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. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris, with a look at the top stories. rolling stone magazine apoll ziss - cast -- apologises - casting doubt on a gang rape story that it published ashton carter, secretary of defense - he says he knows the pentagon inside and out the eric garner choke hold case - police begin to wear cameras. and the best year for job

gains since 1999. we begin with new developments in the scory of a woman who was gang-raped. rolling stone magazine was casting doubt on the article saying its trust was misplaced. last month the magazine published the woman's account of being raped. all fraternity activity was suspended, but "rolling stones" sauce it obvious looked key -- says it overlooked key pieces of information. >> this is a bombshell. "rolling stone", is apologising for an article alleging a brutal

gang rape. it was the centrepiece of an article of sexual violence on the u.v.a. campus, based on the story a magazine called jackie. "rolling stone" is saying in a statement: prfe what the magazine is saying also is that it never interviewed the alleged assailant because she asked them not to, and because of the sensitivity of rape. they now re great that decision. >> and so the lawyer for the fraternity in question here says they have prove that the account is false. what can you tell us about that? >> well, the fraternity issued a statement, pointing out some of the discrepancies in the article. for example, they say there was

no member of the fraternity who was a life guard. jackie said that was the person who was her date and orchestrated the gang rate. and there was no social event on the date of the attack. they also said that there was no initiation of new members at that time. again, jackie alleged that was the party, they said they don't do that in the fall. that initiation takes place in the braining. after this article came out in rowling stone magazine, al jazeera talked to a former u.v.a. student. she knew jackie and counselled jackie. >> i spoke with her recently, she is well. as far as helping her through the experience, i did what any good advocate would do, and that's simply just believe, reassure that it's not their fault, and reflect back the feelings of the sharing with

you, because they are entitled to feel whatever it is that they are going through. >> that was a few weeks ago. she has told "the washington post" in light of the discrepancies in jackie's story, that she does not know what to believe. but hopes it does not stop efforts to deal with sexual assault on college campus. >> remind us what had been the rcksz through the initial -- reaction through the initial parts of the "rowling stone" vogues. investigation. apparently the university was uncooperative. teresa sul vap issued a news-- sullivan issued a noose statement saying despite a twist in the store your, the university is committed to re-evaluating policies and procedures on sexual assault and will continue to focus on that. >> lisa stark for us in

washington. thank you. let's look - the streets of boston. a large crowd, as you see here, of people marching through the street protesting the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. a number of demonstrations are planned across the country. new york city is preparing for a third night of protests calling tension to tactics in the city much as it happens, the city is police -- city's police department is outfitting some officers with body cameras, and eventually all will have them. roxana saberi has more the police commissioner said officers at three of the city's nearly 80 precincts are testing the body cameras starting today. new york city has been planning to put cameras on officers since last year. as questions intensify, the mayor is speeding up the process. >> reporter: this officer is

demonstrating a body camera that three precincts are testing, tarting friday. -- starting friday. when the police interact with the public, they are supposed to turn on the cameras. three more precincts will test them next week. >> for 60 to 90 days we'll look at how it's going before making decisions on the larger acquisitions. >> reporter: the move comes as the city braces for protests over the death of eric garner in july, and a grand jury decision not to indict the officer involved. police say they arrested 200 demonstrators on thursday night. the police commissioner said on friday with 35,000 officers, his department is prepared to keep the protests under control. he said the rallies are diverting officer from their regular duties. >> the impact that it may have on delivering basic services to the city. we are doing well because of the

size. let's hope over time that, you know, the point will have been made, and the nature and history is that they'll diminish over the time. >> eric garner's case sparked rallies, with protesters ending calls of a nationwide problem of police brutality. >> in phoenix on thursday night demonstrators protested the shooting of an unarmed man. police say a white officer shot after smaebing a pill bot -- smoking a pill bottle in someone's hand as a gun. >> people need to wake up. >> the phoenix police department says the protests are linked to tensions across the country. >> it has to do with the most recent shooting in phoenix, and pretty much the wave of sentiment. this is something we have to work through as a nation. >> a quick correction, the grand jury decision was on wednesday.

