his first campaign, he worked as a campaign manager for al smith in 1928 when he ran for president so tip o'neill's whole life was politics. he was on the cambridge, massachusetts, city council. he was born in cambridge. he served a cambridge district. it was a district of north cambridge that was mostly irish. it was even called old dublin. so he -- that was his power base forever. he never forgot where he came from. he always said that was important. he said all politics was local. and that was a pretty good, true observation about the nature of politics, whether you're fixing a pothole in a local street or whether you're dealing with the national budget. somebody has to have the money to fix the problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix so in that sense all politics is local, whether i pothole or trillion dollar budget. >> what kind of a speaker was he? >> affable, i think that's a good word to use. he could be partisan and tough on the floor but he was the kind of guy that liked to put his arm around you and call you pal. and if it was a lady, he would say

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >> much more to come.ding the argentina prosecutor found shot dead. >>> could the tide be alternating against the ebola virus in west africa? >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera >> "consider this". the news of the day, plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective. "consider this". monday through thursday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello there i'm barbara serra. here are the top stories on al jazeera. a crucial ceasefire is holding in yemen. iran has confirmed that a member of its elite revolutionary guard was killed in an israeli air strike on syria on sunday which also killed six hezbollah members. >>> and recep tayyip erdogan ha

his first campaign he worked as a campaign manager for al smith in 1928 when he ran for president so tip o'neill's whole life was politics. he was on the cambridge massachusetts, city council. he was born in cambridge. he served a cambridge district. it was a district of north cambridge that was mostly irish. it was even called old dublin. so he -- that was his power base forever. he never forgot where he came from. he always said that was important. he said all politics was local. and that was a pretty good true observation about the nature of politics, whether you're fixing a pothole in a local street or whether you're dealing with the national budget. somebody has to have the money to fix the problem and someone has to set the priority of what problem to fix so in that sense all politics is local, whether i pothole or trillion dollar budget. >> what kind of a speaker was he? >> affable, i think that's a good word to use. he could be partisan and tough on the floor but he was the kind of guy that liked to put his arm around you and call you pal. and if it was a lady, he would say "

harry smith, al jazeera. >> still to come, strength in numbers. three opposition groups join forces in southern syria. and we look ahead to one of the world's most exciting and dangerous motor sports events. >> holm again these are the top stories at al jazeera. palestinian leaders are accusing israel of trying to starve their people by withholding $127 million of tax revenue. israel is refusing to pay after the palestinian leadership officially petition id to join the international criminal court. >> 31 bodies of the airasia crash have been recovered. and officials say they have found another large object in the java sea. >>> the family of an al qaeda suspect who died just days before going on trial have dharnlgd u.s. with neglecting his health. abu anas al libi was charged with plotting to bomb the u.s. embassies. >> commander of syria's new formed first army announces the merger of three new rebel groups based in the south. by joining forces, the rebels hope they will have more success in fully regaining control of provinces like dara and al ke

the wonderful thing about nelson rockefeller, i consider him a mixture, bob of wisconsin and al smith of new york two of my favorite politicians. the reason is because they went out and they saw what were the problems is setting the people and they said dammit, i'm going to solve the problem. that's the epitome of nelson rockefeller as mr. smith's dog pee lingers on that pointer to what he got jurisdiction in common matters and political matters was he would have to be done, go do it and people would have to follow along with the law of the case. governors are right in front of the people they represent. they are not 500 miles away. if they don't go out and find out the problem and solve it, their constituents will know right away and both -- and vote them out of office. it makes them much more practical. my former colleague charlie baker is running for governor here is the ultimate hands-on guy. pisa policy wonk. guest of restless intellect kind of like nelson rockefeller. he will be very much one of those solve the problem type of people if he gets into office. that's the dissension

