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. >> breaking news this morning from the west bank, violent clashes between palestinian protestors and israeli security forces, what happened next caused our reporting team to head to safety. >> president obama looking to use his executive power to stop the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, the republicans say they'll fight it tooth and snail. >> government forces in iraq retaking a key town in isil

coming hours after isil calls for jihad. >> a historic space mission in jeopardy. new images showed just what it looked like on the surface of a a comet. scientists face the experiment could end. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. tensions flaring in the west bank, palestinians demonstrating, the israeli army firing tear gas to disperse the protestors. >> our correspondent filed this report after moving for safety moments ago. >> you can see israeli security forces trying to disperse the crowd firing tear gas canisters and have been using stun grenades, as well. again, this is a scene that's been going on here for the better part of a few hours. again, as israeli security

forces confront protestors, you can see, it is a pretty volatile situation, as they try to disperse these crowds. these crowds aren't huge, they only number in the sevens, but again--in the background is concessions made by the israeli government to allow people to pray at the mosque, many thought that would calm the unrest, as we've seen, it really hasn't done much, so again, a very volatile situation at palestinian protestors confront israeli security forces. israeli security forces are firing tear gas canisters and ustion stun grenades and everything else at their disposal to try to push back the crowds, but really, it is just quite a sight to see, to see

these two sides just battle with each other here at the check point. the check point, of course, a place which has seen frequent confrontation between israeli security forces and palestinians and yet here we are again with even more violence. >> let's get another angel on this with stephanie decker live at the damascus gate, the entrance at old city of jerusalem, not far from that point. we just saw the violence flaring up in the west bank. can you tell us what it is like where you are? >> well, it's a different picture, we're outside the gate here in east jerusalem, as we heard, israel had lifted the restrictions on the ages of men allowed to pray in the mosque. this is something israel does when they cite security measures, but everyone should be free to pray in the mosque,

which is the third holiest site in islam. it's been calm here. there has been hardly no security here at this point today. usually you would see barricades, security forces, also down at the gate, none of that today. there was a helicopter. israel had dough employed extra police on the chief, but they are trying to keep a low profile, also to stick to what they promised, to deescalate the tension here. >> secretary kerry has met separately with prime minister netanyahu of israel and palestinian president abbas. what came out of those meetings? >> a hugely significant meeting, really, it's not often the israeli prime minister jumps on a plane last minute to talks

hosted by the secretary of state. what came out of the meeting by both sides to try and deescalate the tension. jordan has made it clear, the custodian of the holy sites in the old city, saying that they will to have wait and see. they will not return their ambassador to tel-aviv until israel is coming through on those promises. when the secretary of state was pushed as to what kind of conditions israel had given to say that it would try to calm things down, because of course we've seen right wing jewish groups try to get access to the mosque, it's also very religious, they want to pray there, the prime minister said they will not be allowed to pray, they will be able to visit, which is something that happened all along. it's something we'll to have keep an eye on. at the moment, it's clear the measures taken have worked, it's ban calm day. >> you described it as a significant meeting.

is it a possible opening for a return to peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians brokered by the u.s. or is it too early to say that? >> i think that is an extremely complicated situation. we did hear john kerry make comment on that, saying it needs to get put back on track. flairups like this will keep happening if there is no solution, which the palestinians will tell you is their own state. secretary of state john kerry put huge efforts into it, didn't even go anywhere. they couldn't even agree on the four core issues, the palestinians will tell you is key. at the moment, we know it's something the secretary of state but the palestinians want key issues before they get back to the table, israel not wanting to

do that. >> a very different picture there, thank you. >> president obama gearing up for a showdown over immigration, the white house saying the president could announce new executive action as early as this week. the president just left myanmar and is now headed to australia for the g-20 summit. he took aim at republicans for what he called inaction on reform. his plan would recordly stop the deportation of up to 5 million undocumented immigrants. >> e pits joins us with the latest on this. word that president obama has planned to go around congress has riled lawmakers. >> it certainly has, they are saying that would be beyond his authority. even though it's a lame duck congress, gop leaders say when it comes to this issue, they will not go down without a fighting. >> everybody agrees that the system is broken. >> with the president on the brink of signing an executor to

reform immigration republicans are getting ready for a war. >> we are going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. >> that path is a set of proposals to allow as many as 5 million immigrants to stay in the country legally, including parents of children who are american citizens along with high tech workers. the administration is looking at scaling back the existing 10 year deportation for immigrants to five years. that would stop deportation for 3.3 million people. >> this is about helping people. this is about doing what from a humanitarian standpoint and moral standpoint is right. >> some democrats say the republicans failure to agree on any kind of immigration reform is impacting families every day, leaving the president no other option. >> it is critical that president barack obama do what they will not, take action. >> if the president takes

unilateral action on this issue, some republicans may make moves that could pave the way to a government shutdown. while some gop leaders say that's not going to happen. >> we will not be shutting the government down or threatening default on the national dealt. >> all the options are on the table. >> democratic leaders expressing outrage. >> they're saying to the president, don't use your executive authority. suppose he turned to us and said don't use your legislative authority. that's what president's do, they can executive authority. >> the president said he told congressional leaders send me a bill i can sign and those executive actions go away. congress so far has no votes scheduled on any kind of immigration reform plan. >> thank you. >> speaking of legal showdown, one way the republicans plan to challenge the president is through the courts. house speaker john boehner consider suing the president over any executive action on immigration.

he may also expand that already pending lawsuit over what they are calling presidential overreach. >> let's go to washington, mike viqueira joins us live this morning. does speaker boehner have a case against the president if in fact he follows through with this executive order? >> as a legal matter, as a constitutional matter, probably not. this is the legislative body and what speaker boehner is doing presumably if he wanted to do it, he would have the votes to do it, evidently he does not have the votes. he is taking it to the courts. he has members of his tea party and conservative base who want to do one of two things in response to what the president is set to do on immigration reform, impeach the president or shut the government down. john boehner doesn't want to do that, that's political suicide for republicans coming off their big victory it is in the election. he's trying to take it to court to take some of the air and you

have the balloon. president obama traveling in myanmar had this response to the developments and his plans on immigration reform: >> i gave the house over a year to go ahead and at least give a vote to the senate bill. they failed to do so. i indicated to speaker boehner several months ago that if in fact congress failed to act, i would use all the lawful authority that i possess to try to make the system work better, and that's going to happen. that's going to happen before the end of the year. >> the only question is when, before the end of the year, yes. "the new york times" would have us believe it could come by the end of next week friday. another school of thought said the president will wait before the congress funds the government next year, december 11. you heard the president talk about the senate bill.

that passed more than a year ago. the house is still sitting on it. they could take that up in the lame duck. >> we want to shift to this other report rewarding that security breach at the white house in september. the details of what went wrong with that fence jumper, really stunning. >> it really was. september 19, the case of omar gonzalez, you recall it really created a fire storm here in washington, led to the resignation of julia pearson who had been installed to reform the secret service. some of that report stunning. agents and officers on the phone, includion one in a van in the driveway having a personal call, did not have his communications up with other secret service agents, didn't know there was an emergency coming. some communications simply were not working, a lot of confusion about who to alert and how to alert them and lack of judgment on the part of agents and officers on the north lawn and in the white house. some thought the hedge just behind me here would be enough to stop the intruder, so a

scathing report, really an interim report, there could be more to come on this incident and others like it. >> the white house has made changes since the breach, right, mike? >> they have, and i don't know if you can see it from here, no, you can't but out in front of pennsylvania avenue is a six-foot decorative without iron gate. they've extended the perimeter, a temporary bike rack fence in which they study new ways to stop incursion. the secret service director at the time of all of this in september julia pearson has stepped down. there is an interim director in charge. >> mike, thank you. >> pentagon leaders want more support for the u.s. mission against isil. they went to capitol hill on thursday asking for more money. >> it comes on the heels of a new audio tape claiming isil's leader is alive and well.

