involved in any altercations. we're going to finish this off in new york city. these are live pictures of protests in manhattan. our coverage of the protests in the death of eric garner will continue. you are watching al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. ♪ >> hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. calls for change, the plan to retrain the nypd as more protestors take to the streets. pattern of abuse, a scathing review from the justice department, of police tactics in cleveland. mall attack, police in abu dhabi arrest a woman for the murder of an american teacher did she act alone. and flu danger, why doctors say this year's vaccine is less effective, and why you should still get it.

the anger, the anguish, the calls for justice. in the choke hold death of eric gardner. this is the scene in new york, large groups moving through different parts of the city. these are live pictures and the mispresence is enormous. thousands are expected to gather on boston commons that's where the cities end will christmas tree lighting is being held tonight. the crowd then headed to city hall. >> and in washington, d.c., protestors

gathered, handed, marched to landmarks including the washington monument. but we begin in new york, paul is in lower manhattan with more, paul. >> good evening john, i am here in folly square, this is the heart of new york city's municipal government familiar to people if you watched nypd but you have seen a lot of scenes here, just minutes ago, this scene was with packed with thousands of protestors, who then moved from here, escorted by police, toward the brooklyn bridge, this square competely emptied out, and the vast majority of those people proceeded peacefully, escorted by hundreds of mys in a raucous emotional but peaceful march across the brooklyn bridge, into brooklyn on the other side. now, on the way there were a lot of chanting there was a lot of emotions running high, obviously, but no confrontations with the police. the police were really just going with the flow,

you had the sense this was giving the crowd an escape valve, a place to go to vent the frustration and the emotion in the wake of this grand jury decision. now, in the front of that group, there was a per session of caskets being carried by some family members related to the garner family and other victims of what people were saying police brutality, misoppression, marching in the front of that crowd. some of them went west, but now for now, this area has been reopened to traffic, and things are somewhat returning to normal. as another night of normal protests continues. >> the new york's mayor announcing a new plan to retrain the city's police force, tell us about that? >> that's right, well, this is a plan that was announced back after eric garner's death in july, but now they are saying the police -- the police

pardon me the mayor and the police commissioner saying this training is going to begin this month, retraining all 22,000 police officers and ways to diffuse and hopefully avoided this kind of tragedy from happening again. >> the relationship between police and community has to change. the way we go about policing has to change. it has to change in the city, it has to change in this country. new york city's mayor says lit start this month, he says he support's the commissioner plan to overall the way officers interact with the community. >> they are asking for the motion of a society in which everyone is treated equally, it is a fundamental value. >> the retraining was announced earlier this year. de blasio spoke a day after a grand jury declined to indict new

york police officer in garner's death. vid owe of gaper's arrest appears to show him using a ban choke hold, but police union officials and his lawyer argue the officer used a legal move to take him to the ground, a move that is taught by the police department. the union says officers are not getting support. >> we did not hear that you cannot go out and break the law what we did not hear is that you cannot resist arrest that's a crime. and many officers said they are just doing their jobs. police officers don't have the option to walk away, inform they want us to stand down against crime then say that, it is his policies, that we go out and we enforce and the laws oif state of new york. >> the commissioner says

the new training will require 22,000 police officers to do through a three day course, it will be modeled on the periodic firearms training required for all officers. the department says officers will be taught how to d escalate conflictses, immaterial prove problem solving and use nonjudgmental postures but some criminal justice experts say retraining officers is a tall order. >> it is very hard to retrain a large force, or even a smaller force when certain skills are embedded in behavior patterns. people need to know that black lives and brown lives matter as much as white lives. it is what we have to

aspire to. so i don't know, we are hearing helicopters overhead, it looks like maybe the protestors are coming back this way, one quick note about this police training, experts say this is not going to be a quick fix. it is going to take a long time to retrain, and the real issue is hiring the right kind of mys in the right place, people that are older maybe older than 25, more mature, people who are better equipped to handle these situations either way, the officer whose are on duty here, are going to have another long night ahead of them. john. >> he was the mayor of new orleans for almost a decade. >> mark, good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about this retraining. some big push back today, does it -- will it change things in can it change things in. >> i think it is the right move at the right time. it is an ambitious undertaken but it is the

