. >> i'm melissa chan in las vegas, with a look at how the housing crisis continues to impact the aging population. >> went to take another look now at the situation in the west bank. secretary of state john kerry has condemned what he calls the terrorist attacks against israelis. and he has urged both israelis and palestinians to bring an end to the violence. at least three israelis were killed today as the violence escalates. and meanwhile, palestinians in northern israel have been staging peaceful protests. >> reporter: thousands filled the streets of this town, carrying a strong protest message against the israeli government. these are palestinian israelis, citizens of the state. and their elected representatives. 13 members of the israeli parliament. >> what's happening is not us. it's actions of the israeli government. there's continuous brutal occupation, all of this legitimate angle. >> but the sort of anger seen here wasn't violent. but instead, hard-hitting speeches, condemning the israeli prime minister's actions. this rally, in the packed town it square, is a litmus test, a

melissa chan, al jazeera, havana. >>> turkey's prosecutor has taken control of some opposition mediat days ahead of a parliamentary election. police and demonstrators fought outside the headquarters of the media. it's link today a cleric who is critical of the president erdogan, the country runs two newspapers and two television stations. >> translator: erdogan and his ruling party have adopted rule of this country, justice, laws, the contusion and democratic values mean nothing to them. for him all these values are bad memories from the past and they want to bury these values that helped the republic survival and integration with the west. >>> apple has reported the biggest yearly profit in corporate history. the u.s. firm made profits of more than $53 billion over the last year. -y clippingsing the previous record set by exxon mobile in 2008. apple has seen sales of it's its new iphone soar throw it has recently warned of slowing growth. >>> german car maker volkswagen has said sorry again for the scandal over the fake carbon emission test results the policy comes as it's a set to

melissa chan reports. >> they mark the bahamas as sunshine and sea and tourism is the biggest thing we have here. >> reporter: a small single economy island nation caught up in one big gamble to bring in more visitors. >> i thought it was a good idea personally when it first started out because foreign investment is something that i agree with. >> reporter: bank rolled by the chinese the ambitious project has become the biggest issue facing the country. baja bein particular, marketed e biggest thing in the bahama economy. but baja mar sit unfinished. bunfinished.about awould have ot december, december 2014, and it would have been responsible for 10% of the kin's gdp. it's that big. this is the story of what can happen when a small country like the bahamas does business with one of the most powerful countries in the world, china. >> not only are they partners in that development, they hold a mortgage for that property. the chinese bank which is owned by the chinese government. >> brando mccartney is an opposition politician. >> this project was the brain child initially of perry christy

. >> i'm melissa chan in las vegas taking a closer look at how the housing crisis continues to impact its aging population.

but as melissa chan reports from havana, an u.s.-cuba relations could change things. >> these are the future of cuban baseball. they might join the industry, cuba's version of the new york yankees. but some dream of a future well beyond that in the united states. >> you play where you always want to compete in the highest level of baseball. there is no league in the world like it. >> to get to the u.s. cuban ball players usually defect to a third country first in order to negotiate as international free agents. the salaries do not come easy. they had to risk their lives and leave their families. >> the way things are now between cuba and the united states i think it should be easier. they're looking for ways to have ties. i think its easier. of course i would like to have my family with me. >> more than 350 players have left cuba since 1980, but normalization has sparked an exodus. about 100 players have left in the past 12 months alone. players are worried major league baseball could one day negotiate directly with the cuban govern

. >> i'm melissa chan in las vegas taking a closer look at how the housing crisis continues to impact its aging population. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. we're following deviling news out of israel right now. about an hour ago, the israeli police shot a palestinian man who they say attacked a woman at the bus station. it happened at the very same time palestinians were protesting at israeli military crackdown. >> this situation which cause alarm we ask the international community to intervene immediately before it's too late. >> we have the latest now from jerusalem. >> well, any hope that these new security measures the announcement of these new security measures would have a pro found effect this is the scene of chaos right now at west jerusalem at a bus station. the police say that a man entered the bus station and attacked a woman with the knife, as a scene of confusion. the police intercepted this man and shot him dead. he fell , and now this came hours after a youth was shot dead at damascus gate in occupied west jerusalem. he, according

