space toilet. meaning. moments into the journey of the unknown. al jazeera, as london science museum. >> you can find out plenty more on our stories by going to our website, the address to click on to is aljazeera.com. general motors agrees to pay nearly $1 billion over it's faulty ignition switches but families that people that died because of the defected, say it is not enough. a new focus for the republican field, donald trump may still be ahead in the polls after last night's debate, but another candidate is getting a lot more attention. thousands of refugees begin the next leg of their desperate journey. now heading to croatia, after hungary shuts down borders.

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. >> general motors has agreed to pay $900 million to end a criminal probe, into how it handled deadly defects in some of it's vehicles. g.m.'s defective ignition switches are linked to at least 124 deaths. the company knew about the problem, for a decade. before it should bees any recalls. now the settlement end as two year investigation, and ensures that no individual g.m. employee will be criminally prosecuted. b.c. has more from detroit. >> the settlement ends a long investigation by the federal government. general motors has admitted to miss leading the public, and now it is faced with

paying a $900 million penalty. if you recall, g.m. recalled more than 2 million vehicles because of antic in addition switch defect. the auto maker has linked it to 100 deaths. it was revealed last year, that g.m. knew about the problem for more than a decade, and did nothing. g.m. says it could be forced to pay more than $600 million to victims. no employees were prosecuted. this also include as defers deal, which means the government will dismiss the case. under the terms of the agreement, g.m. will be watched by an independent monitor for at least three years. >> take a listen to what was said during a press conference with the u.s. department of justice.

justice requires a penalty, well above what g.m. has payed and will pay under it's victim compensation program. above all, justice requires measures to make sure this doesn't happen within. ben. >> so far g.m. has settled more than 1400 lawsuits tied to the recalls. more than 400 death cases remain, and the first trial is expected to begin next year. al jazeera, detroit. >> while it was a long late night, but now today republican presidential candidates are assessing the impact of the performances from the latest debate. the top 11 squared off last night. it was pretty clear from the start that front runner donald trump was the big target. david schuster has all the highlights. >> as the ragan library, in front of a jet, the republicans mentioned the former president more nan a dozen times.

>> ronald ragan knew how to go big and bold. >> i am on the ragan side of this. >> i think i flew on this plane with ronald ragan when i was a congressman. >> the political world though is far different than 30 years ago. when ragan urged republicans not to attack each other. and this group, hit hard. >> first of all, rand paul shouldn't even be on this stage. >> donald trump and rand paul tangled from the start. >> is visceral response to attack people on their appearance, short, tall, fat, ugly, my goodness, that happened in junior high, are we not way above that. would we not all be worried to have someone like that in challenge of nuclear arms. >> mr. trump, i never attacked him on his look, and believe me there's plenty of subject matter right there. >> jeb bush tries to hit, the ties to democrats. >> you have hillary clinton to go to your wedding because you gave her money. >> that's true.

>> jeff -- i was a businessman, i got along with clinton, that was my job to get along with people. excuse me. >> and no. >> the fact -- >> more energy tonight. i like that. >> trump and carlie argued over their business record. why should we trust you to manage the finances of this nation any differently than your casino. >> you don't want to hear about your careers. back and forth and volleying back and forth about who did well and poorly, you are both successful people, congratulations. you know who is not, the middle class in this country who is getting plowed over by barack obama, and hillary clinton. let's start talking about those issues tonight, and stop this childish back and forth between the two of you. >> carlie was asked directly if she believed trump was talking about her persona as he claims when he said last month her face would keep her from getting elected. >> i think women all over

this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> i think she has a beautiful face, and a beautiful woman. >> a few candidates went out of their way to avoided clashes and instead appear presidential. >> if the united states military is going to be enganged by a commander in chief. we are not going to authorize use of force if you are not putting men and women in the position where they can win. >> mike huckabee paint add grim picture of the iran nuclear deal. >> this is about the survival of western civilization. >> towards the end, it veers into lighter territory, and there were several funny moments. >> 40 years ago i smoked marijuana, and i admit it. i am sure other people may have done it and don't want to say it in front of 25 million people. my mom is not happy i just did. >> but candidates were then asked what code name they would want from the secret service. >> ever ready, it is very

