antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> by 2010, california's prisons held close to 160,000 inmates - almost double the state's capacity. >> governor brown's response: something he called "realignment" - the transfer of low-level offenders to county jails. >> that's the whole point of realignment. it's not just the shift of money but of activities - probation will be handled... well not all... but to a significant degree by judges and probation departments and by district attorneys. >> and so what criminal justice realignment set out to do was to change the way that we sentenced some of the lowest level, nonviolent, non-serious offenses so that people who would have previously gone to state prison for the offenses now will be dealt with at the county level with the county correctional justice systems. >> i'm going into a typical jail cell here. this one hold two people. it's pretty tight in here. not much privacy. there's about 80 of these, in this unit. and there's a guard cell in the m

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> usa today says: >> ...writes the columbia journalism review. and the daily beast says: >> quality journalists once again on the air is a beautiful thing to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. >> the u.s. has implied 50/50 custody ask, it's unfair to men. if you're willing to take our money to take care o of our children, our children deserve our time. >> welcome back, we're talking about the fathers' rights movement. and a lot of men are demanding equal treatment. >> some fathers rights advocates are chauvinistic bullies. and he says: >> so todd, let's talk about some of these criticisms. the mothers movement online says that you're fighting for male privilege outside of the marriage. >> male privilege, i don't know. i find it difficult to believe that we're having a hard time because of what we want to do. spend

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. >> just to be able to defend the title for once will be awesome, and i've done so well here the past few times i've played, getting to the semis or finals. it's been really, really exciting. i'm happy that i've been able to consistently do well here. >> australian cricket captain michael clarke led his team to victory against england, scoring his first tonne. england were bowled out for 227 in pursuit of australia score of 315/7. >> and now take a look at this young man who has more than a few expectations to live up to. this is argen tendulkar son of sachi, in his father the highest run scorer. >> prepare yourself, the federal reserve is having a two day meeting. it may affect your life. i'll tell you why. ben bernanke and the fed has been buying tens of billions of dollars of bonds to prop up the economy and keep interest rates low. investors will find out they are pulling back just a bit. that's where this cone comes in. this is where we are, the fed i

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consider this is up next with antonio mora. i'm john siegenthaler. i'll be with you and the news. at 11:00 eastern time. for the lathest you can check out aljazeera.com. >> we spend more than 60 billion a year to fight terrorism and protect our home land but there's no way of really proving it's working other than the lack of successful attacks on the country. consider this a dozen years after 9/11 just how effective is our counterterrorism effort? and is it hurting more than helping in some cases? >>> also why is the labor movement at odds with the white house over obamacare and what does it mean as the gop takes aim at the law? >>> and who says women can't drink while pregnant and how challenging is an epidural. what to expect when you're expecting. >>> and the only scientific awards ceremony where winners can be intoed of -- booed off ty an eight-year-old girl. >>> i'm antonio mora. we need to know a lot more about whether our tack advertise against war on terror are really working. >> al qaeda's top leader ayman al zawahri is calling for more attacks on the u.s. >> in the asam

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >> the vilification, targeting of immigrants in the u.s. isn't anything new. but since the mi the mid 90s, after the oklahoma city bombings in 1995, congress passed laws expanding the grounds for the detention and deportation of noncitizens. for national security reasons and set up a registry for those from predominantl predominantlym countries. in 2003, the bush administration created ice, under the newly formed department of homeland security, its ten year goal was to deport every single deportable noncitizen in the country. two years later the bush administration ex

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. is ♪ ♪ pavlov poke is a keyboard poke that shocks you. any time you overindulge in online distraction. >> they've created pavlov poke. this treatment is not for everyone. julie how do you work with people who think they're addicted to social media? >> just like any addiction we need to sort of modify behavior. so if somebody is posting too many photos of themselves and it's irritating their friends and losing friends i tell them do me a favor, post once a day or twice a day not ten times a day and i think one of the best things you do if you think you're overdoing it is have an unplugging day, pick one day, maybe a sunday, leave your phone at home unless you're waiting for a liver transplant for god's sake, leave your phone at home. i think it can be very therapeutic. >> one professor at university of maryland, go 24 hours without social media, essentially unplugged. take a look at the effect. >> quite a few students noted for their need for social me

