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new dmoements europe's international terror calm pain. at least one is believed to be connected to terror cells in belgium after authorities in belgium conducted raids. earlier, i spoke to al jazeera john therapolos from athens. >> reporter: at the moment we know there have been four arrests of middle eastern men following arrest warrants issued by interpol yesterday. those arrests took place today. one of those men is thought to be a mastermind of operations that were to have taken place in belgium or based out of belgium. this is still to be confirmed, but one senior police source here told me he was, quote, 80% sure in a this was the man belgium authorities are looking for. the main link to this man in

athens from the arrest made in belgium on thursday are apparently telephone conversations that went on between the two countries and that is the result of eavesdropping carried on by the bell jums and the cia. >> is there a reason to expect there will be more arrests as this investigation continues? >> reporter: it's entirely possible because this mastermind alleged, the chief suspect, has been arrest the with -- arrested with a cell phone in his position. further links could be incoming and out going to his phone, to other people possibly in greece. possibly elsewhere in europe. police are saying that this is certainly a possibility at the moment although they haven't elaborated on where the investigation has carried them so far. this is an investigation that started on greek soil only this will afternoon. >> john psarapolus.

military police are fanning out across the country. it marks the first time in 30 years troops were used to reinforce police in belgium cities. >> reporter: bellgium is on a heightened state of alert. authorities have taken the extremely unusual step of calling in the army. 300 troops will be deployed in the coming days. we are seeing them here on the streets of brussels. they are also expected to be on the streets in the north of the country that has a large jewish population and in the eastern industrial town of vervier where on thursday the authorities staged a major raid

cell. >> the fear here is that these people could bring back the fight to the streets of belgium. >> steve barker reporting on the wake of the attack of "charlie hebdo" france has deployed more than 100,000 police and troops. jonah hull has the latest from paris paris. >> reporter: in paris, the pop layer poplarity of "charlie hebdo"'s popularity knows know bounds sold out despite an increased print run of 7 million copies. in ordinary times, this paper cells just 60,000 copies a week. at the same time, in some of france's former african colonies anti-charlie protests continued for a second day. this was niama in niger where churches were set alight and muslim demonstrate orders angered by the front cover of

the prophet muhammad. president francois hollande was in the south of france with a message of unity. we are one country, one people, were france a france where there is no distinction between religions, beliefs and sympathies, that defiantly deifies those who want to en trench a so-called religious war against us. >> security is tight around the capitol. 120,000 police and soldiers are on patrol protecting sensitive sites. >> the investigation continues with france at his highest state of security alert, police continue to question a number of people arrested in what were described as anti-terror raids on friday. they believe that the gun men involved in the paris attacks may have been part of a wider network. >> a week after the unity martha brought more than a million people and .40 world leaders on

to the streets of paris and, an image of that day was hung on the facade of the berboge museum in front of the statute known as triumph of the republic a man brad issues a pencil hi above the crowds. al jazeera, paris. >> the iranian government banned a newspaper for voicing support 40 "charlie hebdo" magazine. they say they have been ordered to close. on tuesday, the newspaper published a headline on its front page quoting actor george cluney saying i am charlie. the government of iran has condemned them for publishing caricatures of the prophet prophet muhammad. >> the message crit sided the new "charlie hebdo" cover, a depiction was prophet muhammad. it is an official facility run by the french government n other parts of the world, protesters denounced the magazine. mohammed vall reports.

>> we love our prophet and those were the chants by muslims around the world for publishing a depiction of the prophet-month-old on the cover of its latest issue. it denounced it as an insult to islam's holiest figure. proceed tents broke out after prayers and lawyers boycotted the courts causing the postponement of 15,000 trials. >> the lawyer was on an international level under which these type of people cannot hurt the feelings of muslims. >> we don't medal in other people's religions in the same way they should not have the right to say anything about our religion. similar protests took place in yemen's capital, sanaaa. this is a message from the yemeni people: enough insults against our prophet muhammad.

