allen schauffler is san bernardino, allen this changes the investigation now that federal investigators are in charge. >> well that's right. all the information now all the efforts at investigation are going to go through federal hands, through the fbi. they made it very clear today, who's in charge, and what they're looking for. >> 48 hours after the mass murder in san bernardino, the fbi formally takes over the case. leaving no doubt about what direction the investigation is headed. >> as of today, based on the information and the facts as we know them, we are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism. >> the agency's assistant director for los angeles says that decision was made with good reason. but offered few details beyond what's already known. the thousands of rounds of ammunition found in the suspects' rental property. the dozen or so home made bombs and extensive bomb making materials discovered in their garage. two damaged cell phones have been found in a nearby trash can and are being examined to determine if digital material can be retrieved. investigator

allen schauffler reports from seattle. >> there was a lot of talk from seattle city hall about the historic nature of the vote. this legislation has not been tried anywhere else, all quiet here right now, as you can see. that was not the case monday afternoon when the vote went down in council changes. >> at uber business is booming. six years into the ride-sharing mobile app business, the country has more than a million drivers behind the wheel, in 250 cities in more than 50 countries. this person drives for uber and other services in seattle. >> i keep it on a schedule. it's got into terms of flexibility. also, i like transporting people. >> drivers paying their hours and most cone cars. they don't receive the workplace benefits. they are not employees, they are independent contractors. the company sets the rates. there's no precedent for labour workers to have collective rights, those that support the industry say it's time to challenge that. >> what i want to do is give the drivers some leverage in negotiating with uber, negotiating with lift, whoever it is, so they have say in what the

. >> allen schauffler in san bernardino, we'll be back with you shortly. al jazeera's national security leader, douglas olivant joins us, a form he director in the bush and obama administrations. good evening doug. >> evening antonio. >> first let's start with the fbi saying that there were indications of radicalization and potential inspiration by foreign terrorist groups. given the information released do you agree with the fbi assessment that it is a case of terrorism? >> i would echo the assistant director based on the facts as we have them now that certain appears to be the case. >> do you expect the focus of the investigation is now to figure out if this couple received any direction from abroad, or whether the foreign groups just served as inspiration? >> i'm sure the focus of the fbi investigation is to trace that back as far as they can. but it does appear that it wasn't the case that they had direction. inspiration, yes. but probably not direction. >> now i.s.i.l. has played no claim of responsibility. although reports are that it is pleased that

allen schauffler tell us more about these latest reports about his wife pledging allegiance to isil.e they saying officially? >> reporter: very startling information if it proves true. right now they are not saying much more than you told us a minute or so ago. we are waiting to hear back from the fbi, and we expect a news conference at this location, possibly at 9:00, and that will certainly be a topic of conversation, if the female suspect pledged allegiance on a facebook page, which we believe has been taken down, to isis on the day or days before the attack. and officials have said that they do believe that these two were self activated, or self radicaliz radicalized. that they don't believe they were taking orders from anybody in syria or iraq, anybody with isil. but, again, the exactly relationship, where whether was some relationship, or whether they were just showing allegiance to the group, we just docket know at this point. hoping to get more from the fbi and hear more from law enforcement officials in the hour. del? >> are we learning anything else new about the investigat

but let's get to allen schauffler now. he is following this story and has been for a couple of days now. alan, i guess let's deal with the headline that this is being investigated as an act of terrorism. and let me read the line here. we are investigating it as an act of terror for a good reason. >> reporter: that's right, the agent saying they are investigating it this way for a very good reason. repeated questions about what leads him to believe that, he said he is not going to talk about those things in detail. but we have two suspects who were heavily armed with homemade bombs, a bomb-making factory of sorts in their garage lots of weapons or enough weapons and plenty of ammunition, so what we all have seen that might have contributed to the fbi's decision. let's get to the agent, the second man in charge here in the los angeles area for the fbi, and here is the statement he made a couple of moments ago. >> as of today, based on the information and the facts as we know them, we are now investigating these horrific acts

allen schauffler, what have you learned today? >> jonathan, this is a massive act by state and local authorities, as of this afternoon it is very clear who's in charge and what they're looking for. 48 hours after the mass murder in san bernardino, the fbi formally takes over the case. leaving no doubt about what direction the investigation is headed. >> as of today, based on the information and the facts as we know them we are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: the agency's assistant director for los angeles says that was done, but offers little details other than what's already known. the dozen or so home made bombs and extensive bomb-making materials discovered in their garage. two damaged cell phones have been found in a nearby trash can and are being examined to determined if digital material can be retrieved. investigators say that could be key evidence in nailing down a motive and could find out whether syed farook and tashfeen malik were members of diverse terrorist groups. >> we are