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >>> say he could be connected to an armed cell that was stormed by security forces last week. the man whose identity hasn't yet been released is one of 74 who were -- of four who were detaibd indetained in athens yesterday. authorities have proof he was trying to kill. >> violence erupted in donetsk facility under the control of pro-russia separatists has been left in ruins. more lives have been lost in recent days. >>> there is a lot more to come here at al jazeera including kenya's government is urged to give support to schools outside the formal education system. >>> plus, a tale of two neighbors, thai consumers are celebrating the jump in oil prices whilst malasians are not. >> hello again i'm martine dennis. here are the top stories. houthi fighters are launching a fight in the yemeni capital sanaa. president is reportedly in the palace. >>> funerals for lebanese hezbollah fighters who were killed in an israeli helicopter attack on sunday will be held in a few hours from now. syrian province konetra close to the golan heights. >>> threat to boko

harry smith al jazeera. >>> petrol boamentspet rolepetrol bombs at the police. >>> al jazeera continuesto insist the release of its three journalists who have been imprisoned for over a year now. their charges are denied. retrial could begin in less than a month. lawyers for peter greste and mohamed fahmy have requested that they be deported from egypt. >>> 15 new leaders of the roman catholic church. pope francis has chosen cardinals eligible to vote for the pope's successor. >>> former greek prime minister george papandreiou who was prime minister when the euro crisis began wants to reform the old corrupt political system that cause ed the crisis. >>> one of the most notorious greek criminals has been captured. >>> now from the crash of virgin galactic's test craft to the first landing of a spacecraft on a comet 2014 was a huge year and 2015 promises to be the same. tarek bazeley has the story. >> within 10,000 kilometers of its surface giving us an unparalleled view of the world we know little about. >> pluto whether or not we call i.t. a planet, will be visited by a spacecraft. mind

harry smith, al jazeera. >> still to come on the program the once pristine beach on senegal that's now become a toxic zone. plus. >> the occupied west bank where street signs aren't necessarily helping palestinians find their way around. way around. >> from stage to screen oscar nominated actor ethan hawk >> the theatre has always bee my first love... >> separating art & politics >> if you have an agenda with people... you sometimes don't see the truth >> and the lifelong influence of his mother >> she was worried i was gonna be a spoiled brat and not see how complicated the world was >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> hello again let's have a look at the top stories here at al jazeera. palestinian leaders are accusing israel of trying to starve their people by holding $127 million of tax revenue. israel is refusing to pay after the palestinian leadership officially applied to join the international criminal court. >>> bad weather is preventing diver

bernard smith al jazeera istanbul. >> as suspected, boko haram fighters have captured at least 80 people in northern cameroon. on the border with nigeria where the group is based. cameroon's minister spoke with al jazeera where he says they burned houses. >> they destroyed 80 residences. they can killed killed three people and many people including children, teenagers were taken hostages. i think at the end of the day we have no chance to get rid of them by fighting them. >> the group is also expected of a suicide attack in northeastern nigeria. five people were killed, at least 35 people were wounded in the town of potiscam. that's been the scene of three attacks in just a month. a bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a bus station. >>> we take a look at how 40 years of war has left deep psychological scars on the people of afghanistan. >> ali velshi kicks off our special state of the union coverage at 7:00. >> we'll take an in-depth look at our nation's financial future. >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> p

bernard smith. al jazeera istanbul. >> the european union's foreign policy chief said that the block needs what she calls an anti-terror alliance. speaking at a meeting between european foreign ministers league in brussels. they spoke about how to improve security after the recent attacks in france. at the top of that against is intelligence sharing. the ministers discussed how passenger records in europe could be used to prevent potential attacks. also on that agenda, the we have the details from brussels. >> before the meeting of the e.u. foreign ministers got under way, the foreign policy chief of the e.u. met with the secretary general of the arab league. now they have been stressing the need for greater coordination and sharing information with arab and muslim nation stressing they are the first to suffer from the jihadi terrorism. many ministers have made it clear that they don't see the ultimate solution in bringing in tougher legislation across the e.u. but aware in trying to deal with so-calle

bernard smith al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >> iraq's prime minister says that the international community has been slow in responding to the threat posed by isil. meanwhile, isil fighters killed at least 24 members of the kurdish security forces in the attack in northern iraq. we have reports from the iraqi city of erbil. >> reporter: heavy fighting. peshmerga fighters are in pursuit of the isil fighters who are in the town. they have tried to escape soon the peshmerga arrive where he now lies dead. he is from chechnya they announce before firing more rounds. they say isil's attack when isil controlled the town. >> i don't want to give numbers but our losses were heavy taking advantage of the darkness and fog they came by boats and rafts and attacked us. we only managed to repel them after we took more troops to gwer. >> hundreds of isil fighters took part in the attack. they say they're often outcamped outcamped. >> we received weapons from the coalition, mainly guns, ammunition and anti-tank missiles, but we need more if we're going to get the upper hand in the daily fighting.

