across the board, any record-breaking sale is good news. plenty more stories for you any time on our website. the as dress for that is aljazeera.com. and you can watch us by clicking on the watch-now icon. the address again, aljazeera.com. this is one of the biggest steps towards a rewrite of our tax code that we have made in many years. lawmakers working to finalize a deal to keep the government up and running. global markets praising for the first possible fed rake hike in nearly a decade. in while in baltimore they are awaiting a verdict in the first officer charged in the death of freddy gray. the g.o.p. presidential hopefuls sparring at their final

debate of 2015. ♪ this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters. lawmakers are working to finish a trillion dollars spending deal trying to prevent a government shutdown. pall ryan saying an agreement is in place that would fund the government through 2016 only. it does however, increase the deficit and extends dozens of popular tax breaks, but lifts the 40-year ban on exporting u.s. crude oil. nancy pelosi sharing her concerns saying, quote: our seen yar -- senior washington correspondent is live. give us the highlights. >> reporter: this is how washington operates over the last ten years or so.

seldom are tax initiatives voted on individually. they are now all rolled up into one big spending deal at the end of the year. in this case the omnibus as they call it, $1.1 trillion, some major legislative riders attached here. the big one lifting the 40-year old ban on exporting u.s. oil products. the ban instituted on crude oil exports, but over the course of the years many believe it has become outdated. that's something that the g.o.p. wanted. what they didn't get was a defunding of planned parenthood, conservatives have been pushing for that. they have been pushing for restrictions on immigration.

immigration of syrian refugees. they want to stop that. the president, of course, has a plan to bring in some 10,000 over the course of the next few years. still the new speaker of the house, faul ryan says he is simply playing the hand that was dealt him when he became speaker. >> in divided government you don't get everything you want. this is the result of a bipartisan compromise, and i think everyone can point to something that gives them a reason to be in favor of both of these bills. and here is something democrats wanted, but barack obama did not. the delay in the cadillac tax. that is elaborate health care plans that many unions like around the country. and mike you called me out, i was in those gas lines with my

1967 chevy nova, but what about the healthcare benefits for 9/11 first responders? >> reporter: right, this cuts both ways bipartisan, republican and democrat. members from new york, connecticut, and new jersey they wanted to ensure that health-care workers who worked on the so-called pile, where the world trade centers once stood, toxic clouds that enveloped that area. jon stewart had been in washington on several occasions pushing for this. in the end the proponents won the day. they now have healthcare for life. >> the current government funding expires at midnight, just exactly when are they going to vote on this budget? >> reporter: probably friday. they can push back the deadline

and -- they have already done that matter of fact, the house of representatives has already done that this morning until later on this week. paul ryan ran on a platform of reestablishing the rules and the procedures of the house, a three-day layover for major pieces of legislation for members of congress to read the legislation, that clock would expire on friday. it is expected to pass the house and quickly move on to the senate. the president has signaled that he would sign it. friday is his last day here in washington before heading off for his two-week vacation in hawaii. >> mike thank you very much. also thissern moing, the global markets bracing for the first u.s. interest rate hike in almost a decade. the fed is expected to raise the short-term rate a quarter of a point now. the move will increase borrowing costs and could dampen wages as well. but a lot of people who save will get more interest for their

deposits. josh says raising the interest rates will slow down an already sluggish economy. >> you don't have tight labor workers where workers can say i need a raise or i'm going to find another one of those plentiful jobs in the market. he adds the fed does a much better job at cooling an economy that is growing too fast than stimulating a sluggish one. the markets are already shedding early gains. the dow shooting up 150 points at the opening bell before settling back. lower oil prices are also a major factor on the market. in politics last night in las vegas, the republican presidential candidates attacking each other and the administration. at sometimes the statements

hovering between fact and fiction. david shuster went searching for the truth. >> reporter: it was another debate where donald trump may have connected with republican sentiments but got his facts wrong. >> our country is out of control. people are pouring across the southern border -- >> reporter: in fact the flow of illegal immigration has dropped to its lowest level in decades. 15 years ago, government data says the figure was 1.6 million. trump dlifed a whopper when he spoke about getting tough on the families of terrorists, and mentioned 9/11. >> when you had the world trade center go, people were put into planes, that were friends and family, and sent back for the most part to saudi arabia. they knew what was going on. they went home and wanted to watch their boyfriends on television. >> reporter: but the september 11th investigation found that the hijackers had largely cut

off contact with their families, and none had their families in the united states. one of the night's biggest clashes involved rand paul and marco rubio. [overlapping speakers] [ cheers ] >> reporter: paul hit rubio hard in his support a few years ago for comprehensive immigration reform. >> he is the one for an open border that is leafing us defensiveless. >> reporter: but the bill that rubio helped write included $40 billion to strengthen border security. for his part on immigration rubio attacked ted cruz. >> you support legalizing people who are in this country legally. >> that is not accurate what he just said. indeed i lead the fight against his legalization and amnesty bill. >> reporter: on that cruz was correct and rubio was wrong. several candidates attacked president obama, carly fiorina accused the white house of not reaching out to internet

