>> now! >> they are running towards base... >>...explosions going off we're not quite sure... >> fault lines al jazeera america's emmy winning, investigative, documentary, series... >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris is a look at today ace top stories. ferguson protesters holding demonstrations in 30 cities across the country. >> the supreme court said the line between free speech and threats on social media. and a college football praye player found dead.

>> we begin with several developments in ferguson, equipping officers with cameras. at the same type protest times protests across the country, including here. we go to where residents are expressing anger and frustration. jonathan martin is live for us in ferguson. a lot of emotion on display. what's the latest? >> the tone of the meeting changed from when we saw you at 4:00 eastern. a lot of people outraged in expressing concern. we heard yelling and shouting from a lot of people in this meeting. mostly ferguson residents, 100 people inside. remember, 16 members of the community appointed by the governor to address some of

these social and economic issues, and oddly a lot of residents interrupted the meeting and said commissioners were spending too much time going over goals or reading resumés and not addressing issues. and some said that the governor did not show up for the first meeting. some said that they wished people cared about what was going on, and they said some of the commissioners don't seem to be aware of the real issues in ferguson. >> i haven't seen many of you out there. outside of when the cameras are here, outside of when there is a meeting. people are tired of meeting to meet. i know your hearts are in the right place. we're not trying to shoot you down, but how are you going to change things when people who don't understand us are at the top? >> we did hear from one lady who said, look, my business was

burned down during the protest. i have not heard from the mayor or from anybody in the community. she was upset about that. the tone of the meeting hadder has changed. the commissioner, as you can probably see in that video came behind the table where they were originally seated and came to the front closer to the crowd. that's what people here are saying. there seems to be a disconnect between what the commissioner and governors are trying to do and what they're thinking and wanting. >> you need to be full engagement on this one. how much authoritie authority will this commission have? >> tony, they're technically a pointean appointed body by the governor, but they'll meet for a year, come up with plans and make recommendations for the governor. they will also have a budget, and it's not clear what that budget will entail or what it

will be. >> i'm not sure what kind of sign it is if the governor was not there for the first meeting. thank you. president obama met with civil leaders to discuss the unrest. the president also announced how he was going to respond to questions raised by michael brown's shooting. the white house is asking congress for $263 million in response to the events in ferguson. >> well, tony, that's right. today it was all ferguson all the time. the president holding no fewer than three meetings, and some of those including civil rights application there is were members of the ferguson committee. the white house has come out with the initial proposals to deal with the underlying problems that led to the crisis of ferguson over the last four months.

$268million the president is going to ask congress. that's for training and other purposes. $75million is to buy 50,000 body cameras. this is at the heart of the dispute. the dispute of the grand jury testimony over the killing of michael brown, if those body cameras had been on the police, in particular former officer wilson, would the outcome be any different from that grand jury deliberation. some 50,000 cameras that the president wants to equip police around the country. he wants to to build truss between police and the community, and another controversy that emerged in the aftermath of the chaos on the streets. the military law enforcement, is there a streamline process for law enforcement to get some of

these armament, which many people consider far too heavy for police. with meetings planned and set forth many people are skeptical. this is what the president hads to say to the skeptics. >> there have been meetings, conversations, task forc forces, and nothing happens. what i try to describe to the people is why this time it will be different. part of the reason why this time it will be different is because the presiden president of the united states is deeply invested to making sure that this time it's different. >> reporter: for the last four months there have been calls for president obama to go to ferguson, to talk to the citizen there is on the ground, to get their take on what happened, and some of the problems that they see is part of the underlying causes of what has happened to their community. so far the white house has been non-committal and saying they

