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>> aj breaks a bone, it causes a new bone to grow.sk being hurt so he can't play sports and has very limited contact with other children. >> he's a magical batman. >> his disease will take over and this is going to be his safe haven. this is absolutely unbelievable. >> i'm happy for him. he goes through a lot of struggles for him to be that happy makes me happy. >> it make the all worthwhile for the volunteers. >> it's just amazeing feeling. it really is. >> grateful gonzales family already wanting to pay it forward. >> we'll volunteer our time we have give back to another child what they gave to our child so they can have the same feeling we have i'd do it a hundred times in a row. >> there is no known cure for fop syndrome. gonzaless say clinical trials are underway for a drug to treat the condition but it would be years before aj could even be eligible because he's so young. still the family says, it gives that many hope and that's what they're clinging to as they try to raise awareness about this debilitateing disease. dawn timmen

this is a look at aj's room before.f time in planning going into transforming aj's space into a place of hope and inspiration. >> we're a little anxious beforehand and then we're just in work mode all day and then the excitement sets in and we wait, you know, for the child to come home. ♪ >> reporter: and aj's reaction as he walks into his room, priceless. wow! >> how did that get here? >> no detail is forgotten. there are super heroes on the wall a bat mobile bed a batman ceiling fan a gotham city mural, you name it, they thought of it. >> this is super cool. >> reporter: aj is all smiles. everyone else crying tears of joy. >> hey, how did that get up there? they brought us an angel. it's amazeing. who does this? >> reporter: aj breaks a bone it causes a new bone to grow. he can't risk being hurt so he can't play sports and has very limb contact with other children children. >> he's magical batman. >> the disease will take over and this is going to be his safe haven. this is absolutely unbelievable. this is fabulous. >

. >> aj is a family man and his check supported his family. >> reporter: aj worked hard to send money back home to his wife and children. he was a tow truck driver for fairfax towing and recovery. this was his truck. >> the tow driver had a family and kids and lost his life. >> reporter: he was hooking up a disabled vehicle when he was hit by a box truck. the 34-year-old truck driver who hit him crossed onto the shoulder. police say that driver's brakes were bad. he's charged with wreck edd with reckless driving. >> if you see lights flashing move over. please be careful. >> reporter: virginia state police say many drivers don't move over or even slow down if they can't get over. a driver crash into this cruiser on the beltway. the trooper was slightly hurt. troopers want more signs reminding drivers to move over. >> it is a problem here. oftentimes when we are're out on're out on the shoulders of the roads way, a lot of drivers don't adhere to the law. >> it's very hard on all of us, on all of the framamily in the towing world. >> aj was laid to rest today. >> maryland has its own mo

. >> the 45-year-old better known as aj worked for fairfax towing and recovery. he was looking up a disabled vehicle nearly two weeks ago when the box truck hit him. he died at the scene. quick someone should have to suffer any tragedy like this. -- >> no one should have to suffer any tragedy like this. >> this is his oldest son. >> part of me is winning to get a call to say, what is going on? to see his smile, hear his laugh. part of me is waiting to hear that again. >> he said he was only expecting a few dozen drivers to attend the memorial today and was touched to see the massive turnout. >> to see how many people came out to support my dad and to raise awareness for the move over laws is amazing. >> the law requires drivers to move over it is safe to do so, or slow down when passing emergency vehicles or tow trucks on the side of the road. as more than 100 tow trucks rolled by the scene of the crash in memory -- >> you always have to watch your back on the highway. quick safe open -- >> they hoped their presence was enough to remind drivers. >> maybe we can s

the little boy's name is aj gonzales he suffers from fop syndrome or stone man syndrome.ally, his muscles turn to bone. it's heartbreaking he's only four years old. here he is and i have to tell you he is so brave and all smiles. even though he's in pain you'd never know it. i caught up with aj as he and his family are arriving home for a big surprise for this little guy thanks to a group called special spaces. >> volunteer all our time we can give back to another child what they gave to our child. i'd do it hundred times in a row. >> coming up tonight at 10:00 we're there to see aj's reaction first hand to this dream come true. a super surprise for a little guy who loves super heroes and i i have to tell you it will definitely bring a tower to your eye. >> i'll have the waterproof mascara on tonight. i'm just a weeny when it comes to these things. >> definitely lucy. >> thank you very much. >> so with what we've got going weather wise, florida might sound pretty good right now i know for you probable still. >> i was just there a couple weeks ago. >> a lot of people down

