then the landscape across the central valley will be dotted not just with crops, but with drill rigs. >> this is al jazeera america live from income city. i'm david shuster with lookout atease top stories. an historic landing. a spacecraft lands on a comet for the first time ever. congress return to a lame duck session. and what will they be able to pass before republicans take control of both houses. and the house-pounding rescue at the world trade center after two workers got stuck 69 stories up?

>> we begin this hour with a history-making break through in the world of space exploration. an european robot probe successfully landed on a comet. the craft which was launched ten years ago is already sending new information back about our galaxy, and it may be experiencing a technical problem. what is it doing right now? >> well, that's really one of the great things, the great challenges of running a lander that is 300 million miles away. it's a half hour delay just knowing what it's doing. scientists do believe it has touched down. it has made contact. it is a great day to be human in that we have pulled of this off.

this is a very irregularly shaped thing. it's a hostile rough surface. it's not like landing on the moon or mars, and there is no gravity down there. the problem that the scientists had was making sure that the thing landed, touched down and did not bounce right back off. so right now they're hoping that it can secure itself to the side of the comet. but the harpoons that are supposed to anchor in there have no fired. they're not sure how it's hanging on, but basically it's hanging on and it's going to be starting to take samples from the surface, which is really the great purpose of this mission. >> jake, assuming that the harpoons are able to function and this probe can be tethered to the comet over the long term what do scientists expect to learn over the next few months? >> what is so extraordinary about this mission is that the

comets are frozen--pre-historic is not even a right word. it is so old and formative of our universe it is the best way of experiencing directly the kind of building blocks of life in the solar system are. the comets originate from the early part of the solar system. what is the comet made of? what are the organic molecules that make up everything around us, water, life, human flesh. we're seeing sort of the universe in its rawest form by getting up close to this. the lander will hang on there for basically the next year until about march 2015 as the comet gets closer and closer to the sunday, this thing is on a suicide run. run. the key point is transmitting data back to earth. it will try to work all the way up to march 2015. it will be so close to the sun.

>> now congress will return to work today. this is the lame duck. session. the current congress tries to finish a few items, what, if anything, can the republican house and the democratic senate get done? come january republicans will have complete control of both chambers for the first time in eight years. libby casey is in washington on capitol hill. it's the first day already fights are brewing. >> in the good news category there is a lot of positive energy on capitol hill. members have been gone for so long out on the campaign trail, and frankly back in august they weren't getting a lot done anyway, especially if you are a senate republican you're very

enthused to be here. they're doing a victory lap today, and we're seeing the new members come to congress for the first time for orientation. senate mitch mcconnell met with the newly elected republicans in his caucus for a photo op. there is already a fight brewing because mitch mcconnell is laying down the line saying if the president acts on things like immigration reform, if it goes it alone and works without congress that will poison the well. president obama said hey, it's the republicans who have been holding up any movement on immigration any way. another issue mitch mcconnell is concerned about, the u.s. and china has agreed to cap on greenhouse gas emissions. >> i was particularly distressed about the deal. he has reached out to the chinese on this current trip,

which i read as the agreement requires the chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years. while these carbon emissions regulations are creating havoc in my state and other states around the country. >> of course democrats say the promise by china is unprecedented and so that is, indeed, something not worthy. mitch mcconnell coming from a coal state, very concerned about the reduction o regulations and the reduction of carbon emissions. >> what are the democrats hoping to accomplish in this lame duck section? >> they need to get spending bills passed. republicans and democrats could use that as a weapon to wield authority. some issues, though, funding to try to fight isil is something that will come up. there is a question of whether they can get things like tax

reform any closer to a reality, and david, one question is the keystone xl pipeline. will democrats try to do something now preempting a republican move come january? it's quite up in the air as to whether or not anything can be agreed to on that platform. >> mary landrieu is facing a tough run off, she would like to be on this vote. any indication that majority reid will grant that wish in these final weeks of the lame duck. >> mary landrieu would love that. no indication the democrats are staying mum on it at this point. it is a contentious issue but what is the political win for all involved, and is the