if you don't stop mocking our prophet, you will regret it in the future. >> people in algeria, sudan and jerusalem demonstrated to express their anger at that time "charlie hebdo." but the angriest clouds were to be found in france's colonies in west africa. in niger a number of people died against state security. participants burned french flags, both in niger and the senagalese capital. neighboring moratania, et mayor showed up to part is pavement last week he refused to join world leaders in paris in solidarity with france after the killing of the "charlie hebdo" journalists. but perhaps more telling is the wave of protests that took place across syria, a country that's been crushed by almost four years of war. the syrians seem to suddenly forget their own minutes re

seen in the paris cartoons something much more imports in their lives, the message that some muslims seem to be sending is that there is no chance they will stand by idly while their most sacred icons are being degraded by western media. al jazeera. the israeli prime minister is denouncing an examination by the international criminal court as to whether his country committed war crimes during last summer's gaza wars. the process was begun yesterday to determine if a formal investigation should begin. more than 2000 people died in the gaza conflict last summer. the vast majority were palestinian including almost 500 children. prime minister been min netanyahu said the court has no standing to conduct an investigation because palestine is not a recognized state. he also said israel was just defending itself against attacks by hamas. >> so we see here is something truly tragic: the lofty goals of the icc are being turned up upsidedown

upsidedown. the court was found today prevent a repeat of history's worst crimes foremost among them the genocide of 6 million juice. the palestinians are cynically manipulating the icc to deny the jewish state the right to defend itself against the very war crimes and the vary terror the court was established to present. >> the palestinian government prompted the examination when it submitted its application for membership at the icc last month. it is awaiting repproval. more now from jerusalem. >> reporter: he kept saying that it's absolutely scandalous and absurd thattis would be dragged to the icc and be probed when israelis with, tooed hundreds, even thousands of robert did being fired by hamas in gaza at israeli civilians and neighborhoods and he said the hamas uses palestinians and civilians there as human shields. so, it's absurd that israel,

which he described as a democratic country and one that is a leader in fighting terrorism would be dragged to the icc. he said that palestinians are cynically manipulating the icc, taking advantage of it and to deny the jewish state its right to defend itself. he stopped short of saying that israel would take any action. we only heard criticism of him. we didn't hear any threats. we didn't hear anything about whether israel would cooperate with the icc. however, since friday since the announcement of this probe, we learned from netanyahu that he considers this decision basically what he says it is is a decision that stems from anti-israel political considerations in the past recently as well we have heard him say that israel will do everything to protect and defend its soldiers and its army and will not allow them to be dragged to the icc. i think the israelis expected

the support from the u.s. with the u.s. condemning the decision to launch this probe as a tragic irony. we do expect him to make more statements like the ones we heard today in order to garner more international support and, also to try to discredited this icc probe. >> reporting there, indian ease extra divers have resumed their attempt to reach the fuselage of the downed air asia planes. large waves and strong currents hampered saturday's recovery efforts. more than a dozen divers are trying to examine the damage. 162 people died after the airplane went down last month. six people have been killed in the continuing skirmishes happening in east inc. ukraine over donetsk airport have intensified in receipt days. the battle saw kiev rush reinforcements to the snowy front line. >> listen: what kind of situation is this? we hear everything. everything in the world rattles. today, they asked for a truce to

pick up their corpses and there was silence until in that noon. now, as you can see, what is happening? shelling from all sides, from us and from them. >> aerial footage shot by a drone and posted to a social media website yesterday appears to show the destruction at dondon airport and the video shows structures and buildings are a battered shell after nine months of shelling. a multi-story control tower and extensive out buildings. neither the video's authenticity or the date it was shot can be independently verified. the u.s. has hit isil with another 29 airstrikes in the last 241 hours. the combined joint task force says they took out cars buildings, equipment and key fighting positions in iraq. they had isil fighters in seven iraqi cities and in syria, officials launched air attacks near kolbane which they say destroyed a tank. the u.s. keeps increasing the amount of troops it says it is sending to the middle east. these soldiers are meant to

