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. . >> breaking news overnight. a military operation to free a captured american journalist ends with his death. casting doubt - rolling stone backs away from a storey as questions arise about a brutal gang rape reported in the university of victoria. [ chanting ] and talk about taking it to the streets - all the way from

phoenix to new york, protesters rally for a third-straight night in the wake of the eric garner and michael brown decision. seeking shelter before the storm - thousands flock to higher ground as a powerful typhoon takes aim at the philippines good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america thank you for joining us this saturday morning. breaking news overnight - an american held hostage and yemen was killed during a commando raid to rescue him. u.s. special forces stormed an area to find luke summers. yemeni officials say they were going to dill him today. it came -- kill him today. it came after pleading by his family for his release. you have allen schauffler live in seattle. first, we begin with ross shimabuku in our studios. how was he killed? >> it was a daring attempt to

rescue luke sumers for the second time. he and a south african hostage were killed by a captive during the raid to free them. this morning president obama released a statement saying: during the raid commandos stormed the hideout, not far from the capital city of sanaa, where summers was snatched off the streets in 2013. sumers had been shot when special forces reached him, and died before making it to a naval ship for medical treatment. al qaeda released a video, threatening to kill him if his demands of the u.s. were not met, but they never explained what they were. the group formed in 2009, with a main goal to target america. they are the group behind the

failed underwear woming of a flight to -- bombing of a flight to detroit. 10 members were killed in the raids. less than two weeks ago, another raid freed eight foreign officers, but summers was released earlier. president obama said in a statement that its administration will do all that it can to bring americans home safely. >> a sad day and scary situation. al jazeera has been talking to the summers family in seat. and the family pleaded for his life and appealed for his captors. allen schauffler is live in seattle. obviously this is a difficult time for the family, when did they learn about summers both? after the raid. the fbi told the family about the failed special forces operation and luke summers' death, according to his sister

lucy speaking from london. we spoke with his mother and brother. his mother paula saying for the last year it was like holding his breath. they say it's been worse since video was released of luke somers in capacity. he was a free land journalist. he worked for al jazeera and the bbc amongst others. we can share pictures that the family gave us of summers travels and him at work. they gave us a video appeal made by his mother and brother jordan, telling us that they wanted the world to know what kind of man he was. >> to put it simply, lucas is a humanitarian, devoting a large portion of those he felt were persecuted or didn't have a voice. >> we are so proud of you. there's not enough humanitarians

in this world like you. that video made before news of luke's death. >> meanwhile, a raid in pakistan killed one of the most wanted terrorists. he was indicted in the u.s. for planning the 2009 plot to bomb the new york city subway system. he was killed with two other suspects in the north waziristan pakistan. he had tape over as chief -- taken over as the chief. chuck hagel is there to discuss security with afghan leaders and u.s. commanders before the combat missions ends in a week's time. chuck hagel is confident that forces will prevail over the taliban. it will likely be his last visit to afghanistan as secretary.

the pentagon chief announced his resignation. >> turning to the fight against i.s.i.l. a key air base in syria has been uncoveredment the post is located in one of president asaad's last remaining strong hltedz. gaining control of the base gives i.s.i.l. access to rich oil fields. the fighters are said to tart a large weapons detail in the area. "rolling stone" magazine is backstacking from its bombshell report about a gang rape in virginia. a rape on camp as was based on misplaced trust and an unidentified woman. it caused a fire storm. officials were scrutinized

alleged sexual assaults. lisa, the victim in this report is standing by her story. what is she saying. >> she is, indeed. she spoke to "the washington post" as the post tried to verify details of her act. she told the post that she never asked for the attention and she is the one that had to live day by day obvious the past two years. as she told the post that her precise act is unravelling. [ chanting ] >> reporter: angry protests, calls for justice following allegations of a gang rape at a fraternity at the university of virginia. >> i'm appalled. at the information that has come forward. information reported in this

"rolling stone" article describe how a student named jackie was assaulted by seven men, each taking their turn while the others watched. now that information is called into question by the magazine itself. in a statement "rolling stone" says: when the article was first published two weeks ago, the writer told al jazeera america that jackie was discouraged from reporting her attack. >> in jackie's case she was told she'd be blackballed from threats, her reputation would be shot. what she was really told in a sense is that you'll be a pariah on campus. >> attempts to verify the story raises questions about credibility. >> it was vandalized after the

article came out. in a statement the fraternity said there was no social event during the fall attack. there was no member who was a life guard. the person jackie claimed orchestrated the rape. her attack was part of the fraternity initiation. the fraternity says it happened in the spring, not the fall. u.v.a. suspended all greek activities until january, beginning a look at policies on sexual assault. the university president says that effort will continue. those that work with sexual assault victims worry about the fallout from the discredited story. >> it caused a lot of people to realise what kind of problem sexual assault is on campuses and allowed a lot of women who experienced the same situations to come forward. it may have a cooling effect on

the same women coming forward. that is the concern whether women will feel reluctant to come forward with their stories. "rolling stone" told us that they are not - they are not retracting their entire story. they talked about another alleged assault on amp us. -- campus, but they are taking another look at the story told by jackie. >> tell me about what the university is saying about all of this. in the article the author says that the university was hesitant to speak with her at first. now that all this has happened, and the article expressed a degree of reticence around the truth of this story, what is the university saying? >> well, the university said that it is proceeding as it decided to do after this article first came out. they say they are committed to changing the culture on campus to addressing this issue and think they have an issue with

