i'm jen rogers in for ali vels velshi. thanks for joining us, and have a great weekend. ♪ >>> september they had 400 followers. today, there are thousands of people who adhere ladenism. >> a counter-terrorism expert runs an intelligence firm that bears his name that advices governments and corporation >> the only thing they want is a religious war. >> he led the investigations of the the uss cole bombing. >> one of the biggest mistakes we did after 9-11, we didn't have a strategy. >> he intear gated many including azu bu bada. it put him at the center of the torture debate. he says so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like those used by some at the cia not count counterproductive counterproductive? >> i don't know what accurately get. >> he wrote a book, "the black banners," which was given the okay by the fbi but heavily redacted by another u.s. intelligence agency? >> the cia claimed authority over the manuscript. i think they try to control the narrative. >> i spoke to ali sufan at our studios in new york. >> you

i am ali velshi speak with counter terrorism expert and former fbi special agent ali sufan.e intear gated zubata, one of the so-called high-value detainees in gau, in guantanamo >> in gaunt tanamo. >> the cia interviewed and waterboarded? >> 83 times. >> 83 times but didn't get better information than you got without waterboarding. you became a bit after poster child for those arguing you don't have to water board. >> right. i mean this whole incident took place in 2002 >> and i didn't say anything. you know, i disagreed with the program. i reported to the f.b.i. the f.b.i. said we don't do these kind of things and they pulled the f.b.i. out of the program. the enhanced interrogation techniques. >> yeah. >> i came back and, you know, i continued to do my job. i left the government in 2005 and it wasn't until all of these things with the declassification of the office of the legal counsel memos, i start hearing ail of thesacts by different people to include, you know, the former director of the cia, former vice president of the united states talking about how eit saved lives.

been watching "talk to al jazeera" i am ali velshi.y guest is ali sufan. >> you have written a book called "the black banners." the title is very interesting because when we see on news video of these groups particularly is and many of these groups, military tapt groups, they have a black flag, black banners. tell me the history. >> the prophet says at the end of time, you will have a group they come from horoson a historic every that is iran, central asia. their flags are black and they will bring back islam to the way the prophet wachtsd it to be. they will be victorious until they reach jerusalem bin laden when he declared his war against the united states in the declaration of jihad, he signed a toroson. they would the headquarters of al-qaeda, the leadership stays in horoson. this is what we hear, the horoson group and there are horoson individuals. >> means those individuals follow the leadership of al-qaeda cents tral. not necessarily an al-qaeda affiliate. those are the black banners. the prophet aged we want on to describe the

ali spoke to a lawyer based in miami. it's easy to understand his opposition to the change in policy. born in cuba, he spent 16 years in cuba's prisons because of opposition to the communist led government. in 1977 he received amnesty. he immigrated to the u.s. where he lived since. he called president obama's decision a big mistake. >> i heard obama's speech, and then i heard raul castro's speech. he is on the same page that he has always been. he has not changed. so i don't think the mere fact that we will lift the embargo or do - you know, do him favors now that he's - that economic situation in cuba is in a real crisis when the subsidies from venezuela have probably stopped altogether. we are talking about 23, 24 million a day. >> you are saying this is not all truistic. it's not about making a good deal. the money has stopped flowing. cuba needs a better option. >> not at all. i think at the end the american taxpayer will end up paying for whatever the cuban government does not pay. okay. we export food there. we exp

i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." the new cold war, russian president vladimir putin lashed out at u.s. foreign policy, defending his country's action he in ukraine and crimea. that speech l followed the announcement that russia is scrapping a pipeline project, instead russia will boost gas supplies to turkey, using current pipelines. now, it's asafe to say that russia's relations with the west are at their lowest point in year s because of the action he in ukraine. many of the issues that played out there are the same as what we're seeing today. go back to 2003 that's when georgians electricked mikhail sakasvi rvetio svili as president. in 2006. the south esetians went one step further, two years later , w. bush started lobbying his nato allies, that angered moscow. so when sakashvili unleashed his are, r , russian jets bombed the main city, they only stopped when french mediation ended the conflict. in about 5 days of fighting, 130,000 were displaced from their homes. sure, the united states and nato denounced russi