train local forces in the fight against isil. they will be based in turkey saudi arabia and qatar. the pentagon said they were singing 400 personnel in the spring. now, they say that number hasn't been finalized. it could be sending more than a thousand american soldiers. >> those who fled violence in syria face a danger. in the cold of winter there are not enough supplies to keep them warm and fed. there are now exponentially more refugees than there are lebanon easeese. >> ebdo 9 years old and does what he can to help. his small feet crunch through the ice. he tells us that every night, thetent is covered in snow. some people complain they don't have enough heat. others say the problem is food. no one seems to have enough clothes. at the edge of the camp abu

slamin's tent is old and damp. he shares one tent with nine people including his mother. >> i live at the highest point in the camp. when the storm hits the wind and the snow blew through the door. everything got wet. look at the ground. all of it was frozen. my sick mother and the kids. we can handle it, but they can't handle the cold. all we are asking for is help from anyone. >> there are around 70,000 syrian refugees in arsal. the local population is only 40,000. what makes life even more difficult for syrian refugees here in arsal is that they are not allowed to leave this town. the army has closed it off. it believes there is a security threat from syrian fighters who are only 10 kilometers away on the other side of those hills. these fighters are also holding 25 army and police hostages. they captured five months ago. but syrian refugees say they are the ones paying for it.

>> honestly the last five months, it's been like a big prison staying at the camps, in constant fear. you are worried the army will come and detain the men. in our cell there is only enough work for 20 to 30 people. there is no opportunity to work in the rest of lebanon. >>reporter: their children are getting sick. the only medical clinic is full of parents worried about how to keep them warm. three children have died from the cold. >> the sicknesses we have witnessed from this weather, especially with children are flu, bronchitis pneumonia, sore throats with dehydration, diarrhea and pephepatitis due to unsanitary living conditions. >> when the sun comes out and the snow starts to melt, it's a chance to lean up and a chance to warm up before night comes until one of the coldest valleys in lebanon. nicole johnston al jazeera, arsal.

>> ahead on "al jazeera america," several senator have written the king of sawedudi air abe i can't on behalf of a blogger sentenced to be flogged. what may have delayed cruise responding to a deadly crane accident in d.c. this week. and the disturbing statistic about students attending american public schools. you are watching ""al jazeera america." america." ." coverage at 7:00. >> we'll take an in-depth look at our nation's financial future. >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tuesday, 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera america.

the next flying of a liberal brogger in saudi arabia was postponed due to medical reasons. this is video that leaked from his first flying. he was sentenced to public lashings and 10 years in prison. he was convicted of insulting islam in his online forum. humanitarian groups are calling it outrageous and demanding a pardon. >> sentiment is shared against many lawmakers. "al jazeera america" obtained a letter from senators on both sides of the aisle to the king of saudi arabia.

it says at a time when the world is you wrestling were sanctioned violence. we urge a halt to this barbaric punishment. a new report sheds light on what might have delayed fire fighters trying to get to the scene of a deadly train incident monday in washington d.c. the city reports radio communications may have been hampered days before the trail malfunction. a metro car filled with smoke with passengers on board. it took rescue cruise about 45 minutes to reach them. fire fighters say they had little to no radio communication in the area where this train was stopped. one woman died during the incident. many protesters are taking aim at police misconduct in recent months. today, supporters took to the streets. threewives organized this march, officers and their families across the country. they emphasized the positive impact for police and empathy for the community they serve.

>> 98.5% of the people law enforcement will deal with are good people. they are trying like we are trying. >> that's the other part of the community that we have with new york. and ferguson and cleveland and some of the other troubling places that have brought attention, negative attention. >> in addition to the officers killed in the line of duty organizers say longer hours and marches against law enforcement have dropped police moral. two people are dead after a shooting incidents in melbourne, florida, in a mall. police say the gunman was targeting his wife. she was shot but she will survive. another man who was shot died from his wounds. the gunman killed himself. there are no other reports of injuries. several pennsylvania cities are fighting back after being sued by the national rifle association. the n.r.a. claims they violate the constitution. >> reporter: the national rifle association is suing the cities