landrieu worth throwing a bone to. >> three house members are being worn in tonight alma adams becomes the 100th woman to serve in congress. and we will probably see a few more come january pending the outcome of races like mary landrieus. >> thanks as always. the u.s. department of defense is cutting the numbers of troops headed to west africa in the fight against ebola. the pentagon is sending 3,000 troops to liberia instead of 4,000. president obama's obama for $6 million in aide richard shelby, republican from alabama, criticized the administration's

handling of the cases in the united states. >> the cdc has been a moving target. this uncertainty may have exposed healthcare professionals to unnecessary risk. white the president has not encouraged guarantee rules. >> president obama said the request for emergency funds should be top priority for congress this year. thomas eric duncan was treated at the texas health presbyterian. he was sent home when he first requested help. he was admitted three days later. he died despite treatment. the hospital apologized for its

mistakes. nurses across the country today are protesting and demanding tougher hospital ebola precautions. there are growing concerns that medical centers are not prepared to handle new cases of the virus. today in cal, 18,000 nurses walked off the job in protest. melissa, what do nurses in california want in place when it comes to the ebola preparedness? is there there are basically two things that they need. they need training and isn't regular training. that's something that experts do say is necessary. another thing nurses say they need better protective gear. gear that adheres to the cdc guideline. that's a hospital-by-hospital decision, really. we're outside of kaiser permanente, and you can see nurses have walked off the job and they say the ebola crisis is

an opportunity to look at the systemic health problems in 9 country in terms of hospitals and how they are run. here's what the direct of national nurses united had to say. >> they're acting like the nurses have a political agenda. they call it a political agenda. a political agenda in trying to protect themselves and provide safe patient care. that is such an insult to the nurses. >> they worry about patient care as well. >> what is the response from hospital officials in regards to this strike behind you? >> well, there are always two sides to the story. the hospital in the case of kaiser permanente i think it is

important to mention the nurse who is are striking are also in labor contract negotiations with the hospital for the past couple of months now. there are other motivations for these nurses to be unhappy. the hospital, they say they have provided training, and in the case of kaiser permanente they said they wanted to sit down with the nurses and come up with game plan for ebola, but the nurses have not decided to do so. when we talk to the nurses, different story. a classic case of he said-she said. >> more than 5,000 people have died from ebola in west africa. the who agency said transmission of the disease continues to be a huge problem in getting liberia and sierra leone. and four people have died in mali. parents of michael brown are in geneva.

the committee is reviewing compliance against torture. there have been two days of testimony. brown's father explains why they made the trip. >> we came here to get justice for our son. i think that there wouldn't an better place where we could start it. >> meanwhile, back in missouri, a grand jury will decide whether to indict officer wilson for brown's death. >> three u.s. navy soldiers are assaulted on a street. the teamers yelled yankees go home as they roughed up the sailors. the attackers were part of a left-wing turkish revolutionary youth group. >> because we define you as murderers, as killers, we want

you to get out of our land. >> the navy said it's working with the turkish national police and the u.s. embassy staff to investigate what happened. they're reviewing measures in turkey. >> nato commander, an u.s. general said that for the past two days russian tanks have entered ukraine. he said the border between the two nations is wide open. u.s. spy satellites have focused on the border for months. meanwhile russians officials announce that long range russian bombers will control missions from the caribbean to the gulf

of mexico. there was more violence today between israelis and palestinians as hopes for a lasting peace agreement seem more remote than ever. amidst clashes, israel approved the construction of 300 new homes in occupied west jerusalem. all of this comes as angler and mistrust and jerusalem has now spilled over to parts of the west bank. >> for people who live in the occupied west bank this was not only a place of worship. it was a focal point for their community. dozens of people would meet and pray here every day. now most of what's left is ash. the mosque was set on fire in the early morning hours.

