and now... questions answered... al jazeera america presents marco polo a very modern journey ♪ this is "al jazeera america," live from new york city. i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories: with the deadline fast approaching, talks with a nuclear deal with iran intentionfy in vienna. government forces try to secure the capitol. kurdish troops push back isil in kobane. >> the rhetoric lets up in the relationship between russia and the west.

our lead story, fading hope for a deal with iran over its 23450ush8ing program. a 6-month tentative agreement expires in two days. working on a deal to ease concerns iran could use the enrichment lab to produce nuclear weapons. ran insists it only wants fuel reactors for energy and medical applications. secretary of state john kerry says there is a lot to be done to finalize a deal by monday. >> we are working hard. we hope we are making careful progress but we have big gaps. we still have some serious gaps which we are working to close. the good thing is that p5 plus 1 are united and working in concert, and we are simply going to not say anything substantive about the discussions while they

are going on. >> the tentative agreement expiring monday is with iran and the p5 plus 1. >> includes the u.s., russia,shine, france, the united king .com and germany. iran agreed to rule back parts of the new orleans well for release from some of the sanctions. the interim agreement went into effect on january 20thtion, 2014 and expires monday. they talked about reducing the nuclear program for 11 years now. what's at stake from nick schifrin in jerusalem. >> reporter: more than a decade, iran built a vast nuclear infrastructure. it could be for peaceful energy or components of a nuclear weapon. this weekend may be the last best chance to make a deal that president obama regularly references in his messages to the iranian people. >> iran would have access to peaceful nuclear energy, and we will have addressed peacefully with diplomacy one of the greatest challenges to international peace and security. >> the u.s. hopes to block

iran's three poten cial paths to a weapon, plutonium. at the heavy water reactor, reinian: the u.s. hopes to reduce the hidden plants. a sko vert path, the u.s.thopes monitors get enough access to know if iran secretly starts creating a weapon. >> if iran wants top resolve the differences with the international community and facilitate the lifting of an economic sanction, it will have no better chance than between now and november 24th. >> if a deal gets made, iran will get a massive economic boost, removing sanctions would give iran access to $120,000,000,000 in overseas accounts and 40 billion with the oil sales every year. iranian students would be able to study in the west, and iran would become more of a regional power which sanctions have helped prevent. >> sanctions are the most important part of the problem. they are illegal in nature. they must be removed. they have not produced any

positive result. >> iran wouldn't have to do? destroy nuclear infrastructure. >> that's where opponents pounce. >> the idea of giving an enrichment capability to the iranians, given 30 years of lying, deceit and recent tweets about an aisleating israel to me is insane. >> don't sign a deal with iran that will enable them. >> yesterday, a press conference was called. israel wants the u.s. to eliminate iran'sability to research and communicate with nuclear north korea ea. >> if these loopholes are not totally closed t enables the iranians to make the agreement meaningless in the future. >> sdpoor at a time critics, for eleven years, the u.s., iran and the eu have been negotiating. they know the details well. whether they can make a deal is anything but clear. >> that was nick sheeve written

reporting there ironically, it was the u.s. that helped iran launch the nuclear program almost 50 years ago. patricia sabgra reports. >> with this parliament mind him... >> 1953, iran's democratically elected prime minister is overthrown in a coup organized by the cia clearing the way for close tucker energy ties between washington and iranian monarch. in 1967, the u.s. provides ran with the first nuclear research reactor. but in 1979, u.s.-iranian relations melt do you know. the that is toppled in a revolution that brings komeini to power and holds 52 hostages for 44 days. he shuts down ran -- iran's nuclear program to restart it

1994 during the height of the ran-iraq war. in 1992, israel raises the alarm, claiming iran is on track to have nuclear weapons by the end of the decade, a warning echoed through the corridors of washington. >> iran aggressively pursues these and exports terror. george w. bush la bles iran answers an axis of evil. an exiled iranian opposition group claims tehran has clandestinely built a heavy water plant. in 2003, international inspectors find traces of enriched weapons grade uranian. tehran agrees to suspend the enrichment program and allow unannounced inspections. but in 2006,newal elected hard line presidentm mahmoud ahmadinejad am sees a vote on

iran. november, 20s november, 20s 11, president obama. a break through with iran agreeing to curb portions of its nuclear program in exchange for a partial lifting of sanctions. with a deadline in the latest