in the ben ali era, there were five television stations today there were 17.y are owned by political parties and businessmen with close ties to the parties. >> to deal with that the government set up a new regulator, the high-end authority. it set new recommendations for media coverage during the electoral campaign but struggled to assert authority. two of the three privately owned channels refused to comply with the new regulations and are, in effect operating without licences. >> translation: it's not hiker against journalists or freedom of speech. that's not what we are about. this is between a minority of media owners that had privileges during the rein of ben ali and wanted to act outside the regulatory framework. >> ostensibly the conflict boils down to money, influence and what many see as a sense of entitlement of media that exists under ben ali. hiker says it's trying to separate media and politician by removing the money. they can't own, fund or advertise on television. in an election year politicians need it. in the new commercially driven market th

i'm ali velshi. over $2.5 billion have been pumped into developing commercial space flight. the idea that any of us could become an astronaut is driving the space tourism industry. but in october virgin galactic's spaceship two crashed into the desert. the tone at the space port, somber, on edge, security was extra tight. at one point asking us to leave, but we were here at the invitation of the ceo of the space port. >> you hear that noise? tested. >> this is roughly equivalent to the silicon valley of space. it's where virgin galactic and x core test their spacecraft. >> i have been chief executive here for 13 years. the one thing i can guarantee my crew when i started was i don't know when the next mishap will occur, but i know it will occur. >> virgin galactic was the front runner to take paying customers into earth's low orbit. these are the pictures the public saw. but it was a very different narrative after the crash. branson was visibly shaken. >> reporter: how much of a set babb is this? >>

i'm ali velshi. and this is "real money." here are the three findings you need to know from the senate's long-awaited and controversial report on the tactics used by america in the name of fighting terror. cia's so-called enhanced interrogation techniques. eits, used on terror suspects after 9-1-1, amounted to torture. the cia failed to yield solid intelligence from suspects by torturing them. and the agency lied to the white house and congress, and i quote, "leaving the false impression that the cia was requiring unique information from the use of the information." it put the cost of the cia's detention and interrogation program at $9 billion in non-personnel costs. how much over? and what about outside contractors? we can't be insure by this report. but it goes on to say that the cia program contracted with company formed square meters with contractors receiving $81 million from the contract was terminated in 2009. the report says that they were hired to device and enhance interrogation techniques, and it goes to to talk ab

ali spoke to scott stringer, the man in charge. money, and he offered a look at new york's payment system. >> an individual comes before the office and files a claim. we make an attempt to settle the claim. we do it rarely, not often. the controls office is empowered to make the settlement. that's what i have been doing. >> who determines the merit of the arguments. >> there's a hearing process. people think the controllers office has a lot of accounts watching the books. we have a robust law firm with respect the controllers office. there's 80 attorneys working to settle claims against the city. sometimes they are claims with notoriety. many times they slip and fall. there's a host of ways that people come to the controls office to settle the claims. this is our way of making sure that people do not sue the city over and over for the same things. we came out with something that basically does the analysis of where claims against the city come from. if we have 36% of or claims because of the n.y.p.d. complaint. we now know where th

