eric matthews, patricia todd and david rhode.hank you for joining us tonight. >> the united states falls on 36 on the reporters without boarders freedom index. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> the plight of three aljazeera journalists sentenced to prison in egypt last june prompted worldwide protests and continued effort to see them free, but journalism isn't under assault only in other countries, but here as well with the birthplace of freedom of the press. last june, the u.s. represented the peal that risen could not appeal to testify because he was a journalist. he had refused to testify in the trial of cia eight, david sperling, who was indicted in 2010 for allegedly giving risen information for a book, but now he could face jail time. jim, it's very good to have you with us, and thank you

eric matthews, patricia todd and david rhode.hank you for joining us tonight. >> the united states falls on 36 on the reporters without boarders freedom index. >> we were talking to a young lady saying she just wanted her voice to get out there. >> by the thousands, they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. monday 9:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. urnalists live. >> the plight of three aljazeera journalists sentenced to prison in egypt last june prompted worldwide protests and continued effort to see them free, but journalism isn't under assault only in other countries, but here as well with the birthplace of freedom of the press. last june, the u.s. represented the peal that risen could not appeal to testify because he was a journalist. he had refused to testify in the trial of cia eight, david sperling, who was indicted in 2010 for allegedly giving risen in

representative patricia todd hopes to enact anti-discrimination laws to lure companies like hers to alabama. they want to move toward equality for all people. under current alabama law, citizens can still be fired based on sexual orientation. >>> a health warning about president flu. a new report out today suggests the current vaccine may not be very effective this winter. abc news reporter ted rowlands has the story. >> with flu season under way, bad news. the vaccine isn't working as well as expected. the cdc sending an advisory to doctors and clinicians warning them that 52% of the flu samples were not a match for the vaccine. this year's strain, the h 3n 2 is especially bad. >> the strain that is in the the community this year tends to be one that leads to more hospitalizations, much more severe than some of the other strains. >> according to the cdc, the virus mutated or drifted making the flu vaccine less effective and it's too late to make any adjustments to the vaccine. those at highest risk, children under 2, people over 65 and people with heart or lung disease. doctors being told