harry smith, al jazeera. >> the leader of yemen's shia houthi movement has rejected a plan to federalize the country. the agreement would have spread the government into six states. the capital sanaa has now dismissed the plan. the leader says his group has planned to move into the oil rich marev province. he says to stop it moving into the lands of al qaeda. omar it's an indication of yemen today that what was so difficult to achieve late last year has now been thrown out of the window the transitional plan that we thought the houthis had agreed to. >> yes, that's right. they seem -- the houthis in particular seem to have backtracked what they agreed on that plan, it's called the national dialogue conference and it took over a year for all the political parties and players in this country to agree on, it was agreed that yemen will be divided into six regions to try and sort out all the grievances and to be more just in the distribution of wealth. in july the houthis went to sweep on through main provinces including the capital in september and in yesterday's speech abdel meliki made it

bernard smith, al jazerra turkey. >>> a new study says many cancers could be the result of bad luck,her than poor lifestyle choices. u.s. researchers from johns hop kins university found two-thirds of the cancer types they studys were frequently the result of random and naturally occurring cell knew moustakas takes, pan pancreatic, bone and brain cancer could largely be explained this way according to the study that's been published in the journal science, the incidents of other cancers including lung and skin cancers were still found to be tied to lifestyle factors including smoking and exposure to the sun. >>> now there is much more to come. including where buying a packet of cigarettes in south korea has become an expensive drag. >>> and communist revolution promised equality for all so many why do some still feel left out. documentary series... opioid wars only on al jazeera america >>> hello again, let's have a look at the top stories here at al jazerra. in northern iraq, kurdish peshmerga troops have been engaged in-house to house battles with isil fight he they have recaptured

harry smith, al jazeera. >>> thousands of police officers along with dignity terri and an our mournerse attended the funeral of a new york city policeman. he was murdered along with his partner last month. the killer said he was seeking vengeance for unarmed black men at the hands of white. it has deepened the rift of the mayor and members of the 40s. courtney keeley has been in new york. let's go live to kourtney now. hi. what has been happening? >> reporter: it's blen an incredible, bone-crunching terrible day. what you are seeing here behind me is a moment of levity. now, the police officers have been put at ease. the ceremony has just finished. and the body has been taken, the officer lui has been taken to cypress hill cemetery nearby. there is seemingly, at least hundreds of police officers escorting that casket slowly through the streets. there was a lot of pomp ceremony bulls playing taps the national anthem and it was just the end of what is a terrible two weeks for the nypd because these two officers were killed two weeks ago saturday. they were killed in what the police commi

harry smith, al jazeera.ives of the victims of an italian ferry fire are still waiting for news from investigators, at least 11 people died in the blaze and the ferry was towed into the port on friday but fierce heat on board has prevented fire fighters from entering the vessel. the authorities fear there may be more bodies in the car deck where the fire started. >>> another attack on coptic christians working in libya. seven christians weres taken just a few days ago. now, masked gunmen have stormed a hotel in the city of sirt and kidnapped 13 christians from egypt. it has become a safe haven for armed groups since the overthrow of former leader muammar gadaffi. >>> yemen's shia houthis have been celebrating marking birth of mohammed. security was tight as the rebel group has come under attack in recent days. a report from sanaa. >> reporter: the houthi celebrations started overnight all over yemen's capitaltol. it is clear who is in charge here more than 2000 shia fighters have been deployed, some armed wit

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >>> lope that opec will begin cutting production to shore up plungingoil prices. hurting the country already battered by sanctions. oil prices have dropped by half since last year as production outputs across the world has increased and demand slowed. barelybarrel prices fell below $50 on monday. >> oil prices should be rational so that future investments will be economic ral for the producers. >> more than 100 families forced from their homes in bosnia. fifth time in almost two years that some of the capital sarajevo have been flooded. widespread flooding last may damaged more than 43,000 homes. (n) argentina a prosecutor who accused the president of -- >> in sergeant, a prosecutor has been found -- inning argentina a prosecutor has been found dead. argentina's top security official say all signs are pointing to suicide. 80 people were killed in a 1994 bombing in buenos aires. andrew simmons is there. >> only a day before he was due to address a congressional hearing on what he claimed was evidence which implicated the president and her foreign ministe