have no plans to go there, but they're not ruling it out. >> more outreach taking place in atlanta tonight. attorney general eric holder is speaking at a forum on race at ebenezer baptist church. robert? >> reporter: tony, we're expecting the attorney general to arrive in atlanta at any moment. the barricades are up and it's a backed house in the ebenezer church behind me. the music is playing. when the attorney general arrives he'll do a very small and quick round table with 20 different folks from police to community activists, to clenchy, and even some protesters as well. they're going to talk about some of the issues that lie ahead in this historic martin luther king church here. then he'll address the mastiff crowd inside, and he'll talk about where they go forward, how they open up a discussion to bring some of these issues to a level, a playing level where everyone understands, and

everyone can start working towards a better life here. >> robert, what are the people hoping for? what are they hoping comes out of this forum? >> well, you know, earlier today we talked to some of the leaders inside there. one major thing is that they want to see a demilitarization of the police. they also want to repeal stand your ground. they think it's too dangerous of a law. here in georgia, the guns, everywhere, the law that passed over the course of this past year they would like that repealed as well. they think it's inciting too much potential for violence anywhere in the state of georgia. they want body cams on all police officers, which as mike noted, is at the heart of the mike brown case. also, they want to hit race relations. that's a big theme here. a lot of folks here in atlanta, the beginnings were the

civil--were the civil war against prejudice started 50 years ago. they would like a more open, candid discussion to figure out how to make things better. they still feel many people here that it's not a fair shot here in this country. >> robert ray for us in atlanta. thank you. the nfl will not discipline st. louis rams players for afer bus son protest during pre-game introductions on sunday. five rams players did the hands up-don't shoot pose as they walked out on the tunnel in the game against the oakland raiders. the st. louis police officers association issued a letter condemning the players action. they said that the gesture was said to be something positive. many are comparing the rams protest to the 1968 black power salute. the men were photographed

raising their fists to oppose racism in mexico city. the supreme court heard arguments that will set free speech in the digital age and involves a man making threatening remarks to his estranged wife on facebook. this does not appear to be a simple case. >> it is not because this is a free speech case. at the heart of the constitution. tony, the justices have long given wide latitude to issues of free speak even when that speech is very offensive, and given that history some believe the court will be more likely to the guy who posted those threats on facebook saying they were not threats. but some of the justices are concerned about opening the floodgates to offensive language online. >> the case involves a pennsylvania man who took to facebook to post what he claimed

were rap lyrics, claiming to shoot his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking a fbi agent. he said about his wife. there is one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you. i'm not going to rest until your body is a mess. soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts. alarmed his wife got a protective order. but that did not stop it. fold up your protective order and put it in your pocket. is it thing enough to stop a bullet? elonis said that he was just eventing, a form of free speech. >> one thing that he said repeatedly, these aren't threats. one thing that he said again and again, these respec these

aren't threats. >> but his wife disagreed, and so did a jury, who sentenced him to four years in jail. >> where is the line speech protected by the first amendment and threatening speech. does the person have to intend to do harm or is it enough that a person should be fearful based on the threatening words. >> just as justice elena kagan said that we require a buffer zone so that even stuff that is wrongful may be permitted because we don't want to chill innocent behavior. but the postings were a threat to true harm a person which is not protected seat. and just as justice alito said its just wrap, it's entertainment, saying this

sounds like a road map of threatening a spouse and getting away with it. that's how domestic groups feels, worried that if elonis wins, it will open the floodgates. >> all those abusers who really didn't want to let go, who wanted to be able to hold on and continue to exert their power and control over their victim's lives will now have provided an additional method of doing that by the court. >> reporter: it's now in the hands of the court. the decision expected this spring. >> and we should say that there was a lot of talk in the court today of how the words are used in context. the chief justice actually included the rapper e eminen who put forward a song about his wife, talking about murdering her and dumping her body in the lake. could he be arrested?

