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i'm richelle carey in new york, the news continues with randall pinkston. >> hi, thank you. this is jal jazeera america, i' randall pinkston in new york with a look at the top stories, mid air mystery, what brought down an airline over egypt, and the airlines fearing to fly over that country human shields, what syrian rebels do to avoid bombings by the government catholic guilt - what john boehner used to convince paul ryan to run for speaker, and the tough words for president obama. racial bias, a case before the supreme court that could change supreme court rules and other disputes to be heard this would self exception, a battle between the n.f.l. to its players - from the battle with cancer and equipment they wear
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on the field we begin in russia, where officials released satellite images showing a crash site of a plane that went down in egypt. the picture shows places where pieces of metal and fragments landed after the aircraft came apart. a camp set up by workers is visible. more than 220 people died in the crash on sinai peninsula. peter sharp reports from st. petersburg, a city in mourge. >> in front of one of russia's potent symbol, the winter palace, hundreds gathered together taking comfort and support at a time of suffering. the dead were known to many. >> translation: on this flight there was a girl i have known since i was six. her name was leah, we were at
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the same gymnastics class. >> translation: they were mainly our people. citizens of st. petersburg. it's not just them, be don't want an aircraft to crash again. >> reporter: at the crash site search teams are scouring an area of 20 square kilometres, trying to piece together what happened to flight 9268. 171 bodies have been recovered, some nearly 10km from the crash site. the aircraft that travelled from sharm el sheikh, from a resort, broke up at high altitudes. several international airlines, lufthansa and french airlines decided not to fly over the area until the cause is identified. russia and egypt is reluctant to give credibility to claims by i.s.i.l. affiliates that they shut down the air because. -- shot down the air bus.
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>> translation: it's important that the matter be left alone and discussions for the reasons behind it should not take place, this takes a long time. they are complicated matters. requiring advanced techniques and broad investigation. >> reporter: in the resort where many victims had been staying, there were prayers for those lost, across russia, church services to mark the worst ever air disaster. questions, too, about what happened above the skies of egypt. for a community desperate to understand what happened to that flight, there'll be no quick answers. for these people, the horror of the tragedy is more apparent as the bodies start to arrive home, the bodies of those killed in the crash. they'll be taken to a purpose-built mortuary where d.n.a. will be matched to the
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d.n.a. will be matched to the samples given by their families. here in petersburg, the home of the dead, they extended the period of mourning for another two days. turkey's ruling party reclaimed the parliamentary majority lost in june. justice and development party, the akp captured 49% of the vote. the main opposition party got 25." the akp does not have to form a coalition. the prime minister called it a victory for democracy. opposition leaders say the results prove the election was unfair. al jazeera's mohammed jamjoom has more from the a.k. party headquarters in ankara. >> despite the cold and the late hours, thousands of a.k. party supporters gathered outside the party's headquarters to celebrate what they see as a
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massive victory and surprise. many of them didn't expect to win by a huge margin. for them, this is vindication of their party. they believe the population, the large section of population, in fact, one in every two people, have put their faith and trust in a party that they say delivered success over the past 13 years. their leader who already a happy man, did strike a measured speech when he addressed the nation, and's it was a victory for democracy, and there was room in turkey for the political views, and they were thank for to the people for placing trust in them. that fear of insecurity, instability that many had since
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the hung parliament was a result of the june elections, now no longer exists. it's a renewed mandate for the party under a new era former house speaker john boehner says he used got to convince republican congressman to replace him. >> first i played of every ounce of catholic guilt on him. >> how does that go. >> you have no choice, it's not what you want to do, what god wants you to do. >> you pulled the god card. >> i pulled it all out. >> john boehner said hoo used catholic guilt. pauline was reluctant saying he consistent want to lose time with his family. in his first interview, ryan blamed a policy vacuum to cause infighting.
