>> advocates of urban farming hope that their success will help inspire more cities to join the movement. ripping through the philippines - typhoon hagupit slams the island nation, leaving a trail of destruction and forcing millions to flee plus, targetting al qaeda. for the second time in two days one of the group's senior leaders is killed in a u.s. drone strike. [ chanting ] and another night of demonstrations as protesters show know signs of letting up in

protests against the eric gardener decision. good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america thank you for joining us here. coming to you live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. more than a million people are in search as a powerful typhoon tears through the philippines. if brought howling winds, toppling trees, and power lines, and cutting off communication. it's the same region where thousands were killed by haiyan ears ago. >> reporter: this is edison napping next to the radio - his family's connection to the outside world and news of typhoon hagupit. edison and his mother are here with 1,000 other people, huddled in the hallways of this government building. mostly women and children came from villages by the provincial capital. >> three families from my coastal village came from the shelter. we evacuate for every typhoon,

because the house may be blown away. >> two days before making landfall thousands were directed to shelters like this. with a typhoon like this, the governor says it's about prepares, something he knows well. because of that he's confident his province will have zero casualties. >> we have been prepared for this for the past 20 years. over the post 20 years, they have achieved zero casualty in 18 of the 20 years, and every year, and we have made it a religion. >> the government is worried about the economic impact to his province, mainly from the slow winds of the storm. each though they are not as strong as last year's typhoon, the winds will stay longer, ripping down electricity lines. this bakery was the only shop with the doors open. to the owner it was a risk worth

taking. >> translation: we are afraid of the typhoon, we had to work to earn something. we heard reports that it would be as bad as haiyan, we put rocks on the roof. >> even though the governor is confident that people are prepared, no one will know the damage to the community until the sun rises on monday morning at least two people have been confirmed dead so far. for more on typhoons, let's return to meteorologist kevin corriveau. >> good morning rad ford - morgan radford. we are looking at quite a bit of activity with the storm. this is when it was a super typhoon before it made landfall. it was equivalence to a category 3 hurricane, 24 hours ago. right now the storm passed. let's go closer in. i want to show you what we are looking at. the intensity of the storm, based on the satellite looks a

little less intense than what it is. we are talking equivalent to a category 2 hurricane. sustained winds dropping to 95 miles per hour today. we are looking at a slow-moving storm. this is where it is, with the islands to the east. what we'll see is tracking of water. making lands fall with many of the small islands. by the time it gets to the south of manila t should have dropped to a tropical storm. we'll see a lot of rain, a lot of flooding will be a problem across much of the area. we'll see anywhere between 15 and 18 inches of rain coming out of this area. we'll talk about the storm for many days to come. >> thank you so much. >> well, another blow to al qaeda in a matter of days. the u.s. drone strike in pakistan reportedly killed one of the group's senior commanders. the attack took place in the

northern waziristan region. >> umar farouk led provisions inning afghanistan and pakistan, and comes a day after another leader was killed. there's information on the botched rescue attempt in yemen. two hostages, including american journalist luke somers died after the u.s.-led raid. in an interview a senior president obama official said that they were unaware of the second hostage, a former teacher. an al qaeda fighter killed both men. >> six prisoners from gitmo have arrived in uruguay in northern iraq thousands of ethnic yazidi are in need of humanitarian aid. many are trapped on a mountain after fleeing from fighters.

they are becoming more desperate as the winter approaches. >> reporter: they are cold, hungry, but most of all are desperate to get off the mountains. these families fled in the summer, but are now living in tents up the mountain, with glinged food gk dwindling food supplies. this mother escaped with two children, leaving three behind. we are told that this woman escaped from i.s.i.l. fighters. the flight off the mountain is risky, with i.s.i.l. firing on the helicopters as they lead. the yazidi commander and the local germ came down to -- general came down to report back to the president. >> translation: every hour that passes is crucial. it's urgent.

i'm worried about the civilians in a dire situation. >> i'm asking the international coalition, and the u.s., and everyone that cares about this injustice, to help. winter is coming and my people are desperate. >> the general says a joint force of yazidi volunteer fighters and soldiers are protecting as many is 10,000 people. jam eel and his family escaped. they fear for those left behind. >> our people need clothes because they are freezing, and food because 1000 families are trapped. this is urgent. we need planes to get people off, because the weather is freezing: >> with the weather still good, the helicopters line up again. >> these iraqi pilots are making as many flights as possible, weather permitting, to take as much aid as possible on to the

hount ans. they say it will be quicker if they had larger transport planes to take many off. without coalition help there's little chance that the yazidi can escape the cold and the fighting. the peshawar and the iraqi air force are doing what they can. many will be left to fend for themselves. sue turton. al jazeera on the iraq border. >> there are as many as 2 million people living in camp in iraq big protests over grand jury decisions in the eric garner and michael brown cases. protesters took to the streets in new york city, houston and even hollywood. most protests were peaceful. the demonstrations says more were to come. ross shimabuku is here with more on that. what is happening. four days of protests.

