andy gallagher. al jazeera, north america. >> they believe the industry could be the next pipeline for new very well paid jobs. >>> and the verdict is still out on obamacare. that's because there's still no data on just how many americans have signed up for the health insurance through the state-run exchanges. there have been multiple reports of bugs and glitches with the nrm website and the white house blames this on high level of interest. the white house says not to expect any enrollment until november. >>> all trying to figure out the best way to save money, one investor from m it says he may have just found the answer. >> right now jose gomez marquez is working on a prototype of a spoon that can track how fast a person is eating. a mass produced version would cost $100. he figured out how to make it for $25. >> just make it happen. >> jose marquez gomez is head of the small, here that his team of 8 create medical prototierps. >> when we started to tear down toys along with medical devices, we fo

andy gallagher takes a look at how the shutdown is impacting programs for it the homeless. >> reporterr wendy dwyer volunteering at the hour house shelter for the working home s-ls a long-held ambition. >> hey, you, you will be on camera if you get in bed. >> reporter: she's a network of paid volunteers in a government funded anti-poverty program. that's now run out of cash. wendy's annual salary isn't much and she's already relying on friends and family to help her stay here. like many in her position, she's worried about what will happen if she's forced to leave. >> meals wouldn't be served and children would not have the same day-to-day contact that they do that gives them stability. you know, things could change for the worse for the people who are most at risk. >> reporter: homeless shelters across the u.s. rely heavily on funding from the federal government to keep their doors open. for now, our house is solvent but will face serious problems the longer the partial shutdown goes on. >> this is hurting the least among us, this is hurting homeless families and their children, who a

as andy gallagher report - most risk everything when they attempt the crossing. >> the dominican republic'sorthern coast has a reputation. >> one, two, three... . >> it's easy to hire a boat and captain to cross the passage to puerto rico. this man has taken several boatloads of migrants across the waters. >> translation: the more they drown, the more they keep on attempting to cross and they are not afraid. a lot of people have died. a lot have made it. we risk ourselves, because of our condition. >> the dangers of making the crossing are all too real for this woman. she has this faded picture of her late husband pedro - he drowned two years ago, his body never recovered and she struggles to feed her three children. >> translation: he told me, "i'm going to puerto rico, to go for two or three years to buy a house for the children to give them a better future. i didn't want him to go. he told me he had to." >> these folks never made the crossing. they were confiscated and sit in the navy yard. symbols of desperation. 20 people pack into a boat like this, spending thousands in the hope of a

andy gallagher has more from gainesville, florida, one of the centers of the u.s.roen industry. >> reporter: this is a maverick, and inside it's carbon fiber body, this tiny aircraft carrying it with cutting-edge technology, controlled either by remote or a preprogrammed flight path. it offers operators a bird's eye view from the ground below. >> we say, hey, you can find something, you can look at it, you can track it. and they said we can also do this, we can doing a culture, pipeline inspection, so we're getting kind of feedback that the plane is more versatile than we even thought. >> and small highly advanced drones are increasingly being approved by the u.s. government for use in civilian air space, making this a booming business. the applications are limitless. these craft are currently being bought the u.s. military, civil engineers and the u.s. services. but as this technology becomes more advanced, there are now concerns about privacy. >> for human rights lawyers, it is the lack of regulations that worries him the most. >> the modern framework, the circum

al jazeera's andy gallagher has more >> reporter: there is a reputation not just for beauty. >> one,ree, four, five. >> here, it's easy to hire a boat and captain to cross the treacherous passage to the puerto rico. this man who prefers to remain anonymous has taken several b t boatloads across these waters. >> the more they drown, the more they keep on attempting to cross on and they are not afraid. a lot of people have died. a lot have made it. we risk ourselves because of our condition. >> the dangers of making the crossing are all too real for lorenzo santiago. she only has this late picture of her husband, pedro who drouvend two years ago. his body was never recovered. now, she is struggling to feed her three children. >> johnny joe told me i am going to puerto rico to go for two or three years to buy a house for the children to give them a better future. i didn't want him to go. i told him not to go, but he told me he had to. >> these folks never made the crossing to puerto rico. they were confiscated here in the local navy yard, symbols of desperation. 20 people will pack into

