and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological warfare at least eleven latin american dictators have trained at the school including the infamous manuel noriega of panama and got their man as a framed leo's mourned who oversaw the genocide of almost two thousand indigenous mayans during his brutal reign in the one nine hundred eighty s. every year th

people really believe that made in america equals jobs made in america. and on my thought on a former segment, you talk about regulations and free trade, we can go into all of these different talking points, but my main message of the film is simple. consumer demand can change the course of this country, and i think if that's a simple message that you can follow without getting tappinged up with all of these tree trade and fair trade regulations, people can follow them. and that's why they're responding so well to my film. >> responding to global citizens and awareness. taylor, factory labor conditions, u.s. brands like nike and panasonic, it causes people to think twice before buying them. and is there a comeback? speaking of sustain ability, dave, we'll go to you with this. how will consumer activism be sustainable and long-term? ensure that it goes beyond helping with american products and american workers, but also helps the environment and social issues? >> here's why it's going to work. i have to remove these. the reason it's going to work, there's

and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological warfare at least eleven latin american dictators have trained at the school including the infamous manuel noriega of panama and got them on as if an angels mourned who oversaw the genocide of almost two thousand indigenous mayans during his brutal reign in the one nine hundred eighty s. every year the ga

he made many trips to america. he had great relationships with both bushes, with president carter, with president clinton and with president obama. he loved the american people and he felt a great deal of support from them but he didn't feel that the government and the governments of western europe the at the time supported the anc and the antiapartheid cause joie. >> world leaders coming to pay their respects to nelson mandela, they are the poorest people of south africa whose lives were so impacted by what nelson mandela did. cause. this is the country where 85% of the population, the black population had access to virtually nothing while only a small percentage had access to education and property and wealth. you know in the old days under apartheid blacks couldn't live in the city centers where i am now, they would come in on a daily basis. one of those outsecurities was alexandra township, now fully part of it. just beyond alexandra is the suburb of sandton, probably the richest place on the entire continent,

we'll have more of america tonight, tomorrow. >>> welcome to al jazeera america.e nsa phone call surveillance program is said it could be a violation of privacy rights. edward snowden say the ruling vined indicates him. >> dozens of sailors who served on the uss ronald reagan are suing the owner of the fukushima plant in japan. the president of ukraine is heading to russia to ask for economic help. weeks of

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you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. and remember, you can check us out 24 hours a day, just by going to aljazeera.com. is money the secret to happiness? we'll explore what makes us happy, and why. >> lisa fletcher is out today, but we have our man as cohost. with all of the tweets and facebook messages, and omar, does more bling make you happy? what did they say? >> they have different ideas of whether obtaining more wealth brings happiness. we have elizabeth saying: >> for those of you at home, we want you to be part of this conversation. and let us know what makes you happy and what the connection is between money and happiness. >> a wife and jacked up truck. happiness, it's the most valued human emotion, for some, it's a strong sense of wellbeing, and for others, they think that more money will make them happy. >> what do you want out of life. >> to be happy. and to live a long happy life. >> what's going to make you successful and happy? what will make you feel successful and happy? >> right now, money. lots of mone

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check check >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster. here are the top stories. >> president obama says the u.s. will try again to help americans get out of violent-plagued south sud sudan. a rescue mission on saturday was called off while four members were wounded. their aircraft came under fire. there has been clashes on the ground between government forces and rebel troops. >> there has been renewed violence in the central african republic. 30 were killed in bangui, including a peace-keeping shoulder when fighting erupted between muslims and christian rebels. around 1,000 people have been killed this month. >>

/america tonight. you can join the conversation with us we are on twitter and we are running our own facebook page. look for us there. good night. we'll have more of america tonight, tomorrow. ♪ check check >> this is al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. we are following developments out of thailand where ain government protesters and we are looking at pictures out of bangkok. the prime minister is safe after being escorted out of a police compound stormed by the protesters. >> she is still believed to be in the count rich elsewhere riot police respond with tear gas and water canons. this is the eights day of protests in which two have been