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ali went to the hospital this morning and the prognosis is good. no details on where ali is hospitalized. the 72-year-old old has long battled parkinsons disease. he did appear in november for the muhammad ali association. >>> and coco disappeared as a brown dog with white markings. but turned out as a stray as a black dog. they identified her by her microchip. there are reports that she dug her way out of her yard and is missing again with her new darker hairdo. >> they need a stronger fence. >>> the christmas spirit took hold of fans. many arrived with new unwrapped toys for the u.s. marine corp.'s toys for tots drive. marines are changing to several locations. one sergeant spoke about why they were conducting their toy drive at a raiders game. >> it's football. it's as american as you get. i would like to believe that the spirit and the holiday spirit is within everybody right now. >> the toys collected at the oakland coliseum will be given to needy children all over alameda county. >>> for the second day they collected donations curb side to ge

ali rasmus there at bay bridge toll plaza. windy bay bridge toll plaza and rose marry, keep getting ali and rosemary mixed up. more on the high winds nay are hitting all over the bay area right now. >> from the bay area to ann arbor, michigan. jim harbaugh got a very warm welcome in his new hometown today. >> . >> michigan football history. >> cheering on their new football coach. some students even wore dockers and headsets to show their excitement for their new leader. harbaugh was all smiles during the game, joking around, thanking students for their support. something we weren't used to seeing during his time with the 49ers. joe fonzi joins us live with more on the wolverine welcome. >> i wouldn't say we saw a different side of jim harbaugh. we saw one of the many faces of jim harbaugh. i was at harbaugh's press conference at stanford and my immediate reaction was, that guy will be able to recruit and he'll turn a 1 and 11 program around. he did just that and he has a similar mission now at michigan. >> it's been ten years

i'm ali velshi.thank you for joining us. >> secretary of state john kerry leading and international summit on fighting isil as new reports surface of an iranian jet launching strikes against iraq. >> israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu dissolves parliament, accusion cabinet members of plotting a government takeover. a new election date set in israeli two years earlier than planned. >> expose tour burning trash

the question, ali, really is what can republicans do about it?and the answer seems to be a recognition that really nothing in the short term. >> mike, this sort of speaks to what i was just talking about before you came on, the supreme court case about ups hearing. the republicans are arguing two points. one, whether or not they like what the president is doing, and whether or not doing it by executive action versus legislation is the right thing to do. that's the brush they really want to paint president obama with, right? that this is not the way laws should be made. >> well, their argument is that the president didn't have the votes. he didn't have the votes in the house of representatives. we can argue that both ways, a clearly it did not come up in the house floor. it does clear the republican party as it has done in the past decade. it cleaves them right down the middle of those who say its amnesty, and others who say we have to get right with hispanic and latino voters in this country, and others who agree with the president and many are d

"real money"'s ali velshi joins us now. ali good to see you. what are the implications of this for us sir? >> stick around and they'll be giving it to you free. lowest level since july of 2009, when i had hair. now the price of oil dipped below $63 a barrel. during today's trading. tony you didn't have hair. >> no, no. >> down 41% since june, most analysts expect the prices to keep dropping. 60, $70 may be where it settles. they're thinking it could dip as low as 35 or $45 a barrel by the middle of next year. i think there are a lot of people who think that is good news but there are a lot of people for whom this is very, very bad news. >> ali, at some point you have to bring back the old oil barrel. >> not even worth the weight of carrying it at some point. >> why now? >> there are some reasons, global demand are down, russia is slowing down economically, asia both india and china is slowing down, and global supply is up in part because of the success of america's energy boom but oil was above $100 for so long that it causes everybody to dig f

i'm ali velshi. and this is "real money." ♪ >>> oil prices are now solidly below $70 a barrel and many analysts say they have more room to fall. that has americans celebrating as prices at the pump continue to fall, but not everyone is in a celebrating mood. i'll explain. but first, u.s. oil futures settled at $69 a bashl. prices seesawed between 63 and $74 a barrel. prices have fallen 36% since peaking in june, and since crude oil is the main component for gasoline, prices at the pump have come down 29% in roughly the same time. the big reason that oil prices appear to be in free fall is because of a decision by opec producers last week not to put oil out put. normally when demand lags, the leading oil producers get together and try to agree on supply cuts. but these aren't normal times. america's energy boom is creating more supply right when economies in europe and asia are starting to pull back on their demand for oil. saudi arabia is viewed as the world's sing producer. it has the ability to flo