andy gallagher, al jazeera, little rock, arkansas. >>> it's time for the weather. everson is with us. what's the latest on the typhoon that's heading towards eastern china? >> well, it's toying with us a little bit for want of a better phrase. you see the position of the storm for a moment. it was a typhoon briefly and now lost a little intensity. it's a tropical storm once again, and it has sustained winds around 110 kilometers per hour. it will nudge up to 120 in the next hour or so. it will restent know. there's gusts around 140 and strong enough to cause damage and lots and lots of rainfall as it goes further northwestward still somewhere to the south of shanghai sometime around late sunday going on into monday. ahead of that into that northeast corner of china we're looking at largely dry weather. not looking bad. this line of clouds across towards shanghai and joins us up with this area. that is going to be the outer bands of our storm over the next couple of days. we go on through friday, and bright and dry there for much of fry. japan not doing too bad. tha

andy gallagher reports. >> i spoke up in the middle of the night last night, and i couldn't go back to relived bosnia from start to finish. >> reporter: this is the first time a u.s. president has been part of a declassification of classified documents. he told the crowd that intelligence was vital in every decision his administration made. >> like all of history, there are many questions still pending, but the peace is held, because a long time ago with a lot of other things going on, good people were given good information and made good decisions. [ explosion ] >> reporter: war in bosnia began almost 20 years ago, following the break upof yugoslavia. the serbian forces fought with others, and the conflict finally ended in 1995. the declassified documents were released early by the cia. for many it's about transparency. >> it's a very healthy for us who work these issues back in the '90s to now be able to stand back and look at those documents and see what incite we had. >> they were incites shared by former clinton advisors who came together for the release of the documents. madeline

andy gallagher reports from the clinton library in little rock, arkansas >> reporter: >> i woke up in the middle of the night last night, and i couldn't go back to bed. i relived bosnia from start to finish >> reporter: this is the first time a u.s. president has been part of a declassification of cia documents. the subject of bosnia is close to president clinton's heart. he said intelligence was vital in every decision his administration made. >> like all of history, there are many questions still pending, but the peace has held because a long time ago, with a lot of other things going on, good people were given good information and made good decisions. >> war in bosnia began almost 20 years ago following the break up of yugoslavia. the serbians fought with croats. it ended in 1995 with the peace acords. the declassified documents, more than 2,000 pages of them were released early by the cia, but despite the hype, there were no significant revelations. to many in the intelligence community, it's about trans passenger and accountability >> it's a healthy thing for those who work these

andy gallagher reports from florida on companies trying to profit from the i technology. >> this is a maverick and inside its carbon fiber body this tiny aircraft carries with it cutting edge technology. controlled either by remote or by a preprogrammed flight path. it offers drivers a bird's eye view from down below and can launch from just about anywhere. he says buyers from just about anywhere is lining up. >> we can also do this, we can do agriculture, pipeline smerks, and we're getting feedback that the plane is even more industrial than weigh thought. >> increasingly being approved by the u.s. imofs in the space,. >> the these craft are currently being bought by the u.s. mull tri sill engineers and the emergency services. as thes eyes in the sky are more prevalent there are concerns about privacy. >> it's the lack of regulation that bothers him most. >> the restraints, i need to see that, as a matter of public policy of a great power. i haven't seen that. needless to say i'm easily advised but i'm not the only one. >> there are no concerns about privacy. the company's kerry says

andy gallagher reports. >> volunteers at the shelter for working homeless is a long-teldd ambition. >> reporter: she's one of the network can in the program. when the annual salary is as much. she's already relying on friends an family to help her stay here. she's worried about what will happen if she's forced to leave. >> meals won't be served and children will not have the same day-to-day contact that they do that has some stability. things could change for the worse for the people who are most at risk. >> they refly on funding for federal government to keep the doors moving. we will face serious problems along with a parable shut down. >> this is hurting some of it. this is hurting the homeless families and their children who are not going to have a kneel. who are not going to have a safe place for their to be so they can work their way out of homeness. >> reporter: the effects of the partial shut down is.ing felt. the local government officials, the message for politicians in washington is simple. >>> get back to work. deal with the your constitutional responsibilities are. >> the