>> possible proof of life, the man speaking in this clip on you tube is said to be abu bakr al-baghdadi, the leader of isil calling for jihad. the president sending in more troops is a sign the air strike has failed. if al baghdadi is the man on tape, it proves he was not killed. while the c.i.a. knows about the audio, it's refusing to discuss it. the audio was reds as u.s. officials went to capitol hill to look for support for their expanding military mission. while some in the audience objected to the plan, republicans and democrats wanted to know why more troops and money were needed and whether

u.s. ground troops would be eventually sent in. >> help us understand the circumstances where you would envision the need to introduce u.s. military troops into combat situations. >> i'm not predicting at this point that i would recommend that those forces in moose as you will and along the border would needle to be accompanied by u.s. forces, but we're certainly considering it. >> the defense secretary was asked whether the strategy was being changed. >> the state department has addressed it, the national security council, we have. that's all i can tell you. there is no change. there's no different direction. >> the hearing ended as it began, with skepticism, very few definitive answers and no date set for a debate on the spending requests. just one delay in a campaign that's supposed to take years. rosalyn jordan, aljazeera, capitol hill. >> coming up, we'll talk to retired air force colonel cedric

layton about new developments. at 7:30, nick schiffron will take us inside the isil recruiting machine to see how they recruit fighters. >> president obama is heading to australia after meeting with opposition leader in myanmar. the president is pushing myanmar's government to continue with reforms. he also wants better treatment for religious minorities in the country formerly known at burma. >> there are signs of progress. we shouldn't deny that burma today is not the same as burma five years ago, but the process is still incomplete. >> the president also wants myanmar to get rid of a constitutional rule that prevents him running for penalty. >> a move opens the door to an important trade deal that had been block, streamlining customs and other trade procedures.

it could pump $1 trillion into the word economy and create more than 20 million jobs, mostly in developing down theories. >> in sierra leone a surgeon is being evaluated for bell la and may be sent to the u.s. for treatment. it is not clear he was treating ebola patient when he contracted the virus. if he is well enough to travel, he will be sent to the nebraska center already successful for treating two other patients. >> a bill will be voted on to begin construction on the key stone pipeline. the president's position has not changed. his administration has been studying the pipeline for years and has generally been opposed to it. in the past, he has threatened to veto other key stone legislation. >> same sex couples were lining up in kansas to pick up marriage licenses. clerks began handing them out thursday after the supreme court lifted a stay, but the kansas attorney general is still challenging the ruling before

the state's highest court. it is expected to begin discussing the case this week. >> the snow that blanketed the midwest now pounding the east coast this morning. >> let's bring in meteorologist kevin joining us. good morning. >> it's been busy on the eastern seaboard. on the radar, you can see the snow has pushed through. i want to take you near buffalo, new york, with lake effect snow. this is the happy valley ski resort. they are getting the snow in place from the lake effect snow. they are very happy about that. a lot of people are not happy about the snow. we have seen quite a bit of snow passing by. i want to take you closer into boston. we are not seeing delays at logan international airport, but it is early this morning, we think the snow and mixed precip will move out before it becomes too much of a problem. the temperature is 36 degrees. it's motte going to go lower now. we are looking at very heavy snow here across the great

lakes. this is also lake effect snow. in certain areas, we have seen up to 12 inches. up toward minnesota and wisconsin, we have seen just over the last five days, we have seen 48 inches of snow in place. we do expect to see a little bit more coming in over the next couple days and we'll talk about those temperatures next time i see you both in a few minutes. >> if i were there, i'd be thinking fire up that ski lift. >> the iraqi government in control of a key city, beiji. >> new charges for accused killer eric frein. >> a major tourist attraction in mississippi up in flames. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fires. >> $2 billion is our big number of the day. >> how a national treasure is being reimagined. imagined.

>> today's big number is $2 billion, that's how much the smithsonian plans to spend for the huge renovation on the national mall in washington. >> it is the biggest project in generations, the area around the smithsonian castle would be upgraded with new entrances. >> it likely won't start for several years and will take 20 years to complete. >> we have breaking news out of iraq. government forces have pushed isil fighters out of beiji, home to a key oil refinery. why is taking it such a big win? >> it's a battle that took 20 days to get into the actual town. beiji is a command and control center for isil fighters, also the oil refinery is partly in control of isolated iraq army and part under the control of

isil fighters, using that to smuggle oil out of the country into the international oil market which was giving them a revenue stream worth millions of dollars. it's a very tactical for isil, they were able to control all of the operations that they had going in iraq from beiji itself, and also worth millions of dollars in oil revenue. >> speaking of tactics, you were the one that obtained exclusive footage not long ago of government forces pushing back against isil in beiji, was there a change intactics in that particular down? >> we are seeing a result of three types of things, firstly the coalition airstrikes have really helped beat back those isil fighters. they've really sought from the ground for iraq ground troops to be able to go in. u.s. weaponry has played a key role, weapons that haven't been used in the battlefield before by iraq forces, which have

turned the tide. rackies have got out of their bases on gone on the offensive. they've been criticized for staying in their bases. this has been a fight that really the iraqi army have taken to isil fighters and it may well be a blueprint for further attacks in the future against isil positions. >> could change the momentum in this bottle. i am ran can you reporting live, thank you. >> is this a game changer? yesterday congress was skeptical of what's been going on in iraq and syria so far. >> it is at least a tactical game-changer. this is one of the necessary thins that had to happen in order for iraq to reestablish

its armed forces and really show that it was capable of a successful operation, so so far, so good. it means they can take care of complex operation, execute them well and also take the fight to the enemy and that's exactly what they need to do. >> when i said they were skeptical on capitol hill, that might be the understatement. a congresswoman asked if there was a backup plan should those iraqi forces fail. >> i'd like you to talk, if you could, about some of the recommendations you might make if it becomes clear that the iraqi security forces cannot take this on. >> what i'd like to do, congresswoman is difficult you a kind of an unclassified answer, but promise you that in a classified session next week, we

can talk about contingency planning. >> for the first time, the general acknowledging a plan b., backup plan. what was your reaction? >> well, i'm glad that they have a backup plan. it's important that backup plans be a part of any military operation and it's standard practice to put those together. i think it's very important also for the military and the administration to acknowledge the fact that we have to have several different plans, and we also have to have plans that include worst case scenarios -- >> you don't think this is a way of saying that it may not go the way the united states wants it to go? >> well, i think the contingency plans by their nature are that way. they, you know, take care of the unexpected, so these are plans just in case things don't go the way we want them to go with the initial plan and that's, i think, what the pentagon is putting together and also what the administration's message was in this particular case. >> yesterday we learned that

this situation right now in iraq and syria costing the taxpayers $5 million a day. they want $1.6 billion for more training. george w. bush was once warned about what would go wrong in iraq, saying once you break it, you're going to own it and we're going to be responsible for 26 million people. did we break it, and now we own it, and he also went on to say that we're going to be looking at a 40 to 50% -- basically, we're going to be in iraq for a long time. did we break it and do we own snit. >> every time you go into iraq, you have to be careful and make sure that you are ready and able to take care of any operations that would ensue from that, so yes, we did break it, we made mistakes in the sense that we got rid of sadaam's army at all levels and that caused problems and also quite frankly,

populated isil's ranks which was a big mistake and a mistake we're dealing with right now. it's important for a a policy perspective to stand with the friends that we did make in iraq and make sure that they can have a viable state. it may be too late for that, but that is what policies should too, take care of friends and make sure enemies can't get foot holds in areas they could. we broke it, we own it and now it's time to regain it. >> colonel, as always, thank you very much approximate in our next hour, nick schiffron takes us live inside isil. an extraordinary look at how the group has now become self sustaining. >> let's get another check of the cold and snowy forecast, kevin is with us this morning. what have we got? >> i said we had 36 degrees in new york. a lot of people were bundled up. take a look in atlanta, 26 degrees. they're really bundling up. in birmingham, it's 26 degrees.