>> i'm told this is not the first something like this has happened. in 2012, the only mosque in the village, was also set on fire by the israeli settlers. >> we woke up at 3:00 a.m. in the morning to find a mosque on fire. we pray in this mosque. it is very difficult to see it burned. >> the arson attack will do little to calm this already tense situation, but it appears that the israeli government is taking steps to calm tensions. >> in a rare move the israeli police arrested an israeli border policeman on suspension of firing live bullets during a protest in may, killing a palestinian teenager. he was only 17 years old when he was shot dead. at the time israeli police

denied live bullets were fired, but a postmortem, overseen by an israeli rights group, found that the teen had died from a gunshot wound to the test. his father hopes to get justice for his son. >> i believe there is lou law in israel. the question is whether they'll apply it for a palestinian the same way they would for an israeli. >> the rise in attacks between israelis and palestinians comes against the backdrop of the competing claims of a holy site in jerusalem. the al oqs aqsa, many are demanding to pray there, but under an agreement with jordan they can't. israel said it has no plans to change the current arrangement

at the holy site but that has done little to reduce the violence. al jazeera, in the occupied west bank. >> now to the fight against isil. the u.s. military is taking new steps to support the air campaign against isil targets in iraq and syria. 50 non-combat military advisers have arrived in anbar have vince. they'll try to regain isil strongholds on the ground. the government in baghdad is trying to push the key city of beiji an cut off the group's oil profits. meanwhile the senate committee is about to review the strategy in iraq and syria. they're scheduled to testify in the closed session. u.s. lawmakers in both parties are concerned that the iraqi and peshmerga ground troops are not strong enough to defeat isil. >> there was a dramatic scene this afternoon in new york city at the newly opened one world trade center. two window washers were trapped

on their scaffolding after the cable on that scaffolding napped. they banged for more than an hour before firefighters were able to cut open a window and pull the works to safety. it happened 69 stories high. one world trade center is the tallest building in america. we'll bring you a new interview with the pilot who crashed the galactic spaceship. he did not know if the co-pilot had caused the crash.

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>> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> the pilot who survived the crash of the virgin galactic spaceship said that he did not know that the pilot did not deploy. >> it fell at mach 1 when it began to fell apart. he was thrown clear of the wreckage as the plane was coming apart in the air. at this altitude there would

have been a very little oxygen. it would have been very cold. it's likely he may have lost consciousness for a time but as he was descending at some point he still was still strapped in his seat. he unbuckled his seat belt, and his parachute did deploy and bring him safely to the ground. he managed to survive that crash. of course his co-pilot did not survive the accident. and david, i spoke or i was in touch with the professor at mit who i know very well, i said, how could he survive this? how could anyone survive this? he said you have to be lucky. he was, indeed. >> lisa, where does the investigation go from here? >> well, the ntsb said that they have completed the work on scene and taken the wreckage and put it in a secure location so they can continue to look at the wreckage of this aircraft.

next week they'll bring a team of investigators to washington, d.c. and they'll examine the videos from the ground also on board spaceship it 32, and they'll continue to look at all the data that may weigh in on the investigation, what was going on on this aircraft as it came apart. and it may be up to a year before we get a final determination of what glint thanks as always. a small magazine massachusetts town will gait chance to debate a proposal to man the sale of all tobacco and nicotine products. >> it will be such ban in the country. as you would imagine the issue of banning all tobacco is dividing this town of 7700. some call it the best thing for the health of residents, others

warn it could cost jobs. >> rows of cigarettes lining the she was behind the county. but those shelves could soon be displaying anything but tobacco. >> i thought it was a joke at first because i didn't see how they could get away with this. >> what health officials are hoping to get away with is an effort to save lives banning all tobacco and nicotine sales within town limits. everything from bubblegum flavored cigars to electronic cigarettes. town officials launched this effort saying these producing are enticing the next generation of tobacco users. but some residents in the town of 7700 including local merchants say the plan goes too far. >> we're suspecting that people will make their purchases out of town, and they'll buy their gas

and patronize other businesses out of town which will force businesses here to close. >> they're holding a two-week public hearing beginning tonight for residents to have their say. >> i'm cool with it. i think smoking is terrible. i have three little boys. it's cool to see them not--i would like to see them grow up where cigarettes are not partly of their daily lives. >> i don't think it will get the result that they want, and i also think that it is impeding on business' freedom to sell things that are legal. >> they're not expected to vote on the issue until after december 1st. if approved, david, no tobacco sales. you can still light up, but you just can't buy it in town. >> it will be interesting to see what happens with the discussion and the comments that they're going to get. >> we'll find out december 1st.