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our handle is aj inside story a.m. you can reach me @ray suarez news.we'll see you at the next inside story in washington. today on "talk to al jazeera." astronaut chris hadfield. >> it's the raw human experience that's at the core of anything that matters. >> it was a young boy from ontario that became the first canadian to walk in space. >> it's hard relentless. the selection process to become an astronaut is nearly impossible. >> the research lab a politically complicated progra

was his truck, number 28. >> the toe driver had a family and kids and a wife and lost his wife. >> aj was hit by a box truck and killed on the outer loop of the beltway sunday morning hooking up a disabled week. the 34-year-old truck driver who hit him crossed onto the should every. police say his brakes were bad. he's charged with reckless driving. >> this is something we have to get into everybody's head. if you see lights flashing move over and please be careful. >> reporter: virginia state police are using this video to try to spread the word. troopers say many drivers don't move over or even slow down iftimes when we've out on the shoulders of the roadway, a lot of motorists don't adhere to the other trucks on the side of the road and cars were just steadily driving right past them at 60 and 70 miles per hour in the moving over. i don't see it being enforced the way it should be. >> reporter: they also made orange stickers in loving memory urging drivers to move over. >> it's very hard on all of us and all the family in the towing world. >> reporter: troopered have had their shar

aj. you so much for being on the show with us. >> thank you so much. >>> and next the race to find sleeper cells across europe. dozens of suspected terrorists rounded up. all of this as we just learned the u.s. intelligence community shared critical information to help belgium authorities plotting an imminent terror plot in belgium. stay with us. ♪but this...♪ ♪takes my breath away♪ >>> the news that dozens of jihadi sleeper and terror cells could be threatening parts of europe has counter terror agencies on high alert. they're trying to assess these growing threats. there have been more than two dozen arrests at this point. 13 of those happened in belgium. that's where police conducted raids that ended with two suspects dead. the arrests raising key questions does the crack down stall them or force their plans to overdrive? does it hurt police investigations if they move in too soon? we have cnn global affairs analyst david rose. this is the question. do you have in this case where some

. >> our view, aj, aj. that's all i want to hear. >> answers that we can't say.we love our viewers. >> listen up, moms, if you're maybe a little too boss which your kids, jenny listening? you might want to ease up on these kids. lauren? >> recent survey fawn most kids grow up to recent their moms who are overly controlled and corrected them researchers noticed the way moms dictated what their children played with, how they did it they're going to react in later years not so positive. >> expert say pushy moms run the risk of destroying creativity in their children. >> oh, destroying creativity. do you find that, jen? >> i don't try to destroy anything in them, i am sure i destroy information them. i say to my favorite, brody remember how i used to love lacrosse? find something. basketball soccer, i encourage them to try. >> why do you want them to do that? >> vince papale said it was a good idea, and member after team, and and star individually. >> taking advice from vince papale. >> he is successful. >> as only child were your parent helicopter parent? over prote

aj green out with concussion. opening drop of the game. 7-0, colts. end of the first quarter. 74-yard drive with one-yard touchdown run. breaks out with a little td dance. just like katie on friday night. didn't find the end zone, but had five catches. 30 here to set up one of adam vinatieri's four field goals. andrew luck is cooler than the other side of the pillow. third quarter, mr. pressure. tripped as he throws. right on the money for 36 yards. there's katie again. fumble late fourth quarter. recovered. 0-6 with playoffs, first team in nfl history to lose four straight. andrew 376 yards and touchdown. like a surgeon on the field carving out the bangals defense. >> i think our guys went with it. making plays and making them fast. i thought the whole line handles that very, very well. it is good to get from the nice long drives. >> divisional round of afc, ravens head to foxboro to take on the pat. peyton manning taking on the colt at mile high stadium. ohio state and oregon play for the college national championship january 12 5:30 p.m. all right,

our handle is aj inside story am or fall me @ray suarez news. in washington, d.c. i'm ray suarez. >> the us is now the world's largest oil and gas producer in part because of what's happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here,

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our handle is aj inside story am or fall me @ray suarez news. in washington, d.c. i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern on al jazeera america. oil is the cheapest it's been in years. that is throwing the markets for a real loop. ali velshi will be here to explain what it means for your bottom line. one member of the grand jury that cleared a ferguson missouri, police officer wants to speak publicly about the decision. and we look at what is happening in washington as the new republican-controlled congress gets ready for business. those stories coming up tonight at 6:00. >> the first stop for many child migrants to the united states is this border patrol facility in mcallen, texas. >> "good afternoon, welcome to the rio grande valley processing center..." >> it opened this summer in response to an influx of unaccompanied minors from mexico and central america. >> do you think this is an immigration issue or a refugee issue? do you think some of them will be granted political asylum? >> we're not talking about criminals. these are innocent

aljazeera.com/considerthis, we are on facebook and twitter at aj consider this and tweet me @amoratv. see you next time. time. >> the united states is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. but it's not a crisis of illegal drugs. it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs. >> overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that's one overdose death every thirty minutes. >> the overdose rate which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department is now more like 3 or 4 or 5 if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. >> that's a massive increase. >> massive. >> over the past 10 years, we've had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. >> the

our handle is aj inside story am or fall me @ray suarez news. in washington, d.c. i'm ray suarez. >> the united states is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. but it's not a crisis of illegal drugs. it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs.

tell us what you think, or follow us on twitter, our handle is eighth aj inside story am or you can reach me directly at @ray suarez news. from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> we're driving to a crime scene in a suburb outside of columbia, south carolina... we've come because more women are killed by men here than any other state in the country... around 10:30 in the morning, a family of four, including two children, were found here.