no, he was singing this in front of an audience at a concert, so context matters. >> lisa, thank you. earlier i spoke to al jazeera legal contributor, and she talked about this case from the first amendment standpoint. >> at moment it's a classic first amendment case. my right to express yourself up against your right to feel safe. >> the protection from the abuse order and put it in your pocket. is it thick enough to stop a bullet. he said that is artistic expression. >> he said there is one way to love you and a thousand ways to kill. >> you artistic expression. here's the thing, as his attorneys pointed out day. from jump, he would link to the first amendment. he would link to eminen. he would link to other artists that had very similar lyrics,

sometimes parallel lyrics to his own, and he would reference his right to free expression. and he argues now that this was therapeutic, and never intended that he never intended to harm anyone. and the standard should be his subjective intent, not unreasonable person understanding of what he was saying. >> this sounds difficult to pars out. >> that's what the courts have to do, and that's why they wear the robes. >> any thoughts? >> well, it's tough. justice alito said, well, you could just make dres make threats and dress it up in rap lyrics. >> yes. >> and then justice sotomayor, very pro woman, will see the

domestic violence front, and will probably see it through the eyes of the victim. through those two book ends, i don't know what the other justices are going to do. very difficult t to predict this case, and i wouldn't go there and i would. >> there is a statute that prohibits threats on facebook. but the justices have to decide if it is a true threat or freedom of expression. demonstrators in hong kong have been warned not to come bac back to the streets, this after one of the worst scenes since the protests began. one student said he would go on a hunger strike until there are discussions with the government. nigerian boko haram is believed to be responsible for attacks in the northeastern part of the country.

authorities have not said what wa had happened in borno and yobe states. under state of emergency for the past 18 months due to the activity of boko haram in the area. the first took place in yobe state and in borno state. boko haram wants to send the message that they can carry out attacks in a large situat swaths of territory, or target soft targets, so to speak. of course, the government has the same boko hara boko haram

has been sustaining losses in its territories, and that may be why they're lashing out in near daily attacks over the past two weeks. in the end it's the people in the northeast who bear the brunt who suffer the most. 1.5million people have been displaced by those attacks. we've just visited some of the displaced people in the state, and we've seen the extent of their suffering, the extent of their plight. particularly among young children who east lost their parents in the killings sprees, or who have been separated from their parents as they flee from the attacks. >> a woman was shot while she stride to stab an israeli soldier. this expands frustration over peace talks. we have this update. >> reporter: the israeli army and police say they shot the

palestinian at the junction in the occupied west bank after she scratched an israeli secular with a knife. he did not need medical treatment. they say that she was in her early 20s and attempted to stab an israeli soldier before injuring the settlers. >> we were told that this one guy was stabbed in the neck, but it was very shallow. and he left the scene by himself and went home. we found a 20-year-old family who got shot by--i don't know by who, but she had a shooting wound, and medical force from idf, and went to treat her. she was injured, and the army ambulance evacuated her in very tough conditions. >> following the shooting the

israeli army raided the home near bethlehem. they arrested her father and fiancé. they ransacked the cub backwards. they croak the computer and rifled through papers and even stepped over the qur'an after it fell on the ground. >> the junction serves several areas in the west bank. it is even used for hitchhiking areas. the hostilities between palestinians and israelis in the occupied wist bank aren't new, but the newest wave of violence in jerusalem have led to more attacks here. although israel has expanded it's crackdown on palestinians it has not been able to stop these attacks. al jazeera, ramallah.

>> the u.n. agency says it has run out of money for the program and without it many will go hungry. it needs $64 million to help refugees in december alone. more than $3 million people fled israel since the up rising the assad regime began three years ago. ali velshi from "real money" is in next, and plus the cost of generic drugs skyrocketing, the upward trend coming up.