bernard smith al jazeera istanbul. >>> in egypt 75 alleged members of the muslim brotherhood have been given lengthy terms. three years to life in the city of mansour. various charges from insighting violence. >>> coptic christians have protested in cairo. the egyptian foreign ministry says the men were abducted in two groups at different times. the men traveled to the area to get work in the oil industry. >>> al jazeera continues the demand the release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt for 375 days. be peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. an appeal judge has ordered a retrial that could begin in a month. their lawyer has asked for them to be deported from egypt. >>> cooking up the world's worst terror attack, a prosecutor is found dead. >>> in mali could the tide be turning against the virus ebola in west africa. off to a shaky start as they open their campaign. >>> ukraine's army has launched a major operation to retake donetsk airport. the airport has been the scene of heaft heavy fighting ever since proitionpro-russian fighters, launched a campaign against the govern

bernard smith, al jazeera. >>> venezuela's president nicholas madura visited a counterpart. china is venezuela's largest creditor loaning it more than $40 million over the past five years. electricity, infrastructure and agriculture will be assisted. >>> since 2006 china has given venezuela more than $2 billion in cash. caracas was sending beijing many barrels a day. according to the i.m.f. venezuela needs oil at $120 a barrel. that means it could default on its debt. the economy was in trouble before oil prices began a fall. joining us for more is a policy analyst at the center for independent studies. life from beijing. madura's visit at a time when others are dependent on exports. what can they hope to get, and will china save venezuela. >> i think the key thing that it is looking for here is a continuation of the economic relationship that venezuela endured, joined with china. essentially providing money up front in exchange for guarantees of future oil. the chinese are being coy, as to whether or not they'll come through for venezuela. yesterday they went through platt

harry smith, al jazeera. >> cardinals from cape verde. able to vote for the pope's successor. >>> four life boats have been seen since the crew of the passing ferry spotted the partially submerged hull on saturday. no distress call was heard from the ship which was encountering heavy seas. seven of the crew are polish, the other missing man is from the philippines. >>> more bodies have been identified from the airasia plane which crashed into java sea last sung. so far 31 -- last sunday. >> so far 34 bodies have been recovered and they say they have seen another large piece of the wreckage on the sea bed. >>> meanwhile, indonesia's transport minister is threatening to ground the airlines because the plane shouldn't have been in the air at all. sphoofn has thestep vaessen has the story. >> the ariel has been found operating the flight that went down without a proper license. the air transport minister doesn't rule out other sanctions. >> air traffic control organizations, the airport management and the airasia and also the other airlines.

bernard smith, al jazeera on the turkey-syria border. >>> the group pegida, standing for patriotic european union against the islamization of the west. demonstrations against pegida in berlin. neave barker attended it. >> another mass really organized by pegida. in amongst some of the banners and slogans calling for a tightening in germany's border and an end to the islamization of europe. there are these banners the names of those people who were killed in paris last week. among the names: ahmed m marry maryily the muslim world poses something of a threat to traditional values here in germany. pegida is fast becoming an intrel organization for a whole group of concerns, anger with the german media pegida has also attracted an all of lot of support from the ultimate-far right -- ultrafar right who are against multiculturalism, who blame the fighting on concerns, huge concern for chancellor angela merkel. >> indonesian search teams have retrieved one of the two flight recorders from the airasia flight that crashed more than two weeks ago. they believe they have the cockpit voice recorder as

bernard smith al jazeera, turkey. >> police in india have arrested five men over the alleged kidnapping and gang rape of a japanese tourist. two of the then who have been taken into judicial custody police say the 23-year-old victim was held hostage and repeatedly raped. the authorities believe that it was part of an organized gang who have been targeted japanese tourist. >>> a pakistani girl and india woman were killed in kashmir. india said that seven civilians have been killed in the region. each side is charging the other for starting the fighting, which began on new year's eve. we have much more coming this hour. including 83% of italian police call in sick on new year's eve. >> reporter: at the tsi research center in germany are scientists are using beams of highly charged particles to treat cancer. >> and in sport andy murray wins the. he did it the easy way. >> from stage to screen oscar nominated actor ethan hawk >> the theatre has always bee my first love... >> separating art & politics >> if you have an agenda with people... you sometimes don't see the truth >> and the lifelo

right here on al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >>> i'm a national correspondent, i'm in "the stream". >>> more on the story of filipino vets and a fight to reunite with their families. congress passed the immigration act in 1990 giving feel ilipino expedited pass to immigration. that did not happen. i spoke to a filipino in his hope in arlington finally. >> reporter: in a tiny apartment not far from the capital. rudy and his wife are surrounded by family. nearly every space filled with photographs, place-holders, as they enter a third decade, waiting on a pr

