soldiers from several countries under nato's command held a ceremony in kabul. much more on that and the day's other stories on our website, aljazeera.com. >> police say they've arrested a suspect accused of making on line threats at the university of missouri. >> a white house, severe weather rolls across the rockies, leading to blizzard warnings for millions of people. >> if i did not end up in that program, i would either be dead or in prison right now. >> helping america's veterans, how one judge in florida is helping those who served stay clean and sober.

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. there is stepped up security at university of missouri this morning after several threats were posted on line. the university police say the person who posted this threat on the messaging app yikyak is now in custody. in the message, the person threatened to shoot every black person they see. al jazeera is live in colombia missouri. classes are in full swing. give us a sense that what the atmosphere is like on campus now. >> class are not quite in full swing. we've heard of at least one canceled because of the threat. it does seem more quieter than normally at this time. i thought the one student who shopped up here was a bit frustrated because the

university wasn't saying come to class or don't come to class. that message on yikyak was just one of a few that showed up last night. the one that said i'll stand my ground and shoot every black person i see, another said some of you are all right, but don't go to campus tomorrow. another said mizzou will make newly news tomorrow. last night student body president said a meeting was canceled halfway through and he was escorted out by security. he is black. it is tense a bit today. >> what about the latest on that professor we saw earlier this week that was trying to stop that student journalist from taking footage of the protest. >> that is a whole other story. she has got raked over the coals

because she was part of the journalism department. she yelled for help around her to get some muscle, as she put it, to push this guy away from this open public space where he was shooting the protestors gathering. she issued an apology last night. she has since left the journalism department. her name is melissa click. that's a whole other issue that was just part of that particular incident of two days ago on monday, which had nothing to do with this, we believe. this one the serious part of this were threats made and who knows what goes on on line, whether this is serious or not. the university certain taking it seriously today. >> sun suspect in custody, now reporting from colombia, missouri, thank you. >> republican presidential hope was are campaigning today. the big clashes were over the

economy and immigration. john kasich and jeb bush trying to steal the spotlight from front runners donald trump and ben carson. >> we hear a lot of promises in this debate. >> early on, ohio governor john kasich blasted his republican rivals and described his tax cut policies at unique. >> the only plan of anybody standing on this stage to get us to a balanced budget by the end of the second term. >> his plan release on government revenue assumptions that experts call absurd. on this night outside the debate hall, protestors demanded a raise to the minimum wage. inside, ben carson justified his opposition with this. >> every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases. >> history does not support that claim. since 1979, congress has raised the minimum wage 11 times. according to labor data, there

have been overall job growth six times and losses five. >> here's the best way to raise wages. >> florida senator marco rubio tried to shift the focus to something he supports, vocational training. >> welders make more money than philosophers. >> according to the bureau of labor statistics, the median wage of welders is about $37,000, for philosophy teachers $63,000. carly fiorina actually majored in philosophy in college, and she made it clear that she is not very strong with history, including her own with russia's vladimir putin. >> i have met him as well, not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting. >> on the tonight show two months ago, she said it was a more casual green room meeting. >> i met him in beijing. we were in sort of a green room

setting. >> donald trump and jeb bush clashed over putin's involvement in the war against islamic state. >> if putin wants to fight isis, i am all for it. >> bush said they are not doing that and he is correct. reports from syria show russian war planes have attacked areas where isil forces are not present. instead, the targets appear to be anti sir i can't be government rebels who oppose isil. one of the biggest whoppers of the evening came in the undercard debate from knowledge governor chris christie. >> we stopped obamacare in new jersey because we refused to participate in the federal exchange. >> that is false. no government is able to stop residents from participating in the government exchange under the affordable care act. fact check groups say this night produced more than two dozen

false or questionable claims. >> candidates, thank you all. >> david shuster, al jazeera. >> a senior reporter at the center for public integrity says that despite inaccuracies, the debate gave viewers an opportunity to understand the candidates asks positions on the issues. >> i thought there were very, very sharp contrasts on several issues and overall, this was a debate about issues, it came build as that and did deliver. i thought the minimum wage, the issue they started right off the bat with was one that was very profound. you had some candidates saying look, you know, minimum wage is absolutely something we cannot raise, it would be bad for the economy, bad for america. then you have sort of a counter vailing point from john kasich who said i'm not so sure. maybe this is something that we have to reconsider and that we even did in ohio. you can sort of see the candidates, where it's this issue or several others jockeying for the hearts and minds of moderates, if you will,

in addition to the conservative base. >> front runner ben carson's performance highlighted the fact that he has never held political office before. >> blizzard warnings are up in parts of the plains and rocky mountains. denver is getting buried in snow as a huge storm moves east into colorado, nebraska and cans. it could bring more than half a foot of snow and winds of more than 50 miles an hour to colorado and nebraska. that could mean white out conditions, as well as how are outages. nicole mitchell is tracking the storm. >> this has been a potent system and is intensifying getting into the central united states. we have seen most live the snowy side in the rockies pulling out into pores of the plains. we can see heavy snow, even in some cases blizzard conditions, because of the high winds reducing the visibility. by the time things are said and done, possibly four to eight inches of that snow in