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. we're talking about some controversial education standards called common core that are adopted by districts around the states. where we have seen the results of common core and how the results have been lower but that doesn't really reflect a failure in common core but shines a light on shortcomings in the common system. >> we need to make sure that when we get people talking about these issues that they had twool classroom experience or perhaps in the classroom currently. because i feel a lot of people who have the greatest voice or the loudest bullhorn in this debate don't have any classroom experience or minimal. i'm in the classroom every day and i can say schools are now test prep academies. they're all called prep this college preparatory that, ready for achievement central focus rocket ship. all this kind of stuff this double speak this corporate kind of add-vert mumbo jumbo. these are test prep academies. schools are preparing chi

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. sachin asked the indian media not to put too much pleasure pressure on the teenager. >> my son started his career. it's a humble request if he can live his life like a normal 14-year-old without thinking of anything other than falling in love with the sport. (applause) >> some footsteps to follow in. more on the website. check it out. all the details. get in touch with us on twitter and facebook. plenty more from me later, but that is the sport for now. >> thank you. stay with us on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is ahead with julie mcdonald, who will be in london for us. for now, goodbye. >> dedroit's bankruptcy filing has folks in other cities with underfunded pensions worried. they don't have enough money to pay to current and future retirees - like policeman and firefighters. it has forced them to turn to taxpayers. we report on a west virginian city taking steps to stay out of bankruptcy and keep the peptioners paid. >> charleston, wes

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. the most important money stories of the day might affect yourries savings, your job, or your retirement. whether it's bailouts or bond rates, this stuff gets complicated. but don't worry, i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next. ç] >> unlike larry, many prisoners won't make it out alive. thousands of inmates will die behind bars in the united states this year. lewis young is afraid that he may be one of them. diagnosed with kidney cancer, lewis awaits his sentence in the hospital wing of philadelphia's detention center. >> to have cancer, to be in jail, and not to be around your family. you know, it's real scary. >> in lieu of

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and fresh outlook. including yours. >> struggling to do it with integrity there is a way we can have entertainment. but when there are so many definitions o. maybe i want to make a film in prison, and how do we look at all those settings, i don't know but hour community needs to give us room to figure it out. we figure it out or we get left out of film entertainment. >> we're talking about muslim americans using pop culture to change perceptions, and our commenter who is a filmmaker is talking about representing the community no matter what kind of artist or entertaining you are, with integrity. >> do you have to be religious to speak for american muslims? who has the authenticity to represent. nadim said no one does. the collective voice becomes the communities. mustafa says to be true to your own voice. and jessica said there is no such thing as a perfect person and so many religious people are hypocrites. >> how important is authenticity and commitment to the faith for muslims when the

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. i'm phil torres, an i'm with lindsay and costa. you were telling us about your c.i.a. days with taxi drivers. >> when i was in the agency i always struck up conversations with cab drivers. they're almost always from other countries and you nevada know who they are. they could be physicists. it in is a pilot program going on in new york city where they're driving around completely electric vehicles. it's a really cool story. >> imagine a new york city with taxi fleet dominated by electric vehicles. now imagine the year, is i it 2030? 2050? how about 1899. that's right. there were close to 100 batly powered taxis on the streets of new york. that same year one of the electric cabs earned the city's first speeding violations barreling down the avenue at 10 mph. 114 years later electric taxis are back. the city is rolling out six fully electric nissans for a year-long test run. >> this is where i plug in. >> an owner operator who has been driv

all of that and more and "real antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> usa today says: >> ...writes the columbia journalism review. and the daily beast says: >> quality journalists once again on the air is a beautiful thing to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. ♪ >>> in two weeks obamacare gets real. october 1st, marks the first day that uninsured americans can buy health coverage on insurance exchanges set up by the new law. a new pugh research usa today poll shows how few people understand the law. only one in four say they have a good understanding of the law's impact on them and their families. when you drill down to awareness of the details, only half of them surveyed know that there will be a health care exchange available in their state, and almost half are aware that there will be federal sub sidies. and remember the young invincibles, healthy fo

joining me is antonio mora of "consider this." i'm joie chen. we're looking at the president's comments from all around the world and at our audience at the museum. we want to begin with what the president had to say as he tried to make his case directly to the american people. he began by making some statements about his own interests and trying to keep peace around the world, but also acknowledged the importance of the u.s. military and its strength, and he made particular mention of what the military might be able to do in syria. >> some members of congress have said, there's no point in simply doing a pin-prick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pin-pricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. i don't think we should remove another dictator with force. we learned from iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. a targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice before using chemical weapons. >> there are many