right kind, because to change police culture, you've got to engangment gang in touching every officer, and i think what he is seeking to do is touch each and every officer with the same, if you will, training approach. i think it means that we are aten inflection point, where the way we police and fight crime in communities has to change because the twenty-first century is a different time in 1970 or 80 or 90. excuse me if it sound pass milliare to me. we have heard police departments we have heard police chiefs and mayors and other cities say, we need to change the culture of the police department. and yet. >> this ebbs and flows. the kills of citizens of police is at a two decade high. that means in recent years this seems to be getting more extreme and

more acute. the other thing that you have is this if you will or danic movement. proest thes taking place. >> you say it is not like the old days. >> i sense because it is so spontaneous, it has been crystallized and energized particularly by ferguson and by eric garner. >> we were talking about this, social media has had an impact on protests like this. >> tremendous. look, this -- if you remember egypt, just a few years ago, those protests in the middle east was spontaneous, there's an organizing element behind this. but there's a spontaneity, but notwithstanding that we announced today that we would participate in, a group of civil rights leaders a march on 13 december in washington, d.c., because what this

has become is a national movement. it's not just about new york city, or about ferguson missouri, it is about michael brown, it is about eric garner, but it is also about that mere rice, the 12-year-old in cleveland, it is about marlin the great grandmother who was severely beaten by a california highway patrol personnel. it is about akie gurley the young man that was shot to death in the hallway of the public housing development here. so this is taken on a national frame work i think with the mt. and the attorney general not only speaking but acting, we have an opportunity i think to change public policy in this regard. which is why this time, we have a chance to make a difference. >> but i want to go back to the police department, and some of the police officers we heard today, who -- and with have heard this across the country who suggests this is just bashing a police department, that there are plenty of good officers doing their job every single day. >> and let's say that,

let's embrace the idea, and i would agree, there are many good officers in police departments it is a tough job. we respect that job, but because you try to change it for the better, doesn't mean that you are attacking the very essence of what these men and women do every day. so i believe that the vast majority of police officers around the nation, are going to embrace this need for change. while the advocates and the union leaders they certainly have a job to do. we saw ferguson bubble up for a while, we are seeing this in new york, and now across the country, but how long does this last, and once you announce the retraining and the committees and the commissions, where does it go. >> you know, i have a sense, that we have to stick with this.

let me tell you, so ferguson, now there's a federal investigation which means there's a possibility of a second grand jury, eric garner, there's a federal investigation which means there's the possibility of a second grand jury. akie gurley has not been presented to a grand jury. so these cases have another life if you will in the justice system, what we have seen with these two state grand juries is only step 1. and i do believe there's a resolve now, to bring about change, remember, the president has appointed this task force that has 90 days to make recommendations. so those recommendations are going to be very important, and i think people are looking very closely at what is taking place here in new york, with the retraining initiative, by the mayor and commissioner branton. >> mark, it is good to have you on the program. >> always, john. >> way appreciate it. >> all this comes as the

justice department as we mentioned issue as scathing report on the cleveland police department saying it using excessive and unnecessary force. senior washington correspondent is at the white house, with more on that, make. >> that's right, john. those are the findings of a two year department of justice investigation, by the civil rights division into the cleveland police department, it has resulted john in something that's called a consent decree, where both parties the department of justice and the police department agree to a series of reforms and restructures the doj is going to go in they are going to work with cleveland police to try to end this pattern of abuse that they have found in this two year investigation. it really stems from an incident pack in 2012, but attorney general who wasn't on hand in cleveland says it was a series of events that have happened but this