it appears that they are not letting up. >> exactly right. people are not letting up. from one end of the country to the other. the cases of michael brown and eric garner struck a nerve not seen in some time. >> reporter: in new york city heavy rain did not stop the protesters from hitting the streets. >> please stop, i cannot breathe. >> reporter: at grand central station protesters simulated a chokehold in the light of a grand jury decision not to indict officers in the death of michael brown and eric garner. a scene bringing comfort to garner's family. >> i'm on the 19th floor, i see these people yelling out "eric garner", and i'm overwhelmed. >> reporter: in california a protest in berkeley turned violent. some demonstrators threw objects at police.

two officers were injured. tear gas and smoke bombs were used to break up the crowds. some businesses were vandalized. earlier more than 8,000 protesters filled the streets, blocking traffic. the demonstration. a black-out hood is peaceful. hundreds gathered, laying down on the sidewalks. >> these are lawyers, doctors, professionals. tax-paying citizens, not just anybody. >> reporter: in houston demonstrators took the bull horns to the gallery. the protest so good several stores in the malclosed doors temporarily. in missouri, the rain did not stop marchers at the state capital. the roet undera was packed with demonstrators who completed a journey for justice. michael brown's mother fought

back tears. >> we watched it play out unfairly. we are here to ask the government and the governor to live up to where we expect him to do for the people. >> michael brown's death will be in vain if we are just angry and go home, and do nothing. >> n.b.a. star made a statement wearing an "i can't breathe" t-shirt, playing tribute to eric garner, and could heard saying "i can't breathe" during the fatal encounter with police. a lot of demonstrators much a lot of athletes coming out with their hands up. a lot going on fbi is looking at possible hate crimes in the murder of a cannes assist teen. 15-year-old was killed in a hit and run incident in kansas city last week, moments after he

stepped out of a local mosque. an s.u.v. driver is in custody and accused of backing up and running over the teen. he'd been harassing muslims in the area and admitted that he did, in fact, target him in politics republicans widened their margin of control in the senate. an society congressman bill cassidy defeated 3-term senator mary landrieu in a run-off election. bill cassidy's victory pushes the state majority to 54 seats in january. >> november the 4th the american people sent a message, that they did not like the direction our country was going in. now you, in this room, our state, is the exclamation mark on that message. we echo that. we want our country to go in a conservative direction. >> mary landrieu's loss means southern states no longer have a

single democrat representing them in the senate. more on that in weekend politics later a gruesome discovery in mexico. it could help in the search for 43 missing college students. plus jingle bell rock - radio stations cashing in by playing holiday music around the clock trouble for australian of the world's oldest museums as it marks a major milestone. stay tuned.

investigators could be on the verge of finding out more about the 43 missing students in mexico. on saturday the remains of one of them was identified near a garbage dump in the city of guerra state, 10 miles from

where the group was last seen. adam raney reports on the possible break in that case. rmption this -- >> reporter: this trash dump is where the remains of alexander mora was found and was where the attorney-general said all 43 students were murdered. so mar mora is the only student identified. in the coming days more remains may be confirmed as those of the missing students. the confirmation of mora's identity came as families of the other students gathered in the capital. >> translation: alexander mora - he was found dead today, meaning it has been confirmed that it is him. the announcement comes more than two months after students were attacked by local streets in the city of iguala.

they were handed over to members of the drug gang. the mayor fled after the students went missing and were arrested in a dingy apartment in mexico city. the accept for the students led to the unearthing of several mass grave sites in the suburb of guerrero, and focused on the wider issue of 30,000 who have disappeared since 2006 in mexico's raging drug violence. during protests marchers called on pena nieto to resign. the attorney-general and the interior minister long knew about the collusion between drug gangs and local authorities in the state of guerrero, but the federal government let the problem fester. >> fellow students wrote a facebook post in the voice of alexander mora, and in that he

says he hopes his death was not in vein and protesters keep the pressure up on the government more than 100,000 people have been murdered in mexico since 2006. in greece, protesters fighting with police over the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. some attacked shops and officers. police accused water canons and tear gas to break up the crowd. they were marking six years since an unarmed boy was shot dead. riots also broke out. >> there's anger on the streets of haiti, where thousands came out to protest the government. they demanded new elections, arguing they'd been delayed three years. the protest began peacefully. some begone to tear down barricades, throwing rocks at the press.

officials are offering a $5,000 reward for the return by 6:00p.m.. the piece was stolen at an art fair thursday night and friday morning. some believe that art theft is an $8 billion industry. peter sharp looks at the famed herm ittage museum, a target for thieves. >> the winter palace, a residence of the tsars, storm by the ball chevics is home to the biggest museum. the herm timing, the stately repository of russia's heritage is a treasure house of art collected from around the globe. founded in 1764, 250 years ago, the collection totals 3 million exhibits, including the world's largest display of paintings. at time the interior is just as captivating as the art on display. the wealth and extravagance.

not surprisingly, the hermitage is a target for art thieves. it's estimated nearly $5 million of cultural works damaged from the museum. some of the thefts were audacious. thieves got into an upper gallery. the caretakers whilst out of the room cut the masterpiece. it was worth a million dollars. it was so familiar to many people, it was impossible to sell on, and returned anonymously to the museum. that is unusual. most stolen works of art are lost forever. today the painting is on display after a painstaking restoration. it had severe damage. you can see it on the picture. it had been folded four times. the canvas and threads were

damned. it underwent a long restoration. >> reporter: meanwhile hermitage continues to expand from old to new, the hermitage would love to open a satellite museum in new york. the current art embargo between the u.s. and russia would have to be lifted first. that looks very unlikely on saturday the british museum announced that it's loaning a controversial marble to the hermitage museum. the headless statue was found in athens 2,500 years ago it's beginning to sound a lot like christmas. [ ♪ music ] coming up, we'll tell you how more and more radio stations are raking in the cash by

playing holiday music nonstop. a different christmas shopping. the motor city steps on the gas to reduce the blighted city. stay tuned.

