union chief. but it's a comply indicated problem, so we will continue to search for a solution for the sake of all of our daughters. that is our show for today. >> lebanese officials of obtained the wife and son of isil's leader. >> a massacre in kenya, al shabab fighters sneak into a quarry forcing workers from their tents before killing dozens. we have the latest. >> president obama calling for reforms after the police shooting of michael brown and protestors across the country

walk out with their hands up. >> angry crowds take to the streets in mexico, demanding the president step down over the disappearance of 43 students. the corruption they claim is behind the violent gang problems. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm bell walt. lebanese officials are questioning the wife of al baghdadi, the man behind the deadly efforts behind islamic state of iraq and the levant . she is a syrian national. we have more from the valley in lebanon. >> we just heard this morning, we learned that both his wife and 9-year-old son has been arrested 10 days ago. the news was leaked to the press this morning. she's believed to be a syrian national and that they were picked up on the border, trying to cross from syria into lebanon. it's not clear yet which border

area, which crossing they were trying to cross into lebanon via. they are still held in military custody. she is likely to be continually questioned at the moment. it's not likely that al baghdadi has only one wife, but got tact that this has been leaked he to the press could indicate that authorities think there may be leverage. lets not forget that 26 lebanese solers are held by isil and the al-nusra front since august, putting lebanese authorities under pressure to get them back. perhaps the leaking of this information and knowing that al baghdadi's wife is in custody could give leverage to a potential swap in the future. >> let's go to washington. any reaction so far to the news? >> it's a little early here in

washington for any official reaction, but the pentagon has said all along that its strategy is to put as much pressure on isil as possible an all fronts. al baghdadi was targeted in a drone strike a while ago and it was thought at one point he might have been injured in that strike. the u.s. is also trying to pressure him financially and any psychological leverage they can pull. if it's true that his wife and child have been taken into custody, that's just one more pressure point, and again, as was mentioned, we don't know if this was his only wife, muslim law does allow men to marry up to four women and men from isil have been encouraged to marry more than once. there's no illusion that simply eliminating one person would end the threat. >> the f.b.i. is warning

american troops to isil might try to attack them a in the u.s., encouraging them to review their social media activity. has the f.b.i. explained what kind of postings they're worried about. >> this is a phenomenon of our age of social media and the way people are hyper connected these days. they're saying that soldiers could unwittingly leave a trail that the terrorists could follow and urges them to essentially erase their digital footprints. >> american soldiers are highly visible in many u.s. cities and airports especially with the holiday season in full swing. the f.b.i. and department of homeland security are taking steps to make them less of a target for terrorists, warning uniformed military personnel about the potential for isil carrying out attacks against them here on u.s. soil. >> this sounds like it's much more specific, it's organized, isis is choosing the attackers

and probably choosing the targets. >> in a recently released bulletin, military members have been told to scrub information on their social media accounts that could make them vulnerable to attacks, such as travel plans or information that could provide their location or help track them down. they're also being encouraged to take down photos of loved ones. >> i think people should be concerned. >> you just never know who's out there watching or hacking. >> while the winning is the first of its kind. >> information mining is a real threat. >> the navy through this video produced last year emphasized the threat. >> a post counting the days until th the next deployment. >> isil is currently recruiting u.s. based lone wolves sympathetic to the terror grube based on their on line postings. >> this is an environment that this particular enemy has proven adept at using and we don't want to give them anymore advantage

than they're already trying to gain. >> the warning cites to separate attacks in canada where uniformed soldiers were targeted by apparently isil supporters. coup cats maybe looking for current and former members of the u.s. military. >> this bulletin from the f.b.i. and department of homeland security just reiterates the message that the pentagon has been sending troops, namely that there are enemies out there that want to do them harm and they should be extra vigilant in making sure they don't help them do that. >> thank you. >> al shabab claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a quarry in kenya in a 19 city near the border with somalia. twenty gunman shot and killed 36 workers, all non-muslims. >> this all hours after gunmen hurled grenades and sprayed

bullets at a nightclub. >> we are in nairobi this morning. what are officials saying about the attack this morning? >> the president is just about to address the nation anytime this afternoon. he's going to be holding a televised press conference, talking about this issue. the government spokesperson sent a statement concerning the incident saying that there's going to be a more detailed statement to be issued. now the opposition also in the last half hour or so held a press conference basically criticizing the government approximately i'll read to you some of what the former prime minister of kenya said. he said that he called on the president to take his duties at head of state seriously, saying kenyans are victims of state failures. now it's very tense right now, people are afraid especially

non-muslims, non-somalis of the town that is dominated by kenyan somalis, so those who went to the town from other parts of the country to work there are very afraid, they are fleeing, headed to a military camp there, saying that they feel safer. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but this latest shooting is not far from where 28 bus passengers were killed last month. >> that's correct, it's about 15 kilometers from where that attack occurred. al shabab claimed responsibility for are that attack. that's why people are so angry. we have just come back from the town and saw for ourselves, we talked to the police. we went on patrol with them an they assured us that the police force there that security has been beefed up, everything is under control, that they are not going to be caught unaware again. it is a very vast county, the

border very porous, 700 kilometers of a border that is so hard to control, it was closed in 2007, but people have found other route to say bet get into towns and they are interlinked with trade between the towns. security forces are corrupt, it's very easy to buy your way into the country. here's a story we did about how challenging it is to control that border: >> mundara is said to be an entry point, suspects are believed to have carried out attacks in areas, many are believed to have passed through this border town. >> it is almost merging this with somalia and that remains a very, very big challenge. >> the border with somalia was officially closed in 2007. immigration officials only let

people in on humanitarian grounds but many crossed using unmanned routes. i am right at the border with somalia. if i take a few steps to this point, right hint me is somalia. the border is wide-open and that makes it very difficult to control people's movements here. >>al is that bonn fighters have been losing territory as somalia's government and african union forces fight them. forcing them to look for other areas further stout operate in, including this region. >> the government has set out to clear a buffer zone a few years ago. one of the things that kenyans expected was the entire length of the border between kenya and somalia would be patrolled by forces to make sure that they do

not infiltrate the country. that has not happen. >> they tell me the region's long history of ethnic violence could make it easy for some here to use the group to fight for their chance. >> people are very angry here, saying the government has failed to protect civilians, talking about government failure. they are very upset saying the security chief of the country needs to be fired, they are talking about police reforms and attacks have been happening, and this latest attack is just making people angrier and making the pressure for the government to perform even more. >> catherine, thank you very much. >> back in the u.s., anger still evident from coast-to-coast after a grand jury's decision not to indict former ferguson police officer darren wilson in the shooting of michael brown. demonstrators left their jobs

and classrooms monday as part of a hands up walk out protest. now the obama administration promises a series of police reforms, that as the new ferguson commission held a heated he first public meeting. jonathan martin is in ferguson, missouri, this morning. >> in this video, you can see that the commission lost control of the meeting and audience members took over. many were upset that the governor was not there. this is a commission he pointed 16 members to dig deep into social issues. they felt he should have been there to hear concerns. people have said that there was not enough time, they feel, for the public to get input. this meeting started at 12 noon yesterday, but the public not allowed to comment until

