in southern california fire. so out there. it's one of the 2 due wildfires in the area that have in cost homes and forced hundreds of people out to escape the roaring flames our neighbor over here they came back door. here today. but anyway here here's the. thing and then the fire department came up and he was right. my neighbor. said you got to go get out of here. 4 hours far far to struggles against strong wind gusts to stop the fire from spreading in san bernardino and through by valley by thursday morning the blaze has spread across 140 hector's of tended dry land local authorities are asking people here to stay alert i want to remind people stay. you

don't see the wind blow and roll hard right now at least where we're but you go up on the side of a hill or up in the areas the winds are very erratic so please stay vigilant. in northern california there was some good news hundreds of firefighters there were able to control 60 percent of a major blaze that's been raging since last wednesday. that came good fire is the biggest so far this season it's destroyed nearly $300.00 homes and properties and burned thousands of hectares of land in the sonoma county wine region. the dry santa ana winds from the desert happen blamed for spreading the wildfires across the state winds so dry that the national weather service had to issue an extreme red flag warning in los angeles and ventura counties. al-jazeera. well still out here on al-jazeera anger and result of extra rocky protesters despite

a presidential pledge to hold an early election but with conditions also another problem facing buying australian allied qantas crowds 37370 the cracks found in between. we've still got no letup in those very strong winds for california at the moment we got some rather wet weather pushing away from the eastern side of the u.s. i can see these weather systems part of the way across the appalachians moving across the mid atlantic states is because through the next 24 hours or so i would say was the west you can see those tightly packed as the boston in place of the brisk winds staying there just around a good part of california getting up to 26 celsius in l.a.

stays dry no sign of any rain here what right we have across the other side of the country will move away as clearing away they say pushing further north has brought the skies come back in the sas day look at those temperatures rather disappointing just 12 or 13 for new york and for day say single figures for the central plains over towards the west where we still got warm enough weather there for a light around $27.00 degrees a little bit of cloud day notice to northern parts of mexico southern parts of mexico as well some wet weather here eroding across the yucatan peninsula much of central america seeing the tropical showers as per usual scattering of showers across the caribbean perhaps less so as we go on into sas day we'll see temperatures in kingston topping off the 31 degrees. in the land of the free the cost of medication is killing people this particular pill is going to be anywhere from $800.00 to $1100.00 and citizens are desperate

entire bus load of americans coming to wal-mart in canada to buy insulin because just where they can afford it faultlines investigates the spiraling cost of prescription drugs in the usa i will have to make a decision as to when to stop treatment and choose to die so that i can leave my husband with enough the cost of living on a. book of your watching officer of the whole rom the reminder of our top stories donald trump could become the 1st u.s. president to be impeached and seek reelection but the house of representatives passed a resolution to formalize the investigation trump has described it as the greatest

witch hunt in u.s. history chile's government has been meeting opposition leaders of your time to end protests over economic inequality the talks are the cabinet reshuffle of not a peace protesters with demonstrations continuing across the country and demonstrations in algeria have rejected demonstrators partly rejected plans for an election in december fearing they'll be neither free nor they want anyone to present the lizzie's beautifully to be removed from power. now iraq's president has now to hold early elections and says prime minister there will resign but he wants a replacement is agreed large try. again made their way to 3 square in central baghdad on thursday night than 200 people are being killed in the weeks of violent and government protests natasha going to has more from baghdad. 9 and

a half minutes into an almost alert teen minute speech to the nation about iraqi president barham saleh finally spoke about the resignation of prime minister dilma heady and holding elections it was a yes but speech to protestors yes mehdi will resign but only once a successor is determined yes elections will be held but only after a new election law is implemented and a new election committee formulated rice said it was the prime minister is willing to submit his resignation he's also asking the political parties to find a replacement within the constitutional and legal measures that would prevent a constitutional vacuum no time frame was given from a haiti's resignation or when elections might be held since october 1st protesters have been demanding maddie's step down and elections held in 60 days monitored by the u.n. to ensure their free and fair they have until this hour the parliament didn't give