. >>> made in america. clothes made in america again. and tonight, you can trace your jeans to the farmer who grew the cotton. make it a merry christmas for american jobs. >>> good evening to you on this chilly night. they are calling it ice friday, the freezing storm stretching 2,000 miles from the heart land to the east coast. 124 million americans across 16 states, in its grip. look at what some families face this weekend, cars, no match for the slick icy highways. neighbors pitching into help out. power lines dangerously caked in ice. so are the car windows. sidewalks turned into skating rinks, roads icy enough for sleds. our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight. and abc's steve osunsami starts us off in arkansas. >> reporter: black ice. white ice. they're calling ice friday, stretching some 2,000 miles across the middle of the country. turning roads in illinois into ice rinks with massive blowing snow, shutting down more than a dozen airports across seven states, and killing at least six people. in northern arkansas tod

those are the headlines, america tonight is next. >> on "america tonight", bis buzz, behind a legalized cash crop now hit a new high. >> at the end of the day, it makes me a little bit giddy. >>> also tonight the arc of greatness in our everyday lives. how we take for granted these extraordinary views. and the artists behind them. >> it's almost as if they were dropped here from the 14th century building some of the greatest buildings our country has ever known. >> and footsteps. >> tracing the past, an ancient art and the experienced spirits aging to lead its rebirth. good evening, thanks for being with us, i'm joie chen. in the state of colorado, recreational pot smokers, beginning on wednesday marijuana users will be able to buy the drug legally without having to show any medical need. about 20 pot shops half of them in denver are expected to open for business with more following in the next few weeks with local approval. america tonight's lori jane gliha takes a look at some of the unique enterprises that are springing up to provide recreational pot products. >> watching paint dry i

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>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following. >> investigators say extreme speed was at least one factor in sunday's deadly train crash in new york. the passenger train took a curb at 82 miles per hour when it derailed, nearly three times the speed limit. the ntsb says it's upclear if the speed was a result of human error for faulty equipment. four died, dozens injured. >> bangkok police have taken down barriers and barbed wire around their headquarters and are allowing anti-government protesters into the government building. the mood is meant to ease tensions and avoid more classes between demonstrators and the police. thousands of protesters are in the streets of kiev. ri ot police beat dozens of protesters. the president said police ore reacted. demonstrators are set with the president for not signing an e.u. trade deal. >> smartphones and tablets are thought to have driven a third of traffic in cyber monday. >> those are the headlines. seen in more than a century. >> they're standing

of course all our country is for britain america russia. china every one of those countries has problems with al qaeda terrorists and we have to deal with terrorists and we've all had terrorist attacks various times and that's the major threat and of course the government has a responsibility to keep a check on it but actually if you look at al qaida and its capabilities in recent years they have good militia very very heavily. it is arguable that the threat from al qaeda terrorism is is much lower now than it ever was and it's highly questionable in my view whether you need such a person phase of surveillance system. i'm not making a judgment i'm just saying that these are questions that have to be asked and in particular of course the key issue here an issue in america is that. sterns these. these surveillance operations appear to be illegal laws so why is the government the sure. why all ministers signing the bill were saying it's ok because i've signed it. does of course make it legal if the president signs it off in america it's it's l

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the rural drain and america. ethan, why this law that closes schools? >> i think it's a response by the legislature and the government to deal with ever increasing costs in education in alaska. we had boarding schools up until the 1970s, in which the case went to the supreme court and it was decided that the state had the responsibility to educate every child in alaska, and so high schools popped up in all of our villages, and now the state has enabled it so that if the population drops under 10, your school goes into closure over a four-year period. and lessens the budget thing because oftentimes the money is spread out throughout the district. but i think it's a response to save money because the state is not increasing dollars for education, especially in alaska. the costs keep rising consistently. our oil costs go up, and people need to put this all in perspective. they think we can go from one town to another and bus 50 minutes away. no, my community, i'm in average registerinanchorage. and the only way i can get there is to fly in an airplane, whi

