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they're floating around in the aegean sea. their boat sank off the coast of turkey. >> it's not an economic issue or a political issue. it's a humanitarian issue. people are just looking for a better life. what is better will floating around in the sea with your brand-new child? you have to be desperate to get into this situation. people need help and i'm glad they're getting it. >> they're definitely getting it. they're put in an inner tube and >> mothers are so protective of their children. for a mother to put her child in that kind of risk, just imagine what she must be fleeing and the decision she had to make to even attempt such a journey. >> look at that little one. >> you'll see the coast guard starts to wipe the babies head. >> so easy to think of people as a number or statistic. there is something with real impact going on here. >>> this first video dash cam from dashcam owners australia. that's the fast line in australia. doesn't make any drama, gets back into the right lane and continues on his merry way. according

. >>> lost at sea, an update on a disastrous attempt to cross the aegean sea from turkey to greece.fter their own desperate journey, refugees from afghanistan may be facing deportation from germany. ermany. >> ali velshi, lifting the lid... >> cameras in place for money and not safety. >> on the red light controversy. >> they don't give two cent about your safety. >> there's an increase in rear end accidents. >> ali velshi on target: hitting the breaks. >>> welcome back to "al jazeera america." i am randall pinkston in for antonio mora. controversy over whether afghan asylum seekers are fleeing for their lives or seeking better financial situations. but first, a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. a historic day on capitol hill as paul ryan was elected the youngest house speaker in nearly 150 years. the 45-year-old succeeds john boehner. he says he wants to unify the house and change how it operates. >>> a man who spent 13 years in guatemala bay is now back in his home country of moratania six years after he was first cleared for release. age

at least 22 people, including 11 children drowned in the aegean sea. more than 100 were rescued from the water. >> i want to say that as a european leader, i feel shame, both for the senate of europe to deal effectively with this crise but also for the quality of the debate. >> today, the waves of the aegean aren't just washing up dead refugees and dead children on our shores, they're wiping out european civilization itself. >> a correspondent live for us in les lesbos. tell us about the greek response. >> in the past three days that we have been here, there have been a surge of arrivals on this island and across the aegean. it is estimated that the number of arrivals have averaged 7,000 to 8,000 a day. right here behind me, you can see the results of that surge, people lining up to enter a greek ferry chartered for the purpose of taking them to athens where they are expected to continue their journey north into the balkans. these people have been processed, registered, fingerprinted, according to the new european standards and now sent on wards in ord

tsipras spoke after two boats carrying refugees from turkey to greece sank. 11 children died in the aegean sea. smugglers are anxious to cross the assess before winter sets in. >> i feel shame for both the inability of europe to deal with effectively with this but also the quality of the debate. today the waves of aegean aren't just washing up dead children and refugees on our shores, they are wiping out european civilization itself. >> there have been more chaotic scenes at the borders. thousands of asylum seekers have been trying to climb over the barriers. >> now, the palestinian health authority says an eight month old baby has died from tear gas inhalation. clark with are israeli security forces, israelis shot another one at the border near nb nabli. the palestinian authority is urgings the international criminal court to speed into its investigation of alleged israelis violations. >>> and amnesty international says the israeli army is shooting to kill when it's unjustified. nadim baba, al jazeera has the story. >> after passing through army checkpoints. >> they say she have a knife. if e

exalted but exhausted, boatloads of refugees dock in after ans -- lesbos arduous journey aboard the aegean sea. migrant desperate to get to europe, it is a short but narrow crossing from turkey. what should be a 50 or 90 minute ferry ride has turned to tragedy. boardes pay thousands to rubber dinghies and many do not make it. last week, a one-year-old boy died off the coast. there have been stories of incredible survival. on tuesday, a young syrian woman gave birth right here on the island. >> in the last few days, dozens of both arrived. there is no assistance from the greek government on the beaches. it is all done by volunteers, including spanish lifeguards and fallen to your doctors. we do not even have an ambulance on the beach. the woman delivered her baby on the rocks on the beach. >> those who do make it face rents, --condition conditions, abysmal some say. some people sleep on the ground with little more than a blanket. eu leaders have urged greece and turkey to set up joint areas, but athens has dismissed the idea out of fear that turkey might use the situation to strengthen its plac