round of talks looming, opinion is divided whether accord could be reached you. iran's hist with the u.s. is bound to enter a new phase, patricia sabga, al jazeera. troop there for training and for counter terrorism with al-qaeda. the president decided to authorize a more expansive mission for the military. it ensures a direct role in fighting in the war-ravaged country for at least another year. after sending 12 years, audi national mohammed al razani. the pentagon says he will take part in a saudi program to rehabilitate militants. the 13th person released this

year. a report by the house intelligence committee says the cia and the u.s. military acted appropriately during attacks on the facilities in benjamghazi t years ago. it dismissed allegations that the public was misled. the report found security was lax at the state department facility. ambassador christopher stevens and three others were killed in that attack. the siege of kobane, seized control of six buildings as well as you a cache of weapons and ammunition. this has been going on for more than two months. u.s. has pummeled targets in and around the town. tens of thousands have fled to regyou've e camps in turkey and eastern syria. further south, fighting between the syrian army and rebels in several areas of the country.

government forces have been trying to drive rebels out ant the cease-fire line dividing syria from the israeli occupied golan heights. they are caught between opposing forces. kim vinnell reports. >> the fight to control the southwestern prove incident is fierce. separating syria and the israeli occupied golan heights. now, villagers inside the demil tarized zone are coming under attack from syrian forces. u.n. peacekeepers retreated to the israeli site of the cease-fire line in september after syrian rebels took control of the only crossing. those living or taking refuge inside the cease-fire zone hoped they would be safe. >> this is the result. i am a civilian. i lost my eye. i also lost my hand the . i have been treated here in the

hospital but i need to go abroad as doctors there might be able to do something better for my case. we don't have the medicines h e here. >> the crossing is a gateway from the west into damascus that lines 65 kilometers to the north. an alliance of rebel fighters control most of the area. the regime isn't giving up. refugees trying to flee the fighting are forced into the countryside when nothing is easy. is. >> we need to buy everything. we need to buy water, bread, clothing and everything. we need to buy, but we don't have money. >> many here don't take sides and are angry both at the regime for the bombardment and the opposition for failing to keep its word. neither able to help those caught in the middle with a struggle for survival continuing. al jazeera.

vice president joe biden pledged $135 million in humanitarian aid to syria today. speaking from istanbul earlier, he expressed continuing support for neighboring turkey. >> we have devoted, because of what turksey doing, we have been able to devote roughly a little over $3,000,000,000 to this effort including $200 million to tissuing which is not nearly the cost they are incurring but collectively, we are working to deal with the humanitarian crisis in turkey, the largest burden of that being thrust upon the turkish people. >> meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators protested against biden's visit. the really was organized by the youth association of turkey, the same group for harassing three u.s. soldiers a week ago in istanbul. in mexico, officials arrested a former deputy police director in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students. it is the latest in a string of arizona that include another mayor and other former law

enforcement. protests turned violent this week. thousands clashed with riot police armed with tear grass. they have been demonstrating on and off for a few weeks now. they want the government to do more to find the students. prosecute orders say police handed over the students to a gang to be killed. this happened in iguala in late september. crime and corruption are rampant in the area, which is near the resort town of acapulco. the u.s. is warning americans not to travel there because of the increase in violence and unrest within the community. protesters have blocked highways, hijacked buses and blockaded the airport. join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern as we take a deeper look at the growing violence in mexico. >> that's tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific. tension is growing in ferguson, missouri. people are waiting to hear the grand jury whether they will announce whether criminal charges should be filed in the death of michael brown last summer. people protesting in ferguson this week and that continues

today. robert ray joins us live from the streets of the suburb of st. louis. robert, what's happening there? >> richelle, good afternoon. you know, it's pouring rain right now. there are a few demonstrators, you can see, across the street. but that's it for right now. i mean when it's raining like this and the weather turns, don't expect a lot of people to come out tonight because of this weather. but over the course of the past three days, here in ferguson, there have been arrests. last night, three people. the night before, we had six people. of a five of those from out of town what time they are doing, basically, these protesters is they are just going in to the middle of the street across from the ferguson police department, which is behind me, and they are blockading the street so that no 1 can drive through. their motives and their tactics and motives, what they want to get out of that, that's unclear t doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to do that, but that's the situation here on the ground right now as we await for a grand jury decision. but we did just find this out:

the st. louis dispatch, the local newspaper here quoting sources that there will not be, according to them, any decision by the grand jury this weekend, and there is the possibility that they could come back on monday and reconvene, but that's still not confirmed. so, the town and the st. louis area still awaiting the grand jury to make a decision on whether the officer will be indicted on the murder of michael brown. richelle? >> officer darren wilson, we are talking about. so in the meantime, considering now, saying this may not happen until monday. what are officials doing to prepare the community for the response when we know what the grand jury has decided? >> well, i can tell you right now, yesterday, officials, councilmen, the police department came out and they had a press conference with some of the protest groups and they came out with sort of a proclamation of rules: 11 systems that will hopefully scale down any violence that could occur. so what happened in august doesn't happen again. they want peaceful protests.

