>> is today's power politics. i am david shuster. thanks for watching. >> breaking news overnight - another american is reportedly beheaded by the islamic state as the white house works to confirm the authenticity of that video. >> there is a very simple solution to this perception that somehow i'm exercising too much executive authority. pass a bill i can sign on this issue standing firm on executive

privilege - president obama defends his authority to go at it alone on the immigration issue. >> he's ill, possibly more ill than the patients transported from west africa to the united states to be treated for ebola and talk about the fight of his life - a surgeon stricken with ebola under going treatment here in the united states. >> and the police chief in ferguson, missouri adjusting his words concerning officer darren wilson, as the community awaits word from the grand jury welcome to al jazeera america i'm morgan radford. we start with breaking news. the white house says it's working to confirm the authenticity of a new video released by i.s.i.l. reportedly showing the beheeding of american aid workers peter kassig. a statement was released saying:

peter cassig has been held captive for about a year. the 26-year-old from indiana was an iraqi war vet who returned to the region to start an aid group for syrian refugees. reports of his death comes hours after president obama and other world leaders spoke on the growing fight against i.s.i.l. at the g20 summit in australia. imran khan has more from bag dad for us this morning. what more do we know? well, we know that the video was release the through social media accounts that have released videos in the past of this nature that have been verified. we know that it wasn't just peter kassig that was allegedly beheaded. there were 12 syrians, i.s.i.l. say they were syrian soldiers. they say he was beheaded because he was (a) an american that came to muslim land to fight with

muslims - referring to his iraq war past, and in retribution to u.s.-led air strikes tonne i.s.i.l. held territory. it's a brutal video and brutal way of releasing the video, because the family would be finding out about the same time as we did when the news broke a few hours ago. the family released a statement on facebook saying that they are working with authorities to verify the video. we have seen this tactic time and time again from i.s.i.l. we released this without notice. this was shot in aleppo. it's a brutal video, designed to send a brutal message. >> speaking of the brutal message, you mentioned this as a retaliatory step against the air strikes. what is interesting is hours ago at the g20, president obama spoke on the possibility of

sending ground troops to iraq. can you tell us more about that? >> well, i can tell thaw the top u.s. general martin dempsey was here in baghdad on saturday, met with the ministry of defense and other security leaders, and took a look at what help the iraqis may need when the fight moves to intensely held i.s.i.l. areas such as mosul, the border crossing. he has been keep, saying iraqis may well need combat boots on the ground to deal with the i.s.i.l. threat. president obama issued strong words as well. it's not just him. >> yes, there are always circumstances in which the united states might need to deploy u.s. ground troops. if we discover that i.s.i.l. had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their

hands then, yes, you can anticipate that not only would chairman dempsey recommend me sending you as ground troops to get the weapon out of their hands, but i would order it. >> we have seen - you heard the words from president obama. they'll be welcomed by many here, particularly in the sunni community in iraq, as a stepping up of the nature of this war against i.s.i.l. the official iraqi position is the same - no u.s. combat boots on the ground in iraq. >> let's talk about the jihadi john. peter cassig's death comes on the death that this british man seen carrying out the beheadings, was wounded. do we know if that is true, and, if so, what the injuries are? >> all we really know is what has been released by the british intelligence services to british media, in that they are looking into whether this man has been

killed in an air strike or injured. he was quite a famous figure, because he was involved in the i.s.i.l. videos showing a beheading and had a british accent and spoke in eloquent terms about why he was doing what he was doing. we don't know about whether he was killed or injured. and it will be questionable among jihadi circles. >> imran khan joining us from baghdad. a shou don between the white house and congress looms, president obama addressed the g20 summit in australia. the president is considering acting on his own, by taking executive action to deal with 11 million living in this country illegally. ross shimabuku is here with more. what did the president say? >> the president want to act before the year end and his administration is working on the details that some say we can

learn about this week. >> reporter: before leaving australia president obama took aim at republicans for what he called inaction to inform the immigration system. the president took aims at critics who say the white house has gone too far. there's a simple solution to this perception that somehow i'm exercising too much executive authority. pass a bill i can sign on this issue. the white house is said to be considering a plan that include shielding as many as 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation, including parents of children who are american citizens, and in the country for five years. the administration may extend deferred action for child ad arrivals, giving reprieve for

several hundred thousand immigrants that came as children. bottom line - the president said there must be action to deal with the millions that are here, living and working amongst us. >> i can't wait imperpetuaty when i have authorities that at least for the next two years can improve the system. >> reporter: right now the president appears to be on a collision course with law-makers. >> american people clearly do not want the president unilaterally and contrary to law granting amnesty to millions more people who are here illegally. i hope he does not do so. if he does, it would be wrong, it would be unconstitutional. >> house speaker john boehner promises to fight tooth and nail on immigration, and there has been talks of republicans blocking spending bills that could pave the way to a

government shutdown. >> ross shimabuku, thank you so much before leaving australia the president and world leaders great on a plan to boost global economic growth. the g20 governors who met in australia said it could be worth $2 trillion, if they succeed, they'll lift economic growth by 2.1% by 2018. they believe the efforts could create 200 jobs globally in the next eight years. andrew thomas has more from brisbane. >> the focus at the end of the g20 summit should be on this. a 3-page communique, focus on the point of how the government can improve economic performance, creating $2 trillion of growth, creating millions, hundreds of millions of jobs. it's been overshadowed by the