of lancaster, philadelphia and pittsburgh, pennsylvania while two other pro-second amendment groups are suing pennsylvania's capitol, harrisburg. the suits were filed just days after state law went into effect allowing gun owners and gun groups to challenge local gun laws in court and seek legal fees and other costs. pennsylvania has barred local officials from passing their own gun measures since 1.974. the law was rarely enforce did. over the years, a growing number of cities and towns enacted laws strict earn those in effect statewide. >> when house bill 80 was signed into law last year it became the strongest firearms pre-emption statute in the country. not only does it establish state law precedent over firearms. it also says gun owners don't have to show they have harmed by an ordinance to win in court. according to chris cox, the executive director of the n.r.a.'s institute for legislative, the illegal ordinances in question do not

make people safer. pennsylvania municipalities need to follow state law and stop infringing on thelights rights of law abiding gun owners. in the city of lancaster with a population of less than 60,000 half of which is amish, the n.r.a. is challenging an ordinance that requires a person to report a lost or stolen firearm within .3 days. lancaster mayor rick ray, one of the main defendants denounced the lawsuit. >> the lawyer representing the n.r.a. threatened great cost to us if we would allow this lawsuit to go ahead. quite frankly, we feel that's public policy by public policy by

blackmail. >>. >> an avenue some places more than three out of four children come from low income families struggling to survive. jonathan betz has more. it's lunchtime at chinook middle school outside of seattle. no where it is easier to see america's economic sdparp tease than in the calf tore i can't. nearly eight out of 10 kids here qualified for subsididesed school lunches. >> it's hard to learn when you are hungry or when you don't have everything you need at home. >> a new study con firms these

kids aren't alone. for the first time in 50 years, most public school students,fy 1%, are living in poverty. >> means households who earn less than $28,000 a year. people like april white a single mother of three girls in new orleans, who struggles to make the best of it. >> you know the main thing i preach, of course is education, and perseverance in whatever you do, you know. you take bad situation and make it good. >> the south is particularly poverty-stricken. mississippi has the highest concentration of low-income students 71% or nearly three out of every four kids followed by new mexico and louisiana. >> we can't discount race those particular places where there are high cone 7trations of blacks, there are also high concentrations of poverty, and so that's why you see the numbers that you do in the

south. >> educators worry poor students are starting kindergarten behind their more privileged peers and will rarely if ever catch up. low income kids are more likely to drop out of school and less likely to go to college. chinook middle school is trying to buck the trend with more tutors for kids and more training for teachers. the school says reading and math scores have been rising. >> it's providing, you know, the expectation for the kids that they can do it putting a great teacher in front of the students day-in and day-out. >> without changes, people who study the gap between rich and poor say it will only grow wider. >> education is an investment in the country. if we don't educate the poorest among them we are going to pay for it later. >> jonathan betz al jazeera. the obama administration wants congress to add another billion dollars to the 14 billion it already spends to help states educate poor

children. some critics in congress say it's not about more money that's needed but more effective programs. >> when "al jazeera america" returns, senators make a trip to cuba. what they were hoping to accomplish. pope francis meets with survivors of the storms that have devastated the philippines. age al jazeera exclusive, a long-simmering fight between the congolese government and rwandan groups is about to intensify.

welcome back to "al jazeera america." here is a look at your top stories. breaking news in europe's anti-terror campaign. greek officials arrested four men at the request of interpol. at least one is believed to be connected to terror cells in belgium. this after authorities in belgium conducted raids that resulted in the arrests of a dozen suspects. itsisi prime minister benjamin netanyahu is denouncing an icc examination into possible war crimes. the processing the cuter for the international criminal court began the process yesterday. it's the dpirts step in deciding

whether the court should formally investigate and press charges. a demonstration on capitol hill today supporting law enforcement. the organizers have sea of blue say this is in response to recently violence and protests targeted at officers. participants and speakers emphasized the positive impact of police and empathy for the communities they serve. a group of american legislators have arrived in cuba today. it is the first visit by u.s. congress members sincepom p.m. announced he was restoring diplomatic tie with cuba last month. the visiting delgration includes six democratic congress members. it is intended to examine how to make the new u.s./cuba relationship as constructive as possible. it will meet with cuban government officials as well as am bats dors bevels mexico spain, columbia and norway. the african union is pledging military support of to nigeria to combat attacks of boka haram fighters adding tort to western african fighters mobilizing to take out the growing threat. for months there has been an increase in violet attacks at

