>> the most immediate effect has been to consolidate support for president putin. >> how climate change is reshaping geopolitics. >> new shipping lanes created by the melting of ice in the arctic could save a lot of money. >> it would be tremendously benificial for russia. >> don't miss our in-depth series "the new cold war". all next week, 7:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> that fragile cease sire in eastern ukraine on the verge of collapse. russian tanks have crossed its border. we are live with more. >> three u.s. sailors attacked in turkey after they demand the american military leave that country. could these protestors impact the u.s. relationship with turkey. >> amazing revelations hours after that spacecraft lands on the speeding planet.

what we're learning from the probe. >> more than 100 women have been elected to the next congress. illinois congresswoman january shekowski joins us live. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> panic in egypt, and explosion hitting a train station in cairo. 16 people have been injured, most of them hurt during the mad rush trying to get out. >> explosions rocking the egyptian embassy in libya, two bombs exploding near that facility in tripoli, the embass of the united arab emirates is nearby. it's not clear if the bombings had a connection to the explosions in cairo. there are no reports of casualties. >> no one claiming responsibility for car bombings in libya. the countries elected parliament

responding with airstrikes. >> now to ukraine where international monitors say ceasefire is all but dead. >> russia and eastern accept have breached that peace deal hundreds of time. it comes as nato says russia is moving tanks and artillery across the border. >> further sanctions are being discussed against russia. we are in donetsk. there is not much hope for the ceasefire, it seems now. give us a sense of just how fragile the situation is where you are. >> the situation certainly is fragile. we've had intensifying fighting throughout the week here, just on the outskirts of donetsk towards the north of the city around the airports and the standoff between pro-russian and ukrainian forces that has been going on since the ceasefire has been declared. we see those military columns

coming in and out of the city for the last days almost wreckly, so there is certainly attention here and perhaps an escalation, even within you could as i in the last week. >> how is kiev reacting to this report of russian troops crossing into eastern ukraine, these columns of tanks you're talking about? >> kiev seems to be worried yesterday the defense ministry said they are going to prepare more forces to come into the area, more ukraine forces to protect the territory against possible advancements by the separatists. the separatists have already said openly they plan to take more territory, including the city of maruple, a port city. there is tensions with ukraine reacting strongly there. >> sanction seem to have had little if he can on the ground where you are. how if at all will new sanctions

affect moscow? >> the message is sanctions are not going to have much effect on what russia is doing here in ukraine. >> thank you. >> secretary of state john kerry is in jordan meeting with palestinian president abbas. two are expected so discuss the violence in east jerusalem and the west bang, their meeting coming one day after israel announced plans to build 1,000

new houses in east jerusalem. what is secretary kerry hoping to accomplish in the meeting? >> i can tell you that the two leaders have met, they had a very brief meeting. they only stopped to pose for photographs. we don't know exactly what was discussed, but from our sources in aman, jordan, they told us that they of course discussed the increasing tensions we've seen in palestinian territories and spilling over into strehl proper, as well. we're also hearing that there is some suggestion that the secretary of state has tried to persuade mr. abbas from moving from his plan to go to the u.n. security council to the resolution setting an end to the israel occupation of territories. >> what is the reaction to new settlements and describe the

tension for us in the area. >> >> well, they're certainly not very happy. if you just look over my shoulder here, i'll have my cameraman pan a little bit there. that's the settlement right there. it's a huge settlement, 200,000 people live there, mostly jew's, it's 70,000 existing units. although these 200 new units won't dramatically change the character of this area, it adds to the anger we've seen on the streets. just yesterday, a mosque in the occupied west bank was set on fire. the palestinian investigators blaming israeli settlers for that, all of that, of course is leading to the tensions which we've been talking about for self weeks now. >> those images speak volumes, joining us live from jerusalem, thank you very much. >> in our next hour, we'll talk to the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. and ask if he sees any way forward in easing the tensions.

that's at 8:20 eastern time. >> the president is in myanmar blasting the government saying it's back sliding on reforms. the penalty said myanmar arrests journalist and promotes anti muslim violence. people meet with myanmar's president later today. >> back in the u.s., the key stone xl pipeline has new life, house republicans scheduling a vote today. senate democrats have backed off efforts to block the bill. they could vote as early as next tuesday. both sides hope to boost their candidate's chance in the upcoming runoff in louisiana. our senior washington correspondent joins us live. mike, are senate democrats breaking rank with the president in this move. >> it appears that they are. you put your finger right on it. the campaign trail has led directly to the floor of the senate as democrats have reversed their course on the policy on the key stone pipeline in an effort to save one of

their own. >> senate democrats doing an about-face on the key stone xl pipeline as they fight to save one of their own. >> i believe one of the most important issues that we should be getting done within this lame duck is the directive to build the key stone pipeline. >> on their first day back in washington since last week's devastating loss to republicans in the midterm election, senate democrats called for a vote on the long-stalled project. the not so thinly veiled reason behind the push, democrats hope to give a boost to senator maryland degree looked in a run i don't have with republican candidate bill cassidy. >> i am stranding strong, asking the leadership to follow your own advice. you said let's get to work. i'm ready. you said let's trust each other. >> not to be outdone on the campaign trail or the floor of congress, cassidy responded by sponsoring his own bill, calling

for a vote on the project today in the house. the move to approve key stone was expected to come when republicans take over in january, but now appears the measure could clear congress as early as next week. white house officials traveling with the president in myanmar responded coolly to the moves in congress. >> i think it's fair to say that our dim view of these kinds of proposals have not changed. >> other obstacles remain. there's the matter of a court case pending in nebraska over the pipeline's route. >> the president is waiting for action to pan out in nebraska and wants all these issues to be resolved -- >> dell, this is not a done -- it's not a done deal yet. if republicans are to pass this through the senate, they need help from the democrats. democrats are still in control. they're going to need 15

democratic votes. that's still very much in question. before the vote, he can twist arms and get on the phone, there's going to be an uproar in the environmental community, pressure brought to bear. the president has one option, a veto. it takes two thirds to override a veto. the votes are not there. it does not appear the key stone pipeline is going to be approved through legislation at any rate at the end of the day. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, we're going to talk to congresswoman january shekowski about that key stone xl pipeline.

>> republicans are blasting president obama over the deal with china saying it doesn't require china to do enough. >> the agreement requires the chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years, while these carbon emission regulations are creating havoc in my state and other states around the country. >> republicans say they also plan to reign in the e.p.a., the environmental protection agency. >> u.s. authorities are investigating an attack on three u.s. sailors in istanbul. turkish activists went after the men chanting yankee go home and demanding u.s. armed forces leave turkey. they threw red paint at the sailors and put white sacks over their heads. jami is covering the pentagon for us, welcome to the network and morning show. >> thank you. >> what can up tell us about these protestors? >> not a whole lot. the pentagon down played this

incident, identifying them as something called the turkish union, a nationalist group that was opposed to a u.s. presence in turkey, but they said that they didn't feel it reflected the general state of relations between the united states and turkey. one pentagon official dismissed it as thugs. nevertheless, the fact that this video surfaced created a little bit of an international incident between the two countries, right now after getting the sailors back on the ship and dispatching them back to their home port, the pentagon is insisting it isn't going to have much of an affect and it's not clear who these people were. >> how are turkish authorities reacting and do they view this as having any impact on the relationship? >> they issued a statement calling it a disrespectful act that is in no way tolerated. turkish police have rounded up a dozen suspecting from the video,

so looks like they're proceeding cautiously. the u.s. and turkey are nato allies. the united states is actually seeking more cooperation from turkey in terms of basing some more of its aircraft there for possible airstrikes in iraq and both sides insist that this is a little blip that's not going to have a long term effect on the relationship. >> let's turn to another big issue, the fight against isil. today the defense secretary will testify before congress. what will he ask for? >> there's a big hearing today on capitol hill. the defense secretary chuck hagel, joint chiefs going up to make the case about what the u.s. is trying to accomplish with its strategy against the islamic state militants in iraq and syria. the big message i guess that the united states doesn't want to own this fight. they want to help the iraqis get