elizabeth: caught on camera a miraculous rescue in the aegean sea. a boat carrying 30 refugees on its way to greece, cap sizes. hours later fisherman off turkey's coast spotted them floating in lifejackets. you see them rush to pull the bodies from the cold water. 18 month old mohammed was barely responsive. the fisherman quickly wrapped him in a warm blanket to keep they were able to save 15 refugees from the water including baby mohammed and his mother. >> you both gave him a second life. we are grateful to you. may god bless you. elizabeth: more than 500,000 people have arrived by sea in greece this year mostly from syria, afghanistan and a rock -- and iraq. eric: we are going to get into >> weather is never more than 5 minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. metinka: good morning. i hope your monday is starting off good. 47. it is a little bit chilly so grab a jacket. it is going to be a beautiful day. clouds will be on the increase today, but temperatures will be similar to sunday. a little bit above average, heading into the mid-60's. w

in the aegean sea, the surge of refugee says growing. the death toll is rising. thousands of non-violent drug fell options are getting an early release from prison. the number of american children playing team sports is dropping. experts say it's a reaction to pushy parents. >> we begin this hour with a shift in the u.s. mission against isil. the obama administration announced today the u.s. will deploy about 50 special operations troops in northern syria to work with local forces. this is the first time that american troops will be openly on the ground in syria. currently, the special forces are based in northern iraq and were involved in a raid last week against an isil-run prison. national security correspondent jamie mcintire is in the pentagon. the expansion of the u.s. forces into syria geographically doesn't seem like such a big deal. how significant is the actual policy change? >> well, david, on numerous occasions, president obama has said over the past few years that the u.s. would not put boots on the ground in syria but today, the white house announce

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can our reporter looks at conditions facing refugees who arrived on a small greek island in the aegean sea. >> in their quest for safety, this is not the reception they had been dreaming of. wire fencing, police, and the frustration of endless curiosity seekers. these migrants are waiting to be registered on the greek island. the processing center here is hopelessly understaffed. each time they open the gate, only 20 people are allowed in. the authors, thousands of them, are forced to wait. many covered in rainsoaked blankets. >> four nights, and four days under rain behind this door. four nights and four days. >> in makeshift camps they do their best to fend off the cold. but after queuing for days and muddy fields, some are not getting a condition called trench foot, caused by prolonged exposure of the fee to damp conditions. after risking their lives to reach europe, their patience is broken. >> greece has been bearing the brunt of europe's migration crisis for months. many thousands have landed here, desperate to escape the conflict of their home countries. some disagreement as aimed a

children have drowned after two more boats carrying refugees from turkey to greece sank in the aegean sea one went down near the island of roads and the other near the island of kalamoose and 100 people were rescued from the water and john is here and have passengers been accounted for at this point, john? >> no, you still have some people missing, at least three of roads and one off the island we are here we are at lesbos and you have possible more people missing that you simply don't know about because all of these missing figures come from interviews with the survivors, if you had a boat going down with no survivors you don't know who is out there therefore the coast guard is always out there in the waters all the time and figures are constantly changing and what we do know is from the famous wooden boat incident that went down off the waters 274 people have now been rescued from a single vessel and 16 drown and 7 of whom were children and one person is still missing and these numbers as you can see are changing from day-to-day and the incidents keep coming in, therefore it's going to

at least 22 people, including 11 children have drowned in the aegean sea. >>> and the last british prisonern guantanamo bay has been released. he has been detained without charge at the u.s. prison since 2002. >>> let's go back to the talks in vienna. we're joined by our senior political analyst. so 20 nations arrange the table, no syrians, why is that? >> well, they are fighting, and it's very hard to get them to talk nowadays. certainly those around the table you could call them directly or indirectly the patrons of those fighting in syria. so as a british foreign secretary said these are just exploratory talks to see what is what? and if the syria people are watching al jazeera and heard them, they are probably not crossing their fingers, saying we'll be at peace tomorrow. >> we were talk earlier about the format of the meeting, and we see the u.s., u.s. secretary of state john kerry right in the center. is this all about the u.s. trying to get back in the game? >> absolutely. the u.s. has abandoned syria since they said that assad has no future in syria. since they said the use of chemi

rescue came after 22 people drowned overnight when two boats died in the aegean sea. more than 700,000 migrants crossed to europe by boat so far this year. has been ays there major step forward in tackling global warning -- warming but more needs to be done. the plan submitted by 146 countries cover 90% of global carbon emissions and the target of stopping temperatures rising by a certain amount is still, they say, within reach. david: this is no ordinary fire. great swathes of indonesia are burning. the forest cleared to make way for plantations. fires happen every year here but these are bigger figures than usual and they have global and locations because vast amounts of carbon dioxide are being given off. as much as germany produces in a year in the past month. at all that to the greenhouse world as more countries industrialize and burn more fossil fuel. the challenge for years has been greenhouse gases are shooting up while scientists say they need to be cut to avoid the worst effects of global warming. the u.n. asked countries to come up up with their own individ