high energy, donald. mr. trump? >> humble. >> david schuster, al jazeera. really quite a show. earlier we spoke to political science professor, he said some of the candidates were able to steal at least some of the spotlight away from donald trump. >> carlie moved the needle last night, she obviously made the most of her opportunity to get away from the kids table. and compete with the top candidates. i think she is the first person to land a blow against donald trump since obama at the white house correspondents dinner, and she really asserted that she is a good debater. mistakenly, all the candidates sort of descended on donald trump, and they allowed basically ben carson to go and explain his beliefs. jeb bush was terrible. he came out aggressive against donald trump but he

can't match him punch for punch. he started off with the comments trying to save casinos, trump just deflected it. he tries to say that donald trump wasn't capable for the job. but i think his worst moment is when he tried to demand that donald trump apologize to his wife in the audience and trump blew him off again. i don't think jeb bush did himself any favors. >> a rather interesting predictions saying after the iowa caucus there may be a switch, and the more established candidates may start to surge in the polls. we are following some breaking news, just coming into al jazeera american airlines has grounded ought flights nationwide. this is due to a computer outage. the company says it is currently working to resolve those technical issues. it is not clear what exactly is responsible, or how long these delays may actually last.

deliberately deserted his post before he was captured by the taliban. christian is in san antonio. during opening eremarks they say the evidence that shows probable cause, that deserted and committed the behavior before the enemy and he left the platoon deliberately. like his commuter and kingle and emails his mother not to worry and be strong. >> .

>> three americans that help stop an attack on a french plane are getting the red carpet treatment today. met with the president just a short time ago. two of them are active duty service members. they are in the army, stone is in the air force. the reporters asked them afterwards what it was like to sit there in the oval office. >> insane. pretty surreal, never thought i would see the end side of that. >> there was a moment in time when i froze, and just looked at him for a second. >> he is a really cool nice guy. >> yeah. >> those guys are awfully humble, later they will go to the pentagon where defense secretary will present all of them with medals. well, a lot of eyes on the financial markets today. in less than half an hour the federal reserve is expected to release it's decision on

whether to raise interest rates. and if the central bank says yes it could be the first time that it has happened in nine years. early spoke with william kone a contributed editor and a former wall street banker, he argues that raising interest rates will actually benefit average americans. >> the key point is to remember that fixed income is getting decimated because the returns they get on their savings account, like sis bases points. that's nothing. and who benefits the people that boar remoney all day long. the people ma mick for money. the fed works for wall street. it works for the banks. zero interest policy benefits wall street and the people that make money for money. which is hedge fund managers. mrs. a flip side, a report said not everyone agrees. >> after the great rescission

hit, they slashed to encouraging people to spend money, entice them to take out mortgages and other things to kick start economic growth. and create jobs. and it has worked. 20 a degree. the economy is growing. slowly, but steadily. while the unemployment rate has plummeted to 5.1%. but that takes care of only one of the feds objectives. by law, the fed also has to ensure price and financial stability. and this is where economists disagree on the timing of the next rate hike. a certain amount of inflation is necessary to help the economy grow. the inflation has been running well below the target and the situation has grown worse as oil prices have dropped and the dollar has strengthened against other currencies. reasoning that it will force measures up. they also believe that the

impact of low oil prices will eventually ease us. but others think it is a miss take, especially when the global economy is weakening. that's because higher rates here and into the u.s., turbo channels an already strong dollar, which is making goods more expensive. that cuts into profits and could curb job inflation. it will encouraging consumers to sit on their cash instead of spending it, driving economic activity to a halt. japan choked off a budding economy, back into a trap of weak growth, and falling prices. while in 2011 it sent prices tumbling. so what is a fed official to do? well, all they can do is weigh the evidence, and hope they make the right move, at the right time.