we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >>> i am ali velshi. you are watching "to talk to al jazeera" my guest is peter gabe bre yell with richard branson, he helped create elders, a group of elder peace. >> you were having a conversation one day with richard branson, and you -- it seems like your -- you have these moments in your life where you decide that change is required and you are going to go really big with change. this yd of the elders? >> yeah. >> came up. >> yeah. >> tell us about the elders for those who don't know. >> it's sort of a naive dream, you know, like you can get a bunch of super heroes and sort out some of the problems, but the serious aspect of it was that wisdom is the neglected commodity in a way. you know, people go through life, a ton of experience, and we sort of push them off to the sea and into the unknown. and there is something there that could be gained. the dream, i think, was that if you could find elder statesmen, states women, that have extraordinary lives behind them but are no longer interested in their o

ali's spokesperson said it was discovered quickly. ali suffers also from parkinson's disease.able condition and should be released soon. >>> a dangerous lightning strike after the buccaneers and packers game. we have an update on the seven people hospitalized and we will tell you what happened. ®. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients. [ aniston ] because beautiful skin goes with everything. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. >>> this just in to cnn. a united airlines flight from seattle to newark, new jersey has been diverted. the aircraft landed safely and no injuries reported. a new plane is brought in to replace the one. >>> florida state university quarterback jameis winston has been cleared of rape allegations at a student code of contact hearing. a student claimed that winston sexually assaulted her. winston was not arrested, but faced a code of conduct charge. there is insufficient evidence to uphold that charge. the woman can appeal within five days. winston could still face legal trouble. >>> in

there were two million tunisians with ben ali.can't exclude them all. >> reporter: back on the streets, the former judge turned politician, ennou kalthoum, isn't enamored with either candidate but says keeping the peace in tunisia is key. >> ( translated ): there is a risk of the old regime and the new dictatorship as well, i am against both. if the president manages to make peace and security in tunisia automatically there will be an evolution on the economic plan because people are afraid of investing. i hope that people will be able to make things better in the future. >> reporter: metal worker lofti garbi is counting on that better future, hoping his country emerges as an arab spring success story among a region deep in turmoil. for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: the past few years, and a pair of major spills into waterways and communities, have brought a whole new concern about coal to the forefont: it's about a by-product called coal ash. after a six-year battle, the environmental protection agency has

next -- former bachelorette and current host of e news, ali fedotowsky! ali!ause ] how are you? welcome, ali. there you go. and actor, director and musician, malcolm-jamal warner. malcolm. [ cheers and applause ] welcome. nice to see you. so, here we are, been a long road, chilli, how are you feeling tonight? >> i am so excited. can i not wait to find out. >> jimmy: ali, do you think we found the one? >> um -- i don't think we'll ever know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: malcolm, what for you was the most memorable part of this experience? >> nillic to the max. >> jimmy: i have to say, i found that to be pretty moving, myself. you know, our finalists tonight have the so much charisma, so much charm, so much energy. they are literally full of "it." and right now -- we're going to check out on hollywood boulevard with the host of "do you have what it takes," kenny mayne of espn. kenny, what is the situation with the fans out there? >> thank, jimmy. right now, there actually is no situation and there are no fans. i'd put the excitement level at zero. >> jimmy: wait a min

i'm ali velshi. this is a special edition of "real money." >> today america turns a knew page with its neighbor, president obama announced moves to normalize relations with cuba's communist government that were broken off in 1961. back then president eisenhower broke with fidel castro's government over its blooming alliance with the soviet union. the changes will include an exchange of ambassadors for the first time in more than half a century. they'll also ease some of the restrictions on u.s. companies that do business in cuba. the white house said that it will open--business also now be able to open accounts at cuban banks, and travelers will be permitted to use u.s. credit and debit cards inside cuba. until now they have not been able to. in an address to the nation this is how president obama defended his decision to reset relations with cuba. >> where we disagree we won't raise those differences directly. as we will continue to do on issues related to issues of democracy and human rights in cub

