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al jazeera california. >> child labor is a taboo in modern society. but in egypt's poor economy teenagers would rather work than spend time in a classroom. >> in the back street workshops of cairo working is tough protection none existent. but this is life for thousands of poor teenage boys in this city where learning a trade is often seen more important than going to school. >> i work here because education is useless to me. you i earn $15 a week. that is spent on my living costs. it's a good craft. >> the stagnant economy is adding to the problem of child labor. 1.6 egypt children are at work whileworkand many are unemployed. such poor employment prospects for young people are hardly a good advertisement for education for families who live hand to life. but one project that is trying to urge families to get their children back in school. >> we provide the families with incentives that benefit the whole family. if you give them rice, on conditions that the child attend class 80% then you start changing the attitude and behavior and thinking. the rice

. >>> up next on al jazeera america, child brides in kenya still being married off even though the practice is illegal. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> in france, the pressure is building on the government to help those who can't help themselves. but the private sector also stepping up to help out the poor. simon mcgregor wood has our story from pair's. >>> housing association volunteers inspect their latest project. this apartment will be let for $200 a month, 20% of the market rate. finding affordable housing to rebuild, lives shattered by economic hard times is almost impossible. demand is so high. increasingly, voluntary ho

child needed to be moved. the plan is to check in on all of them by the end of january. >> al jazeera's paul beban reporting. nationally the overall number of child neglect cases were down. deaths are up, according to a report tuesday from the department of health and human services. >> an ain sent monument getting a new look. changes at stonehenge. >> critical repairs in outer space. the plan for astronauts to fix the international space station. $636 million up for grabs. the numbers for the jackpot. >> the crew aboard the international space station is preparing a few space walks to replace a pump which shut down half the space station's cooling system, forcing the crew to turn off nonessential equipment. >> britain's ancient stonehenge is thousands of years old. there is something new in store for tourists. >> they have watched over this land for thousands of years. stonehenge a neolithic monument deep in this corner of england. around a million people come to see the icon every year. >> what endures about this place is the puzzling that it presents, because no one has said with certainty what stonehenge

al jazeera, istanbul. >> china has officially reformed the one child rule. top legislature has adopted reforms, allow couples to have two children if either is an only child. boomtion population now they fear an aging deck graphic. the country has reabolished education through labor camps. >>> up next on al jazeera america, skeletons in the closet, why prospective employers could ask you if you have incarceration in your past. and snow skiers go for the gold. many worry that the gains made in education will not stick in the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and career. since 2002, the modern stud has been teaching women languages, like management and computer skills. that they are skills that speak of ambition which in the heart of tallle ban country is remarkable. >> we are a unique school, pre

al jazeera. >> welcome to the newshour coming to you from doha. >> china gives its one-child policy the chop - the biggest change in three decades. >> renewed clashes between protesters and security forces in egypt. one student is shot in the head. >> broker in peace. east african leader sets a deadline for an end to hostilities in south sudan. >> here with your sport. nathan lyons rips through the english batting line-up to give the aussies the advantage in the fourth test. >> china has made its biggest change in social policy. forcing abortions and infant side was been eased. it was introduced in 1979. since then couples in urban areas have been allowed one child, about a third of the 1.3 billion citizens. >> it's official, from now on millions of chinese families can grow. and that is music to the ears of this couple. then are both in their mid 30s, and already have one son. but chan feels it's his duty to have another child. >> translation: i think it's our obligation as parents to make sure he has a sibling. an only child is too lonely. i'm an only child myself. i had a younger sister. an

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al jazeera. >> the people who are supposed to protect kids in arizona have been ignoring thousands of reports of child abuse. now they're trying to catch up. that's next. and the holocaust museum receives a long lost diary, adolf hitler's nazi plan. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? >> welcome back to al jazeera america. investigators in arizona have a huge task in front of the

al jazeera america. >> the consequences i think are devastating. and we need to intervene as soon as possible. >> child abuse ignored, thousands of cases reported but never investigated. what's being done now to help the children. >> intelligence reform, top tech leaders demand changes in the government's spy program. plus. >> anger in ukraine, protestors hoping to cut ties with russia, react to a $15 billion deal, between kiav and moscow. >> and it possible odds. people line-up to