when you factor in the wind, atlanta feels like 10 degrees. you can see the cold front through parts of northern florida, the temperature difference between savannah as well as into parts of orlando. but that's going to continue. people in atlanta are going to stay quite cold. >> world leaders arriving in australia for the g-20 summit. >> those battles in east issue ukraine expected to be a hot topic there. >> new violence between palestinians and israelis. >> the deep space rosetta mission may be in jeopardy. why a dying battery could cut the landing short. >> a tiger on the loose near disneyland in paris. it is one of the stories caught in our global net.

>> you are looking live at the arrivals for the g-20 summit.

the president is about to come out momentarily. >> welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in this next half hour, many consider isil unsophisticated terrorists, but we'll show you just how organized they really are and how dangerous they are, as well. >> a big push to catch violent criminals, one city suffering and offering millions of dollars to clear the massive backlog of untested rape kids. >> in our next hour, a speedy new train travels at 200 miles an hour. >> president obama is plan to go unveil a 10-point plan for overhauling immigration. the executive action would include suspending deportations for millions of immigrants. republicans plan to challenge the measure, including a federal lawsuit. a federal probe is blaming widespread failures by the secret service for a security breach at the white house. the report said the agency lacked adequate training, had staffing shortages and doesn't communicate properly. the intruder made it all the way

to the east room before he was stopped. >> a surgeon in sierra leone may be sent to the u.s. for ebola treatment. his condition is now being evaluated. if he is stable, he will be sent to the nebraska medical center. they have successfully treated two other patients. >> this weekend is the g-20 summit. ukraine and russia are expected to take center stage. russian tanks and troops have been streaming over the border into eastern ukraine. we are joint live from donetsk. have the battle lines changed in the latest rounds of troop buildup? >> >> you know, the battle lines ever remained more or less constant in recent days. we've had sitings in donetsk around the airports to the north of the city and a standoff between you a crane forces and pro-russian rebels continuing

since the ceasefire has been declared. there's also been for iting in the lohansk region. the battle lines will start expanding and reforming. the defense ministry plans to prepare for more assaults on more of its regions. >> just last month, ukrainian voters endorsed the parties of pot poroshenko and yatsenyuk. can that government move forward while the separatist crisis rages on in the east? >> the currency has been one of the worst in europe. there is a lot of government debt. just today, the prime minister

yatsenyuk said there won't be growth until 2016 and the main priority is making sure ukraine can defend itself against russian aggression, which is not a small task, because the russian army has the third largest amount of money in the world. >> in donetsk for us, as always, thank you very much. >> armenia warning there will be grave consequences after an and azerbaijan shot down a helicopter. all three crew members onboard died. both sides are encouraged to honor a 20-year-old ceasefire. >> a new audio recording of the voice believed to be abu bakr al-baghdadi calling for jihad, coming days after reports he could have been injured or

killed in a u.s. air strike. overnight, iraqi forces retaking a key oil town. >> >> isil money comes in part from oil sails. >> the cash is providing supplies and motivating mercenaries. >> down a bumpy turkish road just a few feet from the turkish border, we set out for isil's source of income, our guide, a 20-year-old female smuggler. in a did he say concrete hotel room, we see how isil recruits. our recruiter is a 27-year-old i.t. expert, his tools, key board and mouse. on the river in istanbul over cups of tea we learned how isil is organized. our expert, a syrian once

employed as an isil salesman. three people, all of who demandedemanded on anonymity wor isil state who might claim the name of islam but at its heart is corporate, controlling dozens of oil fields, selling 30,000-barrels a day for one to $2 million. the gas has been smug would into turkey. turkish soldiers recently discovered how. the gas is pumped through underground pipes or smugglers move it across the rivers in cans. the gas is transported in vans or in secret gas tanks inside of buses. >> >> your income depends how much gas you bring. a to know, you mike 900, 1300.

you bring 10 tons, you make 10,000 a night. depends how good you are. >> a 27-year-old who wants to be known as salem revealed the strategy. for relatively large salary he and three others would spend days on line, portraying isil army. >> the foreign fighters gave us their friend's contacts. media is the most important thing for isil to create popularity in syria and iraq. >> and try and create popularity that spans generations. isil calls it cups, their hands not large enough to properly hold a rifle, their minds not old enough to resist propaganda.

a man who wants to be known as omar saw those children up close. he he used to work for isil in raqqa, isil's headquarters. >> recruiting children, they are brainwashed at a young age become strong willed and believe they will find redemption when they are mar a martyred. for them, people's lives are cheap. >> isil controls an area the size of belgium, i didn't have lent to the number of people in new york city. >> back to the breaking news from the west bank, violent protests hitting demonstrators against israeli security forces right now. the israeli army is firing tear gas to busy speakers them. it comes hours after israel tried to deescalate tensions by

lifting age restrictions at the mosque. things are quiet at the mosque. you have family in the west bank. have you spoken to them this morning? are they concerned about these rising tensions? >> i have talked to family over the course of the last few months and particularly sips the beginning of the gaza war. these tensions are nothing new. you're seeing the boiling over of a situation that existed if you trace it back to 1967, it's the israeli occupation that is causing the kinds of tensions that are giving rise to the violence that we see today both in east jerusalem and the west bank. it's important to say that in terms of the age restrictions that were lifted, those apply to palestinians who reside within east jerusalem and excludes the

palestinians who live in the west bank and gaza. >> you are saying that palestinians are telling you it's not enough, this lifting of some restrictions. are they telling you that a return to talks with israel brokered by the u.s. is just not going to happen and they see violent resistance as their only option now? >> it's hard, first of all, i wouldn't qualify it as violent. every single friday for the past five years, the village has non-violently protested the apartheid wall that divides palestinians from each other in the west bank. it's unfair to qualify it palestinian resistance as violent. >> is rock throwing and protests on the streets their only option? is that what they are telling you at this point? >> i think that by and large, the sentiment on the street in the west bank and i would say in

east jerusalem in particular based on what i saw when i was there, is the peace attacks have amounted to little and set the palestinians back. in the course of the last month alone, consider the number of settlement units that netanyahu has brazenly announced to the world, it seems clear to palestinians and the to the arab world that even the united states as the world's only super power has very little leverage with benjamin netanyahu today so they have to take matters into their own hands. >> are the announcement of those expanded jewish neighborhoods in places like east jerusalem in a way a declaration of victory after all those lives were lost in gaza over the summer? >> first, we can't call them neighborhoods, it's important tomorrow under international law these are illegal settlements that do not belong in east jerusalem. that's number one. number two, there is no victory for the israeli public when

there continues to be the kind of unrest we see today. when i was there just before the gaza war in east jerusalem and took a cab right with a jewish-israeli cab driver who had no idea i was of palestinian origin. he refused to go near the damascus gate because he said he was too afraid. israelis themselves are not resting well with the policies of benjamin netanyahu. i think it's high time that americans put pressure on netanyahu to change his policies, not only for the benefit of palestinians and the arab world and for regional peace, but for israelis themselves. >> we thank you for your perspective on this. >> a suspect is in custody in a dangerous incident in a naval base.