and if businesses are caught, a $300 fine and they could lose their permits. >> great story. thank you. stocks ended their record-breaking streak. the dow was down three points. the s&p 500 was down 1.5, and the nasdaq was up 15 points. six international banks will pay more than $4 billion to settle accusations of market manipulations the banks include jp morgan chase, bank of america, and they may work together to rig the foreign exchange market to make billions of dollars in the processes. republicans have gained another seat in the u.s. senate, but the result of the alaska race will mean for the balance of power. and will democrats get any legislation passed during the lame duck session? power politics is next. and a four-year-old boy survives a 225-foot fall off of

that cliff.

>> in today's power politics, the republicans have gained another seat in the senate. alaska took awhile because of the time it took to count the votes from towns. while some votes still need to be counted they say the alaska race is over. republicans will have a senate majority comprised of at least 53 seats. the number could rise to 54 depending on the louisiana run off election. republican bill cassidy is trying to beaten come bent mary

landrieu. the shifting power may not matter so much when it comes to president obama's nomination for attorney general. loretta lynch has earned widespread praise from democrats and republicans, including john mccain. >> i would imagine from my first glance of her credentials that she would be approved. this is a very outstanding young woman from what i can tell. >> while they face smooth selling, immigration reform is another matter. republicans in the house and senate are ratcheting up their rhetoric against ar executive action. many say the president should not institute the proposal by himself. >> well, it's making a bad situation worse. clearly the american people do not like barack obama going it alone. my advice to the president is

give the new congress a chance to work with you that does not involved executive action which would be very limited. >> but one of the most powerful unions supporting the democratic party is pleading with the president to act now. >> we fully support the president's commitment and it is urgently needed. millions of immigrants need to be brought out of the shadow and into the light through bold and decisive action from the president. >> and it appears that action is coming soon. here is white house spokesman josh earnest. >> we're very disappointed that they have blocked a proposal that would be good for the economy, it would create jobs. >> and earnest said that an announcement will come by the end of the year. massachusetts senator liz warner continue to make progressive

hearts flutter, she just brought her populous message to late night with seth meyers. >> government does work. it works really well for those who can hire armies of lobbyists. it works really well for those who can hire armies of lawyers. it works really well for those who can make big campaign contributions. but it's just not working for american families. >> kentucky senator rand paul, who is building up ious fo for 2016, in the louisiana run off. >> it's not just obama. it's letting the president run lawless over the constitution and i would oppose it. >> there is another republican senator considering the campaign who now stars in a children's coloring book. texas republican ted cruz is in a book called "cruz for the

future" and a video featuring cardboard political puppets. >> come on children, ted cruz for america. it's released by coloring book.com. let's all go to coloring book.com and order one today. yay. >> you got to wonder if ted cruz knows if it's a comic coloring book, and if he approved that. today, congress is now back in washington for the lame duck session. congress has a lot to accomplish over the next few weeks. they need to pass a bill to keep the federal government running past december 11th. and they'll take up the request by president obama to increase the ebola crisis and isil. 16 members are on their way out. any bills we can expect to pass something like keystone pipeline? >> first i'm glad that power

politics knows no lame duck session. everybody is comfortable knowing that. you're not going to see historic legislation. what you may seen and what you definitely will see is posturing. posturing for 2015. you know, these executives orders probably the president trying to push through some nominations that were stuck, maybe even some judges who were nominated whose nominations were sitting in the senate recruised themselves from nomination knowing that the republican senate is going to take over. that's what happened to george w. bush. that's what happened during thinks lame duck session... you're not going to see historic legislation passed but you'll see great posture. >> we spoke about the congressional chair, we got that interview coming up at the 6:00 hour. he said in response the republican threats to impeach president obama, and he essentially said bring it on. if they want to go there, go for it. is that such a wise clash for

the democrats? >> well, it's a wiser clash for the democrats because they're on the defensive, and they saw the last time that they impeached bill clinton, as you remember, it didn't work out well for them. it worked out well for bill clinton. this seems to be a time when the republicans can take advantage of their success two weeks ago, move that forward a little bit and try to legislate their way to success rather than impeach their way to success. it's not a great move other than it's it doesn't work political politically. >> can we expect much from the early stages of the next congress which starts in january? >> it depends on what happens here the president gives an executive order on immigration, then you're going to see congress act on it come january.