russian president being snubbed by many leaders. some world leaders literally turned their back on him. vladimir putin delivered a snub of his own by leaving lunchtime. before this communique was released. it meant that vladimir putin avoided hearing other world leaders at the press conference, once the communique was out, condemning russia. >> if he continues down the path he is on, violating international law. providing heavy arms, violating an agreement he agreed to just a few years ago, the minsk agreement, that would have lowered the temperatures and the killing in the disputed areas, and make - providing a bath way for a diplomatic resolution. the isolation that russia is

experiencing will continue. >> by leaving early, vladimir putin didn't need to here those criticisms. >> an outstanding critic of the taliban provided an assassination attempt. this is a picture moments after a convoy was attack the in kabul. the incident comes a week after a suicide bomber attacked the police headquarters. >> a clarification from the police chief of ferguson, missouri. tom jackson said that officer darren wilson could return to the police force if he's not indicted. the grand jury is expected in the coming days. john terrett joins us from ferguson good morning to you, what is the police chief saying now. >> good morning. hey. well, what a sea change we have had in the past 24 hours.

yesterday, saturday, the police chief in ferguson, tom jackson quoted widely in the media, that in the event the grand jury does not indict 28-year-old officer darren wilson, he could return to work immediately, active duty immediately. now on sunday morning, clarification from the same police chief saying legally speaking while it's true the officer could return to work if he's not indicted. if he returns to work, he could be subjected to internal police probe, which may or may not result in the termination of darren wilson's contract. >> that's interesting, it sound almost like a reaction to fears that this could cause more unrest should he be back on the streets. something that people are reacting to is yesterday's newly released video from the st louis post dispatch, showing officer wilson hours after the shooting walking around inside the police

station. we heard reaction from the community members yesterday, when he spoke to an assembly woman, how is michael brown's family reacting to the video. >> the video shows michael brown leaving the hospital. and almost immediate rehabilitation from the brown family. speaking through their attorneys, they say that the injuries seen on the officer in the video prove that the injuries described by the ferguson police force were exaggerated. saying there's no link between the interaction that took place when michael brown was shot, and the earlier convenience store robbery, and the system that must we changed is rigged in favour of law enforcement, and they await eager anticipation the decision to be handed down by the grabbed jury, which could come at any time. we can't say with certainty when that would be.

>> i would hope that they got to see the video, and they ask the same questions that everyone in america is asking today - where is the blown out orbital eye fracture. why is the police two hours later walking around normally in the police department with his lawyer. why isn't he at the hospital saying "i can't see." ? you don't have any of that. >> a great deal of passion, as you may expect. and there's a great deal of passion about this issue in ferguson. it is on everybody's minds in this town, and the immediate vicinity. there's a rumour, it's a strong one, that the decision will come today, sunday, but it is only a rumour, we'll have to wait and see. >> we'll keep our eyes out and ears open. thank you john terrett in ferguson. a surgeon stricken with ebola in sierra leone is in critical condition in a u.s. hospital. dr martin salia is receiving

treatment after arriving at a nebraska medical center on saturday. he was taken from a plane on a stretcher and placed in the bio-containment unit and will be treated with experimental drugs. >> we received word from the medical teams on the ground in sierra leone, and the flight crew transporting him, that he is extremely ill, possibly more ill than any of the patients that have been transported from west africa to the united states to be treated for ebola up to this point 44-year-old salia is a native of sierra leone, but is a permanent resident of the united states, the 10th ebola patient treated in america and the third at that nebraska medical center. >> day two of signing up to the affordable care act. this year is running smothly, except in washington state. software engineers are trying to fix the site because of a problem with tax credits. officials shut down the side within the first few hours of

enrolment on saturday. they hope to have it up and running today time for a check of the forecast. we turn to meteorologist kevin corriveau. >> good morning, it's warmer in the united states but not in washington. we are looking at snow to these areas, moving through chicago. you can see it might there. behind the system, we are looking at the temperatures below average, and i sound like a broken record, because we have been well below average for a week. bismark is at 10 degrees. when you factor in the windchill, you talk about minus 16, minus 17 in denver, we'll see minnesota staying below average this time of year. almost 25 degrees. >> thank you so much. >> the quality and safety of boeing's 737 is under the

microscope. >> and why some employs would never fly on the planes, that they are hoping to build plus, clashes over pete. why a christmas pageant in the netherlands turns violent coming up, we meet scientists developing new varieties of a wheat crop to feed an increasingly populated

planet. p almost two weeks after the government race in alaska, a winner has emerge the --

emerged a winner. walker is the first independent governor to become governor in alaska's history investigations are under way into a chemical spill at dupont. four brothers were killed. there was no health hazard to the community as the odour dissipated. >> bo boughner's dream liner has been dogged with problems. ever since it was unveiled. last year the plane was grounded because of safety concerns. they were so strong, in fact, that many boeing workers said they would never fly in a 787 themselves. will jordan vets. >> reporter: this is a boeing factory in south carolina. workers are establishing the product. the 787 dream liner. the footage reveals some have little faith in the plane they