tell me what is on your mind by tweeting ali velshi, and facebook.com/ali velshi. keep it here. >> now that the united states has squarely blamed north korea for the sony cyberattack, the question is what can america do about it? president obama says the u.s. will respond proportionately, but what that look like? our next guest says the u.s. needs to target north korea's vulnerabilities. author of "the impossible state: north korea past and future." victor what are the options for the united states? >> i think there are a range of them starting with the criminal investigation to bring to task the individuals who were involved in this particular action with sony. there is a lot of information that could be share. and potentially even corporation with china because these hacks against sony could easily have been against a chinese company. this could be something that we could work together. and something that we would never see in the general public, which is a proportionate response. even in the open source, we have a pretty good idea where north korea's state spons

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the holiday toy season is here and we are learning more about the safety of popular toys, ali gorman has the details next. >> plus, the results are in for cyber monday, i'll tell you how many people were logging on to fine the bargains. all right, well we'll check back in with cecily tynan, "action news" at 5:00 will be right back. hey! it's mister monopoly. and the new monopoly millionaires' club lottery game. where you have 3 ways to become a millionaire. first, win the top prize of up to 25 million dollars when you match all the draw numbers. or win 1 million dollars when you match all the club numbers. or you could win up to one million dollars as a contestant on the exciting new tv game show in las vegas. play the monopoly millionaires' club game today. there could be more million dollar prizes than any lottery game in us history. the pennsylvania lottery. benefits older pennsylvanians every day. >>> an explosion turned this home into a pile of charred rubble in chicago, the fire department responded to 911 calls about a possible gas leak, crews were going door-to-door to evacua

is caught early -- and ali shod d for too >>> mohammed ali is in the hospital.a mild case of pneumonia. he will not be hospitalized for too long. but the 72-year-old is treated by a team of doctors and is stable right now. ali's family is not disclosing where he is hospitalized. >>> elton john and his long time partner david have made it official. hundreds of people lined the streets as the couple arrived to town hall for their wedding. britain legalized same sex marriage this year. they got married on the 9th year anniversary of their civil partnership. john tweeted about the plans last week. >>> a new subway campaign aimed at men is raising a few eye brows tonight. it is called "dude, close your legs." passengers complain men that sit with their legs open take up too much space. courtesy counts but manners make a better ride. no word if we will see a similar campaign on b.a.r.t. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take

and then it is "real money with ali velshi." >> coming up on real un.ure these lower gas prices are great for your wallet, but there could be a down side for all of us. we're talking about the new cold war with the former president of the country that bought a real war with russia. all that and more on "real money." >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism >> today marks world a.i.d.s. day, a new report says that last year the number of people newly infected with hiv was lower than the people who were hiv-positive and receiving treatment. for millions living with hiv, drug cocktails have been life savers, but now there are concerns those drugs might be helping the virus mutate. >> the hospital in milan is typical in the front lines in the battle against h.i.v. patients are here for one vital thing,

i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪ >>> for the first time ever, all of the world's nations rich and poor having a agreed in principal to cut back on the burning of oil, gas, and coal. they hammered out an accord that sets the stage for a bigger global a pact for pairs next year. there will be winners and losers, and producers of solar, wind, will gain, meanwhile this could be another nail in the coffin on the coal industry which continues to shed jobs here and around the world. but the devil is always in the details. the strength is the fact that every country pledges to put forward a plan to reduce emissions at home, but that's also its weakness. it doesn't blind them to cut emissions by any particular amount. the hope is the biggest polluters will cut their amounts. most scientists agree rising sea levels, intense heat waves, floods, and droughts, are all systems of climate change. if the world doesn't get a grip on it we all lose. historically the biggest emitters have been industrialized cou