anything to satisfy the rage of the demonstrators they didn't give them any hope at the very least the government can calm the protesters by removing a body or having his cabinet resign as a festive there were high hopes when it was announced that president saleh would address the country on thursday evening instead there was greater anger and resolve among protesters one called the speech a joke this week the protests in baghdad have been fueled by students many skipped school members of the teachers attorneys unions boycotted work. i asked my teachers why do we study when we have an unknown future how long can we keep silent we study had you graduate and then why aren't we stay at harton. mehdi has been in office a year he was a consensus prime minister after wrangling in the parliament the u.n. special representative in iraq is urging patience he says no government could comprehensive way tackle past and present challenges in just one year whether

protesters heed that advice remains to be. at least 70 people have been killed in pakistan exploded on a train starting a huge fire is the country's worst disaster in laws an attack 8 the accident happened in. the train's departure the. water he says someone give me water because this man is among the dozens of people wounded when a passenger train caught fire in pakistan witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died in the trying to jump from the high speed burning train most of them were programs heading to a religious gathering that routinely carry all essential items including gas cylinders and beddings with their religious meeting which lasts for days initial reports suggest that someone tried to make breakfast on an open gas flame one

investigator told al-jazeera that the speed of the train fanned the flames small mattresses and belongings of the pilgrims acted as fuel in the fire quickly spread to other witnesses say it was caused by a short circuit the prime minister has ordered an investigation and the minister in charge admits there was a failure. this is a security lapse and these people were successful in carrying the cylinder and the coaches we don't have scanners in small station but we have scanners at all the 7 railway divisional headquarters which are great that this happened but it's been a difficult task to identify people because many bookings there made for groups nearly half of the people killed were burned beyond recognition and their bodies have been sent for d.n.a. tests 70000000 people use a real service every year in pakistan. but there are no fire extinguishers in passenger compartment and safety checks are almost nonexistent this is not the 1st incident of its kind back sun really is history have been checkered with many such accidents before people here say that despite this being one of them with

affordable more off transport there's been a lack of investment mismanagement and corruption which has plagued this department . when the prime minister and israeli minister were in opposition they called for resignations and strict action after relaxing and this is the 7th accident and let him run hans government some passengers now ask when will you carry out those punishments he used to recommend for those in power some of the job it others are. * over 1600 people have also been killed since the libyan warlord please i have to launch an attack on april fighters have come from across the country to stop past us forces entering the city they say they got rid of a dictator in 2011 and now cannot let a military rule take control of their country mahmoud underwire had has more from tripoli. these government fighters are on high alert in southern tripoli. we went with them as they drove to the frontline they recaptured this area after

battling fighters loyal to the warlord really for have to cause loyalists have now fled the area. but the sounds of his warplanes can still be heard in the sky this detachment came from the western the coastal city of to defend the tripoli mohammed ali says have there is a replica of a mammal gadaffi. now cause is the cause of all 3 libyans who rejected tighter ship and a totalitarian regime that we just want a civilian state this is what we've been fighting for since 20. have those forces moved on tripoli back in april according to them to rid the capital of armored groups. forces loyal to the u n recognized the government have resisted the attempt to take over this checkpoint in the vicinity of the old airport was hit immediately before we arrived here 3 of

mohammad's fighters were killed in the attack those who survived say it's a foreign war plane the airstrike was so powerful it apart the bodies of the fighters. civilians and cars are not allowed to move further beyond this checkpoint for their safety could also be targeted from the air has their faces opposition from fighters both in tripoli and in other libyan cities all want to stop the warlords imposing a military rule across the whole country for many though the battle is more personal and immediate they are fighting to save their land and their families. here in the rest a location the fighters take a break but for getting along good bloody day is not easy. we want the government to provide us with an air defense system an advanced weapons and demand un s c to impose