build. >> you won't fly one. would you fly un of he is plane? is >> reporter: 15 workers asked randomly, 10 said they would not fly on the dream liner. are an employee captured the footage after contacting al jazeera, to tell us he had serious concerns about what he was seeing. at his request we changed his voice. >> with all the problems reported on the 787, 90% is swept away, hushed up. it's an iceberg. were. >> in another meeting a source told us workers are underskilled, uncaring and in some cases on drugs. >> i have seen a lot of things that should not go on at an airplane plant. people talking about doing

drugs, looking for drugs. over the course of a year al jazeera's investigative unit has spoken with a number of boeing engineers and machinists who have little faith in the dream liner, one shared documents in 2010 which showed boeing loosening requirements. managers tell engineers that they may require deviations. the company denies it weakens quality control. the documents alarmed the former president of the engineer's union, itself an engineer at the company for 32 years. >> they are shortchanging the engineering process to meet a

schedule. and they are not allowing quality control to do their job. >> how does it make you feel as a player. >> it just makes - i've been avoiding flying on a 787. i would avoid flying on a 787. boeing notes it does not signify authorisation to ship parts. it drug tests in line of policy and law. the number one focus we have at boeing continues the safe worthiness of an aeroplane and the quality of an aeroplane. the company denies it compromises safety or quality be sure to catch al jazeera broken dreams. >> boosting the world's wheat will introduce you to some

scientists who are paying it their mission to support more food for the wheat-growing population. plus, the hat expected to fetch half a million on the auction block. we'll tell you why, coming up next.

welcome back to al jazeera america i'm morgan radford,

thanks so much for joining us. coming up, we'll tell you why scientists are working to produce the world's wheat production, first the forecast with kevin corriveau. what is the week shaping up to look like? >> it will be a mess in the united states. i want to take you to europe. this is the very amazing video coming out of italy. look at gen weigh, the flooding going on there. unfortunately it has been deadly across the region, in the last several days they have seen a month's worth of rain. not just italy, switzerland, france as well. this is going to continue for the next couple of days. here in the states we are looking at bad weather coming into the north-east of the united states. first, snow across the great lakes, and we'll see the snow pushing to northern new england. across the south we see a rainy day. if you have travel plans from boston to new york, we could see

delays in the netherlands police arrest dozens of protesters at a children's festival over controversial character named black pete. the event celebrates with santa and sidekick black pete, often with black face. critics say it's steeped in racism. some participants painted their faces in other colours to show racial equality the u.s. shows the flu kills more every year than aides, tuberculosis and other diseases. adam raney introduces us to a scientist trying to boost food production. this man grew up on a small farm, growing corn, rice and wheat. he developed more than 480 varieties of wheat, that boosted world production of the staple crop by an estimated

200 million tonnes, and helped him win the world food prize. the challenge is to keep an increasing population fed on a planet with a rapidly changing climate. to do that he said it's vital small-scale formers are given the a.b.c. they need. >> they can do that. they need good seed, one seed. once a new seed is discovered. some of his colleagues go out. meet and train farmers. you can have the best faith you want. if you don't have a farmer put figure into a working sustainable system. much of the research is conducted here.

scientists work on developing new varieties, and testing ones in the field. a big breakthrough is a development of smaller wheat. now the challenge is greater. to produce wheat that can stand extreme weather brought on by climate change. a change that the world is ready to take on. >> people in france have the opportunity to own a little piece of history. more than 1,000 of napoleon's its are up for auction. one of his hat is expected to go for 500,000 dollars. monaco's royal family is selling the its to fund palace restoration. i'm morgan radford, that is it for this half hour. keep it here. stay tuned.

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breaking news overnight. i.s.i.l. releases a video that they say shows the beheading of american aid worker peter cassig. >> pass a bill i can sign on the issue. >> president obama talking tough from down under. reiterating that he will go at it alone on immigration reform if need be back tracking on his word. the police chief in missouri, changing his tune. and a new problem from the

volcano in hawaii. how the lava flow is impacting the health of people good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford. following breaking news on the fight against i.s.i.l. in iraq. a video released online reportedly showing the beheading of american aid worker, peter cassig. the 26-year-old was an iraqi war vet. he was captured more than a year ago and that's where he started. the white house tried to verify the video. officials released a statement saying: peter cassig's family released a statement saying they are awaiting confirmation, and imran khan has more from baghdad. >> this video was released

without warning a few hours ago. the types of accounts has been verified of releasing videos like this in the past. it came out just as president obama left the g20 summit. i don't think the timing has anything to do with it. there was a message within the video that peter cassig, the humanitarian aid worker who was beheaded was beheaded for two reasons, firstly he was an iraq war veteran, and he had come to iraq, and come to a muslim hand and killed muslims, and it was retribution for air strikes. it's interesting to note that peter cassig changed his name, had converted to islam, so as a muslim he died in a muslim land at the hands of muslim. >> this is something that will be looked at. who will be working to authent kate what is happening, and by

many who reacted to videos like this in the past, calling the islamic state a group that is un-islamic. expect strong reaction in the days. the family said they would like the privacy. they are working so see if the video can be authenticated. >> i.s.i.l. was a topic of conversation at a g20 meeting in australia. where president obama talked of the expanding presence in iraq, and discussed additional sanctions on russia over the crisis in ukraine. at home he defended his stance on immigration, and we could learn what it will look like for millions of illegal immigrants in the united states. ross shimabuku joins us with more. >> the president talked about immigration from his paul pit overseas. what has his message to