3:45 p.m. they felt they should have been a priority, the community input the first order of business. we felt people just felt that some of these commissioners, some of them are out of touch with the real issues facing ferguson. >> attorney general holder said the department of justice is working on a new set of standards to help prevent racial profiling by police. what else did mr. holder say? >> else said and reiterated that the justice department i go continuing its investigation into the death of michael brown but reminded the crowd that the bar is extremely high for federal civil rights cases. it seemed he was there to have a frank discussion about race and justice and said he will continue to have those types of discussion across the country, but wants to take those discussion and turn them into concrete action. >> there can be no question that michael brown's death was a

tragedy. since it occurred, it has parked a national conversation about the need to in still confidence in law enforcement and criminal just processes, the wrists that this tragedy exposed in ferguson and elsewhere must be addressed. >> at one point, a handful of protestors interrupted mr. holder during his speech. they were escorted out but he did in fact in a way praise them and said he felt that what they were doing, them chanting was a way of them expressing their passion and genuine concern about what's been going on. >> jonathan martin in ferguson, missouri, thank you. >> let's go to libby casey now in washington following the story there, the president hold that go meeting with civil rights activists and community members. he did so yesterday. tell us more. >> that's right, del. it was some familiar faces from the civil rights leadership, but also, some young people trying to affect change on the streets of ferguson. law enforcement was present, as

well and the president talked about what he called a simmering distrust that exists between too many law enforcement agencies and communities of color. here's what he's doing to try to improve things. he proposes a $263 million spending package. it would include more body-worn cameras, 50,000 of them to be used by police and the cost for that split with state and local governments, also expanding law enforcement training and resources to reform police departments. the president announced the creation of the task force on 21st century policing. this will be co chaired by the police commissioner of philadelphia, as well as a former assistant attorney general lori robinson now professor. >> increased safety while building trust can w. communities is the goal. >> the penalty wants to do something about the military style culture of police departments. how exactly does he propose to

do that. >> the white house is just trying to strike a balance between safety and sensitivity to communities concerned about the images of tanks rolling down the streets of ferguson, missouri. these programs provide military equipment to local law enforcement and while the penalty said he is concerned about the militarizizations, he is continuing the promise, but signing a executive order calling for democrats to work with civil rights groups and also local groups to try to recommend changes. >> i will be signing an executive order that specifies how we are going to make sure that that program is accountable, how we are going to make sure that program is transparent and how we are going to make sure that we are not building a militarized culture inside our local law enforcement. >> this comes after a report was

released yesterday breaking down just what this equipment is, where it's used and how communities may be benefiting from it, but the president acknowledging yesterday that there are concerns about perception. >> libby casey, thank you very much. >> coming up, we're going to talk about to a rapper who was in the meeting with the president last night. >> protestors are calling for the mexican president to resign. >> they say he isn't doing enough to find the 43 missing college students. >> >> anger returned to the streets of mexico city on president's second year in office. >> there's a group of anarchists setting stuff on fire and breaking the windows. >> it was mayhem.

thousands have taken to the streets to ask the mexican president to step down. a so-called mexican awakening with daily protests for the past two months. >> we're all affected by the government's wrongdoing. >> hundreds of riot police were deployed. they arrested demonstrators in a largely peaceful crowd. protestors counted out loud, a reference to 43 fellow students who were reportedly abducted by the police, handed to drug cartels and then allegedly massacred. it was the last straw and triggered a wave of outrage across the country directed at the head of the government. the president has announced reforms to tackle impunity and reign in alleged police

brutality. analysts believe he has never been under so much pressure. >> there's clearly a before and after. it's clear to we exposed the weakness of municipal government to say face organized crime. >> the students said the corruption goes all the way up to the president, they say his wife has been involved in a scandal for trying to buy a $7 million home from a company that the president has favored. the protest movement is growing and the slogan has become mr. president, 120 million mexicans reelected you, we can also get you fired. aljazeera, mexico city. >> mexico's drug war that left 100,000 people dead or missing since 2006. >> freezing rain, snow moving into the northeast today. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell for all the details. good morning. >> good morning. it was cool this morning after the mild weather yesterday, contributing to what we're

seeing. this front that moved through the country dropped temperatures into the northeast. a low pressure system is developing that will move in some warmer air overall of that, so what will come through the atmosphere warm as rain will then hit that layer of cold air at the surface, super cool it before it freezes on contact. that's why we're concerned today. places like pittsburgh at 27 degrees. the moisture will have a chance to freeze before hitting the ground. widespread, almost the entire northeast with the exception of right along the coastline is up under some sort of winter weather advisory. the predominant portion is for the freezing precipitation. farther to the north, could be snow. snow isn't the big problem here, it is definitely that moisture today into portions of tomorrow. i would think the freezing, this isn't going to be a major ice storm but even get slick spots can really be dangerous. >> anymore mitch, thank you. >> the leaders who started the pro democracy protests in hong

kong say they'll turn them receivers in. >> they're asking the crowds that are now blocking the streets to stand down. we have live in front of police headquarters with the latest developments for the movement. >> the investigation into the death of an ohio state football player now taking a close look at his brain, why the coroner wants to know if he suffered from post concussion trauma. >> the f.b.i. warning american businesses to take precautions to protect their computers from malware, the high profile attack causing concerns. >> $64 million is the big number of the day. >> the major catastrophe it represents for millions of syrian refugees.

>> today's big number $64 million, that's how much the u.n. urgently needs to feed syrian refer jesus. >> the money has simply run out. the world food program has shut down its operation in jordan, lebanon, iraq and turkey. >> 1.7 million refugees in those countries get their food from u.n. relief efforts.

it feeds 4 million inside syria. >> the co founders of the occupy movement are calling on protestors to retreat, all three saying they will turn themselves in to police wednesday. they initially led the pro democracy protest in hong kong. the group has pulled back as students continue demonstrations. let's go live now to the editor in chief of the harbor times joining us from hong kong. why are the protest leaders making this move? >> the leaders of the occupy central movement said they are going to turn them receivers in to the police tomorrow, although nobody really nose that the police are interested. they seem to have lost control in the early days. it feels like they're trying to close the cycle. their original plan was to occupy for maybe a day or two and then get arrested. that was their plan, but of course things got well out of hand and the students took the charge and it's been two months now, more than two months

students blocking streets and major arteries in hong kong. >> what are you witnessing on the streets today? >> today, people are really taking stock. we were just down visiting in the occupy areas and once again, people are giving speeches about democracy and about what they think the group should do next. there's a sense that the student groups might have lost their direction. joshua wong announced he is going on a hunger strike. we're going to have to wait and see if that gets to people, gets they're sympathy. >> the 18-year-old high school student, which has become iconic emergency movement. does this sort of mark the end potentially of this movement, the thinning of crowds? >> the crowds are thinning out, the weather has changed, temperatures have dropped here dramatically. it's going to get cold, it's winter time finally, but more than that. they made a big efforts sunday night to surround the government headquarters and hold that territory. they were met with fierce police

resistance, fiercer than we've seen the police using batons to crack skulls. it left people disheartened because they didn't hold the territory. they wonder what next. nobody seems to know what that is. there is a sense of a loss of direction. if they don't come up with something soon, they're going to lose a lot of support. >> live for us in hong kong, thank you. >> we are joined by jordan change, author of the coming collapse of cline in a, a frequent guest here. one of the protest leader, the high school student joshua wong declared he is going on that hunger strike. dig deeper into that. explain why he thinks that will work. >> what i think he's trying to do is cool the temperatures down. his announcement came hours after clashes between police and protestors sunday night and monday morning. that really hurt i think the students in terms of their popularity among people in hong kong. they've loft support because of that.

what joshua wong is doing is taking the temperature down and saying all i want is dialogue with the government and doing it in a way which is going to get sympathy from people in hong kong. this is really a counter move to what we saw with those clashes. >> you see how slim he is. you have to wonder about his health even went to four hours into a hunger strike. the protestors' basic demand is they don't want nominees to be vetted before elections. why does hong kong not want to budge? >> because if they budge in hong kong, they'll have to budge elsewhere inside the leaders republic, since the end of september, we've seen protests in shanghai, about four provinces, more than 400 people have been detained. nearly really worried about this. they to havent the protests in hong kong, because the more they continue, the move news will seep into china itself.

>> this poll was reds in mid november, finding that 55% of the people surveyed opposed occupy central and that more than four in five said they wanted the demonstrations to end. how do you explain that? >> i think people do not want to be inconvenienced and believe there might be a better way of trying to get a liberalization of the political system. they have disrupted traffic and daily life in honk cob, so this is an issue of how you go about it. it's not an issue of underlying grievances, because most in hong kong want more say in their lives. >> this may be impacting politics in taiwan, a break away province. the president announced he is stepping down after his party was trounced in elections last week. how are taiwanese voters watching events in hong kong.

