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, take a new look at news. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. you are returning to our continuing coverage of the nsa controversy, the changes the president says he is making to the programs today. david shuster has been here throughout the broadcast listening to the president's speech. david you say there is a loophole big enough to drive a truck through in this case? >> right. the president says he doesn't want the nsa collect these records. he would prefer a third-party. the phone companies has already said we're not going to collect it for you. and there's no solution right now. so the president is saying we'll confer with congress and figure out who this third-party is going to be, but until they can come up with a viable third-party, essentially this data collection continues. and the president is saying we're going to have -- >> kicking the can -- >> yeah, kicking the can, and saying i want to move it away from the nsa, but it's up to congress to help me do that. but the congress doesn't have anymore answers

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negotiations between the cuban government. >> reporter: al jazeera. >> up next on al jazeera america, a look at the year ahead in technology. >> as we begin the newear we want to look at rapidly developing technology that is changing lives. we start with al jazeera's jacob ward who looks at key developments of 2013. >> reporter: 2013 was a mix of goofy inventions and transformative discoveries. in personal technology shrinking electronics gave rise to wearable computing, fitness trackers, watches and google glass. while glass seemed to be a good idea it just seemed to freak out our friends and make segei brinn look scary. as for this year you won't have to turn them off on the plane. the faa new rules allow you to keep your phones and tablets on during the flight. 2013 was a dull year for apple. no really new products which means that 2014 will bring the long rumored television set or perhaps the iwatch. why wait for a company to make these for you when you print them out for yourself. 3d printers fell to the $1,000 mark. just don't expect to keep anything private. revelations from the nsa has been monitoring communication of millions of american

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al jazeera america. take a newook at news. >>> 100 years ago today the first commercial flightaking place, and one pilot in florida marking that occasion by recreating the historic no frills flight. where is the flight going today, julia? >> reporter: well this historic flight dell left from right here in st. petersburg, across the bay to tampa. keep in mind 100 years ago the options for travelers were very limited so that flight was monumental. the passengers had an option to actually take a flight. the aircraft used today by the pilot was not the exact replica of the flight used behind me is replica of what had been used in 1914. but the pilot was able to get up out of the water. we saw him loop the area once, and then we saw him disappear into the horizon. so a very monumental day, an historic day, and one that supporters here want everybody to know that st. petersburg is actually where the first commercial airline flight started and set the aviation industry in motion. >> reporter: looking at the place behind y

i continue with my conversation >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> welcome back to being "talk to al jazeera." i'm ali velshi. we are in johannesburg, south africa and we are here with former united states president jimmy carter and we are talking about the passing of nelson mandela. we had occasion to be on the same plane coming here with people like you to pay their respects. why are you you here? >> i'm in this hotel because this is the last place where i and the so-called ill ders met -- elders met with nelson mandela. he was the founder of this group seven or eight years ago, where he brought together a group of what i call huma humorously, has beens. secretary of states, former presidents, prime ministers, to using experience we have collectively for the purposes his life was committed to accomplish. i would say to summarize peace and human rights. and we stay in this hotel and nelson as our founder came out to this hotel and we had ooh photograph all of us together. so that's why we have come back here. we have been fortunate as a group to have spent a

i'm not going anywhere this time. >> only on al jazeera america. >> every morning from 5 to 9am al jazeera america brings you more us and global newsn any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 5am to 9 eastern with al jazeera america. >> today's data dive goes to the movie, guidelines have been issued to standardize film marketing. trailers can only be shown five months before release. the biggest change is limiting the coming attractions to only 2 minutes. as you probably notice, trailers have gotten very long. some films start nearly a half hour late thanks to the previews. we know trailers are called that because the reels were spliced on to the movie's trial as a trailer before movies went digital. how did it start? the first trailer is widely believed to have come in 1913, before the film the adventures of caplin. it wasn't for a movie, but prefeud a show called "the pleasure seekers", a short film made up of performance footage. sound came 13 years later when the future head of what became the motion picture association boasted about the sound system for "do