back up to speed. they can teach them to fight, support them but can't give them the will to fight. the big message that's going to come out of this hearing is particularly in iraq, there has to be a change in the way the government operates in order for the troops to really want to fight for their own interests there. >> jami, thank you. >> let's talk about that change in iraq with . dozens of senior leaders fired, how much of this has to do with the fight against isil. >> officially, it has nothing to do with it. the government has said that these sackings and there were 36 of them in total, 10 senior officers forced to resign and 26 others who will be reassigned from their current posts, this i guess not about sue signing

blame to them for the failures when isil swept through the country in june but more to do with the fact that this is about iraqi unity. this wassal abadi sending a message that there will be no more cronyism, no more corruption. that this was an iraqi army ready to take the fight against isil. this has been welcomed. may not have been surprised by it. it's a very bold move but across the spectrum it has been well received. >> what is the latest in the battle for the oil refinery town of beiji? >> what we're hearing is key

government buildings have been taken over. the iraqi army say they have about 60% of the talk about and they're just waiting for reinforcements to come in from other battalions before they take the arrest of the town. curiously what i'm hearing from isil sources is that they are bringing in reinforcements, as well. don't forget that isil still have the border crossing, they are still able to bring in troops from syria into iraq, so this by no means is a fight that will be over quickly. it goes to show you that the iraq army are now willing to get out of their bases and go on the offensive in places like beiji. however that's not the case in the rest of the country where isil still have the upper hand. >> live from baghdad, thank you very much. >> administration officials say the president is now looking for a new strategy when it comes to fighting isil in syria. media claims president obama was reviewing his policy, claiming officials had determined it might not be possible to defeat

isil without removing president assad. sources tell aljazeera the national security team is frequently reviewing development but that the strategy has not changed. >> mission accomplished for the group of scientists who landed that small spacecraft onboard that large comet speeding through space. >> the landing a bit bumpy at first. >> yeah, there was a small glitch with the landing gear, so it literally bounced around on the comet surface because the gravity is very weak there. overnight, the european space agency said the lander stablized and now the real exploration begins. >> a stunning feat, turning science fiction into reality. scientists landed a spacecraft on a speeding comet. a historic moment 10 years in the making. since blasting into space in 2004, the european space agency rosetta spacecraft has been sling shotting around the space

system before catching up with comet 67p over the summer. that com melt it travels at 84,000 miles per hour, ruffle 140 times faster than an airplane. the com melt is as old as the solar system. scientists the com melt may hold the key to life on earth. >> it's about assembling many, many pieces of information to answering big questions like the or inof water on the earth. >> in order to someday answer big questions, rosetta launched the lander, roughly the size of a washing man. equipped with cameras, it snapped pictures during its journey that lasted seven hours. then the moment came, the touchdown. at the european space agency headquarters in germany, there were high fives and hugs. the landing gear did not shoot

through the surface of the com melt at intended. >> the anchoring harpoons did not fire, so the lander is not anchored to the surface. >> overnight it stablized itself and now is able to get samples. the spacecraft picked up this unexplained notice from the com melt. scientists call it singing, an energy generated when pieces of the comet sluff off into space. >> one of the coolest snap shots, what the scientists are calling a selfie, this was taken 10 miles away from the comet on the lander's seven hour journey to the surface. there are a trillion com melts in the solar system and this could help scientists understand all of they will. they may even be able to say what to do when a comet is heading ohen a destructive path toward earth, so there's a lot of cool stuff going on.

>> that's what killed the dinosaurs, right, it was a comet. >> that was the first selfie i've seen that bill clinton did not photo bomb. >> we are learning more about the crash of the virgin galactic spacecraft. the pilot freed himself. he had no idea that the co pilot unlocked the system that slowed the spacecraft. the co pilot died. >> for a lot of the country, it is cold. >> it is actually chilly out there. >> it's pretty much the entire country dealing with this cold weather except for florida, that's the one place that is warm. that might change quickly. here is wyoming and you get this snow moving in first, just the light accumulations here, but that fresh coating of snow on the ground, you see the bitter cold temperatures combined with the wind chills. records set in denver, rapid

city, nine below zero. some places close to 40 below zero with the wind chills. the cold is in dallas, texas, down below freezing, 31 and spreading east. high pressure behind this cold arctic front that moved in. this is where the core of the cold air is and it will continue to spread east, this wind creating lake effect snows but also watching the storm off of the coast. the cold air interacting with that warm water, we could have the snow developing here and this could affect the commute tomorrow. if it's not the cold arctic area, there's also the snow. >> could it be the end of a ceasefire and beginning of a war? fighting continues in eastern ukraine. nato officials are blaming russia. the ukrainian cock woman of america joins us next. >> the death toll topping 5,000 for ebola. the new treatment launched to try to stop the outbreak. >> a town meeting in massachusetts, the proposed ban

that had so many people there outraged. >> the big number of the day is a good number, that's how much we could all save if gas prices continue to fall.

>> today's big number is how much money drivers could save if the gas prices continue to fall. >> the energy department predicts prices will decline, topping out at $2.94 a gallon in 2015, 45 cents than what many of us paid this year. >> the current temp is $2.91, it has fallen for 48 straight days. >> same-sex couples in kansas will be able to get marriage licenses today, the stay lifted of a judge's ruling. no reason was given, those justice scalia and thomas indicated they would have kept the stay in place. kansas becomes the 33rd state to allow same sex nuptials.

>> >> russia under fire at the united nations accused of fueling the war in ukraine. the u.n. security council holding an emergency session wednesday, moscow denying claims that russian military equipment and troops having into ukraine for the last 48 hours. the solution is difficult when ceasefires are ignored. >> three times, if i'm right, mr. putin promised to withdraw troops, but they are still there. it is true we have lost confidence, because they do not respect the agreements we reached. they don't keep their words. >> the security council that met 26 times over ukraine but little action has been taken. russia is a permanent member and has veto power.

>> is this the beginning of russias annexation of eastern ukraine? >> i think if you look at what happened in cry my he i can't, you see the same fingerprints here. what we're seeing now are open tanks in the streets of ukraine whereas before there were individual armored vehicles, an armored column, but open regular troops, much like crimea after the initial invasion. now we're seeing, you can't deny, even though russia is denying it in the security council, you can't deny visually that there are russia troops now in you ukraine. >> russia has done what it wanted to do. absent military action is there anything that is going to stop putin? >> i think you're expressing what most people in eastern europe understand which is without a slap on the wrist,

without something physically stopping putin's forces, there's nothing to stop him. the old adage is there is no dictator that has ever stopped his advance without military intervention. >> other than the ukrainian military, which our reporter in eastern ukraine and donetsk says their sending more military reinforcements, nato is not going to commit to put ground troops in ukraine. >> no, but every time the ukraine military upgrades itself, from basically zero off the the revolution, because that entire army was disbanded by the former government, it has reconstituted to over 100,000 standing people in that conflict zone on the border with russia. every time that army is improved, added upon with anti tank weapons, which we're asking the west for, another calculation has to be done by the opposing commanders and they don't want their own people killed. >> we are going into a second long winter, now of unrest.

after so many months of conflict, what are the people there saying now about the uprising, the unrest and whether or not it was all worth it? >> almost united in terms of the people being animate that ukraine is on the right path, that looking towards the west, which was the whole point of the revolution, everybody is behind that kind of -- >> you are talking about the people in western ukraine? >> across ukraine. no, even people who are volunteering to fight, part of the battalions or regular troops. the regular troops are not complaining. they are ready for the fight now. they see that ukraine is undergoing all these elections in terms of the parliamentary elections, new laws are being passed. ukraine is on the right path. what's not on the right path is across the border in russia. >> we thank you for being with us. >> thank you, dell. >> let's get another check of the very cold forecast, dave warren is back, dave. >> we are talking about this bite in the air, arctic air.

when you factor in the with that, 31 in denver, two below zero in wichita, kansas. wind and cold temperature can really increase how cold it feels, despite the temperatures only being right about the single digits. 31 degrees in dallas, by this afternoon, only climbing to 39 degrees, so not much of a warm up is expected today. wind chills down well below zero. >> warm is not the operative word today. >> unless you're in florida. >> unless you're in florida. how long. >> it was a monumental moment in space, that successful landing on a comet, but what that is next? >> a former astronaut and space season commander joins us live to talk about the future of the space race. >> president obama expected to meet with the president of myanmar. we are live in the capitol with the new accusations of human rights abuses. >> police in the big easy going

too easy on sex crime allegations, failing to investigate hundred was cases. we are live in new orleans with the story. >> new support for a group of do gooders in florida, homeless people backing those helping them get fed is one of the stories caught in our global net this morning.