allen schauffler explains. allen. >> good evening john, a problem two centuries in the making, a problem they've recognized just in the last decade or so and just beginning to study seriously. now it was west coast shellfish growers, oyster farmers who felt the first impact of this and were first to sound the alarm. 3 million pounds a year grown shucked and sold at goose point on washington am wilipa bay. kathleen is a young coo, due to the changing chemical composition of west coast waters. >> it's changed the way we do business entirely. we have a whole new business now because of ocean acidification. >> the ph level, the measurement of acidity, the researchers of noaa,. >> there hasn't really been a time in history that we can observe, that we can detect where the co2 has changed this fast. >> reporter: so we realize don't know what's coming? >> we don't know exactly. >> reporter: we know more co2 means more acidic water and the effects are dramatic on the west coast of north and south america where seasonal

allen schauffler, al jazeera, british columbia. >> are u.s.foreign policy we'll examine how president obama plans to tackle the pornlgt globathe importantglobal issues. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm david schuster. here's a look at our top stories. media reports indicate the national football league and major league baseball will investigate questions of doping raised in an al jazeera documentary. al jazeera's investigative unit recorded hours of intrif intervs with a pharmacy, of doping, claims the players deny. >>> in afghanistan a car bomb has exploded outside the kabul airport. it happened outside a gate used by nato and coalition forces. the interior ministry is providing confirmation of the incident, also details of more violence this. >>> sunday and a regular look at the week ahead. this coming friday marks the coming of a new year. closer candidates running in presidential primary elections. the key question for many candidates involves the fight against i.s.i.l. and u.s. policy towards syrian refugees. but for all the cam

allen schauffler, al jazeera, vancouv vancouver, british columbia. >>> lebanon has the second-largestumber of refugees right now, and there are no camps to house them. our cameras spent the day with a young syrian boy who spends his time selling peanuts to help feed his family. ♪ >> we are will more on that desperate journey coming up at 9:30 tonight. and for a look at what is coming up at the top of the hour, jonathan bets is here. >>> a follow-up to an investigation raising questions about sports heros using human growth hormone. >>> and what is hgh? it has been linked to athletes using the drug to improve their performance. why was it initially developed, and how is it different from a steroid. >>> and planned parenthood has been under attack this year. the discussions about the sale of organs from aborted fetuses to december's fas shooting in colorado springs. reaction from organization leaders. >>> and also tonight, stopping animal abuse, those convicted in tennessee will be publicly dentedfied in tennessee. how the fbi is involved, and how it can stop activities like dog fightin

treat us fairly. >> allen schauffler. >> breaking news in tonight. public schools in "the new republic" will be closed tomorrow. local media reporting it was due to a threat of violence. we'll update the story >>> still ahead. a closer looked at how cuba develops his list of athletes. kevin will join us with the weather. >> we are looking at snow coming in off the lakes. how long will it snow. in some places we have seen 6-12 inches of snow. will it stay around for christmas. i'll let you know that when i return after this. this. >>> when it comes to athletics, cuba knows how it nurture success, the country has a history of producing champions. daniel schweimler shows us how cuba is creating gold medal winners of tomorrow. >> reporter: this is the boxing gym in the heart of old havana. all of cuba's boxing talent has passed through in the past 50 years, going on to win gold, silver and bronze at the world olympic games. the clubs are donated. the ring precarious. >> translation: they start eight or nine years old. the age at which they take everythin

al jazeera's allen schauffler takes us on a tour. >> the greening of the 52,000 square foot office buildingginning with building materials. concrete is used for the first two floors because it's considered a carbon emitter due to the energy used in creating it. the top two floors are wood, laminated beams laminated by a steel core. >> most energy efficient building in the world. and it's not that hard. >> dennis hayes, the man who organized the first earth day runs the nonprofit ecofriendly bullet foundation. >> we wanted to place a very sharp bet that shows what is going on in green building doesn't begin to show what's possible. the theory that once it exists it's possible. >> the concept here is biomimiccary. build a building that operates like a plant. >> we tried design this building as if it were a doug fir tree. using the sun for energy, composting its waste. >> a building that takes its cues from nature. >> there's weather station, feeding information into our system, the wind speed, the wind direction, if it's raining or sunny. >> what do we have up here? >> there are panels grp ho

