generations paint their faces black so they can look like black pete. look at the crowd - there's a notable reduction in the number of faces painted black. people want to keep the tradition, but don't want to be accused of racism. >> compared to last year, most children haven't paint their faces. >> black pete is almost 200 years old. if the crowds get their way, there'll be a lot of life left in him yet. >> all righty, time for the sports headlines. broncos head coach may be on the leave. >> let's see. >> including the stunning upset win over stanford usc won five of six games since ed orgeron took over. he'll have competition if he hopes to remove the interim tag. the school interviewed jack dal rio. he's leading the broncos while john fox recovers from heart surgery. he starred at usc and earnt all american status as a lion backer. >> whether in the midwest suspended a contest during the bears came. fans evacuated from the inner bowl stadium. rain and wind caused concern. it resumed and once under way the bears won in overtime. the final race of the t

meet black pete the face of sinterklas. every year children across the country paint their faces black. they have done since the 1820, and race campaigners say that is where he firmly belongs. >> at the heart of this is a simply question, is black pete honest fun, something for the children. dutch tradition that should be left alone or is he a symbol of racism, slavery, something that should not be around in the year 2013. what started as a discussion evolved into a debate, and a fierce one. the man leading the campaign says as an as a result he's received death threats. >> you have kids running home after school scrubbing the black off their bodies, called dirty black thesieves, and elder by afraid to leave their house. >> is that happening? >> it is. >> black pete may live in the fairy books but his face is fought out in the digital world. this is a tale of two facebook campaigns, 13 million wanting it to change, and 2 million saying pete and politics should be kept separate. can you understand why some think it's racist?

generations have grown up painting their faces black to look like black pete and take part in this parade. this year, look at the crowd. there is a notable reduction in the number of faces that have been painted black. people here want to keep this tradition. they don't want to be accusedol of racism. >> come pavered to last year, they are painted black. instead of children dressed up, because of this heated discussion, a restraint within sam sisterdam society. >> black pete is the approaching 200 years old. if these crowds get their way, he will have a lot of life left in him yet. phil lebell amsterdam. >> for later in the news how. barbara, thank you. still to come in this news hours, thousands of syrian refugees flood into lebanon. many more could be on their way as a new battle front emerges. >>> france's president promises a tough stanchion against the nuclear program and and i am richard par r in dubai where hendrick stinson has made history in golf season finale. younger people have died in a series of bomb attacks in and around baghdad. one of the targeteds was a mosque in the kar

and there is a campaign to get rid of black pete.er, this campaign, 13,000 to get rid of black pete. and 2 million to keep him. he is not going anywhere if the dutch people have their way. >> he has been in the dutch society for six centuries. all of the children are looking forward to black pete. it will be difficult. on the other hand i sta can sees children along the route are made plaque. made -- black. there is lr already a reaction o the discussion which is heated. again 2 million people against 13,000 it will be a societial discussion on how this will proceed. >> do you think that is because people don't want to be racist or don't want to be could be acf being racist. >> in amsterdam people feel uncomfortable with the discussion and maybe a little afraid that it may raise a reaction from the public. and i think that many people also understand now because for decade they have seen this character of black pete but they didn't see thesstereotypical elements of the outside. >> the procession will move through amsterdam. this will

>> no, i like it, my children like it, they do it at school. >> center class and black pete have been part of the area since the 1820s. look at this year, look at the crowd there is a notable reduction in the number of face that have been painted black. people here want to keep the tradition but they don't want to be accused of racism. >> compared last year much less children are painted black and you see instead of children dressed up like santa claus. because of this heated discussion a sort of restraint among amsterdam society. >> black pete is approaching 200 years old. if these crowds get their way they'll have a lot of him left yet. >> black pete would carry naughty children away to spain while santa claus gives the nice presents. i can't believe we are already talking about christmas. >>> if you want to comment on any of the stories you have seen tonight just log on to aljazeera.com/america tonight. follow us here at america tonight, thank you for watching. we'll see you again tomorrow night. conversation >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. her

people come out in protest for black pete, so extra people taking part in the parades today. in terms of people not covering their faces in the same way, there has been a noticeable reduction in the number of faces that tonight have black paint on them. people are very, very staunchly keen keep this tradition going, something that's been around of 200 years. but they're wary of being labeled racists. a lot of people have not necessarily covered their entire faces, maybe a few dabs here and there. we spoke to some people today. i spoke to three people specifically who would have different opinions. i spoke to a white man with a white child whose face was covered in paint and asked if it was racist, and he said no, that's this is how we do things. i sfoek to a black man who said he was not offended and an american couple said they were horrified and they said it's racist. by the looks of things, he'll be around a while yet. >> live for us in amsterdam. thank you, fill. >>> we'll have more from europe later in the news hour. now back to adrian in doha. >>> the syrian government

meet black pete. the face of the dutch holiday that proceeds christmas, santa's little helper but more of a hindrance who say he does not belong in the modern age. every year children paint their faces black to look like him. they have done since the 1820s, and race campaigners say that's where he firmly belongs 37 at the heart of this is a simply question, is black pete harmless fun or is he, as those campaigners will tell you, a symbol of racism and something that should not be around in 2013. what started out as a discussion has evolved into a debate and a fierce one at that. the man leading this campaign said as a result he has received death threats. >> you have kids running home to scrub their skin and bodies because they've been called dirty black pete. if we have grandparents who won't leave their house because they're terrorized by that figure--that's happening at the moment. >> reporter: black pete is being fought out in the digital tail. world. they want to black pete to change from this to