yesterday, at least 11 migrants died in the eastern aegean sea in five separate incidents and 38 people are believed still missing after a wooden boat carrying migrants sank. secretary of state john kerry is in vienna today for talks on ending the syrian war. and, for the first time, iran is taking part in the discussions as a crucial backer of syrian president bashar assad. nearly 20 nations will be attending in an effort to end the 4-year-old civil war. a new red flag about seniors and flu vaccines. doctors recommend flu vaccines for adults over 65. but researchers in cincinnati say they found that senior citizens who take drugs to reduce cholesterol have a reduced immune response to vaccinations. studies suggest that could make the vaccine less effective, leaving patients vulnerable to respiratory illness. and controversy is growing over new guidelines from the american cancer society. it now is recommended most women start mammograms at an older age. in a "new york times" op-ed today three leading doctors are pushing back, saying they profoundly disagree with these changes. as top s

turkish fisherman spotted dozens of migrants in the aegean sea last week. among them, lifeless toddler. the little boy was plucked from the water in a fisherman frantically tried to revive him. at one point, he puts the baby in a warm blanket and incredibly the boy was revived and return to his mother. they were among a group of refugees try to make it agrees when their boat overturned. 18-month- old mohammed and his mother got a chance to thank the fisherman. >>> the president of ireland is in the bay area to honor the students who died in the deadly battery collapse in berkeley. the collapsed killing 6 people, five from ,.divers president is scheduled to be in berkeley on wednesday meeting with the first responders and volunteers who helped in the disaster. there is a criminal investigation into what caused the balcony to fall from the building >>> e city, donald trump has a new target, ben carson who is leading trump in iowa. the polls based on the reac om the people. tru a poll shows ben carson with double-digit lead over trump, 32 hated -- page 2-18 pe

some 8,000 crossed from the eastern aegean sea, from turkey to greece, yesterday alone. voyage to islands like lesbos is far shorter and relatively safer during the summer than the crossing from north africa to italy, but it is still a perilous undertaking. it's estimated that more than 3,000 people have drowned so far this year. and the u.n. refugee office in greece fears more will die. >> as winter approaches, people are desperate they're still going to keep trying. they might wait for a calm day. but if it's not, the smugglers give them a discount. and they will, as much as 40- 50%, if they'll take a boat in stormy weather. and some people do it. >> reporter: it's been one of those days that really emphasized the fickle nature of the aegean sea. a boat full of refugees landed in lesbos today and the people on board told volunteers that the boat directly behind them disappeared. their story has been confirmed by greek coast guard tonight who said there have been drownings inside turkish waters. but tonight, the coast guard off the island of lesbos has been in action. t

they say two boats sank in the aegean sea and that dozens of people died. officials at the greek merchant marine ministry say a boat carrying about 150 migrants sank near the island of kalimnos. they say 19 died. they also say a boat went down off the island of zozod and three people died. several boats sank or got wrecked in the space of two days. they say they rescued 600 people and confirmed the deaths of 48, including three children. they believe the boats had sailed from turkey. greek prime minister alexis tsipras expressed his sorrow. he condemned what he described as europe's inability to address the human drama. he said he's ashamed of a debate in which everyone tries to shift responsibility. >>> the philippines has welcomed a decision by the permanent court of arbitration in the netherlands to hear some claims it filed against china concerning disputed territories in the south china sea. patchari raksawong joins us from our bangkok studio. >> the philippine government submitted its case in 2013. china has maintained the court has no jurisdiction to

separated from his mother after their boat capsized in the aegean sea. thousands of refugees have drowned making the same harrowing journey. this heart-wrenching photo waking the world to the crisis. the journey to europe especially hard on the youngest, as we saw in croatia. how about for the baby? any food, any water, formula? he says she has had nothing today. but little mohammed is one of the lucky ones. reuniting here with his rescuers. his mother thanking them with tears of gratitude. saying, you "gave him a new life." mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> back home to the presidential raise. the three remaining democrat candidates at a dinner in iowa david wright on the campaign trail from iowa tonight. >> reporter: in iowa this weekend, hillary clinton's campaign rolled out the big guns. katy perry and bill clinton, urging voters to break that glass ceiling once and for all. >> i'm tired of the stranglehold that women have on the first spouse. >> sometimes you have to let them hear you roar. sanders reminded her, she's lost it before. >> i think