two officers were confronted with a knife. the man stabbed the officer in the leg. the officer opened fire on the suspect, accidentally shooting another officer. both were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> accused killer eric frein will be charged with two counts of terrorism. an amended criminal complaint was filed. investigators found a letter where he declares he wants to start a revolution. he was on the run for seven weeks after allegedly stabbing or ambushing two state troopers. >> a grand jury investigating the police shooting of michael brown heard thursday from a pathologist, dr. mike sell baden was hired by brown's family. authorities are bracing for more violence when the grand jury's decision is made public. brown's family is calling for calm, regardless of the decision. >> we want to remain peaceful. we want to remain call. we want to remain dignified, no

matter what the announcement is. we don't want to resort to behavior that would otherwise really tarnish the legacy of what has transpired. >> coming up, we'll speak live with usher about more an what police are preparing for. >> a tiny spacecraft, we're getting the picture from a speeding comet of all things. >> scientists hope to learn more about the comet's surface but may be in a race against time to get that or anything else done. john henry smith will tell us why. i thought it was all going well. >> we all saw the giddy pictures when the scientists realized their dream of landing on a comet, but now as scientists make sense of the data being sent, they are also trying to generate more power. the battery is fading fast. >> even as it sends historic pictures back from the surface

of comet number 67p., it is a good news-bad news story. >> the good news would be we can just say it works. >> scientists say the bad news is that it is not securely anchored to the surface. harpoons that were supposed to deploy failed. >> we landed, then we bounced. even more than what we thought yesterday, actually. >> scientists be trying to figure out where it ended up. >> somewhere in this area. this was landing site b. >> wherever it is, scientists say they know where it's next to. >> we are just in the shadow of a cliff and that will as you understand, part of the problem. >> being next to a cliff is a problem, because it's shielding sun light, making it impossible for the coal larr panels to soak up the seven hours of light it needs to recharge the onboard battery.

>> this of course has an impact on our energy budget and our capabilities to conduct science for an extended period of time. >> scientists believe friday accounted be the last useful day unless they can figure out a way to extend battery life. moving it might help. >> each time you manipulate something, you have a reaction. if you are clever enough, this can optimize the amount of sun we have on the panels. >> while efforts to give more power will go on, scientists plan on using it to drill for data beneath the comet's surface. estimates are material there has remind unchanged for 4.5 million years. >> that data has been likened to a time capsule. scientists stress the data they'll be able to collect with the primary batteries will make the trip worthwhile. mission sow set at a is still in orbit around the comet.

it will stay there for another year, collecting additional vital information. >> it was going to be a tough mission anyway. thank you very much. >> mississippi investigators trying to figure out what started this massive fire. three buildings at the agricultural and forester museum complex were destroyed. it includes a mall animal sanctuary. one employee suffered a minor injury. all the animals made it out of the building safely. >> the hot lava in hawaii creeping towards a train station, breaking out into three fingers. many residents are evacuating their homes. >> still ahead, our legal eagle jami floyd is here to talk about a new nationwide program to test rape kits that could potentially put violent criminals behind bars. >> another branch of the government may be listening in on your phone calls and you won't believe how they're doing it. >> how global warming may have

an unexpected impact on lightning strikes. that's one of today's discoveries.

>> the justice department is using planes to spy on american cell phones. the wall street journal said the small planes are flown over populated areas where equipment onboard picks up cell signals. the paper said it's being done by the u.s. marshall service to look for criminal suspects. the justice department isn't denying or confirming the report. >> it's called the nationwide push to help backlogged rape kids, $35 million pledged for the testing of hits. hundreds of thousands of kits have yet to be examined. the backlog in some cities is just huge.

where exactly is this money that we're talking about coming from? >> it's quite extraordinarily. there is a major settlement with a french bank in a corruption case. it's a multi-billion dollars settlement and $500 million is going to new york. much of it is going to the district attorney's office. the d.a. is going to take millions of those dollars and put to it testing a backlog of these rape kits. we're talking about 17,000 rape kits that have gone untested over many years. >> it costs roughly $500 to a thousand dollars to analyze each kit. >> amazing! >> how is that money going to be used. >> they're going to start testing those kits. it's years in the waiting for some of these victims. here's the amazing thing. sometimes a victim in this state might impact a victim in another state, because generally, a man who rapes a woman here, may have

raped a woman in another state. once we get the results, a hit, as they say here in new york, you might get a hit in michigan, and in new orleans, and in memphis, and also some of these people maybe in prison for other crimes, so these women not only will have closure in their cases, but they maybe able to help other women. >> the number of untested kids nationwide 100,000, obviously not a priority for some police departments. as i saw that number and read this report, the first thing that came to mind was all of these js around the country that have that paramilitary equipment that they're using seized assets for. why aren't they using that money for something as important as this? >> it's a fair point, but i discussed this yesterday with our producer, i believe that the criminal justice system is broken at almost every level, and yes, this is not a priority, but there are so many things and ways we need to reevaluate the

system. juvenile justice, women with children who make their way into the system, prison meals. i mean. >> so this is just the tip of the iceberg, because we're seeing prisoners free that have innocent of crimes for decades. >> wrongful convictions. when there's the wrong person in where is son, the right person is still out there. this is a wonderfully smart way to use these resources and give women closure and it's concrete and real. test these kits, get a result and look for those perpetrators. >> jami floyd, as always, thank you very much. >> the nfl is working on changing the league's personal conduct policy, but the powerful player's association wants a say crafting the rules. the union is pushing for collective bargain, arguing the nfl miss managed several recent cases involving a baltimore ravens player ray rice and vikings star aid peter.

>> climate change may increase lightning strikes, according to a new study, for every degree celsius the earth's temperature rises, lightning increases increase 12%. that could lead to more wildfires and accidental deaths. >> let's get another check of your forecast. >> that was beautiful video. amazing. >> kind of freaks me out. >> it does. we don't want to see that in actuality. we have problems to the northwest. take a look at the radar, you see all the snow coming in off the pacific. i want to take you into idaho and show you the video coming out close boise. we're talking about snow affecting the highway, highway 84. we are looking at still major problems, about 48 trucks have been deployed to clear the roads. we've seen about 19 accidents in the highways and we're still going to see major problems today. we do have warnings out now for the winter weather. you can see winter storm

warnings in effect as well as winter weather advisories. take a look towards or gone, where did you see the deeper purple, that is ice storm warnings, people dealing with ice, it's going to be a major problem. >> thank you. >> a new government report finding this morning that the use of e-cigarettes between high school students tripled. last year 4.5% of u.s. high school students said they used those in the prior month. that is up from 2011. >> lets look at other stories caught in our global net. west virginia university is suspending sororities and fraternities on campus, looking at all of greek live after a freshman ended up with a catastrophic medical emergency. >> authorities trying to track down a big cat in paris.