>> welcome back, taking a live look at the new york city skyline and gorgeous empire state building on this thursday morning. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead this half hour, women making history in congress, 100 are now serving on capitol hill or will be soon. we'll speak live with one of them, democratic january shakos ski ojan schakowskyof illinois. >> the latest from ferguson, missouri awaiting a grand jury decision on the shooting of michael brown. >> an explosion rattled a train

station in egypt, at least 16 people were hurt when this explosion happened in cairo. everyone was rushing to get out. most injuries came prom the stampede. >> u.s. and turkish authorities are condemning an attack on three u.s. sailors in istanbul. a group of 20 protestors surrounded the sailors chantedding yank key go home. 12 people were arrested in the attack. >> a european space agency has landed a probe on a comet. the commander of the international space station joins us via skype. good morning, mission control said the anchoring harpoons failed to fire, but was the mission overall still a success? >> absolutely. i mean, this is still the first

lander that has made it down to the surface of a comet, comet being about over .500 million kilometers away. the fact that it did land and you did have a few problems there, some of the stabilization jets didn't initialize during the descent. you mentioned the harpoons failed to fire anded lander apparently bouncing a few hundred meters from its originally intended landing spot, and i understand one of the legs seems to be kind of dangling off of the comet itself, but the fact is it's on the surface and now the operations folks are looking very carefully at what to do next. >> bill nye said this was like hitting a filet with a bullet. what happens between now and december? >> i think the first thing the team is going to do is see if they want to try to fire the harpoons again and or activate the screws in the legs to better

secure it on to the surface of the comet. either way, they're going to take scientific measurements and there are a number of different instrumentses onboard. they'll look at chemical comp significance of the comet and how much water is on the comet itself. >> this comet landing has a lot of people talking about space again, and i know you're smiling a lot. on december 4, the orion spacecraft is going to be launched. are we entering a new phase in the space race? >> it's really been a great cascade of events, including the lander and one expire reaction flight test one is coming up on the fourth, so this is an exciting time. this is the first flight test of the orion spacecraft. yeah, i hope we are entering a new phase of awareness and excitement of the space programs. >> i want to get one last question in before i let you go. the ntsb saying the pilot in that virgin galactic crash

ejected from the vehicle. what do you think happen? ble, you know, the ntsb has said the feathering system was activated accidentally before it was supposed to be. it was during powered flight. the right seat pilot, there's cockpit video that showed he unlocked the feathering mechanism. that in itself should not have caused the accident. there had to be another failure that caused the feathering system to deploy. the surviving pilot apparently in the interview said he doesn't really remember how he got clear. he could have made it out through one of the escape panels, could have been flown clear by the vehicle breaking up. really a miracle that he woke up at somewhere around 50,000 feet and was able to unbuckle himself from his seat and the parachuted deployed. >> former astronaut i joining us, thank you very much as always. >> president obama is in myanmar where early today he met with the country's president and

accused the government there of back sliding on reforms. president obama said myanmar still restricts political prisoners, arrests journalists and promotes anti muslim violence. two years ago it transitioned from military to civilian rule. we are live in the capitol. what have we learned from the talks and how were the penalty's comments received there? >> the myanmar officials actually said that they have expected certain criticisms from certain areas that they say feel that their sources may or may not have had their facts correctly. they understand, they say that many in the west feel they might be going too slowly, but say they are going at the pace they feel most comfortable with, which means they are still headed for full democracy, they still promise to have full, fair and free elections by 2015, and they say with regard to the promises made when president

obama was here in 2012, about 80%, they say, they have lived up to already. the one thing they made very clear is that they are very grateful for u.s. support. they want deeper friendship and ties with the united states, as well as with their neighbors closer here to southeast asia. they are making sure that china stays onboard and on side. all the leaders that have been here today have been meeting and trying to show a united front, basically saying they are all trying to work together for peace and stability not just in the region, but in the greater world. all say they are committed to supporting myanmar in its full transition to democracy as the myanmar government says they, too, want to see. >> president obama has held up myanmar as a success story. thank you. >> a very disturbing milestone out of west africa, the death toll from ebola has now passed 5,000. >> while ebola is subsiding in

some areas, it's increasing in others? >> that is absolutely right. it's a real mixed bag of news. the number of infections is slowing in guinea and liberia, increasing in sierra leone. now mali has entered the mix, too, reporting four deaths linked to ebola. the world health organization said 5,160 people died out of 14,000 infected. here in the u.s., the national incident statutes of health said clinical trials with a possible ebola vaccine will start in west africa. if the studies go well, health officials could know by mid 2015 if there is an effective vaccine. around the u.s., thousands of nurses are demanding more training to handle possible ebola patients. in california, 18,000 nurses walked off the job. >> they're the last line of defense in a profiteering world.

it's very scary and an enormous responsibility on the nurses everywhere. >> the hospital in dallas reached a settlement with the family of eric thomas duncan. the hospital sent the man home when he became ill. it apologized for its mistakes. how much its paying the family hasn't been disclosed, but the hospital will set up a memorial fund in his honor. >> family members traysed the hospital for confessing what went wrong. >> their handling of this after his death has been excellent, it's just what happened before that's causing all the problem. >> thank you very much. >> anger in one massachusetts town over a proposal to ban toe he bako. >> america. >> that's an excuse. >> america! >> protestors stopped a public meeting in westminster, chanting about freedom and their right to smoke. police escorted this people out.

the chair woman of the board of health worried there might be a rye idea. it's not clear when the board will again consider becoming the first town to ban all tobacco sales. >> a scathing new police report says hundreds of sex crimes cases were barely investigated in new orleans. the investigate said only 14% of those cases were followed up. we are live right now in new orleans. what was revealed in this report? >> a lot of people from city leaders on down are really disturbed and some say they are actually disgusted and outraged by what came out in the report. the inspector general in new orleans looked at the police department sex crimes unit for a three year period 2011-2013. they found that these officers, five particular detectives in fact, botched hundreds of cases and basically didn't do their jobs. some of the findings in this report were that victims of sex crimes, people who came forward

saying they had been sexually assaulted, their cases were ignored. also some cases where detectives would mark evidence as have been sent to the laboratories to be tested, like d.n.a. rape testing kits, but when the laboratory compared those reports found the kits were never sent. one of the more surprising findings in this report, specifically the stories here involved a 2-year-old who was sent to the emergency room on suspicion of being sexually assaulted. that toddler did have a sexually transmitted disease but for some reason the detective closed the case. several other cases involving d.n.a. rape kits that were never sent to the lab in some cases by a female detective in this case who said that she felt that simple rape should not be a crime. that's when she told investigators and felt that the sex in some of these cases was consensual.

we are talking hundreds of cases that may have to be reopened because of these five detectives not doing their jobs. >> what happens to these cops, these officers under investigation? >> these five officers are still on the job but not with the sex crimes unit. they've been ereassigned to the patrol unit but there is an investigation within the police department. they'll find out if they lose their jobs, but they could face criminal charges, as well. >> jonathan, thank you very much. >> coming up, jonathan's going to be back with us to talk about the effort to revitalize the city's ninth ward. >> a new york prosecutor is pledging up to $35 million to investigate a backlog of rape cases nationwide. cyrus vans, jr. said the money will go toward testing so-called rape kids. experts say hundreds of thousands of kits have yet to be examined. it costs up to $1,000 apiece to process just one.