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our handle is aj inside story am or fall me @ray suarez news. in washington, d.c. i'm ray suarez. . >> hello and a warm welcome to the news hour. our top stories france ramps up security to unprecedented levels mobilizing 10,000 troops and deploying thousands of police to protect jewish schools. >>> trying to hold a together, president ashraf ghani puts together his new unity cabinet. >>> now in ukraine embezzle

now, aj michael thought he killed the cat. he thought he had died. however, he stopped to check to see what damage there may have been. and that's when he saw the bobcat stuck in the grill peering out. >> you have wild animal, a lynx, and the fact that it had basically not used up any of it nine lives, which is a miracle. >> all right, look at him in there. well aside from being a bit started, the bobcat was not eastern seriously hurt, not much at all. congress heads back to work on tuesday, and one of the controversial issues to be taken up will be the keystone pipeline t would move oil from canada to refineries here in the u.s. >> debate just even in our area. lots of people aren't happy about it. we've got our molly hannenberg with this story from washington. >> reporter: president obama says the keystone pipeline is quote not going to be a huge benefit to us consumers. but republicans believe it would be a big job creator and they plan to move forward with it, as the first order of business in the 114th congress. the senate reconvenes tuesday as

tell us what you think, or follow us on twitter, our handle is eighth aj inside story am or you can reach me directly at @ray suarez news. from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> on america tonight. our one of the most feared organizations became a financial powerhouse. >> isil took over factories. they needed civilians not connected to them. i help them sell the product. >> nick schifrin with how isil fuels the money, and how the west aims to stop them. also tonight, swimming against the tide. what the life or death struggle of these rodents tell us about the depth of depression in some of the highest communi

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our handle is aj inside story am or follow me directly @ray suarez news. we'll see you for the next inside story. i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> hello welcome if the news hour. i'm jane dutton in doha. bangladesh's prime minister accuses the opposition of trying to create anarchy. violent protests erupt in the capital capitol. >> attacks in the most heavily frontiers anywhere. >>> it was the right to come here. visiting jerusalem's

our handle is aj inside story am or follow me directly @ray suarez news. we'll see you for the next inside story. i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. this is al jazeera. >> l welcome to the newshour. i'm darren. these are the top stories. reject a plan to hold the whole country together. the battle continues, we're on the front line with peshmerga forces still trying to drive i.s.i.l. fighters out of northern iraq. >> translator: the palestinian authority has chosen to launch a confrontation with the state of israel and we're not

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aj in moorestown, new jersey. you can see a few clouds in the sky. that is just about it.get colder but we like that in the poconos, that means more snow making. the busy at jack frost big boulder. if you are skiing make sure you wear face mask tomorrow because wind chills will only be in the single numbers in the mountains. remember you create your own wind chill when you ski and snow board. on storm scan three we are looking at a clear sky and that means sunshine during the day tomorrow but much colder temperatures. in philadelphia we are sitting at freezing. allentown 26. poconos 17. colder through great lakes and also the planes, we will be under influence of the northwesterly breeze tomorrow as well and these bitterly cold wind chills, milwaukee, minneapolis, 14 below, winnipeg 20 below. we won't get that cold but it will be chilly come tomorrow morning. we are talking about wind chills when five and ten below in the poconos tomorrow morning to start off the weekend. allentown five below to zero. then we will get a above that below zero mark in the philadelphia area.

the same can be said for his team baher mohamed, and mohamed fadel fahmy >>> the hashtag free aj staff went viral, and in the u.s. u.k., and elsewhere reported journalists came out to say that the treatment of al jazeera's employees was a threat to the journalistic community >>> the trial failed to come up with anything against the three men which could vaguely be said to discredit them. among them sheep herding, footage from a different channel found on their laptops. >> translation: the session presented video evidence. we found the video has no criminal indictment whatsoever to all detainees. >> adjournment after adjournment followed. eventually in june and to the fury of the world the men were convicted and gaoled. for the men's families it was the lowest point of a desperate year. >> it was the day of the sentence. it still remains, in my memory as just an awful, awful nightmare. >> it was a first. no witnesses appeared in the trial. i wonder how they were indicted and sentenced in the first place. there isn't a single piece of evidence against them. >> world leaders, including pr