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. >> today on twitter and facebook we have been asking you, which plan will you choose under obamacare, and why? she is a baby boomer who is a grandmother. we'll have more on whether this is the right choice for baby boomers in a moment. tell us what you think. we realize that some of you just read our question of the day, and are like, what? what is the difference? you are not alone. that's what happened in our own news room, and that's why david is back with us to help make sense of the different plans. >> if you are in the market for health insurance, shopping season is around the corner. october 1st is when open enrollment is scheduled to start. and we have been getting a lot of questions about what that means. here are some key facts. >> reporter: americans will soon be able to travel to virtual shopping malls where they compare plans and buy coverage online. policies will come in four varieties. the better the metal the more expensive the premium and

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >> u.n. chemical weapons inspectors are expected on the ground in syria in a matter of days. this comes after the security council voted unanimously on a resolution to remove and destroy syria's chemical weapons. >>> live pictures from capitol hill where a rare saturday session is underway and the house of representatives. they are taking up the senate approved spending bill, the sticking point a provision to stop funding of the affordable care act. >>> gang shootings have become rampant in chicago. nine more shot last night. despite those numbers there are programs in place aimed at keeping kids out of gangs, and a gang summit is being held this weekend to try to stem the violence. >>> a former soldier allegedly turned contract killer, a plot to

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. fault lines is investigating whether nursing homes answer for the quality of thier care. we've come to amara nursing home in augusta, georgia to ask some questions. >> we've called to request some interviews and they all get turned down, so we've decided we're going to knock on their door and see if we can find out what happened with pat manning. >> who's in charge right now? is there a manager here? >> where are you all from? we're from a show called fault lines. >> hey guys. >> hey. >> i've been instructed to ask you guys to leave. >> we want to speak to mr. williams first. >> he asked if you guys could please leave. >> do you remember pat manning as a patient? >> i can't answer any questions. >> i can't talk to you; he's been instructed to not answer any questions and i've just been asked to ask you guys if you can leave. >> ok, let me ask you this, this says premiere performance oriented. you're a one out of five stars on the state inspection. wha

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. e you tonight on the gridiron. because this weekend, two of college football's biggest teams, alabama and texas a&m play in one of the country's most anticipated games. will feature quarterback jerry manzel, a debate over whether college athletes should be paid. a story about manzel and a game changer for college football. >> game day in college station, texas. home of the texas a&m aggies. a school rich with tradition like the corps of cad et cetera marching to the stadium. there's a surge in enthusiasm for this football program, thanks in large part to this man, the quarterback, johnny manzel, also known as johnny football. >> four man alabama rush, johnny, no they didn't, no, my gracious, how about that! >> last year manzel led texas a&m to victory over the best team in the country, alabama. >> what a pass, oh wow. >> johnny manzel. >> and he won college football's most press teeshz award, the heisman, the first time a freshman ever won it. >> when

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andsh outlook. including yours. ♪ >>> in two weeks obamacare gets real. october 1st, marks the first day that uninsured americans can buy health coverage on insurance exchanges set up by the new law. a new pugh research usa today poll shows how few people understand the law. only one in four say they have a good understanding of the law's impact on them and their families. when you drill down to awareness of the details, only half of them surveyed know that there will be a health care exchange available in their state, and almost half are aware that there will be federal subsidies. and remember the young invincibles, healthy folks who's participation is essential to making health reform work, just 56% of the people under 30 realize they have to be insured or they face a fine. we have someone here who has read the entire 900-page health care act. he joins us now. >> ali the lack of understanding and confusion about the law are things the obama administration has to be worried about. they a