millions ever tourists are visiting new york this holiday season, including a special tourist, prince william and his wife kate. they arrive today and it is

their first visit to new york city. they'll attend charity events, the september 11th memorial museum and a brooklyn nets game. welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford. first a look at the forecast with kevin corriveau. >> william and kate will have a fairly good day today. that'll be about it. let's talk about the snow. first to the western pacific. we'll talk about the snow in japan. look at the video. i want to show you what is going on in japan. this is called sea effects snow, like lake effects snow in the united states. the warmer air comes across - the colder air comes across the sea of japan, and we are looking at snow - anywhere from 1 foot to 3 feet of snow. i want to show you what we see through the next couple of days. as long as the colder air comes

over the water, we'll get more snow in parts of japan. the rain stopped in new york. we can see it pushing out. it will be a better day. temperatures 36. colder than what we were yesterday, but take a look at the forecast. monday - tuesday - we have a storm system coming into play, and this storm is going to be nasty for many people up here from new york to new england. we think the coastal areas will stay rain. overnight a mix of rain and snow. it will be a problem. the snow will lighten up as we go towards wednesday. if you have travel plans to the north, you want to make sure you take care. it will be dangerous. back to you holiday shopping to help clean-up detroit. on saturday hundreds of residents turned out for a side lot sale. vacant properties have been up for grabs for $100.

the sale is part of mayor mike dugan's plan to fix up tens of thousands of buildings across the city. another sale is set up for january from holiday shopping to the sound of system. many of us have been rocking around the christmas tree since thanksgiving - i have. christmas music is a gift that keeps on giving for some radio stations. >> reporter: the next time you hear christmas music on the radio. listen carefully. you may hear the sound of cash registers ringing across america. this is wezw. >> south jersey's christmas music station. >> a small radio station in atlanta city and transmitting to southern new jersey. what makes the station unique is it's the first radio station in the nation to go all christmas music 24 hours a day.

when does wezw play "jingle bells" and other carols - october 19, two weeks before halloween. christmas music can be enormously profitable for a radio station. the industry calls it flipping. according to nielsen, radio stations that flip can enjoy an average 129% lift in their ratings. in fact, the average all-holiday radio audience is 500% larger on christmas each than during the rest of the year. >> when we go all christmas, ratings double, and under the signal we are the number one station. as a result our revenues explode. according to fisher, it is like a christmas present to the station, providing 50,000 in

revenue each year. >> the beauty of christmas radio is every retailer is a candidate for a christmas promotion. >> reporter: it's a trend that is catching on. 279 radio stations flipped to around the clock holiday music. by 2013 that number doubled to 488 radio stations. annual revenues was 17.7 billion, up from 16 billion in 2009. >> radio is the cockroach of media. >> radio is very simple, it's free. you don't need to give anyone your credit card or download software. >> there's no reason why we wouldn't continue to do it. if we make money and make people happy, is that what radio stations are supposed to do. >> ultimately the endless loops

may give hundreds of radio stations a reason to be full of holiday cheer. >> reporter: it's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year. >> the all-holiday music phenomenon is happening online. pannedora says it took subscribers listening to 242 million hours of holiday music. it is expected to continue. >> in the next hour the fta considering whether to get rid of a life-time ban on gay men donating blood. a doctor weighing in. >> mary landrieu losing her senate. a mn umental shift in the deep south. why it's a greater hit for the democratic party and hillary clinton. all that and more in weekend politics. i'm morgan radford, be sure to keep it here. i'm back with you in a minute for the 8 o'clock hour.

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typhoon hagupit slams into the philippines, the island nation once again in the grips of a powerful and deadly storm. and the failed raid to save an american in yemen. questions are being raised about the mission and what wept wrongs. a loss by senator mary landrieu in the louisiana run-off. the election shows a more seismic shift in politics in the deep south

the minimum wage to go up for workers in chicago. some say mayor ron emanuel acted too soon in passing the pay hike welcome to al jazeera america, i'm madored. -- morgan radford. a powerful typhoon hagupit hit the shores of philippines. winds up to 150 miles per hour at its peak. this is the same area battered a year ago by a powerful tropical storm. that was typhoon hagupit. and this hour dozens of cities are in the dark, and roads blocked by land slides, floods and debris. kevin corriveau has been tracking the typhoon. what are you seeing? >> we are seeing the storm increasing in intensity. it's equivalent to a category 2 hurricane. it is a big deal. it is monday night in the philippines. i want to show you what the

store looked like. this was, at one point, a strong storm. it made landfall in the area as a kat gree three equivalent. i'll show you the old track of haiyan and how close it was. let's go close and see what the storm is doing. if you looking at the colours, we are losing some oranges. it was 125 miles per hour when it made landfall. the sustained winds were 95 miles per hour. we think it will continue to decrease. the problem with the storm is it's moving slowly, more rain is being dumped on the same locations over time. that means the accumulation is going to be greater. winds will die down, and go away as well. this is the track over the next couple of days. tomorrow morning we talk about