the grand jury verdict sparked legitimate concerns about police practices across the u.s. >> thank you roxana saberi for us. for many, eric garner's death is similar to michael brown's. both were unarmed black men killed by a police officer that was not charged. the difference is in the reaction from the public and the police. paul beban is live in union square in new york. >> well, that's right. we are here in union square. downtown manhattan. this is the historic center of protests. as you can see, tonight it is 40 degrees, raining, and if there were protesters gathering. it is vastly outnumbered. there are very few protesters. there's a fall group marching around the square. we heard reports of as menace 50

black of as many as 50. it's supposed to get colder and rainier. that may work in the police's favour on what would be the third night of protests. we had two nights, wednesday and thursday. large protests, with the police taking a stand-off posture. that may be a contributing factor to why we are not seeing a large turn out tonight. let's here what a police expert told us. >> because the world is watching. they do not want to look at an occupying force. their posture is nonaggressive. just to allow them to blow steam and happy fully it will last a couple of days, and go away. >> so what we have seen for the last two nights is roving bans of protesters allowed to go wherever they want. they blocked the brooklyn bridge, gone to times square and rockefeller center. that may be the strategy to

allow people to voice outrage and who off steam. that may be the end of it. we'll have to wait and see. >> paul beban for us. union square in new york city people in cleveland are looking at a scathing justice department report into the city's police department. u.s. attorney general eric holder criticized the department saying the officers had been using excessive force for years without accountability. the federal government is calling for sweeping changes. bisi onile-ere joins us from cleveland. when will a federal monitor be in place? >> that's what we are waiting to find out. the city and the justice department have started negotiating on what changes may lie ahead. there are a lot of people in cleveland hope to see the government intervene. emotions are still high. earlier today dozens of protesters took to the streets in response to 12-year-old tamir

rice. the young boy was gunned down by a cleveland police officer last month. >> reporter: excessive force, years of injurisdiction, a pattern of reckless -- inis justice, a pattern of reckless behaviour. according to a report revealing the dark side of the cleveland police department. findings a surprise to some, but not to all residents. >> i see a lot of stuff. >> this 23-year-old says he's been mistreated by the police, but will not elaborate out of fear. >> i feel like a lot of police feel they have so much power now, they can do what they want. change up the rules, how they feel they want it, because they have a badge. >> the justice department's 2-year investigation backs up the claims. the report uncovered civil rights matters. superiors, oftentimes, were

aware of the wrongdoing, but looked the other way. >> people have been hurt. and lives have been lost. johnson says within the black community there's little trust in the police. a shift could be underway. >> there are problems in the division of the cleveland police. this review demonstrated some of those problems. we will enter into discussion with the department of justice as to how we correct those problems that we agree on are not really problems. >> ra washington is a community activist, rallying behind the families that lost loved ones to police. including tamir rice, who was carrying a toy gown when he was shot dead. the city can regain the public's trust by letting top leaders go first. >> that needs to be met with leadership saying "you know what, we messed up.

the first thing we'll do is resign." the city and justice department have negotiated reforms. the federal moderator will oversee the force. johnson is not hopeful. >> the only hope i have is change. if i don't see it, there's no hope. they have to show me proof. actions speak louder than words. johnson and many in the community are looking for change. but understand, it will likely take time to bridge a gap that existed for decades. not etch is on board with -- everyone is on board with the justice department report. a police union leader spoke out against it, and the mayor of cleveland is not 100% behind it, but the city will comply with the reforms. earlier tamir rice's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the two officers involved. >> bisi onile-ere for us in cleveland

a 130 mile trek for more than 100 protesters in missouri is obvious. it started saturday and ended at the state capital in jefferson city. the 7 day journey for justice made its way through lynn missouri, and asks for reforms in the wake. michael brown shooting. president obama nominated former pentagon official ashton carter to be the next defense secretary. if confirmed, he will succeed chuck hagel, who announced his resignation last month. jamie mcintyre is at the white house. why did president obama choose ashton carter for the top job at the pentagon? >> for one reason, the short list of candidates was so short, that he was the only name left, the other major contenders took their names out. the president turned to ash carter.