melissa chan reports from san francisco. >> reporter: the law requires equal pay for equal work. it will prohibit retallation against anyone who discloses and discusses his or her pay. >> we have pay laws on the books, but they are not strong enough. >> reporter: equal rights advocates an organization that helped sponsor the bill. >> we represented women who clean hotel rooms, they are getting paid less than janitors who vacuum right outside the hotel room, doing substantially similar work. >> reporter: advocates say the new law will impact all industries and jobs from construction work to silicon valley. some of these biggest pay disparities take place in the cutting technology word. this law is expected to change things, but how much? success for women has still been measured by penny by penny increments. last year women earned 7 # cents for every dollar earned for men. looking at the bottom, the poverty rate among women was 14.7%, compared to 10.9% of men. critics of the new california law say it will mean more litigati litigation. employees taking their bosses to court. but p

melissa chan has more. >> reporter: these are the last days of the last gun shop in san francisco. people shopped here since 1952. inventory is clearing quickly as they count down to their closure. for the manager, the city's gun proposal was the last straw. >> this is this one, and next year it will be something else. we know, we understand why they are doing it. we understand this, you know, there is a homicide problem in san francisco. we disagree that that is going to help curve it. i don't think it will. >> if we straighten un the trigger. >> the bill will require a video record and require the store to submit a weakly support of ammunition sales to police. because this is the only shop in the city. it pretty much targets the arms. >> looking at 2015, san francisco lost not only its last gun range and gun shop. from my perspective, it's the result of many years of anti-gun pressure from city elected officials. >> city survivor mark pharaoh says he want to go what he can do keep people face. >> from my perspective congress failed us in our cities and urban courts. it's left to

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melissa chan, al jazeera, havana. >> well, two u.s.astronauts took their first base wal spacewalk today. they sent six and a half hours working outside of the international space station. kelly has spent more time in space than any other u.s. astronaut. neither has ventured outside of the space station before this morning. that's all of our time. the news conditions next live from london. >> hedge there, i'm barbara serra, this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. taking part in the talks, iran is invited to join russia and the u.s. in vienna to try to end the war in syria. the palestinian president asks for international protection as he says the situation is the worst it's been since 1948. >>> paying the price of the emissions scandal, vw

. >> melissa chan joins us now. we understand there is a november 2nd deadline to determine the future of baja mar. what do you know about it? >> let me back up a little bit and say a few weeks ago a judge in the bahamas appointed provisional liquidators. that judge is going to reconsider and decide whether he wants to move forward with full scale liquidation. now when we spoke to people in the about a ha baja mas and asked what it means, they were not really sure. it's important to keep in mind that 97% of the project is complete and they have just have 3% left. what the chamber of commerce says if you can get all the parties together and agree to an arbitration, it will be a much better solution than moving forward in a liquidation. >> they have many projects in latin america and the caribbean, and these projects are usually success stories. what went wrong here? >> very interesting, it's parent company is china state construction. that company is huge. they've worked on 70 or so major projects around the world. c

as melissa chan reports, there is worry that the government it is becoming too dependent on china. >> what happens when a small country like the bahamas with high unemployment meets with a country like china with lots of money to invest. that's what happened a few years ago. china in the caribbean is something new. and what you're looking at right here is the largest or considered one of the largest commercial real state ventured by the chinese. the chinese investment, but as you noticed its stalled. it's not open yet. it's opening with late twice already. it's become a big political battle on the island. >> you would want to see it open. and if i were in the position of governance, do everything within my power to insure that it ope opens. >> the completion of the project and the opening of the resort will go a long way in aiding and assisting the rebounding of the economy, right. >> now in our report later today we're going to take a closer look at the impact that they have had on ordinary bahamians. if open it would have been responsible for 10% of the country's gdp and employed th