sexual assaults on campus and are committed to changing their policy, and will not release the suspension on greek activities until januarimey. they are staying the point. >> lisa stark in washington d.c. >> "rolling stone" admission is causing an uproar. hundreds are defending the student tweeting with the hashtag - i stand with jackie. maybe blame the magazine for blaming the victim. more on the "rolling stone" report coming up. we'll talk to former u.v.a. student emily rendor, a sexual assault survivor and student. the person that put jackie in touch with the "rolling stone." more on that later. the university of new mexico is being investigated for its

handling of rape reports. they will look at policies and practices for preventing sexual assaults. they'll look at how they respond to allegations of assaults and allegations. >> rallies against police brutality are planned for new york city. protesters took to the streets here, as in other cities, reacting to a grand jury decision not to indict the police officer in the chokehold death of eric garner on staten island. we are joined by jonathan betz, live from times square. new york city protesters took bold steps on friday. tell us, what exactly did they do? >> big change of tactics. the two previous nights, we saw demonstrators going to major thorough fares like the brooklyn

bridge and times squares. last night the emphasis switched to corporate america and macy's, and the apple store on fifth avenue. [ chants ] >> reporter: protesters flooded apple's flag ship store in manhattan. this is the third night in a row anger could be felt in new york and around the country. with the battle cry i can't breath, dozens went inside the flagship store. demonstrators protesting the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer in the death of eric garner. >> we want to push for a special prosecutor. >> n.y.p.d. officer faces a federal civil rights investigation into garner's death. he has reportedly been sued

three times. despite the fervor, new york city's police commissioner things the crowd will dwindle. >> the things will peter out on their own. people get tired. >> nationwide large crowds took to the streets in boston to express frustration in eric garner demonstrations. in washington demonstrators used bull horns, blocked traffic and protesters interfered with drives in miami. and in missouri, protesters arrived at the capital after a 7-day march beginning at the site where michael brown was killed in ferguson. >> it's a long string of events that suggest that the justice system, which is the bedrock of democracy, a justice system that is colour blind, you have a learning number of people in this country this don't believe

that's the case. and protesters attempting to get on to the manhattan bridge last night, but they were cop fined to the fdr, a major six-lane highway. there were importantly 10 arrest in the area. the protests smaller than an previous nights, main by because of freezing rain. >> still a lot of tension. john joining us live from fifth avenue. the parents of another unarmed black man shot by a new york city police officer are speaking out. the officer that killed their son should be charged with homicide. n.y.p.d. officials say he's a rookie officer and accidentally fired his gun inside a stairwell inside an apartment complex. it shot girly in the chest. >> my son was my life. there's nothing in this world can hear my pain and heart ache. i pray to god i get justice to

my son. he shouldn't have died like that a grand jury examining the case will decide if charges will be fired. investigator are investigating the stabbing of multiple people on an amtrak train. four people were attacked. one of the victims is in serious condition. witnesses say the suspect stabbed a conductor and went after three passengers. they say he was talking to himself and acting strangely before the attack. >> the powerful typhoon is barrelling towards the philippines with wind gusts up to 155 miles per hour. it is expected to make land fall within a few hours. half a million fled for their own safety and more than 6,000 people decide when super typhoon hit the same area. for more now on the track of that typhoon, let's turn to meteorologist kevin corriveau.

what is going on? >> it is a very powerful storm, the biggest we have seen in the u.s. this year. we are talking about a storm system 120 miles per hour, gusting to 155, equivalent to a category 3 hurricane making landfall. the storm, the outer wall is making landfall. we are seeing the center of the storm a few hours later from that. this is the track of the storm. we'll see a bit of rain. we have seen mud and land slides. anything to the north will be hit the hardest. we expect to see 15-20 inches of rain to the north, and south to manila. it is below sea level in some locations of manila. we'll see extensive flooding across the region, we'll follow this carefully. in haiyan, last year, it made

land fall to the south. a lot of these people are trying to recover after haiyan, still living intense, still a difficult situation across the region. half a mullion people are in evacuation centers. it's a good situation tore them. >> wow, cannot catch a break. thank you so much a fight for the last contested seat in the u.s. senate. after months of campaigning the louisiana election comes down to votes cast today cloak and dagger spy craft. why the u.s. charged a navel engineer with trying to steal american secrets. all that and more next.

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france agreed to pay repatriation, a $60 million lump sum to cover those taken to death camps on french trains. it will cover family members. u.s. officials are charging an american navy engineer with esbionage saying that he tried to map classified documents on the newest nuclear super carrier, which is the u.s.s. "gerald ford." he was doing to turn them over it the egyptian government. but investigators uncovered the plot after he took money from an undercover agent in change for the documents it is election day, take two, and in a run-off senator mary landrieu is struggling to keep here seat. jonathan martin has more on the

political battle in the bayou. >> reporter: widely considered a powerful woman, democratic senator mary landrieu is in an unfamiliar spot - as the underdog in a run-off for o seat she held for 18 years. in what has become the most expensive senate race, bill cassidy is the one to beat, outspending landrieu in the final stretch. >> she has been doing more personal appearances, campaigning. more spending and more advertising than her. getting into the primary they were matched. each raising more than $10 million. the g.o.p. senate sweep - it boosted cassidy's elections. louisiana's political analysts says democratic funders gave mary landrieu more than