it's under investigation. >>> to what we're learning this evening about muhammad ali.d to the hospital this weekend with pneumonia. reports tonight have ali vastly improving and, in fact, he may go home soon. >>> and you remember the house from "up" floating up into the air. tonight, the real life version. watch this. a daredevil armed with 50 tanks of helium, 909 balloons and a lawn chair, lifting off. when he reaches 8,000 feet, popping the balloons with a rifle, hurtling to the ground at the speed that he controlled. that chute says it all. rockstar. he stuck the landing, too. not bad. >>> when we come back here, the christmas competition is on tonight. who really has the biggest, most beautiful display? and the stunning image coming in from nasa of it all. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see w

i'm ali velshi, this is "real money." as i told you we will keep an eye on those protests continuing across america tonight. but let me tell you about news that happened today. part of discontent about the economy but november turned out to be a gang buster month for jb job creation. 320,000 new jobs added to the economy, nearly 100,000 more than economists had forecast, boosted this year's total figure by an additional 44,000 new jobs. america has now added on average almost 241,000 net new jobs per month so far in 2014. that is about where monthly gains should be for the job amarket to have room to grow oop to take advantage of new workers coming into the labor market . unemployment stayed put 5.7%, that's the lowest number seen back in 2008, ignore that for a moment. the more important are the numbers of jobs added every month. of the 321,000 jobs added last no 20,000 were added in construction. that's good. 28,000 manufacturing. another 29,000 in health care. health care has some low paying jobs but generally these ar

i'm ali velshi.pace x's inaugural space test showed that newcomers are the future of the space industry. since then millions of dollars has been pumped into startups. the stakes are high, but as melissa chan reports that isn't thinking big. >> reporter: the map is of space, and the treasure lies in asteroids. private space companies believe that incredible amounts of rare asteroids. >> the ability to access resources in that environment as opposed to digging up the earth and hauling things up out of the gravity well of earth that is a change in the economi economic -- equation of the cost of doing business in space. >> reporter: the prospect an orbiting spacecraft. it will probe and bring samples back to earth. but there are setbacks like this one. [ explosion ] >> reporter: one of the resources telescopes headed for testing was destroyed in the rocket explosion. many other commercial space companies lost equipment being sent to the space station for testing. >> putting things into orbit is not a tri

ali is being treater for a mild case of pneumonia. he was admitted on saturday.octors hope to discharge him soon. the 72-year-old battles parkinson's disease. health officials say they were fortunate to catch the pneumonia early. >> health check tonight. local doctors are saying seeing a surge in the number of flu cases in our area. some are warning parents to be on the located for severe symptoms. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is at the big board with the details. >> the pennsylvania medical society held a teleconference today. they want to get the word out they are expecting a bad flu season and it is starting. emergency room doctor of the children's hospital was on the call. he says the number of er visits is up at chop about 20 percent for this time of year and many visits are due to the flu. they've had some kids go to intensive care, mostly kids with underlying respiratory problems such as asthma. care stat urgent care is also seeing a spike in flu cases even though the vaccine is not a good match for the predominant strain, it is still

i'm david shuster in for ali velshi, and this is "real money". >>> the environmental protection agency unveiled the first federal regulation governing the storage of coal ash, the waste left over after power plants burn coal. the new rules are weaker than environmentalists hoped for. they fail to classify coal ash as hazardous waste or deal with sites. one incident fresh in the minds of north carolinans saw tens of thousands of coal ash spill into the dan river after a storage unit bebelonging to duke energy ruptured. robert ray reports on how cope. >> reporter: tonnes of waste from cole-fired power plants. plants. >> arsenic chromium and lead. >> reporter: poured out of a cracked pipe into a major river in north carolina last february. >> duke energy cannot fail, we take the responsibility seriously. river. >> reporter: duke energy is the largest electric company in the u.s. after the spill a federal grand jury began to look into their relationship with north carolina regulators. miles away from the dan river spill a shuttered goal planned overlooks the river, as toxic ash seeps into