. >> i'm melissa chan in las vegas, taking a closer look at how the housing crisis continues to impactts population. ♪ ♪ >>> the state of the economy was a big topic during last night's democratic debate in las vegas, and that hit home for a lot of people in that city. many are struggling there, including retirees who are not living their golden years the way they thought they would. >> reporter: paul came to las vegas prepared to retire and live a life of leisure. then the financial crisis hit. >> i bought the house at the peak, close to $400,000, and now the house is worth maybe 250. >> reporter: now he needs help, especially for his wife who as alzheimer's. he drops her off here every day. >> it has been rough. it has been very hard. >> reporter: las vegas has gambled big on real estate and lost, up ending the retirement plans of many residents. >> folks who planned for their retirement for their later years and moves here from other states for the warm wonderful weather, and the low cost of living, and then found themselves going under when the economy crashed. >> reporter: the num

but as melissa chan reports the owners say they have had enough. >> reporter: people have shopped here2, but inventory is clearing quickly as they count down to its permanent closure at the ex-of the month. for the manager, the city's latest gun-control proposal was simply the last straw. >> this year is one, and next year it will be something else. we understand why they are doing it. there is a homicide problem in san francisco. we just disagree that that is going to help curve it. because i don't think it will. >> reporter: the bill would require a video record of every gun sale in the city and require the store to submit a weekly report of ammunitions sales to police. because this is the only gun shop in the industry, the bill pretty much targets this store. >> they last their last gun range and now last gun shop. it's the result of many, many years of anti-gun pressure from city-elected officials. >> reporter: city supervisor says he just wants to do what he can to keep his people safe. >> congress has failed us, so it's up to us to do what we can locally. >> reporter: he says the

. >>> antonio ramos, an outspoken opponent of gangs, melissa chan, on this, it's heartbreaking melissa. >> the irony of an artist that was working on a mural that was trying to combat violence. a community organization commissioned a group of artists including ramos to work on these murals across the city. meant to beautify oakland, the third of six murals that he was working on at the time. it's in a pretty run-down part of town. in fact on wednesday today there was supposed to be an event where artists worked with schoolchildren in the community on the project and instead you have this tragedy. >> these murals are absolutely stunningly gorgeous. we've got on san pablo, one on market, the third of six. and it's like community work, working with children to combat violence. and i just -- everyone's really upset because we just don't understand why. >> he was an artist that loved to paint. he brought so much enthusiasm into this project every day that spread among all the other artists and he is going to be greatly missed. but he will live through this project, and beyond. >> and what's

. >> melissa chan joins us now.tand there is a november 2nd deadline to determine the future of baja mar. what do you know about it? >> let me back up a little bit and say a few weeks ago a judge in the bahamas appointed provisional liquidators. that judge is going to reconsider and decide whether he wants to move forward with full scale liquidation. now when we spoke to people in the about a ha baja mas and asked what it means, they were not really sure. it's important to keep in mind that 97% of the project is complete and they have just have 3% left. what the chamber of commerce says if you can get all the parties together and agree to an arbitration, it will be a much better solution than moving forward in a liquidation. >> they have many projects in latin america and the caribbean, and these projects are usually success stories. what went wrong here? >> very interesting, it's parent company is china state construction. that company is huge. they've worked on 70 or so major projects around the world. consider th

melissa chan, al jazeera, havana. >> that is all the sport for now. back to barbara in london. >> thank you very much. an unmanned spacecraft flying close to is a tur saturn. it will pass through a plume of ice and water vapor, which shoots out from its south polar region, scientists believe the moon has an ocean containing hot water which means it could host life forms. that's it for this news hour. more news in a few minutes. bye bye. >> al jazeera america brings you independent reporting without spin. >> not everybody is asking the questions you're asking me today. >> we give you more perspectives >> the separatists took control a few days ago. >> and a global view. >> now everybody in this country can hear them. >> getting the story first-hand. >> they have travelled for weeks, sometimes months. >> what's your message then? >> we need help now. >> you're watching al jazeera america. >> saturdays on al jazeera america. technology... it's a vital part of who we are - >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... >> don't try this at

four years ago, following the path of many other athletes, but as melissa chan reports, a political thawe things. >> reporter: these men are the future of cuban baseball, if they play well on a sunday afternoon they might join cuba's version of the new york yankees. but some dream of a future well beyond that in the united states. >> you play baseball anywhere you always want to compete at major league baseball because it's the highest level of baseball. there is no league in the world like it. >> reporter: to get to the u.s. cuban ballplayers usually defect to a third country first in order to negotiate as international free age engineers. the salaries do not come easy. they have had to risk their lives and leave their families. >> translator: the way things are right now between cuba and the united states, i think it should be easier. since both governments are looking for ways to have ties. i think it's easier. of course i would like to have my family here with me. >> reporter: more than 350 players have left cuba since 1980, but normalization has sparked an exodus. about 100 players