but he cabinets someone with -- gets someone with smarts, someone who is a physicist, so one that knows how the weapons work. and someone with pentagon savvy. by the time the president made the announcement. it was the end of washington's worst kept secret. >> today i'm pleased to announce my nominee to be the next secretary of defense, mr ash carter. with a record of service that expands more than 20 years as a public servant, an advisor, a scholar. ash is a foremost security leader. >> i accepted the president's offer to be nominated for secretary of defense because of my regard for his leadership. i accepted it because of the seriousness of the strategic challenges we face. but also the bright opportunities that exist more

america if we can come together to grab hold of them. >> now, of course, katter needs isn't -- carter needs senate conformation. president obama noted that he's been confirmed three times before, and so it shouldn't be a problem. all indications are that he'll be confirmed fairly easily. senator mccain, the incoming senator indicates why he thinks carter is qualified, he's not happy with the president obama administration. he plans to use the hearing as a way to examine problems with that. >> counter defense secretary chuck hagel was a no-show at the announcement today. is that significant? >> i wouldn't read too much into it. secretary hagel had another commitment that he would make. he issued a statement supporting ash carter.

yesterday he said he was comfortable with his departure from the pentagon. times, at your engagement ceremony you don't necessarily want to invite your ex-wife. >> jamie mcintyre, you had a couple today. appreciate it. thank you. >> you're welcome. the latest job's report offers good news for the nation's workforce. 3021 jobs added and 5.8% unemployment. ali velshi joins us to break down the numbers, from "real money". it's a mostly good report isn't it? >> very good report. 320,000 net new jobs, all the jobs added minus those lost. it's 100,000 more than economist forecast, and they revised the last two months. re vingss since -- revisions since september and october.

on average 240,000 jobs per month in 2014. it's about right, where the job gains should be, for the job market to have room to grow. we gain more workers than we lose. people leave and retire. we have more, maybe 200,000 more than we have leaving. unemployment in november. the number which you and i talked about, i prefer to ignore. it's 5.8%. it's the lowest it's seen since mid-2008. i don't care. that's not the important number. the recession was about to heat up. ignore that. important number is the number of jobs added every month. very, very strong. >> okay. so more jobs create last month. what about the quality of those jobs? >> once you get into the numbers, 150, 200, 250, 300 - you have to worry about the quality.

of the types of jobs added 20,000 were added in construction. 28,000 in manufacturing. 29,000 in health care. health care has not lost a job in 10-15 years. there are low-paying jobs at the entry level. generally speaking we have seen good-walty jobs. that will -- good-quality jobs. a lot of people quit their jobs. we are looking at 2014 being the busiest growth year for jobs since the the 1990s. that is good. the problem that you and i talk about a lot is stagnating wages. they are up 2.1% compared to a year ago. inflation is around that much. not much of a gain. gas is lower. that helps people. food prices are higher and the average family spends more on food than gas. for a lot of americans it's a bit of a wash. >> i can't wait. you have more coming up. top of the hour.

thank you ali velshi the orion spacecraft lifts off and lands safely. paving the way for mars. and why this year's flu vaccine may not cut it when it comes to protecting from the flu.

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n.a.s.a.'s orion mission. >> and lift off at dawn. >> it was a day late, but it left the kennedy space center at 7:05. everything went according to plan, and it made its first test flight on schedule, splashing down in the pacific ocean. it was unmanned, designed to test the spacecraft's heat shield. this picture shows orion re-entering earth's atmosphere. it's hoped it's the first test to take people into space to places like mars. >> i spoke to dave brody, a science and technology writer for space.com and asked why it was launched a day late. >> yesterday was a cascade of thing. first of all a ship that was where it wasn't supposed to be. there was some plumbing problems. up close there's a lot of plumbing, a lot of stuff that needs to go right. so they appropriately were conservative. didn't launch.

had a beautiful textbook launch and mission today. >> tell me the importance. for folks like me and should follow this, this is apparent stuff. i get it. those that don't follow the importance of this as closely as we might. why was the mission important and the fact it comes off successfully important. >> to do the space shift. we haven't done a capsule in that long. it was like apollo. it was a capsule shaped object. this thing comes screaming through the atmosphere on re-entry, when it comes from deep space, the moon, asteroids and mars. >> does it hold enough promise for there to be political will and public support. >> yes, for a space geek like me, yes. for a regular person, who is more sane than i am, and not crazy about the space stuff. probably not.