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and al jazeera has conducted it's own investigation concerning that water supply. coming up next on al jazeera america, new research on the growing gap between the rich and the poor. just how much wealth the world's top 1% actually holds. >>> and it's martin luther king jr. day. 50 years after that famous "i have a dream" speech, we look at the gap that separates americans. someone dies... >> two hours in, we come up on a body >> now, in a breakthough television event, al jazeera america takes you beyond the debate. experience first hand the tragic journey of these migrants. >> a lot of people don't have a clue what goes on when you live near the border. >> six strangers with different points of view... >> i don't believe in borders... >> our government is alowing an invasion... >> get to experience illegal immigration. up close and personal... >> it's very overwhelming to see this many people that have perished... >> a lot of families that don't know where their babies went... >> i wanna make sure her life, it's remembered... >> what happens when lost lives are re-lived? >> the only way to find out is to

>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. as people in the northeast dig out from the first major snowstorm of 2014 temperatures are expected to plunge. [ protesting ] >> palestinian protesters take to the streets as secretary of state john kerry arrives in ramallah for talks with president mahmood abbas. the u.n. said rebels are marching on the capitol juba. and the battle over birth control. the obama administration asks the supreme court to not allow religious groups to opt out of that provision of the affordable care act. ♪ >> much of the east coast has spent this friday cleaning up the mess left behind after the first major winter storm of the year. people across the region woke up to heavy snow. more than two feet falling in some parts of massachusetts. and when the storm moved out, frigid temperatures moved in. we begin our coverage with richelle carey. she's at columbus circle. can you walk us through this day. i know it was a real pain during the early morning commu

visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo underwent back surgery. kyle ortman will start quarterback in the eagles game. sher een williams of the fort worth star telegram weighs in. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and >> an exclusive "america tonight" investigative series >> we traveled here to japan to find out what's really happening at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden truth about the ongoing cleanup efforts and how the fallout could effect the safety of americ

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. >> emily & martin cruz smith on talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> a jazeera america is the only news channel that brings you live news at the top of every hour >> here are the headlines at this hour breaking news... sports... business... weather... live news...every hour, on the hour only on al jazeera america >> my family here in south dakota has lost family in the welfare system. the story hits close to home. >> lag lala lakota. this land was home to a rich culture. it has also seen some of the darkest parts of native american history. in the 1800s the government began sending native children from across the country to bordering schools. sometimes using armed police to remove them from their families . >> native american children were stripped of their culture and identity. many suffered abuse in the schools. the assimilation policies continued. and in the 19 50's came the indian adoption project. native children were taken by social workers and missionaries and placed in white homes. by the time icwa was passed more than 25% of native children had been remove removed from think e

al jazeera america. al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> welcome back to talk to al jazeera. i'm talking to malcolm gladwell, author of his latest book david and goliath. we discussed how you like to be someone who plays with yrdz. a number of the critics of this latest book, that you're taking scholarly findings and you're trying to fit the narrative that you've agreed on. i want to read you this one criticism. i don't mean to be mean. >> okay, fine. >> if you want academic rigor don't read gladwell. it teaches little of general import for the morals of the stories it tells, lacks solid foundation in evi

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. this is tony harris with a look at tonight as top stories. healthcare coverage is in effect for two million americans. and colorado begins selling marijuana. >>> it's an era of boy scouts as the organization allows guys. and the heartbreaking decision of a couple taking care of orphans in the south sudan. >>> so happy new year, and welcome to 2014. change is certainly in the air. new leaders are being sworn in, and there are hopes with a growing economy and private health insurance starts for more than two million americans. but the president's new healthcare law has encountered a legal hurdle. justice sotomayor with a ruling that applies to non-profit groups that have the same health plans. the white house said it is confident the new law does address the objections of religious organizations. the legal challenge won't stop coverage from kicking in for millions of americans who signed up in hawai'i where the president is vacationing. healthcare for the majority of the population is n

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al jazeera america, take a new look at news. al jazeera america.open up your world. >> hey guys, welcome back to techknow. kyle you've got a story for us that shows us how to do with millions of gallons of cow manure. >> sure, as you can see, i dealt with 35,000 cows. milk isn't the only thing that cows produce a ton of. i went to the largest -- one of the largest dairy farms in america and how they're taking advantage of their manure to fuel all the milk trucks on clean renewable energy. we're about to get the scoop on poop. [ cows maoin mooing ] >> at first glance this might look like your typical dairy farm in the heart of america. >> we probably have 32,000 acres that we own. we milk on 11 sites, we have 11 parlors and we're milking about 36,000 cows. >> what makes this farm unique isn't what you see, it's what smell. -- what you smell. s. >> these cows are full of it and it's not just milk. so you don't just have all these cows here for producing milk. it's actually a really great story. we take two products, milk and manure. they are both sep