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al jazeera" is next. >> the epic battle of david and goliath is depicted here in the recent series, the bible. and every child knows how the story ends. the stone from the shepherd's sling strikes the phi philistine in the head. perhaps david wasn't the underdog we all thought it to be. it is the author's third book, since the tipping point and blink. i talked to him about his unconventional families and his upbringing in a biracial family. >> malcolm gladwell welcome. you turned the story of david and goliath on its head. another explanation other than it was improbably that david would have beaten goliath. you are saying that not only was it probable that he would have felled goliath but it was likely. >> yes. if you go back and read about ancient warfare, you describe that the sling with which david is armed is a devastating weapon. it's one of the most feared weapons of ancient times. he's taking a rock and rotating it six or seven revolutions, per second, and the stopping power of the rock from his sling is equivalent of the bullet fired from a .45 caliber weapon. it's an incredibly powerful weapon. once

al jazeera. students at cairo university will not attend exams in support of protesters on friday. five people were killed and 260 were arrested. >> china has officially eased its one-child policy. china will be allowed to have two children, if one parent is an only child. they will also shut down labour camps. >> one person has been killed after a gunman opened fire at a protest in bangkok. it's the latest violence and unrest which has lasted for a number of weeks. >> the first peacekeeping reinforcements arrived in south sudan's capital juba. 72 police will bolster security around u.n. bases where tens of thousands of people are sheltering. the u.n. security council voted to double peacekeeping missions. more than 1,000 are thought to have died so far. african leaders have been trying to find a solution to end the violence at a summit in kennia. the meetingeneded with a call for dialogue. the president salva kiir was welcomed. they agreed to a ceasefire and are calling on vice president riek machar to do the same. our correspondent is in juba. >> the east african leaders meeting on friday called for both sides to end the conflict, to talk and talk first. they have give

al roker at 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. only on "the weather channel." >>> if there's a child on your christmas list, help is here. >> mereditha blogger and contributor to play.com. you can never go wrong with a new toy if it teaching a child a new skill. >> great ideas you have across the board. >> parents tend to buy their kids the things that are the most advertised. if you buy a toy for someone else's child, it's great to go with the hidden gems. parent appreciate that. we will go age appropriate up. we will start with the floor. >> this is one of the producers. congratulations on your cute little baby. 4 months old. >> this is the tummy time activity floor mat. what is great about this one is that had helps babies strengthen their necks and core and entertainment and parents love it because this rolls up and you can take it with you when you travel. it's perfect. that's what they are looking at will. >> it's washable. >> and yummy. >> rory is playing the drums. 2-year-old. >> this is the things they love to do which is bang on things. this is the kitty beat drum set by v tech and when she bangs on it, it's going to give

al jazeera, juba. >> as mediators work together for peace talks, peace us peacet artist and former child soldiers. coming, women will be raped and so many things will happen. that's the biggest that will happen. for five days i haven't slept. my sister running around, my uncles missing. good friends i said were shot, s happening now. >> what was it like for you whee for my family. i didn't know the reason why there was a war. >> how did you get out? found td they rescued me. >> when you see the news of what is going on there now, what do you think in your mind having been there what it, our presided to be a democratic state. all those who are there are trying to advise him, look, we have to make this country democratic and we have to be accountable and put a system in place where we select who is going to be the chairman. that's what caused the problem. it made the president not happy. he tried to put a system in place to remove a our nation was under house arrest and others are in jail. what is happening in people who south sudan. thank you major funnthank you f. >> ias james bays reports bringin

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child should have to experience war like this boy. he's clearly in shock. many people in aleppo will feel that way after a bombing raid on the city. in the al-haidaria neighbour hood bombs fell on a garage. >> translation: they call us terrorists. they are the terrorists themselves. may god take revenge on them, our cars were burnt with women and children inside. >> this is what is left after what activists say is one of the worst attacks on the city. 11 districts were hit, buildings destroyed before and people killed. on sunday 100 people died, and many more were injured. >> we have not rested since mourning. more than 10 different areas in aleppo came under bombardment. as you can see this is the only equipment the civil defense team has. we don't have other tools or equipment. >> al jazeera's correspondent inside aleppo reports that 50 people at least are trapped under the rubble and the syrian military dropped barrels filled with explosives on those below. they are made of large pipes or oil drums packed with tnt, oil, nail and bolts and pushed out the pack of helicopters. they are crude, but lethal. >> translation: here a barrel was dr