it is near disney in paris. they believe that it weighs 175 pounds. children were pulled out of school as a precaution. they say it was likely kept as a pet and somehow got out. >> in disney land, mickey mouse is about six feet. >> he could take that tiger down. >> i think so. >> you could even a piece of movie history. if you make an offer they can't refuse, the stanton island advance, who else, said the mansion that was don cor corleos mansion is on sale. >> that does not include the horse's head. >> apparently they redid the rooms to look like the movie. >> two kayakers -- excuse me. >> ahead, why residents in ferguson, missouri are upset about the shooting of michael

brown. they didn't turn that into action during the elections. >> providing showers to the homeless. >> we are back in two minutes. we'll see you then. >> 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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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. >> a violent morning in the west bank, clashes erupting between palestinian and israeli security forces. despite israeli concession to access to the mosque. >> isil driven out of a strategic town. the implications for the coalition. >> michael brown's family pleading for calm as ferguson,

missouri awaits a decision. >> makes it easier to find your music. >> are people willing to pay for something that's been free. google hopes to turn you tube into a streaming music service. >> we begin with that developing story out of israel, violent protests erupting in the west bank this morning, palestinians throwing rocks and burning tires and the israeli army using tear gas to break up the protestors. >> things are calmer in jerusalem. israeli officials lifted the age bar for worshipers attending prayers at the mosque. we are in the west bank covering the protests. our reporter was forced to move to safety but filed this report first. >> you can see israeli security forces trying to disperse the crowd, firing tear gas canisters and have been using stun grenades, as well.

again, this is a scene that's been going on here for the better part of a few hours. again, as israeli security forces confront protestors, you can see, it is a pretty volatile situation, as they try to disperse these crowds. these crowds aren't huge, they only number in the dozens, but again--in the background is concessions made by the israeli government to allow people to pray at the mosque, many thought that would calm the unrest, as we've seen, it really hasn't done much, so again, a very volatile situation at palestinian protestors confront israeli security forces. israeli security forces are firing tear gas canisters and ustion stun grenades and everything else at their disposal to try to push back the

crowds, but really, it is just quite a sight to see, to see these two sides just battle with each other here at the check point. the checkpoint, of course, a place which has seen frequent confrontation between israeli security forces and palestinians and yet here we are again with even more clashes. >> secretary of state john kerry meeting with president abbas and benjamin netanyahu net. he he said they made progress but did not reveal what steps would be taken. we continue to monitor those clashes throughout the morning. >> the agency in charge of protecting the president is coming under fire today. a homeland security review said the secret service lacks training, is short-staffed and doesn't communicate properly. the review blames those issues for a security breach in

september had a man jumped the white house fence, ran across the lynn and made it all the way into the east room. we have the story from washington. >> eventually burst through the front door and made it through several rooms before stopped. a review blames the secret service for the breach, citing technical failures. the alarm systems and radios failed to work properly. the guards radioed there was a fence jumper, but word did not get to everyone. a uniformed secret service officer with an attack dog was talking on the cell phone and had taken out his ear piece. the stand by radio was left in his locker. many officers on duty didn't see gonzalez scale the fence, because thick bushes blocked their view.

those who did reach gonzalez didn't fire, because they thought he was unarmed when actually, he had a knife. gonzalez ran into the white house. the doors were not locked and alarm box muted. he pushed past the guards and ran to the other end of the east room before he was confronted and tackled by a heavily armed agent near the green room. the first family had just left the white house. on thursday, reaction to the report was swift. >> i'd just like to see it cleaned up to go back to the organization that we all admired and respected so much. >> the director of the secret service lost her job because of this incident and other security lapses. this review is part of a bigger investigation into the secret service, including other security breaches. last month, another man jumped over the white house fence, kicking one secret service dog and slamming another to the ground. in that case, he was quickly subdued by the secret service. >> that was mike viqueira

reporting in washington. president obama is now heading to australia for the g-20 economic summit. that hours after meeting opposition leader in myanmar, the president is calling for reforms and better treatment for religious minorities there. he he said recent reforms in myanmar are by no means complete or irreversible. >> construction of the controversial key stone xl pipe lynn will be dealt with in congress today. >> let's debate, let's vote, let's get the work done. >> moo political watchers say

landrieu is pushing the bill for her brought expects. the president said his position has not changed. >> there is something bizarre that is happening right now at aljazeera. we have lost all of our communications. they can't hear us. we can't hear them. we're assuming that you can hear us, so we shall continue. >> we do have a lot of stories to tell, including a victory in iraq. security forces there have retaken the key city of beiji. it houses a key oil refinery. >> defense officials here warn the fight against isil faces a difficult road ahead. republicans blasted the white house strategy during a congressional hearing. >> the republican lawmakers criticized the no boots on the ground policy, questions how the coalition will be able to degrade and destroy isil without

combat forces. >> testifying before a congressional hearing, secretary of defense chuck hagel pointed to suctions in the fight. >> directly and through the support of iraqi forces, coalition airstrikes have hit isil's command and control, its leadership, revenue sources, supply lines and logistics. >> that includes reversing isil gains in kobane with daily strikes on militant targets. with all that progress, hagel, joint by the jointly chief chairman. >> there will be setbacks. >> those setbacks hope to go billion dollars by the iraqi troops needed to recapture cities like mosul. that could mean an expand role for american another visors on the ground, such as doug in airstrikes. >> i'm not predicting that at

this point i would recommend that those forces would need to be accompanied by u.s. force, but we're certainly considering it. >> beyond the progress report, thursday's hearing was a direct appeal for more than $5.5 billion to further fund the fight against isil. >> every day that we don't have budget certainty, flexibility and time means that we will continue to erode our readiness and over time, i will have fewer military options to offer. >> reports that coalition airstrikes netted their biggest prize last week, isil's leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi appears to have been dashed with the release of an audio reporting said to be the self professed caliphate. he references president obama's recent announcement, increasing u.s. advisors in iraq. he then called on his followers to "explode the volcanos of

jihad everywhere." >> well, in that audio recording, baghdadi called for attacks on saudi arabia, a major u.s. ally, remember, saying that his caliphate is expanding across the arab word. what was our reporter in baghdad saying today? >> essentially he was saying that the tactics used were different. you'll recall the exclusive footage from beiji. they may be able to use the tactics they used in beiji as a model to recapture our towns in iraq. >> a fascinating comment from the former member of the joint chiefs of staff saying even though members of congress were saying that they want some accountability from the white house, make sure they are getting the best bang for their buck, the colonel went back to the colin powell bite that if

you break it, you own it. >> they are seriously considering putting boots on the ground. that's a message people have to take very seriously as we come into the holiday season. >> a critical debate to be had. >> we are having just a few communication problems, they are slowly coming back to normal, but we're going to take a break and try to get things on track. we'll see you in a second.

>> the white house gearing up for a showdown over immigration, the president set to unveil his plan next week. >> republicans say they'll do anything possible to stop the president's executive action. >> we are tracking the story from dallas. this is shaping up to be a very ugly battle over immigration reform. >> that's right, del. the warning signs have been here for a while. bam has has said that he is considering expanding action

basically protecting people from deportation for 5 million undocumented adult immigrants in the country. the vast majority of the folks are parents of children in a permanent residence. nothing has been decided so far, but they are prioritizing deferred deportations to people with no serious criminal history and people who have family ties here. the president speaking from myanmar: >> i gave the house over a year to go ahead and at least give a vote to the senate bill. they failed to do so. i indicated to speaker boehner several months ago that if congress failed to act, i would use all the lawful authority that i possess to try to make the system work better.