also, germany wants turkey to try to stop the flow of applying grants across the aegean sea. there are thousands was oh kilometers of coastline to patrol there. practically, that is also an enormous challenge for turkey. numbers will slow down, winter is around the corner, but a big test will be next spring. >> thank you from istanbul. >> slovenia can't accept unlimited in connection of refugees and croatia serbia and moss don i can't will have to help, it says. the asylum seekers escaping war and poverty in the middle east, africa and asia are on their way to austria and germany. they had to reroute through slovenia after croatia closed its bored on friday. >> airstrikes in syria has killed the leader of the khorasan group. the defense democratic said the leader was killed near the northern syrian town of dana. al nasr is believed organized routes for backers and played a significant role in the group's finances. >> the situation is tense in israel and the occupied palestinian territories where stoppings continue. 43 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed. israel's

migrants are saved in a operation.scue the greek coast guard pulls them from the aegean sea after their3 died including 2 children. the wooden ship capsized in high winds after leaving turkey. it was one of 4 sinking in the aegean yesterday appeared more than .5 million average degrees. angela merkel is making a visit to china. germany is china's big european trade partner. , china's thatnt it would buy 130 planes from airbus for $17 billion. the pitcher who started the season and cincinnati is a hero in kansas city. operation. the greek coast guard pulls them from the aegean sea after their boat sank. 3 died including 2 children. royals to ahip capsized injohne 7-1 victory over the mats and a lead in the world series. two hits, that has not been done in 20 years. the series resumes tomorrow night in new york. the royals have been playing well. tom: you are up to speed on the world series, you know more than i do. vonnie: i've been wearing mets gear. tom: time warner cable earnings, they put a positive gloss on it. .k revenue, 3% there are some negative numbers here every year. time war

. >>> remarkable rescue caught in the aegean sea. 18 month-old boy floating. they initially thought that the baby had died. the crew worked on clearing his lungs and keeping him warm. this little boy's name is mohammad. it appears to be doing just fine. >>> and finally a spectacular finish in college football, unless you're a florida state fan. check this out, all tied up, 16-16. seconds left. fsu trying a field goal attempt there. it's blocked by georgia tech. he could go all the way! he does go all the way. >> oh, wow. >> 78 yards, untouched. >> he was touched. >> almost, almost. florida state lost that -- >> whoa, whoa, look at that. >> they're now 6-1. the yellow jackets of georgia tech are now 3-5. amazing. all kinds of weird, fantastic endings to college football lately. >> i always say it always comes down to special teams. >> like i wow. >> you're part of our special team. >> let's get it down to rob. with another look at the national forecast. >> hey, dan, the rainfall race not nearly as intense. but the warm r water keeps coming up here. how the rain

turkey's coast guard rescued another 25 people from the aegean sea. the united nations estimates 400,000 refugees have crossed to greece this year. a month's worth of street violence is continuing this weekend in israel. today in jerusalem, israeli police shot and killed three palestinians who, according to the police, had attacked them with knives. eight israelis have been killed in stabbings in the past month, and at least 40 palestinians have been killed by israeli fire. today in the west bank city of ramallah, israeli troops clashed with palestinian protesters. the unrest of recent weeks began because of rumors that israel might limit access to the al aqsa mosque in jerusalem's old city, which israel has denied. in syria, government troops are pressing an offensive to take back the country's second largest city, aleppo. rebel forces seeking to overthrow syrian president bashar-al assad have held the eastern half of aleppo for three years. assad's troops are being aided by russian air power and iran- backed militias. russia's military says it has c

migrants, now held in border camps, commonly cross the aegean sea to greece from turkey, after fleeing conflicts in syria, iraq, and afghanistan. since september, nearly 250,000 migrants and refugees have passed through central europe, russia is calling for new elections in syria to help bring an end to syria's civil war, which is now in its fifth year. today, in the syrian capital of damascus, president bashar al- assad told a visiting russian delegation he would go along with elections after what he called, quote, "terrorist organizations" are eradicated. one russian lawmaker at the meeting today said assad is ready to include quote "reasonable, patriotic opposition forces" in those new elections. >> the first aim, the struggle and victory over the terrorism, and after that the elections, parliamentary or presidential elections. but first of all we must do, reach peaceful, peace on syrian land. >> brangham: and a clarification: on yesterday's program, we said russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had said russian warplanes would support the free syrian army -- a rebel group -- again