4 million before november, backing out. >> the democratic senator committee pulled out after the primary, making the calculation that she is an underdog. >> reporter: the lopsided spending is evident on the airways. the koch brothers funding americas for posterity and the american crossroad network backed by karl rove poured in more than $2 million, running ads against mary landrieu. >> since the primary election ads have been running 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 10:1 against her. >> mary landrieu has support by donors in the oil and gas industry. despite her not getting enough senate support to pass the keystone bill, corporates continued to donate thousands to her campaign. >> it's a way to show that she's been there for them. so she'll be here, there for her

this time around. >> reporter: the candidates relied on help from big names, including two possible nominees. jed bush head lining a campaign for cassidy. and hillary clinton. nearly all polls point disorders a cassidy win, some political observers point out in louisiana, mary landrieu and brother mitch, the mayor of new orleans, former lieutenant governor, and father are known for political comebacks. >> i would never count out mary landrieu because they are louisiana's version of a kennedy. a dynasty. in place since the '60s. you are looking at live pictures out of afghanistan where secretary of state chuck hagel is on a surprise visit. he's holding a news conference

and commented on the death of luke somers earlier, calling it a murder by terrorists, and we'll have more on the secretary of defense's visit in a few minutes plus a genetic trait making women less prone to getting breast cancer. doctors discovered it could help them fight the disease. and why scientists call the west coast drought the worst in more than a millennium. all that and more coming up.

the rain in california is providing little relief to the drought happening there. scientists say the state is suffering the worst drought in a millennium. they examined tree rings and found california would need about 20 inches of rain within the next six months to recover. the average annual rainfall is 23 inches. >> employees of sony entertain. say they were contacted by the hackers who carried out a cyber attack. many received threatening emails from the guardians of peace. the same group claiming responsibility for the november 24th cyber attack, crippling the studio network, and linked several new movies online, and the social security

numbers of thousands of celebrities. scientists believed they pinpointed the genetic trait that protects latino women from developing breast cancer. the new discovery could help doctors fight the deadly disease. >> reporter: delving into the minute world of the human genome scientists solved the medical history. fewer hispanic women get breast cancer. researchers at the university of california, san francisco, found latino women have a snippet of d.n.a. conferring greater resistance to the disease. >> this is one in 3 billion varnts in the genome. >> it's an heirloom among the native people of america. finding the variant took seven years of payne taking work says u.s. ff scientist -- u.c.

ff scientist. >> i'm committed. this is a great step forward after so many years researching the genetic roots of cancer could lead to better therapies, to fight or prevent the disease. for example, the breast cancer finding will guide doctors in advising latino women on how often they should obtain mammograms. >> i think we will get better tools for prediction of who is at risk, for sure. and i think we will get a better understanding biologically of what makes cancer happen, and how we could intentionally use that against the cancer. >> scientists say rapidly improving technology will speed findings about the nature of cancer and how to defeat it. >> about one in five u.s.

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a tragic end to a daring rescue mission. an american journalist held hostage in yemen killed during a raid by u.s. special forces overnight. >> happy because i'm here now another hostage situation ends in an escape through a hail of gunfire. how a swiss hostage freed himself from an armed group after two years captive in the

philippines jungle backing down, "rolling stone" magazine questions its story about a gang rape at the university of virginia. we speak to the woman who put the victim in touch with the reporter. [ chanting ] and fury from coast to coast. a third straight night of passionate protests in the wake of two divisive grand jury decisions good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford. breaking news overnight. a failed attempt to rescue american hostage luke somers in yemen. u.s. special forces stormed an al qaeda outpost in southern yemen, trying to save the photo journalists. al qaeda threatened to kill the somers whom they had held since 2013. >> ross shimabuku joins us live in the studio.

what exactly happened. >> the operation began with an air strike. forces rushed to d hide out. it happened not far from sanaa. where somers was snatched how far the street in 2013. officials believed his life was in danger and president obama said because of that he authorised the raid. unfortunately when u.s. forces got to somers, the photo journalist was wounded. they tried to rush to get medical help. another hostage was killed by al qaeda during the operation. secretary of state john kerry said in a statement the murder of luke somers by his captors is a reminder of the brutality of the terrorists in al qaeda and arabian peninsula and said:

less than two weeks ago u.s. forces made the first attempt, but somers had been moved from the location before the raid. eight others were freed. >> al qaeda attempted but failed to block a flight to detroit. >> thank you. >> allen schauffler is live for us. al jazeera has been talking to 9 somers family as they made a plea to save his life. did it appear the family had any idea that a rescue attempt would happen this weekend? >> if they did, they didn't share the knowledge with us. when we spoke with them hours before the news came out, they were very careful about discussing the logistics of luke somers' situation. they didn't want to do anything to put him into danger.

they took steps to make a video to show captors who luke somers was. >> when foreign nationals were advised to leave yemen, luke refused to go, saying he felt safe and at home. he felt the yemeni people would look after him. >> to put it simply, luke was a humanitarian. spending a large time helping those who felt persecuted or didn't have a choice. ner hostage was -- another hostage was killed, a teacher held by the group for longer. >> before this happened, has the somers family made a statement since the news of his death? >> no, we have not heard from them at all. his sister, lucy, asked that the family be left in peace. that's what we are doing. they have not reached out to us

yet. >> before we let you go. what can you tell us about his work with al jazeera. >> a 33-year-old photo journalist. he'd been in yemen for some time. his family told us he fell in love with the country and his pictures showed a lot of colour and imagery. he worked for al jazeera in the past. including other organizations. his family said it's pictures that he loved yemen and adopted it as his country. >> shauf are joining us live. thank you so much. >> in the philippines, a wildlife photographer escaped from an armed rebel group. he was held captive for two years, and escaped during a government raid.