>> let's look at other stories caught in our global net. unturkey 14,000 people having missing in the last five years. a supermarket chain is going beyond the milk cartons. they will have the photos of five missing children on their plastic grocery bags as part of a project run by the association of families of missing relatives. they have been successful in reuniting missing children. >> fort lauderdale showing support for 90-year-old arnold abbot, citing again for feeding the homeless in a public place. the homeless and advocates showed up outside the mayor's home. the man is 90 years old, he said he's going to keep doing it. he doesn't care whether or not they try and stop him. that generated support down there and on line, as well.

>> plan to go pardon his son for a felony marijuana conviction, he argues that his son deserves another chance. he has actually i should more than 700 pardons since taking office in 2007. it doesn't seem to be a case of giving his son special treatment. he was recommended for a pardon. >> he said he would ever done it earlier if his son had asked, but he never asked. >> making history in the halls of congress. >> more women serving than ever before. we speak live with congresswoman january shekowski. >> could your genes affect heart disease? >> two window washers stuck on the side of the countries tallest building. we'll show you how they got down.

>> it's time now for one of today's discoveries. your genes could impact your risk of heart disease. >> some had a 53% lower risk of heart issues and had lower bad cholesterol. >> only one in every 6050 people ever the mutation. it could implicate future heart drugs. >> more than 100 women will serve in the next congress for the first time in history. >> a representative for north carolina in the house is the 15th african-american woman to serve on the hill. >> we have more on how women are helping set the country's future. >> wow! what a night, huh? we did it! whoo! >> our problems aren't just going to go away on their own, but we can overcome them. >> it's been almost 100 years,

1917, to be precise, since the election of the first congresswoman, janette rankin, a republican from montana. she said i might be the first woman member of congress, but i won't be the last. it's been a relative trickle. >> there's been vestiges of an all male club that still exists here and until recently, one of them was no women's bathroom off the house floor. we've been changing that for decades now, although progress is slow, i think sometimes, you know, the change doesn't happen quickly enough, as it should. >> congress turns over every two years, name plates come down, there are new faces in these halls, but this moment is historic. even though four out of five members of congress are men, there's a sense on capitol hill that things of changing. >> my mother worked hard, cleaned other folks houses so i wouldn't have to.

she taught me an invaluable lesson of keeping a tidy house, so i'm going to washington to clean the people's house. >> before the mid terms, there were 99 women in the united states congress, when the dust settles on the final counts, there will be more, but alma adams, a democratic from north carolina is number 100. >> well, it means an awful lot. it shows that women can make a mark, that's number one, but it's historic, but it comes with a lot of responsibility to advocate for the needs of women and children, and workers and families. >> while the capitol gets a bit of an update outside, congress has plenty of work to do inside, as well. libby casey, aljazeera, washington. >> illinois congresswoman january ijanshakos ski joins us.

>> is this really meaningful, the number of women in congress? >> let me just say that it will take another 500 years at the rate that we're going for women to actually get parity, so we definitely need to speed up and get larger numbers out of the 535 people in the house. we're still only 100. that doesn't mean that women don't have an important impact. we would not have expanded the violence against women act, so there's a number of things that women are doing to actually set the agenda in the congress. >> do women really vote as a block, though, especially since a lot of the high profile women we're talking about that were elected to congress especially in the senate have conservative

agendas? do they speak to you? >> well, you know, we have been able to work together on a limited agenda in the house, anyway, dealing with women in the military, sexual assaults. you were talking about heart disease earlier, the fact that women have different symptoms for heart disease and making sure that the research on medical issues include women in the studies and so there's a limited agenda, but often, it's party over gender that really decides how women are voting. >> women are though known, you know, known to be consensus builders. do you think that if there were critical mass of women, this wouldn't be a do-nothing congress anymore? >> i absolutely do think so, and we know that when nancy pelosi was the speaker of the house, even though there was a divided

congress, we actually got many, many different things done, so it is not impossible. gridlock is not inevitable and when nancy was the -- when speaker pelosi was there, we got stuff done. >> you're taking up the key stone pipeline. what's your view on it? >> i'm a no vote on the key stone pipeline. if we don't get serious, as certainly the penalty has been, look at the agreement that we made with china, if we don't get serious about climate, and if we continue to have some of the dirtiest fuels in the world on the planet increased, then i think we're going to be in big trouble. i'm a no vote on key stone. >> the balance of power in congress has shifted with the mid terms, the republicans will take control of boths houses in the next couple months. how are you and your democratic

colleagues preparing yourself for that shift? >> well, again, i do think that it doesn't mean that it's impossible that we can't get things done. the issue will be does the tea party rule or do those who actually want to govern in the republican party, are they going to be in charge? you know, when mitch mcconnell was asked about his legislative agenda, when barack obama was elected, he said it was to have him a one term president. well, the president is still there. barack obama is the president. i hope we can get some things done. >> your optimism is refreshing. congresswoman january schakowsky, thank you so much for your time. >> an earthquake near wichita shook bricks lose from this building. a lot of people had damage to

their homes and businesses. >> let's get a check of the forecast. >> we're talking about another storm across the pacific northwest. not exactly what you want to hear, but this storm will really impact the area with gusty, damages wind. there's blizzard conditions in oregon and washington. you're getting rain which is falling into very cold air. this could lead to icing here. winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings will move into effect. this will bring more rain and snow across the midwest. >> not what people want to hear. >> the nation of qatar has been cleared to host the world cup in 2022. soccer says governing body had been investigating the way it won the bid, but the ethics committee ruled the issues were not significant enough to strip qatar of the games. russia was cleared of similar corruption charges. it will hold the world cup in 2018. aljazeera is owned by qatari

interests. >> the big apple was at a standstill in new york city, a life and death drama 70 stories off the ground. >> two window washers were stranded on the side of the one world trade center building. we have details of their incredible rescue. >> it was incredible, window washers were working morn halfway up the countries tallest building when a cable holding up their scaffolding snapped. the two men were stuck, dangling outside the to your's 69t 69th floor. firefighters rushed through the rescue 10 days after undergoing a drill for this incident. a photo was tweeted showing their view of the scaffold hanging almost vertically. diamond glass cutters were used to get through the windows, pulling the men to safety. both men suffered mild

hypothermia. >> no hits, no runs, no errors, i've ordered that the building's maintenance units not be returned to service. we're going to do a full investigation with the fire departments, police departments and appropriate regulators. the agencies train for this on a continuous basis. the fire department has been present in the building on a pretty good basis during its construction and the results today, two men are going to go home tonight. >> that's certainly good news. now that the workers are safe, attention turns to getting the scaffolding itself down. an investigation into what caused the accident is underway. >> i'm going to want to know the answer to that. thank you. >> a thief in china tried to take the money and run but didn't even make it out the door. bystanders held him down until police arrived and arrested the man. >> nine years after hurricane katrina, new orleans ninth ward

struggling to come back. >> after years of customers literally fighting for black friday bargains, a big change to how the busiest shopping day of the year is handled. >> scared as hell... >> as us combat missions end in afghanistan >> they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken >> it's so seldom you get the access to the other side >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... special episode on the front lines with the taliban on al jazeera america

>> all next week. >> a new cold war is a reality. >> from europe to the arctic circle. >> the ukrainian crisis has pushed the relationship over the cliff. >> ali velshi takes you to the front lines. >> one minute! >> new war games. the impact of sanctions on russia. >> the most immediate effect has been to consolidate support for

president putin. >> how climate change is reshaping geopolitics. >> new shipping lanes created by the melting of ice in the arctic could save a lot of money. >> it would be tremendously benificial for russia. >> don't miss our in-depth series "the new cold war". all next week, 7:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. . >> secretary of state john kerry with arab leaders this morning will speak to the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. >> when you see police in riot gear, it does something to you on the inside. >> ferguson on edge, a pathologist set to testify before the grand jury. we're live on the ground as that city awaits a decision. >> freedom now.