12 hours away, it's a typhoon. monday it is getting closer to manila. when we talk about tropical systems. anything to the north, or to the right-hand side of tropical systems is the strongest part of the storm. let's go back to haiyan, notice a similar track. a lot of people have been dealing with destation. six detainees held have been sent to uruguay. the president confirmed his country did, in fact, accept the prisoners on humanitarian grounds. as ross shimabuku reports. he has taken special interests. >> this is a personal campaign by the president of uruguay. he was a prisoner under the

military dictatorship and says he feels this. he says uruguay has a moral obligation to take in people who suffered, and called the case of the six low-level detainees an atrocious kidnapping. uruguay has taken in refugees, they have been provided with housing, schooling. they were welcomed by the uruguayan people. it's not so simple with the detainees. there's far from universal acceptance, and plans to accept them earlier in the year was shelved as they were in the midst of an election campaign. the president said he would speak on the issue. voters voted last week. a president takes over in march. in the meantime he is keen to accept the first batch of

prisoners, six syrians, a palestinian and a tunisian, to be given the same deal as a syrian refugee, housing jobs and education, learning spanish. it's by no means cut and dried. there's still opposition to their arrival. >> 136 detainees remain at gitmo a u.n. drone strike in pakistan killed a senior al qaeda official. umar farouk led operations in afghanistan and pakistan, coming a day after another al qaeda leader was killed in a similar drone attack meanwhile u.n. officials are trying to peace together what went wrong during a failed hostage attempt. two died. u.s. officials are defending the attempt, arguing that somers was

in danger. >> reporter: it was the second time rescuers tried to free luke some. he died alongside pierre corky. they were shot during a raid in the south-east of yemen. >> as a source tells me, they started to kill him and tried to escape with him. the operation was very strong, and they were surrounded. they killed him. >> according to media report, the hostages were wounded but alive when evacuated. one died en route, the other on a hospital table. u.s. officials are defending the operation. >> we'll be re-lenless in our efforts to bring to justice those that caused this. some have been brought to justice. there's more to do.

>> reporter: somers was a freelance journalist. these are pictures filed for al jazeera. he'd been held hostage for 15 months, corky since may of last year. the group close to securing the release had this reaction. >> i'm not blaming them. >> president obama ordered a re view of how 9 u.s. dealt with hostages. he ruled out changing the policy that the u.s. did not pay ransom. >> this needs to continue. they need to know that they'll be in this business of murder. there's going to be consequences. >> consequences and risk that u.s. officials believe are worth taking u.s. officials say that the team that went in to rescue somers consisted of 40 special forces including 20 native

skills. >> president bashar al-assad is facing accusations of using chemicals. it was used against i.s.i.l. militants and fighting around the eastern city of dare azar. many have been killed in clashes around the airport since thursday. >> al nusra front is threatening to kill two more lebanese soldiers unless the wives and children of its soldiers were released. on friday they said they executed a security officer. the two sides may be working on a prisoner swap. >> the interior minister who criticized the way this was handled acknowledged that it could be used as part of a prisoner swap. it's worse putting the comments in comments. high fractured lebanese politician can be here. he himself is from a critical group, and may see the military who arrested the women as

pro-hezbollah. there is a push for the next decision, whatever it is, whether or not they use the women has a bargaining chip. if they do not release them, and demand the release of soldiers, either way the government said after an emergency meeting, they said in a written statement saying whatever moves they make, they'll be unified. that is importance. that all groups of the political spectrum in the government decide and agree on a unified approach. whether or not they are used as a negotiating tool or weather released, there has been pressure from sunni leaders calling for release of them first. the lives of several dozen of their soldiers and police officers are at stake lebanese officials say they are holding the wife and family of the leader of i.s.i.l. we want to go back to the

top story. the typhoon hagupit hitting the philippines. richard gordon is chairman of the red cross, joining us from manila. mr gordon, thank you for joining us. i want to know with so many displaced, do you feel the philippines are better prepared. how does this compare? >> yes, i think the philippines are better prepared. the earlier evacuation of over almost a million people saved a lot of lies. nonetheless, you cannot prepare for a typhoon like this, in terms of saving lives, property and crops. so the jury is not out on how many houses have been destroyed. there are some areas. there are some trying to get into the first landfall area. they have been stymied by flash

floods in the mountains and landslides. we are concerned about that situation. we have not learnt much for that area. there are some reports that many residents are ignoring evacuation procedures. they are saying in the homes - have you heard more about that. >> most of them have left. particularly those in the coast line. this is where there was danger of storm. and because they left, although storms had not been a factor, it manufactured itself so far, it helped a little bit because it slowed down. the danger of slowing down meant there would be more rain. if it's landfall in another province, it's raining in the previous. there's a lot of concern about more rain and winds, and storms.