he was one of two captured in 2012. the other hostage did not want to the take the same risk. >> he didn't feel comfortable with the situation to join me. it was his decision not to come. i asked him minutes before they left to join me. he decided not to join. >> he was on an expedition to photograph rare birds when adopted by a gunman. >> a raid killed one of the federal bureau of investigation's most wanted terrorists. he was indicted for planning a plot to gom the new york subway system. >> he was killed by two other suspects. he had taken over as the chief

of global operations since the death of the mastermind. defense secretary chuck hagel is in afghanistan where he's discussing security measures with leaders and commandos ending there in a few weeks. he's confident that afghan forces will prevail, for giving a live look. >> there is hagel speaking now. this likely will be the last visit as secretary. he announced his resignation last month. >> the battle for kobane is heating up. kurdish fighters, as well as iraqi peshawar and syrian rebels are locked in a fight to stave off demands in the town. it came as a repel group says it captured an air base. also this morning "rolling stone" magazine facing backlash

following an commission on friday that it misplaced trust in an unidentified woman, claiming she was gang-raped at the university of virginia. >> lisa stark is live for us this morning from washington d.c. >> when i read the article, it was appalling. aggressive. it was a rape scope that you hear about. now they hear that they may have displaced trust in this woman, and the university took major heat for the story. how are they reacting to the "rolling stone" apoll xie now. >> -- apology now. >> it's true, it was a gut punch to read about the rape. the university says it will not change its focus, saying sexual sauls on campus are a difficult and critical problem, and will continue a look at all its

policies and procedures, making sure that the right policies and procedures are in place. there are similar reactions on campus. >> it's not real. it's a problem. each if it was real. it's still a problem. as much as it matters, the article was telling the truth, we should focus on the problem that it brought. >> obviously it's sad that it painted the university in a bad light. >> people want to take the article as a negative aspect, taking it in a positive way and moving forward, fixing the problem. that's prevalent and that is what victims's rights groups are saying, they want the focus to remain on the fact that this is a significant college and won't want it brouhaha over the article to destrackt from that -- detract

from that important point. >> it's interesting hearing the sound from the students. in the article, she comes to her friend and she said "look, you don't want to tell anyone this happened or you'll be banned from the frat parties", and it puts a negative image on you as a freshman. the victim in the report is standing by her story. what is she saying now? >> well, this is according to "the washington post," which talked to the victim, known as jackie, talked to her over the last week, as they tried to verify her account. she told them she stands by the story, she never wanted attention, that she has had to live with the consequences of that. and also i will say "the washington post" talked to some friends who allegedly told her not to report the sexual assault and they have a little bit of a different story about what happened that night. >> lisa stark joining us live from washington. thank you so much. >> coming up, rehabilitation on

the story from sexual assault survivor and university student emily. she befriended jackie, the main person in the story, helping jackie to get her story into "rolling stone" magazine. more on that in a moment. [ chanting ] protesters swarmed apple's iconic apple store and conducted a dye in to send a message of anger at a decision not to indict a police officer at the center of the eric garner chokehold death. apple not the only store. john terrett is live for us there. protesters seem to be taking aim at holiday shopping. there you are in front of the apple store where this happened. what does it look like this morning? >> yes, big change in tactics. the first couple of nights people were going after major thorough fares like the brooklyn

bridge and intersections in times square. lat night they went after corporate america. i'm on fifth avenue outside the flagship apple store and look at the pictures. you know what the store is light. they are brightly lit, clean, controlled environment. here are protesters staging a die in and protesting on fifth avenue. if you think that's remarkable, take a look at these, down the road. it's a huge department store. the management met the protesters at the store. with the police, let them in, staged the protest, and then they left. >> how long is this going on. >> andrew cuomo, the governor of new york city - says home have legitimate cause to protest. >> the long string of events seen in this country suggesting that the justice system, the

bedrook of democracy, justice for all, justice that is colour blind. you have a large number of people that don't believe that's the case. and legitimate protesters say they are not going away soon. >> it's interesting hearing governor como talking about justice. they had signs saying ferguson is happening in new york city. what were the seats with the biggest rallies. >> you are right. this was going on for the third night in a row over the country. pictures are coming in from oatland california. this is interstate 880. the protesters blocking it. they blocked it for 10 minutes, causing a traffic jam. we have pictures from boston, protesters marching on harvard

square, washington d.c. blogging traffic and staging dye-ins. the weather in miami is far warmer. a reason the protesters in new york city were a little lighter in number, we thing it was because we had freezing rain. all over the country the message is this is what democracy looks like. >> a powerful message. garner. we cannot suspect mike brown. many of the protests are against a grand jury decision in the garner case, but they are talking about the other michael brown case. how are they reacting to seeing this happen again. >> you are quite right. much of the anger over the three days is directed on what happened in staten island. the michael brown case is prominent in everyone's mind as well. the naa cp organised a march that began on saturday.

