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

"real money" with ali velshi.m now we'll air a special, journalism is not a crime, that is at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> journalism is not a crime, yet three of our al jazeera colleagues remain in prison one year after they were arrested, a country that gets $1.5 billion a year in aid from america. plus the biggest movie in america never made it to a theater near you. and the crude reality of the economy. the effect overtime may not be good for everyone. i'll explain. i'm ali vels

i'm ali velshi. 2003, over $2.5 billion have been pumped into developing commercial space flight. the idea is driving the space tourism industry, but recently we got a stark reminder of the risk. we were on the ground just days after the fatal crash. the tone at the space port, somber, on edge. security was extra tight. at one point asking us to leave. but we are 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 commercial space. it's where dozens of companies have chosen to develop their space businesses. they aren't strangers to risk. >> i have been chief executive here for 11 years. one thing i can guarantee when i started is i don't know when the next mishap will occur, but i know it will occur. >> virgin gal lactic was the front runner to take paying passengers into orbit. but it was a very different narrative after the crash. branson was visibly shaken. >> reporter: how much of a setback is this? [ sighs ]

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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

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

that's our show for today, i'm jen rogers in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> the murders of two new york city police officers causing tension between police, the city's mayor and even the president. why some are blaming their comments for the attack as we learn new details about the shooter. >> north korea threatens strikes in retaggation for being accused of hacking sony. president obama considers his next move. could he put pyongyang back on the list of state sponsors o

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

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been watching "talk to al jazeera" i am ali velshi. 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 them

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,

tell me what is on your mind by tweeting ali velshi, and facebook.com/ali velshi. keep it here. >> al jazeera america presents >> somebody's telling lies... >> it looks nothing like him... >> pan am flight 103 explodes december 21st, 1988 was the right man convicted? >> so many people, at such a high level, had the stake in al-megrahi's guilt >> the most definitive look at this shocking crime >> the major difficulty for the prosecution that there was no evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part one: the pan am bomber >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> 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 vulnerability ies. author of "the impossible state:

i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. pass >>> hello i'm richard gizbert, and you are at the "listening post". here are some of the media stories. there's a showdown in brussels over google. the question - how big is too bi

david shuster up for ali velshi. thank you for visiting us. >> let's say you were in the construction industry, supermarkets or trucking, and you've been paid in a benefit plan, and you would have got then benefit plan because of collective bargaining. there are ten million americans who are expecting an amount in their pension each month. what congress has done is this pension is underfunded. it's due to run out in ten years. we're going to eliminate 40 years of law and allow the people who were on the hook for these pensions, to cut them by 50%. some folks are thinking i should be getting $4,000, now boom you get $2,000, and by the way there is nothing you can do about it because congress is closing the law that would enable you to sue the benefit plan. that's what's is at stake. >> will anyone take this out of the bill? >> this is an agreement between congressional leaders, and even people who are opposed to this pension system being slashed they don't think they have the votes to make it happen. oh the flip side

i'm david shuster in for ali velshi. and this is "real money." >> a little more than a year since the disastrous government shut down by a do nothing congress. they agreed on a spending bill that will keep the government funded through september. lawmakers have until tomorrow evening to read it before a suspected vote hours ahead before the trigger point of another government shutdown. republicans only approved funding for the department of homeland security until february. homeland security handles immigration, so the bill will give republicans a chance this winter to block president obama's executive order that protects five million unauthorized immigrants. in this bill however, there is a lot more from federal spending. in the horse trading that prompted this preliminary agreement, both sides agree to the ten-fold increase to what donors can give to the international party. they prevent the district of columbia to use it's own money to regulate marijuana, which voters legalized last month. it legalized swaps and regul

"real money" with ali velshi is next. eric guarder case in new york and pictures and looking at new york city and midtown and 57th street and keeping an eye on this throughout the hour and other news for you, a startling number of jobs added to the economy last month and workers out there are left saying show me the money and secretary of defense will face some old fiscal challenges and break down military spending and look if your money is being swell spent and the we are up a

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

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

that's our show for today, i'm jen rogers in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. >> it's a weekday morning in new york city and a line forms well before doors open at this east harlem food pantry. the people waiting for food range from young mothers to older people on fixed incomes. inside the pantry, the number of people needing food is only growing. congress cut 5 billion dollars from "s.n.a.p." or the "supplemental nutrition assistance program" in late 2013; because of that, the new york common pantry, one of the largest in new york - serving 3 million meals annually, reports a 26% increase in recipients in the last year. new york ranked 4 in a recent survey of cities around the globe with the highest percentage of millionaires. joel berg, who heads the new york coalition against hunger says, as the city gets wealthier, demand at the 1000 plus food kitchens he represents is only increasing. >> well when neighborhoods gentrify, the demand goes up because rent is the single greatest cost that low income people face and if they can't afford

that's our show for today, i'm jen rogers in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. >>> i'm richelle carey, police officials raise concerns about attacks on the ambush killing of two police officers. >>> north korea threatens new cyber attacks and washington considers how to retaliate for the devastating attack on sony pictures >>> f.a.r.c. is demanding talks to end a 50 years war with the government >>> in the middle east - disagreements over the production of oil. all that ahead on al jazeera america. keep it here. launched four satellites to photograph our galaxy across the spectrum of both visible and invisible light. they made up the agency's "great observatory program" and each orbiting telescope saw things a little differently, and now the youngest of the four satellites has just finished its mission. the spitzer space telescope is an infrared camera, it detects objects that our eyes can't see and it has taken 2.5 million photographs over the course of almost 10 years in operation. >> 2.5 million photographs stitched together into one bi