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of america. you probably all got something in your house that was made in east liverpool. until very recently it was the crockery capital of the country. in so all your resources and that's probably one made in east liverpool. none of the 400 had been reduced to about two. broker downtown on the right bank, the west bank of the ohio river, up north where ohio and pennsylvania and that tiny little sliver of west virginia all need. it is important for no obvious reason except when you drive from east liverpool eastward toward the bridge of the ohio he noticed -- if his past in a heartbeat, an obelisk on the side of the road. that obelisk is use the important because thomas jefferson as an act that he passed before it became president in 1785. hughes the important act in the making of america, and that was the land ordinance of 1785. after that point in the eastern united states is the model of land ownership, the model enjoyed our suffered in the british island command spelunking is where the arist

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. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. the president and first family set off for hawaii where they will enjoy over two weeks of vacation. the president held a year end news conference. >>> the bodies of two u.n. peace keepers killed in south sudan have been brought home. hundreds of people have been killed in the past few days. brinksmanship via fax machine. north korea threatened south korea of merciless attacks via fax. south korea faxed back vowing altercation he. >>> law violates the constitutional due process. utah is already issuing licenses to same sex couples. remember, you can always get the latest news at aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight" an al jazeera exclusive. part 2 into our exclusive. life behind bars, . >> one week after incarceration, they found him hanging from a sheet. most horrible call i've ever received in my life. >> faith and forgiveness. she lost her faith but not her love. >>> ron burgundy, how sometimes lines are blurred. >> i'd say lighten up. there's a whole revolution happening in televi

this is a bad move for america. it's a bad model for america. and we'll come back and revisit the story for what is next for detroit. i don't know what the up side is. they're taking, they're going to take money away from people who have worked for the city for years. all of a sudden, they're the problem. i think they're going off the voting block, i think there is race involved here. i think this is about going after unions and collective bargaining and setting up a new model for all cities to recreate the way they want to privatize things around america. this is the conservative utopia. this is what it is all about. reverend doctor wendell anthony and lee gaddees, we will revisit the story. i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. >>> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of your screen. share your answer on ed show and facebook. we appreciate what you do there. >>> coming up, scott walkers thinks he's tops. your kids' christmas list. >>> plus, working hard or hardly working? wait until you hear how many days congress work

gracias amÉrica.ilitaciÓn. afortunadamente hoy contamos con tu ayuda. has tu aportaciÓn desde tu movil enviando un mensaje de texto al 80888 con la palabra teletÓn. continuamos con mÁs. >>> gracias. y es el momento que le vamos a pedir a alberto, a fernando, a ustedes dos que nos acompaÑaron tantas horas, y los que estamos representando casi 29 horas pidiendole a ustedes la colaboraciÓn. >>> todos pongamos la mano. uno, dos y tres. >>> y llegamos a... (gritos) >>> 15. 313.525 dÓlares! (aplausos) >>> vamos con Ánimo! >>> gracias a ti, a la gente, gracias a todos los que colaboraron, aquÍ estÁ nuestro himno de esta teletÓn, sigue la teletÓn con todos ustedes, vÁzquez sound y gracias a ti! ♪ ♪ ♪ hoy es un dÍa mejor el cielo tiene color en el aire se respira mejor ♪ hay una nueva ilusiÓn que llena mi corazon ♪ en mi mundo se borrÓ el temor ♪ ♪ hoy quiero darte las gracias por darme esperanza y poder darte las gracias ♪ yo que mÁs te puedo decir ♪ que puedo soÑar y reÍr gracias a ti ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪(mÚsica)♪ ♪ ♪ >>