republicans. >> the message is simple - if the republicans don't want him to use his authority, they should give him a bill he should sign. he said he will not wait forever when he has the authority to fix the system. the plan considered is shielding, including parents of children who are citizens, and in the country for five years. the administration may expand the programme for illegal immigrants who came to the country as children, to give reprieve to 700,000 more people. the president says america cannot ignore the immigration problem, because illegal immigrantsar here living amongst us. >> if congress passes a law are that solves our border problems, improves the legal immigration system and provide a pathway for the 11 million here, working in the kitchens, in farms, i'll be

the first one to sign it john boehner vowed to fight the president tooth and nail, and there are also threats of blocked spending bills, and government shutdowns, this could get ugly, other ideas - suing the president if he exercised action. >> mitch mcconnell saying we will not go into a shutdown. things, as you said, could get hugly. >> thank you so much immigration is first up in weekend politics, coming up in half an hour. be sure to stay close. russia's president broke protocol and left the g20 summit early, and he was upset at the criticisms. scott heidler has the details. >> at the end of the two days an ambitious plan was announced - one that would boost the global economy by $2 trillion, this would happen by increasing trade

and infrastructure over the next five years. >> this year the g20 delivered real practical outcomes, and because of the efforts that the g20 has made this year, culminating in the last 48 hours, people right around the world are going to be better off. that is what it's all about. >> the prime minister said climate change would not be discussed at g20. but it made its way into the plan. >> prime minister abbott stuck to his promise that the communique from the summit would be three pages long. some feel what is in the document will be difficult to implement. if you have to stuff everything in an arc tray three payments, you inevitably say everything in generality. >> reporter: with the leaders of the world, at times it was overshadowed.

russia's involvement in ukraine was condemned. >> as a consequence we'll maintain economic isolation, while maintaining the possibility of a diplomatic solution. it is not our preference to see russia isolated the way it is. >> the talked about confrontation between tony abbott and vladimir putin never happened. >> translation: the ukranian situation in my view has a good chaps of a resolution, no matter how strange it may souped. the sanctions -- sound. the sanctions hurt those they are imposed on, and those who imposed them. >> reporter: later in the day the leaders departed, each with a challenge of selling the g20 ideas to their domestic audience. remaining debris from the mh17 in eastern ukraine will be sent to the netherlands for an indepth investigation. local ukranian crews pick up the

pieces. for months, malaysia airlines flight was shot down in july. 300 died. officials hoped it will help them figure out what happened. >> ukraine's president petro porashenko is suspending government services in rebel held areas, including schools, hospitals and other areas. harry fawcett reports. >> people in the ukraine are getting used to the reality brought about by president petro porashenko's decree. among the immediate effects were banking services being denied to breakaway parts of his country. we are getting reports of people shopping with credit cards and not being successful because the transactions are not accepted by banks based in the west of ukraine. as well as that, people are topping up the mobile phones, and not able to use the credit cards to do that at the terminals.

there are some immediate results of this decree. in some ways it's cementing what has been the case. there hasn't been a means of providing state institutions and services in the areas of ukraine for some months now. the donetsk people's republic, the self-proclaimed leadership is promising to pick up the slack and provide pensions and do more in terms of other services as well. that is still cech a work in progress. some question as to whether russia will step in and pick up the slack. vladimir putin promised to assist the whole of ukraine rise from its knees. he heavily criticized petro porashenko's move on saturday, saying it was a big mistake, and that essentially he was cementing the cutting off of part of his territory, a different view coming from kiev, they are not seeing much assistance in the offing from russia, they are talking about

more troops crossing the border. there are fears that the fragile ceasefire that has held is under threat, and they face losing more territory. >> russian president vladimir putin says a decision to cut services is a big mistake an afghan parliament member and outspoken critic. of the taliban survived an assassination attempt. this is her image, she was lightly injured, three civilians killed. the incident comes a week after a suicide bomber attacked the police headquarters in fluid situation in a town from which hundreds of nigerian school girls were abducted in april. chibok is now under government control. the announcement comes a day after boko haram took over the region, forcing thousands to flee for safety. >> speaking of safety,

ferguson's police chief is clarifying comments about officer darren wilson's job status. he said legally he would be able to return to work if he's not indicted by a grand jury. however the department can conduct its own investigation. the grand jury is expected to issue a verdict in the next few days, can you tell us, john terrett, how the community is researching for that? >> yes, i'm glad you mentioned that. i tell you, there's a strong rumour that the decision will be handed down today, sunday. we'll have to wait and see like everyone else. i will tell you that church services are being altered to reflect what is happening on the ground in ferguson, it's on everyone's mind. everyone's lips - everyone is concerned about it.