>> they are certainly watching very closely. the president of china has specifically linked hong kong and taiwan, because the one country, two systems method of good morning hong kong, he said also apply to say taiwan, so he's the one who's linked it. people in taiwan are saying i don't want any part of that. >> the whole world is watching, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> a cold front is hitting the east and south. nicole mitchell is back with more on that. >> it's moved through the midwest. we were talking about this yesterday, but now all the way in the south, houston up through the northeast, as well. the deep southeast not quite getting into it yet, so if it lands on miami, it will be milder, but a lot of the country feeling this, new york to pittsburgh. twenty degrees cooler right now. this is the temperature change in the last 24 hours. then yesterday at this time, so it feels cold walk out the door.

not much wormup for today. >> president obama pledging hundreds of millions of dollars to supply police departments with body cameras. >> that's just one proposal that came from president obama's meetings with civil rights leaders and elected officials. activists and rapper t. dub o. was at that meeting and joins us live to talk about the proposals and if he thinks it will change the problems highlighted by ferguson. >> the captain of the concordia takes the stand. what he had to say about the day the cruise ship went down. >> the death toll from the deadly ignition switch problem. we'll have details about the latest problems with the automakers. >> a congressional staffer who bashed the obama girls is now looking for a new job. that's one of the stories caught in our global net.

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nairobi, where ken in a's president is speaking about the deadly attack at a quarry. police say a group of al shabab gunman killed 36 workers. welcome to al jazeera america. ahead this half hour, sent home from work for being pregnant. the supreme court set to take up a case involving an expectant mom told to take unpaid leave that could have white-reaching implications for millions of women. >> the price tag for generic drugs soaring. a look at what's behind the spike. >> athletes using their platform for social change from gloved 50s at the olympics a generation ago to hands up at the nfl this weekend. >> these are the stories we're fog for you. al shabab claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a quarry. 36 people were killed, bodies lined up. the gunman singled out and killed non-muslims. it comes after an take in a nightclub nearby. one was killed and 26 injured in

that attack. >> violent protests in mexico city, calling on the president to step down as he marks two years in office. thousands of people rallied across the country saying his administration is corrupt and they are upset over the handling of the presumed killing of 43 college students who are still missing. >> changing relations between the police and communities they work in, president obama is calling for money to provide body cameras for police. he is appointing a new task force to deal with issues that came out of the unrest in ferguson. he held meetings yesterday with law enforcement and civil rights leaders. an activist and rapper from st. louis joins us this morning from washington, d.c. you are in that meeting. are you optimistic and do you think from this point on that we're going to see positive change? >> i hope so, del. to be honest, the president is someone i followed for a while as far as his policies and beliefs and he's always felt

strongly with this issue, but at the same time, he can't wave his magic want and make things change. to me, most of the things that was proposed and focused on with the body cameras and putting together a task force is putting a bandaid over a bullet wound. a camera is not going to prevent an officer from deciding to murder an unarmed black person when they have the power to turn that camera off. >> did you like the answers that you got and did you think that they were honest answer to say your questions or political answers that you usually get when you go to washington? >> i think he was honest and open with us. he told us he was proud of us and completely supports what we're doing, told us what we should keep doing and things we need to acknowledge in our own community which we are already working on to fix, although we are working on -- >> what did you say, what did you ask him? >> i asked him how he felt about

the state of black people in the united states. i told him, i spoke for a city that was hopeless. he told us that in the last year, they've dropped crime by 10% federally, and nationwide, but in september, in st. louis, missouri, our murders had already surpassed the number from 2013, so i understand that he has a lot of policies and things that he's putting in place to help this nation but for some reason, it seems my certify is always overlooked. i'm pretty sure that's not his fault, it's probably our local leaders. >> let me be a scent particular. the president promised la teen knows that immigration would be his first priority. it took seven years in office for him to do that. can the african-american community wait that long for change? >> not at all. this is a generation of people who decided to take it up on their own to say we're tired, we're tired of being tired. we're tired of feeling hopeless, we want to feel hope.

we're hoping to feel hope and we're going to continue to fight. look where the fight got us. i sat in the oval office yesterday with the president, the first african-american president of the united states. i'm someone who doesn't have a college degree, a rapper and activist and sat in the office with the president due to what we're doing on the ground on the power of the people. people realize that what this fight, the world is watching and we're going to continue to fight. >> let's talk about that fight. the president is calling for 50,000 body cameras. it's going to take tens of millions of dollars. congress does not want to give the president anything he wants. are you going to take that protest to congress if congress does nothing. >> if necessary, yes, because i feel that all police departments nationwide should have body cameras, as well as dash cams. do they have the ability to turn

those cameras offer, as i said yes. this is something that they should have as far as standard equipment. i don't even believe that the federal government should have to pay for them. i believe that as much money as these local municipalities extort from traffic tickets and warrants and finds and false arrest, they should be able to provide for them on their own especially when they're upgrading to the 2014 and 2015 charges every time a new body comes out. >> you realizes the president and myself are more of the earth wind and fire generation, but i listen to the mix. thanks for being with us. >> no problem, thank you. >> the world bank said three west african countries hard hit by ebola face $2 billion in losses. the death toll is now 1,000 lower, just under 6,000. they say liberia miscounted the number of dead. in this country, president obama today will congratulate doctors

who orchestrated the first successful clinical trial for an ebola vaccine. >> ukraine and pressure forces reaches a deal expected to go into effect friday. the ukrainian military said three soldiers have been killed at the airport since sunday. the ceasefire deal fell apart after it took affect. >> an appeal has been launched of the egyptian decision for must be remember. it is called flawed as he was cleared on corruption charges and they dismissed murder charges against him, sparking widespread protests across the country. >> three years after the coast at a concordia, the captain is getting his day in court. >> he took to the witness stand for the first time. john joins us live with more that happened this morning. what happened in court? >> the remarkable thing about this, 100 years almost to the die since the titanic went down,

we have these remarkable pictures. two years on from that, the captain faces a laundry list have charges including manslaughter and abandoning ship. he said he looks forward to vindicating himself. this morning, the disgrades captain got that chance in the tuscan city 30 miles away from the site of the accident. he arrived 45 minutes late for his appearance. he is being tried alone and could get 20 years if convicted. five other crew members reached plea bargains in exchange for time served. the captain is accused of causing 32 deaths when the ship hit rocks and capsized in january of 2012. he always insisted he slipped into a life boat as the vessel of the civicking. other officers say he jump'd. defense attorneys claim no one died as a result of collision itself, instead blamed a backup

generator and water tight compartments that failed. he will face cross examination by more than 100 civil parties, including the mole dave i can'ten dancer he was on bridge with when the ship ran aground. they'd been having an affair and now she says the incident ruined her reputation. er faces a civil suit by the residents of the island. >> those i am manuals are incredible. thank you very much. >> in ohio, the medical examiner plans to test the brain of ohio's state football player, wanting to know if he suffered brain trauma connected to concussions. he was found dead of an apparent suicide. he had a history of sports related concussions. >> more fallout from sexual assault allegations against bill cosby. he rye signed from the temple university board of trustees. he was on the board more than 30 years. a dozen women have come forward that kass by drugged and

sexually assaulted them. >> the f.b.i. is putting businesses on notice as sony tries to recover from a crippling cyber attack putting big movies on line free of charge. >> federal officials warn it could happen to others. we have the latest. >> the f.b.i. put out that warning monday evening at that at the same time, there is reason to suspect that the perpetrators of the sony hacking may not be some private group of people, but rather the country of north korea. >> in the wake have the sony pictures hack attack last week that has that he cannen hollywood. >> every studio is terrified this could happen to them. >> the fib released a five page report warning that all u.s. based businesses should be worried and take precautions. the report says an unnamed company believed to be sony's base in california was attacked with malicious software that overrides all data on computer hard drives and prevents those computers from booting up.

the overwriting of the data files will make it costly if not impossible to recover the data using standard forensic methods. ♪ ♪ >> besides prioritying movies like annie and the fury, last week's data breach at sony has made public salary information for 17 top executives of sony pictures entertainment, including the c.e.o. michael linton. >> hello, north korea! >> there's been widespread speculation that north korea may be behind the attack. the country has expressed anger over sony's plans to release the interview, a comedy starring connect rogan as a journalist losing to kill kim jong-un. there is circumstantial evidence that makes north korea a suspect. some of the hackers software was

exiled in korean. authorities believe north korea was at least partially behind a similar attack that knocked out 30,000 computers at an ail conglomerate. north korea is not denying involvement in the sony attack. >> on friday, a north korean government website reportedly called the interview an evil act of provocation that deserved stern punishment. it should be noted that a group called the guardians of peace have publicly taken responsibility for sony attack. >> at least 35 people have died in crashes involving g.m. cars with defective ignition switches according to the attorney hired by g.m. to compensate the victims. he says 44 others have been seriously injured in those incidents. g.m. also announcing that it is recalling 316,000 distance and s.u.v.s from the 2006-2009 model years because of a problem with the low beam headlights.