>> federal investigators say a manufacturing defect led to the grounding of boeing planes for months. short circuited batteries led to

overcontrol heating and that led to fires and smoke on the plane. crude oil prices are struggling to rebound after hitting a five-year low, and while low gas prices are saving americans some $60 billion at the pump, not everyone is celebrating the drop in prices. ali velshi is here with more on this. >> this is just not a common discussion in all of my years of discussing oil prices, we never really talk about this continued fall in prices. let's get the numbers out of the way. crude oil is up 4.3% today, up to $69 a barrel. it fell below $64 a barrel overnight. oil was trading at $105 to $107 in june. this comes after opec decided not to cut out normally when prices drop this month, owe beck decides to cut output.

when demand for oil lags, leader oil producers get together and try to figure out what to do. when i pack abou am talking about they, i'm talking about opec leaders and that is saudi arabia. they defend on the revenues from oil. so do iran and russia. russia is not a member of opec. in all, prices have dropped substantially, they've fallen 36% since peaking in june. praises at the pump down 25%, and expect gas prices to catch up and go down further. consumers in theory are the winners, and so are businesses whose costs go down when their cost that they make, and a lot of countries are struggling, and, tony, this is also bad news

for american oil drillers who cashed in on in fraking boon. >> i knew you were going to get into the whys and wherefores. >> we'll talk about the $13 billion business that is predicted to double by 2030. we're talking about great stories. i'll go and have dinner at 7:00 and a little later. >> ali, appreciate it. so fewer americans shop until they dropped over thanksgiving weekend. shopping was down 11% from the same weekend last year. the national retail federation said that the average person who bought some things spent just over $159. that is 10% less than what they spent last year. it wasn't a good cyber monday on

wall street thanks to lackluster thanksgiving sales. the do you was down more than 51 points. the nasdaq lost 64 points. the attorney general of the united states joining the discussion about ferguson police and race. and he's doing it in one of the most important places in the civil rights movement. that's next. and in power politics with david shuster a fall out after a communications direction after they take a shot at sasha and malia obama.

>> as we mentioned at the top of the newscast attorney general america holder is in atlanta talking with police and leaders

about building trust between the community and police. earlier i spoke with reverend rafael warnock, the senior pastor at ebenezer church where holder is speaking, and i asked him his thoughts about the protests erupting all over the country. >> you're seeing a new generation of activists, who have been awakened by this issue of police brutality. the flash point is michael brown in ferguson. but people who think this is all that this is about is missing the point. this is part of a larger narrative of what we've been dealing with of police brutality. >> you have a vigil coming up tonight. what are you expecting? >> well, we started planning this town hall a couple of weeks ago. we were awaiting the decision out of ferguson. i said to my staff and others regardless of the decision this

is an important point in our country's history. we needed to bring everyone together at ebenezer, the house of martin luther king jr. to talk about this issue. here we are, as it turns out, on a day that market the 59th anniversary of the montgomery bus boycott. that was a movement that changed the nation. years later our criminal system in terms of outcome for young african-american men especially is worse now than it was then. so while ferguson is a local situation, it's really a national issue. >> attorney general holder will be speaking at the town hall tonight. what are your thoughts about what government can do to make reforms in policing practices, race relations, and i know the president is starting to craft an executive order that will

earmark something in the neighborhood of $263 million for body cameras and police training, one of the steps that the government can take to make reforms in the country and change the way people think about communities and police. >> that is essential. we're talking about equal protection under the law. that's basic to what it means to what it means to be an american citizen. i think that's a step in the right direction. i think as police brutality goes down considerably, not only does it protect citizens, it protects the police. i think that's a welcome development, but there are other things that can be done as well. i'm a big advocate of community policing. i think that when the police are

embedded, if you will, in the community, if the citizens feel like they're a part of them it lessons thed a verb the adversarial . >> the land of the free is the prison capitol of the world. we warehouse 35% of the prisoners in the world. most of those prisons are filled up over 50% of the prisons are filled up with african-americans or with 50% of the prison

population, i should say. so this is an important issue. michael brown, like trayvon martin, is a young black man who in my mind is victimized by a deadly cocktail of systemic injustice, in which african-americans are disproportionately locked up into our system. they come out social pariahs. they have to check the box that makes them unemployable. they're stigmatized, as a result of that victimized by police violence, and in the case of trayvon martin, victimized by someone posing as the police. we can do better than this, it is time for a new and better america. >> that was reverend rafael warnock at the ebenezer baptist