child bribes still married in kenya, despite the practice being outlawed. >> the olympic skier whose dreams is not to win in socchi, but to promote his sport in his homeland. >> hello welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. first a look at the update economy. the retail season spurred sales, the highest in three years. a bright outlook on the jobs front. more americans stayed employed. jobless claims fell by 42,000 last week. encouraging news for traders as they headed back to work after the christmas holiday. the stock market continued its climb with the dow hitting on all-time high. is the economy on track? here is what economist mark lieberman had to say. >> we says hurdles going forward. at the end of the month 2.5 million people go off unemployment insurance. the program will end. that's money spent. it's spent every day by every recipient. plus the jobs have not necessarily been the higher paying jobs. in october, for example, half the jobs created were in the retail sector or a hotel tore restaurant personnel. not career jobs or the best paying jobs. the best thing we can say about the economy is it's improving. there won't be a particular date that we see a tu

al jazeera america. >> the consequences i think are devastating. and we need to intervene as soon as possible. >> child abuse ignored, thousands of cases reported but never investigated. what's being done now to help the children. >> intelligence reform, top tech leaders demand changes in the government's spy program. plus. >> anger in ukraine, protestors hoping to cut ties with russia, react to a $15 billion deal, between kiav and moscow. >> and it possible odds. people line-up to buy lottery tickets but do they really know the odds of winning. we begin our news tonight with a growing outrage over reports that more than 6500 child abuse cases have simply been ignored. the state's welfare agency reportedly set aside accusations of terrible neglect and abuse for the past four years. all of them marked n.i., meaning not investigated. the state has now launched an investigation to try to find out how it could have happened. paul joins trustee knicks, paul? >> with john, as you mentioned, outrage mounting here every day, headline after headline, calling for top officials to be fired. one editorial even cal

child. but others who look to the west for help, syria's more moderate opposition fighters are losing ground. battling not just president assad's forces, but extremist rebels with some link to al qaeda. america has withdrawn some aid fearing it will fall into the wrong hands. syrians are fighting over a country in ruins. as the world watches, so far helpless to stop it and families are caught in the middle with nowhere to go. tonight one u.n. official said even if the violence were to end tomorrow, we would still have a major humanitarian crisis. and the violence is not going to end tomorrow. brian? >> keir simmons in damascus for us tonight. keir, thanks. >>> a new honor for the departed nelson mandela today. a 30-foot statue of him was unveiled at the capitol in pretoria at buildings once the seat of the apartheid government. the same place mandela was sworn in 19 years ago as south africa's first democratically elected president. just yesterday when the sun was at its height in the sky and keeping with local tradition, nelson mandela was buried in qunu, his ancestral home. >>> back here at home, it's not even winter yet and again much of the northeast getting ready for anot

night shayamalan sunday at 7et / 4pt on al jazeera america >> now a follow up to a story we first told you about last night. thousands of reports of childbuse ignored by child protecteddive services in the state of arizona. they were all marked with the letters, ni, not investigated. authorized in arizona say their top priority now is determining the status of the children get m local law enforcement. >> here's one of the cps reports that we've received that needs follow up. >> just outside phoenix in the city of scotsdale, they are getting the ni reports in their jurisdictions, some fall back as far as 2009, exactly as the case had come in today. >> if there were a case that were reported a year ago, two years ago, three years ago, our urgency is, did this go on? could their condition be worse than two years ago? >> he received 230 cases stamped ni. >> we need to put eyes on the child. how is their health, their demeanor, their physical appearance, are they safe are they well? >> larson is the commanding officer of scottsdale's family law center. where they work hand in hand. everybody is an expert specially trained to deal with crimes

child tuition, how your family can cut down your costs, that's coming up on real money. >> people who had no hope now tell their extraordinary stories. >> i thought i was gonna die... on america tonight on aleera america event can change your one life, but what if that event is losing your home. the rise in family homelessness, it is growing and effecting some one point since million kids. the reality for these families and we are asking you the right approach is being taken to address the issue. that's the stream up next, right after real money. >> about 50 million americans receive social security benefits collecting an average of 1,200-dollar as month, and half of us get half of our retiement income from social security. but according to some experts the average family leaves more than 100 went thousand dollars on the table over a lifetime when it comes to claiming benefits. that's largely because the rules are hard for even seasoned professionals to understand. but our own stacy tisdale now understands them, and reports on the hidden benefits. >> judith anderson sought advice on how to maximize her social security benefits. >> i thought when you decided to retire that you called them u