particular event, a car chase ended in a hail of gunfire, 137 shots were fired resulting in two deaths. orr rick holder was on hand to announce the findings and the agreement with the police department for their restructuring he mentioned the case as mark just did, that 12-year-old cleveland boy who was playing with a toy gun, mistaken by a police officer for a real gun, the officer shooting him. holder mentioned that in announcing the results of the investigation. >> let's listen. >> the tragic losses of these and far too many other americans including just last month the shooting death of 12-year-old that mere rice here in cleveland have raised urgent national questions. and they have sparked an important conversation about the sense of trust, that must exist between law enforcements and the communities that they serve, and protect. >> and john, that investigation that resulted in the consent,

a similar process underway now, announcing last august that the department was in fact going to investigate the police department to see if there's a pattern and practice there. instructive to note this investigation lasted two years in cleveland. and we heard from president obama again on this, right. >> that's right. it was the second day in a row, the second day where he was previously scheduled event, and he made remarks this one on college opportunity, and here is what he had to say. >> beyond the specific issue that has to be addressed making sure that people have confident. that a simmering dispute is what the president has called it. that law enforcement is there to protect and

serve. john. >> mike at the white house, thank you. way will have more on this story, including thele manies of dollars that some have paid out. there's a lot more news to cover on capitol hill, an act of defiance from house republicans they passed a bill to null if i the actions on immigration. rotches say he lacks the authority to take those actions. the white house says the bill will tear families apart. the democrat led senate is expected to vote the bill down. coming up next. the teacher murdered in abu dhabi because she was an american, what we know about the alleged killer. and putin's new allegations why he said the west, is trying to dismantle russia.

the cvc says the vaccine does not offer much protection, and it is too late to make a new one. zillion they are encouraging everybody to be vaccinated. they say the current vaccine is effective against other strains oif virus. a physician and an associate professor at nyu's medical center, and she joins news the studio, welcome back. >> nice to see you. so what is it the cdc saying etch in past years when there was a better match you aren't completely protected. there was an idea that you are group immunities. this year that match suspect as good as they would like it to be. a they start making it usually in january so it will be ready in october. kind of like a weather forecast that isn't

exactly right, the forecast that would be available wouldn't be as ideal, so it is still protective, it isability about the flu virus changing. >> some of it has to do with mewations. so the idea is that it is helping the system to recognize the threat if the flu virus entered your body, the reason you would die or have complications is because your system didn't recognize it as a threat now it recognizes it, it has time to fight the dead virus, and then when it gets the hive virus, then you can fight it. it would be like if i didn't wear the suit, or have different color hair, there are some modifications it does look a little bit different, but it isn't competely different. >> so how effective is it?

it is less effective than we hope, but it is still worth getting. especially people in contact with small kids or older folks. >> it is early in the season, do we know how serious the flu season is going to be this year? >> it is hard to tell, this new strain, we don't know that it is more dangerous, but just that it is a little different. so that's good if you feel like you are getting the symptoms it is good to go in early, it hasn't been a big flu season. >> it hasn't been so far. >> so that's promising. >> food to see you, thank you very much. >> people say a woman is behind the stabbing death of an american teacher. the gruesome killing happened in a restroom. it is shaken the typically peaceful gulf nation, authorities say the 47-year-old teacher

was targeted because she was an american. she moved to abu dhabi last year, she was teaching in a school for a program calls footprints which places teachers abroad. on the company's website, she wrote that her travel was unique, because i want to experience the arab world and experience their culture. authorities say she visit add mall where she was stabbed to death in a public bathroom. surveillance video released showed the suspect wearing a gown and kneecap or face vail. but thursday morning authorities announced a break in the case. the main branch of our police forces arrested the female suspect, and today i want to give you the good news the female

suspect is in police custody. >> authorities say that soon after killing ryan at the mall, the suspect planted a crude bomb in front of a house of an american doctor who lives there. authorities say they found bomb making material when the suspect was arrested. in october, the u.s. embassy in egypt issues a security warning after a recent anonymous posting in a jihaddist website encouragings attacks against other schools and teachers in the middle east. this week, the state department said it was unclear if ryan was killed because she was an american teacher. where the suspect now in custody, the motive is becoming clearer. the suspect targeted her victims with their citizenship and color only, and not for any personal reasonings. >> david schuster al jazeera new york. al quaida has release