some of the protesters and the police met and they don't want anything thrown or propelled at the police. they don't want the police throwing and propelling anything back at the protesters, and they want to make sure that all is well on the streets. i mean some of the ice thelated incidents over the courts of the past few days, we saw the police taking down some of the demonstrators on the ground. you know, again, those are isolated incidents. what the cameras don't show is what's happened before or even after, so we need to be very careful as far as our rush to judgment as to what's going on here in the streets of ferguson, richelle. >> absolutely. great perspective there, robert ray, live from ferguson. thank you. a new report on the sandy hook shooting. details how the gunman may have been apieced instead of being adequately treated for his mental health issues. a report by the state of connecticut says adam lansa's mother missed several opportunities to intervene. the report also questions whether the community gave adam lansa more leeway because he was white and affluent. coming up next on "al jazeera

america." a mats exer in kenya where people are killed because of their beliefs. a john lennon anthem is a new way to support children's campaign.

people were shot and killed by somali gunmen operating in kenya in mandera when a bus was stopped and non-muslims were ordered off and then shot. the bus was bound for niairobnairob the al shabaab group claimed responsibility. in africa, boko haram fighters attack a village in northeastern nigeria. it is not the first time the small town has been targeted. it was also attacked in august. this time, at least 50 people

were killed. the centers for disease control and prevention has an update of it countries with the most cases of ebola. nigh year i can't, over 7,000. sierra leon and 2000 in guinean have the disease over 15,000 all together. those can you 3 countries are get can help from the world food program that plans on providing nutritional feeds to families. human workers say in the early stages of ebola people have a better chance of surviving if they are well nourished. there are lots of a new atrocity. 200 women and girls say they have been the victims imdz of a mass rape at the hands of the sudanese army. dominic kaine has the story. >> to get to thabet is difficult. sometimes the only safe way in is with armed assistance. they escorted the media in to cover a scandal that has touched this village in the last three

weeks. it is said 20 girls have been subject to mass rape. allegations they deny. some women on the streets of thabit say nothing happened. >> we have heard about women, young and old, being raped in the village of thabet. we heard those people were not fair and critic, only willing to spread rumors. these claims of mass rapes are a big lie. the village is safe. those members have married our girls and relatives, not raped them. >> compare those comments with these given by a woman from the village to a darfur-based radio station >> translator: the soldiers beat up my husband very badly. they dragged him out of the house bleeding. then 4 others came in and started raping my daughters. they were screaming their father's name to come and rescue them. the rape lasted three hours. they did that to everyone, our

neighbors, everyone. >> the united nations first tried to send a team to investigate the allegations on the fourth of november. it's team was denied access to the village for almost a week. finally, they were allowed in but with a sizeable sudanese army presence. >> they found no evidence or information to confirm the allegations reported in the media. bangura added, however, there had been a heavy military presence during the team's visit, and she stress that had while the rape allegations remained unverified, in her view, it was not possible to conclude that no sexual violence took place. >> the u.n. team has tried to get back into thabet in the last few days and again has been refused access. the regional government in darfur denies this. >> we have nothing to hide. we are open for a free and independent investigation. what has happened there did not deserve an investigation because

everyone knows they deny their accusations. if there is an international investigation, we will go with it because we have nothing to hide. >> for the moment, it's not possible to prove what has really taken place in thabet. but the u.n. seems determined to try to find that. dominic kaine, al jazeera. >> in yemen, shi howthi fighters stormed the house of a leader. the attack was escaped without injury. they began after capturing sanaa in september. now, they a many are demanding government end the fighting. a report from sanaa. >> reporter: popular discontent with armed malitias is growing. protesters want shia houthi fighters to be put out of the capitol. four years ago, these protesters gathered here in the square calling for the government to step aside.