>> one reliably low cost product that has seen prices skyrocket are generic drugs, some up 1000%. >> what is behind the hike and pharmacists caught in the middle. >> the doctor has owned this pharmacy in columbia heights for over a decade and never experienced anything like this before. >> we don't know how to explain it to the customers. it's a big, drastic change. >> he serves almost 100 people a day, predominantly blacks and hispanics from low income households in the metro d.c. neighborhood. the big drastic change is the dramatic rise in the cost of generic drugs. >> the generic price so high. >> sometimes at much as 100%, even 1000% spike. generic drugs account for 85% have all medicines dispensed in the u.s. it's the lower prices that make

them popular pour patients and insurers. it's a formula that's worked well, but a marketplace governed only by competition. a previous off a from johns hopkins studies health policy and management. >> when we have less competition, they can charge whatever they want. >> the n.e.a. of the national pharmacists association is baffled by the price rises. >> that's the question is why are we seeing these spikes in prices of products that have been around for decades and all of a sudden are going up 1,000, 2,000, 10000% overnight, and payments to the pharmacies staying the same. patients are left with the bill and pharmacies are left having to subs dies big gaps in payment and losing lots of money. >> community pharmacies are in a very difficult position, having to absorb the large amounts of money to acquire the drugs and

lower amounts paid. >> senators put this front and center. >> we wanted to know if there was a rational economic reason why patients saw these price increasers simply a question ever greed. >> someone's paying for these out of cost, if it's not the patient, it's going to be the employer or the taxpayer, and so someone's paying for it, no free lunches. >> the price really rocketed. >> aljazeera. >> experts say health insurance companies may raise premiums next year to account for increases in prices. you can watch america tonight right here on aljazeera america. >> let's look at some of the other stories caught in our global net. in florida, that hacker group anonymous threatened to crash fort lauderdales city website protesting recent laws that regulate feeding the homeless. we've been talking about those

laws in the global net. anonymous created a web traffic jam that kept people from accessing the city website as part of anonymous's occasional forays into social justice that the mayor said this attack will not change their position. >> no change. this is one people are talking about, congressional staff resigning after harsh facebook remarks about the president's daughters and their behavior at the annual turkey pardoning. the washington post said she apologized over the weekend, but critics said she went too far by turning the teens into clit well targets. she accused their dress of not being good. >> she didn't like what they were wearing? >> she didn't like what they were wearing, the way they were acting. others said it was a seven year mistake, because nobody has said anything about presidential children in this whitous. >> they are off limits, as they should be. >> in chile, marijuana has its

own channel, dedicated to all things cannabis said the goal of the channel is to win the goal for legalizing pot and focuses on the medicinal, cultural and spiritual aspects. >> i think we need to take a trip to chile. >> urge day became the first country with legalize marijuana. >> a not so special delivery for women in the workplace, a woman accused of telling u.p.s. of refusing to allow her to work during a peg nancy. now the battle is in the supreme court. >> we'll talk about the case, called a clear case of workplace discrimination. >> a planet you're never more than a few you're never more than a few minutes away from a check of away that lacks like earth, only bigger is one of today's discoveries.

>> astronomers spotted a super planet in another galaxy twice the diameter of earth. >> it is located 41 light years from the milky way surrounded by planets that orbit a star like hour sun. >> the supreme court weighing in on free speech on the internet. a man was sent to prison for threatening his wife on facebook. what's up for debate is whether he intended to act on his threats. arresting for someone for posting violent words maybe wrongful. justice alito said this looks like a roadmap for threatening a

spouse and getting away with it. justice aren't expected to decide the case until this summer. >> the supreme court poised to take on whether businesses should accommodate pregnant employees. the case involves a former u.p.s. worker named peggy young, that's her when she was pregnant in 2007 and told by her doctors not to lift heavier packages. u.p.s. put her on unpaid leave. she lost wages and health benefits. the nation's high court will examine the case beginning tomorrow. director of workplace justice for women at the national women's law centers joins us this morning. your center filed a brief in support of peggy young, first, thanks for being with us. women today as you know are the sole breadwinners in 40% of american families. what does current federal law say companies have to do to accommodate them during pregnancy. >> the pregnancy discrimination

act passed in 1978 clearly states pregnant workers need to be treated the same as workers who are similar in their ability to work. in peggy young's case, peggy was denied an accommodation. she asked for a listing restriction based on a doctor's note she brought in, but workers with on the job injuries at u.p.s., workers with disability, workers who lost their commercial driver's license due to driving was were all being accommodated, but peggy because she was pregnant was singled out in violation of the pregnancy discrimination act. that is not equal treatment. >> you talked about lifting restrictions. lets look at central functions for the job miss young had, pass a physical exam, move packages weighing up to 70 pounds and assess in moving packages weighing up to 150 pounds. business groups are asking why should the company pay a person

if they can't serve their basic job function? >> peggy asked for a slight adjustment to her job and u.p.s. is routinely making that same type of adjustment for other workers. in fact, u.p.s. announced that it's going to change its policy starting in 2015 to accommodate pregnant workers and that i think is the clearest statement one could ask for that this is something that businesses can easily do, and we know that most businesses want to be on the right side of history. pregnancy discrimination has been outlawed for 36 years yet still happening today. we hear from workers all across the country and particularly from workers in low wage and physically demanding jobs that they are being forced off the job over the need for the most minor workplace adjustments, so things like being able to stay off a high ladder, to carry a

water bottle in the workplace, to take an extra bathroom break, simply because they are pregnant, they are denied the adjustments that are being made for other workers. >> have you ever wondered whether requiring companies could potentially lead to fewer women being hired in the first place for these physical jobs. >> what we know is that women make up nearly half the workforce today. they're an essential part of hour economic engine. we need women in the workforce, and those same arguments that you suggest could be used to say that any group of people shouldn't be protected from discrimination rights because they won't be hired. what we know is that in fact 95% of americans agree that businesses should accommodate pregnant workers in the workplace. the truth is, most workers, women are working later into their pregnancies than ever

before and most pregnant women will never need any adjustment to their job duties at work, but. >> sorry, liz, we're going to have to leave it there, thank you for your insights. thanks a lot. >> i was reminded that i am right in between two women, i ale minority, so let's go to nicole mitchell and get another check of our forecast. >> a big story in california, let's get right to it. we have major rain coming onshore and this is the first time in quite a while we've seen it so widespread through the state. we've got a jet that continues to funnel the moisture in, widespread areas under already flood watches and warning ins is going to spread over the next couple days. northern portion of the state, could be widespread two to four-inches in the mountainous area, high winds and snow for the mountainous areas, as well. >> nfl players raising their hands in protest. >> what the st. louis rams did on the field to draw attention

to ferguson and how athletes have long used their high profiles to bring about change. >> gas prices falling at the pump. we'll look at winners and losers in a real money report. >> we are back in two minutes with more aljazeera news. well, at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we were starving just looking for a way to succeed. >> the first time that i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the ten freeway was kind of a no-man's land. >> he said, "ya know, we're selling it to the blacks, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops, you can sell to who every you want and when they start killing each other no body cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! we can make a fortune. >> he was maybe the biggest guy in la. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a very big operator.