i think n.a.s.a. will be in trouble. this could be $60 billion before it does anything significance. >> let's look at the time line. if you, in celebration of the mission, conceived a child tonight. this kid would be in the third grade before this thing flies with a person on it. they'll be in college or grad school before we go some place. >> with the other fundraising priorities pushing. >> it canna ballizes from n.a.s.a.'s budget for science. i'm a science keek. i want to -- geek. i want to see the universe explored with robots. i can see n.a.s.a. asking a contractor to build this for less money by means of competition. we are not doing it today. maybe we should. >> dave brody with us. centers for disease control said this could be a bad year for the flu. it says this year's flu vaccine

may not be used in fighting the virus. jacob ward joins us from san francisco. give us a refresh ir course on -- refresher cores on how the flu -- course on how the flu works. >> what you are sowing is a dead form -- seeing is a dead form of what scientists will see. your body is getting a dress rehearsal, a practice dummy that it learns to fight against. then when the body encounters the food in the wild, it has the antibodies developed that can kill it off as soon as it enters the system. >> why does the vaccine's effectiveness seem to vary. something that is so important this year. >> well, it's because the scientists - two reasons. one is they are gambling every year as to which strain of the flu it will be. the flu changes. it's a whily bug.

you have to come up with a new formulation to fight off what is coming in. the problem this year is the most sort of dangerous - is not the right word - virulent form of the flu, one of three that this hot is designed to fight, turns out to have twisted -- drifted jeb eticily -- genetically. the antibody aimed at one kind of the flu is not ready for when it scoops away as it has genetically. the body does not recognise the slightly mutated form. 60% of people receiving the vaccine will effectively fight it off. that's of great concern when you talk about a flu killing as many as 50,000 people every year. it's still worth getting it. 60% protection is better than nothing. it's a case in which the flu virus evaded the best efforts to

fight it in this particular year. >> appreciate it, thank you jake ward in san francisco president obama's nominee for secretary of defense is well liked. he is not wowed controversy. more -- without controversy. more on ashton carter. ending up in power politics.

president obama announced his choice to be the next nation's defense secretary. nominating ashton carter for the top job at the pentagon. carter is no stranger to the defense department. serving in several positions in the clinton and obama administrations. he was deputy secretary of

defense of. >> he has been a close party with military leaders and is admired by civilian leaders because he's a mentor to so many of them. >> carter must be confirmed which the u.s. senate. likely to happen next year. his nomination is supported. let's dive into the nominee and what he may days. lawrence korve joins us, a senior fellow and former assistant secretary of defense. good to see you, larry. >> nice to be here. >> pleasure, good to see you again. is carter, as the president suggests, and you have insights on this. respected by politicians and career military at the pentagon. >> they appreciate the fact that he understands how it works. the politicians, the democrats obviously don't want to come out again. obama's pick - the republicans

like him because he's more hawkish than most of the people working for obama. >> do you think he'll work both sides of the aisle? >> the key issues will not involve both sides of the aisle. the main controversy is do we have the right policy in iraq and syria. how do we deal with president and the pivot to asia. these are the decisions made by the policy makers at the white house and the state department. >> do you like him as a choice? >> i think given where obama was, he had no other choice, because what happened was when you fire a secretary like you did with chuck hagel. you picked successors. somehow they did that. since it's so late in the administration, and people know that so much of the real decision making power is in the white house, a lot of people didn't want it job. the he has the advantage of he'll hit the ground running.

he's been out of the place for a year. he's held the number 3 and 2 it jobs before. >> will he, i don't know the answer to this. will he be a yes man for the pentagon? and work then to bring the president around to the president's thinking on tactics and strategies on issues ranging for i.s.i.s. to afghanistan and iran and iraq. the real question for him is not so much the policy, but the budget. will they stay within the sequestration limits or will they cabinet relief. -- will they get relief. chuck hagel tried to get relief, was not successful. it will be interesting if carter can next year. remember, he has a short time to change things. we are almost into the presidential election year. >> what do you think - broadly speaking, what do you think of the critique of this president.