add new video of a kidnapped american was apertured in 20/10/13, the pentagon says u.s. forces special forces attempted to rescue him last week. several others before rescued in the raid on the video, the group does not issue any specific demands still they are threatening to kill summers in three days. it happened in the early morning gunman opened fire and then stormed an office building the attack came just hours before vladimir putin stated the nation speech before parliament. putin lashed out at the west for the sanctions over ukraine. peter sharp has more. >> of his traditional entrance, this was going to be a difficult speech. the economy batted by sanctions in the fall of the price of oil, the country isolated by the

international community. over the war in ukraine. but the president was in a combative mood, accusing the west wanting to see russia broken up. >> despite the fact we have been treating our enemies as close friends and almost allies, the support of separatism in russia from abroad including the informational politic and financial one, through intelligence services was obvious. and there is no doubt that they would have loved to see the yugoslavia scenario collapse and dismemberment with us with all the tragic con wednesdays it would have. this has not happened we did not allow it. >> he says the arm ad forces must be guaranteed. national pride are a necessary condition for russia's survival.

to our stance in ukraine, not even in regard to the so called strain. i am certain they would influence it or even better use it for it's own goals. as they continue to fall, putin said the central bank decision to allow the currency to float did not mean it was giving up influence over the rate, but just falling 40% against the dollar. russia be open to the world to cooperation, to attracting foreign investments and to implementation of joint projects. >> and as closures and layoff become more common, he announces special measures to protect the small businesses that he believes will help lead the economy out of recession. >> so what about the annexation and it's support for the rebels in

eastern ukraine? well, president putin defended the kremlin's aggressive foreign policy saying the actions were necessary. peter sharp, al jazeera, this moscow. >> coming up in just a moment on this broadcast, a update on tonight's broadcast in new york city. the civil suits over police action across the country. and a decline in sexual assault in the military, why it dr.ices say there's a lot more work to do.

choke hold rallies and a sweeping call for change from the new york's mayor. >> the way we go about policing has to change. >> seeking damages the next step for eric garner's family, the big cost of civil suits for cities around the nation. >> women in uniform, the new report on is exist in the military, why critics say women's voices still aren't being heard.

and new accusations out of the navy, what it is like really like for women on submarines. back to our top story, protests spreading tonight around the country, and all across the city of new york. they are reacting to another grand jury decision not to indict a whys police officer in the killing of an unarmed black man. patricia is in lower manhattan with more, patricia. >> john, earlier this evening thousands of people were crowded here, they have come to express their anger, their frustration, and indeed their anguish with the grand jury decision. this was a very diverse crowd we had all ages, all ethnicities they came bearing signs and came here to show their support for one another, and they also came here to demand justice. now i did have a chance to talk to some of the protestors one woman i talked to was very young,

about 20 years old, and she is a student here, and she said that her main concern was that the protest would not be enough. and she said that coming out here and chancing and holding up placards would not be enough, she wanted to see bridges shut down, well sure new, when the crowd empties out, and it was so large it took 24 minutes for it to empty, they shut it down. john. >> so, are the protestors saying anything about the mayor's plan, and his announcement today to retrain the police. >> well, that's right, of course, the police commissioner both announced today that the retraining of the police will begin this month, all 22,000 of the nypd will undergo three days of training. this is largely aimed at resetting relations if you will, between the nypd and the community, they will study things such as deescalation

tacticses. the overwhelming answer was no, it is not enough. so that goes to show you how nor they have to go to repair relations with the community, that it is here to protect. >> all right, thank you. eric garner's relatives have not yet file add claim, but they are considering it. it has cost cities hundreds of millions of that ares. reports from oakland california. >> the case of oscar grant. an unarmed african-american shot and killed by my on new year's day. the officer was found guilty of involuntary

grant's mother and daughter received $3.2 million. it is just one example hoff a transition authority spend millions on cases. sanctions in the fall rights attorney pursued what is known at the writer scandal here the city admitted no wrongdoing, but it ended with a $10.9 million mayout to 119 plaintiffs. some of this comes from insurance companies the city picks up the rest. achording to one study, the new york city police department paid $348 million in civil rights settlements and judgements. the los angeles p.d.