community training is going on over the region for people that want to protest police tactics, if it turns out that officer wilsons is not indicted, and there is trouble on the streets. we went to a training session yesterday, take a look. >> reporter: police advance on protesters, the intention intimidation. the protesters link arms and whisper words of love into the officers' ears. love, love, love. not real, of course, a lesson on how to protest police tactics, in case there's violence once the ferguson, missouri decision is known. >> black lives are not important. it's important that our friends see themselves as allies and freedom fighters. >> reporter: gatherings like this have been held in the st louis area, designed to show

people how to protest peacefully, and tends to bev heavy handed. such as these seen in mid-august after the death of unarmed black teenager michael brown. there are between 70 and 100 members of the public in this union hall. they are following on in the way of martin luther king, by training for nonviolence. what do these people hope to achieve by attending the session? >> i expect to be brushed up on nonviolent strategies that i learnt over the years. it's been a few years since i had to use them. >> we want to keep this as a loving atmosphere, and not particularly violent to anything - people or places. >> or to get dragged into it. >> right, or get dragged into it. >> no one knows what the grand

jury's decision will be, when it will come down, or if there'll be violent protests well, you know, the emphasis now moves to the churches, as i was saying a moment ago. again, it's peaceful protests, and the churches are going to alter their sermons in order to tell their congregations about what is happening on the ground in ferguson, and how to deal with it in the event there is violence following whatever decision the grand jury is, whenever it's handed down. >> you mentioned the community's potential reaction to this verdict, what about the reaction to the video. yesterday the st louis dispatch released video showing officer darren wilson hours after the shooting. how is michael brown's family reacting to seeing that video? the reaction from the family is

swift. it comes from the local station. it comes a few hours after shooting michael brown, and there's a version of it coming back. the brown family speaking through their attorneys say the injuries seen in the video shows the description of the injuries were exaggerated, and there's no link between the interaction that led to the death of michael brown and the convenience for robbery, and the system is linked in favour of law enforcement, and not in favour of citizens, saying that that must change. they are looking forward to the decision handed down by the grand jury with anticipation. >> john terrett joining us live this morning in ferguson, missouri. thank you for being with us. >> a surgeon stricken with ebola

in sierra leone is in critical condition in a u.s. hospital. dr martin salia is receiving treatment after arriving at nebraska medical center on saturday. he was taken off a plane on a stretcher, and placed in a bio-containment unit where he'll be treated with experimental drugs. >> we received word from medical teams on the ground, and flight crews, that he is ill, possibly more ill than any of the patients that had been transported from west africa to the united states to be treated for ebola up to this point. 44-year-old salia is a native, and a permanent res dent of the united states. he's the 10th ebola patient treated in america and the third at the nebraska medical center. >> speaking of health, this year is running smoothly, except in washington state. software engineers are trying to fix the health care website because of a problem with tax

credit. officials shut the site within the first few hours, but hope to have the site back up and running today. much of the weekend was covered in snow, and how the week was shaping up. >> yesterday we talked about the snow in colorado. take a look at the video of snow in colorado. i want to show you that. some of the highways coast down awes of snow and problems with infrastructure in the communities, what we'll see is know to the south, replaced by cold air. denver, 5 degrees, snow mushing towards oklahoma, and where we see the blue, that couldblue, t between 4-6 inches of snow.

to the south-east we have a thunderstorm. coming to louisiana, there are severe weather warnings. temperatures 62. if you travel, we expect delayed at the airport. >> calm in israel this morning after tel aviv opened access to the al-aqsa mosque concerns for the lava flow in hawaii. how it is affecting the health of people living close to the lava flow and warnings on soda and sugary drinks - we speak about the new plans.

good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. thank you for joining us, i'm morgan radford. an uneasy calm. last week, protests in the west bank prompted israel to step up

security. after months of restrictions, israel lifted a ban, allowing men of all ages into the complex. it's known as temple mount for jews. a former palestinian advisor and program director from middle eastern democracy from washington d.c. joins us. despite israel lifting these age restrictions on muslim access to the al-aqsa mosque. protests shifted to the west bank. why is that. is this the response of israeli settlement perhaps, has anger been building? >> it has been building. the settlement plan prove ebbed palestinians. more so the frequency of right wing jewish extremist attempts go into al-aqsa. into the compound. has provoked the gaza strip

could the violence in the west bank be contributed to the brigade, and ladies and gentlemenisticly, how could it compare as a fighting force? >> i don't think it can be attributed to the brigade. most of the protests are by young people. the brigades could organise 20% of it. it really is more of a reaction of the palestinian to the provocation and escalation and provocation, there's no sign that it is that organised. there may be tips on how to conduct those - those escalations in different places, but i don't think it's a well-thought out plan. >> it's interesting. i want to go back to what you

said about the palestinian rehabilitation do they want a return to talks or do they see armed opposition as their only option. ? >> palestinians are not interested in talks that don't get results. they want peace, they are skeptical that talks with the counter government will get results. the last 20-plus years of oslo have not been fruitful. the israeli operation has been entrenched and are skeptical of peace talks. the choice of fighting or using military means is on the table, but people are not sure that that is going to get the results. that is why we don't see a distinct movement one way for the other. how important is kerry's role in this. especially seeing binyamin netanyahu is not keen on john

kerry. is he in a position to help with talks. >> it's true, it's give for kerry to have influence, but they have a role with europe and the international community to put pressure on the various actors, whether israeli or non-israeli to come to a resolution. the u.s. has a role and leverage with a few of these actors. even if the israeli government sees binyamin netanyahu. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> well, in washington, protesters carrying out against a muslim prayer service at the national cathedral. >> jesus christ of our lord and save yore, we have built...