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>> we fight over tactics because we don't have a vision and offer the alternative to the country. if we have a chance to lead. this is what it will look like. this is how we fix the -- working families are facing. ryan wasted no time attacking president obama. ruling out reform. saying the president can't - ryan's words - can't be trusted. >> at this hour. gathering to discuss changing the form at. the meeting taking place at a motel in washington d.c., prompted by a universal complaint about the debate on c.n.b.c. while they want to make changes, it's not clear they agree on the changes to make. michael shure is joining us from los angeles. do you know who called the
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meeting, what they hoped to accomplish? >> the meeting was called by the candidates. lindsey graham, rick santorum, and on the smaller stage, bobby jindal of louisiana, calling to say they wanted to make sure they could get onto a main stage. then the c.n.b.c. , the g.o.p. campaigns and the r.n.c. said we are not going to deal with n.b.c. then they decided after that, it was the jump champagne, carson, paul campaign we need to come together and talk about the issues. what we heard it that the grams and jindals said they want two debates. of the seven candidates, and they are decided randomly, giving them a chance to be in
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focussed debate. and heard that the campaign vetoed the idea of bringing talla mindo in. and the trump campaign said that's a no go for them. >> in the old days they managed some debates, what happened to a nonpartisan organization being the vetting agency to arrange them and to establish the rules. >> what happens was party control became more powerful. when the parties took over the debates, they wanted to oshing trait who it was that would host the debates, debating who the questioners were. now, the party is weakened by the exact that two candidates, ben carson and donald trump, sitting above the polls, they are not part of the party apparatus, they are able to have sway they wouldn't have before. it may be time for the campaigns
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to look back at nonpartisan agreements. one thing to come out - they are not going to mess with fox. there was a quote leaked a someone in the meeting said we cannot - i'm paraphrasing, we cannot get roger mad. that's a reference to roger ailes at fox news. >> in the first debate there was push back on a fox anchor who asked pointed question to donald trump. michael shure reporting from los angeles. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders launched his first tv advertisement today. >> sick and tired of established politics and they want real change. >> bernie sanders brands himself as an alternative. corruption, change, income and
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equality and affordable education and touts campaign contributos, he has a way to go. airing 7500 adds. and raise more than twice as much money as senator sanders. >> secretary of state john kerry. diplomatic correspondent was forcibly removed as she tried to question the president, islam cara move on his human rights president. global watchdog groups call the country repressive. a state department official apologised for their role in escorting more hello out. >> an increase is expected in the number of people made ill. made by the restaurants in washington state and in oregon.
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they sickened 19 people in western washington and another three in portland oregon. 17 of them ate at a restaurant in the last three weeks. chipotle responded by shutting down 43 restaurants in washington and in oregon. >> authorities in north carolina are searching for a gunman suspected of killing one, wounding another in an attack at a state university. the shooting took place sunday morning near a tomorrow atry. the school was placed on lock down for three hours after the shooting, classes will resume on monday. >> two days of extreme weather in texas claimed six lives, tornados, and flash flooding hit parts of houston, with some areas receiving as much as 12 matches of rain. meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with us now.
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>> for texas, we are seeing the break happen, for the other states we are seeing rain. it will go up to parts of atlanta, giorgio, i want to show you the big picture. we see all the rain, and last weekend we dealt with the remnants, bringing a lot of rain to this region. that is where the flooding initiated and the ground did not have a chance to dry out. that's why we have the flooding, we have flood warnings in effect, especially around the rivers in the eastern parts of texas. anywhere here along parts of louisiana, missouri, and florida, we are dealing with serious conditions in terms of flooding there. i want to show you what is happening. we are getting a break along the coast as you see. most of the rain pushing to the north. i'll talk about that in a moment. we think we'll see a surge of rain coming into play. the warnings are out.
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we have flash flood warns to louisiana, and flash flood watches for parts of alabama. over the next 24-48 hours, we are going to still see a bit of rain. the major threat will be across central alabama and north georgia, that is where we see anywhere between five and six inches of rain across the area. the other big storey, this one you may like, is the temperatures across the eastern seaboard, going towards the beginning of the week, look at the warm up that happens as the storm of high pressure moves over memphis, on tuesday, 80 degrees. new york hovering 70-72 degrees, and the cool down will not happen until we get to the weekend. where it will be cool is to the west. the jet stream is it coming down, we are seeing a bit of snow in parts of nevada and idaho. we may see a little bit of some
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early skiing as we get towards the next couple of weeks. >> snow, please say no. some like it. >> sonar shows what appears to be the wreckage of missing chip "el faro" may have landed upright on the ocean floor. navy people were expected to launch a vehicle. it could help efforts to recover the data recorder. the n.t.s.b. is awaiting video confirmation that the ship is 50,000 below the atlantic. they'll try to recover human remains. >> a shocking report from a monitoring group. video showing rebel groups, people locked in changes as human shields. the death toll from a fire in the tap call will likely rise. before we go to a break, news received before we came on the
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air in the past hour. that is na former tennessee senator, thomson side, a senator from 1994 to 2003. in 2007 he ran for the republican nomination for president but dropped out of the race. he was probably best known to most americans as an actor. in movie rolls as the hunt for red october. and was a regular on the series "law and orders." the family died peacefully at home in nashville after a reoccurrence of lymphoma. he was 73. 73.