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >> that time in the news hour to get a look at the world weather and rob's with us now. we have been focusing on north america and close inspection reveals what? >> it's interesting if you like satellite pictures. you can see offshore that line of cloud there but just look at the tail end to see if anything else is coming in. there's a hint of another big storm gathering here. however, i think that might be saying a little bit too much. we'll look at that in a second. a bigger picture here then, there is plenty of snow on the ground. it still looks like it was blowing snow, so a lot of work's going into this. it would be pointless if we're going to repeat it, however it doesn't look necessarily as though we are. this is the big picture. there's a low here near chicago. i think centered near chicago and then this in kentucky. the ingredients look similar. there's a massive snow there but if you run it forward this is another 24 hours you'll find it only just touches new york. close inspection, it's maine and new brunswick. i don't think really this

. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >> joining us via skype from california is carl chemotherapy. >>>he people that we are trying to protect, not just my son, but hundreds of other kids that are going under chemotherapy. so, it's not so much about doing everything that i can to protect my son but it's doing what i can to protect the most vulnerable of our population. and i think we have an ethical obligation as healthy people to do our part in helping those that are not -- those that are vulnerable, that are not as health. >> tell me what it is that you are trying to do. >> so our goal is to rise to the level of heard immunity. basically, get more people vaccinated. >> and children are -- if children are not vaccinated what do you think about them being in school? >> the fewer kids that are not vaccinated in school the lower of risk for those children who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons for my son who don't have an immune system strong enough to get the vaccination, let's chance of them getting one of these diseases when there is an outbreak. but it goes further than that, to

. >> reporter: john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> i want to go back to our two legal guests in studio with us right now. alan that was also your resume. so as we watch those organized crime, police corruption is she a tough prosecutor? >> it was her resume. yeah, she is tough. she is fair. she knows how to focus on the important cases and figures, and fulfill the mission of the department of justice, which is her main responsibility. so yes, i think that's a good destrip description of her. >> you know what she does in her spare time? she kick boxes. she is tough. >> there you go. she is now being introduced by the senators from new york. >> -- when she was a girl so her daughter would never have to. well, their daughter grew up to be one of the keenest legal minds our country has to offer. someone who has excelled at every stage of her education and career while cultivating a reputation. if there's an american dream story, ms. lynch is it. and adding to the american dream story. ms. lynch's late brother was a navy seal. still despite her intellectual and career achievements she has a

. >> harry smith, al jazeera. >>> police and mournes are gather in new york for the funeral of wen luithe shooter had ahit of violence and shot and injured his girlfriend before attacking the policemen. courtney kay joins us -- courtney keely rather from new york. there are reports that members of the nypd again turned their backs on mayor bill di blasio when he was reading a eulogy. do we know what happened? >> reporter: yes. >> we are having problems with courtney keely. we will try to go back to her later in the program. look at live pictures from new york of the funeral. this is the funeral of new york police officer wen liu, a second of the two officers to be buried shot to death in their patrol car in december. these are live pictures coming in from new york of the new york police department turning out in force for the wake and the funeral. officer wen liu will have a buddhist funeral as well as a funeral here given by the new york police department. we know that the gunman posted on social media he acted in revenge for the rooebt shootings of unarmed black men by the police. he

right here on al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> a very wide array of educational backgrounds wide array of ages and feeds will head to class at a two year college. some will pass through briefly to sharpen skills and get feeded credentials, ore will use community college as a steppingstone to a four year degree. >> and too difficult to match up with four year colleges. so neil if we were going to give community college as the prescription to more departing high schoolers, for instance, would the schools themselveses have to change to make them more workabl

only on al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> oilfield work is some of the most dangerous in the country. osha tries to mitigate some of that danger by regulating worker safety issues. but there are surprising aspects of the industry that remain unregulated. >> and what do you do? >> wireline. >> what so what does wireline mean? >> well wirelines, we lower explosives underground to predetermine depths >> wireliners lower explosives thousands of feet into the ground as the first step in the fracking process. >> all these companies are using explosives right.