boka haram in nigeria's northeast and neighboring cameroon. a deadly attack killed up to 2000 nigerians according to amnesty international though the government disputes the death toll. boka haram's legary of ruthless violence is the subject of tonight's "deeper look" at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific. a long siring fight between the congolese government and a rwandan group is about to intensified. there is an offensive designed to destroy the group known as the fdlr heighteding in the east democratic of congo for 20 years. in this exclusive report malcolm web went there to meet them. e. >> we have to drive through the hills for two days to meet with the fdlr renlz. most living here have more contact with armed groups than with their own government. the fdlr's fighters from neighboring rwanda have been

hiding higher since 1994. some of the group's members will accused of genocide back home. it's been accused of mass rapes and killing civilians here in congo. we reach a hilltop village on the fdlr control. the group's spokesman shows us around. he said they have laid down arms ant don't want to fight. he says they want to die local log with the rwandan government. >> they tell us we are claims. let them point out the criminals among us. we will side wide them. what about the massacres of our people in rwanda and congo? the solution to the rwandan problem is truth and reconciliation. >> there were no fighters or guns on show here we are taken to meet with their wives and children. the fdlr says they will be among the victims of any attack. the rebels were begin a second of january deadline to surrender. few have done so although they incest cyst the process is understandway. the united nation says many are hitten in the budge preparing for battle. it says the groups using the families as huge shield.

government troops near here told us there were fdlr fighters hidden in the tops of these hills. mean while, the government troops, themselves are further down here in the valley waiting for the orders to go ahead with the offensive t the ter rage is tough. the slopes are steep and covered with bush. en with the support of u.n.'s artillery, it's going to be difficult for the government to completely defeat the fdlr. across the border the ethnic tutsi dominated government says dialogue is out of the question. we spoke to the minister. >> it's a bunch of thugs who committed genocide who have kept civilians, their families hostage. to think that there is any kind of political claim that this group can have. >> reporter: in congo, government soles deployed with

fresh supplies. everyone here is waiting to see if and when the fighting will begin and if it can bring an end to a regional conflict on ethnic lines that dragged on for more than 20 years. >> malcolm web reporting there. earlier, i spoke with sabrina at barnard college and colombia university and i asked her if the u.n. and congolese government intervention would be a turning point. >> unlikely. there has been an offensive, military actions against the fdlr in the past. there has never actually been a turning point for the military operations. there has been a turning point for the humanitarian con sequences but in terms of military it's unlikely to be anything different than what we have seen before. >> if a military action is not necessarily the answer, and treating the fdlr is some sort of government entity isn't necessarily the ants what is the answer? >> that's for what we know is

that military action is the answer for very small part of the fdlr. >> okay. >> the leadership. the people who have been involved in the 1994 rwandan genocide and who have absolutely no interest in laying down their arms. sglofrnling it is said people in eastern congo will need social political and economic solutions to the problems facing them. the toll from the ebola outbreak in west africa continues to rise. according to the world health organization, the virus has claimed over 8400 lives. more people have died from ebola in liberia than anywhere else. more than 3500 deaths. new guinea and sierra leone have lost more than 4900 people. in the past today, the italian coast guard rescued another 300 undowd migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. he mergency services first received a distress call and found a second vessel in the waters around the it an y'all island of lampadusa. the first had more than 200

people on board. rescue workers deployed helicopters with doctors on board to get passengers to safety. on the second boat, two migrants needed to be air lifted. both ships were overcrowd under and in distress when the coast guard found them. anyone seeking asylum in australia is taken to a holding center. after two days of denying it, the government is confirming detainees are protesting one of these facilities. officials still insist there is no rioting at the mannis island detention camp. andrew thomas has more from sydney. >> in sidney mvp samar alzaney is on the phone to her brother. it's stressful. alzaney's brother is in hospital. he has deliberately swallowed razor blades. alzaney is worried he might die? >> he is not normal. he is not normal. he is not my brother. >> in december 2013, fazalt an

asylum seeker to egypt caught a boat to. bolt have flown to sidney" 2008 and have since become australian citizens but fazal wasn't so lucky. to detothers from coming asylum seekers taking boats have sent to mannis island to naru. they are kept in camps there while their refugee status is assessed. earlier this week protests on mannis island water shortages triggered them. they are taking showers with rainwater, but the broad issue is open-ended detttention to and the fear the best case scenario is released into a papau, new beginian community. some broke in and beat detainees. one person was killed. some have gone on hunger strike and stitched up their lips.