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reports syrian rebels arele using prisoners of war as human shields. >> they are high ranking officers in towns and sits in eastern ghouta to have a taste of our misery and be targeted by russian air strikes as are our children and women video posted online shows men and women in iron cages. a group says they were driven to damascus, used as shields against air raids.
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most of the victims were syrian officers and families captured by rebels. more than a dozen refugees found drowned off the coast of the greek islands in. the latest refugees to die while trying to reach greece, after fleeing their home countries. colder weather making it dangerous to cross the see. some of this video is disturbing. >> more grim, very sad news emanating from here earlier today. capsizing off the coast. that is close. we are at least 11 killed, drowned in those boats. capsizing and it seems as though several children, perhaps as many as six. drowned in those capsizings as well. s sadly these headlines are on
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place here. in the past week, dozens, at least 60 drown in boats that capsize. refugees desperate to make it from turkey to greece. at least 60 people dead in the last. and also sad reports of more bodies, as many as seven washing up ashore here in lesbos. people who drowned from. earlier in the week. the news to be grim. the weather is worsening. the influx continuing, those desperate to escape war and death and destruction in places like iraq and syria, trying to
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get to europe before they believe the window will close and europe will stop allowing them to come here. >> mohammed jamjoom reporting. more violence in the west bank. iran. the officers were standing on the side of a road. they won't struck. three were hurt, one seriously. one earlier. >> military stay. it was herd during a riot in that none. soldiers were injured. thousands marched through the streets of bucharest. >> they killed 30 million. officials say the death toll could rise because of a severity of the burns on the victims. officials say the fire began because of a pyrotechnic
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display. a criminal investigation is open. >> this week china's. they meet with the french president francis hollande. and as al jazeera's rob mcbride reports, the talks could be crucial to derek holland's political future. >> with a low opinion rating back home, from francis hollande achieves in china could go a long way. at least the survival of his legacy as a climate hero. >> francis hollande is leading french efforts to win support for the climate conference, aimed at limit itting global warming, and china's support is crucial. france values the summit and considers it a diplomatic goal. china shares the same goal and is making a big effort. china has. there are characteristically
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blue sky days, as winter sets in. residents know that it's a time of the it will return to the northern part of china, as the world biggest producer. emissions are twice those ofiates. the second highest producer. ghest producer. recent efforts at reducing dependence on cheap dirty coal have helped china turn a corner. the good news is the coal used in china has seen decline in last year for the first time in a century, and it's still continuing an a result emission has stalled in last year. >> reporter: while china might have some way to go to build its green energy credentials, its reputation as an environmental villain is changing.
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>> reporter: the supreme court begins hearing several new cases tomorrow. up next ahead, racial bias in the courtroom to online privacy, we breakdown which decisions could carry the most weight. clear clear ht. clear clear
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it's sundays night and time-- sunday night and time for a leak ahead. the supreme course will tackle six cases ranging from legal issues. one of them deals with racial discrimination in a 1986 murder trial. the black defendant was tried by an all-white jury. there was racial coding next to the name of the jurors. more on that story now from robert may. >> reporter: according to prosecutors, tim thee foster-- timot timothyfoster broke into a lady's home. >> he is a young man who has intellectual disabilities. unfortunately he was tried by an all-white jury for a the murder of an elderly white woman. >> reporter: he was convicted of capital murder in 1987 and has
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been on death row ever since. now the nation's highest court will decide whether blacks were intentional aly kept off the jury. >> reporter: an open record request in 2006 was used to find out exactly what prosecutors had on their jury notes. what they discovered was startling. >> the trial prosecutor quote the letter v next to the names of the prospective black jurors. the names are also highlighted in green and a list of made of people that the prosecutor did not want on the jury. all of those people were black. >> they did not highlight anyone except the black jurors. they didn't mark v next to the white jurors names. >> rejecting a certain number of potential jurors without stating a reason is legal. foster's case is unique. >> have you ever heard of a
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prosecutor marking a b in their notes for black? sworn, that is it. >> for example, a juror excused, they excused because it was too close to the age of the defendant. white prospective jurors are closer in age to the defendant's age. >> if you look at a jury and it's all white people, and let's say there's an hispanic or black or asian that is the defendant, how could someone not say okay, we got a problem here?