al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don'tmulti-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> speaking about hate speech and antisemitism, authorities have revealed 54 people have been arrested with such offenses since the paris attacks last week. the controversial french canadian is in police custody after writing charlie in reference to those behind the attack of the kosher supermarket last week. he has been accused of anti-semitism and inciting racial hatred. thank you for being with us on al jazeera. the prime minister of france has said that freedom of speech should not be confused with anti-systemmism, racism,

right here on al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> one more controversial issue facing the nation: the death penalty and exactly how it is carried out. oklahoma hasn't had an execution since the botched lethal injection of clayton locket last year. on thursday though the state plans to use its new protocol to carry out the four executions it intends to carry out in the next six weeks. but the fight to stop it is still on. "america tonight's" chris bury. >> it is in this chair that clayton politicet locket gasped his last. no one selected to watch the procedur

. >> only on al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >>> we just heard from a lawyer of a 17-year-old girl in connecticut fighting for the rite not to undergo chemotherapy to treat her cancers. setting legal arguments aside, what are the ethical considerations on all sides on who should be treated or relevant it. a bioeth sis and director of n.y.u.'s meth call ethics joins us. there's an old saying that you are considered sane until you asking with the doctor. so ethically... >> we call that the comedy test. do you agree with me, good, you are competent. if you di

only on al jazeera america. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america of all the overused buzz words the term team player never seems to go away, and why should it? since grayed school it's been drilled into us that two heads are better than one, and that collaboration pays off, what if we have been doing it all wrong? a new book warns that groups in all arenas to religious organizations and labor unions off fall into traps that can lead to very bad decisions. who is currently a professor at harvard law school, he served in the obama administration, first as the administrator of info

al-qaeda? that remains to be seen. i'm shepard smith in new york, our coverage continues from here and around the world, jon scott and jenna lee, "happening now" jon scott and jenna lee on "happening now". >> we begin with a fox news alert. three terrorist are killed and four hostages in a paris market are dead. just over an hour ago to two separate hostage sieges in and around paris. this is "happening now". i am jon scott. >> i am jenna lee. those hostage takers killed by the security forces in a three day ordeal. it started wednesday with a rampage in the paris nourp where terrorist killed ten journalist and two police officers. and this is how it ended today. >> is it is an explosion. >> that's one location. explosions and the kouachi brothers stormed out of a printing facility where they were holding a hostage and firing guns in a security force that was watch anything waiting and fired back and killed them. in a kocher grocery store police took out a third hostage taker who was threaten to move in on his "brothers". we are learnin

jordan is over there and about to come on with you next bulletin here on al jazeera america thank you for your time. time. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america . >> high anglety over plow inflation. hue it could be a monkey wrench in the federal reserves plan. plunging prices have put thousands of jobs in jeopardity. and the new rules that could effect us.

al-qaeda? that remains to be seen. i'm shepard smith our coverage continues from here and around the world, jon scott and jenna lee, "happening now" jon scott and jenna lee on "happening now". >> we begin with a fox news alert. three terrorist are killed and four hostages in a paris market are dead. just over an hour ago to two separate hostage sieges in and around paris. this is "happening now". i am jon scott. >> i am jenna lee. those hostage takers killed by the security forces in a three day ordeal. it started wednesday with a rampage in the paris nourp where terrorist killed ten

smith reports. >> reporter: these men were with tens of thousands of syrians at the vanguard of the protests against their president, bashar al enthusiastic and determined. but that was nearly four years ago. >> translator: at first we only had one goal to topple the syrian regime but now we don't know who to fight. we are stuck between isil and the government. now it's not just a struggle against assad, but against a million similar regimes. >> reporter: hues sam was a fighter, mohammed a activist. hamsa sent a year in yale and was tortured. >> translator: we are frustrated and depressed. but i think that's the case with any uprising. >> reporter: all live in a turkish border town where tens of thousands of syrians used to wait and plan for life in a free democratic syria. now all of these syrians are putting down roots. these men and hundreds of thousands like them are becoming part of syria's lost generation. stuck in turkey job less feeling humiliated they say, because they struggled to feed their families. >> translator: sure i think the international community doesn't care. during the past two years nothing has changed

i'm with al jazeera, port au prince. >>> much more still to come for you this news hour in sport jordan futbol and match at the cup and the latest on that. ♪ >> call amy smith> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america ♪ welcome back. rails finally laid on a rail in amsterdam and years behind schedule and massively over budget because of technical of wet soil and we have taken a look at the results. >> reporter: it's one of europe's historic train station and the busiest and over the last ten years an extraordinary construction project has been going on beneath it. tracks are now being laid six years behind schedule and the finishing work on the station is well underway but an under gr