church. there have been big items and intriguing dynamics today. >> lame duck lawmakers returned to washington facing a large agenda. the to do list includes keeping the government running into the new year. the current funding resolution expires in ten days, decembe december 11th. they will try to settle on the details this week, but several conservatives, including house republicans steve king, want to shut down the government over the president's executive action on immigration reform. john boehner is trying to convince them that it would an huge mistake. some of the other items on the congressional agenda, including renewing tax breaks for businesses, and the annual defense authorization bill,

negotiators remain at odds with two weeks to go with the pentagon's cost-saving proposals to trim military benefits. there are six days to the louisiana senate race. conservative groups supporting cassidy produced a new television ad hammering president obama over his executive edge. >> what if they held an election, and america's president said it didn't count. rather than listening to the voters about a new election or talking to members of congress or democratic members of congress, that president decided that if the congress or the people wouldn't approve of what he wanted to do, then he would just do it any way. >> president obama may be the least of mary lan drew's problems. the democrat is down by 12 points. her campaign is running a radio

ad that harms their response to the president. >> they show the president so much disrespect. they even sued him and if cassidy wins they'll impeach him. >> he and cassidy will meet tonight in a face-to-face deba debate. the senate race is a top item. hillary clinton is headlining a fundraiser for landrieu's campaign. and jeb bush is leading a fundraiser for cassidy's campaign. they're expected to make formal announcements about 2016 early next year. one high profile democrat took an intriguing shot at hillary clinton. duvall patrick said that he will not run for president in 2016. he appeared on nbc's "meet the

press." >> he has been an extraordinary public servant, and would be a terrific candidate for president. but i think that the narrative that it is inevitable is off putting to regular voters. i don't mean that as a criticism of her. i think that people read inevitability as entitlement, and people want and ought to want their candidates to sweat for the job. >> finally on capitol hill a house republican staffer is out of a job after criticizing's president obama's daughters. several media organizations noticed that sasha and malia seemed exasperated and board while their father spoke at the turkey pardon. they're teenagers and it's a turkey pardon. some took it further. on facebook, quote:

>> man. >> well, that created a firestorm. after considering prayer for several hours and talking to her parents she apologized for her comments and today she confirmed that she resigned. there is no pardon for for her. >> you're supposed to count to ten before you hit send. >> something like that. >> okay, david, appreciate it. let's go to a check of other news making headlines across america. ines is here for us. >> jury selection began in the case of the shooting death of a german exchange student. the defense attorneys are arguing the castle doctrine similar to stand your ground.

they say that he was protecting his home and family when he fired shots into his garage. the prosecutors said that he lured the 17-year-old by leaving a purse out and leaving doors partially opened. a mudslide closed a stretch of california's pacific coast highway. it covers a nine-mile stretch of the famed roadway in malibu. it stranded about a dozen vehicles. it could be another day before the highway reopens. no delays at chicago's o'hare or midway airports today, but it was a different story on thanksgiving. there was documentation of the delay. >> we've been here for seven hours. it took us an hour and 15 minutes to get through that long security line. >> more than 3,000 flights

around the country were delayed, and 200 canceled. for the first time in nearly 100 years you can soon by girl scout cookies on. >> okay. >> yes, it's rolling out digital cookers, selling thin mints and samoas and any other cookie by app or website. you can pay by credit card and have the goodies delivered to your door. the program begins in some areas this month and then elsewhere. >> they can knock on doors and you can also do it online. >> yes, 24/7. >> see you later. generic drugs are supposed to be cheap. but, in fact, the costs for these medicines have skyrocketed, and in some cases they've gone up 1,000%. it's not just customers feeling the pinch. we have reports. >> the doctor has owned this