fajal swallowed razor blades. >> my brother. he is not like other people. he is very kind. he is a very good man. he is not bad man. glush. >> australia's government described the situation on mannis island as volatile but says it won't change its policy. >> the absolutely resolve of me as the new minister and of the government is to make sure that for those transferees, they will never arrive in australia. >> this is the human result of cruelty. individuals attempting to take their own lives. >> papua new guinea government denied there has been any violence. riot police were precautionary but tensions are high. andrew thomas al jazeera, sydney. >> pope francis's visit to the philippines continues in a few

hours with a public out door mass in manual illa. millions of people are expected to attend. veronica pedrosa filed this report from the philippines. >> reporter: drenched by unseasonable rain a devout crowd welcomed the pope as he health mass for tens of thousands of people. this was a visit of significance on a personal religious and political level. pope francis's visit here, an area where people have suffered through intense and frequent storms is part of his avowed hope to push negotiators to reach a meaningful agreement at important climate change talks thisser yoo. it said the vatican will issue an encyclical that is to say new catholic doctorine on climate change. >> there he is pope francis delivering a message of compassion to the typhoon victims here in the philippines and delivering a message to the

world about the devastating effects of kwlooiment change. >> changing weather patterns are part of the reason why life continues to be difficult in the sea-side communities here these women survived typhoon hayan in 2013 and have ford an association to try to help themselves. >> they look forward to the pope's visit as a break from all of this and hopefully, the pope will put some sense into how people understand poverty and the effects of climate change on poverty and how it really promotes poverty in the lives of people like these women. >> here, with the help of a priest, they try to overcome their fear of the sea since the typhoon hit and remember their relatives and friends who were killed. pope francis managed to briefly meet some typhoon hayan survivors and visit a mass grave but the pontiff apologized for having to cut short his visit.

another tie off and on was move in. veronqua pedrosa the philippines. up next on "al jazeera america," denver prepares for protests ahead after show feature ing bill cosby and victims of domestic violence sometimes risk their lives rather than aband on their pets. up next a program giving those women a way out.

one small virginia county was hacked with pro-islamic identified as team system dz with hundreds of hacks against government oshingsz. it says it doesn't know when the hack happened but that the website was restored by friday night. the attack follows the more high profile hacking of twitter accounts this week. it's unclear if the two are related. this week president obama announced plans to make it

easier for cities to break into the internet business. he wants to change laws in 19 states that ban cities from running internet systems. tennessee is one of the flatsz doesn't have those restrictions. jonathan martin from chattanooga, tennessee that they have some of the fastest cyber access in the country. >> with an appalacian back drogba chattanooga has prided itself on the scenic route and rail system? >> it's about 100 times faster than the national average. >> it's driving growth in this small tennessee city. >> it's just so much easier than anywhere else to do everything. >> chattanooga's fiber optic internet connection transfers data at one gigabyte per second 40 times fast empcities like new york and it's on par with hong kong which has the fastest in the world. >> we have branded our community as the gig city as the first city to have a gig. >> chattanooga became america's first gig city. >> it started more than four

years ago when epb the city-owned utility company, was looking to upgrade it's tower distribution center and with $330 million in bond and federal stimulus grants. engineers created citywide fiber optic network. now for $70 a month, epb customers, no matter where they live have access to the super fast internet. about 4,000 residential customers are signed up. chattanooga's chamber of commerce reports in the last three years, more than 30 companies have moved here because of the gig creating about 1t jobs. >> jack luter runs lamp post an incubator for startups. he said the gig was a key reason for expanding in chattanooga. >> you realize how much time and money you are saving on every little transaction that starts to add up. i have an hour of my life bang or four hours back. >> the difference is easy to see with video files. we uploaded a six-hour noef youtube in just over disapproval