>> tempers flair in new england, a town wants to ban the sale of tobacco. >> wal-mart with a new holiday shopping strategy. it wants black friday to last even longer. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> we're following breaking news this morning, explosions rocking two mideast capitals. >> in cairo and libya, john, tell us what happened. >> this morning, there was panic erupting in the egyptian capitol after an explosion aboard an underground train in cairo. no deaths, but 16 injured in the rush to get away from the second car of the train. it's unclear who is responsible for the attack. >> in the libyan capitol tripoli, a car bomb exploded near the embassy and another failed to go off outside the

arab emirates. both have been outspoken critics of the government in tripoli and launched airstrikes last august. libya is divided right now between two particlements, each with its own politicians, cabinets and militia. the u.n. is trying to bring rival blocks together without success. there is also the additional threat from hard line groups, one which aligns itself to isil. bombings are likely to continue. we're working to see if there is a link between the two bombings. >> we'll keep following that, thank you. >> also this morning, turkey releasing 12 people suspected of attacking u.s. sailors in istanbul. those men could face charges. a group of act visits went after three sailors chanting yankee go home as they chased them down

the street. >> what do you believe is behind this attack? >> at this point, it's not clear exactly what is behind it, but pentagon officials and u.s. officials are down playing the event. they say while was an ugly incident caught on video, it does not amount to an international incident. >> excuse me, you declare that you are a member of u.s. army? >> it was supposed to be a routine shore leave for three american sailors from the uss ross making a port call in istanbul. >> because we find you as murderers, as killers, we want to -- we want you to get out of our land. >> as this video shows, the kay lowers were accosted by an angry mob. the situation turns even more hostile with men throwing objects and spraying paint at the sailors, then pushing and holding on to one of the americans. the men said to be nationalists

from the turkish youth union then place a bag over the head in an apparent reference to when the u.s. forces did the same to a turkish special forces in iraq in july of 2003. the sailors escaped, fleeing to the chants of "go home yankee." they managed to escape without retaliating or escalating the situation. u.s. officials called it ugly and disturbing but said it would have no long term effect on relations between the countries, who are nato allies. the u.s. navy issued a statement saying: >> u.s. embassy condemned the attack as did turkey, calling it disrespectful that was in no way tolerated. the rest of the sailors' shore leaves canceled and ship will return to its home port in

spain. >> pentagon officials continue to down play the incident. one official described it as a one off event by some street thugs, but the u.s. is pressing turkey to hold those responsible accountable. >> they maybe holding off, but it happened. what are authorities doing now to prevent future attacks? >> well, the official response is that the u.s. and turkey are reviewing security procedures, reviewing the procedures for sailors who take shore leave in istanbul. the pentagon points out istanbul is a popular port of call for u.s. ships and u.s. sailors there have traditionally received warm hospitality. there's no intention to make radical changes to the procedures but are looking to see if they should take more precautions. those sailors were not in uniform, so it didn't appear they were doing anything to attract particular attention to themselves. >> let's switch gears to another

pentagon topic, iran claiming to have created a replica of a u.s. drone. how are officials reacting at the pentagon? >> well, if you ask the pentagon has iran successfully reversed engineered this drone and managed to duplicate u.s. technology, they say emphatically that's not the case. they describe this as a replica of the u.s. stealth drone that crashed in iran a few years ago. if you asked pentagon how do they know that iran hasn't actually replicated that technology, they say we can't tell you, it's a matter of intelligence but were insistent that their intelligence suggests that this is essentially a mockup of the u.s. drone and not a successful attempt to duplicate the u.s. technology, the very sophisticated technology that goes into that stealth drone. >> jami mcintire, thanks. >> scientists aren't hope about

a new u.s., china climate pact saying it won't change rising temperatures unless our countries join in. republicans in the u.s. say that the president didn't get china to go far enough. >> the agreement requires the chinese to do nothing out all for 16 years, while these carbon emission regulations creating havoc in my state and other states around the country. >> republicans plan to reign in the environmental protection agency. >> congress this morning breathing new life into the key stone pipeline project. a house vote is set for today and in the senate, democrats say they'll back off efforts to block the bill. they could vote next tuesday. there are political objectives, both sides hope to go boost candidate's chances in the runoff in louisiana. mike viqueira joins us live this morning. does this move by senate democrats fracture their relationship with the president? >> it certainly could, there's no question about it.

it is obviously a nakedly political play. an amazing process, the white house for years resisted approving the key stone pipeline. it does cross an international border, requires review by the state department that has been extended time and time again and is on going. this has been a cause for republicans and many moderate to conservative democrats. now we have mary land degree, the democratic very endangered from louisiana in a runoff that comes december 6. most political observers reward her as a goner, but democratic leadership reversed course and allowed this vote to go forward on approving the key stone pipeline in congress. it's likely veto bait for the president. here's the spokesman traveling with the president in myanmar. >> the administration has taken a dim ve of these kinds of legislative proposals in the past. i haven't discussed the specific

details overnight our time taking place in congress. it's fair that our dim view of these kinds of proposals have not changed. >> even if the congress were to pass this incentive to the president's desk, it's likely veto bait. this is still a democratically controlled senate in the lake duck. once republicans take over in january, all bets are off. >> if you would explain why this runoff is so important to democrats. it is not going to affect the balance of power. >> this looks like democrats rallies behind one of their own. this was a demoralizing defeat for democrats losing the senate, wiped out across the nation, really. now they're standing behind mary landrieu and it may be an indication of a break with democrats and the white house to come over the next two years.

after all, president obama is a lame duck, as well. democrats have their own concerns heading into the next election, a presidential election of 2016. you can look for them to go their own way and this could be the first of many such incidents along the way. >> live in washington, d.c., mike, thanks, very much. >> russia's renewed incursion into ukraine prompting fears it is region is on the brink of war. the u.n. security council met in emergency session over ukraine. nato confirmed sitings of russian military equipment and troops entering ukraine in the last 48 hours. moscow continues to deny that. ukraine's ambassador wants a diplomatic solution despite the apparent breach of the ceasefire. >> mr. putin, who three times, if i'm right, promised to withdraw troops from russian territories but they are still there. it is true we lost confidence, because they do not respect the agreements we reached. they don't keep their words. >> the security council has met

26 times now over ukraine, but little action has been taken as russia of course is a permanent member and has veto power. >> officials in missouri working round the clock this morning to get ready for what may come after that grand jury decision in the case of michael brown. >> let's go live to st. louis this morning. the decision is expected to come soon, is the anxiety building ahead of the announcement? >> there's clearly a sense of uneasiness in the air. we don't know exactly when the decision will come down or what it will be. obviously the reaction to that is what people are waiting for. the only thing police, residents and protestors can do is prepare for the worst case scenario. >> ferguson, missouri is bracing for a grand jury decision on whether a white police officer darren wilson will face charges in the shooting death of michael brown. >> around the right side of mr. brown's face. >> today, forensic pathologist

is expected to testify. brown's family hired him to perform an independent autopsy on their son shortly art his death. wednesday, brown's parents addressed a u.n. committee on torture in geneva. >> it's very important for the family, making a powerful step toward justice. >> we have come to the united nations to take the world stage to talk about the life of michael brown and the way he lost his life. >> prosecutor test arrested with sporadic outbreaks of looting and rioting. police responded with military vehicles and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators. officials are calling for calm. >> we he can't do anything about the past, as responsible leaders of this community, we'll move our community forward regardless of what the grand jury says.

>> business owners are boarding up in preparation for another wave of unrest. this restaurant owner is putting his faith in the community. >> i'm happy for people to come in and say thanks for not boarding up. that alone has given them something. >> residents worry about what could happen. >> his police in riot gear, it does something to you on the inside. >> more than 1,000 police officers have received special training to respond to the potential protests once the grand jury decision is made. >> it's been very quiet here throughout ferguson yesterday. we were at the police department where we only saw a handful of protestors. also, the temperatures dropping here in the area, it will be interesting to see whether that impacts the tone and temper of these protests. >> that actually could be a blessing. the grand jury's decision is expected this month. why is dr. badden testifying so late into the process?