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and fresh outlook. including yours. closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >> our very own ross is here this morning with sports to tell us about a power shift in the nfl. >> a changing of the guard in the afc north, because orange is the new black. i'm not talking about the netflix series. i'm talking about the pittsburgh steelers. bernard right up the gut and the rookie scores his first nfl touchdown, bengals up 7-3, just before the half, big ben goes up top to his big receiving, is the 6'5", up at 10. bernard 27 yards to the happy place. cincinnati would eventually take a 20-10 lead. big ben trying for a comeback. not happening. reggie nelson comes up with the interception as the bengals send pittsburgh to its first 0-2 start. >> we understand there's a certain amount of misery that comes with the position we're in. we'll wear it. we won't like it. we'll continue to work and get better particularly with our next o

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. . >>> syria - it appears public opinion is not divided. latest polls are clear - six in 10 americans are against against military intervention in syria. doesn't matter if you are a democrat or republican. president obama has not explained why military action is necessary. with congress days away from a vote, law makers are listening to their constituents. and sheila macvicar found the folks back home had a lot to say. >> in the mountains in new york, in the green hills, this town is home to about 15,000 people. it was once a booming oil town. it has a more colourful pass as a prohibition era boot leggers par adice. it is in the 23 rld district. people -- 23rd district. and voted for bush. in 2008 they went for barack obama and voted for republican congressman tom reed: he is on a listening tour, gauging views on us military intervention in syria. his voters are not shy telling him what they think. >> average american people - the regular joes and jane

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> three years after the recession ended, the job market for millions of americans remains bleak. 11 million people are unemployment and almost eight million who want full time work are working part time. as i told you at the top of the show, the labor force participation rate is at its lowest level in the last 35 years. what explains this state of affairs, what will change it, what will it take? sylvia is a labor economist from u.c. berkeley. thank you for joining us. i'm so troubled that we are obsessed from the unemployment rate, it only tells a small slice of the story. i think the labor force participation rate is a more important story. how it's been in decline. it's not just a few year decline. it's been in decline for a very long time. >> yes. the labor force participation rates have been declining. not only this recession. but even prior to this recession. so some of these top line statistics that get so much attention as you mention the unem

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >>> a prayer service turned into a crime scene after a gunman walked into the church and shot the pastor. there's a $1 million bond for woodrow carey charged with second-degree murder. he called 911 and told the dispatcher what he did. he was preaching to a crowd of more than 60 people during a revival service on friday in lake charles, louisiana. >>> it's a life of fear and uncertainty for many in chicago who deal with gun violence and fwa gangs on a daily basis. there have been 340 murders this year. more than 80% of victims were male with an average age of 27 1/2. there's also a split along racial lines where more than 80% of the victims were black. four in every five deaths are caused by gun violence, many of which are gang-related. that's led to a lot of soul-searching in chicago as it holding a gang peace summit this weekend. the idea was to bring together gang members, clergy and the community to stop the violence. as diane easterbrook reports

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and fresh outlook. including yours. >>> the victims in yesterday's shooting at the navy yard . >>> aaron alexis was arrested at least twice for gun-related offenses and discharged from the navy in 2011. he was a subkrtor by hewlett for a navy i.t. project which police believe may be the reason he had access to the navy yard. >>> health care workers are trained to save lives, but what happens when the people they try to help actually become the aggressors themselves? we look at workplace violence in all places the health industry. >> reporter: every second counts. these are the words hospital emergency workers live by. a few seconds can mean the difference between life and death. but in some cases those trained to deal with emergency health needs can go from health care worker to victim. roy is an emergency technician at beaumont hospital in royal oak, michigan, a suburban medical center outside of detroit. he spent nearly ten years here assisting the sick and injured, but there are days w

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko trillion in the next seven years to bring america's infrastructure up to grade. seattle's $4 billion redevelopment of the waterfront that including digging an underground highway is the largest transportation project in america today. david shochuster has this story of seattle's big dig. >> this is bertha eggs specially made for america's biggest transportation project today, seattle's alaskan way viaduct replacement project. >> this is the largest single project that i've been involved with. >> bertha is boring below the seattle waterfront to build an underground highway for car and freight traffic. >> the tunnel 9,273 feet long. when we excavate the tunnel, we remove about 850,000 cubic yards of material or close to 2 million tons of material. >> the goal is to replace the alaskan way viaduct, an elevated roadway above the tunnel route that sustained damage in a 2001 earthquake. >> so you have a str