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>> calling for change in the aftermath of ferguson, president obama reveals no proposal also for the nation's police department as protestors marsh out of schools and businesses nationwide. >> the isil leaders wife held. >> facing questions over the

plans to shield undocumented migrants. >> new questions approximate the consequences of brain injuries on the field. doctors want to know about the death of this how how state football player who suffered several concussions. good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. the obama administration this morning is pushing for police reform in the wake of the grand jury's decision and unrest in ferguson, missouri. >> the president wants to provide money for body cameras for police officers and is appointing a new task force. >> new guidelines to prevent racial profiling will be in place before eric holder steps down. >> demonstrations were held around the country, thousands of protestors walking out with hands held up. >> a meeting yesterday was meant to help ferguson find a way forward. doesn't look like it went smoothly. >> no, it started as a calm and

friendly meetinging but turned intense and combative as many residents who were here to get their voices out there felt the commission at least some of the members appointed by the governor were out of touch with real issues facing ferguson. >> at the first public meeting of the newly created ferguson commission, angry residents lashed out. >> i haven't seen many of you out there outside of when the cameras are here, outside of when there's a meeting. >> it lasted more than six hours and comes one week after a grand jury decided not to indict former police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. >> we are hurting. we don't expect you all to come up with a miracle. that's why we're here, to support you, but don't waste our time. >> the 16 member commission was appointed by missouri governor jay nixon to find solutions to issues that have ditched the community. >> this is not a ferguson problem, this is a university

problem throughout the state of missouri. >> u.s. torn general eric holder spoke about race and justice at ebeneezer baptist church, the same church where martin luther king, jr. approached 30 years ago. >> the investigation into the shooting death of michael brown as well as our investigation into allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns or practices by the ferguson police department remain ongoing and remain active. >> although his speech was interrupted. holder praised the protestors. >> what we saw there was a genuine expression of concern and involvement. >> hands up, don't shoot! >> on monday a day of walkouts across the country. in new york city, high school students left classes to marsh through the streets. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> on the harvard law school campus, hundreds of students staged a die-in and hundreds

marched through the nation's capitol and at one point formed a human chain shutting down traffic during rush hour. the nfl will not discipline rams teammates who held their hands up in the don't shoot pose before the game sunday. >> as far as the choice the players made, no, they're exercising their rights to free speech. the st. louis police department is calling for the players to poppies and be reprimanded. >> i was in that entire ferguson commission meeting and toward the end, we did notice that the tone of the meeting did calm down a bit and started to change with even some of of the commissioners coming from behind the table and coming and sitting out with audience members, some of the community members. we saw commission members take off their suit jackets and loosen their ties. the feeling from people in the community is they want to have faith that this commission can bring about change but right now feel a disconnect between people in the community who are tasked with bringing about the change

and some of the people out here really a if i say if aing tougher issues every day. >> roll up the shirtsleeves and start getting stuff done. speaking of that, eric holder, the attorney general is promising more than just a federal investigation in ferguson. what else is he saying? >> last night, as he met at ebeneezer baptist church i have atlanta, he announced in the coming days he will announce new federal guise lines as it comes to racial profiling opinion it's not clear what the guidelines will be, but likely expanded from 2003. this is something a lot of civil rights advocates have been hoping for and asking for during protests. a lot of people waiting to see what those guidelines will entail. >> from ferguson, missouri, jonathan, thank you. >> the president says he took wants changes in the federal system in the wake of the protests in ferguson. >> as mike viqueira tells us, the president revealed his goals during meetings that brought key stake holders to the white house. >> ferguson back in owing --

>> at the white house, it was owl paying all the time, meetings with civil rights and youth leaders, including two from ferguson. afterwards, president obama vowed to get results. >> this time will be different. part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure that this time is different. >> as many now look to washington to act, awaiting the results of two department of justice investigations, mr. obama announced new initiatives, asking congress for $263 million for police training and equipment, including up to 55,000 police body cameras, forming a task force focused on building trust between the police and community and a review of what equipment local law enforcement is getting from the government. that's because there are concerns local law enforcement has become too militarized with police obtaining combat gear from the federal government. there are more calls for

mr. obama to talk to those at the center of the controversy, the ferguson citizens. >> he recognized not one presidential trip is going to sox the problem, but rather a sustained commitment that looks at underlying issues. >> some civil rights leaders said their main concern is how police interact with the community. >> the work is around race relations in this country, the work is not only around training of officers, but around recruitment of officers and what our cultures are in our community. >> we want to set a tone for everyone across the nation that a civil, substantive, candid discussion about these issues is what is needed, not posturing, not politics, not gamesmanship and not partisan ship. >> the president is considering taking a trip to ferguson, but his spokesman said nothing is

planned yet. >> lebanon is now holding the wife and son of isil leader al baghdadi, picked up near syria traveling with fake passports. we are joined by phone from lebanon. we are hearing that baghdadi's wife is being questioned by lebanese authorities. >> that's what the authorities are telling us, saying that they had his wife and his 9-year-old son in custody. she's likely to be continuing to be questioned. they say that they picked them up on the border around 10 days ago trying to travel from syria into lebanon across the border. we're also hearing that it was some foreign intelligence that helped the lebanese authorities to pick them up and tip them off essentially that they would be crossing the border. we also heard that the authorities have done d.n.a. testing on the boy they say to confirm whether or not he is al

baghdadi's son. this could be significant here, simply because the lebanese government having to deal with a huge hostage issue here. in august, a number of lebanese soldiers were taken hostage by both isil and the al-nusra front, another group active inside syria. they have been held at hostages since then. this could be significant if they are holding al baghdadi's wife, there's a possibility that they can use him as some sort of prisoner swap that. >> fascinating that she was trying to leave the country. do we have information on where baghdadi might be? >> not at this point. it's unlikely even she would know. that they would have given her that kind of information. it's unlikely that he only has one wife. he may have several either in iraq, syria or lebanon itself, so it's not clear whether this will be an intelligence coup for

anybody questioning her. >> jane ferguson joining us by phone from lebanon, thank you very much. >> the f.b.i. is warning american troops isil might try to attack them in the u.s. >> jonathan betz explains the warning comes at many servicemen and women travel home for the holidays in uniform. >> more than a month after the attack in canada's capitol, the u.s. is worried copy cats may target military at home. the department of homeland security issued a bulletin usuallying u.s. service members to scrub their social media accounts, hiding personal information that could make them targets. >> it's like be on the lookout for or change your paver, because we believe it can potentially put you in harm's way. >> u.s. officials worry isil sympathizers may track down and attack american troops from their social media pages. the repeats of warning issued in

september cited an isil tweet that warned loan offenders in the u.s. might use the yellow pages and sites like facebook or twit tore find addresses of service members, show up at their homes and slaughter them. >> we understand your young communicate through social media, but we're telling you that's how isis finds people they target. for your own safety and family safety, you need to modify your social networking profile. >> since u.s. airstrikes began in the summer, isil's leaders have repeated will you called for followers all over the world to kill westerners. in october, two canadian soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in canada apparently by isil supporters. the pentagon warns that individual attacks like those in canada are hard to predict and prevent. jonathan betz, aljazeera america, new york. >> let's go to jami mcintire who

covers the pentagon for us. how eminent is the threat we're talking about? >> there's no indication now that there's any eminent threat, although there's a constant threat. one pentagon official said to me yesterday that this was not based on any specific piece of intelligence that he was aware of, but rather just the general idea that there is an enemy that the united states faces out there that seeks to target u.s. forces and they want the potential targets, the american service members who essentially lower their profile. >> what specifically counts as a risky posting on line for troops according to this warning? >> anything that indicates where you are and what you're doing. so many of the things we use today on social media have location services and the warning to the soldiers and service members is to think about the things that they are posting and whether they are giving up too much information

about what base activities they are involved in, who their friends are, who their loved once are and checking privacy settings to tighten them up so that only the people they want to be able to see their facebook posts can see them. basically it's an urging to be vigilant and look and think about the information you put out there and could it be used by somebody who seeks to do you harm. >> is there this a difference in the guidance the pentagon has been giving the troops. >> no, but with any sort of security precautions, you have to keep, be available land, keep warning people to think bit, because you tend to be lulled into a false sense of security, nothing bad is happening, you're just enjoying the if you know parts of social media, so from time to time, especially when there's a sense of a heightened threat, they like to tell troops to be extra careful. >> jami, thank you. >> in hong kong, the company founders of a protest movement