melissa chan has been to take a look. >> reporter: these are the last days of the last gun shop in san francisco. people have shopped here since 1952. but inventory is clearing quickly. they countdown to their closure at the end of the month. for the manager, the city's major gun control proposal is the last straw. >> this year, it's this one, next year it will probably be something else. we understand why they are doing it. there is a homicide problem in san francisco. we disagree that that will help curb it. i don't think it will. >> the bill would require a video record of every gun sale in the city and require the store to report gun sales. >> because this is the only gun shop in the city, it pretty much targets hybrid arms. >> looking at 2015, san francisco lost its last gunrange and shop. it's the result of many years of pressure from city elected officials. >> the city supervisors says he wants to do what he can do keep people safe. >> from my perspective, congress failed us in terms of protecting us, and so it's left to the city, to our own devices to do what we can to protect

melissa chan reports. >> reporter: these men are the future of cuban baseball. if they play well in the team, they may join cuba's version of the new york yankees. but some dream of a future beyond that in the united states. >> if you play baseball anywhere, you want to compete in u.s. it's a high form, there's no league in the world like it. >> reporter: to get to the u.s. cuban ball players defect to a third country first, to negotiate international free agents. >> cuban players would prefer to sign a third country where they can establish free agencies and sign in an open mark, and not be subject to the restrictions that the draft imposes on players. >> as a result of that strategy the best cuban players won top contracts in the states. there's johens $36 million or:. >> the salaries do not come easy, they had to risk their lives and leave their families. >> i think it should be easier. both governments are looking for ways to cut ties, and i'd like my family with me. >> reporter: more than 350 players left cuba. normalization sparked an exodus. 100 players l

melissa chan has the story. >> inventory is clearing quickly. as highbridge arms closes at the end of the month. the city's last gun control proposal was simply the last straw. >> this year it's something and next year probably something else. we understand why they're doing it. we understand there's a homicide problem in san francisco. we just disagree that that's going to help curb it because i don't think it will. >> reporter: the bill would require a video record of every gun sale in the city. it would also require the store to submit a weekly report of ammunition sales to police. because this is the only gun shop in the city the bill pretty much targets highbridge arms. >> working in 2015, san francisco lost not only it's itt gun range but its last gun shop. the result of many years of pressure from city officials. >> city supervisor mark farrell. >> congress has failed us to protect us, it is left to the cities to our own devices to do what we can locally in order to protect our residents. >> reporter: he says there's nothing revolutionary

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as al jazeera's melissa chan reports, the store says owners say they have finally had enough. >> these are the last days of the last gun shop in san francisco. people have shopped here since 1952, but inventory is clearing quickly, as high bridge arms counts down to its permanent closure at the end of the month. for the manager, the city's latest gun proposal was the last straw. >> next year, it will be something else. we understand why they're doing it. we understand that there is a homicide problem in san francisco. we just disagree that that's going to help curb it, because i don't think it will. >> the bill would require a video record of every gun sale in the city, also require the store to submit a weekly report of ammunition sails to police. because this is the only gun shop in the city, the bill pretty much targets high bridge arms. >> looking in 2015, san francisco lost not only its last gun range, but now its last gun shop. from my perspective, it's the result of many many years of anti gun pressure from city-elected officials. >> city supervisor mark ferrell just wants to do

melissa chan, al jazeera, las vegas. >> baltimore police are investigating one of their own. the officer this time suspended tuesday after this video surfaced on social media, allegedly showing a sergeant whose been on the force for 34 years spitting on the man he just arrested. the city's police commissioner saying that behavior goes against their efforts to rebuild relations with the community. >> several baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray have lost a battle to try to prevent their words from being used against them. a judge denied the motion to withhold statements they made to officers investigating gray's arrest last april. the officers argued the statements were obtained improperly. three other officers charged in the case agreed to withdraw their motions to suppress their statements. >> an update on a story we told you about yesterday. california has dropped a controversial plan to allow inmates with violent backgrounds to help fight wildfires. corrections officials still plan to expand the state's inmate firefighting unit. the program will i