out the winners. >> it is a national issue. and i am sure the propoints of this measure, view this as the first steps toward a more national movement. >> the health conscious san francisco bay area did what new york city mayor couldn't, regulate soda.

and started next year, every ounce of any sugary drink bout in burkely will be taxed $1 penny to combat obesity and diabetes. just one soda a day leads to an average weight gain of ten-pound as year. >> voters in fran reject add similar measure on tuesday, though there the measure required a two-thirds super majority. on both campaigns a lot of money was spent. coke cadole la chipped in $5.8 million to fight the proposals, pepco. 4.4 million, and dr. pepper snaple 1.8, in total battling the tax cost more than races this year. >> when one side spends ten times more than another, you get a distortion of democracy. to put people on the street knocking on doors to convince you. >> big beverage companies may have bank rolled the no on soda, but they weren't the only oned alarmed by the two measures.

we with have about 900 different flavors. >> the fizzry only sells soda. >> i love soda. i love the flavor, carbonation i think is a magical part to a flavor pallet. >> he is joined big beverages campaign against the tax, and orders that small shop owners would have been hit. a personal favorite looks like orange, takes like grape. the tax would have targeted items that have as little as 36-calories. i believe the threshold is 35, so we are talking about lightly sweetened organic teas, we are talking about coconut waters. >> critics also say it is essentially a punitive tax on the poor, hitting lower income the families who tend to buy more soda. and there's an argument over personal freedom. we generally frown upon taxing specific things. because we think it interferes with what the

decisions that people make. >> more than 30 other cities and states across the country have tried to pass soda taxes and failed. in burkely, proponents have finally won their first battle. and they hope it will add fresh momentum to their cause. melissa chen, al jazeera, burkely california. fear is the new voter i.d. law would keep hundreds of thousands of people from casting ballots were apparently unfounded. the law requires voters to show one of seven approved forms of identification. critics said it would prevent minorities from voting. and there are no reports of widespread probables. it took 151 years but today one of the heros of the battle of gettysburg was awarded the medal of honor. president obama handed the award to a distant cousin of army first lieutenant alonso accusation. the 22-year-old led his troops during the key civil war, despite

suffering mortal wounds. he was hit and badly wounded his first sergeant, a soldier by the name of frederic urged him to go to the rear. but he refused. and said he would fight it out,s or die in the attempt. >> and the president credited 94-year-old wisconsin woman with doing decades of research to bring his story to light, america tonight's joey chen has more on alonso's story. >> many men died here at gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the civil war. the best estimate is that in three days of fighting as many as 10,000 died on the battlefield. the climax came at cemetery ridge, when general lee sent his infin tri-in what become known as picket charge. set the stage for me,

what was it like? it is 87 degrees you have all this intense heat, and all the dead, plus in the files were still wounded. some wounded were there for weeks. >> kent brown was gripped from the age of 15 when he first saw the battlefield. the mas.sive painting that tells it's story. >> one image stuck with him, and young union officer struck down but value lently fighting on. that was alonso. >> when he woke up on july 3rd, that's when he -- a deplorable situation terrifying. >> the odor. >> the heat. >> yeah. >> and just the fear. >> right. >> and they knew that something big would happen today. >> a 22-year-old

west point grad was already a respected leader, but on this field, he became legendary. >> he loses all his guns he loses every one by one, some of his men began to run, and he took his pit toll out, he was already wounded took his pit toll out and pointed it at the gunner, and told him he said you don't get back here, i'll blow your babes out. brown spent decades studying him. who by all accounts including one in the new york times is the guy who just wouldn't give up. >> the painting really depicts a lon so's final moments. final seconds yes. when the artist portrayed him here, he has received two wounds. one in his right shoulder, and then one in his groin. which was possibly a

fatal wound. it -- he was bleeding profusely, he was probably going into shock. >> but he tells his men, we will keep going. >> and his first sergeant comes up and saysluth uh, leave. get out of here. and he says no i will stay here and fight it out or die in the attempt. pretty amazing story, a new ad from a toy company promised to break the mold in girls toys but uh some say the new doll pushes the same old stereotypes. and then it is real money with ali velshi. coming up, sure you are paying less to fill up your car, butly tell you about a down side to the recent plunge. leaving some neighbors squeezed all of that and more on real money. program

you would think a 90-year-old florida man spending his time feeding the homeless would be lauded for his efforts, instead he is finds himself facing criminal charges. >> serving chicken with fresh vegetables. >> arnold abbott and his team of chefs have set up shot on ft. lauderdale beach. >> i am only inviting 200 of my closest friends to dinner. >> would you like potatoes in he says his act of generosity is a tribute to his late wife. >> i lost her in an accident. i decided the best living memorial would be a full scale feeding program, in her name. >> but ft. lauderdale says his act is against the law, uniform police were recorded his food give away this week, when they confronted him. >> i am doing fine. >> you are in violation of 2.2. >> the elderly chef was escorted away in front of a large crowd, of supporters.

police fingerprinted him and gave him a ticket. >> it is our right. so feed people, and i believe in the fatherhood of god and the brotherhood of man. and we should be allow to feed our fellow man. >> this is a public safety issue. >> ft. lauderdale mayor says the city will not back down. >> to get them from breakfast to lunch to dinner, all you are doing is enabling that cycle of homelessness. they don't receive the aid they need to receive. >> and abgot also says he will continue to fight. >> be coming back to the beach. >> you bet your life,ly fight for the beach as long as there's breath in my body. >> cool dude. you can hear more from him live at 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on al jazeera. a toy ad, toy, resembling apples 1984 spot is trying to break the butte uhty mold for little girls but some say the ad actually sticks with

culture norms. >> yeah, tony the toy company is known for making viral ads that promote engineering instead of dolls and princesses, their latest ad says fashion dolls teach to value beauty over brains. one is sold every three seconds. ♪ . >> the ad shows little girls dressed in pink, walking in a factory like assembly line, each of them take as skinny pretty doll from a conveyer belt. all the while, a woman on a monitor a big sister keeps repeating you are beauty, and beauty is perfection. now this ad is inspired by apples 1984 super bowl commercial that you see there, when they introduce the macintosh, it is based on the famous model titled 1984, here is where it gets interesting. take a look at the blond girl wearing overalls and sneakers. she breaks away from the line with a hammer, she

runs over to the machine, and destroys it. so you be et the idea, from mote engineering for little girls and stop putting so much importance on beauty, now, if you notice the girl in this ad is thin and blond, you are not alone, it is being hailed is brilliant, but also criticized for having a belong actress are and a blond action figure, people are saying yeah, it is still another skinny belong white girl, noll rayly breaking the mold here. i love everything about this except for the action figure is blond. >> yeah, that's a hot debate. before we with go, drake university in iowa, basketball fan there had an opportunity. >> oh yeah. >> to make four shots in 30 seconds. >> so here is the deal, the first shot. it is a lay up uh, the raziest of the shots but it took him three times to get it, and then he hit a foul shot on the

first try. but he needed four attempts o. three pointer. have a look at this, have a look. wow. done, buried now he is the owner of a new uh truck, and his arms and legs -- >> we have to go. the energy boom created hundreds of thousands of jobs and helped get america's economy back on track, but now plunging oil prices threaten to derail all of that. also more than a million cars and trucks with dangerous defects are still out on the roads. plus supersized homes built on tiny little lots. i'll show you how that has left a lot of