now telling demonstrators to stand down. all three leaders say they are going to turn them receivers into police wednesday. the students continued demonstrations. >> president obama's showdown with congress over immigration is taking center stage. the house judiciary committee will investigate whether the president letting 5 million immigrants stay in the country is constitutional. for more, let's go to libby casey in washington. what do we expect to come of today's hearing? >> we have a couple of hearings on capitol hill, judiciary, but also the house committee on homeland security takes first aim this morning right at 9:00 a.m. this will be the first favors between congressional republicans and the obama administration since the president announced his executive actions on immigration two weeks ago. jay johnson, got director have home land security for the administration will go on to

capitol hull and he he he he we expect him not only to defend the actions, but talk about he was the primary architect of them and recommended them to president obama. he'll faceoff against a hostile group of republicans led by mike mccall, republican of texas, chairman of the house homeland security committee. mccall has called the president's actions unconstitutional, and a threat to our democracy. he has warned that a wave of illegal i am grants will be inspired to cross the border. now, jay johnson's pushback on that is that the d.h.s. has limited resources and that instead of going after the so-called dreamers, young people who have come to this country with their parents at children, d.h.s. needs to spend its resources on trying to get the worst offender, those who committed serious crimes out of the country and deported. this is a big moment, partly cloudy we will see the fireworks really come to the front on capitol hill this morning. >> guaranteed that. how else are republicans

strategizing to actually fight the president said immigration plans? >> well house republicans go behind closed doors this morning in conference to talk about their strategy going forward for the lame duck session and what's to come. house speaker john boehner has to threat a very small needle. he's got to be able to get his caucus onboard to fight the president's immigration actions but not risk a government shut down, something that republicans were blamed for last time aren't and the house speaker wants to avoid it. that's rely now because funding is one of the primary tools or weapons republicans ever at their disposal to fight the president's actions and the government shut down next thursday if congress can't pass a budget moving forward. >> libby casey, thank you. >> we will bring you live coverage of the congressional hearing on immigration quick at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on aljazeera america. >> you can see that rain falling behind libby casey, but

particles of the east will be dealing with a mixed bag of weather. we turn to nick might have. kind of yuck. >> it's going to be a yuck day. where she is in did go, closer to the coastline makes a huge difference this morning opinion the cold air through the midwest and now to the south and east coast, big temperature changes, 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, but entiror temperatures, a lot of those are in the 20s. the moisture that is along the lingering frontal boundary pushing northward, that's a little warmer area that will go over the below freezing stuff. as this moisture comes down, it will go back through the freezing layer, become freezing rain and coat roadways all the way up the northeast. not as likely near the coastline, although watch for sleet to mix in. unfortunately, not a lot of moisture, we're looking at a 10th of an inch or less, so much more of a slick roads problem, not one of those storm systems that is bringing down trees and power lines, but not

everyone's used to the driving yet, so slick spots on the road. >> is the commute going to be bad this morning? >> some places, especially mountainous terrain, more later into the day. >> thank you. >> violence erupting across kenya carried out by al shabab. we have the latest on the deadly attacks. >> an american couple remains detained in qatar despite their recent convictions thrown out. we have the latest on efforts to bring them home. >> russell brand is getting serious on the streets of london. that and other videos captured by citizen journalists around the world.

>> these are residents in donetsk reporting a series of rockets fired offer. there are conflicting reports whether the shelling was carried out by ukrainian forces or pro-russian separatists. >> mississippi, a funnel cloud was part of a weak storm system moving through the area. no damage was reported. >> russell brand joining a protest in london addressing

victims being evicted from their homes presenting petition to prime minister favorite cameron. >> at least 36 people were killed when al shabab militants hit a quarry near the somalia border. twenty gunman shot and killed the workers. all of the dead were non-muslims. >> this is a war against kenya and kenyans. it is not a war against the government or its leaders. it is a war that everyone one of us must fight. our bickering only emboldens the enemy. >> let's go life to nairobi. this is the third deadly attack in three weeks.

is there anyway for kenya to slow down the assaults from al shabab. >> the president is hoping by replacing the interior cabinet secretary and by putting in a military career man into the fold to have the security forces, this might change the situation. he's been under a lot of pressure to fire the current cabinet secretary, as well as the inspector general of police people have been saying that these two men have failed in providing leader ship and providing security in this country, i don't know whether it's going to change things. this is something we'll ever to wait and see, but the president is certainly hoping that things will change, saying that a lot of things have been happening behind the scenes. he acknowledged there are witnesses within the security system and said these are things he hopes to sort out and hoping

in the future that things are going to work out better, the security forces are going to fight this. >> isn't security supposed to be tighter in the northern region? >> absolutely, security is meant to be tighter in the northern region, but this border is very porous. the border is porous, it's very difficult to police. the very few security forces there are ill equipped. a lot of people we just talked to in the town covering stories of the attack of the attacks, we calm from there and people are saying that not only is it difficult to man the border, also the security forces are corruptible. it's very easy to buy your way into the country. these are people of the two

border towns who trade with each other, they are relatives. the penalty said that mondara, al shabab has been radicalizing youth to carry out attacks there. it is a big problem in that region. >> in columbia, a general freed by the farc rebel group resigned, admitting that he did not follow protocol. he approached the rebel dominated area without a body guard dressed as a civilian. he was held for two weeks. >> an american couple is stuck in legal limbo in qatar this morning after having their murder conviction says overturned. >> the state department is getting involved. we have more on that. >> the state department is registering its disapproval through diplomatic back channels. they were cleared by a qatari court, accused of starving their 8-year-old daughter to death. they maintain the girl adopted

from ghana had an eating disorder from birth. the court everturned the conviction ruling the lower court made mistakes and that they were good parents after all. when the couple tried to fly home to los angeles, they were stopped at the airport in doha, passports seized and told a new arrest warrant had been issued. >> while the case was overturned, the travel ban was not yet overturned and so that is of course the issue at play here. >> the state department spokeswoman said the u.s. ambassador has visited with the couple and working with qatar officials to lift the travel ban. secretary of state john kerry quickly issued a statement saying he was deeply concerned over the implications. right now, the couple's two other adopted children are staying with relatives in the u.s. >> i lived in qatar for over a year. you need an excite visa to leave the country. hopefully that's what this will doyle down to.

>> aljazeera america is of course funded by qatari interests but maintains complete independent editorial control. >> good news on the weather front, california getting much and badly needed rain to combat the on going drought. for more, let's go to nicole, good morning, nicole. >> it's already a mess and if you've ever been to california, traffic is always a nightmare. today is especially brutal. the rain is coming in, and it's heavy amounts. we have not only the system, but you can see the flow. we have a jet and that's what the steering winds are. this is picking up a lot of moisture and pushing it on to the coastline, so the whole stout is under a drought. this is definitely needed moisture, but over the next three days, this adds up, so northern portions of the state easily two to four inches, some of the coastline areas will pile up on the mountains, because the moisture hits the mountains and has nowhere else to go. higher elevations, snow could be

in the feet of snow and high winds in places, could have gusts that are hurricane force. >> general motors issuing a fresh recall for hundreds of thousands of vehicles as more deaths are linked to faulty ignition switches. bisi onile-ere is live in detroit with details of the automakers latest troubles. >> were concussions to blame for the suicide of that ohio state football player? medical examiners plan to check his brain for trauma. we have what the medical examiner is going to look for. >> steve jobs set to serve as the key witness in a billion dollars lawsuit over the ipod. how the late apple founder will testify years after his death.

former fbi special agent ali soufan. >> if that specific information was shared with to the fbi agent 911 could have been stopped at its early stages. >> the ethics of torture, preventing terrorism and combatting isil. >> islamic state, their strategy differs from al qaeda because for the first time now they are controlling land. >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> only on al jazeera america. >> police say these members of the rams went too far when they held their hands up during sundays game. what the team says in response.