$38 million chicago, cook county sheriffs office paid $58 million. >> it may be an unsatisfactory system for taxpayers and for many family whose have said they would rather get justice than money. but they say until we see major reforms at police stations, there's no reason to believe the cycle of police brutality, followed by expensive silver rights cases will go away. >> remember, michael brown is just one case. i have had five police shootings since then, four people unarmed. since then. >> is michael brown's family has not confirmed whether they will file lawsuits following the decision. now, eric garner faces the same choice after wednesday's grand jury decision not to bring charges in new york's choke hold case. y. truly disappointed in the grand jury decision i

don't know what video they were looking at. it wasn't the same one that the rest of the world was looking at. >> and in the end, both families may see filing civil suits as the only choice they have. melissa chen, al jazeera, oakland california. >> and speaking of oakland california right now these are live pictures of protestors who have hit the streaks in oakland as well. she joins us tonight, nicole, welcome. >> thank you for having me, john. >> let's start with the grand jury decisions. these two, one in ferguson, not to indict, one in new york not to indict, does this send a message to the african-american community in america. >> john, i think it send as message to the entire country, which is that

individuals who feel that they have been harmed, and this is particularly prevalent in the african-american community as of late, feel that the justice system is not serving them. now, that is not to say regardless of where one stands on the decisions if a huge swath of the american public feels that each time and they turn to the criminal justice system, and that relief is not granted we have a serious problem in this country. and we have to see inform it is working correctly and equally for everyone. >> and it appears the attorney general is at least doing that, so, what will come of that?

>> well i am not a prognosticator, so i can't say what will come of that, but i will say is this. i think the attorney general has pledged to insure that there will be a fair and thorough investigatory process, in each of those cases. and that's really what you hear these families saying they want. they want to know when a perceived wrong has happened that the justice system will look at the fakes, weigh the issues and will come out with a decision that people are left feeling is a fair decision. and again, i think the african-american

community, and all of america, for that matter, wants to know that the justice system works fairly. so regardless of the outcome, people want to be able to look back and say, i may not appreciate or approval of this outcome, but i believe that the system works equally well for me, as it did or will for others in the future. >> that's what we are seeing. >> you say regardless of the outcome, but what does fair mean? in each case, the facts will be different, i think with respect to ferguson, with respect to the eric garner case, cheerily there's a large swath that feels that fair would have been at least allowing both of those cases to go to a jury. to go to trial. and i think for most americans when we think of the justice system,

and we think of a fair ajudd case that's what most of us think. let me also just mention this, when it comes to the grand jury process we have all seen the recent statistics about how many proceedings have occurred in the country over the last year to two years and the percentage of indictments that have been issued is relatively large. the times when a nonindictment has been issues has only been around 11%, so it is hard for people in the community, the community that you are seeing protesting that you are hearing say we don't understand how this is fair they are having to figure out and determine well, if that's the evidence, if in most instances when a prosecute ever tries to indict, they get an indictment, how is it that in these two matters, we have a failure to indict. again, that's what is hard for people to understand.

that's what leaves people feeling as though perhaps the justice system is not working. >> you wrote a piece about michael brown, and that case, and you said that the deaths of young black men at the hands of police, are examples of why african-americans continue to feel the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness continues to be broken what's broken about it. >> what's broken about it, john, is that we know that we have a constitution, we have a declaration of independent, we have laws in all of our jurisdictions and we all as americans believe those laws will work to our benefit. meaning that we will get a fair day in court when we are accused of something, when a crime has been committed we believe the person or person whose are -- who are accused of those will have a day in court. when you feel like, and when it seems that time