minutes. it would take roughly 405 minutes on most broadband keingsz. >> waiting on youtube to process it. >> a few other american cities now havetrary their own fiber optic networks. >> google fiber. >> google added privately owned fiber net worked in three cities with plans for more. >> look at the united states versus the rest of the world when it comes to internet connectivity we are well behind. i think maybe i wouldn't say five years but i would say 10 years that this a lot more cities will have it if not more cities by then hopefully. >> chattanooga sees itself as having a head start and leaders are focused on pushing beyond the basics using creative did and engineers to find new ways to take add vastage of this new pace of networking jonathan martin, al jazeera, chattanooga, tennessee. >> planned protests in denver as bill cosby prepares to take the stage. at least a dozen demonstrated against him last night before his perform applications in colorado. their outrage stems from more

than 2 dozen women accuses of cosby of sexually assaulting them. >> he should just cancel. i don't know why i am talking about courtesy. obviously that's probably the least of the multitude of sins. >> he did perform in pueblo last night. there were no disturbans. he received a standing ovation. he denies the allegations and has not been charged. imagine trying to escape a violent relationship and told you cannot take your post with you, a pet that has provided comfort after an aboutser terrorized you. few shelters will take in domestic abuse survivors and their pets. one shelter is leading the way. we visited that shelter. >> jas min, der he's a and tony all three seemed healthy and happy.

they arrived at the institute after years of abuse? >> what brought you here? >> i had an incident at my home or what used to be my home. i was beaten up. i tried to defend myself. my ankle was broken. >> jas min intlooefd few options. she thought no shelter would take her and her pets? >> it hit me i was homeless and it had not hit me at that time, you know, when everything was happening, but it actually really hit me. >> when you decided that you had to leave, it was time to go, did you ever consider leaving without them. >> no. >> wasn't going to happen. >> it wasn't an option. sometimes you are so stressed out, you say, you know, maybe if i leave, i will come back. i never thought like that. >> a social worker told jasmine about the new program at the urban resource institute and

encouraged her to apply. jas min got the response she was hoping to hear. >> they said will you be ready to dom here tomorrow? and i said of course. >> it is one of a few countries known as paals, people and animals living safely. garza said it's not uncommon for people to risk their lives rather than leave their pets pets who have been by their sides during the worst times of their lives. we wouldn't expect someone to leave a child behind. a pet is a member of the family. we want to help people in crisis coming and staying together is actually that help. >> other shelters across the country are using the pals program as a model for their own transition. researching permits

modifications that need to be made to the shelters to also accommodate animals? >> this is not optional. this is not something we are doing that's just extra. it's necessary and society -- in society and we want to make sure it becomes a topic of conversation everywhere. >> yas min's apartment comes with cages for tony and teresa toys and even donated dog food. out guy womack good evening from new york heavening thanks to a donation from a dog food company. being in a safe place, a place with a dog park has helped them heal and release the anxiety and fear that gripped all of them when they first arrived. >> very therapeutic for them and i appreciated that. i am very grateful. >> boy! >> the urban resource institute those have the pals program in all four shelters by 2015.

up next on "al jazeera america," an faa safety inspector is arrested at new york's laguardia airport. uber is being sued again. >> that's not stopping thousands of drivers around the country from partnering with the company. details next.

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science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america an faa safety inspector has been arrested for having a gun in his carry-on bag. tsa announced the man's arrest today. it happened tuesday at new york's laguardia airport. he had flown from hartfield airport where he showed an id badge. this after authorities busted a gun smuggleing ring. faa said it had suspended the program that allows safety inspectors to avoid security screeningsats airports. a group of boston taxi services say uber and other services don't, destroy the value of taxing med alions that

drivers buy to operate. it asks an unspecified monetary damages. amid the connell troverts e surrounding uber some say it's increasing lowering prices and boosting driver income. >> i have been driving yellowcap cab four years. 2006, and finallied, i am driving with uber a year. >> carty islam is a new york city taxi drive. he gets most of his passengers through uber. it is a nationwide car to connect drivers with passengers and minimize weight times. riders pay through their smart phone. uber takes 20% of the fair. uber recently lowered fairs in new york city and claims that gooftd demand and raised earnings for drivers. according to beener data, each driver earns roughly $36 an hour. >> equals about $75,000 a year.