pharmacy at columbia heights for over a decade, and he has never experienced anything like this before. >> we don't know how to explain it to the customers, but it is a big, drastic change. >> he serves almost 100 people a day, predominantly black and hispanic from low-income households in this d.c. area. the big drastic change he's talking about is the dramatic rise in the cost of generic drugs. sometimes as much as 100%. even 1,000 peppers spike. generic drugs account for 85% of all medicines dispensed here in the u.s. it's the lower prices that make them popular for both patients and insurers. ceo of the national community pharmacy association. he, too, is baffled by the price rise. >> that's the question, why are we seeing spikes in prices on

products that have been around for decades, and they're going up 1,000% overnight and payments to the pharmacies are staying the same. patients are left with the bill an. >> the price really rocketed. >> al jazeera. >> and you can catch more of that story on america tonight. that's at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. 6:00 p.m. specific. news surrounding the death of an ohio state football player. why he mentioned concussions in his final text to his mother. and a court cleared this couple in the death of their daughter, how the white house may get involved.

>> we're learning more about what led to the death to the death of a ohio state university football player. the police say that the 22-year-old's body was found in

a dumpster nearly a week after he disappeared. bisi onile-ere has more on this story. >> reporter: his mother told police that--his body was found near a dumpster near ohio state's campus. the college football player shot himself. >> we have recovered a firearm at the scene. the parents have been notified. at this time the investigation is ongoing. >> the discovery of his body brought an end to searching. but now his family begins the search for answers. his mother told police and

several media outlet that is around the time he disappeared wednesday the defensive tackle sent a text message apologizing for being an embarrassment, blaming concussions for his troubles. standing 6'5", weighing 235 pounds he was a wrestler for ohio state. he played football as a walk on this year. his family said that he had suffered several concussions, including one just last month, and often come plaine complained feeling confused. football coach urban meyer would not comment on karageorge's death. but he had this to say about his medical staff. >> this is the best medical people around. the way they attend to details.

>> this brings awareness to concussions and contact sports. players who have committed suicide have found signs of head trauma. they say it's too early to tell if this same condition led to this college athletes' death. >> this past summer the ncaa proposed spending millions of dollars on head trauma. >> thank you. janay rice spoke publicly today since the video surfaced showing her being hit by her husband ray rice. she said that the video did not accuratecally reflect the couple's marriage. >> that's the hardest part, not

having control over everything that had to do with you. it's natural for a human to come out and say that's not me. >> rice also said that her husband's team told her to apologize for her role. >> what the nfl needs to be focused on is the well-being and the physical safety and the economic security of victims of domestic violence, and instead what they now--more is clearer and clearer than ever. what they're really focused on is protecting their own image. >> after being suspended originally over the video, ray rice won his appeal and was allowed to rejoin the nfl. an american couple is stranded in qatar one day after a court overturned their conviction of starving their adopted daughter to death. they were stopped at the airport as they tried to leave. roxana saberi has the story for

us. >> tony, their situation is very tense right now, and they don't know why the qatar authorities are not allowing them to leave the country. they were accused of wrongdoing in their daughter's death. they denied the charge, and they said they want to return to the u.s. >> they are stuck in qatar, a day after an appeals court accused them of starving their adopted daughter to death. >> this has been a long and emotional trial for me and my family. grace and i wanting to home and be reunited with our son. >> the u.s. ambassador in qatar met them at the airport, and they were blocked from leaving. they said in a statement, saying: >> matt wong moved to it qatar with his wife and their three adopted children in 2012 to work

on the 2022 world cup. then in january last year their ordeal began. their daughter seen here in a home video died from dramatic weight loss. a court originally found the wongs of child endangerment, and sentenced them to three years in prison. they said that she suffered malnutrition from diseases since they adopted her from ghana at age four. >> this court that we believe is a sham. >> the case continued the couple sent their two sons to live with relatives in the u.s. when the court overturned their sentence on sunday they said they wanted to return home to be with their sons and to grieve the death of their daughter. secretary of state john kerry has asked authorities in qatar to help the couple return to the u.s. they said there is some paperwork that needs to be filed before the wongs can leave. >> when the case was overturned, the travel ban has not yet been