after time, with various incidents that occur in the african-american community, when you are able to look back, and see that that promise of fairness and equal justice does not appear to be working on behalf of your community, one can often be left with a feeling that the justice system is broken. but that's part of what we work on, we are trying to address these issues by looking at systemic retomorrows that can be put in place, so that all-americans can be left feeling that the justice system is working fairly for them. we are proposing that community policing that law enforcement training, that how dollars are spent by law enforcement, and whether those are being spent in such a way to reduce racial disparity, three are retomorrows that we aring looing at that we think if considers and put into action, will do a better job of insuring that this

country's system is working fairly for all. >> good to have you on the program, thank you very much. >> you are welcome, john, thank you for having me. >> as we jug talked about, where two grand juries decided not to indict. they say the grand jury process is merely a tool for prosecutor whose have no interest in filing charges. >> like most of the legal system, grand juries came from england, a group of citizens investigation gaiting allegation of crime to stop prosecutors from putting innocent people on trial. but some say times have changed. >> the grand jury is really much -- i don't want to demean their service, but closer to a rubber stamp the prosecutor says this is the evidence, and for the most part grand juries don't have a reason to disinstruction that. >> 25 years ago, the chief judge argued the power of prosecutors made

grand juries unnecessary in a new york times article, he said the grand jury is wasteful and pointless, and is by design a one sided design. today law professor says that still holds true. how does a prosecutor's decision impact the grand jury's decision. >> basically the prosecutor controlled the brand jury. >> usually prosecutors present just enough evidence to get an indictment but in controversial cases involving the use of force by police,erratic garner in new york, michael brown in ferguson, powell says prosecutors have a different objective it is a different system, they may use the ground jury, oh, i tried to get an indictment, i am doing my job, i am protecting society, but the grand

jury has spoken and is entire proceeding takes place in secret. new york is one of 22 states that still require the use of grand juries the rest of the states except pennsylvania, make grand juries optional, relying instead on public preliminary hearings to determine if cases should go to trial. >> we do have a strong message that you know when somebody wearing blue uses deadly force that's justified. and the law should not be above the law. if we have preliminary hearings where a judge heard an adversarial process, we might very well end up with findings of probable cause in these police cases. >> and legal experts say public preliminary hearings might enginedder more trust in the legal system. >> the issue of race is central to police shootings from ferguson

to new york, but it is far from the only factor. one that does not follow the pattern you might expect. >> sheila mcvicker reports. >> a high school freshman with a three preponderate seven greened point average, a talented athlete, and no record, shot dead on a tuesday afternoon. >> and the kids come all the time, and set up this. >> yes. >> they keep it going. >> every day. >> cameron's mom. >> one of the neighbors she came banging on my door open the door. and it was a knock that shook me to my knees the cry, that she did, hurry. she said cameron has been shot. and i said girl, not my cameron that's not cameron. >> she said let's go see.

i seen the neighborhood kids outside, and it was like cameron has been shot. >> and i just fell to the ground in disbelieve, i fell immediately. >> so that tuesday afternoon in september, it's just after 5:00 o'clock, it is daylight, someone on this street make as 9-1-1 call and says that she is seeing armed men with guns. shortly after two sheriffs deputies pull up, they get out of the car say people here, with their weapons drawn, like this. they walk along the sidewalk, and into that carport. almost everything that happened after that is indispute. >> the sheriff insists his officers identified themselves when they knocked on the door. we were on our phones and stuff, next thing you know we hear a knock. >> also in the house, andre, cameron's older

brother, like the three other teens there, andre says the police knocks, didn't identify themselves, and went cameron opened the door, opened fire on him. >> john, the sheriff initially said when cameron answered the door, he has a gun in his hand, and later amended that to see a b-b gun was found load to his body, the other teens in the house said cameron did not have the b-b gun, and that the police did not identify themselves when they knocks. including how much help they gave them, and when they called for an ambulance, the difference here, the officer involved was african-american, and so this case beyonds the issue of race to the question of policing, much more at the top of the hour on america tonight. >> now to the question of power and punishment in the military. a new department of defense report sexual