now, they feel betrayed. their revolution hijacked by malitias. traptran we want all of the malitias to pull out of the capitol. security forces must assume their responsibilities in securing the country. >> the government says its negotiating with the houthis to disarm the group and include its fighters in security of forces but the houthis insist that presence is crucial for yemen's peace and stability. a growing number of activists want the government to rein in all factions. >> the government must deploy the army and police to secure the country. we have launched a revolution in 20 tloeven build a civic nation. we will continue our fights until our demands for a country free of malitias are met. >> a fight that may not end any time soon. in albada province, footing between the howthis and sunni

tribesmen are allegedly backed by al-qaeda shows no signs of abating. >> the houthis had agreed to pull out once a government was formed. now that there is a new government, the shia group maintain that their military presence is the only guarantee against al-qaeda attacks. hashem ahelbarra, sanaa. >> a relationship with the u.s. and russia gets colder, the russians declaring the west wants regime change. >> tunisia is celebrating the democratic process of 27 candidates for tomorrow's presidential elections. you are watching ""al jazeera america."

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days. kerry says there are still big gaps. that's what he calls it. the talks leaving doubt about finalizing a deal by monday. north earn syria, the sees of kobane going in to its third month. kurdish forces say they have seized control of six buildings as well as a cache of ammunition. ire strikes have pummeled in and around that town. mexican officials arrested a former police director in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students. this comes as u.s. officials issue a travel warning to the southern townsend of acapulco. thousands of protesters have been clashing with mexican police and with the government to do more to find the missing students. tunisia angels will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new. it's fwlooen years since the revolution that brought democracy to tunisia and set off the arab spring for the first time move, there will be more than one name for a ballot. there are 27 candidates, in fact, in all. a lot of excitement about the

process. a report from tunisia. >> campaigning in tunisia's presidential election has been loud and lively. voters are looking forward to exercising their democratic right for the first time. >> we want someone who moves tunis forward and serves the country. >> i hope tunisial will get better and all tun easeians stand united. on the president who was deposed by a popular vote in 2011, it would have been almost impossible to run for the top job. now, candidates like this one are even free to address supporters near the ministry of interior, a symbol of the iron fist rule. for many, this is the first truly multi-candidate presidential election. in on every other presidential vote, there was really one candidate with any real chance of winning. as for containing this time around, it is some of the

liveliest this kuncountry has e had. there are 27 registered candidates, but some of them have holed up. most still running promise to create jobs. you according to some polls, the frontrunner is baji. the secular party won the most seats in the parliamentary elections last month. he was in the 1960s, speaker of parliament in the 1990s and a prime minister in 2011. he campaigned to restore the civility. second in the polls is the current president, mohammed malsulfi, a long time human rights activists who campaigns to champion the poor. other candidates remain in the

race, too, to prove all polls wrong. despite the fierce competition, some analysts believe the politics have matured in tunisia. >> all have a tendency for consensus regardless of who wins the presidency and form a national unity government. they seem to realize the social, economic and external dangers facing tunisia. >> people can't say who will win. there is talk after second round of voting, something that only a few years ago would have been difficult to imagine. al jazeera, tunnis. >> one of the hopefuls is a media to tycoon. a report. >> reporter: he is a multi-millionaire but he wants to show he is also one of the

people. he admits this is the first time he has ever been on a tram. he has led a privileged life growing up in exile in lib gambia. he is secretive about how he made his fortunate. some say he was close to the gadaffi family. other say it's success in oil and construction. >> do you think that you can actually change things in this country, or are you just in it for the business? >> no. no. my business is outside of this country. i am coming for change. >> his r i have a ls say he is only in tune ease i can't to amass more wealth but slim promise as president, em invest in the poorest regions. he has spent tennessee of thousands of dollars on his lavish campaign. here, he tries to visit a hospital but is turned away and told he can't canvas on public property. most of his supporters are young students or unemployed people. they believe he has a strong

economic plan. >> we support the program. we support ideas. we don't support money. >> that's the only thing. >> he is not buying your vote? >> no. no. no. their vote. >> he has been compared by some to italy's foreign prime minister sylvia belosconi. he has a big state in tun easeian media and owns club african. it's top of the tun easeian league. >> he has used his money and the popularity of his football team to lead his party to third place in the parliamentary elections but some people are concerned that he is more interested in running a business than a political organization. >> some observers say the next of politics and business needs to be restricted. >> he has the right to run. however, the only question is: do we have the institutional guarantees that whether he or any other candidate won't be the

next one. >> whatever happens, he has a role to play in tunisia's next government. his party's seats in parliament could be the deciding factor in a new coalition. nazani masheri, tunnis. >> joining us in washington, d.c., he is the president of the center and the study of islam and democracy. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. tunisia is undergoing a transition to democracy which no one ever said was easy. so how much is riding on these presidential elections? >> i think it's really amazing what's happening in tunisia. i am extremely happy and proud that tunisia. the arab spring in tunisia is making very good progress on the path to democracy. it shows that democracy is