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. . >>> and welcome back. as the immigration debate hits up the boarder between mexico and the united states is becoming stained by the blood of mexican citizens. a report by the nation institute says that over the past five years unidentified us border agents fired over the fence at least 10 times, killing six mexicans. the agency responsible for policing the borders now, under heavy scrutiny - yet seemingly immune from prosecution. our correspondent reports. % >> jose was 16 when he was killed with a bullet through the head by the united states border patrol. nine more shots went into his body. as he lay on the ground in his home town in mexico. the bullets, fired from the top of this cliff in arizona travelled through an international boundary and an illegal vacuum. the agent has never been . sidewalk. the report indicated he did not have a weapon in his hand, a rock or any type of nothing. he had a cell phone in his pocket. >> his brother was shot i

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. welcome back to al jazeera. i am del walters. secretary of state john kerry is saying more world leaders are backing the u.s. efforts to strike syria. the president set to address the american public on tuesday to again state his case for action. for more on syria's world, al jazeera sat down with former congressman and presidential candidate ron paul. here is a sneak peek of that interview. >> what would be your line in syria? is there a moment where the united states has a responsibility to protect, to go abroad to help people who are in crisis and being killed by their own government >> yes. if any country including syria, if they attack the united states, you know, under attack, you know, threatened us and came and bombed us or sent a drone missile over here or something, you know, that might qualify as a requirement to retaliate but under today's circumstances, i can't imagine any moral justification for us getting involved in another war because

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andutlook. including yours. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans. >>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what really drove me to al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ >> the cleveland medical examiner has confirmed that ariel castro has committed suicide in his prison cell, hanging himself with a bed sheet. castro had just started serving a life plus 1,000 year prison sentence, his punishment for kidnapping and torturing three young women for a decade. there is no word on burial arrangements. first it

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and outlook. including yours. >> hello again, lets me take you through our top stories. 100,000 people have been made homeless often days of fighting in the southern philippines. the military says it's taken back 80% of the territory held bicep tesby separatist rubbles. a pentagon audit has shown dozens of convicted criminals gained access to bases because of cost cut to go security programs. and brazil's president has postponed a state visit to the u.s. of allegations that his washington side stpao*eud top se additional so visuals. nuclear an voice have met in jay jinx and discussing ways to review the talks and end north korea nuclear program. 10 years since the talks began, harry faucet has more from seoul. >> reporter: the last time the official delegates of the talks representing russia, china, japan, two koreas and the u.s. sat down together was in testimony 2008. the following april north korea pulled out of the process, it said never to return after its failed rocket launch was me

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> well, the navy yard shootings left many of us shocked outraged and horrified, a campus, should have been one of the safest places to be on a workday morning. there is one other location that understands sadly the victims. the tragedy at the sandy hook are elementary school bonded those of ne newtown, connecticut. all over again. monty frank heard it as he came into his house. >> what went through your mind when you heard the news? >> i'm not sure much went through my mind. i felt like someone had kicked me in the gut. i had just come back from a bike ride. and i -- living in sandy hook you ride by the school, you ride by homes of families that lost kids. it's a reminder every day to come home to hear the news that there's another shooting. >> and it's in washington. >> it's in washington. >> where you are headed. >> correct. >> frankly it's the newtown action alliance that has launched a series of demonstrations since last december. visits to capit

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antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. >> mexico is still struggling to deal with the aftermath, the storms have devastated acapulco and the surrounding area. more than a million people have been effected, and mexican authorities raise the death toll to 97. thousands of tourists stranded in acapulco struggle to find clean water as they wait at the airport to leave. >> reporter: well, after a path of destruction in the southwestern part of the country, tropical storm manuel moved up to the southwest part of the country and hit down just a few days ago. the authorities are trying to take preventive measures. they've declared a red alert and suspended all classes. this is in advance of high winds and potentially heavy rainfall, but we have not seen the kind of destruction there yet. but we've seen in southern uta mexico. i was in acapulco on wednesday and tuesday, and saw the amounts of destruction there and saw tens of thousands of people who have been affected, people who were in shelters, who