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that the agreement is mexico's gain and america's pain. but having mexico as a nafta partner has served u.s. economic interests extremely well. last year, 13% of our nation's total exports went to mexico. that is succeeding sales to brazil, india, china, and russia combined. mexico buys more goods than all the rest of latin america combined. and goods bought by germany, great britain, france, and the netherlands combined. i think it is generally agreed that the market openings created a substantial increase related to exports. an average of 15%-25% more that are domestically focused. and with 113 million consumers with purchasing power of over $1 trillion, mexico offers opportunities that are quite substantial to entrepreneurs whether they be large or small. it is a large that particularly benefit from mexico's proximity and it has opened up to our trade. mexicans purchase 11% of the exports produced by small and medium-sized enterprises that account for more than half of this nation's job creation. and making this economic picture even br

. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's headlines. >> more than a million americans who have been out of work for a month have lost long-term unemployment benefits. congress did not extend the program ta would have cost $19 billion next year. a federal judge in new orleans threw out lots of damages. the state has immunity. >> new york times investigation says the attack on the embassy did not volve al qaeda, but was in relation to an american-made video about islam. >> syria's dangerous chemical weapons removal will likely miss 31st december. bad weather conditions and security concerns are to blame for the delay. syria's chemical weapons program is said to be eliminated by june 2014 based on an international agreement. >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" is up next. you can find us online. go to aljazeera.com. have a great night and wonderful weekend. >> good evening i'm joie chen. thank you for joining us for the weekend edition of "america tonight." we begin our conversation wit

technow on al jazeera america >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america al jazeera america is growing and now more americans are getting the high quality, original, in-depth reporting al jazeera america is known for. >> to find out more about al jazeera america go to aljazeera.com >> you're watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're talking about the protests in ukraine. the white house strongly condemn the action against demonstrators and urge the country to return to the path of integration. we want to hone in on the story and whether outside pressure --as we heard we have a society divi

america . >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i am richelle carey. let's take a look at your headlines right now. nelson mandela has been buried, 450 people attended the burial services. the burial ends 10 days of ceremonies. mandela died on december 5th. he was 95 years old. the european government has suspended efforts to work with ukraine on a trade and cooperation agreement. the move comes as tens of thousands of demonstrators demanded kiev make deal instead of agreeing to closer ties with russia. >>> the president of central african republic is calling for an i need to sectarian violence. hundreds have died in the fight against muslims and christians. and now there is a food shortage. >>> so-called e-waste contain dangerous levels of lead and toxic elements. the damage is not just the environment but also the health of those who come in contact with it. >> year after year, we buy more electronic gadgets, toys, computers and appliances but when those break or become obsolete, they end up being thrown out. they frequently cont

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america. republicans are, you know, always carrying on about how small business and rural americans, they're about to stick it to them if they dismantle the postal service, let me tell you. >> and congressman, does your legislation deal with this prefund at all? >> oh, absolutely. it just says they've already prepaid more than enough. when that ends, we work out a settlement on their overpayment for retirement. this would make them quite solvent for a number of years, give them the money they need to transition to -- into new lines of business, give them authority to get into new lines of business. in europe, some of the postal systems will say, hey, you've got junk mail, you can sign up for subscription, they'll scan it, they'll send it to you as e-mail. you can look and say oh, recycle it or say open it or say deliver it. the postal service saves money, because they don't have to carry it around. i mean, let them do some new and innovative things. but you've got to keep the six-day delivery.

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm katty kay. president obama saying the health-care rollout has been fixed and americans should give it another chance. >> tell your friends and your family not to let the initial problems with the website discourage you. >> ukrainians braves another night in the cold. they have failed to unseat the government, but they say they won't hit -- quick. -- they won't quit. breakingung and stereotypes. we introduce you to the woman who built computer code. we are broadcast on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. forms will make life better for millions of americans, that was the message from president obama today as he defended the health- care program that has been beset by technical glitches. he said a lot of the website problems are now fixed, but critics are not convinced. >> on the streets of baltimore, the people who -- the people obamacare is designed to help. they have nothing to fall back on if they become ill. a getting them sig

al jazeera america.take a new look at news. >> at this time of year we pause to consider faith and fellowship and those that break ground to bring us both. here in washington "america tonight" met a spiritual leader who challenges assumptions and gives us reason to challenge our own. >> the beautiful thing about god is if you change your attitude and say, "god i need hep" and you. >> it may seem like any number of muslim gatherings across the country. >> welcome to the light of reform mosque. >> conyes gants listen to a surman, followed by a prayer. there is something different about the man leading this service. my name is imam daayie axebdullah. i'm the director and educational director in washington dc. we are out there trying to make a difference. >> this imam is gay. believed to be the only openly gay imam in the americas. >> there's never been one monolithic isolated formulation of what islam is. >> he has been condemned, called twisted and perverted. some local imam's refused to greet him. >> bein