overturned. that's the issue at play, and one that we're working with all relevant folks to resolve. >> a firm representing the wongs said that they filed all the necessary paperwork to leave the country. and they were not at risk of being rearrested. we reached out to the qatar embassy here in the united states, but they said they would not respond at this time. >> sometimes these things take time. coming up two sisters fight back literally against the culture of harassment and assault. the viral video and reaction next. and then it is "real money with ali velshi." >> coming up on real un. sure these lower gas prices are great for your wallet, but there could be a down side for all of us. we're talking about the new cold war with the former president of the country that bought a real war with russia. all that and more on "real money."

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>> today marks world a.i.d.s. day, a new report says that last year the number of people newly infected with hiv was lower than the people who were hiv-positive and receiving treatment. for millions living with hiv, drug cocktails have been life savers, but now there are concerns those drugs might be helping the virus mutate. >> the hospital in milan is typical in the front lines in the battle against h.i.v. patients are here for one vital thing, anti-retro viral drugs. >> before i had to take four different kinds of pills, i was really scared. everyone knows that they bring a lot of problems. >> the drugs are chosen from 27 possible medications. typically a cocktail of three or

more of those drugs is given in a single dose. they're designed to suppress the virus in the body. but dr. levy, believes that the unchecked use of anti-retro viral drugs may help the drugs to mutate in a resistant form, one that we cannot treat. >> i'm quite concerned if we continue to advocate the use of the drugs in this country or in europe where they have the funds to do it, we may be breeding the eventual emerge against of something that can come back and haunt us. >> the drugs are given in large doses and in cocktails of three or more.

dr. shaefer said that most ant anti-retro viral cocktails remain effective. >> i think we're a long way off from this situation where hiv will become significantly more difficult to treat. >> but the center for disease control now reports only three in ten hiv americans have the virus under control. and in milan the doctors say developing new drugs is bleak. >> now we're in a phase where we don't have a lot of up coming drugs, so the targets are different. >> caat the moment the drugs are working, hopefully. i'm afraid of the future, and maybe some day they will stop working, and they will bring me other problems, you know, futu futurist think scare me right

now. >> for the moment is the strategy is to medicate as many people as possible. holding the virus off until someone finds a way to eradicate it. but that approach comes with risk. because eradication is something that doctors are convinced we're unlikely to see in decades. >> in india three men are under arrest following video of women fighting off their harassers. >> the two young women who were sisters are on a bus in the northern village, and they're seen here fending off three men who were reportedly harassing them moments literal. one of the women said it all started when one of the young women touched her sister and made kissing gestures. she told them to go away. he called for two other men to join him, and it escalated to what you see right here. >> where are the other knuckle heads. there is a guy in a white something or other. >> even the girl, she's using a

belt to fight against the young men. and notice the rest of the passenger who is are all just watching this, prompting comments on social media like this one, saying salute to brave hearts who stood against molestation and gave a fitting lesson to culprits. shameful that none in the bus stood up for them. and also weather while the sisters were thrashing the molesters on the bus, sadly others just watched. the worldwide attention prompted police to arrest the men in that video, and also the bus driver has been suspended for failing to do anything. and the government even announced that the sisters will receive now a cash reward of about $500 each for their actions. >> you know, that whole idea of bystanders not doing much while craziness ensues, it is not just an indian phenomenon. it happens all over the world. it certainly happens in new york. >> it sure does, and people are outraged about that, the men's actions.

>> absolutely. ines, appreciate it. that's all of our time for this news hour. i'm tony harris in new york city. you would like the latest on any of these stories from this news hour, head on over to our website. "real money with ali velshi" is next on al jazeera america. well, i bet you are loving these lower oil prices at the gus pump and why not? but get this, low oil prices could hurt us all in the long run. also the new cold war between russia and the west. i'll tell you why we should have seen it coming as far back as six years ago. and a worldwide raise to the stars, i'll show you how private companies are cashing in on space, and how america can stay in the