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>> agreed, and that's always the opposing party says look, we have an all-white jury or black jury in a jurisdiction that is demographically diverse. >> reporter: kids are judge said saying wait a second, let's redo this. >> ask. >> in the 3-step process, we have the objection, the race neutral explanation, and the judge that weighs the credibility of the race neutral investigation. it doesn't work that way, levine says judges vary in how they take ta responsibility. prosecutors and defense attorneys are trying to think about what are there perfect jurors, who are the jurs to be perfect for the -- jurors to be perfect for the other side. that's the basis of the challenge, it's the reason people like marshall and others said we should get rid of the system. the cause are about people that have scheduling conflicts,
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health conflicts. >> reporter: not the colour of skin. >> no, or gennder, because that is decided as a prohibitive category. >> rarely does the course take on a supreme court. timothy needs five justices to rule in his favour, to grant race discrimination in the jury selection. we'll have more right after this. after this.
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back now, we are talking about a case and joining us from washington to discuss it. an attorney joins us. first, before we talk about the case before the court, explain what that is? >> sure, when you have a jury trial, each side gets a certain number of challenges to the eligibility of jurors, and you don't have to provide a reason. during the jury election each side can get rid of jurors 1, 5 and 7, for example, and they'll simply be accepted without probing inquiry into the reason.
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>> with respect to the foster case, there is some inquiry into the reason, because there was some marks next to the names of some jurors. what is illegal about that? under a case betton versus kentucky, a well-settled precedent. you can't use pre-empt tory changes for the purposes of stacking a racial deck. the most common example, time and again, and what is implicated in the foster case is when prosecutors try to empanel an all-white jury to try a black defendant for a crime. prosecutors know that that results in a substantially high probability of conviction, and part of the reasons for that are driven by racial bias. the supreme court held it was unconstitutional, that it violates the jury of one's peers, and you can have an
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inquire, the racial compigs being manipulated unlawfully. >> if the check marks were not next to the names of jurors, and the prosecutor excluded them without any racial reference, it would have been fine. >> well, it wouldn't have been fine, it would have been illegal. if he had a reason to exclude the jurors. a trial judge could accept them. >> this jury went through, and they heard the case, the trial happened. the result was appealed, so on and so forth. it was once later, once the papers were discovered that a new challenge was brought saying hey, the prosecutor denied that they did this, there's good evidence that this is what they have done. so now the case has gone autumn way up. the fact that the supreme court agrees to hear it lends credence to the allegations. >> we have the attorney joining
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us, a law professor is the the university of baltimore, and a writer on the supreme court for the atlantic. i don't know if you hear what we were talking about. if you were, here is a question for you about the fosters case. if, in fact, it rules in favour of foster, could the ruling apply retro actively, involving the use of racially tense juries. >> no. it's clear from the batson decision, that that is not what is called a landmark decision. >> okay. >> it's not what they call a landmark decision, and doesn't apply retroactively. it will put some of the trial judges in the death belt tapes, and don't just come to us with any lame excuses.
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>> let's look at some of the other cases. it looks at americans privacy rights and the ability to sue businesses over incorrect information. and looks at whether an individual can sue a company, even if there's no real troop that it harms the person. what is at issue here for the plaintiff and for the defendant in this case. >> well this is really a case that tests the ability of congress to authorise consumers to bring lawsuits against the large enterprises, not just in the privacy field, across the board. congress sets up a fair credit reporting act. inaccurate information about a person reported by a credit reporting agency gives rise to
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statutory damages, in the amount of $1,000. the statue says you don't have to prove that you were harmed. now, spokeo, the company says to the court you must cut this back, and say that the constitution does not permit these statutory damages in a case like that of mr robins. reported to have been wealthy and married and have several children when he was unemployed. he can't show monetary harm. and congress doesn't have the power to authorise the lawsuits. there's no question that what this case is about is cutting back on the ability of classes of litigants to bring actions against the big countries, google and a lot of internet
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giants are in this case saying we are too big. the suits cost too much and we are too big to be sued. >> is that a reasonable argument, that there is too much money at risk for the big corporations, if anyone sues because there's an inaccuracy for the report? >> it's reasonable in the sense that if the companies print large numbers, they may be subject to substantial liability. it's beside the point of the case. what it is really about is ordinarily under the constitution, you have to show that you were injured to bring a lawsuit in federal court. the question before the court is can congress say, okay, if this happens to you, you are injured, or is that a determination that congress can't make, and there are, on any number of statutes, privacy statues are a clear example, but there are other statutes, environmental, for
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example, where congress said people can sue if companies break the law, and seeing is important to the enforcement of the law. this is bigger than privacy. they have a legitimate argument that this is big, but it's the way it has been done. >> thank you to my guests for being with us on al jazeera. >> enjoyed it. >> thank you breaking the rules, but for a good cause. up next - why the n.f.l. is punishing players trying to raise awareness about very important issues. important issues.