as long as we are in typhoon 2 and 3, there could be storm surges. >> you mentioned the rain and the storm, the threat of the natural elements. is there any international assistance coming in yet? >> well, the whole - we had meetings with the united nations. i have had meetings with the international federation. we are working with the international committee of the red cross. we are prepared and have interest from the groups. we call is it h 20. we are having - continuing what we have done before, and hopefully it will not be as wicked and severe as haiyan. >> good luck with h2o. richard gordon, chairman of the red cross. thoughts are with you

parent of for han four dozens students missing in mexico may be closer to getting closure. one student has been identified in what is believed to be the charred remains of a garbage dump. >> this are details of a mass killing was given. it 10 miles where were the group was last seen. >> the fbi is looking at possible hate crimes. sa 15-year-old was killed in a hit and run incident in kansas city last week, moments after stepping out of a local mosque. an s.u.v. driver in kusty is accused -- custody is accused of bagging up and running over the teen. he admitted to investigators that he was, in fact, targetting them the outcry continues over the lack of indictments over the death of michael brown, and eric

garner. tactics this time are different, from dye-ins, to street masses. this cry for justice is not going away. ross shimabuku is here with more. how are the groups organising manpower? >> demonstrators are using social media to stage the protests across the country. they are planned hours in vans. new york city, pouring rain could not keep the protests away. they rallied, and at grand central station. out west, a march in berkeley california turned violence when demonstrators smashed windows and threw objects at police. tear gas and smoke bombs were used. officials say two officers were injured. hundreds of people gathered. they chanted for change. eric garner's family thanked

supporters across the country. >> it is awesome to see how the crowds were out there. people who i never would have met or known would never leave. they were out there, standards for my son. demonstrations are expected to continue, with a march against police violence scheduled for saturday. >> it isn't stopping there. in greece protesters fighting over the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. some attacked officers. protesters were marking six years since police shot dead an unarmed boy. >> there was a lot of anger on the streets in haiti where

thousands came out to protest the government. they demanded new elections, arguing they'd been delayed for three years. the protests were peaceful, but some burnt tyres, tearing down the barricades and throwing rocks at police. >> louisiana's long-time senator mary landrieu lost re-election to bill cassidy. he won by a decisive march, and his defeat leaves the deep south without a single democrat in the senate. >> the joy has been in the fight. it's been a blessing and worth waging. louisiana will be worth fighting for. may god bless us, bless our nation. >> during the elections and cassidy highlighted the support of president obama's affordable act. the democrats pledged to repeal obama care. more on the race in weekend politics segment at the bottom

of the hour. >> al qaeda and the arabian peninsula were the group that killed luke somers. we'll look at their history after the break the fta is considering lifting a ban preventing gay men from giving blood. some say preventions are not enough of a reason to do so. we break it down in the weekend conversation plus, america is ready for royalty. look at that. prince william and kate middleton about to make their way to the united states.

good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america i'm morgan radford, live from new york. new details on the failed attempt to rescue luke somers, an american-held hostage in yemen. u.s. and yemeni officials say it could have been a barking dog that alerted al qaeda guards to approaching u.s. forces. the group killed somers and another south african hostage. courtney kealy takes a look at a

dangerous affiliate of al qaeda. >> reporter: al qaeda has been active in yemen. the attack killed 17 u.s. soldiers, less than a year before 9/11. in 2003 two separate bombings on residential compounds housing refugees killed more than 50, wounding hundreds. in 2008 an attack resulted in 18 deaths. in january 2009 it officially morphed into a more independent franchise with a merger between al qaeda in saudi arabia or yemen. it answered to its own leadership. on christmas day, 2009, the group attempted its first international terrorist attack. they tried to blow up an airliner over detroit.

but failed. and was taken into custody. >> previously he met with an american born man who recruited through his surmans. a u.s. citizens was killed by a drone strike in yemen. the brothers behind the boston marathon bombings were also inspired by muchwaying the videos on youtube. the goal was to establish an islamic caliphate. they made attempts to hit the western targets. they have been warned not to travel outside the capital. this is the first time an american journalist died while being held captive in the ar ab ban peninsula jim walsh is a research associate and joins us from watertown massachusetts. good morning to you. always a pleasure to have you

with us. let's jump into it. pay air corky worked for an organization that secured his release, which was expected for it to happen today. will luke somers and mr corky be alive if the u.s. paid the ransoms. >> you start with what is a difficult and possibly controversial aspects of this. yes, the american special operations went in to rescue the american. there was a south african held and he died as a result. the men group announced after the raid that they had secured the release or thought they had for the following day, sunday. >> if we hadn't rated, would the south african be alive. the americans would have been killed. they had announced that saturday was the deadline. u.s. intelligence thought it

would be saturday. from their perspective, they had no choice but to make an attempt. i don't think there was a way the american would be released. as part of the process there risks. in this case it meant the disath of the south african. >> it's interesting because we hear about the dogs barking. because of drones and fighter jets and commandos, officials believe they lost the element of surprise. was it due to fail. was 40 commandos too many, given 23 were used in a raid to get bin laden. >> remember, not only did you have to have people going in and rescuing the hostages, you had to have people to defend them

and get them out. the bin laden objective was probably a little different. it wasn't a hostage rescue situation as it was to bring in someone dead or alive. these are risky situations. we in the u.s. are used to getting successful. going back to president carter's failed rescue of americans in iran. lots of things can go wrong. sand can get in rorts, a dog can bark. someone can be up from insomnia. we've had a lot of success. it will not succeed every time. we'll do this in the future. we'll continue to do it. at some point there'll be servicemen and women killed in a failed operation, and that's part of what you do if you are determined to do this. >> still an uncomfortable

thought. >> what had me scratching my head from the beginning, are you surprised to see the level of detail come out. how unusual is it. within horse of the raid reporters from various outlets were running with precise details, how many forces were used and now to a dog. how did the information get out. >> it's a great question. part of this is this is happening in yemen. the government was an ally. there are sources that leaked information. and the u.s. government is compelled to respond to leaks. especially when the information it coming from an ally. in this case i think that they tried to rescue him a week earlier and had not been successful.