>> equally strong words coming back from republican leadership who say that they will do everything short of a government shutdown if obama does fake executive action here and perhaps the biggest threat with the longest implications, the republicans say if obama goes on his own with executive action, they will dig in their heels on any sort of bipartisan congressional solution. >> you have been covering the border debate for quite some time, in fact, going to the borders to see how people cross into this country. is there any hope from what you're hearing that the president's plan could change things? >> the white house now has said that part of the executive action package will include putting more resources to the border, although they have not released any details as to how. the reason republicans of course are so upset about this is their line in the sand has always been first increase border security, then talk immigration reform.

the fear is that what type of message this may send across the border, after the minors brought into this country while they were children haven't faced deportation. the fear is because of that message that might have sent, minus nuances to people living in poverty in south and central america, that that might have driven this influx of unaccompanied minors over the summer. critics are saying this could possibly happen again. >> thank you very much. >> russia's relationship with the west expected to take center stage at the g-20 summit in australia. the top of the discussion was the faltering ceasefire in ukraine. our reporter there joins us now from donetsk. good to see you. nato and ukrainian officials say tanks are streaming across the

border. what is it like in donetsk? how are the reactions to the build up? >> there are people out and about on the streets of donetsk, but the streets are still fairly empty. many, many people have left. those who are still here are rather used to the sound and siting that seems to happen almost every day, sometimes intensifying, sometimes there are breaks, and almost don't notice it. >> has this ceasefire ever meant anything on the ground there? the way you describe it, there's been continued gunfire on both sides. >> the fighting has continued throughout the ceasefire. concentrated to the north of the city, around the airport, donetsk airport, there has been a long standoff now between the

ukrainian forces and the pro-russian rebels. there's fighting in other territories. we've also had the movement of military convoys around this area that have been seen almost daily for the last week, so the ceasefire is holding on a political level, but the question is how long for. >> you've been seeing military convoys, is it clear to you that they are russian soldiers? >> they are unmarked. some people have identified certain white markers, the white markings used by the russian military, however, there is nothing to verify that they have come from russia. nato has seen movement across the border, but we ourselves cannot verify it on the ground. all we can say is that indeed, there are military convoys, where they come from has to be

determined by someone else who can see that movement. >> thank you. >> armenia warns there there be grave consequences after azerbaijan shot down a helicopter. all three crew members died. international monitors are urging both sides to on or the 25 year ceasefire. >> isil were able to be driven out of beiji. there's been a back and forth for a while. what changed today that allowed iraqi force to say declare victory? >> the biggest thing that changed is the iraqi forces went on the offensive. they first took the south and the west, moved into the center of the town, and then took the north and east. there are still isil fighters in

the countryside, but what the taking allowed them to do was move on to the crucial oil refinery, about 15 kilometers away. this is a battle that may well be a future blueprint for other battles, involving coalition airstrikes and various parts of the iraqi armies themselves. this is seen as something of an experiment, but it has worked and they've taken the crucial town. from there, the oil refinery is only 15 kilometers away and that will be the next target. >> how does this change the playing field? does the government have the upper hand now? >> it doesn't in large parts of the area, but they are coming under pressure. what the iraqis would like to see is help in the north between mosul, iraq's second largest city and the border cross be which allows isil fighters to move. that will be one of the next he front lines coming up.

what the iraqis would like is much more help from the americans with military and equipment. they are saying take a look at what they are able to do with that help. >> former u.n. ambassador to iraq in the george w. bush addeddion joins us, ambassador jeffery, thank you for your time. >> during a congressional hearing yesterday, it was said u.s. combat troops could be needed to help fight isil. >> i'm not predicting at this point that i would recommend that those forces in mosul and along the border would need to be accompanied by u.s. forces, but we're certainly considering it. >> do you think the u.s. should reconsider it's isil strategy

and add u.s. combat forces to the mix? >> j tacks provide advisory assistance and coordination for front line or peshmerga, that is kurdish forces, making airstrikes and artillery far more effective and is the normal way you do things, but it comes at some risk. chairman dempsey left the door open for a possible american organized ground units or perhaps army aviation to also participate under some circumstances a understand that's step in the right direction. this is a tough fight. it's going to take a long time. we have momentum with us now but we need capitalize on that. >> before the u.s. heads down what some say is a rabbit hole again, is it time to ask what the core interest is in fighting isil in iraq and syria. >> i think the president has

answered that. the core interests in the middle east are extraordinarily existential for us in the region, our allies, fighting terror are critical needs now and in the past 40 years. this isn't a rabbit hole. that is when you put hundred was thousands of american troops on the ground to try to do what i call armed social engineering. we're not going to do that under any circumstances, not with this president, not with this country, but using military force to decrease isil's military strikes make sense. >> let's talk about the new audio recording from the head of isil. the u.s. went after abu bakr al-baghdadi and he survived. has he become larger than life and gained even more of an

international reputation. >> i don't think so. first of all, it's open to question whether the united states did specifically target him. the u.s. government has denied that. secondly, if he barely escaped death by aerial assault, having been under such fire myself, he's going to be a little bit more cautious in the future. he's not gaining a whole lot of stature when he's losing cities like this beiji and he'll lose the refinery in a few days, too. the more defeats he suffers, the less good he's going to look to the people in the middle east. to quote general dempsey, progress generates patience and we need patience in this fight. >> analysts told us that you could not defeat isil without going after them in syria. that ha that shifted and are they in more power in iraq? >> as dempsey said, the strategy is iraq first, but not iraq

only. in kobane, we once again defeated isis, that's that syrian-kurdish city on the border. we are basically conduct ago very effect i have campaign against the isis headquarters in raqqa in syria. we can't do a whole in the in syria until two things happen. we have to build up credible ground forces through this train and equip program that president obama has received half a billion dollars for. secondly we need clarity on what to do about the assad regime. that is as big a problem as seen by people in the region as isis. >> the training and equipment will take several more months. thank you for your insight. >> if you woke up this morning thinking cold, i have a solution for you, mexico. >> florida! >> miami. >> key west, palm springs. if you're living on the great lakes, you notice like in the --

know he what it's like in the winter. people are dealing with snow and it's continuing into friday afternoon in ohio. the winds are pushing out of the northwest and right in the path of this snow. you can see how it's playing in over cleveland and parts of buffalo, as well. take a look at the rest of the area. earlier, i told you about the snow we were seeing across the eastern seaboard. boston, you have cleared out. if you're trying to commute now, no problem there. portland towards the north, you are going to see snow across the area. new york, you are 36 degrees. over the next couple of days, good news, today we go up to 45. the weekend doesn't look too bad with sunday being at 49, but that is still below average for this time of year. normally, we would see 55 degrees in new york. unfortunately things are going to go downhill quickly. the beginning of the week monday heavy rain, that is a front

coming through and our temperatures, look at that tuesday, 33-degree low. >> we don't want to look at it. thanks. >> taking a look at the videos captured by citizen journalists around the world, italy, this video shows floodwaters racing through the metro system. mudslides are blamed for five deaths. >> a paratrooper exercise, it's a go pro camera allowing us to see the descent as viewed by the paratroopers themselves. it comes from the army operating out of fort bragg, north carolina. >> in turkey, a woman and two young boys waiting for a school bus barely escape being hit by that out of control car. the car flies around the corner, slams into that light -- man, she barely even moves. >> she doesn't even flinch. it's amazing to me. yesterday we had the guy that

almost got hit by the truck. she almost gets hit, she doesn't flinch. her name is lucky, too, by the way. >> new images of the comet in space. >> it may not provide all scientists are looking for, it's a race against time now. >> pope francis raising eyebrows this time for providing public showers to the homeless. how one man sparked that idea. >> high speed train connecting london and paris, this one goes 200 miles an hour.