companies to monitor potential threats. >> they need to be asked to bring the best and brightest, the most recent re reck -- technology to the table. >> reporter: in fact, google and microsoft have been asked and have repeatedly resisted. >> what the obama administration keeps getting wrong is when anything bad happens they focus on law-abiding citizens instead of the bad guys. >> reporter: but after the attack in san bernardino president obama focused mostly on the bad guys. >> in iraq and syria, air strikes are taking out isil leaders, heavy weapons, oil tankers, infrastructure. >> reporter: the biggest gaffe may have been this one. >> i will tell you this, when i stand across from king hussein of jordan, i say to him, you have a friend again sir who will

stand with you to fight this fight. >> reporter: king hussein died 16 years ago. since the leader has been his eldest son, king abdullah. all together fact checkers say the g.o.p. produced more than 20 inaccurate claims. david shuster, al jazeera. and the group of american muslims watching that debate just outside of washington, d.c. and as bisi onile-ere found they had strong opinions on the candidates, the issues, and most of all, donald trump. >> reporter: at a home in northern washington, a little more than a dozen muslim americans from both sides of the political aisle take in the year's last republican presidential debate. >> we're not talking about religion, we're talking about security. >> reporter: the muck lick public affairs council for american muslims is holding the gathering. as the nine candidates face off, reaction heats up.

>> crime, gang, terrorism is a problem, but there's so many other things that america is facing. >> reporter: in the past month, deadly attacks have rocked paris and southern california. with the u.s. on edge this person says islamaphobia is at its highest since 9/11. >> while the sentiment may have existed after 9/11, now it is almost acceptable. >> reporter: they rated the candidates on issues. as a republican american muslim, how do you feel about what you heard today from this debate? >> honestly this -- the national security focus is probably the biggest thing on muslim's minds, but what people don't realize is, is isis, and this whole movement in the middle east is most frightening to muslims. >> reporter: but a major topic of discussion was donald trump. >> our country is out of

control, people are pouring across the southern border. >> reporter: since proposing a temporary ban on muslims from entering the u.s., trump has faced a fire storm of criticism, but his poll numbers have also surged. >> he is just one person. but the fact that when he says these types of things his popularity goes up, that's actually more concerning to me. in >> reporter: as the race for the white house begins to heat up, ahmad hopes the next leader will unite the nation instead of divide it. on the democratic side, hillary clinton taking a swipe at our republican rivals over isil and guns. >> it defies common sense that republicans in congress refuse to make it harder for potential terrorists to buy guns. if you are too dangerous to fly, you are too dangerous to buy a gun, period. >> clinton saying the nation needs a come press release hencive plan to defeat isil and

that plan could include curtailing their recruitment and training operations overseas and hear at home. james comey sayings they are working hard to tackle evolving threats. >> the terrorist threat we face today is the one we have been talking about for the last two years, isil trying to inspire people, and get them killed in their name. in that threat has not changed. we're working on that all day every day across the country. and the key is the partnership. >> he was talking to the members of the joint terrorism task force in new york city this morning. he said one of the hardest toolest to crack is the encrypted software isil uses. students and teachers are back in school in los angeles today. classes were canceled tuesday because of the threat that was made against the district. it all turned out to be a hoax.

the california superintendent now looking at districts across the state to figure out how to respond to what is being called the new era of threats. up next an update from baltimore where jurors are deciding the faith of the first officer charged in the death of freddy gray. and one state cracking down on what are called fake firearms.

. in baltimore, jurors are still trying to reach a verdict. on tuesday they told the judge

they were dead locks. they are deliberating the faith of officer william porter, the first police officer going on in connection with the death of freddy gray. the judge telling them, keep trying. >> reporter: it means we're looking at the possibility of a mistrial here. what happened yesterday afternoon was the jury filed into the courtroom at about 3:30 and gave the judge a note. everybody thought it was a question, but it turned out to have the words we are dead locked written on it. the judge did what he could do, spent them back into the jury room and said try harder. they are trying to reach a verdict. we don't know what they are stuck on. but we don't know what the split is. but if they come back and say we really are hopelessly dead locked, then the judge will have a conference with them, and say will anymore deliberations help?

if they look blank at each other, we'll turn to the attorneys, and if they all agree, there will be a mistrial declared. but that's not to say that the jury can't reach a verdict. they may very welcome up with a verdict, but of course, we don't know when. >> reporter: that is john terrett reporting from baltimore. the city says they are ready for any unrest if and when a decision comes down. new york state agreeing to major overhauls of its solitary confinement policies. state officials will reduce the number of inmates in the time they spend in isolation. that's the result of a lawsuit filed by the new york city civil liberties union, lawyers siting prisoners who were abused while in solitary confinement. if you haven't applied for health care through the government website, you still have a little more time. there has been a record surge over the last few days, so the

obama administration extending the deadline until thursday night. hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for the coverage, a million consumers checking out the site but not yet done with their applications. texas is saying it will keep troops on the borders. the deployment began in the summer of 2014, hundreds of families and minors were streaming over the board each and every day. the governor says the troops are needed because the federal government isn't doing enough. >> reporter: here we are only steps away from mexico, and with an up tick in the number of children trying to cross this river into the u.s., the texas governor has called for re enforce s. 18 months ago state leaders responded a surge in immigrant children by sending nearly a thousand national guard troops to the border. that deployment was to end this month. now texas governor greg abbott is extending the guard's