they knew this was happening, and the deadline was arriving, where he would be executed if something didn't happen, all those things together meant there was more detail than we expect. >> scary situation in the increase in the number of american hostages held overseas. jim walsh, always a pleasure to have you with us. >> from the 73rd anniversary to a royal first. prince william and kate are coming to america. the british royal couple arrived today. it's the first visit to new york city. on the itinerary is charity events, september 11th memorial visit and a basketball game. prince william is travelling to d.c. to meet with president obama. let's get a look at the weather with kevin corriveau. >> they'll have to bundle up after getting off the plane. take a look at what is is happening. we have a lot of rain pushed

out. look at the wind chills across the area. that's a temperature. it feels about 21 degrees in new york. over the next couple of days, tomorrow is not too bad of a day. going towards tuesday, we are looking at a day across new york. the empire state building is part of it. the rain in the snow to the north will last. if you have travel plans to the forth, it will be very, very slick. >> mary landrieu's loss of her senate seat is part of a much larger shift in the deep south. come january, not a single senator or governor. we talk about this in weekend politics. specifically how it can impact hillary clinton. chicago's mayor shining off on how to raise minimum wage. why some say more money for workers is bad for chicago.

. >> i cannot tell you all and my family how proud we are to have made a big difference every day and for many decades. we'll continue to do so. thank you so much. >> that was senator mary landrieu conceding defeat to a republican rival bill cassidy. the loss signalling a more seasonal shift. it's likely to impact the 2016 election. >> the outcome of louisiana senate run off does little to change the balance of power, but completes a political racial realignment which began 50 years ago. the loss means there's not a single democratic senator or governor upped democratic control. anywhere from texas to the carolinas. when she leaves congress, there'll be no white democrats representing the deep south. in louisiana democrats

controlled the state legislature and the governorship. now republicans have substantial majorsities in the state houses. mary landrieu is the last state-wide elected democrat. >> it's striking that she's losing against the campaigner. doesn't come across well on television. he's a republican, and that is what people are looking at now, and what he is saying - vote for me, i'm a republican. >> it's a simple but effective message. >> with the exception of florida and virginia, where the majority were born outside the state, it's a complete 180 after democratic dominance. it began with the formation of the dixie-accurates. pro-southern democrats nominated thurman for president. carrying four states despite sa

a dismal showing, and he became a republican. after a passage of the 1964 civil rights act, the democratic strong hold weakened further. with each election since then the number of democratic members of congress dwindled. after the midterms, it was tweeted that there's more black republicans. it's good news for south carolina republican tim scott. the first african american senator to win an election in the south. convincing southern white voters to not vote for them will be a challenge. >> mary only won 18% of voters. unlike democrats of old, she voted along party lines in the senate all the time. it's all a wake-up call for democrats with ties to the

south, like hillary clinton. not only is clinton a participation democratic candidate, but campaigned for mary landrieu the politics of the deep south is first up in the weekend politics segment. joining me is michael tobin, former advisor to senator schumer, and a strategist bryan murray landrieu's defeat, what went wrong. republicans have every senate seat from the carolinas down. >> i believe the democrats were messaging and were discussing cultural issues when a lot of voters believe they've been settled. i don't believe a professional or voter didn't wake up and find 60 emails from national organizations and groups. >> what groups.

>> reproductive rights, women's health, lbgt issues. a lot of things rang hollow. it didn't motivate them to get to the poll, and the democratic president is unpopular. >> let's not forget mary landrieu could have delivered that speech two weeks ago. we sat on the set and said the senate could have been decided in a late race with landrieu. that was never anything competitive whatsoever. the democratic senate committee pulled out weeks ago. hillary clinton had a fundraiser. it wasn't a republican message, it was about the individual or the policies. the kl pipeline counted for the vote. the democrats had no answer. obama care is costing too much. xl pipeline could create jobs.

there's no answer on how to put people to work. all of that was expected, the democrats were unable to craft a message to rebut what they knew would be the issue all along. i believe the democratic party was hijacked by interests in a way that does not allow it to craft messages and spoke to issues voters care about. >> the mayor of baltimore is putting a budget together to lower taxes. o'mallee's home state - the failed policy taking money from taxpayers and spending it is gone. that will happen to the party. >> coming back down to louisiana. we had people saying bill cassidy didn't have a spark. one reporter called him not natural and off-putting. it seemed like he won because he presented himself as a foil to

obama. how long does the window last. you have two years to beat up on him. >> you can beat up on obama. hillary clinton and her task force in the white house as first lady, what did she want to do for health care. what it is costing american taxpayers is through the roof. i have a week to figure out what to do for health care. because obama held a gun to everyone's health. >> what does bill cassidy bring to the table? >> everything that is not obama. >> it's not obama. i want to know what bill cassidy has. >> mary landrieu was obama. don't forget mary landrieu didn't want to support him. >> was that a mistake? >> no, it was not a mistake. it depends on the state or where your votes come from, if they come from heavy urban areas, you'll want the president there. if you want him from rural areas, you don't want him there. elections are about choices.