>> a look over new york harbor where laidy liberty is cold like most of the country. >> the pope plans to put public showers and laundry facilities in st. peter's square.

>> a look at the stories this morning. a federal probe is blaming widespread failures for a security breach at the white house saying it doesn't communicate properly. an intruder made it to the east room before he was stopped. >> iraqi forces retaking a key town from isil fighters. beiji is in government control, home to a key oil refinery. isil captured beiji over the summer through a series of attacks across iraq. >> president obama unveiling a 10-point plan for overhauling immigration. his executive action would include suspending deportations for millions of immigrants. republicans plan to challenge the member, including a federal lawsuit. >> a st. louis grand jury is hearing evidence in the michael brown case. thursday, it heard from a forensic pathologist who conducted a private autopsy on the teenager. the brown family is calling for calm no matter what the grand

jury decides. let's go live in st. louis. usher, good morning. what did the doctor tell the grand jury? >> we don't know much of the substance of what went on during the testimony. we did get i understand cases from the brown family saying the doctor would talk at least about one chest wound that michael browned received that he reclassified as an entry wound. the significance is unclear. he was brought in to do the second of three forensic autopsies. he found six bullet wounds to the body, including two to the head. >> i want to turn to something else. despite the ager displayed in ferguson after the michael brown shooting, voter turnout during the election last week fell far short of expectation. what happened? >> even days after the protests erupted in forego son, there was

a push for voter registration hoping to translate the voices on the street to voting at the ballot box. >> i will meet every desire. >> opening the door to their new restaurant, one day before the fatal shooting of michael brown. through the turmoil, their commitment to their business and community remains unwaiverring. >> besides my faith, i have trust of the people in ferguson. >> he doesn't have faith of change through the system. >> no matter how many people vote, nothing is going to change if the infrastructure counting the votes doesn't change. >> he has a voter registration form for customers. >> you can always hope, right? >> the protests three months ago revealed racial tension and deep distrust between the citizens and people elected to represent them. that hadn't translated to higher

numbers president ballot box. >> given the unrest in ferguson, it was the hope that perhaps this would encourage people to come out and voice their opinions. >> since august, only 260 ferguson residents registered to vote. while the number of registered voters tops 24,000, only 42% came to the polls in the mid terms, down from 52% in 2010. turnout this past april was about 12%. >> most of the people in ferguson are registered, they just didn't vote. >> that may be a message in itself. >> abstaining a vote is an act, as well. they are proving their disillusionment with the system and it's rightfully earned. >> saying voters felt disenfranchised by a lock of engagement by officials. >> do more than just talk on t.v. and actually go and knock on doors. do that. that's when they did to get

elected when they first ran for office. the community hasn't seen that. >> as the community braces for a decision in the michael brown case, some wonder if that could fracture an already fractured electorate. >> while voter turnout is traditionally low nationwide, the true litmus test infer son could come in the spring with the next elections scheduled. we'll see what the impact of the events of the last year as well as the grand jury decision has on whether or not voters turn out this time. >> thank you. >> jami floyd is back with us this morning. i want to ask a question really nobody wants to ask, which is we spent an awful lot of time talking about michael brown, but is there a real concern that dan wilson maybe a victim in this

that he he may be charged even though evidence does not support the charge? >> we do have to worry about the presumption of in sense and whether there could be a fair trial. grand juries are supposed to be secret, there have been leaks in this case. that's going to be a problem. there will probably be a motion to change the venue in this case if he's indicted, but i don't think he will be. >> when we talk about the testimony of dr. michael baden who did the private autopsy for the family, does that undermine his credibility in the eyes of the jury. >> that ties in to dell's question. there have been three autopsies. two is not uncommon in a police shooting and often the family will bring in a private coroner to look at the body, because they mistrust the authorities, but here's the interesting thing. the state's medical examiner or county's is paid also, paid by

the same people who pay the police officer and prosecutor, but we never think of it that way. >> there's a potential credibility. >> on both sides. >> they're all clouded by bias. dr. baden worked for the state of new york for 30 years and is one of the top medical examiners in the country if not the top. i think it's fair to say and i've known him a long time, he really looks for the truth. when he's hired by a family he he said if you hire me, i'm going to tell you what i find, i can't be paid off, i can't be bought. if i find facts that helps the prosecution, i'm going to have to deliver them in my report. >> you think that no charges will be filed. is that because you think that the evidence doesn't war rant a charge being filed or that the prosecutor didn't present any evidence -- >> it's not about this case, and i could be wrong, because this case is so extraordinarily

different but police officers rarely get charged. think of the cases they have been, so rare, the rodney king beating is the one that always comes to mind. police officers enjoy the presumption of in sense no other defendant enjoys and get a special presumption of innocence of reasonable objectivity that we give to police officers, special instruction that the jury will get that we don't give to other defendants, what was the officer thinking as a police officer in the line of duty at the moment he pulled the trigger. we don't give that to other defendants, even in a grand jury room. the burden is different for a grand jury. it's about a possibility or probability that the crime occurred, not beyond a reasonable doubt so for all those reasons and racial question, i don't think there will be -- >> we will find out soon. >> very soon, any day. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> the u.s. and india resolving a decades old dispute for food

security. the agreement will streamline customs and other trade procedures and pump about a trillion dollars into the global economy and create more than 20 million jobs, most of them in developing countries. >> signs of progress in the fight against ebola in west africa. liberia is lifting its state of emergency. >> many hope that the country can return to normal. beating ebola there has restored confidence there. >> stocking up on supplies, permanent hygiene products, business has never been better. the outbreak of obama la presented a massive opportunity for growth for this company and others like it. they are struggling to keep up with demand. >> there is a lot of awareness, people showing interest in their health. there is demand for the hand sanitizers, almost every day, we have customers coming in asking

for it, people making inquiries. >> in the market, a trader in text tiles in a worried woman. she's never seen anything like past agreements when ebola was here. they are worried. >> people were scared to come. people were afraid to come outside because they can contact it. >> she hopes the gradual return to normalcy in the market will rub off on her smaller. >> confidence is returning to the international market. here, customers have come to do business. at the peak of the outbreak, many stayed away, but now traders are busy trying to recoup lost time and money.