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >>> news out of china. one person is dead after an explosion next to a school. local media said a motorcycle caught fire and then exploded. no word on how many people were taken to the hospital. al jazeera is following this developing story. >>> the science of mal small ths have become a very big business. we put nano technology under the microscope. >> reporter: these scientist may look ready to walk on the moon but they are exploring another frontier at the atomic level. the university of the college of nano scale science and edge nearing is at the forefront of nano tech tphoelg, research and development. a science that's not just about exploring nature but also changing it. >> once you make it small enough it changes properties and we can explore what they do and new rop disappearance. >> reporter: here are the-year-olds top semiconductor makers are tkpwing smallle to develop faster and more energy efficient computers. run of the unique things abou

i'm antonio mora. welcome to consider this. the nsa has found a way to crack through walls intended to keep information private. reports on those leaked documents in the new york time and pro-publica, shows how the nsa can expose a vast amount of information even encrypted ones. letting the rest of the world know what our spy agencies are up to. last month president obama was forced to address the endless trail of surveillance leaks. >>> we can and must be more transparent so i've directed the intelligence community to make public as much information about these programs as possible. >> but this transparency courtesy of mr. snowden is not likely what the president was referring to. and the government asked the news agencies not to publish publish these leaks. propublica, saying it might prompt foreign targets oswitch to new forms of encryption or communications that would be harder to collect or read. >>> both news organization he said they removed some specific facts, but decided to publish because of the value of the public d

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. faultlines investigates the epidemic of overcrowding in women's prisons. >> the system is setup to do exactly what it's doing - to break people and to keep them broken. before the first time since emerging from bankruptcy, general motors announcing a new model truck to be produced at the company's oldest manufacturing plant. the 2015 trucks will roll off the line with hulk capability and most importantly for g.m., proven profits. america tonight's lori jane reports the plant is an example of what works. a bright spot in an otherwise economically very stressed community. in a city off singled out, lack of jobs and deteriorating neighborhoods, it may be hard to find a source of pride. but inside, this bustling truck factty, thousands of employees are proving there's a lot to be proud of in flint, michigan. >> over a 24 hour period in general motors plant. they will be tightened and tests, cleaned and quality checked. o agmc sierra. >> what makes this $55,00

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and fresh outlook. including yours. >> this is ankle america live from new york city. we have a look at today's top stories. time is running out. we're just 14 hours away from a possible government shutdown. the house passed a spending bill that would delay the affordable care act. the senate is expected to reject that version of the bill this afternoon. a 20-member international team is head to go syria today to dismantle syria's chemical weapon stock pile. the team will have to work quickly to destroy the weapons by the deadline set by the u.n. security council.

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. pm eastern time . we will be right back. ♪ there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >> and welcome back. it is a stark choice between protecting native traditions and preserving a community's future. for the navajo nation it might mean mining the past. we get the story from casey kaufman. >> they are some of the most iconic landscapes of america. far off the beaten paths, is another side of the navajo nation. where energy companies dig up the land in search of minerals. this coal mine is one mile away from cynthia dixon's home. she lives here without electricity or running water. she says those are the small part

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and fresh outlook. including yours. >> and welcome back. it is a stark choice between protecting native traditions and preserving a community's future. for the navajo nation it might mean mining the past. we get the story from casey kaufman. >> they are some of the most iconic landscapes of america. far off the beaten paths, is another side of the navajo nation. where energy companies dig up the land in search of minerals. this coal mine is one mile away from cynthia dixon's home. she lives here without electricity or running water. she says those are the small part of her problems. >> i got sheep buried out there, lambs that they got sick. sick from. maybe from the blasting or that gray dust that they were eating. and lost about 15 lambs in one month. >> but it's not just the livestock cynthia's worried about. she says living here has taken a toll on her own health too. >> sometimes we get runny nose even when we don't have a cold we get runny nose and cough and sometimes feel nauseated.