and the reverend al sharpton calls cuomo a true statesmen and philosopher at heart whose place in history is cur. harry smith is here with a look back at his legacy. you've covered him and interviewed him many times. >> it's an interesting thing. here is a guy who hasn't been in office for 20 years. the tributes continue to pour in. tributes a lot of tributes coming from republicans that he fought against and some he served and served with. the fact is the man was a legend. >> he passed away on the same day his son andrew was sworn in for his second term as governor of new york. earlier his son spoke about his dying father. >> his inspiration, legacy and experience is what has brought this state to this point. >> mario cuomo was a son of the american dream. born in queens new york to italian immigrant parents who came through ellis island with little more than the clothes on their backs. active in politics he became new york's secretary of state in 1975. two years later, he ran against ed kosh and lost his bid for the democratic nomination for mayor of new york. cuomo was elected new york's lieutenant govern

al qaeda. they are very well structured. >> amber smith, thank you for being with me this morning. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> of course keeping a close eye on this sunset deadline and will have you the detailing throughout "the rundown" today. >>> now to new england where they're bracing for even more snow even as they try to dig out from a record-setting blizzard. the damage still being assessed along the south shore where the surging tide broke through sea walls in the towns of marshfield and sitcituate. several homes will need to be condemn condemned. take a look at this. a photo. what some faced along the coast tuesday. can you believe that? walls of waves crashing ashore. go to the island of nantucket where they're still trying to get the lights back on. dylan dreyer is there. dylan, good morning. [ knopno audio ] >> having a problem with dylan's audio. see you, looking great, can't hear you. >> try to re-establish audio and go back ta-to-that. >>> the good news even though power on the island was wiped out during the worst of the storm, it has been restored to pr

al: four wide. flacco stepping up, avoids the sack. launches one into the end zone, and it is incomplete. batted back out by the patriots. even if smith made the catch, he wasn't in the end zone at the end. and so new england comes from behind, wins the game and moves on to the afc championship game. >> cris: i think that was gronk with the old-fashioned volleyball spike out of the back of the end zone. >> al: he was right in the middle of the action. >> cris: might have been devin mccourty. good job of flacco buying some time. gronk and devin mccourty were right there. it was a beautifully thrown ball. >> al: look at gronkowski. >> cris: it was actually mccourty who got his hands on the ball and was smart enough to get it out of the end zone, because even if it were caught wouldn't have mattered. >> al: tap it back out, exactly what he did. new england wins the game 35-31. meeting the colts or the broncos next week here in foxborough. coming up next, the postgame report coming your way after these messages from your local nbc station. ♪ at kaiser permanente everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together

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al and a special guest. >> i think curl power is fantastic. i want to say to brie smith, a meteorologist from ksdk in st.e. in fact you helped us double our goal. thank you so much to everybody. >> it's so important across the country and as soon as you raise those meals, there is more hunger behind it. st. louis did this almost $5 at a time. we were not in the lead. we were in the top three. that last weekend they surged forward. the endureing spirit of giving that is st. louis. just what you guys did, raising a million across the country to help go to feeding america. >> we want you to see and we promised you a chance to do the weather. here's the st. louis-themed map. take it away. >> i didn't realize this. did you know there seven st. louises across the country? seven! i'm coming from the big one in the middle but st. louis, california is 53 for my friends in the big stl. 49 as we look towards st. louis on the east coast and across the country, the big thaw continuing. at least for today. >> here's when we head back e >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cold start this morning, but tem

al: four wide. flacco stepping up, avoids the sack. launches one into the end zone, and it is incomplete. batted back out by the patriots. even if smith made the catch, he wasn't in the end zone at the end. and so new england comes from behind, wins the game and moves on to the afc championship game. >> cris: i tonk with the old-fashioned volleyball spike out of the back of the end zone. >> al: he was right in the middle of the action. >> cris: might have been devin mccourty. good job of flacco buying some time. gronk and devin mccourty were right there. it was a beautifully thrown ball. >> al: look at gronkowski. >> cris: it was actually mccourty who got his hands on the ball and was smart enough to get it out of the end zone, because even if it were caught wouldn't have mattered. >> al: tap it back out, exactly what he did. new england wins the game 35-31. meeting the colts or the broncos next week here in foxborough. coming up next, the postgame report coming your way after these messages from your local nbc station. >>> welcome to the volkswagen postgame report. here now, bob costas. >> in a game that will be long remembered, the