>> be welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york and here are the top stories. colorado authorities say a high school senior apparently holding a grudge was behind the latest school shooting. 18-year-old carl pearson was looking for his teacher after a disagreement. a 15-year-old student was shot be flown to the south africa eastern cape and will be buried in qunu. >> robert levinson was not a government employee the government says when he disappeared in 2007. multiple reports say plefnson walevinsonwas a government contn he vanished. >>> foot of snow, new york, new jersey, connecticut expecting as much as six inches. those are the headlines. remember you can fet the lat late-- good get the latest on al jazeera.com and i will see you next monday. >> on "america tonight" an open wound. one year after the newtown pain. >> in the midst of our grief, we have come to realize, that we want our loved ones to be remembered for how they lived their lives and how they touched our hearts. >> the you south kor

>> welcome to al jazeera america billion i'm john siegenthaler in new york. extreme speed was one factor in deadly crash in new yor new yor. four people died, dozens of others were injured. >>> the obama administration says after weeks of problems the healthcare.org website is finally fixed. >>> an estimated 131 million americans will have spent about $2 billion by the end of this cybermonday. that would be a record day for this traditional monday. a power blackout has plunged venezuela's capital of caracas into darkness. several years of electricity cuts but for years the capital had not been directly affected. there is no word what caused this blackout. those are the head lines. i'm john siegenthaler. america tonight with joie chen is next. you can always get the latest news at aljazeera.com. we'll see you later tonight. >> on "america tonight": abused behind bars, saving taxpayers money by treating prisoners with a kind of primitive care not seen in more than a century. >> they're standing there ripping open that little package of sugar and filling that wo

we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow.

al jazeera america. take a new look at news.n august 20th, al jazeera america introduced >> finally a message can be it. a few years ago john stuart's daily show had a couple of 10-year-old he is reconstruct the debates for the cameras making a point. now the youtube comedy network has taken that formula and flipped it. using adults to act out a squabble that took place to music. the boy band one direction and justin bieber. the issue, the sexual orientation of one of the boys in the band and the question of the band's allegiance. >> i have proof that harry a g gay. >> you [bleep] brilliant. >> here we go. >> but to hear two well aged british actors dramatically reenact an exchange what appears to be a couple of mean girls puts a new spin on a war of words between a directionist and a believer. with nearly two million hits online youtube comment reconstruction number one web video of the week. we'll see you next time at the video post. >> disgusting. >> i'm done. >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their needs are no

>> you're watching al jazeera america live from new york. i'm jonathan betz with the headlines. >> at least 15 people were killed when a bomb exploded inside a train station in the southern russian city of volgograd. officials say a suicide bomber detonated explosions near the station's metal detector. >> a national survey says pulling troops out of afghanistan could make the country more vulnerable to afghanistan. the findings say the taliban could remerge three years after troops are withdrawn next year. >> lebanon's former finance minister killed in a car bomb was laid to rest. seven others also died in that explosion. >> passengers on board a russian crewship struck in the ice off the coast of the antarctica is waiting rescue. an australian ice break is making progress. a chinese vessel was six miles away on saturday but could not get closer because of thick ice. retired formula 1 racing legend michael schumacher is in a french hospital. he was injured in a skiing accident and is being treated with serious head wounds. those are the head