they are marching on the governor's manning, and that end today. the people of ferguson are determined to continue protesting into the future. i can tell you that much. >> you were down there as well. you've been on the scene in every location. thank you so much. >> john terrett joining us live from fifth avenue. >> the n.y.p.d. officer not indicted in eric garner's death faces a civil lawsuit. two men filed suits claiming they were wrongly targeted by daniel in a 2012 drug raid. the city settled lawsuits with two others and claimed they were strip searched in public in 30 minutes we speak with three young women who took to the streets in new york city after the eric garner decision, and they'll join us live for the weekend conversation about racial justice here in america. >> michigan officials are investigating what led a man to

stab multiple people on an amtrak chain. he was arrested after he used a knife to attack four people. one victim is in serious condition. witnesses described the incident as the man started attacking the passengers. >> i see him had his fist up and bring it down. i was like oh, my god, he's punching the guy. i saw him bring the fist up and i noticed there was something in the fist resembling a knife blade or something, and i saw him bring it down. >> witnesses say the suspect was talking to himself and acting strangely before the attack. >> well, just a year after being hit by a powerful storm ever recorded history, the philippines is in the bulls eye again. meteorologist kevin corriveau is tracking that. >> how does this compare? >> this one was a super typhoon at one point. was the same intensity. it is considerably less, more like a category 3, but strong.

the philippines learnt a lot since last year's storm, taking precautions earlier, got a lot of people in evacuation centers here. it is the exact location hit last year. the storm is making its way on to the coast of samar. we'll see the eye go over the island soon, within the next several hours. this is the track of the storm we expect to see over the next 12-24 hours, making its way across the central philippines to the south of manila. it will be on the worse side of the storm, the right side is the most intense side of the storm, strong windows and heaviest rain fall. we expect anywhere between 15-20 inches of rain. last year's storm tracked to the south of this year's storm. a lot of people who had a lot of destruction in the areas are experiencing it again. they have not yet recovered. >> thank you so much

well, as we've been reporting the american-held hostage in yemen has been killed drag an attempt to rescue him. yemen, an arab nation hailed as a success by the obama administration. we'll ask a political analyst if the notion still stands. stay tuned dozens of tractors rolling through the streets of what was once the biggest city. it may have led to the resignation of high-profile officials. a look inside the largest case of fraud in u.s. history. that's bernie made of and al jazeera goes one on one with a woman who helped to n raffle the web of -- to unravel the when of lies behind that man. >> there was more to the man and the crime. playing out 15 feet from my

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. >> to put it simply, lucas was a humanitarian, devoting a large portion of his life to those that felt persecuted or didn't have a voice.

>> we are proud of you for the way you chose to live your life. there are not enough humanitarians in this world like you. >> that was luke somers' family describing the photo journalist killed. they spoke out and begged for mercy a day before their son was kill. we are here to give inside on the events as political analyst joins us. thank you for joining us. so we know that luke somers was taken off the streets. what was he doing that might have gotten him in trouble? >> actually, luke went to yemen about the beginning of the yemeni revolution. some were there to cover the revolution. he was recovering the protest and the aftermath. recently, i think, at the time

of his kidnapping he was working as an english editor for the yemeni dialogue conference, the biggest dialogue that took place for the peace process, and the political process. >> if he was covering that story and the political process, what message do you think al qaeda was trying to send? >> in 2013. it was an area where many journalists and reporters were kidnapped, including a dutch and her husband. they were freed at the end of the day. so it's horrifying news. >> what happened. if the others were freed, why did this change now, after yemen is called a bastion of progress? >> we don't know what changed on

the ground. maybe yemen, with the government, maybe they are using that as a leverage to have money and advance terror activities. >> when you mentioned this ransom and advancing the terror activity, what message does it send when they say don't come here or pull funny business, and we went, and president obama feels the arms and american justice. what does it send to them that we ignore their request or fail to get the target. >> it's a difficult decision for the u.s. and the yemeni government, but you can meet the demands of terror groups, and if you do is. maybe around the world, basically you send an open invitation that americans around the world should be kidnapped, so that people can get out. terrorist groups can get out

money in return. it's a difficult decision, but also, these terrorist groups need to be brought into accountable. >> the yemeni government has a broken system, one of the most corrupted government around the world. a few remember in 2013, and december 2013, where the yemen defence minister's compound was stormed. 56 were killed, yet the outcome of the investigation was not there. no one knows what is happening in yemen. there's no accountability, transparency. a lot of people don't know what is going on, who is behind the terrorist groups. people are operating in the dark. >> it's more diff. >> it's more difficult, very difficult. >> thank you so much for joke us. >> thank you for -- for joining us. >> thank you for having me

when bernie madoff's ponsy scheme was exposed it was apparent he was not acting alone. the woman that was his secretary said she, too, was in the dash. eleanor detailed how little she knew about the scam, and how she's trying to make it right. >> we are not one of the big guys that lost all that money. we lost money. >> we have lost everything. i have lost everything, and you have lost everything. >> people have killed themselves. people have lost their health. >> $50 billion. >> $50 billion gone. vanished. there are allegations that this long-running business was, in fact, a giant ponzi scheme. >> banks all over the world all put money with bernard madoff and he seemed like a good guy - except he wasn't. >> when it came out he screwed