>> reporter: it was the first time the muslims were invited to lead their own prayers and organizers hoped to foster more acceptance of people of all regions. >> in the name of god, lover of piece and truth. in the name of god most gracious and most merciful, foim is washington national cathedral, conceived by episs coe pailions, aided by others and chartered by others to be a national people, a house of prayer far outline people 200 people attended and the cathedral hosted interfaith and muslim event in hawaii, the slow-moving hawaii could be a health hazard. it is making it hard for some residents to breathe. a lot of people have come in with respiratory problems, and the hot lava is spreading let's look at the

temperatures across the country. >> here in new york, we are looking better than what we did yesterday. by the time we get to midweek i'll show you how the textures will drop. first to europe and italy. this is images you would not associate with italy. we are looking at major flooding. in the region around genoa. a woman went missing in her car in flood waters. we are talking about flooding and land slides in switzerland and france. that's how big the storm is. the next storm is the one up here, coming through, bringing rain. we are talking 2-3 inches of rain coming into play. new york is a little warmer than yesterday. 39 degrees. things will go downhill fast tomorrow. from sunday to monday we'll see rain. temperatures looking better, but they are going down thank you so much.

china is taking the road into the future this weekend. the countries holding a contest for driverless cars. look at the spinning wheel spinning. drivers are judged on safety and speed. all cars developed at chinese universities and reach institutions. >> president obama is addressing the immigration debate while in australia. this assist republicans at home say they are ready for a fight. we'll break it down today in weekend politics. >> i don't think i'm racist. i struggle ... >> reporter: you think we are being swamped? >> yes immigration is an issue in britain. why a sweeping win can change the landscape of u.k. politics. the ninth ward recovering in my opinion years after hurricane katrina. why a plan for redevelopment has not seen overwhelming support. all that after the break.

i waited for over a year for speaker john boehner to bring a bill to the house. i can't wait until in perpetuity. >> that's president obama this morning, speaking to reporters in australia on the issue of immigration refarm. the president saying he will not wait for president obama to. joining me now is two strategists. thank you so much for joining us. but before we get right in to this executive order issue. let's take a listen to something else the president had to say. >> with respect to executive actions generally, the record will show that i have taken fewer executive actions than my

predecessors. what i think changed is the reaction of some of my friends to exercising normal and typical exercises of presidential authority. >> he's right about taking fewer executive actions. let's pull up the graph. it shows us that president obama had 191, clinton 364, george w bosch 291, and regan 391. he used the executive privileges fewer times than anyone else before him. why are the republicans up in arms now? >> this is an example where quality matters more than quantity. with record to immigration, the track record with respect to executive orders is not strong. >> how does it differ from regan to push. >> well, from a standpoint the

last time he took action led to children coming across the border, there was confusion in motion because of the executive order. >> that was under george w, was it not. >> the president tweaked it and made it so that the announcements given to the rest of the worlds came across. it was now in time for congress to take appropriate legislative steps to put along to the books that would solve the issue in an equitable way. i don't think an executive order for the president would help that. >> i want to hear what you have to say. >> republicans in the house have an opportunity to put legislation in place, and they opted not to. the democratic led semate passed the cir. they did so with republican

support in the senate. if folks remember that. the house republicans have not moved with the legislation. they have had months and months, over a year, to look at it and decide what they want to do and bring forth a plan. people asked john boehner over and over to just call a vote on immigration. let people decide. call a vote. why have we called the vote. the president has to act. in the congress refusing to act, the president needs to act. the president won't come over to the country if the president offered magnets. they were fleeing violence. that's why they came. people that know the country - it is extreme, it's overrun by gangs. >> do you agree that the president had to act, or is he acting because he had to prove he's not a lame duck president. >> we talked from a policy stand

n point why it had to be utilised. give congress an opportunity. they know they are under the gun with respect to immigration reform. allow speaker john boehner and majority leader to get the legislation past. >> but regan and bush both took executive action when it came to immigration. >> i understand that, this president took it as well. >> what makes it impeachable. that's the difference i have trouble understanding. >> in '86 when bush did it no one is calling for impeachment. >> i'm not going to defend anyone calling for the impeachment of the president for declining to do anything. the president is taking action if a new congress is seeded and offers up agenda reform is a

huge mistake and may come back to bite us. >> what does he need to do? >> he needs to go big and bold with immigration reform. the reality is the congress - a lot won by using immigration as a wedge issue. eric cantor lost because his opponent elected to his seat in the house ran on fighting against immigration reform. >> would this have been different. would it have had a different outcome in the mid terms, had he done this before. >> i'm one of the people that felt midterms was an uphill battle. it's the mat. it was not favourable to the democrats. from a foundation basic level. >> that's because of the president and his policy. >> i think the president may have helped mark udall in colorado, had he moved forward. at the same time it was democrats in the snates asking him not to move forward with the

executive order because they felt they would have helped him. he was responding to the party asking him to do that. with respect to the policy. why the senate - some of the seats could have been winnable. some of the sweets would be winnable. would it have kept the senate. speaking about a seat. mary landrieu threatened a veto. the republicans passed that. they passed the house. the notion that landrieu would be re-elected if it moves forward. she has a lot of issues in her history and state. i wouldn't say it's a key issue. louisiana is booming. i think there are a lot more issues at play in her state than the keystone pipeline. >> keystone is a slam dunk. it's unjust final that the peace