>> we will see you in half an hour. refugees are demanding more help on their desperate journey across europe. the very latest target is croatia, that's where refugees are trying to get through the border.

threat of arrest.r constant >> yeah, i like cold. >> sweden has emerges as as promise land of sorts. at least a place allow themselveses to try to feel normal again. >> what i might do, i feel great. i feel i am a huen ma. i feel -- only i want that. i just want to be safe. >> sweden is in the midst of a housing crisis and yet it gives permanent resident to syrian refugees.

school and the right to work. just like every other resident. end of all the e. u. countries sweden has taken in the largest number of refugees to the population. for a country less than 10 million people, they zillion seek 33,000 asylum seekers each year. families like these travel to turkey and migrate all the way through europe, to get processed as one of these centers. they learn swedish, but the question still remains what happens now i am. >> for many, learning swedish and finding work is a daunting task. some here say sweden open door policy has at takes struggled to implement newcomers. >> a lot of people don't want to bring more refugees into the country. because they see the problems.

ben is a local poll six for the democrats. a right leans anti-immigrant party that wants to roll back the welcome map. >> the democrats are the most popular political party according to recent polling. many consider the rise a direct result of local bash lack against the thousands arriving from both iraq and syria. >> yet others here say it is not that they no longer want to help, but they want others to share the burden. each country should take people. but for now, this sparsely populated country hosting nearly 70,000 from syria. it is something with which swedes have some experience. during the 1990s swedish taxpayers pay to take in roughly 84,000 refugees from

the ball cans. >> it is hard to say. think of the effect it would have on people that have nothing, and fear for their lives. >> that kind of mentality has given them a chance to start over. >> what do you want to do now that you are here in. >> the first thing i want the learn is the language. to be connected to the people, then i can work, and my job. >> as a nurse in hospital. maybe to begin a new life. >> al jazeera, stockholm, sweden. >> the companies are matching one to one. orses and those donations are

tax deductible. our special coverage of the crisis continues all week long, join us this sunday, for a special report desperate journeys a global crisis. there's a 9:00 p.m. eastern, six pacific. a dire warning over the world's oceans. in the last 40 years, half of all marine life has died and the problem may get worse.

>> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close

say that humans areife funds destroying so many natural resources under water, but it is killing much of it's sea life. michelle kerry reports. >> the worldwide life funds. have the birds and reptiles that depend on the oceans are gone. some fish specieses have declined by almost 75%. for this report, the organization tracked thousands of marine animal populations around the globe, since 1970. >> they are disappearing but

their habitats are being destroyed. the report shows half the world's corral reefs and half of all sea grasses have been destroyed. over 25% of all marine species live in corral reefs. yet they cover less than .1% of the ocean. >> we can see in the distance here, the industrial development and the destruction of the world heritage lists. >> the world wild life fund says humanity is collectively missening maaing the oceans to the brink of collapse. keeping the moral and social economic crisis. the report says the biggest driver for the decline are human actions. including overpopulation. the global population is expected to grow by another 2 billion to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. with most people in coastal areas.

a 300% increase in ship traffic over the past two decades. 14 to $35 billion in subsidies that encouraging overfishing mostly in developed countries. and global warming. the organization estimated that a current rates corral reefs can disappear entirely by 2050. because of warmer more acidic water. rachelle kerry, al jazeera. we want to update the breaking news. the ground stop are being told it is in effect at miami. since these are american hubs of course this is going to have a big impact on much of this airline system all across the country, the company is saying that they are still working trying to resolve the technical issues. thank you for joining us, the news continues live next,

from london. >> announcer: is this al jazeera. hello everyone. you are watching, the news hour life from london. coming up . . . [ screaming ] >> chaotic scenes on the board we are serbia, as croatias it cannot cope with the flow of migrants seeking a new route into the e.u. protesters demand the release of their transitional president following a military coup in burkina faso.