>> it's unclear, the prosecutor said that we could see a decision or announcement as early as mid november to late november, but again, we have to remember that the deadline for the grand jury to come pack with a decision isn't until early john. at this point, it's still a wait and watch point of view from everybody here in ferguson. >> clearly a deliberate are a active process, as it should be. usher, thank you. >> it is cold right now, cold weather covering much of the country. >> a lot of heavy coats. for more on the national forecast, let's bring in the meteorologist. >> the cold weather core is over denver now. low record temperatures there, setting records over 130 years ago was the last record broke yesterday. looking at these cold temperatures bringing in some light snow and bitter cold wind chills, as well. 6 below in denver right now, but when you factor in the wind,

makes it feel 30 or 40 below zero. cold air east of the rookies, dallas now below 30 at 29 degrees. that arctic front moved through has not made it to florida yet. that's the one warm place across the east coast. my pressure building in. this will lighten the wind a bit. this temperature could drop overnight especially with the fresh coating of snow on the ground. that storm just off the coast of north carolina, look what this does interacting with warm water, a storm developing, we could be talking about a little snow for tomorrow morning's commute up across the northeast. [ laughter ] >> a little bit of everything. >> dave, thank you. >> new details about how the pilot survived the virgin galactic crash. >> it may have been miraculous. >> secretary of state john kerry sitting down with arab leaders this morning. we'll talk to the palestinian

ambassador to the u.n. >> nine years after hurricane katrina, the ninth ward still struggling. >> talk about a close call, a pedestrian barely escaping death even as two colliding cars surround him. that's one of the videos captured by citizen journalists around the world.

>> look at that, right in between the cars, barely escaped being crushed. he's in the middle as they clyde. the man simply shrugs it off and continues walking down the street. >> bought a lotto ticket right after that. >> people around the town near a

lake had the rain cause flooding. >> secretary of state john kerry is in jordan where he has been meeting with palestinian president abbas. the two discussed the violence in east jerusalem and west bank. the meeting comes a day after israel approved a plan to build 200 new housing units in east jerusalem. we have more. >> >> the two leaders have met, they had a very brief meeting. they only stopped to pose for photographs. we don't know exactly what was discussed, but from our sources. they discussed the increasing tensions we've seen in palestinian territories and spilling over into israel, as well. >> the resolution would

effectively set a time table for the end of israels occupation of palestinian territories. >> the ambassador to the united nations, thank you for being with us this morning, mr. ambassador. there were a few brief moments of calm, a couple months of calm after gaza, but now more violence in jerusalem. why now? >> well, i think that this is a good question. extremist settlers and extremist rightists in the israeli government are pushing the envelope in the holy sites in jerusalem. there are arrangements that agreed to by all parties, including with jordan, to maintain a status quo in the holy sites. those extremists from the israeli side are trying to disrupt that and trying to have a permanent presence in the third holist site. this provocation and incitement from those israeli extremists,

including from officials is what is causing this very explosive situation in east jerusalem. >> we've seen this happen before, the extremists on both sides, frankly, sir, that take control of the dialogue and make it impossible for you guys to get what you really want, which is a palestinian state. what do you do to address it on your side? >> well, we need to address the root cause of all these problems and the root cause of all these problems for us is occupation. if occupation to end and to allow for implementing the global consensus of having two states solution, then we can diffuse the situation significantly, and that is why we are going to the security council. they are trying to have a resolution from the security council, to have a time set for the end of occupation, because

after 47 years of occupation, and if we want to implement the global consensus on a two state solution, this means that this occupation has to end. >> secretary kerry doesn't want you to do that. he's discouraging abbas from going to the u.n. he views these as symbolic gestures. do you? do you think these are only symbolic and can't get you closer to the goal of a real state? >> we don't think it is symbolic. we worked with secretary of state who put -- he has put tremendous amount of effort over about nine months in trying, you know, to help us, and the israelis to reach an agreement on all the final situations. because of the israeli side by continue to go build illegal settlements and also that the stopping to talk with us and also not to honor agreements between us and them in releasing

prisoners, the efforts of secretary of state failed. that's why we came to the security council. >> let's talk about the palestinian side, though, because there are so many different factions. one question asked over and over began is did president abbas have the political clout to get something done? >> i think he has. we proceeded to putting our house in order when we established a national consensus government in the summertime. the israeli government is so upset with the establishment, the israeli side when divided used to say abbas does not speak on behalf of all palestinians. when we were united, the israelis are saying we don't want to negotiate with abbas -- >> shortly after that, rockets started being fired from gaza, so how can the israelis have

faith in that system? >> the israeli objection is not that rockets were fired from gaza so southern israeli, it was the israeli government determined to destroy the national consensus government. they started with two and a half weeks attack against us in the west bank and then they opened 51 war against us in the gaza strip. the political objective until now is to destroy the national consensus government. why? they want to keep us divided, therefore we will not move to peace. we want to be united, because we want to -- >> mr. ambassador, what do you see to a very skeptical american public that believes the levels of vitriol is so deep seated, so long, that never will ever come about in regards to peace? >> or objective is to end the occupation, to have a two state

solution, two states living in peace and security next to each other to open a new chapter in the relationship between the two peoples and the two states. >> palestinian ambassador to the united nations, we wish you the best of luck. thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> protests escalating in mexico over the death of 43 missing students. on wednesday, protestors wearing masks set fire to the local legislative building in guerrero. they torched a building in the department of education, saying the government is doing enough to find what happened to the missing children. >> in liberia, an ebola state of emergency is ending. the u.s. is now saying it may not send all 4,000 american troops to liberia as planned. the world health organization says ebola has killed more than 5,000 people in west africa. the number of people suffering with ebola in neighboring sierra leone is still on the rise. >> good news. bad news on--

>> for liberia. >> i was going to see on the weather front. >> we are looking at another storm in the pacific northwest, this is the wind really starting to pick up here and weaver had wind gusts close to 50 miles an hour across seattle and northwest there in oregon and washington. that is the big story there. the cold air is dropping south and these are the high temperatures across the south. one warm spot is orlando at 81 degrees. this arctic front has moved through. the cold air's coming in behind it. we'll have lake affect snow, a little snow across the northeast, high pressure, this is the core of that very cold air but with the cold air in place and the storm in the northwest, we could be talking about more rain and snow coming over that same area. >> bundle up. dave warren, thanks. >> a doctor in india under arrest charged for the deaths of 13 women. he says he he isn't to blame. we'll tell you who he says he

is, next. >> this raucous meeting in new england, protestors having their say about one city's plan to ban tobacco sales. >> two window washers in new york city dangling outside the one world trade center. >> a new cold war is a reality. >> from europe to the arctic circle. >> the ukrainian crisis has pushed the relationship over the cliff. >> ali velshi takes you to the front lines. >> one minute! >> new war games. the impact of sanctions on russia. >> the most immediate effect has been to consolidate support for president putin. >> how climate change is reshaping geopolitics. >> new shipping lanes created by the melting of ice in the arctic could save a lot of money. >> it would be tremendously benificial for russia. >> don't miss our in-depth series "the new cold war". all next week, 7:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america.