over l.a. wiseel, that's the one that got to me. a nobel laureate and survived the holocaust and this man stole all his money. >> this man stole the life and the hard work of so many people, people who were immigrants, jews, christians, muslims, hindus. it's across the board, a microcosm of america. >> my name is eleanor. for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. i discovered there was more to the man and the crime than i ever could imagine. playing out 15 feet from my death. >> the morning after the death i came into work, the phones wept crazy, and the fax machines. i remember one woman called in. she was sobbing. she didn't know how to pay the bills, and didn't know what to

do. there's so many people. and they all left feeling victimized and ashamed, especially the older people. all they want to know is what should they do. it pretty much was not much. >> sir, why did you do it? anything to say to your victims? >> i was going to do something about it. i didn't know what, but i was going to do everything i could to help the authorities. i knew that i was the person that worked directly for him. and i knew in my file there had to be stuff that would be helpful. >> eleanor is the ultimate pot of gold. she's honest, she nose all the players. she could basically teach you, as an investigator, the landscape of this business. >> they would create a phoney spreadsheet on this old ibm as400 and create a phoney

portfolio on the spreadsheet and each month it would show again and male it out to investors every month. >> white collar crime destroys lives, and it can happen to any one of us. >> in god we trust airs on tonned at 9:00pm eastern. 6:00 p.m. pacific coming up "rolling stone" magazine casting doubt over its own story. backpedalling on the article about a gang rate at the university of virgin ja, te speak to the coordinator of misconduct, emily rendor, a survivor of a sexual assault herself. and the venses women have made in afghanistan, and why it could be lost in the blink of an

eye. stay tuned.

>> my name is elenor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> an unimaginable story of betrayal. >> they lived this incredible life. it just never occurred to me that they were living on the dime of the clients. >> greed... >> bernie was stealing every nickel but he wasn't trading anything. >> ... and entitlement. >> you took my grandchildren's future away from them.

good morning to you and welcome back to al jazeera. thank you for joining us here. i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories this morning. an american-held hostage in yemen was killed during a raid to rescue him. special forces stormed an al qaeda outpost in southern yemen to find luke somers. the group threatened to kill the photo journalist. yemeni kidnappers were sending it today. >> protests in new york city over the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. they stormed the apple store and maceies. rallies are planned against police brutality

"rolling stone" magazine is backtracking from a report about a gang rape in virginia. the magazine said the article was based on misplaced trust in an unidentified woman. the report caused a firestorm at the university. campus officials were security naffed -- scrutinized. emily is a graduate of the university of virginia and is a coordinator for sexual misconduct response at the university. she joins us via skype from charlottesville, west virginia. thank you for joining us. i want to read a statement you had in response to this semiretraction from "rolling stone." there assist: -- there it is:

emily, you introduced jackie, you were involved with the characters, jackie, dean, and the reporter. did anything seem fishy to you at the time. >> i will not say it felt fishy. what "rolling stone" did an incredible job of missing is there's a good body of safety of trauma and the way details come out and can be misremembered. "rolling stone" took everything as gospel truth and played adjudicator and fact finder. and now, holding jackie accountable for things she's working through. >> which is interesting, because in the piece you mentioned that you were a sexual assault survivor. what was your reaction like. what reaction did you get from the university in your own

circumstance? >> i was slow to come forward. when i did come forward i was fantastically supported, and felt that i was given everything i arrived for and was respected. i have nothing but good things to say about the way i was treated. >> jackie told "the washington post" that she stands by herring even though the discrepancies have been brought to light. did this detraction victimize her a second time all over again? in a lot i ways it does. it throws her under the bus for a lack of back checking, for not being sure she had a good counsellor to work through her drama. for not getting in touch with the people they were supposed to fact check with. this is something, again, that

advocates don't do. we wouldn't go after her friends to verify the story or go after the men. our job it to present and believe someone presenting with a trauma. it led her to believe that we were advocating for her, and that's a trial on their part. >> you call it a crime. when you mentioned unrequite support that you give victims and alleged victims in circumstances like this, do you feel betrayed? >> i think it's important for us to keep these three roles sacred. that's why i feel betrayed by "rolling stone" in particular, because advocates are meant to believe and support, and investigators and fact finders see different people. it's never in our job or interest to try to verify the truth of something that is someone else's job to do. >> how concerned are you that attention to the story will

discourage others from coming forward? >> i hope that would we can do is the university in a culture, with all the outrage that came out of the story, and all the people coming forward following the story, that that will not be lost, that we can have good conversations about community safety, victim autonomy that we were starting to have. i hope the outpouring after yesterday's retraction of saying why are you throwing a victim under the bus, or someone experiencing trauma and misremembering things, and spoke prematurely, why are you throwing that person under the bus. that encourages me that we'll stand by the people that come forward and the people that have come forward since the story. >> speak of since the story, have you heard from jackie since the retraction? >> i have. >> what does she say? >> i won't necessarily speak for

her. she's overwhelmed and upset. i know when i was questioned in my story by any number of friends who had doubts about the truth of my story, i felt hurt and victimized. i can't imagine how it feels to be questioned by the people you thought you trougheded. >> what is her reaction when the number of men was different and the fraternity said "we didn't even have a party on that night itself, is it a situation of misremembering, or did she address the fact that the discrepancies are cannedifiable? >> this happens a lot, that there are quantifiable discrepancies. it's to do with the way memories are stored in the brain. she is not been able to get the proper counselling to work with