through the whole process, and that was a rude awakening for the groups in the if you were. >> allen schauffler thank you. >>> charles ramsey is the police commissioner for the city of philadelphia, and he joins me now. it's great to have you on the program. and let me start with this. help us learn from your experience. in washington d.c. and in philadelphia and working on the president's commission after ferguson. you're in washington d.c. crime rates fall, about 40% during your tenure there, and you get to philadelphia and ultimately, you get to a place where you feel you need to ask for a year-long investigation of your force by the justice department to look at philly's police department. why is that? and what were you seeing that you wanted to get to the bottom of? >> well, first of all, i did the same thing when i was police chief in washington d.c. the washington post ran a week-long series about the shootings by metropolitan police officers in washington. i asked the justice department to come in and give us a hand with our training policies and so forth. they did, and we had remarkabl

and aljazeera's allen schauffler takes a look back from the school shooting this year that shocked theoregon. >> reporter: welcome back to roseburg, oregon, a town that you may never have heard before be october 1st. umpqua unit college, eight students and a teacher killed, he shot them as they lay on the floor and killed himself when the police arrived. sarah cobb and hannah miles were in the classroom next door. >> life afterwards is very hard. >> reporter: going back to school and reliving the horror with classmates has sparked new friendships, they say, which sparked emotions that bubble up from that day. >> oh, yes, i feel very guilty. why did i make it out? i was so close. >> reporter: hannah said that she'll never forget. >> some days you wake up and you want to stay in bed and cry, and you don't know what makes it a bad day or a good day. you have to take every day in stride. and i don't know, it's just very weird. >> reporter: and of course it was hardly the only mass shooting in 2015. motorcycle gangs battled with each other and police at a waco, texas bar. leaving nine it de

allen schauffler is in seattle with more. >> reporter: 3200, that's how many washington state inmates were let out of prison early since 2002, due to a long-standing software glitch. robert jackson was one of them. he got out in august, but should have been held in december. he faces homicide charges for a drunk-driving accident in november, killing his girlfriend lindsay hill. >> how do up think that family is experiencing trust in the stay's juvenile system. the advocate calls the sentencing error maddening. the corrective box apologised saying: we don't want to see apologies, we want changes. right now all we are getting is apologise. >> what is frustrating for cox and others is this is not a new problem. the release date error was discovered in 2012. the family of a victim of curtis robbin son alerted the department of corrections that he had gotten out early, a department spokesman said a software fix was planned. but delayed 16 times, there has been no explanation why. >> that this problem was allowed to exist for 13 years is disappointing and unacceptable. >> the government hir

al jazeera's afnal jazeera's allen schauffler has spent time with those students. >> getting a lot ofls like this one. >> unfortunately, we will not be moving forward with your candidacy at this time. >> avery is an apprentice plum inner a hands-on four yea plumber in a hands on four year program. jill was in a program, school wasn't cheap. >> you're in debt $70,000. >> yes i am. >> how does that feel? >> terrifying. >> avery tried apprentice shipping. it just didn't take. he could earn more than $60,000 a year more as he gains skill and experience. >> i'm making money already and working on it. i mean they're work pg o workinn getting a career too, they also have to pay off those debts they get. >> america's total student debt now tops $1 trillion. sort of job market. stagnant wages. >> 70% of students graduate with debt, the level of that debt is $29,000 on average. study after study shows their earning potential is up higher than for those without a degree. dr. bill zumetta researches and teaches the economics of education. >> here's another big number. $300,000. what does that mea

allen schauffler reports from vancouver. >> reporter: at vancouver international airport a family reunioneeters her older brother, wife, and five children. >> thank you, canada. thank you, everyone. >> reporter: but there is misery mixed with joy for this family. another brother, abdullah lost his wife and two sons trying to get to greece. they drowned off of the coast of turkey in september. the images of the 3-year-old's body being recovered prompted outrage around the world, and helped raise awareness of the hundreds of thousands of people streaming out of syria, iraq, and afghanistan. and it thrust this syrian-born hairdresser into the international spotlight. >> it changed my life. i am nobody. just a normal person. it's not easy. it's the most emotional, the hard thing i ever done in my life. >> since the tragedy in september, she has traveled aboard with the human rights organization, and met with u.n. officials, publicizing the flight of syrian refugees. a go-fund-me page will help with expenses. he will work as a barber in the new salon, and as this family adjusts to a new life,

allen schauffler is in seattle with more. allen. >> adam, the justice department is overseeing operations in 17 different jurisdictions, under a legal agreement they are operating under here in seattle and have been operating under for several years. what we're learning is when the feds come to town to address constitutional issues with policing don't expect a quick fix. >> hey, hey, put the knife down. >> august 2010 was the last straw. >> but the knife down! >> native american wood carver john williams walking with a knife in his hand shot and killed by a seattle officer. the naacp and dozens of other community groups reached out for help. >> what was happening with the police department was out of control. the recent safnlings as assassi referred to it of john williams, meant the system was out of control. >> they fount biased policing and improper use of force. two years later the city agreed to federal oversight and a federally appointed monitor instituted major changes in police policies. new chief kathleen o'toole spoke