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a chinese artist has enough michael curry is the first national bishop, succeeding the first woman to serve in the
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post. the 62-year-old curry spent 16 years as a leader of the diocese of north carolina before being collected. >> n.f.l. under fire. critics accuse the league of fumbling the ball for not going far enough in promoting the cause of domestic violence. others say people should stop buying the pink merchandise. the n.f.l. has been cracking down on players who violate uniform rules that promote social causes. john henry smith has more. >> reporter: as the five seen running back, di-angelo williams wore eye black with the words find the cure printed on them, during the pittsburgh steelers october 25th game against kansas.
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on the same game, william wore the cleats, commemorating domestic violence month in both cases. they cried foul. the league fining each player 785,000 for breaking the n.f.l. uniform rules. >> pink is not a colour. >> reporter: williams lost his mother and four aunts to breast cancer. he is credited. they raise money for research by selling game-worn pink gear. >> when i was eight my mum died from domestic violence. the n.f.l.'s decision to fine the players comes in the wake of domestic violence, involving ray rice, greg hardy and others, leading many to question whether or not the league cares about women. when it comes to n.f.l. uniforms, the rule back states
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players are prohibited from wearing, displaying or conveying personal messages, unless approved by the league office. >> the league shows it will allow players to support causes, but only in ways it approved of. in october the n.f.l. fined another steeler pore than $17,000 for wearing eye black on two cakeses with the words iron and head on them. an homage to his late father, iron head haywood and died of cancer in 2006. >> the lead substantially reduced the bond after he agreed to promote cancer awareness by wearing league approved tackle cancer. williams requested that the n.f.l. allow him to wear pink. gay will not appeal the fine and popes the money will go to a
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domestic violence force. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >> joining me from colorado springs is a psychotherapist who writes about football for the website "behind the steel curtain." thank you for joining us. n.f.l. says it supports breast cancer awareness, as it's trying to take a stuffer stance, but finds players that wear symbols a question to you. is the n.f.l. being consistent. >> unfortunately for the n.h.l. they had strict policies, and they are hammered out. they were able to enforce them. on the other hand it's in the hands of roger goodall. that's why you have players like gay, haywood and carol fined. and you have johnny mandell, and
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others with no consequences at all. >> di-angelo williams is paying for some women to get mammograms. do you know if the n.f.l. will apply the fines to an organization such as one that pays for women to get mammogram as opposed to putting them into the pot for retirement n.f.l. players? >> i know that is what william gay wants, he wants the fines to be donated to causes to support victims of domestic violence. i think the big problem with the n.f.l. is the support of women's issues is superficial. so they have pink cleats. as soon as a player wants to honour a parent, for cameron haywood's situation, his father, in those cases they are fine. it's not a lot of faith in the
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n.f.l. i think that's we're part of the disconnect is. >> you referenced my next question. is the n.f.l. serious about domestic violence. recently we heard about the instance of a player with the dallas cowboys. hardy. he was accused of strangling a woman. he was suspended for 10 games, it was reduced to four. he's back on the field. critics are saying is the n.f.l. serious if someone is accused of this kind of crime and then is allowed to play? not only is abd-rabbu mansour hadi back on the field, bus questioned action with the special teams coach. the owner said it's an example of inspirational leadership. that's why the question is again. you ju. toe pose -- juxta pose that with william gay. he lass a personal stories, his
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mother died as a result of domestic violence. it's hard to say the n.f.l. is not serious. as long as there's a cas , and people like greg hardy on the field. and exhibiting violent behave resource. it's a problem with the league, undermining commitment for the causes. the n.f.l., after the ray rice incident in which he was shown drainging his girlfriend out of the elevator, they fired three women to deal with allegations of domestic violence, and i read that these women are not permitted to speak to media. thank you very much for joining us on al jazeera america more than 50,000 runners from around the world participated in the 45th new
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york city marathon. millions lined the streets of new york city and all five bureaus pumping $415 million into the economy. according to ae come. the firm that manages the race. stanley biwott and mary keitany one the men and women's races an honour for a fallen marine, killed in fallujah iraq in 2004. fellow troops believe he should be awarded the medal of honour because he saved many lives. the military ruled that he did not intentionally shield lives. he's been given a cross. he's one of only a few mexican americans to have a ship named after him. there's something missing in the mountains of yellow stone park, snow, and it could be gone
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for good. how warmer weather is making an impact on the local environment. environment.