>> that's a wage normally commanded by professionals with college degrees, technical expertise and years of experience. nyu sturns school of professor arund says uber is effectively making the taxi business like a stock exchange where prices fluctuate based upon demand. >> the technology is allowing us to tap into better labor, making use of skilled labor more effectively and increasing the quality of the serviced being offered. >> uber increased the number of drivers and customers while at the same time charging more for the service during high demand times like rush hour. drivers may not be getting a bigger share of the industry's pot of income but because the pot, itself is growing, they are taking home more money. they say companies are studying beener's technology and the ain'ty to boost blienz. >> i think what's over time is a lot of them are going to shift to platforms like uber.

>> uber would not reveal wage daz for the dozens of other says but invited access into the new york city offices. every day, would-be beener partners as they are called line up at the company's headquarters in queens. they are shown how to use the technology and screen for their ability to navigate manhattan streets. >> you did well on the test today. so you passed. >> the company reports signing up to 20,000 new drivers a month, some of whom don't even have cars. >> all right. >> the partnership for the bank and a few car dealerships to offer you guys on lease to own. >> that's what caudyd he bought another car to boost his annual income and secure his family's future. >> i just rent to my friend he is driving for me. >> aldino al jazeera, new york. >> all right. rebecca stevenson is here with the weather and the cold temperatures are making it kind of dangerous for people right

now. >> especially the last couple of mornings. we had a video of a 7-car pile-up in alabama alabama where we had some freezing fog. the fog got so low that it froze to the roadways created black ice and all of northern alabama was getting some tricky spots even on interstate 85. the fog has cleared out thanks to the sun coming through, but now, we are talking about slippery roads a little farther to the north into parts of new jersey across parts of southern new york and, also into vermont see the system that's passing past the great lakes now, across the michigan bringing you a little bit of snow farther inland but it is going to be around scranton philadelphia especially impacting 76, 83, 81, and 80. we have going to have the itsy roads potentially early in the morning due to warm air coming up from the south and creating the perfect set-up for some freezing rain. we already have a freezing rain advisory in place. see it in the hot pink here it doesn't impact so much long island but areas out lying

going away from the city of new york you can see we are going to have an issue to start the day early. then it's going to change over to warmer temperatures. warmer always sounds good but it's going to bring a lot of rape to the west or to the east coast and the coastal areas are, rain farther inland snow will accumulate. we will see the highest amounts in the higher elevations and as we look at the mix we are expecting en across west virginias, pennsylvania, we will have a bit of a sleet/snow/rain mix. >> will make the roadways slushy and extra slipper, just flat-out heavy rain though farther south. as we look at radar talking about heavy rain, that's what the west coast has. now the concern is for localized flooding in some of the rivers because this is where the warmer air is at and it is rain rain falling pretty high in the mountains. we have an avalanche warning for the northern idaho panhandle because the snow is just so wet and heavy, and we are going to add in some wind for you. they are firing up tonight,

those strong winds. high wind warning going in to effect along the coast of the west and farther inland too, where it's going to be blustery winds causing difficult travel especially on the wet roads. you can see it's fairly cool across the border but the warmer spots in the 40s are off to the west, sitting in the 20s and 30s in the northeast and that's where it's going to be the most slipevery tomorrow morning. >> keep an eye on it. rebecca, i know you are a seattle seahawks fan. you will get a kick out of this the rival ritting hitting one seattle sub usual. fningz of the packers call themselves cheese heads. so to show support for the seahawks rebecca, the city hall manager of becamebridge signed a tongue in chief executive order banning cheese even cheese flavored products at city hall before the gail tomorrow. does that mean you can't have pizza? can't have nacho did? i don't really know.

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