badly for the antelope and pictures of a poor family living in belgium and a child with a cautious grip on a bird. >> reporter: aln is reporting. you can find the contest winners and honorable mentions on the "national geographic" blog proof. at the end of our first hour here is what we are following the morning, the senate approved a sweeping defense bill addresses sexual assaults in military and block commanders from overturning court marshal decisions on sex assault cases. the obama administration is scaling back another rule to the federal healthcare law. the shift will allow some of the millions of americans whose insurance policies had been cancelled to purchase bare bones plans next year and president obama says south sudan is on the verge of a civil war an ordered 45 soldiers to the region to protect american citizens and clashes in duba started spreading to other parts of country. new defense bill will lift the most rigid restrictions from transfers from guantanamo bay and we will talk to security and human campaign in the u.s. of what it means for 100 prisoners still at the facility and it's known as mu

child. china's law enacted in the 1970s was meant to curb the population. it faces an elderly population it cannot support. al jazeera's dominic cain talks to parents about the change. >> it's official, from now on, millions of chinese families can grow, and that is music to the ears of zhang and chin jun. they are in their mid 30s and have one son but they feel it's their duty to have another child. >> i think it's our obligation as parents to make sure he has a sibling. an only child is too lonely. i am not an only child myself. i have a younger sister. an only child will never feel what i feel. it feels great to have a sister. >> for a generation, the one-child policy is thought to have prevented as many as 400 million births. it was introduced when china, economy was weaker, with a population its government felt it couldn't support. but with the country much richer now than in 1979, the likelihood of a baby boom is remote because developed countries tend to have smaller families regardless of government policy. >> if the rules hadn't been loosened, we wouldn't have been allowed to apply for the birth perm

al jazeera america. helping the homeless during the holidays a child is tapping into his entrepreneurial spirit. first dave with the rain and snow - who will see it. >> the big storm will start had weekend. an area of cloud and snow pushing from west to east. light snow not much in the way of accumulation. here is a storm developing society and sunday across the gulf, and moving up the coast. there's a lot of warm air, a big area of rain. you could see snow, saturday night to tonned -- saturday night to sunday. >> jonathan clin the ceo of getties images tells us the story behind two pictures, beginning with the new man at the vatican. >> i think calling him the people's pope, this photo sums it up. it's interesting that everyone around him is also taking a photo, and capturing that they were there. it seems extremely engaging and connected with people. there's real joy on everyone's face. it's a special moment tore them to be close to the poem at a weekly audience. it captures one of mean moments where it's interconnected with people. he's not distance ivory tower personality. the excitement abo

al jazeera jackie redland sent us this report from there. >> behind the boarded up door a shabby sanctuary for 30 women. >> they have come from ethiopia. one has a child others are pregnant. but a french quarters ordered them to leave the spot and the women could be evicted any day. everyday w we here ambulance coe an police come police come. everyday we too much worry. >> the squatters have a palace compared to this. dozens of immigrants from afghanistan and syria and north africa shiver under plastic sheets. tamar is from egypt. he has been here t for a few wes most of the m mike restaurants a how miserable the journey will be. >> therthere no oneno one cares. it's winter now. and we have no food. >> this northern town is a place for mik migrants to get to engl. the local town hall declined our request for be for an intervie. >> those people are here and bedon't feel safe in our own town anymore. >> it's a pit pitiful sight forr every successful sto stowaways countless fail. >> some migrants go it alone and some of them put themselves back in the hands of the people smugglers. >> the migrant's goa get one mea day thanks to the volunteers that run th

al jazeera, including two more detainees are released. we give you the latest on a push to close down guantanamo bay. elderly and carefree in china, how the one-child family has had a positive effect in a positive way for some. >> in sport - the moroccan champions reach the final of the club world cup. joe will have the details in sport. >> first the weather with steph, starting down under in australia. >>> that's right, somewhere that's been very hot. it's been adelaide where the temperatures have been soaring. here is the temperature chart. you can see the dark reds in the southern parts of australia. 43 degrees was the maximum temperature today. that is the hottest december day since 1931. it's a long way above average. 15 degrees above the average that you expect in december. now, things are going to change as we head through the next couple of days, it's thanks to the weather system. it is shifting eastwards but moving through slowly. on friday it will be hot for us in adelaide, particularly first on during the day. to in the morning. 38 degrees will be the maximum, and then the cloud and rain will role in, and the temperatures will tumble awa