that's the first thing they're going to do if, in fact, the president gives an executive order. you're talking at the top of the segment about loretta lynch. there is a little bit of politics, too. you should wait until we confirm her in the next congress, some say do it now. but there is fodder here with the democrats saying we'll wait. the political optics of an afric african american woman being questioned could work to the advantage of the democrats. you may see something on the immigration but you won't see much of that policy but the energy policy will be under taken right away. >> i wonder if there will be something related to the energy policies. the president signed a new deal

with the chinese, republicans have already been outraged by the environmental protection agency which is essentially tried back on the ozone emissions, downwind air pollution and through administration actions, is this something that the republicans want to target, does this set up a clash over the epa? >> yes, it oh could. again, i hate to belabor the point. 2016 climate change has not proven for democrats that strong of a campaign issue but it does set up the clash. it's really true. there is going to be the epa versus these new republicans elections. they have consequences. they're probably going to be the chairman of the armed services committee. they're going to have leadership in the senate. mitch mcconnell backs him. any kind of anti-climate legislation is going to happen. they're similarly with energy. already the politician going on right now with the election in

louisiana. today mitch mcconnell said you know what, if bill cassidy wins that run off and gets senator landrieu's seat, he's going to be on the committee. that policy is going to be steered through excel po pipeline. >> and the senate chalk foul of republicans who consider a run for the presidency, even elizabeth warren who decides to change her language. first of all, what do you make about the rush to 2016? there does seem to be this died over the clinton, whether they're helpful or hurtful to democrats in the mid terms, and the presumptive nominee status that hillary clinton has art now is exactly the wrong place she wants to be going in to this race. >> well, it doesn't mean by default if you were not helpful you were hurtful. there was no helping some of these democrats in some of these

races looking back. it will hurt the republican caucus more. they're going to be in leadership and going in they're already a more divided caucus. you're going to see moderate main dreams like rob portman who did himself well by helping with the campaign committee. he'll be looking for a run for office. we'll have ted cruise and marco rubio. it will be very difficult for mitch mcconnell to keep that caucus together because they're going to be wanting to distinguish themselves for that. this is how it works. they want to be the first to get to that money, unfortunately. if hillary clinton doesn't run, then there is going to be a lot of democrats going after the money that she would have gotten, and similarly for the republicans. they want to be the first in it. jeb bush were not to run, his money fundraising machine is not in full affect then other republicans will want to get there early to get to the early money. >> al jazeera's michael shure, we always appreciate it.

>> thanks, david. >> let's take a look at other stories making news around america. marmaria ines ferre joins us for that. >> a man accused of abducting a woman in philadelphia makes his first appearance today. he was appointed a public defender and will have a bail hearing friday. he faces federal kidnapping charges for allegedly grab b grabbing a woman off the streets. frazier miller was wheeled into court today where a judge ordered testing. the 73-year-old avowed anti-semite allegedly killed three people in april. none of the victims were jewish. a sinkhole hoped in florida in the same neighborhood where another one gobbled up a car. it's too early t to tell what

is causing the ground to open. >> i don't know all the facts. we'll rely upon our consultants and experts to assist us with that. we want to do things safe. it is not our intention to create problems like this. i don't know that we've created the problem. that's for the experts to sort out. >> officials are worried a third sinkhole could open at a mobile home park nearby. no one has been hurt. a medical expert said that a 12-year-old wisconsin girl accused of trying to kill a friend to please the fictional character slender man is competent to stand trial. the victim was stabbed 19 times in may. the victim survived. the. a four-year-old boy is in serious condition at a hospital in oakland after some how surviving a 225-foot fall off of a cliff. firefighters rescued the