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> wal-mart workers are protesting today than what higher salaries, a minimum of $25,000 per year and also want wal-mart's undo the firing for 20 employees who were part of the june strike. wal-mart says it has done nothing wr-pbg and john has the story. >> wal wal-mart! >> reporter: chanting at the parking lot at valley street. $25,000 a year, better conditions and benefits and the reinstatement of workers let go for attending a similar wal-mart protest last year. elaine is one of the 20 workers laid off. she says she's fighting for wal-mart associates who she says are afraid to speak up. >> reporter: why you have associates who don't have money for food, don't have money to put clothes on they kids backs and you are getting so many bonuses and you will not share that with your associates. >> reporter: at one point some of the protestors tried to march past the tpr-pbt door but security were on to them. >> they tried to walk over to the main entrance

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andresh outlook. including yours. >> a car bomb claims at least 20 lives in. hello an welcome, we're here in doha also on the program. giza, authorities rush in to arrest pro-morsi forces. charged with harming state security. >> one police officer died during an early morning raidn

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andlook. including yours. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. it is not exactly the hell's angels meet bagdad, but biker gangs are developing in the iraqi capitol. here is our report. >> reporter: like many youth, the world over, showing off comes naturally. this loosely affiliated group of young men call themselves the bagdad knights, and in this city full of check points, lock downs and car bombs, an empty stretch of road is a rare thing. their leader calls himself a [ inaudible ] jacky chan. by weekday he's a photographer, but the weekend is all about the bike and finding something for him and his friends to do. >> translator: we set up the club because there is nothing else to do. the government doesn't provide us with places to go. this provides us with chance to get together and enjoy our bikes. >> reporter: some of the bikes can reach high speeds and all of the tricks are self taught. it's a risky business safety wise and legally as well. using the road like this is technically illegal

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions andtlook. including yours. >>> you are watching al jazeera, america. i'm richelle carey. here are some of the stories we're following. the unsecurity council could vote on a plan to allow syria to get rid of its chemical weapons. if syria does not comply, the council would need to adopt a second resolution. secretary of state john kerry had what he said was an effective discussion with iran about their nuclear

al jazeera's antonio mora and i will address what u.s. action on syria will mean to all of us and we'll take questions from our studio and online audience as well. that's the syria debate. and america tonight town hall, following the president's address on al jazeera america. and when america tonight returns tonight, setting up shop for a new crop and a new customer. colorado's new gold rush and the heady product that's got the feds on high alert. >> on capitol hill tuesday senators are scheduled to take up high times, and it could be a pot bust. so far, 20 states and the district of columbia passed medical marijuana laws but that doesn't make it legal at the federal level. and in january, cd will take it one -- colorado will take it one step further. as america tonight's laurie jane griha reports, they're rushing to cash in. >> andy joseph is a small town businessman a navy veteran a father of five. you would never suspect he is also a pot entrepreneur. the garage right next ohusband house is where he runs his -- his house is where he ru

hello, i'm antonio mora. welcome to consider this. just a few months ago, president obama declared the terror group was on the path to defeat. or is it? al-qaeda is stealing support from u.s. backed rebels in syria and the nairobi mall massacre maybe a reunderstood threat from the security group. >> require i can't will be required to abandon its chemical weapons arsenal, but it will not include the threat of force against syria if bashar al assad's government fails to comply. the spokesperson for the syria national coalition said the syria opposition remains wary of any deal. >> he has killed 110,000 people. can you trust someone who what committed such a trays cities. >> 11 syrian rebel groups issued a at the same time calling for the establishment of sharia law. it's a key denext. three of the groups were aligned with the u.s. backed opposition. sala discounted the new alliance. >> these groups are not part of the resolution. they do not represent the syrian people. they represent a small minority. >> it remains unclear with the st

antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. a new challenge and a controversial figure from the past. haiti's baby doc john-claude duvalier faces hearing about terrifying experiences. what isn't a surprise is what baby doc has to say about those days, then and now. special correspondent soledad traveled to haiti. >> this is the real space of the prison. >> this is the flooring. >> this is exactly the flooring. >> bobby duval is a survivor, he served time in the notorious prison and lived to talk about it. >> i counted 20 that died in my hands, 20, right there. >> in the eight months you were here. >> yeah. >> he was tortured and starved with hundreds of other haitians under the rule of john-claude duvalier, better no one as baby doc. >> they pertain a cell of firn feet to 14 feet, you've got 30 or 40 more people, depending how many died that week. >> president jimmy carter sent ambassador young to haiti with a list of 13 people he wanted freed. >> they sent a letter with 13 nam

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