mission. any move is in response to a new spike in the number of immigrant kids caught at the border. more than 6,000 children mostly from central america were caught in the region in the last two months. federal firms took drastic steps last week to make temporary living quarters for nearly a thousand of those children. as the immigration cases process, they are staying at camps further north. texas leaders have criticized the move saying the children's presence is a burden on local counties and a security risk. with their extended deployment, national guard troops will remain at strategic locations to deter illegal crossings. the governor has also called for state troopers to increase their patrol here both in the air and on the water. for the first time in more than 20 years most americans say they grens banning assault

weapon sales. a new "washington post" abc news poll out this morning, finding that 53% of the people surveyed said they are against banning the sale of assault weapons. in 1994, that number was 18%. there are few people out there who are confident the government can stop what are called loan wolf attacks. meanwhile in new york state officials are looking at toy guns that look real. john henry smith has that story. >> reporter: under pressure from new york's attorney general, 30 online retailers have agreed to no longer offer some toy guns to new york residents. >> year after year, we have found that retailers such as mall wart, amazon and kmart chose profits over safety and in the process put thousands of new york kids and police officers at the risk of a tragic and deadly encounter. >> reporter: a new york law prohibits the sale thoifz

realistic toy guns in the state unless they feature a brightly colored tip. but attorney general's office says the company still sold thousands of replica guns in the state in recent years. a similar gun was the one this 12-year-old was holding when he was shot and killed by police in clpd. under the deal with new york state, the retailers paid $27,000 in fines, that's on top of the $300,000 some big box stores like wal-mart, sears, and kmart paid in their deal with the state earlier this year. those stores also agreed to stop selling those replica guns. gun safety advocates say new york's campaign against realistic-looking toy guns needs to be expanded nationwide. the fact that congress has chosen not to stop thislet call consumer product is a great tragedy and shame. >> reporter: half a dozen states have laws on the books dealing

with toy guns, another seven have introduced legislation to create ore amend such laws. john henry smith, al jazeera. there's an update now on that washington state high school assistant football coach who was suspended because hi was praying midfield. he has filed a discrimination suit saying he was suspended in october, saying it was discrimination. kennedy has been performing those postgame prayers now since 2008. he says he feels his freedom of expression was violated. the district has not yet responded. when it suspended kennedy it said his actions violated the constitutional rights of his students. up next, why one man's marriage proposal could land him in jail, and it hasn't even been released in the u.s., but "star wars" is already breaking the box office records.

a record number of travelers will be hitting the roads for the holidays. aaa says there will be more than 100 million of you on the roads and rails and skies. they also say 91% of you will probably drive. gas below $2 a gallon in most places may be one reason. that is the lowest price in about six years. this is the seventh straight year the numbers have grown since they hit that low during the 2008 financial crisis us. a once in a lifetime wedding proposal might land a 00 love

bird in jail. check out this video. the man working with friends to stop all of the traffic in all of the lanes. he now faces misdemeanor charges for doing just that. by the way his girlfriend did say yes. the latest installment in the "star wars" saga, is scheduled to open in the u.s. on friday. but it opened today in france. >> reporter: "star wars: the force awakens," the seventh installment of the saga created by george lucas is finally released to the public. fans in france are among the first in the world to see the film, when more than half a million people have already prebooked their tickets. >> translator: it reminds us of our youth, and watching the episodes with our children,

that's nice. and then catching the rest of the movies with them, that's even better. >> translator: we're wondering what it will be like even with harrison ford in it. we'll still go see it, but what is it going to be like to continue the franchise? >> reporter: the film is creating ripples of excite as it is gradually released in some countries ahead of a u.s. launch on friday. it's not just ticket sales that are generating the big bucks. merchandising will likely bring in billions in revenue for the walt disney company which bought the franchise three years ago. >> translator: i am actually happy that disney has bought the movie franchise. they brought all of the old cast. i watched the trailer so many times, and every time i cry. >> reporter: since the original trilogy began in 1977, in a galaxy far, far away, it has turned into a cultural

fundamental. >> who are you? >> reporter: a force showing no signs of stopping any time soon. >> i'm no one. and "star wars" won't be in theaters here until friday, but the movie already making history. >> nothing will stand in our way. ♪ >> i will finish. >> reporter: advanced ticket sales now exceeding $100 million in north america alone. that's the most ever. it's also four times the record holder, the dark night rises back in 2012. and two grir afters at the san diego getting special treatment trying to cope with the loss of their mother. they are being bottle fed so they can eat without teeth. thanks for joining us. i'm del walters in new york. the news continues live from london next, and check us out 24

hours a day at aljazeera.com. >> hello, i'm lauren taylor. this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. [ gunfire ] fighting continues in yemen, the warring parties exchange hundreds of prisoners during u.n.-backed peace talks. global concerns over oil fields in libya as isil making $14,000 a month from stolen oil. could u.s. see its first interest rate rise