black pete will still be black. he has survived nearly 200 years. the question is, how many more does he have left? al jazeera, amsterdam. >> wow, never seen a christmas like that, that's for sure. still ahead on al jazeera, the voting posts are ready to go in chile. more on the two women who are running for president. that's ahead on al jazeera america. plus it may not be something that many people think about, but the u.s. power grid is becoming a new target for cyberattackers. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories this past hour. in afghanistan the city of kabul is hit with a suicide-bomb and six people were reportedly killed. it happened after president karzai announced that u.s. troops will stay in the country past 2014. >>> aid is reaching remote communities. more than 1100 people are still missing. >>> well, natural disasters are an all too common event in the philippines. just a few weeks ago an earthquake struck the whole island. we have more. >> the town is left ransacked. this is a 19th industry church,

black pete will be black. he is survived 200 years. the question is how many more does he have left? >> phil lavelle in amsterdam. >> and still to come the latest on the struggle for survival in the philippines, that's after the devastating typhoon a week ago. people headed to church to pray. >> the race to rescue a man trapped in a cave for a week. coming up in sport - meantime the guys that endure the pain of mixed martial art without the glory. . >>> welcome back, you are watching al jazeera america, and i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories. . francis hollande arrives in israel. the nuclear program is expected to top the agenda during the 3-day trip. prime minister benyamin netanyahu is expected to ask francis hollande to keep the pressure on iran in the next round of multilateral talks on november 20th. >> twin bombs rip across afghanistan, a day after a bomb hit a site where 2,000 tribal elders will meet to decide the fate of american troops. >> nine days after typhoon haiyan left large areas aid is reaching remote areas.

black pete is black, he has survived 200 years. how many more does he have left? m >> more than 1,000 women gather in baltimore for a day-long journey. the johns hopkins-sponsored conference is the brain child of two women. they survived health scarce and are showing other women how to handle their own. >> meet molly block a medical mir abbingle, having survived many ill possesses. >> i had two heart surgeries, cancer four times - don't you think that's knew. >> block started her health crisis at 27 with lim foama. >> when i had hog kins you had the spleen removed, radiation - i had no choice. >> today, no matter what the disease, patients have a dizzying array of treatment option, no right answer. it's a reason block and fellow survivor harriet legum dreamed up a women's health conference. it covers topics from hypertension to meditation. >> it helps women understand they can have a second opinion, an opinion themselves, that they can - they can make decisions. >> evened to women have second-place status when it comes to health care. research subjects are mainly

black pete, st.er is the big draw for the children, which is why they paint their faces to look like him. it keeps the youngsters happy, but not campaigners who claim this is a symbol of racism, a throw back to the slave trade. this community is very much divided. the number of protestors out sunday was relatively small, swallowed up by the crowds, but on line, 13,000 of them are back to court for black pete and his current guise to be demolished almost compare that to the 2 million who want him to say. there is little chance black pete will be going anywhere. >> we want to keep it. >> ask somebody not from this country do you think this is racist. >> no absolutely. no question. it seems obvious that it is racist. >> you don't find it offensive? >> no, no. i like it and i will do it all year, my children like it. they do it at school. santa claus and black pete have been part of dutch life since the 1820s. generations have grown up painting their faces black to look like black pete. this year, there

black pete may be black. he survived 200 years, but the question is how many more does he have left. >> well, here in the states of southern california school may make changes to its mascot. sports teams at coachella valley high school call themselves the arabs, and the mascot is a bearded man in a mask. at a meeting, he may now be given a fays lift but changing the nickname is off the table. >> all righty, mark morgan is here with the sports. a frantic finish down south. >> this was craze yip. we'll get to it. there's a lot of hope involved in a hail mary. if it works luck as well. auburn and georgia - what a finish. fourth and 18. 37-37, tigers need a miracle. watch this nick marshall fades back, tipped by two georgia defenders, into the hands of ricardo louis. 73 yards for an unlikely touch done, tigers 43-38. elsewhere percy harvin ready to go. he hasn't played this season after undergoing hip surgery,he's lifted as probable. percy harvin was an off-season acquisition. the seahawks signed him to a five ye

they call him black pete. >> we begin this saturday in the philippines for more than 1100 people remain more than a week aft

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black to the investigation on the fatal shooting at lax. investigators in l.a. and injure injure are trying to understand what led the 23-year-old to go on the shooting rampage. petehington bureau. pete, good morning. what is your gleaning in terms of the weapons, the ammunition. >> first of all, in terms of his condition, they were saying yesterday he was shot in the chest and that he was in critical condition. we have not many heard of an update of his condition at this point. he had what they described as an assault-type rifle, like an ar-15. he had over 100 yard in five magazines. it could be as many as 150 rounds of ammunition that he took with him to the airport. he's 23. originally from new jersey. they say he had at least a page of radical anti-government material, a diatribe against the federal government in particular, and tsa in particular. calling tsa employees "pigs" and say they were violating his civil rights. police in pennsville, new jersey said he sent his brother a text message early friday in which he said he was not going to be alive much longer. police have questioned members of his family in new jersey. ciancia's father said he talked to his