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original series from the begining. >> experiencing it has changed me completely. >> follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and personal. >> it's heartbreaking. >> i'm the enemy. >> i'm really pissed off. >> all these people shouldn't be dead. >> it's insane. >> the borderland thanksgiving day marathon starts november 27th, 9:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> live look at the new york city skyline, temperatures dropping here and in many other cities across the united states this morning. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. ahead this half hour, it has been nine years since hurricane katrina and parts of new orleans still struggle. we'll take you to the lower ninth ward and why one effort to fix it up is hitting hard times. >> wal-mart trying to prevent crazy scenes on black friday. they want to extend the deals for five days. >> in cairo, at least 16 people

were hurt when an explosion rattled a train station, the bomb going off underground. most injuries came from the stampede at people tried to get away. it's not clear who was responsible. >> international monitors in ukraine say the ceasefire all but dead. officials for the osce say it has been breached hundreds of times. russia is moving tanks and artillery across the border with ukraine. >> house republicans scheduled a vote for later today on the key stone pipeline. a vote could be held next tuesday. both sides hope to boost their candidate's chances in louisiana in the senate runoff. >> president obama in myanmar wrapping up a summit with world leaders today. the president had marsh words for the government in that country. we have the latest. >> the myanmar officials

expected certain criticisms from certain areas they say feel that their sources may or may not have had their facts correctly. they understand, they say that many in the west feel they might be going too slowly but say they are going at the pace they feel most comfortable with, which means they are still headed for full democracy, they still promise to have full, fair and free elections by 2015, and they say with rewards to the promises made when president obama was here in 2012, about 80%, they say, they have lived up to already. the one thing they made very clear is that they are very grateful for u.s. support. they want deeper friendship and deeper ties with the united states, as well as with their neighbors closer here to southeast asia. they are also making sure that china stays onboard and on site. all the leaders today have been meeting and trying to show a united front, basically saying they are trying to work together for piece and stability, not just in the region, but in the greater word.

all say they are committed to supporting myanmar in its full transition to democracy, as the government said they, too, want to see. >> friday, president obama plans to wheat with young people in burma to encourage them not to lose hope in their countries struggle. >> in the u.s., a scathing new report against flew orleans police, saying hundreds of sex crimes cases were barely investigated. police followed up on only 14% of cases. >> nine years after hurricane katrina, much of lower ninth ward neighborhood is filled with vacant lots. >> a developer wanted to redevelop the area, but voters shot his efforts down. >> fewer than half of the residents have returned you since hurricane katrina and in this low income community hardest hit by the storm, there

are still hundreds of vacant and blighted properties. >> here we are, nine years later still struggling. >> vanessa was all but certain a new lab to spark redevelopment and repopulate the neighborhood would get support from louisiana voters. >> we were surprised, because we really thought it would pass unanimously. >> the measure did unanimously pass the state legislature and was signed by the governor. it called for the city to acquire 600 vacant lots in the lower ninth, owned by the new orleans reselfment authority and sell them for $100 each. it was seen as incentive to get people to move back and rebuild. >> new developers, no realtors, no one's buying them. we are saying that we want to buy them. >> since the plan involved selling property well below fair market value, state law required a change to louisiana's constitution and doing that needed voter approval yet voters

rejected it 60%. >> they were bothered because they thought developers would come in and buy the entire ward. >> the state senator said voters were misinformed. >> the actual amendment had a provision that said that accounted not happen. people thought it would drive down property value. having 10 lots next to you that nobody is on and the grass is 10 feet tall drives down your property value. >> it was legislation not well done. >> many thought the state was forcing the city to sell property it doesn't currently own. >> it was forcing it to do so at a price, $100 a parcel that doesn't even cover the process cost. >> a new proposal is planned to be drawn up to address voter concerns. >> we're going to continue to fight or our recovery.

it's not even a question about stopping. >> though frustrated by the overall lack of progress, vanessa says neighbors in the lower ninth have been encouraged, seeing their fire station and community center return this year. she insists the real growth can't happen here until more homeowners return. >> tonight, there is a community meeting in which state leaders and a lot of people here in the lower ninth ward will talk and try to come up with an alternate plan. a lot of people disappointed and feeling defeated after the measure they thought would certainly pass was only passed by 40% of voters. >> jonathan, what other options are there to rebuild this area? >> city leaders are in the

middle of budget areas, putting money enhancing the streets, but there are two theories, one that you should get homeowners in here, which is what this effort was trying to do and then more businesses will come. other people feel the focus should be on getting some of these businesses in here, which we see some of the grocery stores and community centers and then they feel people will come that way. in terms of a big overall plan, a big, you know, a big plan, an extensive plan right now, there isn't one. that's why community leaders are getting back together to talk about tonight. >> it's never one thing that needs to happen. jonathan martin for us in the lower ninth ward of new orleans. >> officials in a small town in massachusetts close to banning the sale of tobacco products. that would be a first in the nation. >> they held a town hall meeting about it last night and it got out of control in a hurry so they canceled it. we have more. >> most of the crowd that packed

that school auditorium were opposed to the tobacco ban. they soon may not have the freedom to buy cigarettes in town, but they still have the freedom of speech and last night, they exercised that right. >> our main focus on developing these regulations is the children in our community. >> the agenda at this westminster, massachusetts town meeting was to talk about the flee person board of health's proposal to ban tobacco sails within the found limits, putting a serious dent in sales. >> it's a $30 total sale. >> opinions were voiced civilly. >> while i do support discouraging the use of tobacco products i cannot support such an approach. >> you people make me sick. >> a tobacco ban would be the first of its kind in the united states, and many in both the stars and stripes who voiced

their displeasure. >> this meeting with all these cameras here is a mockery of this town in front of the united states states of america. >> from there, things got unroll. >> freedom now! they're taking me away! ♪ god bless america >> this hearing is closed. it was getting too unruly and people were getting disrespectful and not following ground rules. >> when you take away people's rights, they're going to get fired up. >> police escorted the chairperson from the meeting. not everyone thought she first wrong. >> the same exact culture was around back 15 years ago when we started looking at prohibiting smoking in restaurants and bars. >> three people should not dictate a town of 7,000. >> the board will not reopen this hearing after closing it down early. people in the town can submit written comments and the board will vote next month on whether

to enact the tobacco ban. >> really impassioned about that. >> tensions are rising in ferguson, missouri awaiting a grand jury decision. today the forensic pathologist hired by michael browns family will testify before the grand jury. ferguson is preparing for unrest once the grand jury announces its decision. >> the founder of liberated people, a lifestyle brand that aims to promote social change joins us. thank you for being with us. let me ask you this question. do you believe if officer darren wilson is not indicted that the grand jury process in ferguson, missouri was fair? >> that is a loaded question.

i would say that it may be fair according to the rules as they are written right now and that doesn't mean the rules are fair. for example, when police shoot and kill people, people often get upset at the police, but they're often trained to shoot to kill. it's the fact that they shot this person fair or the rules that train them? >> the reason we have grand injuries is to prevent lynch mobs. after the shooting death of michael brown, people said that the only process that would be fair is an indictment against officer darren wilson. what's the difference between that and mob rule? >> it needs to go through the courts, obviously. there needs to be some sort of judicial process. i wouldn't be surprised if they don't indict him after going through the courts and personally, i think the next step is to take to the streets. that's also part of a healthy democracy. >> missouri's governor prepared to call out the national guard if necessary if protests get out of hand opinion police have been

buying bulletproof vests, tear gas and crowded control items since august. are you concerned that a show of force by the ferguson missouri police department will only make a bad situation worse? >> well, actually, these other police departments including ferguson have been militarizing before all this happened, so it's important to realize that that's also part of the problem. a show of force by the police, absolutely, it's not necessarily the police scene. i understand wanting to control the crowd, but there's a way to do it that doesn't cause further division between the community and the police. >> we talked to the owner of a gun store yesterday. he said his sales are booming and that a lot of people are buying guns because they need to protect themselves. what do you say to those taking up arms because they don't believe that the police can protect them? >> look at the statistics. you're 22 more times likely to shoot a loved one, someone not trying to harm you than someone who is. if those were the odds in any

other circumstances, you would never play them, but we have this gun culture that permeates everything we do in the united states, so people pick up guns despite the fact they're more likely to shoot their child than a burglar. >> if the grand jury does not endo it officer darren wilson, will this be viewed as anything other than an issue of race? >> no. no, it won't and i'm not sure it would be wrong to be view that had way. the facts show that this officer should not be indicted would be a hard position to show. i was not there, there were eyewitnesses who saw this police officer shoot down this black boy in the street. now, you know, it still has to go through the judicial process, but the odds shouldn't look like they are in his favor right now. >> thank you for being with us this morning.