some cases. i mentioned the wind. that's going to be really through almost the entire central united states. these are the different advisories we have, even red flag. the fire danger, because there are some areas that are dry and then with the wind, if there's any fires started that could whisk thatual. not only do we deal with that, but temperature drops behind the system, denver today, 40's ahead of this, a lot of 70's and 80's, that's warm enough air with more of this moisture, as this pulse into the midsection of the united states, possibly more rain, that could trigger severe storms. wind is our primary threat, but isolated tornadoes not out of the question, either. finally, as this continues to move along, transitioning more into rain by the time we hit tomorrow, more hits the great lakes and the northeast. back to you. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> president obama plans to use this veteran's day to call on congress to do more for those who have served. he's expected to lay a wreath

and make remarks at arlington national cemetery. we will bring his remarks live. this is a live picture for the setup for the president. the speech will ask for legislative reforms including long term changes at the department of veteran affairs and better aid for homeless veterans. >> a lot of veterans struggle with transitioning to life at home. a sergeant who served in afghanistan said he had few resources to help when he came back. >> i came home in a recession, jobs were really hard to find. i had a really hard time adjusting back to civilian life. we were such a community inside of combat that when i came back to the united states, it felt like i was a small fish in a big pond. it was really hard to come home to. >> what did that mean for you? i know that you have described struggles with post traumatic stress.

how did that exhibit itself on a daily basis for you? >> the first six months coming home, i just spent in my apartment, with the shades drawn, drinking and watching combat videos from my head cam that i took in afghanistan. from there, it just really looked at like alcoholism, and not being able to interact with people on just a basic level. >> did you feel that you were supported by the v.a. and by the army as you were going through all of this? >> the v.a. and army were doing their best. i think they're flawed in many ways, but i think they were doing their best. the most support i got were from other veterans. >> president obama has policemenned to end veteran homelessness by the end of his material. in 2010-2014, the number of homeless vets has dropped by more than a third to just 50,000 nationwide.

>> some states are finding success with programs to keep veterans out of prison. >> during his 15 month tour of duty in afghanistan, specialist joseph gomes saw plenty of combat and lost too many friends. >> i fell into a real, real deep depression to the point where i was downing 750 milliliters every single day. >> after he left the army and came home to orlando, he hit rock bottom. diagnosed with severe ptsd and about to become a father, he was arrested on a non-violent domestic abuse charge. >> when you were sitting in that county jail, that's a long way from basic training. >> and it was extremely mortifying for me. >> according to the justice department, one out of every 10 prisoners has served in the military. that's more than 200,000

servicemen and women who are behind bars. judges are offering people who served their country a lifeline. >> against the recommendation of everyone else in the room, i'm giving you one more chance. >> every wednesday in orlando, florida, the judge presides over a special court for veterans, trying to steer non-violent offenders to mandatory rehabilitation and counseling services in exchange for no prison time. >> i want you to keep a journal of your job search. >> there are more than 264 veteran courts around the nation and over 13,000 veterans are receiving treatment and services. the judge said most vets who show up in her court suffer from post traumatic stress disorder.

according to a rand corporation report, 90% of service members who return from afghanistan and iraq currently have ptsd have depression. roughly half of those seek treatment. >> we do a collaborative holistic approach assisting the veterans, housing, medical, mental health, substance abuse, work training. we just try to make this person a better person for the community at large. >> the fact that the judge is a former vet herself who served in iraq reminds people like gomes, who he once was. >> when she speaks to you, it's with a sense of respect. it's a sense of understanding, like listen, i was there, too. >> the specialty courts are not without their critics. american civil liberties unions opposes the court saying we should reinvest those resources toward diverting people out of the criminal justice system into community based public health programs. the judge said she's seeing results, since the program started two years ago says 92 out of 100 participants successfully completed the

program, got treatment and avoided prison. >> gomes credits the program with saving his life. >> if i did not end up in that program, i would either be dead or in prison right now. >> instead, he says he's hoping to find a job, stay clean and out of jail, so he can spend more time with his daughter. rachel levin, al jazeera, orlando, florida. >> new york's attorney general orders daily fantasy sports websites to stop taking bets. calls for greater security in afghanistan, thousands of people protesting the murders of minorities now want the president to resign.

>> how toes of afghans are in the streets of kabul demanding government action after isil linked fighters slaughtered seven members of an ethnic minority, among the dead, women and a child. we have more on what the protestors want from their government. >> it's the biggest protest we've seen in afghanistan in recent history and the mood, the people are very angry. about the deaths of these seven people brutally killed, but basically they blame these deaths on the government, saying the government is not controlling the situation, that the streets aren't safe. these people were abducted several months ago and held hostage before being killed. the afghan forces apparently tried and failed to rescue them and people are very, very angry at the government. some of the demonstrators tried