four-year-old. his father said that they were on a family hike when sebastian lost his footing. >> i through everything off, i was ready to jump down myself. i tried to find every access myself. i couldn't see him. >> this is what the cliff looks like in the light of day, incredible that that little boy survived. >> he obviously didn't end up in the water. perhaps in the rocks. >> but he is in serious condition. >> that's unbelievable. appreciate it. >> coming up, sex assaults in high schools. why the victims and schools themselves coul do not report the assault. and the spaceship that made history handing on a comet. we'll talk about how difficult it was to pull off and the significance for space exploration.

>> when comes to sexual assault

most high school students and the schools themselves don't report them. in part four of the series sex crimes on campus, we discover a wave of assaults that are flying under the radar. >> inside that building, that's where you were raped? >> right. >> another student, a football player and a fellow band member lured her into the band room where she says he raped her. >> it was strictly forced almost the whole entire time. immediately after i was raped i went trait is to the bathroom. i was scared. >> rachel's mom said that rachel's high school was completely unprepared to handle the incident and made shakes from the moment that rachel reported the assault. >> she went to the band teacher on the day it happened. there was see semen on her shirt. he told her to confront the

attacker. >> it wasn't until she reported it to another teacher two days later that school administration turned it over to the police. who concluded within hours that it was consensual. >> i was pissed. i knew it was not consensual. he knew he had forced me. this is not something that you want to do. it's something that you want to stop. it was hard. >> lori joins us live from washington. lori, remarkable report. how big of a problem is this at secondary and junior high schools and high schools around the country. >> we know one in five girls will be sexually assaulted during high school, but we know it's an under reported issue. not a lot of people are talking about this in secondary schools. in our reporting we found out some schools are not prepared to handle cases like this. title 9 of the civil rights act,

in this case that we pro filed the school did not do this. the reason why they're supposed to do that is there is a second burden of proof than the police would find. they came back and ended up punishing the girl after they she reported the assault. you would not believe what they made her do. >> did the school explain why they did not do their own investigation? >> the school gave us very little information as far as talking right now. the aclu ended up having to get involved and filed a complaint against them because they were not filing--following the title 9 regulations, but they do say now that they're working on complying with all of thoses new regulations. but they wouldn't give a specific reason why they wouldn't do the investigation other than at that point i'm not sure that they were completely prepared and knew what the law was. >> beyond the title nine obligation that the school has

are there other obligations to the criminal justice system? >> there are plenty of things they're required to do. for example, protect the student. not retaliate against the student. they need to have clear procedures in place of what they're going to do when they get a case like this. they need to have a title nine coordinator and mainly they need to make sure that the student is able to continue with their education. that's the most important thing. unfortunately, we found at a there are 32 public school districts right now that are under investigation for ms. handling cases like this, the experts we talked to said that schools, secondary schools like this are about ten years behind from where colleges and universities currently are right now in handling and managing this type of situation. >> from washington, thank you very much. you can see more of america tonight sex crimes on campus one year later at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight only on al jazeera america. history was made today when a spacecraft landed on a comet. it took more than ten years for

that craft to make the trip, and it may be a game changer for space exploration. let's bring in the chief scientist, and first of all, take us through the landing. how difficult was it? >> well, this is a historic moment. this is a very challenging landing after a very long flight to bring a more information from the building blocks of our solar system. >> there were problems with the essential harpoon system, that they didn't fire, therefore the craft did not tether to the surface the way scientists had been hoping. how big of a challenge is this? >> well, the engineers can do pretty much anything. while these are setbacks i think every is confident that the pro

find science, the observations planned by the lander will continue. the object is a micro gravity object. we just don't want too much action so it won't drift away. >> what will happen before the comet gets close to the sun and everything essentially burns up on the surfaces there? >> the key things about comets is that they're time capsules for the history of the solar system. we want to see what they're made of, how they evolved and how active they are before they get to the sun and really what their landscape is like. these are terra incognito to us. we'll explain the plethora of small bodies across the universe. this is history in the making. >> has anything surprised you about the imagination so far? >> i think it's absolutely near perfect execution. the remote sensing phase that has been done for the last several months with the big