we have it you to come back, because this story is not going away soon. >> thank you for having me. >> new revelations in the crash of a spacecraft. the ntsb said the pilot unbuckled himself, escaped just as the craft was falling apart. we have more. >> the pilot has survived, and told investigators that he was thrown from the plane still in his seattle as it came apart at about 50,000 feet. he may have loft consciousness at that altitude but as he was descending, he was able to regain consciousness, unbuckled his seatbelt and his parachute automatically deployed. he did suffer injuries and was hospitalized for a time. his co pilot, of course, did not survive that crash. the ntsb has wrapped up its on scene investigation in the desert.

pieces of plane have been secured at a secure location so they can be examined. next week, the ntsb will bring a team of investigators here to washington, d.c. to the ntsb lab and they will review all the video foot acknowledge of the accident from the ground and from the air. other teams continue to look at all the data, what was happening with the airplane systems, as well as the aerodynamic forces on that craft as it came apart. any final report on what went wrong could still be a year away. >> this is interesting here. experts on human performance have now been added to the ntsb team to help determine why the mechanism was unlocked prematurely. >> police in india arrested a doctor who performed sterilization procedures resulting in the death of 13 women. dr. gupta said he did nothing wrong. he blames the medication given after surgery.

dozens of women were hospitalized also. >> hon dew is recalling 170,000 cars worldwide after another death is linked to defective airbags. a man was killed in malaysia when shrapnel came out of his air bag. >> high above new york city's tallest building, window washers were left dangling from a collapsed scaffold 68 stories up. one of the cables snapped. the window washingers were rescued when firefighters cut through a window. >> protestors taking to the streets in fort lauderdale, homeless and advocates showing up outside the mayor's home. they're angry that arnold abbot was again cited for feeding the homeless in a public place. he had a permit to do so. >> i think when we feed somebody at the beach, we don't have to have a permit.

>> abbot is vowing to continue the charity work in public outside. he is not concerned he said about violating the law. >> a close call for a jet-setting rock star. >> bono gets a scare in a flight over europe. his jet was flying with the door open. >> wal-mart's new holiday shopping strategy, spreading black friday deals over five days. a look at the motive behind the move.

>> the controversial bidding surrounding the world cup, the lawyer who led the investigation disputed the findings just announced. russia and qatar were cleared of wrongdoing and given the go ahead to host the 2018 and 2022

word cups. a dramatic change of he events this morning opinion what happened? >> all the bidding nations were effectively cleared. remember this report was into the entire bid process. this was is excellent news for qatar. there have been lots of allegations, lots of insinuation, also for russia. russia still in a position to host the world cup is how it stands at the moment, except the dramatic twist, mr. garcia is not happy with how the he got things committee has represented his investigation. i could sense there was tension between the two men with their words and statements before this

came out. also, the third part of this is a mess, it's farcical to be in this situation where mr. garcia now has to appeal its own committee. >> will this affect qatar and russia's bid to host the world cups? >> well, we don't know that for sure. one thing we shouldn't rush to a conclusion, mr. garcia was unhappy with how you this eckert represented qatar and russia. i feel mr. garcia hat criticisms for the way offensive if a was run and these weren't represented properly by eckert. the question mark has come back. there will be further drama, further twists. >> thank you very much.

aljazeera america is owned by caqatari interests. >> wal-mart is trying to make it a new thanks giving tradition, getting people into stores long before black friday. >> wal-mart said their job and goal isn't to boost sales. they want fewer scenes of pandemonium in their stores. >> every year mobs of shoppers stand shoulder to shoulder to get their hands on black friday super sales. customers grab as many items as they can carry and fight over merchandise. the frenzy is part of the tradition of scoring the best deals. in 2008, that pushing and shoving turned much more violent when a wal-mart worker was trampled to death by shoppers trying to get into a narc store. wal-mart hopes to calm that frenzy by spreading the bar against over five days. now consumers don't have to camp out all night.

instead, they can surf safely on line for deep discounts. >> now that people are so comfortable shopping on line, they expect things to be open when they want them and deals to be available and easy to get. really, that kind of runs counter to the standing in line or the zaniness of the store on black friday. >> that's where the sails begin, on the web. thanks giving morning with door busters the same evening, capping off the week with a flurry of deals on cyber monday. wal-mart is not alone in embracing this new sails model. target is also getting an early head start on its deals. amazon is already slashing prices. >> stores are trying to be first to get shopper dollars and will continue to do so. >> wal-mart's efforts from dwindling sales and declining customers over the last few years. the retailer hopes a different approach will bring customers

back. >> we now delve deeper into the strategy. what is the result of wal-mart's deals over several days over one big blockbuster? >> wal-mart for seven consecutive quarters have had traffic in same store sales reductions in the quarter, so they're trying to drive selling volume, the executives of course will tell you it's much more than that and i believe it is, they've been hit very hard by the press, regulators and other authorities because of pandemonium that their black friday deals produce including 2008, you remember the story of a temporary worker in long island trampled to death. i think it's a broad based strategy but is primarily to get people into the stores, virtual stores or brick and mortar stores over a longer time period. >> it's about the bottom line, not just a p.r. move. >> they are a profit-motivated

company, one of the largest companies in the world. it's absolutely important that they do things and increase sales and profits. >> other companies are trying this, best buy also staggering black friday deals this year, is that a sign of things to come for other regions? >> i think it is. other retailers will be doing that particularly the type devoted to the brick and mortar, trying to boost on line channels, but this is a bigger thing to come, probably will last a month in the coming years. >> this chart shows he commerce sales expected to break the $300 billion mark, that's more than 6% of total retail sales by 2018. they are expected to grow.

>> wal-mart is one of the few retailers, the on line channel produces only 3% to 5% of sales. what happening is foot traffic has been reduced for things in the economy most notably the food stamp assistance program has been curtailed. one of the things hitting wal-mart stock is that their on line common he will is anemic compared to other retailers like amazon. they said they are going to be investing heavily in the on line channel. look for that in the coming years for wal-mart to try to exploit that venue. >> a new trend heading into the holiday shopping season. thank you so much, good to see you. >> close call for u2's lead singer bono. his plane was coming in for a landing in berlin.

bono was never in any real danger but an investigation is underway to figure out why the hatch came off the plane. >> clayton kershaw living up to his contract, the dodgers ace winning his third national league cy young award. only 26, he is the youngest pitcher ever to win three cy young awards. he finished the season with a 21-3 record and a 1.77 e.r.a. >> he has a bright future ahead of him. >> and a lot of money. >> dave warren is back. >> stormy and cold now, another storm coming into the pacific northwest. this will move in the cold air, right now seeing snow and higher elevation, even icing here in the valley when you get this snow melting and falling into cold air. winter storm warnings and watches, even a blizzard warning as the wind could gust over 50 miles an hour, reducing visibility as the snow continues to fall. looking at the snow spreading

over idaho and into montana, this is the next 24 hours. we have to go east. look what happens here east of the rockies, the snow spreads saturday to sunday, here it is over areas dealing with very cold temperatures now and then by sunday to monday, it will slowly spread to the northeast, giving rain and light snow to that area on top of the cold air already here. >> all right, thank you. >> tomorrow morning an aljazeera america, the president of the country hard-hit by ebola says liberia is now ending its state of emergency. we'll look closer at signs of progress there and what it means for the other nations still in crisis mode. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> coming up in just two minutes from doha, the latest on the talks between secretary of state john kerry and palestinian president abbas. >> we leave you now with this. it is going to be very, very,

very cold outside according to dave warren, so bundle up.

>> hoping to ease israeli-palestinian tensions, u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrives in jordan for talks. >> hello, also coming up in the show, liberia lifts a state of emergency over ebola, saying it's making progress combating the virus. >> indian police arrest the doctor who operated on women who died after sterilization surgery. >> qatar! >> why