possible in the arab world and in the islamic world. it hasn't been easy and we know that there are many challenges, but these presidential elections show that, you know, we can have a civil discourse. we can have discussions about programs, about political parties and tun easeian people will have the final word, the final say tomorrow in the elections. so this is really amazing. >> why has it gone relatively so much smoother in tunisia than other countries? >> there are many reasons. i think one of the main ones is that the fact that the tun easeian army is small and has stayed out of politics throughout its history for the last six years. the army has always stayed out of politics. tunisia has a good has women rights are well entrenched and

advanced in tunisia and tunisia is a very homogenous country. we don't have a lot of different tribes or languages or ethnic ethnicities or religious differences so i think tunisia is easier than in other countries. it is very important that democracy succeeds in tunisia because it will show that it is possible and that the different political tendencies can work together, can dialogue together and can come to compromises, can find the necessary compromises to governor together, you know. there is no one who can rule by himself in tunisia. >> let's talk more about working together. so, after the neto won quite a few quite a few e legs. one is secular, one is islamic. can they work together? how will they work together? >> yeah. the outcome of the last -- most

receipt legislative election was about a s about a month ago. tha i think we learned the let'son. all of the political parties have learned the lesson that there is not a single party that can rule or govern by itself. we have to work together and these two main parties have to build a national unity

government, have to work together, put aside their differences and focus on what's best for tunisia, what's best for the tun ea tunisian people. >> there is also a new constitution. how is that affecting life? >> yes. >> they are proud of their new constitution. it is progressive, a very democratic constitution. it took us two years. it was not easy to reach and to arrive at this constitution. it took us a lot of dialogue consensus-building efforts. everything had to participate in these die logs. thousands and thousands of meetings and dialogues storeach a constitution that represents all of the tun easeian people. at the end of the day, when we voted on the constitution, it was adopted by over 93% of the members of parliament

representing 20 different political parties. this is, i think, the most amazing and most important success of the tun easeian revolution so far. and the democratic transition in tunisia is that we were is able to reach a constitution that represents and that is accepted by all tun ea tun /* tunniseans it was very important that we took our time and we arrived at this important foundation for democracy. >> there is a lot ride okay this election because, as you said t could be a model for other countries. founder and president of the center of the study of islam and democracy. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> police used tear gas to break up political protests. they through rocks at police and lit small fires. they called for a boycott. separatists have been fighting

indian rule in cashmere since 1989. >> the country is in the middle after political crisis parliament has been in a deadlock over the choice of a president since may. it's the first time they have been without a president since it gained index. >> the new accusation by the russian foreign minister sergei le lerov. >> the west is making clear it does not want to try to change the policy of the russian federation which, in itself is an illusion. they want to change the regime did he have [ laughing ] >> [ laughing ] says economic sanctions against iran and north korea were dined not to harm their economy. thursday, president vladimir putin said they must guard against the ref likes that ousted other leaders. [ laughing ] 's comments seem to underscore a

deep chill with, what some analysts consider the possible beginning of a new cold war. it's part of a special series of reports. "real money's" ali velshi describes the focus of an island. >> three factors matter in real estate and geo politics: location, location, location. and for those interested in water front property with breathtaking views, plenty of wildlife and the potential for future riches, this island could be a hidden gem. up here in the high norwegian arctic, it seems like there is nothing but land, but very little of it is for sale save for one parcel on a mountain across the bay behind me. you can't even see it for all of the snow and the fog. what's interesting is a chinese businessman wants to buy that land. there is very little economic value in owning land up here today. so one wonders whether it's of

greater strategic value. but this isn't the only place here in svaalbard that's attracting interest. as tensions ramp up between russia and the west, an old soviet out post is drawing moscow's attention. to find out why, we jumped in a boat and headed there by way of the baren sea. here in this russian cold settlement, the hallmarks of a by gone soviet era are everywhere. >> maybe if you see a sentence with red leers, our goal is communism. of course, our goal was not communism today. just a memory for the period of russia. but like those old soviet days, the settlement still receives supplies and food imports from moscow. >> that's despite the fact that