>> the latest on the legal battle over plans to execute this man in texas. he was found guilty of murder but advocates say he is schizophrenic. >> lebanese officials are questioning the wife of isil's leader behind the deadly efforts in iraq and syria. the woman and their son were picked up at a lebanese border crossing. >> an immigration faceoff on capitol hill in just about a half hour. homeland security head will face questions before a house committee focusing on president obama's executive action letting immigrants stay in the country. we'll bring that you hearing starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> new federal proposals to help change relations between police and the communities they work in, the president calling for $263 million to provide body cameras for police, also appointing a task force to deal with the issues that came out of the unrest in ferguson. he held meetings yesterday with

law enforcement and civil rights leaders. >> the coroner in columbus ohio ordering an examination on the brain of an how how state football player who's body was found this weekend after he apparently committed suicide. his death is raising more questions about brain injuries in sports. >> his brief life ended after he complained to family of repeated concussions on the field. >> at this time, preliminary investigation is showing that he died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. we have recovered a firearm at the scene. >> he is just the latest in a long line of players who complained of life altering head injuries after years of skull crunching impacts. junior seau killed himself in 2012. he suffered brain abnormalities from chronic head injuries. he said his latest concussion left him confused.

safety equipment may have led players to take greater risks. >> the days of the leather helmet in football, there were far fewer concussions. people weren't using their head as a weapon. you focus on technique and form and protecting yourself. >> head injuries aren't just common in american football, they are also prominent in lacrosse, hockey, rugby and soccer. it's not just that the professional or collegiate level. doctors are also finding head injuries in child athletes. >> go! go! >> american football officials are making changes. the nfl recently agreed to a settlement with former players that could exceed $675 million. the national collegiate athletic association is spending $70 million to monitor athletes for brain trauma. aljazeera, chicago. >> here to talk more about this is dr. debby, an associate

professor at the nyu school of medicine. when it comes to the ohio state football player's death, it's not definitive that concussion led to that but what does medical evidence tell us about the links between concussion and suicide. >> there are a couple things. when you have multiple concussions, changes take place in the brain. there are two times. your brain can shrink, certain parts become smaller and other parts become damaged. these things can cause symptoms that might lead to suicide. the way i usually try to explain brain juries, there are two times, the direct injury like if you hit your head and also sort of like an acceleration deceleration of having your head swing back and forth, so you might not get hit but could have a brain injury. it's the same idea as having a rubber band that stretches out and when it comes back looks normal but may not function the same way. >> the famous nfl star dave

dewarson committed saturday and it was found that he hat c.t.e. what is the diagnosis of cte? >> concussions and c.t.e.r. related. you can tell if someone's been knocked unconscious for if they can't really remember what happened at the time they were hit and then you can put those together and have multiple concussions. c.t.e. is when you look at the brain under a microscope and can tell that you've seen those changes take place. >> are there red flags when concussive symptoms veer budaj russ territory that could have been spotted. >> exactly. people can have head trauma and then get better. a lot of times people can have that. when you see changes afterwards, changes in personality, people confused, having memory problems and also people usually have headaches, have trouble with their sleep. if you see any of these types of symptoms, you have to wonder did

the head injury cause a brain injury and is there something we can do. >> his mom said he did suffer from concussions and bouts of confusion. we know the brain is malleable. is recovery from brain injury possible. >> it is. most people get better if they have one quick brain injury or something that is not long lasting, but at the same time, if you think about athletes, especially football players, even sports we don't always think about like soccer, you have multiple injuries and you have sometimes these two different types where you actually get hit with the ball or another player and also that acceleration, deceleration. the chronic trauma makes it harder for the brain to recover. >> thank you so much. >> a controversy this morning in texas over whether a mentally ill inmate can be put to death. he was found guilty of killing his in laws 20 years ago. his lawyer said what really

matters is whether he has a rational understanding. we are joined frow from houston. his lawyers are asking for a stay ahead of tomorrow's execution. is that likely in texas? >> that question right now is before the u.s. supreme court. his lawyers say that the eighth amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment prohibit a severely mentally ill inmate from being executed. he has had paranoid schizophrenia for 36 years. he was hospitalized 16 times leading up to the crime in 1992 when he shot and killed his wife's parents. now that is not at question. however, the lawyers for him say that he was living out a delusion at the time believing that he was getting rid of the devil. he has a severe form of schizophrenia that does not respond well to medication. yet at the time, he was still successful in convincing his

trial judge to law him to represent himself in court. the trial moved forward with him as his own attorney dressed as a cowboy attempt to go subpoena god, j.f.k. and jesus and telling the jurors that it was an alter ego named sergeant who had committed the crimes. his lawyers say that this trial was a travesty and a farce and that now he remains mentally ill and believes he is on death row being pushed for preaching the gospel. lawyers say that he does not have a rational understanding that the death penalty would be punishment for his crime. >> if he is executed on wednesday, we will be taking a step that in this country is virtually unprecedented. there is no one else on texas death row who has scott's history of severe mental illness, who was permitted to represent himself at trial. what this would say about the american justice system is that

weaver crossed a moral line. >> the state believe he is actually faking his illness and cite recent recorded prison visits in wimp he visited with family members and was lucid, intelligent, and even remarked on the recent midterm elections. >> why now is the question people are asking, why is this case gaining so much attention if he has been on death row for two decades. >> well the irony of this case is that it actually set the test for a defendant who is mentally competent to be executed. this is the second time that this case will now be before the supreme court. previously in 2007, the supreme court did not rule specifically whether he should be executed, but to use his case to create this legal rule that says a defendant must ration ally understand. this is a case that created the

test and will be the first case to be tested by it. >> we'll have more on this case tonight. >> congress is pushing back at president obama over his plan to close prison cams at guantanamo bay. the new bill does not include provisions to shut down the facility. the billig expected to be sent on to the without a house for the president's signature. president obama has been trying to shut down the prison since taking office in 2009. >> there's new information about something veterans say made them sick in iraq and afghanistan. >> it came from the burning of waste in huge burn pits not far from the bases where americans lived and worked. >> the burn pit, you would see everything in it, anything from tires to paints to medical waste and they would use jp8 fuel, jet fuel to set it on fire.

there was always a yellow haze over that base and everybody that you talk to had some type of respiratory issues with it. >> while i was there is when all the coughing and everything started. it feels like you're trying to suck air through a straw trying to breathe. >> it airs this evening at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. >> russia is changing plans for bringing bags to western europe. russian president vladimir putin announcing monday he's scrapping plans for a major new natural gas pipeline to the west, saying they will now build a smaller pipeline to turkey. the move could deprive moscow of political influence. >> oil prices below $70 a barrel. analysts say they still have room to fall. >> that's got americans celebrating the prices at the pump. not everyone is in a celebratory mood. >> control caracas to tehran to moscow, countries that count on

high oil prices are brace forego tougher times. >> the whole atmosphere can change drastically when price come down. the latest slide follows saudi arabia dominated opec's decision to keep pumping oil at its current pace, a tactic aimed at protecting cash rich market share at the expense of poorer cartel members. >> the ones that are in particular need for higher prices are the iranians, who need with $140 price and the venezuelans who need $120. >> non-opec oil producers are in the cross hairs, including russia, already reeling from economic sanctions, capitol flight and high inflation, moscow was counting on oil temping $100 a barrel to fund its budget next year. price pressures are also building in north america with u.s. benchmark crude frauding below $70 a barrel. middle of the range where most u.s. oil frackers are believed

to break even. >> states could wreak the windfall and face lower tax revenues and fewer jobs if producers decide it's not profitable to drill new wells. the well producers in governments that have grown fat off expensive oil are in for some belt tightening. falling prices should cut others some much-needed slack. >> india and other developing countries depend heavily on agriculture, which consumes vast amounts of oil through inputs like fertilizer and pesticide production. in countries like the united states, people rely heavily on cars and consumers benefit from lower prices at the pump, but the biggest winner of all could be the global economy. as falling fuel costs move money from producers into consumers pockets, provided they spend the extra cash. aljazeera. >> consumers will also likely