have you company for this al jazeera news hour, i'm david foster and in the next 60 minutes, carnage and 120 people killed from helicopters in allpeo and believed to be using childoldiers to fight. the groups are plotting a coup in the country as the former vice president is arrested, and the statute of the former president nelson mandela is unveiled in south africa. ♪ it will be hard for us to imagine how the war in syria could get worse but government forces in helicopters have been dropping barrels packed with explosives on people and 125 have been killed so far in these air tirades. and nicole johnston reports. >> no child should have to experience war like this boy. he is clearly in shock. many people in alepo will be feeling that way after an intense bombing raid on the city. bombs fell on agarage. >> translator: they call us terrorists but they are the terrorists themselves, may god take revenge on them and cars were burned with women and children inside. >> reporter: this is what is left after activists say is one of the worst attacks on the city. 11 districts were hit, buildings have been destroyed before and people killed but on sunday alone more than

child. so was the company right to fire the nurse for not following the rules or should they have made an exception? go to gretawire.com and vote in our poll. >>> coming up, an alaeda plot on that controversial anti-islam video. congresswoman trey gowdy is here to talk about a surprising new investigation and the outrage that it's causing. that's next. it's, well, impressive. it's got the brigest hd scree super-fast 4g lte, so my son an play games and movies almost anywhere, and it's got ofce for school stuff. but the best part? i g the lumia 928 for my dahter for free, with the best low-light smartphone camera this side of the north pole. dad for the win. mm! mm! mm! ♪ honestly, i want to see you be brave ♪ >>> there is growing outrage over a "new york times" repo >>> there's growing outrage over a "new york times" report on benghazi. its investigation turned up no evidence that al qaeda played a role on september 11, 2012. the newspaper reporting that the attack was partly fueled by anger at that american made anti-islam video. the one the administration, obama administration first blamed for the violence. sources on the ground in benghazi that night are call

al if a man is married and he is not there, 95 percent of men are there. think of how it is changed. men are far more involved in childare. far more. and like it. so what happens says the 70's, and so this is why there was a trickle of stuff about fatherhood. that grew into a veritable ocean of positive stuff, you know, the beautiful pends to involve daddy had and all of this. daddy and me. i mean, it's great. but what happened was that those men became more involved a more active fathers. the laws did not change. the court system thinks of them as our fathers' generation. the core system thinks of them as wallets. the core system thinks of them as utterly uninvolved in married to their jobs and does not the knowledge that they have more input. so when they come to a custody decision it feel like water that put in all this work and effort only to lose everything? a little reality is helpful here because the majority of custody cases are not contested. it is not a case where i want join in you once told. is most of the time and about over 80 percent of cases, the husband and wife who are divorcing agree on custody prio

child soldier and we will hear the father's story. and they hold the league after a win in liver pool and joe will have the sport a little bit later. ♪ egypt's security forces arrested al in cairo and they were picked up from their home and hotels. our correspondent peter with producers and cameraman are being held in custody and experienced journalists for 20 years and he is reporting from cairo has awards for extension covers of africa and al jazeera demanded the staff be released immediately. the iraq security forces tried to break up an antigovernment sit in and there are tents in the square of the city of ramadi and they said on sunday they reached an agreement with demonstrators and it began with an arrest of an mp by the sunni-led government. he is held on terrorism charges and supporting activists, protesting against what they see is the persecution of the soon news by the shia-led government and the police faced resistance and one tank and both sides let a battle and the sit-in continues. let's check on the global weather now with steph. >> reporter: thanks and we will have a look at australia where there is a huge tropical cyclone at the moment. we see the di

al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> boehner quits the clown car. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start with this. the difference between being a childownup. it's a difference of job description. that wonderful guy who created peanuts. here's the deal. if you're a kid you get to sit in the back seat and gh

al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> boehner quits the clown car. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start with this. the difference between being a childnd being a grownup. it's a difference of job description. that wonderful guy who created peanuts. here's the deal. if you're a kid you get to sit in the back seat and fight. we've all heard it. and believe me, we've all done it. she's sitting on my side. she just touched me. he just touched me. i'm hungry. i'm car sick. that's the kid's job. just sit back there blaming and complaining. what's the grownup's job? first of all, to sit up front, make the car payments, keep up on the registration and driver's licenses, pay for the gas and insurance. and know where the hell you're going and how to pay for it when you get there. last week the speaker of the house who spent the last months and years speaking for the kids in the back of the car spoke like a grownup and said i'll drive the car but i'm not going to drive a crazy car, damn it. i'm speaker of the house. i'm second in line to the presidency. not the mad hatter of the tea party. howard fineman of "the huffington post" media group. he