robert gates - that suggests that the white house micromanages the pentagon, and people with no military experience or involved in military decision making. >> i think that happens all the time, there's always tension between the white house and the agencies. the real question is is the secretary of defense able to go to the president and say "look, if this doesn't stop, i'm out of here." when i worked in government, george schultz in the state department was upset about the control the white house was exerting and went to regan and said "i'm not going to stay unless i have impact", and the president began to listen to him. that's why gates and pennetta should have said "look, this is not what i signed up for, and i'm going." you need have you been with stature and gravitas in that job. >> and did you find carter's

comments in the op ed on bombing north korea, i guess years ago - strange or peculiar, do you think it will come up in the confirmation hearing? >> i find them outrageous, the fact that he is his mentor, bill perry, secretary of defense in the '90s. bombing north korea. imagine what would happen if we had done that. it will come up, but again the republicans may lead that way. the democrats will not want to the embarrass their own president. they have had enough problems. >> lawrence korb, senior fellow and former assistant secretary of defense. one of ashton carter's biggest challenges as defence secretary is i.s.i.l. the u.s. and allies are making slow but steady progress.

i.s.i.l. and kurdish fighters are locked in a stalemate after three months of fighting in kobane. bernard smith has more. >> reporter: there doesn't seem to be much of kobane left to fight for. nearly three month of air strikes, mortifier, suicide bombs and street fighting reduced large parts of this town to rubble. most civilians are long gone. many have trouble finding their homes if they came back. despite destruction, kurdish fighters are dodging the fighters along front lines, that are largely unchanged. >> it's true, we haven't made a major advance in kobane. our fighters make progress. it's slow, the situation is difficult. the slow advance is deliberate, as we prepare for a major advance. >> reporter: there are air strikes every day. at least 16 around kobane, in the first four days of dises. compared to it 11 across all

parts of iraq and i.s.i.l. control. kobane was never d strat eegicily important, but became symbolically important as kurds put you have a fierce resistance to the i.s.i.l. advance. both are locked in a battle to preserve or enhance reputations. i.s.i.l. poured in help. this was a car bombing at a border crossing. victory for i.s.i.l. would be trumpeted as victory over the u.s. i.s.i.l. lost 50 fighters in the assault. the kurds and peshawar are struggling to make headway. with another weapons to eliminate i.s.i.l., it won't take a long time to clear them out from here. street fighting is tough. you can advance by yearing one house at a time.

>> the u.s. and partners are unwilling to involve troops. they prefer to train. for now, the kurds, with help from iraqi peshawar, must fight their own battles. >> a second investigation into a traffic jam found governor chris christie was involved. the report from former lawmakers stopped short of clearing him, saying they were unable to interview several witnesses that could have provided more information. in today's power politics, a run off election in louisiana. david shuster joins us. >> republicans are hoping to put an exclamation point on the election year with another big senate win. republican bill cassidy is

running against mary landrieu. polls show mary landrieu behind, and campaign problems were on full display this morning at the beginning of a radio interview. >> united states senator mary landrieu - how are you? thank you for joining us. how are you? >> wonderful. i should have been. >> we asked weekly for six months, that's another story. >> oh, i am very sorry. >> that's okay. >> actually, it's not okay in a campaign for that to happen. this is another cut for a campaign that had self-inflicted hundreds. as for bill cassidy. he has been in washington not talking about the campaign. if cassidy wins, he'll be the ninth republican to capture a previously held democratic senate seat. >> in 2016. kentucky senator rand paul generated controversy with comments about the eric garner

case. >> obviously the individual circumstances are important, but i think it's important to know that some politician put a tax of $5.85 on a pack of cigarettes, so that driven cigarettes underground by making them expensive. some politician this had to direct the police to say we want you to arrest people for selling a loose cigarette. >> cigarette taxes - that was the moment to make that case when everyone was talking about eric garner. cue "the daily show", with job stewart. >> what the [ bleep ] were you talking about. >> rand paul got the message. the next day he did another interview, trying to do a do-over. >> they outnumbered him five to one. i think it was a better way than holding him in a choke hold. >> there you go. on the democratic side. 2016 potential front runner

hillary clinton spoke out about the garner case. watch. >> i'm pleased that the department of justice will be investigating what happened in ferguson or staten island. those families or communities, and our country deserve is full and fair accounting. >> measured, careful, speaking slowly. in the same ent, clinton are addressed the challenges of the presidency. >> it's a hard job. you need people, starting in their family. beyo beyond. family and friends who will be there and treat you like a human being. >> she's thinking about the presidential challenges. a decision on her candidacy is expected next month. this week clinton went to the