assault are down but today outpouring defense secretary joined the critics who say there is still a lot of work to be done. >> outgoing defense secretary hailed the report, he sent to the president as showing improvement in the way the military handles sexual assault, but not enough. >> sexual assault threatens the lives and well being of the men and women that serve our people in uniform. >> the numbers suggest a decrease in the rate that say they have been sexually assaulted down from over 6% for women to just over 4% the report also says among those that say they were assaulted there has been a dramatic increase in the number of victims willing to come forward, up from 10% to 25%. hagel's directive order as multiyear study of risk factors new training for junior officers and

strict rules to detect and prevent retaliation against victims. but critics such as senator of new york says that does nothing to stop commanders from using their authority to overturn convictions returned by military juries after a fair trial victims still don't feel that justice is important. the bias within the chain is so prevalent, it makes the victim feel she has no chance at justice. >> she has some powerful restore from a retired prosecutor. >> the rapist boss, should not be the one determine the fate of the victim's case. >> the effort to remove that authority from commanders fell five votes shoot in the senate she is hoping the lack of proses she sees reflected in this will help convince the colleagues to pass it this time around. >> at the same time the pentagon was releasing

that report, we learned of new alizations out of the navy, officials say they are questioning a mail sailor who they believe videotaped female officers on a submarine while they were showering. he may have distributed the tapes to other men women have only been allowed to serve on submarines since 2011. traveling the depths of the ocean, they call themselveses the silent service. for 110 years a dedicated brotherhood of mariners. no women allowed. >> so this is a popular place. >> absolutely a popular place. >> until four years ago, when the navy allowed female officers aboard submarines. >> and you are the only woman here. >> i am. >> she is one of four women officer serving on a crew of 150 men. >> so this is what we call the supply shack

this is where special itselfs will work out, and they manage the repair parts onboard. i am probably in here a solid ten hour as day. >> long hours in tight spaces, are the reality of submarine life. you members spend up to three months at sea, here is an example of the living quarters the hallways are about two feet wide, around the corner here, is a state room, this is where the officers often sleep and spend personal time, here is one of their beds. now when enlisted women are allowed onboard, there will be nine to a room, slightly bigger. when enlisted women are allowed aboard, they don't have the same amount of privacy. >> the first reaction is whoa, they are probably going to be in trouble.

because they are going to be in an enclosed space for a long time with a lot of men. women in those situations can be at high risk for sexual assault sara is a retired captain nurse, about abuse in the military. >> we spoke with an officer who has been serving on a submarine for go years and says she has had no problem. >> that's good that's really good, but i also know from all the interviews i did, i interviewed 60 women, women that world war ii, all the way up to current day, and i know that officers have very different experience than enlisted. >> the most recent report found that the vast majority were young enlisted women. >> we talked to that navy veteran who had grave concern about the safety of women on submarines the harassment, what is the navy doing to combat that?

most sailors will tell you they are used to that continuing drum beat, of treating each other with respect, with dignity, putting things like sexual harassment in the past is what we are after one of the highest achievements for a submariner, she understands she is forging a path. >> tonya mosley, al jazeera, washington coming up next, our picture of the day, plus the president to protestors images from america's reaction to the eric garner case. >>

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between our professed ideals and how laws are applied on a day-to-day basis. >> the time for remorse when my husband was yelling to breathe, that would have been the time for him to show some type of remorse, or some type of care for another human being's life, when she was screaming 11 times that he can't breathe. it's also a tragedy that a police officer has to live with that death, a police officer went out to do a difficult job, and all that you don't want to happen actually happens. >> we are blessed to have the finest police force anywhere in the world. and that's this police force is keeping us safe all the time, put we still have who work to do

to bringing our neighborhoods and communities closer. >> the big challenges like these should galvanize our country, they should unite us around around opportunity that brings us together. >> one people united will never be defeated. walking off the job, to get the country's attention, fast food workers demanding more money, plus, sports stars taking on civil rights what a new generation of athletes are saying all that and more at 11 een time, finally tonight, a tradition since 1940 teen, the light of the national christmas tree. >> president obama flipped the switch with his family, and thousands looking on, the tree is on near the white house.

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