xhosa >>> hello, welcome to jal jazeea ameri america.'m jonathan betz in new york. >> the shooter came with a gun and had multiple rounds. >> revenge may have been the motive behind a colorado shooting. [ bells toll ] >> the nation remembers the victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting one year ago today. >> and tears for the return of a hero. the body of nelson mandela arrives in the village where he grew up. >> facing violence and not

and america sanitizes ever. thing the american people continue to hear from their officials that israel is our democratic ally in the region that is so false it is not an ally is costing america so much money it's bankrupted america fiscally morally and politically and it's not an ally it's if it's just destroying the countries around and it's destroyed america's standing in the world and the people of america need to be informed he says nobody is talking about what's happening in gaza in west fact what israel is doing we're talking about all other things here in america there's a deliberate attempt to keep the people ignorant god forbid the americans should stand up and say i don't want my money to go to people who committing heinous crimes borderline genocide and i can't eat here i'm hopeless but i'm contributing not only to the people of israel that are there at the moment but anybody who wishes to come with us from africa whether it's from asia they can everybody can go there and my tax dollars will fund the

tonight on al jazeera america there's more to it.america tonight special report. as states try to save money, are prisoners paying the price? >> what are you talking about, he's dead. >> an exclusive investigation into prison health care. >> fault lines investigates... fracking >> shale gas development could actually double the economic growth rates in the province. >> this is our land for thousands of years... >> do you drink money? you must have a lot of money to drink... >> as tensions rise, and protests turn violent, where will the debate lead? >> the situation was no longer peaceful or safe... >> they were bashing my head with their boots... they had their guns on me and everything.... >> how much more real can this get? >> fault lines only on al jazeera america >> i'm phil torezz, coming up next on techknow. >> hike! >> america's favorite sport is under fire. >> now, that impact simulated 100 g's of acceleration in your brain. >> it's the opponent no player can see. >> so the system is showing real-time impact. >> can science p

david kay johnson is a columnist for al jazeera america. he's a pulitzer prize winner reporter, and recent book "fine prin print:how big compans use fine print to rob you blind." i may be overstating the tax that we may go somewhere with tax reform, but people hold up these dumb ideas that we should have a flat tax and the poor don't pay tax and the rich pay all the tax. it is a fact that the rich pay most of the income tax in this country. >> that's correct, but many of the rich pay little or no tax. if you're very wealthy, if you're bill gates or billionaire you can borrow against your assets and interest rate is 2%. so why would you pay 15% tax. warren buffet a few years ago revealed that his tax rate was within what i guess what it was. he had a company that was sold and cashed out, he had no choice but to take the money. wealthy people can live free of the income tax and many do. >> people at the lower part of the income scale pay a bunch of taxes. >> especially state taxes. >> when you earn that little money, you need more of it. >> t

>>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, with a look at the top stories tonight. >> meanwhile the family in the top 1% has a net words 288 times higher than the typical family, which is a record for this country. >> the president warns the country's income gap is threatening the american dream. a solution would be an increase in the minimum wage. >> tens of thousands of fast-food workers will walk off the job on thursday. more than 100 cities are expected to take part. >> they want pay to rise to $15 an hour. >> police in mexico have recovered a stolen truck carries dangerous radio active material. in the back was cobalt-60 used in radiation treatment. no arrests have been made, but anyone who touches it could be exposed to radiation levels. >> for students at the university of california, santa barba have been afflicted with meningitis. they have recovered. they may be able to use a vaccine not yet approved in the u.s. those are the headlines. i'm thomas drayton in new york. wells trapped this >> on "ame

welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's top stories. 13-year-old jahi mcmath will get another week on life support. her family filed an injunction to stop the hospital from taking her off life support. >>> the city of volgograd has been hit with two terrorist attacks. >> palestinian president michellmahmoudabbas greeted reld prisoners. >>> another day at sea. the group of 74 explorers were hoping an australian ice breaker would rescue them today but that ship could not pile through the 13 miles of ice. helicopters will evacuate the passengers and crew once the weather clears. that's the news. you can always find us online, go to aljazeera.com. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no