andy gallagher reports from florida. >> reporter: newton works long days at the airport. pays less than $5 an hour, because he receives tips from customers. >> thank you so much. have a wonderful trip. >> but on slow days newton may only make a few extra dollars, and he is struggling badly. >> you see things that you go wow that would be really nice, and you pass it by because we can't afore it. the bottom line we just have to be able to take care of our needs. there are no such things as wants. >> oh, you want to thakt way. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: stories like newton's are heard all too often at the service employees union. it represents millions of workers across the u.s. and the florida president says many firms are using the economic downturn as a reason to reduce wages and benefits. >> the recession is used as an excuse by corporate america to say oh, we can't afford to provide health care, or a retirement plan. >> reporter: but many small business owners say times are still tough. this restaurant employs dozens of people at or below the minimum wage, and the general

andy gallagher shows us how some residents are working to support the city's music scene. >> reporters is one of the planet's unique industries. shaped by cultural diversity, rich architectural gems, but perhaps most importantly this. ♪ >> but many despite their devotion and talent live close to the poverty line. >> we have to do what we have to do to survive, you know what i mean. it will be a long day, and we barely make 40 to $50 a day. >> reporter: but help is at hand. this community was built with artists like edward lee in mind. he owns a house here and has a safe and creative place to live. >> you have different musicians from different genres that are in an area of one block. it's amazing. >> squeeze. squeeze. squeeze. >> reporter: on the other side of the city, the musician's clinic treats more than 2,000 artists and their families. they provide care for the estimated four out of five musicians that don't have medical insurance. >> we have to give them the dignity and theest -- theest teem that what they are doing is vital and i think they deserve it. >> reporter: the birthpl

. >>> i'm andy gallagher in new orleans.e to one of the largest vietnamese communities in the united states. where they claim their children are being failed by the system. >>> and we'll talk about the world cup in qatar and brazil. [[voiceover]] gripping films from the world the world's top documentary directors. >>banging your head over and over again can be a bad thing. >>every time i would do heading i would see stars. [[voiceover]] it's all fun and games until tragedy strikes. >>a former player kills himself. >>we have to stop playing the game, or we have to find a solution. >>> a quick update before we move on -- on our lead story, the protests -- continuing protests in egypt. we now understand having earlier reported that one person had been killed, the death toll according to those in charge of medical emergencies in that country -- the death toll now four people and 40 injured. four dead, 40 injured in egypt. >>> the u.s. city of new orleans prides it's a on a growing school system. but the vietnamese population say

andy gallagher has more. >> the dominican republic northern coast has a reputation, not just for itsuty. it's easy to hire a boat and cross the passage to puerto rico. this man has taken several boatloads across the waters. >> translation: the more they drown the more they attempt to cross - they are not afraid. >> a lot of people died, a lot made it. we risk ourselves because of our condition. >> the dapingers of make -- dangers of making the crossing are too real to this woman. she has a faded picture of her laid husband pedro, who drowned two years ago. his body was never recovered and she struggles to feed her three children. >> translation: he told me, "i'm going to puerto rico for two or three years to buy a house for the children for a better future." i didn't want him to go. he told me he had to. >> the boats never made the crossing to puerto rico. they were confiscated and sit in the navy yard - symbols of distrags. 20 people -- desperation. 20 people will pack into a boat like this, spending thousands, in the hope of a better life. for those that manage to make it safely to

andy gallagher has our report. >> i woke up in the middle of the night last night, and i could don'tck to bed. i relived bosnia from start to finish. there were is the first time a u.s. president has been part of a declassification of cia documents. he told the gathered crowd that intelligence was vital in every decision his administration made. >> like all of history, there are many questions still pending, but the peace has held, because a long time ago, with a lot of other things going on, good people were given good information and made good decisions. [ explosion ] >> reporter: war in bosnia began almost 20 years ago. it was the bloodiest conflict in post world war ii europe, the serbian forces fought together with others. the declassified documents more than 2,000 pages of them, were released early by the cia, but despite the hype there were no significant revelations, but to many in the intelligence community, it is about transpairsy and accountability. >> it's very a healthy thing for those of us who worked these issues in the heat of the shop floor to now stand back and see