white house meeting with president obama. they speak on a range of issues but wouldn't provide details. it was believed it was a courtesy call in which clinton may have told the president she'll be distancing herself from him and his policies. more on clinton in a moment. president obama is beginning to work on the state of the union speech. some republicans angry with executive actions urged republican house speecher not to invite the president to deliver the speech. here is john boehner's response. >> the more the president talks about his ideas, the more unpopular he becomes. why would i want to deprive him of that opportunity. >> speaking of opportunities, the white house is showing a video showing the making of a bufrt of president obama. the -- bust of president obama. the first produced by a 3d printer. he sat between many cameras,

lights. >> this is an artistic like possess of the president. this is -- like possess of the president. this is -- likeness of the president. this is millions of prints. . >> amazing stuff. given that the white house didn't allow us to hear president obama's voice in the video, it's hard to know if the reaction was positive or negative. >> this is one that a lot of folks, when they saw it, thought it was a parody, or someone trying to dank hillary clinton because of the cringe-worthy factor. we have a video music picked up before the chorus.

[ singing ] is that going help hillary clinton with rural white male voters? >> down in the south? >> i don't know, i don't know. that's today's power politics. >> have a great weekend. let's look at other stories making headlines across america. roxana saberi is here with that. >> police in kansas city are investigating the death of a small teen as a possible hate crime. an s.u.v. hit the 14-year-old outside a somali community center. the names of victim and suspect has not been realised

the connect aring house where the sandy hook -- connecticut house where the sandy hook shooter lived is in the hands of the town. adam lived in the house before going the school. it's valued at more than half a million. no one wanted it because of what happened. there's no wore on what the town will do with the home. rains are over in drought-stricken california. now the clean-up begins. several days of rain triggered flooding and mudslides, stranding 3 dozen people in their cars. the rain totalled more than 14 inches. nearly all of california remained in a doubt. the battle is on in washington state against crows. who have taken over a town. >> yes, yes, yes. >> this is a great story. when nightfall, the crows fill the skies, and when day breaks, evidence of their nightly activities is everywhere - nasty. >> it's a problem for the citizens.

it leaves wastes on the sidewalks, homes, cars. >> officers are firing nonlethal noise makers in the air in the hopes of scaring the cruise away. they are causing other problems. they attack some people. make a lot of noise and sit on power lines, threading supply. >> did you tell me there was a time they shot the crows? >> the town had this problem for some time. they decided o use the noise makers instead. >> okay. appreciate it. thank you people buying a gun in washington state have to pass a background check with almost every purchase the the new laws have buyers and sellers confused with how it works. allen schauffler has the report. >> a custom-made short-barrelled rife. pretty in pink. it was supposed to be a christmas splay. >> a rapped case happened to be an amazing "oh, my gosh"

present. i can't do that. >> under the new law, it could be considered a firearms transfer, illegal without a criminal background check through a licensed gun dealer. in this cause, frustration. >> i would love the politicians and lawmakers to focus on those breaking the law. >> the law extends criminal background checks to gun show and online sales. it could make handing a gun to a friend at a range illegal. and could have implications for businesses that use guns. >> in the state of washington, in the armed licence professions. most companies own the firearms that the employees use. they check them out. private security contractors and investigators are wondering if the way they are doing business all along is a string of felonies. >> 45 calibre. semiautomatic pistol.

>> this gun manager says his rental business will probably not be affected. he supports the concept for sales. >> it's a safe and reasonable precaution. >> what he is hearing from many customers is confusion about what they can and can't do without breaking the law. >> it's the transfers. the transfers language, and the ambiguity. that is what upsets the majority of people in this community. >> this organization backed the initiative. he calls those concerns about gun transfers nonsense, a mistake screen and says -- smokescreen and says they will not bother with gift rifles. gun zealots putting up this issue to get away from the main point, which is this is an important step to keep guns out of the hands of those that shouldn't have guns. >> this is a main point for

those that see it as a constitutional right. >> if it wasn't the intention to criminalize it, where is it written into law. >> it's accurate, hard to break, and is pink. >> it is pink . >> the philippines preparing for a supertyphoon, packing days of extreme weather, a year after a catastrophic storm in the same area. defense officials say the changing climate is a threat to america's national security, and are trying to figure out how to prepare for it.