of legislation has not passed the president's test. it's the right thing to go for the any and jobs, and put america on a path to in depends. >> it's a way of getting oil through the country. >> it provide jobs and allows america to be more energy independent. >> and provide jobsism. >> yes, and not rely on countries that don't like us. >> don't you think it would create jobs. >> 35 permanent. do you know how many - if we rebuilt some unsafe bridges in this country, we have water infrastructure in this country at risk. if we are going to focus resources on anything, we should focus resources on the things that are immediate threats to our country, the fact that this pipeline is carrying some of the

dirtiest oil that will go out to other countries is not going to stay here. that is number one. number two, if you ask the ranchers and farmers whose homes and businesses are along the route. they don't want it there. they know what happened. number one people died, and livelihoods are disrupted. >> they are things that will be impacted. why not bit infrastructure. >> i want to go back to the bigger picture. with all of the things at play. president barack obama said i'll take mitch mcconnell's words that we will not lead to another shutdown. other republicans haven't ruled it out. john carlo has been naive. i don't think he's naive at all. every time the government shutdown, they know that politically and paid the prize.

they give truth to the conventional wisdom that some say the republicans ran out the clock. they did not have a path. shutting down the government is not a smart move. >> known what will happen. they have the right ideas. can ha rain in the republican. >> john boehner did it in the last congress. more so than behaviour. >> it didn't look easy. he has the hardest job in politics. if you look add the candidate elected. they were far from the fringe. the establishment struck back in the election. we have men and women in a house in senate. ready to leave. it will bring forth positive legislation in the country. >> will they leave? >> i think it will be a tough

road to hope for john boehner in the house, a lot of them were smarter, a lot of candidates kept their mouth shut. they didn't say things that were controversial, if you look at the past legislation when they served in state legs lat tours, scary stuff. it will be interesting to see what happened. >> speaking of scary stuff, pelosi responded to calls to step down. let's hear her response. >> aren't you getting a little old, mitch. shouldn't you step aside. have you ever asked him that question. have you ever asked. have any of you asked him that question. i don't under why that question should come up as i'm here as long as my members want me to be here. as long as there's a reason to be here. >> all right, i hope no one ever asks me if i'm too old for my job, or too young for that matter. do you think she overreacted.

>> i can give you 1,000 reasons why nancy pelosi shouldn't be elected minority leader in the house. her age is not one. the next part of the conversation trended into issues of sexism. the democratic party needs to stop beating the drum of the war on women theme. it didn't work for them earlier this month. it's not going to work for them any more. >> is it baseless? >> absolutely. look at the republicans and senators that republicans elected. there's no war on women past election day. they need to get over that. my friends do, on the other side of the aisle. and an issue that was outrageous that speaks to this. a double amputee war veteran, tammy, in her final trimester of pregnancy was not allowed to cast a vote for leadership by proxy. she could not fly because she was in the third trimester, and

nancy pelosi did not allow her to cast her vote. if you are not going to protect women in the works place and you are an extreme member, i don't want to hear about sexism when it comes to protecting your own seat in congress. >> their strong words. do you think there's a war an women in your own party? >> no, i do think both parties have issues with sexism still. i would say the issues are far greater on the republican side than on the democratic side. when you hear some of the comments and the republican party has been trying to clampdown these statements. we remember not so long ago, part of why some of these folks lost the first time around on the republican side, was people saying legitimate rape, and the woman's body has a way of shutting that thing down. nancy pelosi point - the problem on the right is that when you point out a legitimate example of gender based discrimination, a legitimate example of

race-based discrimination, a legitimate example of discrimination, you are the racist or the sexist for pointing it out. there should not be a gag order on whether you can call or point out legitimate forms of racism and sexism. people are not asking harry reid to the same extent whether he should step down, as they are asking nancy pelosi, that is a double standard. no matter how you dice it, spin it, it's a double standard. when republicans took control in 2010, they gerry mannedered the district. >> there's claims of double standards, especially when it comes. >> we have work to do in our party. we are committed to doing the work. and when you call it out, we don't get mad. >> thank you so much. always our pleasure to have you.

as you saw, one of the hot topics in weekend politics was the keystone pipeline. be sure to tune in to al jazeera america. that's form "boom or bust", take a look at the pipeline plan. we'll hear from those for and against the project immigration and nationalism are hot topics not just here in the united states, but the u.k. is dealing with its fair share. a political group called u.k. independence party or the u.k. ip wants the u.k. to leave the european union and wants tougher rules. the party is becoming increasingly popular. >> reporter: this is rochester, an hour south-east of london, looking like it did in 1850. many people think jolly old england has had it. >> that's why you kit looks like they'll win a second seat in

parliament. if you don't know, even if there are hardly any in rochester. >> you think the immigrants that come want to work... >> some of them are free loaders. you try to get into australia, you have to have a certain amount of money, a sponsor and they are choosy. we are not choosy at all. >> reporter: a lot of them are lazy, do you think? >> i don't think i'm racist, but i struggle with... >> reporter: you think you are being swamped, you think britain is a swamped. >> the more it goes on, the more of a swamp it will be. the more i look at footage, in the 50s. >> a lot of them come because the attraction are that they can scoop money. >> in the words of kennedy. what did kennedy say. what is the statement. >> no, no, no, don't ask what