an investigator who understands how to tease out a story. she dealt with a reporter who tried to get her to hammer out a linear narrative and didn't help her work through the dedays in a way that is sense -- i know i revealed details over time. someone can see that as me changing my story. it was me coming to terms with trauma, becoming more comfortable telling the details of my story, which i imagine is the same as what is happening to jackie. >> i know there's a lot going on. thank you for speaking to us this morning and so early. >> emily, from the university of virginia, our best to you los angeles police are investigating bill cosby over a sexual assault claimed from 40 years ago. officials on friday say they'll look into the recent claim by

judy hook. she says that cosby molested her in 1934 when she was 15. she met with l.a.p.d. after cosby's legal team countersued, claiming she tried to extort a quarter of a million, on top of a civil lawsuit claiming sexual battery. the word rapist was written multiple times on his star. cosby received the honour in 1977 and has been accused of sexual abuse by more than 20 women at this point. the comedian denied the allegations through a lawyer the u.n. says afghanistan has made progress in improving women's rites and there's an increasing number of girlsen rolling in schools and -- girls enrolling in schools and parliament. any ests of peace with the taliban could jeopardise those

gains. we have more. >> reporter: this woman's husband was killed by a suicide bomber two years ago. she has sex children to support. she was given a loan by a microfinancing problem so she could have an oven built. people bring her flour, she makes the bread, for way she is paid around $0.08 per piece. >> if i buy my children shoes, i can't afford to buy them a hat. i am grateful for the project. if i had not been taught this skill, our life would be harder. >> she leaves her children at the creche when she comes to the lessons. they were taught to read and right and given $100 to start a small business. they come regularly to improve the skills and pay the money back with the cash they earnt. >> before the women had no skills, and some of their

husbands let them learn, we worked with the community to encourage them. they are independent and don't need to ask for money from their husbands. >> this story offers a glummer of hope, there are many who are afraid that progress has been made, could be lost. i'm here to meet a woman determined not to let it happen. this is one of 69 women members of afghan's parliament. and says despite progress like a law to protect women from violence, the government must do more through funding and education. >> the huge amount of money goes to security. it goes to education, especially in power, on girl's empower. and education. it's a challenge that we face. it goes to the security issue. women's empower. - it's not like a priority for the government.

>> reporter: she has little choice but to be the bread winner. her daily struggles using skills she learnt represents a fragile beginning of independence for millions of women in afghanistan prior to the soviet occupation and taliban takeover afghanistan was a relatively liberal country. during the time afghan women made up of half workers, 70% of school teachers and doctors. dozens of farmer in mexico took to the streets to protest the disappearance of college students. they drove 43 tractors down the streets of the capital, each symbolizing one of the missing students. they vanished more than two months ago and the national government says the local mayor ordered the execution of those students. several gang members have admitted to that killing as protests continued, mexico's police chief has resigned.

he's been criticized for how the department handled the protests and lawyers called for his resignation. the police chief did not give a reason for settling down. >> there has been outrage from coast to coast in the wake of two controversial grand jury decisions. two cases of black men dying at the hands of police officers. we'll go live to john terrett, life for us outside of fifth avenue's apple store, after an emotional night of demonstrations. we'll speak with three young women in the studios who took to the streets in our weekend conversation and chat about the racial injustice in america. stay tuned. >> can a community break the cycle? >> the way the game is rigged... they can't win... >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series...

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people needs to take this to the law. it's not enough to talk about it on facebook. it needs to be a rule that it is not okay, that we will not stand

for it any more, for of. black rights are human rights, no matter who you are. this is progress having people of different colours, genders, races, religions, we are all standing toot. this is not -- standing together. that is not enough sna. that was christine speaking in new york city during protests after the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. thank you for joining us. it's interesting you mentioned in the sound the diversity of the protesters. when i was there what shocked me was it felt 60% white people were out there. i'm from the south. my dad and i were talking about this, dad is black. he said when trayvon martin died the protesters are differs. he said i'm surprised this many people not of colour cared. this man grew up in the 50s. when you see the diversity and

it's not enough. what will it take to become enough. >> the fact that there's diversity shows that it's an american issue, it's not just about black people out this getting killed. it's about human rights and the fact that all of us come together and unite for a greater cause. >> what do you think? >> as a white woman, i'll never know what it's like to grow up as a blackmail. i can go up and show that i support them. by showing up it takes a stand. i was amazed at the diversity. it was amazing to see the turn out. >> how did you think it was perceive. >> no one said anything. it was a diverse bump of people. i didn't really stand out. >> you had your own experiences with law enforcement that made you want to get involved. what happened. >> i had been wrongly stopped by

police officers. they didn't have to give just cause if they felt a reason to stop you. >> what were they stopped for? >> driving. they asked if my licence had expired, my music was loud. they felt the car i was driving was not in my name. >> we call that driving while black. >> we think there's too many of those crimes that occur. it's easy, because it doesn't happen to you, to say this isn't a problem in america. the truth and reality is it happens every day. we are lucky to have coverage for the eric garner case, but there are many others still who are not getting justice. >> and it's been reported. i think there needs to be a big question about how we write the wrongs in america today. >> elizabeth, kristina, protesters have been passing out the pamphlets stating demands.