china arrested the former head of domestic security as part of its crackdown on government corruption. the highest ranking communist official it be arrested in more than three decades. he was expelled from the communist party after being one of its members. residents are evacuating villages in the eastern philippines in preparation for a powerful typhoon. local officials say they are better prepared than typhoon high wan floored thousands of towns. >> rebecca stevenson joins us now for more on the storm and

its potential. >> we watched this storm yesterday. equivalent category 6 hurricane. it weakened. i said ka gri six, i -- category 6, i meant five. category 4, we are talking about winds howling at 155 miles per hour. powerfulful gusts, taking it across the central philippine islands. as we look closely, we see where the center of the storm is located, and it's swinging outer bands of rain fall. we track the storm. we are concerned about flooding and landslides. the stra area is between intoinga. as we swing into sunday, that's when it will mark the land fuel.

>> when people think about climate change. though do not think about it as a security concern. it is, it's not lost on the u.s. military. tom ackerman reports on the issue. >> reporter: at hampton road virginia, planners are trying to cope with the biggest threat to its infrastructure - floodwaters that rise every year. here is how they picture langley air force base in the next couple of decades when sea levels calls 2.75 meters of flooding. a base where the pentagon expects global warming to make its mark. >> when you look at sea level rise on an increased storm surge, when you look at draught in the south-west, and permafrost in alaska. all the issues affect the installation and how we do our job.

the impact of climate change is increasingly important. the chief of the u.s. pacific command says a warming planet is likely to cripple the environment more likely than other scenarios. and tells his officers... . >> you may not have a conflict with another military. you'll have a natural disaster that you have to assist in or be prepared to manage the consequences. that is true every year. >> the military is preparing to repeat missions like its massive operation following the 2013 super typhoon that devastated parts of south-east asia. such disaster relief and humanitarian efforts are what a plan calls a threat multiplier. the forces then are not available. most countries are downsizing

the military. the becomes less of a buffer. >> warmer temperatures are preparing to turn the straits into a shipping lane. >> we have to posture for peace. they'll sense what is in the area. they know what is doing on, and the ability to protect the interest. in the competition for oil, a warmer arctic may emerge. >> today, techknow's phil torez got into a submarine and went to the bottom of the pacific ocean, and his romp and why scientists -- report and why scientists say this research could help with other planets.

>> next is "real money" with ali velshi.

you know scientists believe a way to determine if there is life on other planets is to study life at the bottom of our ocean the today "techknow"'s phil torres was approximately 10,000 feet below the surface of the pacific ocean on board a sub marine called alvin. phil's voyage is part of a mission with the wood hole oceanic mission. i spoke to him on a one-way radio call. a bit like what you hear in the music. you hear the word over a lot. i asked what part of the ocean he is studying. over. >> hey, tony. we are currently 2,990 meter below the ocean. at the ocean floor. 100 meters off the coast of costa rica. it is amazing. we are next to a place. the pressures are literally

crushing, so we are at the extreme depths where humans go, over. >> whoa. tell me more about what assist like done there, and what do you see. over. >> it is amazing, but it is cold. we are seeing some incredible landscape. a world i have never seen. there's octopus, amazing coral. it's incredible. over. >> my understanding is you are down there as part of a science mission. can you explain what it is all about? >> yes we are. it's bluf. there's a lot of -- beautiful. there's a lot of science to be done. the scientists are studying the chemistry of life. these environments season us about what life may look like on

other planets. exciting. what is alvin, how big is it, and who are you with. over. >> alvin is a deep sea submersible. it can go far down under the ocean. and right now the protective part has been in a 6 foot diameter titanium sphere with two other gentlemen. they have done many dives so are in good hands. over. >> fill, last question from me - how long will you be down there, over. >> we can stay down for up to 72 hours. for our mission, we need to be here a few hours at a time. if all goes to plan, well be back on the surface later today. >> wow, the story of fi's voyage

to -- phil's voiic to the bottom -- voyage to the bottom of the sea films in january. but check out techknow. have an agreed weekend. "real money" with ali velshi is next. eric guarder case in new york and pictures and looking at new york city and midtown and 57th street and keeping an eye on this throughout the hour and other news for you, a startling number of jobs added to the economy last month and workers out there are left saying show me the money and secretary of defense will face some old fiscal challenges and break down military spending and look if your money is being swell spent and the we are up a