a no fly zone if that happens we can defeat have terrorist forces in a matter of days their ground forces are not very strong but they have foreign fighter jets. since the beginning of the fighting have to as warplanes have been targeting many locations in and around tripoli including residential areas and many civilians have been killed or wounded the forces from say they will continue no matter what it takes but with no restrictions to prevent to have to use warplanes launching attacks from the sky it's likely that a battle will go on for some time. tripoli lebanon's president says change must come from the secretary of state to a civil war and his comments come as antigovernment protests continue with demonstrators calling for political leaders to resign plans to reopen schools and universities have been cancelled and to lead to more hard to look many today we are

shrink into a government and we hope the upcoming government will live up to the aspirations of the people it should gain the confidence of the people and members of the parliament it must be a government which is capable of achieving what the previous governments had failed that's why ministers should be based on their qualifications and expertise not a political or sectarian leadership lebanon is that they are very critical crossroads it is in dire need of harmonious government. the battle for control of the so-called safe zone in northeastern syria has intensified kurdish fighters and troops from the syrian army have exchanged fire with opposition forces and it comes as turkey and russia plan to start joint patrols of the area on friday. as more from the turkey syria border. there's a panic here in syria's north east as fighting flares up near tel tama under hostile i mean caught up in the fighting are civilians who are fleeing the area and

moving to the province of has under the control of the largely kurdish as the but syrian government troops have military bases in the region. that the s.n.a. took over western part of the town people have had enough each time someone controls the area it ends up being worse. as the fighting got worse syria troops sent reinforcements to tell tama but opposition fighters say they are determined to expand their influence south of russell i mean and that is just a matter of time before tell time or comes under their control. that turkish backed syrian opposition fighters the syrian national army or s.n.a. has launched an offensive and taken over areas that were under fighters of. syrian government to took part in the fighting but were forced to retreat damascus accuses the turkish military of targeting their positions with heavy artillery.

since the start of the turkish military operation in north eastern syria thousands of civilians have been displaced these people say they've been on the run for months or regionally from their sore scape the fighting between iceland the syrian government last year they thought their journey was over when they were sent to the camp under control. and then with a year we let any 10 days ago we were taught syrian government troops were coming into town even scared they might arrest us we had our son asking for a space to mark notice and then me and my 70 year old has been locked a long distance before reaching there. a few weeks ago a man her family and thousands of people had to once again leave the camp and resettle in tel aviv now under the control of syrian rebels. kurdish

fighters denounced the turkish military offensive as an invasion but a deal between turkey and russia last week left with only one choice those in kabbani a member which must retreat east of the euphrates river and those near. east must withdrawal. the latest fighting poses enormous challenges for turkey and russia who are expected to start joint patrols in the safe zone where turkey plans to set up observation posts to ensure fighters won't be able to states called back by the syrian government fears they saved so would pave the way for a prolonged turkish military presence in northeastern syria. china or all the border with syria. israel is approved the construction of more than 2000 subtle homes in the occupied west bank watchdog group peace now says most of the

new housing is being built in settlements that israel may eventually evacuate 100 deal with the palestinians more than $8000.00 units have been approved since the beginning of the year an increase of nearly 50 percent australia's national carrier quantas has grounded 3 of its planes after cracks were found in their wings us federal aviation regulators called on all airlines to check their boeing 737 planes that have made more than 30000 trips u.s. manufacturer boeing has already grounded dozens of its 737 next generation jets for repair because of the same issue similar checks are being done worldwide by other carriers we are working with the civil aviation safety authority of australia and boeing to get those 3 aircraft back in the air it is a complex process we expected to take through to the end of the calendar year to get various 3 aircraft flying again. algal protest as have take advantage of

halloween to defy a battle wearing face masks it one of the busiest districts of the territory police fired tear gas in new seals to try to disperse the demonstrators some war bus depicting hong kong chief executive kerry land the battle of facemask a bit that came into effect in october after lab revoked colonial era laws but it's done little to stop people wearing face coverings. georgiades there are these the whole rubber remind of all top stories the u.s. house of representatives of passed a resolution setting rules for the trouble impeachment inquiry the 1st formal vote on the issue in a divided house that these new measures will now make witness appearances public the u.s. president has described it as the greatest a witch hunt in u.s. history house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff says the democrats take no joy in the impeachment process but won't shy away from it we recognize