the country can do for me, what can i do for my country. that is the nub of the issue. >> you kit claimed to be able to win anywhere. that is not true. the nationalism is as english as rochester, and scotland has almost no support. all the opinion polls suggest that it could win dozens of seats at the national elections, in exactly the same way that the scottish nationalists look likely in scotland. both suffering from disillusionment. that, because the scottic nationalists want more immigration as ukip wants less. that is why the debate over the you k's place, with the freedom of union it allows is a critical issue. the nationalist is terrified

that the success will lead to scotland. so much so that they pleaded to be exempt from future referendum. no one is listening. not even ukip. it's based around local democracy. >> scotland decided to stay within the british unions. it's at the british union. it makes the decision of whether we should be in the european union. we should never join europe, thou they can be forced out. by the national will. lawrence lee. al jazeera former british prime minister john major is cit sitting the independence party. it's called profoundly un-british. and the group is obtainment foreigner and anti-everything the governor's race in alaska ending, independent

candidate bill walker declared the winner, shouldn't purnell conceded saturday. it was too close to calm. walker is the first independent candidate to become governor in the alaskan initiative a ballot initiative for the district 9 was shot down. it was a defeat for the county trying to rebuild in my opinion years after hurricane katrina. more on why that initiative was defeated. >> reporter: the comeback of new orleans's lower 9th ward has been slow. fewer than half of its residents returned since hurricane katrina. in this low income community hardest hit by the storm, there are hundreds of vacant and blighted properties. >> here we are, nine years later still strugglingism >> reporter: vanessa was all but certain a new plan to spark the

neighbourhood would get support. >>. >> we were surprised. we thought it would pass. >> the measure did unanimously pass the state legislature and was signed by the governor. it called for the governor to rebuy and sell lots for $100, seen as an incentive to get people to move back and build. >> no developers, no realtors, no one is buying them. we are saying that we want to buy them. >> since the plan involves selling property below fair market value, state law required a change to louisiana's constitution. it needed voter improvement. voters rejected it 60 to 40%. >> they were bummed because they thought developers would buy the entire ninth ward. >> state representative wesley said some voters were misidea. >> there was a provision saying it could not happen, people had

issues that it would drive down property value. it would have 10 lots next to you that no one owns, and the grass 10 feet tall. >> i thought it was well intentioned. clumsily done. >> janet runs a think tank based in new orleans. she said many voters objected because the state was forcing the state to buy and sell property it doesn't currently own. >> it was forcing it to do so at a price, $100 a parcel. it doesn't cover the cost of processing. >> it is seen as a technicality, and plans to draw up a proposal to address concerns. >> we are continuing to fight. >> it's not a question. >> frustrated by the overall lack of the progress, neighbours in the lower ninth have been encouraged. >> seeing the center return, she

insists the growth can happen until more home owners return a new take on the battle against obese, call for warning labels on bottles of soda. we'll speak to him coming up next.

welcome back to al jazeera america, morgan, we are looking at the temperatures dropping. we haven't seen the last arctic outbreak. you can see where the new break is. this is where the frontal boundary is from minnesota all the way down to oklahoma. with that front, there is a lot of snow here. that will cause problems. current temperatures now with

the arctic outbreak. we are talking bismark, rapid city. minnesota at 10. we'll get up to 18 degrees. and we have wind behind that. that's dropping the temperatures. omaha you feel like minus 8. bundle up, it will be a cold day. >> mighty cold. thank you so much. the new york stayed law-maker is opposing legislation requiring soft drinks to come with a warning label. >> much the same was cigarette packs coming in warning labels. drinks carry the risks of obesity, diabetes and tooth deck a. joining us is new york state assembly men. let's take a look at some of the c.d.c. statistics. 34.9%, or 78.6 million americans are obese. costs for obesity is

147 million. breaking it down further, more black and hispanics obese, versus white and asians. bans in new york and california failed, why would the warning labels be different. >> we know attempts to fail and tax it failed as well. the industry back in 2010 when governor patterson was governor, they said we shouldn't tax it, we should leave to education. the c.b.c. had a report in august that mentioned that children born between 2000 and 2011 out of that demographic. 42,000 had diabetes, the statistics were startling. it's not increasing, but decreasing, and in terms of threat to children and communities of colour. now is the time to do something. in burkely they passed a tax on

sugary rebates and the referendum failed, they had 51% of the voting population in favour of it. >> the reality is that these statistics have been out for a while. is it that the soda lobby is too power. will they come after you. >> that's a large part of it. >> something that is important is we see it as not something where there are politicians going after the industry. i stood with the american diabetes association, and the heart association, and the group called the center for science and public interest to show that that is scientific concern. i think the industry had to respond. to realise that this is a health crisis. >> fortunately. many people can lose their life

from obesity leading to heart disease, stroke. you mentioned the problem is acute and black and brown communities, and low income communities. will this make a difference if there are not healthy lower priced alternatives in the communities. >> this is not the only answer. we have to look for lower priced alternatives and communities, by the same - that's a reason why soda is increased - they increased the ounces, it's accessible. but i don't think people realise that it's a 12 ounce can of coke. it has 12 teaspoons of sugar. we are letting people know. they drink it, tastes good, they don't realise the health implications. it's important that we address it. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning.

that's it for us here in new york. coming up in 2 minutes from our newsroom in doha, more on the conclusion of the g20 summit in australia, as world leaders come together to confront the i.s.i.l. threat. thank you for watching. i'll morgan radford have a great rest of your day.

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