the amount of coal produced here has declined dramatically over the years. but that doesn't mean barensburg isn't valuable. with 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its natural gas located in the arctic, many here in svalbard think it's holding on to it to keep occasions open. >> the politics of russia, the being here is very important for them. today in barentsberg only about 400 russians and ukrainians are left. after conflict erupted in ukraine, new tensions are emerging even here local officials fear fist fights over ukraine could break out 2010 russians and ukrainians deep inside these mines? >> it's difficult for me because my parents stayed there in ukraine. >> that's why it's very difficult. >> this new cold war is putting

strains on those like constantine chekolev who came to barentsburg after learning he could make nearly four times as much as he earned back in ukraine. so much like china's busy tycoons and russia's energy prospect orders, he moved to see it shape up as possibly a new battleground in a new cold war. >> skirm issues in ukraine saturday with ukrainian olds outside oft donetsk. the town in the eastern part of the country is a rebel stronghold. rebel commanders are trying to shore up their positions. 4300 people have been killed in the region since the violence began in april. food supplies in donetsk are running short and the donation of food and supplies by ukrainian aboutair businessman threw drew large crowds saturday. 12 had been set up throughout the town. pieces of malaysian air flight 17 are still being

recovered from the crash site. the airliner was shot down over ukraine in july. the rebellion had prevented recovery of the wreckage. piecing it together to if i out the exact cause. coming up on al jazeera, an american marine is able to walk to receive his medal of valueo. after the deluge of show, could be possible flooding in western new york state.

talking about full-time and i will be the first one to tell you, the only reason i am here is because of so many of you who have gotten me to the point where i am able to stand here and talk to you today. >> he is the first person to own a kind of robotic exo skeleton. remarkable. >> buffalo new york has a new

problem. as the snow melts, it will be the equivalent of six inches of rain. flood something a serious concern where strong drains are blocked by leaves. a flood watch that will last until wednesday. good afternoon. we are looking at another threat here across the great lakes that is freezing rain turning into rain as we go through the day. let's take a look at what's happening here across much of the eastern great lake. the lake-effect snow has ended. in place, we are going to be seeing temperatures beginning to warm up. the freezing rain coming in to play as we saw earlier now rain across much of the area and those temperatures, especially for buffalo, we are talking about 38, 39 degrees today. we don't expect to go back below freezing until later on in the week. the rain is going to be a significant problem for the rest of the day into tomorrow as well as here on monday.

so we are going to be seeing the snow get heavier and seeing flooding in case of a lot of places. here across texas, it is going to be the severe weather that has been erupting here from oklahoma all the way down toward brownsville. the major areas are going to be san antonio, corpus christi as well as up towards austin. large hail. it will be the possibility of toranados across the area. now, if you are out traveling on wednesday, one of the biggest travel days of the year, really, ohara not looking too bad. dallas not looking too booed as well. rain showers all the way to parts of florida. but in terms of temperatures, look at this. we are going to see temperatures fairly nice around the south. new york is going to be about 43. then o, on thanks giving, we are going to be seeing some snow up towards parts of wisconsin, up towards parts of montana as well. those temperatures on thanksgiving, we are going to see new york at 36, houston at 63 and los angeles at 77. >> kevin corveau there.

the festival in the fourth year exposing readers to the world's great literature and creating a market for talent. a report from daka. >> 20 years ago, a book written was banned for insulting islam. the author went into exile. but today, at the festival in dhaka, the written word is experiencing a revival. >> there has been no censorship in bangladesh. all of these books you are calling controversial, they are available right here, and on the grounds of bangala acadd me, an official institution. we haven't gone into the old way that we did, ban, ban, ban. >> it allows home grown talent to interact with a more global audience. >> here, we got to meet authors from other countries. we got to talk to them and exchange ideas. this brings a new perspective and our country needs it. >> the event is an opportunity

for people to get their first exposure to the giants of world literature. >> includes a native sun. a debut novel has been well received. he was born in a village in northeast bangladesh. he rec he wouldn't have achieved what he has if he would have remained there? >> i wonder about it all the time. i carry novina all the time. i am extremely lucky. my parents moved to britain, and i had opportunities. i am very conscious of how random luck has -- how it shapes every human life, and, in particular, mine. >> having grown up in poverty, he admits he is a bit uncomfortable being surrounded by intelligenceia. the book market brings literature to the masses. and the owners of these bookstores are fans of the event

even though they are not sure about its impact. >> these festivals are a good thing, but the in the boone world, there is more interest. a few weeks later, it's gone. not everyone will say that's necessarily bad. if the hey festival raises interest in time, even if it lasts a short time, a lot of book lovers would consider that a success. maher zafar, dhaka art dealers are celebrating a booming market in new york. next on "al jazeera america," what's driving collectors to the galleries?

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