then for the six-mile journey across the aegean sea they pay turkish smugglers a small fortune as much apiece. half price for kids. when they finally land on lesbos, scared, exhausted many have no idea where they are. we notice one of the first things they do is unwrap cell phones protected in plastic. and want to call their relatives to let them know they didn't drown. ahmed dahsem and his wife and son left syria six days ago. where are you hoping to go? >> germany. >> why germany? this is your son? do you hope he gets a new life in germany? we hope a better life for him. [ innibldiscer] >> reporter: so you feel safe now? >> just kiss the ground. >> reporter: in the hour and a half we were on this stony stretch of beach, 15 dinghies arrived and elsewhere on the island, there were plenty more. some 4,000 people land here each day. nearly 3/4 are syrian. and they don't stay on the beach very long. >> they have an internal clock and desperate to got to europe quickly as possible. >> reporter: the emergency field director for the international rescue committee on lesbos. what they leave b

then for the six-mile journey across the aegean sea they pay turkish smugglers a small fortune as much00 apiece. half price for kids. when they finally land on lesbos, scared, exhausted many have no idea where they are. we notice one of the first things they do is unwrap cell phones protected in plastic. and want to call their relatives to let them know they didn't drown. ahmed dahsem and his wife and son left syria six days ago. where are you hoping to go? >> germany. >> why germany? this is your son? do you hope he gets a new life in germany? we hope a better life for him. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: so you feel safe now? >> just kiss the ground. >> reporter: in the hour and a half we were on this stony stretch of beach, 15 dinghies arrived and elsewhere on the island, there were plenty more. some 4,000 people land here each day. nearly 3/4 are syrian. and they don't stay on the beach very long. >> they have an internal clock and desperate to got to europe quickly as possible. >> reporter: the emergency field director for the international rescue committee on lesbos. what they lea

more in detail. 29 people died in the sinking of a boat crammed with 300 migrants in the eastern aegean sea. have a deathly toll of 16. many were children and babies. beenthan 200 people have rescued off the northern coast of the island of less bus. the republican national committee suspended its partnership with nbc news for a scheduled gop debate. this comes after the heavily criticized debate on cnbc. ben carson and donald trump called for a change in the format. reince preibus said the debate was conducted in bad faith. he said it did not focus on economic issues, as promised. nbc says it will work in good faith to resolve the matter. in other news, espn is blog foundedhe gran by bill simmons. pioneeringidered a site, connecting tv networks with a new audience for digital media. in cost-cutting mode after losing subscribers and sing profit growth will be less than expected. that is your first word news. back to you. we don't feel that good about prices in the long-term. prices fell to a 2002 low. so that was not so great? where we affected by global economic worries, market volatility?

caught on camera, a miraculous rescue in the aegean sea. a boat carrying 30 refugees on its way to greece capsizes. hours later, fishermen off turkey's coast spotted them you see them rush to pull the bodies from the cold water. 18-month-old mohammed was barely responsive. the fisherman quickly wrapped him in a warm blanket to keep him alive. they were able to save 15 refugees from the water , including baby mohammed and his mother. >> you both gave him a second life. we are grateful to you. may god bless you. todd: more than 500,000 people have arrived by sea in greece this year, mostly from syria, afghanistan, and iraq. laura: beautiful fall photos on our u-local page tonight, like this shot from joanna ball. and this, of the trees along mlk. animals loving fall, too. here's dozer the english mastiff sent to us by a viewer in west des moines. just a beautiful day. jason, anymore beautiful days ahead? jason s: a few more beautiful days ahead. some of us this morning woke up to a little bit of fog. i think it is fairly fitting that we are g

then, for the six-mile journey across the aegean sea, they've paid turkish smugglers a small apiece, half-price for kids. when they finally land on lesbos, scared, exhausted, many have no idea where they are. we noticed one of the first things they do is unwrap cell phones protected in plastic. they want to call their relatives to let them know they didn't drown. ahmed dosum and his wife and son left syria just six days ago. where are you hoping to go? >> ahmed dosum ( translated ): germany. >> cooper: why germany? >> translator: his nephew is there. >> cooper: this your son? you hope he gets a new life in germany? >> dosum ( translated ): we hope a better life for him, and to never suffer like his father. these marks are from the bomb, the barrel. >> cooper: barrel bombs. so, you feel safe now? >> dosum: thanks to god. >> translator: he just kissed the ground. >> cooper: in the hour and a half we were on this stony stretch of beach, 15 dinghies arrived. and elsewhere on the island, there were plenty more. some 4,000 people land here each day. nearly three quarters are syrian, and th