one thing that is not trending, is free aj staff. you can go there have a look. join the campaign and have that trending all over the world for our team in egypt. david, back to you. >> i will reiterate the demand that our three colleagues about released. >> the egyptian president fattah al sisi said he would like to see the case resolved. we'll come up in a moment. >> extreme sporting competitions in the world. >> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. australia has an unusual art museum. andrew thomas went down to see the weird and wonderful exhibition for himself. >> reporter: it has a fat car gold fish cheating death egyptian antiquities and a machine that is fed food, digests it, and then hours later defecates, but the history behind the museum is even more incredible than what is in it. even this, a room of books without any words. >> we call it the white library it's a library of six blank books. >> a professional gambler who studied gambling markets for 30 years. big disciplined bets have won him tens of millions of dollars more than he has ever lost.

the offense struggled without aj green out with a concussion. indy struck first.e pushes his way into the end zone. the colts go up 7-0. cincy answer at the end of the first quarter. they finish a nine-play 74-yard drive. he breaks out the latest dance craze. we are tied at seven. the colts' wide receiver had a monster game. six catches and 103 yards. sets up vinatieri one of four field goals. andrew luck is cooler than the other side of the pillow. third quarter and under pressure and trips as he throws. could you throw it any better? 36 yards and 20-10 colts. marvin lewis and the bengals' post season whoas continue. indy recovers. the first team in history to lose four straight opening playoff games. 31-44 and he was like a surgeon on the field carving up the bengals defense. >> our guys love it. making plays and making them fast. i thought our o line handled that very, very well. it was good to get the nice long drives in. >> a disappointing finish. we fought back in the football game and got behind -- i never got the field position in the third quarter. i don'

as you are watching joun the discussion by tweeting to us at aj "consider this" and leaving a comment on facebook. >>> president obama echoed what many feel calling the american troops the finest fighting force in the world. my next guest argues the limitless praise shows america is a chicken hawk nation willing to do anything for the troops except take them seriously. meanwhile president of afghanistan ashraf ghani is taking them seriously, saying he'd like president obama to re-examine the two year deadline imposed, wanting them to be out of a war. i'm joined by james fallos national correspondent for "the atlantic", and author of: good to have you with us. the american military as you say, is the best equipped fighting force in the history of the world, professional well trained, motivated and disciplined. what is the tragedy as you see it. >> the tragedy is winning battles, winning wars. i try to argue for the past dozen plus years, the military in the united states is at war in afghanistan, iraq and around the world. the country of the united states as a public has not been. fewe

aj michaels thought that he had killed the cat. however, he stopped to check out to see whatever damage was there, that's when he saw the bobcat stuck in the grill peering out at him. >> you have a wild animal, a lynx, and you have the fact that it had basically not used up any of its nine lives which is a miracle. >> really is. look at that, aside from being a bit startled, the bobcat was not even seriously hurt. >> amazing. there was a christmas tree that was stolen from a little girl eights grave right off her tombstone. but there was something on it that led police right to the thief. why he says he snatched the decoration on new years eve. >> and a cold snap on the west coast, of course, space heaters, and warm coats selling out fast. but there is another item that's flying off store shelves, and it might surprise you. dominica? >> we'll get a break from the cold temperatures getting to the 60s tomorrow, but still talking about rain. break on the radar earlier. that rain starting to fill back in. i'll gave you a look at your >

. >> reporter: on twitter message with the # free aj staff, with it being called: others had harsh words about egypt's courts. >> from all around the world, from people of all persuasions, are saying to egypt - come on this is wrong. this is showing the world that your judicial system is a farce. >> israel gaza the major turning point. what it means for the mid east crisis. >> looking over the shoulders. if you look to the right you see some light. if you look to the left blackness. if you see what i could see, there'll be miles and miles of blackout. hundreds of thousands of gazans having no power. it is caused by the military after a fight. >> israel now that they are into gaza will try to do as much as they can for as long as they can. the pressure will build. there'll be you know further ceasefire negotiations. we'll get to that point. i think we are probably talking about several days before the ingredients are there, and from both sides they are able to say to respected constituencies - we have done enough. >> this is the tail section of that triple 7 malaysia airlines flight mh17

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aljazeera.com/considerthis, we are on facebook and twitter at aj consider this and tweet me @amoratv. see you next time. >> france ramps up security to unprecedented levels, mobilizing 10,000 troops and employing thousands of police to protect jewish schools. turkey confirms the gunman the the accomplice of the gunmen crossed into turkey. >> hello i'm with al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program, a wanted man, ukraine's former president now on interpol's list over embezzlement charges. >>> trying to