mother spacecraft has been exquisite. instruments full all over the world. three from us at nasa, for example, have made profound observations. we're still sifting through them all. this is new territory but i think taking a look at this kind of object for the first time has opened our lice to the complexity and the beauty of this universe we live in. >> are there certainly things that we've learned along the way over the last ten years, culminating with the landing on the comet that moved forward in terms of space exploration and the opportunities for new missions going forward? >> well, absolutely. i mean first the technology is going to allow us to go to these primitive objects, to take advantage of the brilliant physics of just getting there. a ten-year trip, these are tools that will take us anywhere we want to go in our solar system. they'll get us to jupiter, the

dwarf planets like pluto. we're opening up our solar system with new technologies, new measurements, new science culminating to understanding our history of our own planet. >> if you could have the rosetta orbitro and the craft resolve one big mystery, what would it be? >> i guess for me, understanding how the building blocks of the chemistry that we call life came about, and whether it's contained in these primitive objects or whether it could have been preserved understanding t philae, and looking back to see what might have been the antecedents of the molecules here on earth. whether we can or not is unknown. but as for me, understanding this landscape that scales from millimeters to meters as we're seeing it will be profounding

shaping of how these objects have evolved from the last billions of years. for me that is the kind of science that excites me. >> director at chie and chief scientist. thank you. >> bringing high speed fiber internet center to cities. fiber connections are much faster than broadband internet service. underwater scooters mapping miles of the underwater world. a goal to let you see what they see. the details are next. >> and i'm lisa fletcher. you could say it's about time when you talk about china's new pledge to get it's prim climate emissions under control. does any of this have teeth, and will it make a difference?

we'll ask that live at the top of the hour.

one year ago america tonight brought you the story that shocked the nation sex crimes on campus: >> i remember waking up and he was trying to have sex me... >> now we return has anything changed? >> his continued presence on the campus put the entire community at risk >> for the better... >> i was arrested for another false charge that she had made up... >> america tonight's special report sex crimes on campus:

one year later on al jazeera america >> premium debating the best ways to preserve earth's best protected area. they're getting an amazing look at mapping what is below the sea, and soon you might be able to get a look as well. andrew thomas has this al jazeera exclusive. >> it looks like the opening scene of a names bond film. but on the front of these water scooters are not guns. mounted on each is a sophisticated camera. >> at one end there are three cameras which are perfectly synchronized to take images every three seconds as the craft moves along the sea skate. >> the scooters can travel two kilometers on each dive and take a thousand pictures in 45 minutes. the team behind has compiled

over a million images surveying 700 kilometers of the world's coral reeves. but this survey is different. it's capturing the underwater world in the middle of australia's biggest city. it's mapping sydney harbor. there is a navigatible series of shots. the aim is two-fold. first to provide a record of the current state of the underwater world. this will provide scientists with a baseline with which to compare the state of reef and fish in years to come. but second to create an open access way for everyone in to see and move through pictures of what is below the surface of the sea. >> the ultimate ambition is to create a global record that engaging people with these environments, and allow scientists to put the policies in place or help put the policies in place that will ensure that they're protected in

the long term. >> this survey of teams use google to tie its record into its street technology. using a computer or a phone going on a virtual journey used to aim when it landed. now it can go under there. you can click around sea hours. near the beach, a gray nurse shark. and off the town of manly, schools of yellowtail. the sponsor of this project is an insurance company keen to associate itself with technology that looks at change and risk. the aim is for this to become an extensive navigatible act. as oceans warm it could become an historical record of what was once beneath the waves. andrew thomas, al jazeera,

sydney. >> that is our report for this hour. we leave you with just a gorgeous shot of the great island of manhattan looking to the south. the sun is setting on this beautiful night in new york city. i'm david shuster. thanks for watching. >> china pledges to join the flight against climate change. that's big and new, but carbon emissions won't go down unti until 2030. is that really progress? that's the inside story. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher. for years and years while the