child back? according to medical science there really is no chance of it. >> reporter: that was al jazeera jacobd. a man in texas is fighting a law in an effort to remove his pregnant wife from life support. and she was declared brain dead after suffering a pulmonary embolism and she was three months pregnant at the time and she never would have wanted to be kept alive but doctors are bound by a texas law that for bids taking pregnant monthers off of life support and colorado is the first state to issue special licenses for businesses that sell recreational pot and on monday they mailed out 136 licenses to marijuana stores properly licensed store also be able to start selling potato adults beginning on new year's day and more than 100 of those stores are in denver. millions of americans are giving up on the dream of home ownership and are instead turning to renting. and as prices soar affordable housing for poor and middle class is vanishing and al jazeera tonya moseley shows us how some people are feeling the squeeze. >> 62-year-old william is a disabled painter and spends time at the public li

child policy. >> benefits over, long-term assistance comes to a halt for 1.3 million americans struggling to make ends meet. >> hello, welcome to alazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. lebanese are mourning the death of a prominent politician killed in a car bomb in central beirut. former finance minister mohamad chatah and five others died in the blast and injured seven others. he served as ambassador to the united states in the late "90s. >> it's about 24 hours since the explosion took place. lebanon is picking up the pieces. if we show you, the investigators built this on top of the site where the car bomb exploded. that is where it was parked next to the building upped construction. the car bomb shot mohamad chatah's car in the air and it landed in the spot where it's covered with a green tent. the investigators want to make sure nobody touches the two major evidence. they want to check who was in the car, how were they detonated and they are trying to decide who was behind the attack. the politicians have their mind-set, accusing iran, the syrian president and hezbollah. and want the international commu

child. >> cnn senior media correspondent joins us now. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. >> "time" magazine announced its short list, edward snowden was number two. edith windsor was number four. bashir alassad came in at number four april ted crews came in at number five. did "time" make the right choice. >> reporter: it's hard to argue with pope francis. it's hard to argue with the pick of pope francis. but i think a lot of people will see this as a snub of edward snowden because he changed the world in so many ways this year with his leaks. nsa information. glenn greenwald one of the first report towers obtain that information wrote on twitter this morning he was making fun of "time" magazine's choice by saying "time" magazine was being edgy, bold and courageous as ever and he's being sarcastic, saying "time" took tezy choice. as we heard in that sound bite pope francis is also changing the world in his first months as pope and this is maybe one of those years where you could have gone either way. >> well, we were taking bets early this morning. i was bting popans beus i'm with glenn greenwald i didn't think "time" magazine would make the edgy choice of edward snowden. >> that would

al qaeda terrorist network. >> but the mother of this family, she wanted nothing to do with it. she was ignoring these warnings. >> well, tamerlan is the golden childthe -- their dream of success in the united states is based partly on the hope he would become a successful boxer. box in the olympics, go professional. so the idea that something might be wrong with him is something the parents, especially the mother, can't accept. so when she starts talking to friends about him hearing voices, she doesn't actually follow it up, although the parents are seeing psychiatrists, doesn't follow it up with trying to get any care. >> it's a troubled family, as you write about, but you know, i'll never forget the day i was in cambridge, in boston in the spring, and i talked to kids who went to school with the tsarnaevs, especially dzhokhar, and they said he was a good kid. it was the older brother, he was brooding, never around. he was the reason, the headline, the elder tsarnaev that bra brainwashed the younger. that's the thing about the piece. you find it's more like they were co-conspirators. >> right, and the thing is this idea of, you know, devout certa

week said a child born today will, quote, never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves. jon: molly, thank you. arthel: new reaction to a report in the "new york times" saying al not involved in the deadly attack in benghazi. now some sources on the ground call the findings, quote, totally false. we'll have a fair and balanced debate. and demonstrators pushing for better pay but could the real cost of higher minimum wage be more jobs? jon: "new york times" publishing a detailed investigation into the deadly attack on our consulate in benghazi a year ago. the times contra dinthing what we've been reporting for months saying that al qaeda was not involved in the september 11 attack. instead agreeing the white house's preliminary findings an american made video mocking islam led to the violence that killed four brave americans, including chris stevens. our sources on the ground say they are enraged over the report but will the new findings have any impact? or as former secretary of state hillary clinton so famously put it -- >> the fact is, we have four dead americans. was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided to kill ame