see fewer price hikes for goods on store shelves thanks to lower manufacturing and transport costs. >> general motors acknowledging more than 35 deaths in crashes involving g.m. cars with defective ignition switches. new numbers came out as the automakers is announcing another recall because of faulty headlights. we are live in detroit. bisi onile-ere, what else are we hearing about faulty ignition switches? >> the deadline has been extended for people who own these vehicles to submit a claim. the deadline was supposed to be at end of the year, december 31 but it was announced yesterday that this deadline has now been extended to january 31. the automakers that had a very difficult time getting people to go into the dealerships to get these vehicles fixed. at last check, not even half of the recalled vehicles had been repaired. last month, g.m. rom would out

this incentive for people to come in and that involved some gift cards, people get about $25 gift cards if they came in to get their vehicles fixed. if you recall, this recall started earlier this year. the problem is when the ignition switch is knocked out of gear, it can disable airbags and other important features in the vehicle, so again, this plan, the plan is for people to come in, get their cars fixed and this deadline has been extended. >> g.m. launching another recall this morning. what is the problem this time with the automakers. >> that's correct, general motors is now recalling over 300,000 vehicles in north america, because the headlights can stop working. take a look at your screen. you can see the vehicles involved. it affects the buick lacrosse sedan and several lay trailblazr

and other vehicles from the 2006-2009 model years. g.m. said the low beam head lights could intermitt edge or permanently stop working. this has been a tough year for general motors. the most recalls that they've ever had in the history of the automakers. >> bisi onile-ere, this morning for us in detroit, thank you very much. >> there was a massive selloff of apple stock on monday. the world's most valuable company plunged 3% in just a half hour, a $30 billion stock hit. analysts say it could have been caused by computer algorithms used in high frequency training. they don't expect the blip from the company being eventually valid at $1 trillion. >> apple is accused of violating anti trust laws for software used between 2006-2009.

during that time, apple sold 350 million devices, apple has since discontinue that had system. >> members of the st. louis rams making a statement over the grand jury's decision in ferguson. >> sports law professors joins us to weigh the move and the fallout. >> a rare piece of beatles history, before the lads from liverpool became the fab four. >> an athlete offering a valuable lesson in life is our quote of the day: >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> what do we want? justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> they are running towards base... >>...explosions going off

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>> bill cosby resigned from temple university board of trustees. he's been on the board for 30 years. this is fallout follow sexual assault allegations. his decision to leave comes after nbc and netflix canceled projects with him. >> police say the rams and nfl owes them an apology. >> some say the gesture was anti police. others say politics on the field is a tradition. >> famously active athletes like football's jim brown and basketball's kareem abdul-jabbar lamented the absence of sports figures talking up cause's. five football players made their voices heard without actually saying a word about the michael brown shooting.

>> a silent protest heard across the nation. players from the st. louis rams told be their hands up in the now iconic hands up don't shoot symbol of support for michael brown, the teen shot and killed by officer darren wilson 12 miles from their stadium. the police associate want the nfl to apologize and to punish the players. both the league and rams say they will do neither. >> as far as the choice that the players made, no, they're exercising their right to free speech. them not be disciplined by the club nor will they be disciplined by the national football league. >> this is the latest example of athletes taking a stance on social is. this past spring, the l.a. clippers voiced their disapproval or owner donald sterling's remarks by wearing jerseys inside out in protest.

that was similar to action taken by the miami heat showing their support for trayvon martin by posing in hoodies. while these players paid no price for their action civil. other players have. in 1996, the denver nugget guard was suspended for one game for repeatly refusing to honor the american flag before games. he maintains that incident eventually got him blackballed from the league. before him, there were olympians stripped of their 1968 olympic medals after the pair gave a black power salute on the medal stand president muhammed ali was suspended nearly four years after he refused to participate in the vietnam war, famously saying he had no quarrel with the vietcong. however despite a determined effort from the police union in st. louis, it doesn't look like

the five rams players will suffer any similar price for their on field activism. >> the st. louis county police chief said a rams official did call him to apologize for the players actions, however the rams have denied making such an apology saying they only expressed regret that local police took offense. >> a professor of sports law and chairing a sports democratic at nyu joins us. there have been dully protests since michael brown was shot in ferguson. why now? why so much outrage over these football players? >> i think it's the stage of the nfl is the thing that draws this. this took it to the sports realm, to people who haven't thought bit and it is a pole rising issue, so that's why the outrage, i guess. >> what is the players and see risk? did they risk anything? >> in reality, possibly some fines and maybe the loss of some prestige in their community.

on the other hand, i think they've made a reasonable quiet statement and everyone is saying lets not overreact to this. >> the nfl in the statement staying we respect and understand the concerns of all individuals who have expressed views on this tragic situation but so far it has reversed to discipline the players. what does that say to you? >> i think that's going to be their statement in this one, one, it's a natural -- it was a natural political statement, it was in the moment and the nfl's facing a lot bigger fish with players with adrian peterson going to his appeal today in new york. >> you saw when players take a stand, sometimes it hurts, sometimes it helps. specific will you i'm thinking about 1968, that iconic image there, what happens when pliers reflect their own personal beliefs? >> it can be polarizing. what happens when the people disciplining come down too hard or too easy, that's going to be the key.

at long as it's an authentic moment, i think it's ok. in 19 eight-day forecast as i, they were banned from the olympics and sent home immediately, never to run again internationally. it's a big price they paid. >> we're talking about them now, so there is a risk, but also a reward. >> potentially,. >> >> muhammed ali says i'm not going to fight in this war, i'm going to go to prison and now we reward him as the greatest. wimp would you advice an athlete, take the risk on the field or keep your mouth shut. >> it has to be authentic to that athlete. you can't jump on it on the bandwagon if you don't feel it, but if you feel it, you should never suppress it. >> the law enforcement in st. louis, again, do you think thief heightened what happened by pro testing or should they have said we understand the anger in the community and even though we disagree with the evidence of whether the evidence supported what the protestors are saying,

the anger is something that needs to be recognized. >> the answer to that is probably yes, they should have said we recognize the anger and this might be calmer and more differ fused. >> this is an incident you think they still don't get it? >> probably. >> thank you for being with us and being so frank. >> hitting the auction block this week, a set of rare photographers show the beatles on vacation just before they achieved stardom. the band was in the canary islands. their manager told them to take a break after a long year of touring and recording. less than a year later, beatle mania had overtaken the globe. the photos expected to sell for more than $9,000, including that one. >> in china, a driver getting very lucky, narrowly escaping just before a 20-foot sinkhole swallowed his car. crater created -- don't half at

him. created by heavy rain. the man said to be ok. >> let's get another check of your forecast. again, we turn to nicole mitchell. i don't know why i am laughing. >> it was funny if you saw the video leading up, the sinkhole happened and the person still turned into it. you think what were they doing. >> definitely a weather problem here, california the next couple of days, some places could get inches of rain, higher elevation, this is in portions of the sierra. as this continues to come in, high winds, as well. could get hurricane force winds sustained around the 40-mile an hour range. the state needs the moisture, but too much too fast, some communities are giving out free sandbags because of different hazards out there. the one place we are watching is the northeast, just enough moisture that there could be hit and miss areas of freezing rain. it's more of a road problem, not heavy freezing rain that will

bring down power lines but slick spots. >> if i offended that man, i apologize. nickel, thank you very much. >> coming up, we'll take you live to capitol hill for a congressional hearing on the president's immigration plan. homeland security head set to get a grilling. that's it for us here in new york. >> we want to leave you with a look at our images of the day, students walking out of classes taking to the streets, all of them protesting the grand jury decision in the michael brown shooting. >> students at washington state university laid on the ground, calling it a die-in. protestors in new york and washington held signs calling for police reform. >> of course there was that pro test at the st. louis rams game that is creating so much attention all around the country. have a great morning and stay with us for live coverage coming up in just two minutes. we'll see you then.

you are looking at a live image, and very rainy image of the nation's capitol, that is the capitol building in washington, d.c. president obama's showdown with congress over immigration now taking center stage on capitol hill. homeland security secretary, jeh johnson set to testify before two house committees. they are designed to keep millions of undocumented immigrants coming into the country illegally. good morning, i'm del walters. >> and i'm stephanie sy. as you said, homeland security secretary jay johnson is the