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a chinese artist has enough lego, when the danish company a new mexican dentist is buying candy $1 a pound. the sweets will be donated to blue star mums, an organization that supports group. last year his office collected 1,000 pounds of candy. >> in bolivia christians pay homage to the dead for old souls day, rituals include donations of offerings to the souls of departed - flowers, candles, fruits and sweets. it's thoughts that the spirits return to visit loved ones and enjoy what they enjoyed post in life snow can usually be seen all year at the top of the bear tooth mountains. after one of the warmest winters
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on record, the snowfields dried up. scientists say we may have seen the last of those snow fields. we have a report from the bear tooth mountains in wyoming. >> high up the mountains, near yellowstone national park, something is missing. >> normally at this elevation, we look at the side of the mountain and see snow patches. >> snow and ace have been pitch tours. >> this one that melted out for 20-30 years, went in the and found bison bones. there's not been bones above the treelines in hundreds of thousands of years. they have not come up here. >> this summer the know fields disappeared. experts predict forever. >> is this a warning we should pay attention to? >> this is a warning. you could call the loss of the permanent snow is the canary in
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the coal mine. >> jim wanted to take us higher into the mountains, however, winter is coming and the roads are closed. >> a closure made out of habit than necessity this year. >> over there in that land above the trees, look at the know sfeed on the right. -- snow field on the right. we've been here five years ago. five years from now, it may be gone. >> we eventually moved into the valley to see the fall out. snow melt from the bear tooth mountains trains into the yellowstone. >> welcome to the yellowstone river. >> bruce is with trout unlimited. they said the loss of permanent snow will have big impacts on trout. >> we are not looking at extinction, but a shifting of the eco system.
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>> a shrinking of trout habitat. >> there may be local ex-strings for species. >> another concern, a hit to the academy. farrling says fishing brings in 1950 million a year. >> what we have is changes midcontinent affecting everything from recreation, and the take home is the alarm sounding here. >> hitting n eco system where a massive file is the new reality. >> a san francisco restaurant is giving customers a glimpse of the future. as al jazeera's john hendren reports, it includes people replaced by robots.
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[ singing ] >> reporter: as fast food workers across the u.s. demand higher wages, in san francisco, the future of fast food is here and is automated. here, the customer is the order taker, cashier and server, it takes 2 minutes, it's a 1950s automat. there's no visible staff except a concierge to help the technically challenge. >> it's about delivering delicious, nutritious food a -- at a fast pace and affordable price point. >> reporter: it has brought auto nation to dining. it's touching every aspect of our lives and changing the way we live and work. google has a self-driving car and daimler is preparing to deploy 18 wheelers like this on the world roadways. california-based a.t.v. makes machines selling anything sold by a clerk, from coffee, to snow cones and propane. even ipads. >> automated retailing is about instant gratification.
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things that are out of stock, in the machine - it tells you right away. >> we pretty much create a vending machine to tell you what to do. robots replaced manufacturing and service jobs that futurists say pose a threat to white collar workers. >> robot software, machines, technology is going to displace the workers. no doubt about that. we see research into areas, like creative machines, algorithms that can create designs, write symphonies, paint original art. the rise of automation could make product cheaper and could affect people faster than anyone expects. >> this can happen faster. we are talking about dramatic changes, we wipe out the tax industry, and within 10 years it's decimated. >> reporter: a growth industry
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for workers, he says, is repairing machines. thank you for join us, i'll be back with another hour of news. stay tuned for "al jazeera investigates." next. next. this is a film about neighbors who'd lived alongside each other for generations. it's an investigation into why theyrt

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