to scale the walls to get into the presidential compound, shots were fired in the air. a few people were injured in the melee there trying to get away from it. there are representatives of the demonstrators now in the presidential compound talking with representatives of the government, as well as the bodies of those seven people killed. certainly security is such a big issue here and that has been really at the heart of these protests right now. it's been a terrible year for afghan civilians and the security forces. there's been fighting around the country and what we've seen is an increase in kidnappings, in crime, in abductions and people are very frustrated with president ashraf ghani. >> there were calls for the two men to step down. if they can't keep the roads and people safe, they say they are not a government at all. they're inside negotiating right now with the government, but there's been fighting throughout

the country in the north, south, east and west, a very difficult security situation here. >> here in the u.s., investigators are still on the scene of a plane crash in ohio. the small jet hit an apartment building, causing a huge fireball that took hours to put out. no one on the ground was hurt. authorities say nine people were onboard. >> the plane became engulfed in flames which ignited the residence that it originally struck and continued on to another residence that was behind that house. >> authorities have not confirmed how many died, but family members say a florida real estate executive was onboard. the plane was flying from dayton to akron when it crashed. a texas grand jury indicted more than 100 bikers involved in a minuteout at a waco restaurant, accused of engaging in organized criminal activity. nine died and 20 were injured during the shooting.

the grand jury will consider charges against the other 71 bikers that were arrested. >> two of the nation's biggest daily fantasy sites promise to fight back after the new york state attorney general declared them forms of gambling. john help smith has the story. >> >> like millions of players across the country, each week, rick anthony has gotten in the habit of putting his money. >> the most i put was $10, thank god, knock on wood. >> into daily fantasy sports games, the kind you've likely seen constant advertisements for. >> one week fantasy football leagues are paying $75 million a week. >> i'm under the assumption that it's legal. i mean, how is the government not controlling it if it's already on television? >> now one of the largest states is stepping in to stop the sites. new york state attorney general

eric schneiderman has told the two leading sites fan duel and draft kings to stop accepting game entry fees from players. in letters to both sites, he said daily fantasy constitutes illegal gambling under new york law. fan duel said it is a game of skill and legal under new york state law. draft kings put out its own statement saying in part we strangely disagree with the reasoning in his opinion. a 2006 federal law did give season long fantasy games an exemption from on line gambling but that was before daily fantasy sites existed. just last month, nevada moved to restrict the site in that state. industry expert says the two daily fantasy sports leaders are victims of their own $100 million ad campaigns. >> now that you can't go a day without seeing these ads, it's led to a lot of people on both the state and federal level looking up and saying what's going on here.

>> an on line shopping bonanza, surgerying sales pushed the world's biggest internet buying day into record territory. >> el niño will bring rain to a patched california, but that may not be as good as it sounds.

>> it's singles day in china, but that's not dating or finding a mate. think of black friday on steroids. so far, on line shoppers have bought some $10 billion worth of goods and services on alibaba, breaking a sales record for the company. >> california is bracing for a winter that could bring disaster to the state, epic rains and floods are predicted. bridges and leaf series maybe at risk. >> this is what five inches of rain in a single hour does to a drought baked hillside, but that's nothing compared to what may help this winter if an epic el niño arrives. >> take those small events and

have it rain longer, it may give you an image which how things could go badly. >> geologist jeff mount is an expert on california's rivers and water supply. >> we are not ready as a state for the very large floods. >> to keep floodwaters under control, california has 13,000 miles of levees, which have been called a mess, a katrina type disaster poised to flood california. >> there's two kinds of levees, those that have failed and those that will fail. eventually, levee systems will be overwhelmed. the question every year is is this the year the levee system somewhere is overwhelmed. >> the california delta outside of sacramento encompasses 1,000 miles of waterways and home to thousands of people and the state capital. mike is an engineer with the california department of water resources. he spots a major levee repair going on here and shows it to us.

it's a fix that costs $5 million to $10 million per mile. it's a rehab that apparently rarely happens. >> something of this scale, maybe once a decade, if that. >> repairs of crucial. for decades, report after report warned of possible levee breaks in the delta. there's one area mike is particularly worried about. >> we're working our way up the sea level here. a portion of this island is above sea level. >> it's not exactly clear what the problem is. >> this is a very peaceful setting, you're talking about as ground zero. why is that? >> this is one of the lowest points in the system and i would not be a bit surprised if this went through waves crashing over the levee here. >> wow. wow. that seems unimaginable. >> given a strong enough storm, it may be a reality with catastrophic results. >> mother nature may be giving california a 1-2 punch, a record

drought and then possibly catastrophic el niño. it's not just mother nature to blame. it's decades of neglect of california's infrastructure. >> we stopped paying for this stuff a long time ago. why should we be shocked? we have the nerve to be surprised that these systems are falling down around our ears, bridges failing, roadways failing. we chose not to pay for it. >> the truth is that california and the nation will pay one way or another. the question is whether the bill comes due this winter. jacob ward, al jazeera, sacramento. >> thanks for watching. the news continues next live from doha. we'll bring you the president's remarks from arlington national cemetery at 11:00 a.m. eastern. this is a live picture of the setup for the president. we'll be back then.

>> this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour. i'm in doha. here is what is coming up in the next 60 minutes. slovenia, begins erecting a wall to keep refugees out. anger on the streets of afghanistan's capitol of the killing of members of an ethnic minority.