the seriousness of this undertaking. we recognize that. we have been compelled by the circumstances to move forward. when a president. abuses his or her office when a president sacrifices the national interest when a president refuses to defend the constitution. and does so for the purpose of advancing a personal or political agenda. the founders provided the remedy. chile's government says the damage from 2 weeks of antigovernment protests has surpassed a $1000000000.00 the government has been meeting opposition leaders in the bid to win the protests over economic inequality the talks and the cabinet reshuffle have not appease protesters with demonstrations continuing across the country and demonstrators in algeria have rejected plans for fresh elections in december theory

that they'll be neither free nor fair. the anti-government activists want anyone to present at the lizzie's beautifully good to be removed from power he was forced from office in april but many of his former allies still hold senior positions large crowds have again made their way to iraq sorry a square in central baghdad iraq's president has vowed to hold early elections and says prime minister they will resign but only wants a replacement is agreed and in the u.s. state of california hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain fast moving fires sweeping across trial and the flames have driven or driven by strong winds and they fall styles of people out of their homes those are the headlines here on al-jazeera i'll be back with more news in half an hour next it's faultlines do stay with us. al jazeera. wherever you are.

going and going to. many millions of americans have trouble paying for their prescription medication. and. that includes type one diabetics. for them in-store and as a life saving drug for somebody like me it's like the oxygen that you breathe. it is like oxygen you know i breathe except for mean i have to pay $340.00 a mile for that oxygen. and these diabetics are making the 12 hour journey to canada to buy cheaper and so on which just over the border is about 110th of the cost and in the united states. you'll hear all these u.s. pharmaceutical companies they will tell you they have coupons they will tell you they have discount cards they

a patient programs they have at all if i could go out to it shrink obama and do you think would be driving 870 miles. in the u.s. the cost of nearly every major brand name drug is on the rise. and for many people that means being forced to choose between financial insecurity or saving their lives. and what this bill means to me is her a for stable cancer it means i'm going to live longer but what is a pill costs this particular pill is going to be anywhere from 800 to 1100 dollars at any given time the way we pay for medical innovation today has nothing to do with rationality that's the most expensive that in europe also korean cars oh it's worth more than our car so. it is everything you do with profit maximizing. an environment where we require nothing of the companies in this episode of faultlines we investigate what's behind the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs and how

the hefty price tag is costing lives. there at least 1200000 americans would type one diabetes and auto immune disease that has no cure. and once a person has it they're often required to take insulin multiple times a day for the rest of their lives. insulins and old truck. it was discovered almost a 100 years ago. but in the u.s. the keeps getting more expensive. you have to leave the country to buy something that you need to live rights are being held hostage by these companies and by the u.s. governments in our elected officials to pay a ransom when the president signed. between 20122016 alone the price nearly double forcing many americans to search for other routes to access

if. you have an entire bus load of americans coming to wal-mart in canada to buy insulin because just where they can afford it. would be funny if it weren't so sad a serious. i came from new jersey to minneapolis to ride a bus to canada to buy it $530.00 and i still think i'm going to save what i have to do it all that it's totally impractical and sort of sad that at all it's just something that required to live so i know it's not last or. is this different than the one you would get in the us since at the same exact you say that. we sell through the. well i got mine by all the cars over $3000.00 for 9 vials in the united states. to stop

me $243.00 inside i think it's showing exactly why we have people dying in america on a weekly monthly basis we need legislation passed in america so that no longer people are going to be dying of a type one diabetes. and for many people going across the border to buy cheaper insulin is not a long term solution. studies have shown that one in 4 americans with diabetes have russian their insulin because they couldn't afford it and this can be a deadly gamble. no one knows this better than nicole smith hope whose son alex died in 2017. so we're here today remembering alec and all the others that have lost their life from insulin rationing it's it's amazing to know that it's you know he would still be alive today if i had known at that time 2 years ago that i had the option to cross the border to purchase completely affordable insulin.