. >> allen schauffler. al jazeera, seattle. >> kevin corriveau has the weather forecast. >> all of the snow coming off the lakes that's because we have some cold air going over those still warm bodies of water and then dumping the snow on the eastern side. what's going to be happening the next couple ever days, the temperatures are going to come up. look what it liked like in oswego county. six to 12 inches of snow. with lake effect snow, it comes down very quickly. the lake effect snow has ended, we get a little bit towards parts of quebec. but really that's going to be it when it comes to snow. coldest temperatures today, new york at about 51°. as we go towards tuesday, 57° and notice that the whole region is beginning to warm up with cleveland over there about 73° for them. i want to show you what is expected to happen as we go towards christmas. temperatures are coming up in new york city, a high expected ever 72° and that's 30 above average. >> an update now on the breaking news we have been following

allen schauffler is at seattle's city hall with more. >> reporter: a lot of talk today about the historicf the vote we saw. this is legislation that hasn't been tried anywhere else in the country as of yet. quiet now, but that was not the case when this vote went down a little more than an hour ago. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and that was the crowd cheering on the youian mouse vote, 8-0 in city hall. if this legislation is ever implemented, and we do expect legal challenges, it would give at-base ride service drivers the right to organize and collectively bargain over workplace conditions. it could be an interesting test case for a changing work force in the 21st century. at uber business is booming. it has more than a million drivers behind the wheel in 250 cities in more than 50 countries. this man drives for uber and other similar services in seattle. >> i do it on my own schedule. it's goo to me so far. [ inaudible ] and also i like transporting people. >> reporter: drivers pick their own uber hours, and most own their uber cars, but they don't receive traditional workplace

allen schauffler, al jazeera. boat chase across the south of mexico now across florida, the coast guard returning that stolen boat. authorities were alerted to a theft in progress at fort myers beach. it went on 345 miles before it ended 100 miles east of cancun, mexico. >>> there is a dangerous ice storm moving across the nation this morning. let's bring in kevin corriveau for more. >> this is the next phase of this big storm. we're looking at snow and ice couple laces, which is extremely dangerous. on the satellite radar, you notice how we have the areas of blue, that is the snow, the areas of pink, well, that is now the mix area. it could be sleet, could be icing. we're going to be watching this very, very carefully, but you can see the snow here in the accident as well as new mexico. i want to show you the video. this is what a blizzard looks like when you have blizzard conditions wind gusts over 60 miles an hour. the storm needs to last over three hours. this storm lasted over 36 hours, as well as visibilitie

allen schauffler, al jazeera, vancouver british columbia. >>> you are watching the news hour.to come on this program, we'll look back at some of the biggest events of 2015 through the eyes of five families. >>> plus battling some of the worst winter conditions scandinavia has to deal with. >>> and in the sports news find out who stole the spotlight from king james. ♪ >> we're the eyes and the ears here in the arctic, we wanna be prepared. >> as the ice recedes and potential danger builds, can science keep a step ahead of disaster? >> we can't go back if we have a significant accident. the oil will make its way into the ice. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> let's do it. >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. ♪ >>> top stories for you here on the al jazeera news hour. iraq's prime minister is in the city of ramadi, in anbar province. the iraqi military recaptured key parts of the city on monday, and flew the national flag ov

in seattle a research facility opened this past week as al jazeera's allen schauffler reports. doctors hope to learn more about how we think, and who we are. >> reporter: another day in the lad. an example of human brain tissue, stablilize it in a high pressure freezer, slice it thin, and bond it to a sheet of carbonized glass in an indoor vacuum akin to outer space. >> pressure here is one ten millionth of the pressure in the atmosphere. >> recombine the slides and get a remarkable view inside the brain. >> to explore and measure the architecture of the circuit of the brain. the things that make us us. >> what are we looking at? >> these are slices of the human brain. we are in our core. this is a laboratory that we use to record actual living cells from the brain. >> individual brain cells, neurons are stimulated to study how they interact, how messages are sent between cells. >> getting lots and lots of numbers, which is what we are trying to do here, characterising. thousands, tens of thousands of neurons, we need the numbers to understand how subtle changes can lead to lar