it is a yes or no. the campaigns are about everything else, and i would say we are not disagreeing, we are talking about different things. i believe the democrats knew all the issues. but they couldn't craft a message to rebut it. the reason they can't craft a message, the policies are about raising tax. they want big government. the republican message is one of let's put people back to work. xl pipeline, obama being wrong. every senator that voted could have been the deciding vote. >> let's listen to what president obama had to say? >> november was the 10th month in a row we added more than 200,000 jobs. so far our economy created 2.65 million jobs, the most of any year since the 1990s, even with a full month to go

so the unemployment rate is down much gas prices are low. what is the real issue. >> the facts are that employment numbers are up. we agree with the fact that more people are hired. unemployment is down. people are leaving the workforce in droves. the workforce has not grown to keep up with it. men and women are not filing for employment. do you agree, you see the numbers... >> it doesn't address the issue of underemployment. people that work 2-jobs. has his approval rating been higher. is progress being made. >> anyone that is considering good news and get a bump in the polls. >> this is a president failing a foreign policy, whether it be russia or the middle east. it's proven itself time and

again. >> you're saying no to everything, everything that the republican party is against. let's talk about what it's for. we want health care for people, and health savings acts. something to do, not forced down our throats. >> that's where the government talked about government and policy and not all the disparities that they see. and those are the cultural messages that rank hollow with voters. >> we have seen the protests happening from coast to coast. what is interesting is we talked about hillary clinton: she's quiet. they have been bubbling up. let's listen to what she said. >> i'm very pleased that the

department of justice will beinvestigating what happened in ferguson or stanton island. those families and those communities and our country deserve a full and fair accounting michael, did she have an appositive somy and say look, if i am going to run i have to address these things. >> no, this is a family that is way too part to have an epiphany about anything. they see it all. the campaign that point needs to worry about is not so much a n republican match up. they are worried about joe biden, someone coming out from a state senator, someone obama-like from 2008 to come and take this away from her.

we saw chris quinn, mayor bloomberg losing, getting trounced in a primary. that's a concern. they'll be sped. hillary will not run. i think it's not - it's not a foregone conclusion. >> it's rare i heard that here. >> the gaffs that she makes shows she is not sure what she's supposed to say. >> just - i was broke. i didn't know what to do. >> it included a million dollar house. you can't compare that to being broke. >> then we had mitt romney. >> we are talking hillary and where she is, and what is going on. >> she'll have to decide whether she is with or against president obama. the minute she's against him...

>> that is throughout the democratic party. that will be a major issue. >> do not align herself. >> she'll have to embrace president obama. the minute she does it... >> the democrats, the voters are so far left it makes him look like me. >> it's interesting - it is a foregone conclusion. they needed her to run. because she would be the unifying force of a democrat probably. >> in came the dark horse. because she ran an awful campaign. it was mismanaged. he executed flawlessly. it's the democrats that need hillary clinton to run. a primary between andrew corvo, and someone else doesn't serve

it. hillary's issue is she'll be running. >> i was going to ask you about that. they were kind of talking about of the gaffs made, in her early years, but how she overcame it. comparing herself against who she was 20 years ago, is it fair? >> the gaffs she's making nowadays. the "new york times" is trying to be kind. >> biden to mitt romney, is this an unfair standing. >> not at all. running for president, everything is a fair game. hillary clinton is not known as gaff pine. joe biden is. >> sarah palin was. >> hillary clinton is running. >> everything is fair game when you run for president. what they look to is the polarization of the impeachment years. >> can hillary clinton talk about the war given her

husband's background. >> the foreign policy is controversial. >> there's a lot of controversy to come back to. >> michael toeb jin, former advisor to charles schumann and strategist. always a pleasure. chicago's mayor ron eman initially launched re-election, after the city council decided to raise the minimum wage to $13 an hour by 20719. emanuel says it's huge success for the city. support is divided. >> reporter: john reid owns local 22, claiming to have the best beer and burgers in chicago. he worries a boost in the minimum wage will be bad for business and his 40 employees. >> costs go up. you have to do one of two things - rise prices or

reduce hours to comments for the increase. >> after a passionate debate in chicago's city council. the alderman passed a minimum wage hike. the minimum wage jumps to $10, and go up in increments until topping out aft $13 an hour in the year 2019. >> it was a struggle for me. i can relate to some of the other parents that were coming forth, that were saying what their struggles and stuff were. i, too, faced those things, struggles as a single mum alderman will burns led a task force to determine how much the minimum wage should rise and how much it affects businesses and workers? >> it's historic entries in the united states. it would pump $860 million more into the economy and increase the happy possess of the

workforce, increase productivity and turn over, and be a win, win for business. >> chicago's chamber of congress, a wage hike opponent says it will have to bite the bullet. >> we were pushing for a statewide raise. we thing patchwork rises will make it difficult to do business in chicago. >> the mayor pushed through it because this was talk of state lawmakers passing a law preventing chicago acting on its own. >> you can't have a thriving small business on a workforce living on low wagesism it's chicago, when the mayor wants to push something through, it happens. >> if there's one thing emanuel's supporters and detractors agree on - mayors get what they want. >> the mayor said that the cost of living is 20% higher than the

rest of illinois. and the new ordnance will give 10,000 minimum workers a raise. >> the election for mayor will take place in february. emanuel faces nine challenges. and will need to secure 50% of the vote to be reelected reconsidering a life-time ban. the food and drug administration is deciding whether to allow gay men to donate blood. we look at the issue in the weekend conversation. the car company bucking the trend. where vehicles are rolling off the line at an extraordinary rate. journalists live.