it's not just a bunch of people whining and crying about the price of insulin there's a true impact. my family was destroyed by this. i lost a child. and i'll never have and i asked my son back. in 2015 alec was diagnosed with type one diabetes when he was 23 years old. at the time while still in the kohl's insurance alex insulin cost between $2.00 and $300.00 a month. but when he turned 26 years old under america's health care law he was no longer able to remain on her insurance. and without it the cost of his insulin shot up over 4 times and i went to the pharmacy the 1st time without my insurance card and hand his 2 types of insulin his diabetic supplies anything that he needed to

take care of him somehow cost of $1300.00 a month. he wasn't planning on it being that expensive. so what do you do he went home with nothing. because halliburton $40000.00 a year as a restaurant manager he didn't qualify for government assistance. nicole believes alex started rationing as insulin because he couldn't pay for it were this made him susceptible to d.k.a. or diabetic ketoacidosis a dangerous side effect of type one diabetes when the body doesn't get enough insulin. it starts shutting down your bowels which would why has stomach was hurting so bad and then it'll work your way up your intestinal system and your intestines start shutting down. and your kidneys start shutting down and and then you're along start shutting down. and then your heart starts to go.

and as the heart starts to go. you typically go into cardiac arrest. or you go into a coma. use or having seizures. and it's an extremely painful way to die. elohim off of my insurance on june 1st of 2017 and was found out on june 27th of 2000. he lasted 26 days i'm sure. he's handsome could. turn smile. like laser. hydrophones big guns. in the corner family

learned that alec has been stretching out what little insulin he had left until his next paycheck. he was found 3 days short of his payday. for the miss most. is having here. on the big brother of you. who do you hold accountable. the pharmaceutical companies partially or are accountable i hold or are our government partially accountable. well myself partially accountable. house man i should have seen that. i said and there to protect. i should have been. but ultimately the system felt like. insulin is kind of a perfect storm of all the problems with our drug industry and all the public

failure to regulate it meaningfully. it's a century old technology that was gifted to humanity by the university researchers who came up with it and since that time prices have only increased for something that by now should really be essentially free. the reasons behind the high cost of prescription medication in the us are complicated. but one main factor is that the government doesn't regulate or negotiate the prices of drugs directly with companies instead it lets them set their own prices which puts the burden of ever increasing costs on patients. our government has taken less seriously than some others our responsibility to provide affordable medicine for our people in canada and many countries around the world governments are active purchasers and they say how do i get a good deal how do i negotiate for the best deal and the united states we simply say pharma tell us what you want and we'll give it to you. they can charge

essential as much as any of us would pay to care for our 2nd our loved ones no constraints. no constraints on drug pricing means that for many americans no amount of planning can prepare them for the cost of an illness. stay in the r.v. . we are done. in 2015 and just 50 years old jackie trapp was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called multiple myeloma keep it pay it. a tricky little cancer and because it's a blood borne cancer surgery is not an option radiation is only palliative it's really just to make you feel better drugs are all we have her doctor prescribed revlimid an oral chemotherapy drug manufactured by the u.s. biotechnology company celgene and that's just and it has no generic in the united states. revel may quite simply is the only form of treatment available for me for

my cancer. revlimid has kept checking cancer stable for the last 4 years. but the bills to pay for it and her overall health care have shattered her financial stability the 1st $1.00 i got was january 6th of 2017 and the total member responsibility right here is 11100 $48.14 and then i got the 2nd bill january 30th and that one was 412039 dollars and 89 cents total member responsibility and here's an m 3 weeks later 3 weeks later here we are on their bill for $12.00 ours is your responsibility yeah this must been terrifying though while you're fighting. cancer in a period of 6 weeks you get 3 bills for the one drug that may extend your life and it's looking like it's going to be you know over $12000.00 a month. i can honestly tell you that when i was diagnosed

you know there are some tears there but i cried hard more when these bills came along i've spent so much more most.