>> the economy say the biggest impact could lie outside the countries borders. >> the economy of nigeria affects all other countries in the sub region. lie i can't, guinea have been affected. >> analysts say there are many investors still concerned about ebola in west africa. such people are expected to stay away, at least for the near future. they warn that nigeria's economy will not be safe from the impact of ebola unless the virus is contained everywhere in the region, which means optimism of a brighter future may be premature. >> in sierra leone, cases are on the rise. a doctor diagnosed with ebola

may be sent to the u.s. for treatment. >> new jersey is considering a new assisted suicide bill, the state assembly passing the measure thursday. it needs senate approval. it would allow doctors prescribing life ending drugs for terminally ill patients. >> remarkable images coming from a robotic lander on a comet. these are the latest pictures from the spacecraft. scientists hope the pictures will tell them more about the surface of the comet. they are worried that the $2 billion mission could be in jeopardy. >> yesterday, it was revealed that the lander bounced, and when i say bounced, it really bounced. the lander weighs no more than

this penny in that atmosphere. it bounced a good kilometer away from its intended landing site. here is the landing director describing the original target and where they think it ended up in the end. >> this huge jump, something like this, and constant data imply that, and it's a bit depending on what properties you assume, somewhere in this area. >> the problem here is that this new position for the lander puts it into shadow, meaning that it isn't getting as much sunlight on its solar panels as it needs. it needs six to seven hours of power to really run the way they hoped. instead, they are only getting 90 minutes per 12 hour cycle. that means the batteries are going to die. the next hours will determine what they get out of this lander before it goes dark or all time. they're going to be doing experiments in a sending order

of risk. it has been determined last night that they are going to try to drill the surface. the great risk is at the extreme angel this is sitting, the tiny bit of drill movement could push the whole thing over. there's worry that could be the result, but they decided to go ahead and try it, they're going to try oh to grab a sample, get it inside the ship to the analysis compartment that heats it in an oven and puts it into a misspeck from at her and get a close up look at exactly what the raw ingredients were of life throughout the universe, which is what's contained inside this comet. after forth eight hours, it's going to go dark. it could come back to life when the trajectory changes. at this point, they're happy to get even the next 30 hours of

data, if that's all they got in the end. >> the european space agency announced they started drilling into the comet. there are no results yet. >> an interesting story in paris, authorities tracking down that big cat you see up there. it's happening right near disneyland paris. they think it might be a tiger. children have been pulled from school as a precaution. officials say based on the paw prints, this cat weighs at least 175 pounds. it was likely kept as a private pet and got loose. >> homeless around the vatican getting more than handouts, they're also going to get showers, thanks to the head of the catholic church. >> erika, is pope france behind this. >> he is. this is his latest idea to help the homeless. he is having three showers added to the public barmes right near the famous marble columns leading into the historic basilica. some calm it an unconventional

move even for a pope who constantly breaches that more should be done to help the poor. traditionalist say the homeless line up to wash beneath the apartments, which francis shunned after his election. the head of the project said they will need volunteers, towels and underwear, even some people who are supposed to benefit from this are not exactly thrilled with the plan. a home lass man from poland said he thought the showers were a bad idea, because they could attract hundred was homeless to vatican city. either way, construction starts as early as next week. >> we've heard that this was all started by a meeting that the pope had with the a. hoaxless man, this is what spurred it on. he said been a pope of the people. it reminds me of the story in florida, the guy trying to -- >> the 90-year-old trying to feed people -- he. >> and people have a problem with that. >> i was there a month ago in

rome and you can't escape the opulence of rome and that this is a church based on the philosophy of feeding the people that are hungry. the pope may be doing it for the right reasons at the right time. >> google start to go charge people for music on you tube. >> the business of streaming music. >> it is time now for our big quote. >> who said this, what you don't want is a product to be cool. you want it to be part of people's every day life. >> the secret, let's see the quote. the secret to on line success and who said that after the break.

>> who said what you don't want is a product to be cool, you want it to be part of people's everyday lives? >> sean parker, he's the internet entrepreneur who co founded napster. that ran into legal trouble for people that share music on line. it eventually went legal, allowing people to share songs for free. >> google is trying to turn one of its sights into a streaming service. ♪ ♪ >> you tube has ad free service and music key. for $9.90, users have access to google's vast library of songs, and can listen to tunes off line. it's starting as an have it-only service. >> i think they're doing it to make sure the bugs are worked out and to kind of answer questions as to what exactly is music, what are people going to

be looking for when they roll it out more widely. >> many go to you tube for music. they hope to give services like spotify a run for their money. the service was dealt a blow by taylor swift, who decided to shake off spotify, pulling her entire catalog from its users. streaming may be the future of music. album sails are down 14% this year, subscription services up. >> that's why the services ever taken off is that it makes it an easier, more pleasurable way to find music, listen to your music and have it anywhere you want to go. when you have the ability to take it anywhere and can actions it from anyplace with an internet connection, that's preferable to digital downloads or buying a particular album.

>> if it bricks in half a billion dollars in the first year, it will be considered a success. >> let's go to the west coast editor of alternative press. is music key a game-changer? >> well, it is and it isn't, because basically, they're walking down the path that it's been placed already by spotify. it's also important as your report just pointed out to keep in mind that because google owns you tube, we've already had the google play service that's been up and running for a while and of course so may be people are going to you tube to listen to music, a lot of which is on there relatively unpleased. you tube's gotten pretty good about complying with take down notices and what not, but it's still a place you can find a lot of songs that you can't find

anywhere else. in the end, the number of big name artists seems to stay the same. are we talking about just smaller pieces of a smaller pie? >> no, one exciting thing about downloading and file sharing culture is it's opened the doors to much more music that's being shared more rapidly. however, you know, it's interesting. i've rewatched an interview recently that was on charlie rose 14 years ago and it was the drummer from me he tall canned public enemy debating napster. at the time, lars was vilified as this greedy rock star trying to fight the future, and if you go back and watch that interview now, which is on you tube, lars

sounds likeness trough dam must, predicting the problems that would be caused, that artists are going to lose a lot of control, a lot of revenue. chuck d. predicted that napster was going to cause more music to be sold than ever and that they would have more labels and more big artists, and the truth is, there's talking about taylor swift now, she has the only platinum record release this year and that's the first year that that's happened. >> that's what i was going to ask you about. i want to go old school outbound. were artists treated better when a few executives with album labels picked out who made it big and who didn't? >> no, i don't think sod. you make a really important point, which is that artists have kind of gotten the short end of the stick in business deals going all the way back to first time music was ever really recorded. the old major label model that a lot of old guard music industry

people pined for was always tradition eight unfair and slanted. the labels were putting up the most risk dumping money into some artist that never made i did, but the artists that did make it, their portion of the pie was always extremely small and the label could write off their expenses for recording and touring and marketing and take it out of the tiny cut that the band was supposed to receive. >> right, nerve complaining about this for years. we are going to ever to leave it at that. thanks for getting up early this morning from california. >> go get no some sleep, ryan. >> it is one of the fastest trains, traveling up to 200 miles an hour. the rail service is trying to convince passengers traveling between london and paris to use the service instead of flying. it is spending four hub $75 million an seven new trains, part of a $1.5 billion upgrade.

>> game of thrones fans can tell you it's hard to keep track of the characters. the author sometimes loses track himself. he spoke about that for this week's edition of talk to aljazeera. >> you know, i have glibly said in interviews with difficulty, it is big. i have charts, genealogies, maps, files. i refresh myself. i think my brain is wired differently than a normal person's. i seem to use 16 napses that people use for real people for my fictional characters. i forget real people instantly. i will remember a guy that appeared briefly in a book that i wrote 12 years ago. >> you can catch this week's episode of talk to aljazeera with george r.r. martin tomorrow

at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> a last look at that cold and in some cases snowy weather with kevin. >> very dangerous weather towards oregon. the radar, you can see the blue, pink and green, that is snow, icing and rain. the video that has come in, they are looking at very dangerous conditions. that is going to continue. of course they are enjoying the snow here. if you are on the road, it is major problems and we are looking at ice warnings in effect right now just south of portland. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> coming up in two minutes from doha, the latest from the west bank where violent prosecutor tests broke out this morning. >> the newest marine sanctuary offer the coast of gabon, africa. >> the sanctuary provides a wide variety of sea life. it will be the first protected

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