i'm ali velshi. 2003, over $2.5 billion have been pumped into developing commercial space flight. the idea is driving the space tourism industry, but recently we got a stark reminder of the risk. we were on the ground just days after the fatal crash. the tone at the space port, somber, on edge. security was extra tight. at one point asking us to leave. but we are 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 commercial space. it's where dozens of companies have chosen to develop their space businesses. they aren't strangers to risk. >> i have been chief executive here for 11 years. one thing i can guarantee when i started is i don't know when the next mishap will occur, but i know it will occur. >> virgin gal lactic was the front runner to take paying passengers into orbit. but it was a very different narrative after the crash. branson was visibly shaken. >> reporter: how much of a setback is this? [ sighs ]

i'm patricia sagba in for ali velshi in this edition of "real money." >> it's a new cold war. russia's intervention in ukraine and land grab in crimea has brought tensions that many hoped from buried with the fall of the burr lynn wall. western sanctions have cut off investment, and encouraged others to pull out investments. now russia's finance minister is warning of a harsh recession hitting russians than once thought. he said russia's economy could shrink by as much as 4% in the new year if oil prices continue to slump. this time by declaring a new military doctrine that list the u.s. and nato alliance as a threat to security. >> what the president sees as threat facing his country as we move in to 2015. and first and foremost, as you said in the introduction is nato. look, since the fall of the berlin wall nato has added 12 eastern european countries to its membership, and that blue tied is coming closer and close for russia, and really putin and the kremlin are not happy about this at all. they see this as a real potential threat possibly in the years add. so that is the

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

i am ali velshi speaking to musician and human rights activist peter gabe bre yell? >> i thought i misread that. you are creating apes. >> yeah. well, i mean i played -- i had a year when i was working with sue savage-rumbeau with these extraordinary bonobo apes and i went down there four times. sometimes with musicians and, and we tried different things but in the end, we got a bonobois on the keyboard, two of the apes and i would be playing in the next door room. they could see me and they would just experiment with different notes according to what i was playing, and most people, you know, i mean i think some people have seen stuff on the movies and they expect had he them to play beetoven but what you see is an extraordinary intelligence questioning each note, finding harmonnies, octaves, repeating certain notes and for any musician, they get blown away because there is something happening which you get in a jam where things begin to work, and it was 100% evidence from the -- of the intelligence of other beings, and i think we have maintained extremelyarrogant at

. >> yes, "real money with ali velshi" is next on al jazeera america. >> it's the new cold war and russian economy is taking a beating as vladimir putin takes on the west. plus giving pregnant workers protection from boss who is want to take them off the job. the supreme court is set to hear a case that may permanently change life for women in the workplace. had and i'll introduce you to the start ups in an effort to win the modern day space race. i'm ali velshi, and this is real money. >> the new cold war between russia and the west over ukraine is costing russians dearly. moscow expects russia's economy to spiral in recession. that will hit russian households with a 2.8% drop in collective disposal income. western sanctions are taking a big bite out of russian economy, but a bigger culprit is falling oil prices. they have plummeted 38% since early summer. that's a problem because russia counts on oil and gas revenues to fund half it's budget. meanwhile, the war between the government and pro-russian separatests stalls while fighting drags on in nearby donetsk. ukraine accuse russians of

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

. >> i'm david shuster in for ali velshi, and this is "real money". >>> consumers rejoice, oil prices are lower than they have been in years. the main reason is lower supply and decreasing demand. economies in europe and asia putting the breaks on growth. at the same time america's fracking boom adding to the supply. you can't talk about oil without talking about saudi arabia. the one party that can swing prices upwards. saudis can keep prices flow ag is the current levelsful all meaning the consumers benefit more. analysts think that lower prices are here to stay, and gas prices will fall further. you can't have winners without losers, in this case they are send sending mixed messages. we have this report. >> reporter: as the price of crude oil plum et cetera, one question -- plummets, one question is on the mines of energy producers. could america's fracking make it a victim of its own success. fracking, breaking up oil and gas using a high pressure cocktail of water, sand and chemicals made the u.s. the leading oil producer. america is churning out 9 million barrels a day up from 5

one hour special only on al jazeera america >>> 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

"real money" with ali velshi. two hours from now we'll air a special, journalism is not a crime, that is at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> journalism is not a crime, yet three of our al jazeera colleagues remain in prison one year after they were arrested, a country that gets $1.5 billion a year in aid from america. plus the biggest movie in america never made it to a theater near you. and the crude reality of the economy. the effect overtime may not be good for everyone. i'll explain. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." ♪ >>> one year ago today three of our al jazeera colleagues were arrested in egypt where they remain in prison now. the united states which gives egypt $1.5 billion a year in aid has protested their detention as have other governments. now there's talk that peter greste mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed, could be released soon as world outrage grows at their plight and pressure from the united states and others increases. in june all three were convicted of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood

the latest on any of the stories, just go on over to our website, aljazeera.com, real money with ali velshi coming up, here on al jazeera america. >>> the truth in stranger than fiction, hackers plot to kill hollywood comedy about the plot to kill north korea's leader. instead of laughs we're left with questions about security. and america moves to end decades of isolation from cuba. between the lines in the government spending bill a provision to give sacred native american land away to a copper mining company. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money." ♪ >>> it's the story that soukds so ridiculous it may as well be a hollywood blockbuster. sony has canceled the scheduled christmas release of the interview. a comedy about the assassination of north korea's leader. it is the latest of the hack that will not end. it began with a barrage of exposed emails, each feature big names and bigger embarrassments for sony executives. no one spared, seemingly. but recently the story took a far more threatening tone. the hackers threatened to kill people who go to the movie. now the u.s. government is invol

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