allen schauffler, al jazeera, vancouver, british columbia. >>> switching gears to weather, kevin toldout it yesterday, now we are seeing flooding in parts of the south and pretty bad. >> that's right. almost every state in the south is dealing with some sort of flooding. we have been seeing five days of rain across the region. this is the warm partly of the storm dumping rain. the frontal boundary is across the eastern seaboard but that does not mean the flooding is over. we have standing water across much of this area. i want to show you the areas that are right now under flood warnings. we're talking the carolinas, georgia, alabama, all the way towards the accident. as well as i want to take you up towards parts of missouri, st. louis, as well as on the mississippi river and the mississippi river has flood gauges. i want to show you what has looks to like. at st. louis, the mississippi river has entered moderate flood stage right now. it's expected to go up to major flood stage tomorrow and that's going to be probably about another six or seven feet. it's going to be longer for them

allen schauffler is in seattle with that. >> reporter: a lot of talk here today in city council chambers about the historic nature of this vote. this is legislation that hasn't been tried anywhere else. let's take a look at the vote as it happened late this afternoon. >> aye. >> 8 in favor, 0 noes. [ cheers ] >> reporter: and it's unanimous, 8-0 at this point. again, an historic vote. if ever implemented it would give the drivers with uber and lift, side car those at-based ride services the right to bargain collectively. at uber business is booming. just six years into the ride-sharing mobile app business the company says it has more than a million drivers behind the wheel in 250 cities in more than 50 countries. this man drives for uber and other similar services in seattle. >> i set my own schedule. in that is good for me so far. [ inaudible ] and also, i like transporting people. >> reporter: drivers pick their own uber hours, and most own their uber cars. but they don't receive traditional workplace benefits because they are not employees. they are independent contractors, who get a

allen schauffler, what have you learned today? jonathan, this is a massive act by state and local authorities, as of this afternoon it is very clear who's in charge and what they're looking for. 48 hours a

. >> allen slawf schauffler on the oyster beds of washington. >> the things that are going to cost and how much, inching towards a deal, it's the "inside story."

allen schauffler reports. >> reporter: he is the republican presidential front runner.ill dominates the headlines and attracts bigger and bigger crowds. this one in las vegas. >> so i heard said when they announced the polls 41-14, and i like cruz. good guy. and here is what they announced. cruz surging. [ laughter ] >> i said, i don't know, that sounds bad to me. cruz surging. then they say trump 41, cruz 14. i said wait a minute, what is going on? [ laughter ] >> donald trump has changed the political play book in the u.s. his numbers in iowa went up. he criticized hispanics, and his numbers went up, and he called for a complete and total ban of muslims coming into the u.s., he was widely criticized and his numbers went up. >> i'm just one of the biggest support ers of donald trump. early on i didn't take him seriously, but the more that he talked the more that i realized he was connected with ultimately what the american people want. >> i'm pretty sure he is pretty much trying to tell the truth. >> reporter: several times during his speech he was interrupted by prote

. >> allen slawf schauffler on the oyster beds of washington. >> the things that are going to cost and how much, inching towards a deal, it's the "inside story." >> welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. the word coming from behind closed doors at the climate conference in paris is encouraging for those hoping for a deal. the parties are so close, they're involved in marathon sessions now. they missed the friday deadline. but french foreign minister laurent fabeuse, says the conference will close a day late, with a deal. the countries have to digest what their leaders have done. the leaders of the two biggest emitting nation he china and the united states continue to publicly declare their confidence in a settlement that will limit emissions growth and slow climate change. al jazeera's nick clark reports from paris. >> all night and day they worked and all night and all day again and still no resolution. we're told they're very close though. >> after the consultations that i'm going to have at 9:00 saturday morning, i'll present a theax will be a bitext that wilp forward for whole

allen schauffler reports from seattle. >> reporter: 3200, that's how many washington state inmates were let out of prison early since 2002, due to a long-standing software glitch. robert jackson was one of them ex he got out this august and should have been held since december. he faces vehicular homicide charges for an accident in november that killed his girlfriend lindsay hill. >> how do you think that family is experiencing trust in the state of washington system. >> victim's advocate lou cox calls it maddening. the boss apologised saying nothing i can say will bring back miz hill. i deeply regret that this happened. >> we don't want to see apologies, right now all we get is apologies. >> what is frustrating for cox and others is this is not a new problem. the release date error was discovered in 2012, the family of a victim of curtis robbin son, alerted the department of corrections that he had gotten out early, a department spokesman said a software fix was planned but delayed 16 separate times, there has been no explanation why. >> this problem was allowed to continue to exist fo