all right, the f.d.a. could be reversing policy banning gang men from donating blood. an advisory panel last week,

said that blood testing is more precise in the past two decades, but restrictions would stay in effect because only allowing men to donate blood if they haven't had sex in more than a year. >> joining us now is damon jacobs and marriage therapist from n.y.u. thank you for joining us this morning. let's start with you. last month announced they were considering shifting his ban. i think he is. the ban started in the early '80s, at a time she didn't have the testing. who at that time they had to, without the knowledge, is test participation recipients of blood. they enacted the ban. a lot has changed. the medical accession and red cross are in favour of lifting the permanent life-time ban. >> what about the time between infection and detection.

>> a few things changed. it took six months. you get tested and if you have a result it's possible you have the virus in his blood. >> it needed to show up. >> the testing - we need to check again. we could get testing. we'll know for sure in a few weeks. it can be as short as 11 days. the practical aspects could be up to a month to find out. >> let's hear from you for a minute. you've been stopped from giving blood. >> i went to give blood in 1991. i was 20 years old. the truth was are you a man. did you have sex with another man. it was protected. i was h.i.v. negative. they took my name, social security and said do not try to

give blood again. >> what is she feeling. >> it's hurtful, humiliated. saving lives is important to me. it's a value i hold deer. in the last 23 years, i'm h.i.v. negative. >> i could have given blood 150 times. >> doctor, how do you tell are you gay, is it a self-reported answer. there's a lot of men that engage in straight abbing. they ask you about whether you are a man that had sex with men. you don't necessarily have to be gay. you could have been somebody who experimented in the past. we want people to be truthful and they would answer. >> it goes for a year long. >> i think the year-long might be too long if you think about it in terms of data. regardless, a year-long ban is

better than a life-time ban. we are weighing against people that need blood. there are shortages because you can't hold on to blood for a long time. people can die. they are not able to get products that they need. it's a lot of different blood products. if you think about a person, they may donate blood not just once, but several times. it's several lives that you could save. >> how are your friend reacting in the gay community, is one year fair. >> itself ridiculous. we had the technology to narrow down the window for two weeks. why would i be forced to wait a year to not have sex when a heterosexual man can have sex with 100 women, as long as he's not paying them, he can walk in and give blood.

they would be happy. we are not happy. i'm not happy about that. i will not stand for that. >> sounds like with the medical advances, through the qualitative means of assessment have not caught up. >> that's true. it's a self-reported questionnaire. people may not have realised they had a high risk exposure. it's important to look at people's behaviour, you know, had someone had money, paid money to a prostitute, and others put more at risk. based on that, whether than had they had sex with a man, something along those lines. >> thank you both for joining us this morning. it's a pleasure a romanian company has become a fast-growing car-maker. sales at the company grew 35% in the first hall of this year. as paul brennan reports, workers

are not necessarily thrilled. at the production lion in bucharest they almost can't keep up with demand. the crisis created an niche for low-cost vehicles much the entry cost $9,000. it generated turn over of $5.5 billion. it's a world away interest the days when the company was state owned. >> i worked under the communist system and now of renault. the difference between to two is incredible. there's no comparison. >> reporter: 65 cars an hour comes off the production line, the company flat out to meet demands, with that extraordinary success is a dilemma of how to reward the workforce that make that possible. >> in 2008 after a 15-day

strike, a deal was agreed to raise benefits in line with the company's fortunes, now the union wants a new deal. >> translation: multinationals in general are losing good labour relations. we are in good rapport with the government. they seem to have forgotten the strike of 2008. some years have passed. perhaps we need a more radical conflict now to remained management to maintain a good working relationship with the workforce. >> it is part of the renault group. the top boss says wages will rise, but the union must be careful. >> we have to be wise, patient and not accelerate the wages increase. otherwise we'll have to reconsider the volumes and location on the project, locations between romania and the other countries that are capable. >> the town sits next to the

plant. and nearly half the people here depend on it for their livelihoods. almost everyone you meet has a connection with the factory. this is important for my city. most of the people in the city work on the plant. relatives, friends, young and old mistake. now my wife and kids are working. >> dilemmas for the workers are trying to work without a success story. >> let's get a look at where the rain and snow may fall. kevin corriveau is here with more on that. >> last week we dealt with a lot of heavy rain. we have a break. as we go towards tuesday, the next system is coming off the pacific.

it will bring another round of rain and snow. >> thank you so much that does it for this edition of al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. thank you for spending your sunday with us. we hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend.

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