on the pamphlets they wanted all officers involved in gardner's death fired. they wanted to appoint a special prosecutor and wanted the state legislator to make choking punishable. what did you want to aecom plirn by being part of the protest. >> the first thing i want so see happen is part of the conversation. everyone admits there's an issue, saying that there's not a problem. the first step is ag all right. there's an issue here, we need to fix it. the second thing that needs to happen is transparency. there's a lot of muddled information, understanding what is happening and protection of the police officers going out there, committing crimes, not bean punished -- being punished. after that we need to fix the issues. >> i want to go back to the first topic we discussed on the diversity and protesters, and

you mentioned the statement that black lives matter, all lives matter. i want to pivot to john terrett, live outside the apple store. you've been at the protest, following the story, and you were down in ferguson. based on your experience in ferguson, and here in the aftermath of eric garner, what did you notice in the diversity of the protesters? >> well, for me the main take away of being in ferguson for almost two weeks as the relationship between african-americans and the police in that up to , has completely broken down. there's no trust on either side. i can tell you that there were peaceful protesters in with good intent outside the police headquarters since august the 9th, and they were mortified, absolutely mortified about what unfolded in their town monday and tuesday. not entirely surprised. they have known there were people in the area determined to push things as far as they

could. they were not people from ferguson. the other takeaway for me, and i spoke to many, many people. was to learn that this is going on all over the united states. african-americans in places like wichita. they are in the same boat. they feel they can't turn to police or law enforce. agencies or the governor. that was eye opening. you talked about african-americans, and the minorities, and the ladies here scud that. we like to flip the -- discussed that. we like to flip the script. i would like to bring in ross shimabuku. talk to me. you were born and raised in hawaii. your parents are japanese, correct. >> yes. >> in hawaii, these racial dynamics take a very, very different picture in terms of who is the majority and

minority. tell us about that. >> it is a melting pot. the majority of people are haans and asian. white people are part of the minority. there's an attitude of resentment to the white people because of attitudes brought over from the mainland. it's a way of doing business. locals have a laid back approach of doing things on the island. they are rubbed the wrong way by the white people. there's an attitude of animosity because of the demographic and attitude. >> the aloha spirit a little in question over there in hawaii in some of these cases. ladies, what did you notice here in terms of the relationship that john terrett mentioned between the police and protesters, did you think it was peaceful, in the die-ins, and i saw a sign saying "n.y.p.d. kkk how many kids will you kill

today." >> i think the nature of the police officers is the directly in correlation with the nature of the police officers around them. some night the police stopped traffic. in the more tense areas, there's tear gas and chaos, and it was upsetting because you want so see police officers protect people. the eric garner case was personal to n.y.p.d., it happened here. they were born and raised here, and have their own interaction with the police. i think it's difficult to ask people to not feel emotional. thousands are up in arms. black, white, asians, everyone felt the need to take to the streets and say that there's something wrong. >> what do you think, how long are you guys going to stay out there, what do you think will happen? . i plan to stay out there every day until there's an announcement of a big change

implemented. i would say i'm going back to what you guys were talking about, police get in a little power struggle and they lack the empathy. it's not what we want. we are not trying to jerpize. we want justice for the ones that are misbehaving and abusing their powers. >> speaking of empathy, you two ladies are from cleveland. there's mess going on. we see a 12-year-old boy get shot. how do you react to that. you see ferguson, new york, and in your home town. >> it's sad to see. tamir rice, a child, you know, he got the police called on him for something that was not necessarily wrong. he was holding a toy gun, and the first reaction was not a full 5 seconds before he was

shot and killed. that is sad. police officers were here to protect and serve the communities, they are trained in saving lives. that is something we are not seeing. a use of force. instead of talking to the person, calming them down, seeing what they are holding before firing their weapon, it's depressing to see in my home town, and something that needs to change. >> before we go, we are seeing the protest, there was a man behind me that said if you have a guy that big, you'll put him in a choke hold to get him to stand down. how do you react to people who say this is the other side of the story? >> to people that say police were doing their job. i support that. i believe police officers are here to enforce the law. if someone needs to be taken into custody, i hope they find a way to do that without taking their lives, to me, putting a

man in a choke hold is a metaphor with how minorities feel with the police. there's no reason that man should have died. they deserve justice. and their equal rights new york protesters - thank you so much for being with us in the studio. it's been our pleasure to have you there's a powerful storm system heading up the eastern sea board system and could make for a travel nightmare across the region. kevin corriveau is here with a look at what is in store. >> we are looking at bad weather. for new york we have seen rain, yesterday and today. we expect the airports to build the delays. we had freezing rain pushing through boston and now portland main. as the temperatures warp up, we are looking at the threat of freezing rain, eyeing, that it will go down, with the low ceilings and the rain, it will be a problem across the area.

this is the forecast for today. we are looking at half an inch to an inch of rain. 2-4 inches of snow up towards northern new england. if you are flying here today into tomorrow, you may want to call ahead to see if your flights are delayed thank you so much. tomorrow on al jazeera america, the results of the senate run-off election in louisiana. senator mary landrieu tries to hold on to her seat from republican challenger bill cassidy. we break it down in the weekend politics session. for now, that does it for al jazeera. stay tuned for the failed raid to rescue luke somers in yemen. that's coming up from our colleagues in doha. i'm morgan radford, have a great rest of your day.

>> an american and south africa hostage is killed in yemen after failed rescue operations. >> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead outgoing defense secretary chuck hagel makes an unexpected stop in kabul to announce extra troops. zimbabwe names grace mugabe as head of the women's league.