we followed her in the capital city of brasilia and mega-city sao paolo. it was a packed and exciting schedule. television and newspaper interviews at a high profile luncheon in sao paolo promoting brazilian tourism to the us a meeting with afro-brazilians about their concerns and how us diplomats can help. and visiting a mural at the consulate that used soccer to connect american and brazilian children. in the capital city of brasilia the ambassador visited the casa thomas jefferson, a school where brazilians young and old are learning english. >> i understand fully becausetive same challenge with portuguese. >> she met with brazil yan youth ambassadors in a program designed to advance the relationship between the two countries. ambassador ayalde also convened an informal lunch gathering with women working at the embassy. >> brianna powers: we try t inspire women that work here, support them and build a network. >> brianna cari: we have 47 female employees and 400 mission wide, so we are a pretty significant percentage and seeing women at the top of our p

after a day of violence and multiple bomb attacks in afghanistan's capital city. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. also ahead this thanksgiving thursday, promising results from early clinical trials of an ebola vaccine. >> hopefully if everything goes well, by mid-january we will be able to get the first doses into people for the trial. >> woodruff: from social media to smartphone apps, the music industry uses big data to determine the next billboard hit. but is what's good for business, bad for music? >> the vast majority of people what they want from pop culture is comfort food. they want to be relaxed. they want to turn off their brains. the side of effect of big data in the music industry has been i think to make the product more repetitious. >> woodruff: plus, montana is home to great fishing, but illegal dumping of non-native fish is threatening the fragile ecosystem, even as it baits the lucrative sports fishing tourist. those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been

two nigerian and the islamic group boko haram has captured the capital city. >> especially christians but muslims as well as fleeing for safer parts of the country. >> the capital in northeast nigerian, four days refugees have been flooding into this city, fleeing boko haram's latest wave of violence. many who arrive are deeply traumatized. one of the new arrivals is -- who fled her village after it was overrun by islamist militants. on the road, she lost a son. her husband was murdered. >> when boko haram came to our village, my husband hit in the bush for four days. they were forcing men to fight with them. she thought they were gone so she came back to our house. boko haram is still there and they killed them. >> tens of thousands have been forced to flee, many are taking in by relatives. like the one here. >> my life has been completely destroyed and that makes me so sad. now i have nothing, i don't know how things can go on. >> in a new video, book boko haram are seen celebrating the taking of yet another town. the group's leader again declares that there will be no negotiations

it is home to the university of wisconsin and is the state's capital city.ith the help of our charter cable partners, over the next two hours, we will look at the history of the city named after our fourth president, james madison. learn about the protests that pitted city police again student activist during vietnam. >> i was about halfway down the corridor. all i know was in a matter of what seemed seconds, all the people in front of me disappeared. as we slowly backed out because there was a narrow staircase behind us, i was now at the front of the crowd with four or five police officers approaching. they grabbed me and beat me. effigyt two of madison's mounds built by native americans thousands of years ago to honor the dead. >> these can be considered a kind of tombstone. they mark the graves of the dead and are carved in the shapes of just asand spirits, sometimes you see modern headstones carved in the shapes of urns or other architectural things. the campus has more mounds than any other place in the world that i am aware of. >> explore the man consi

in sierra leone's capital, moments like this have become almost routine. this is city has one of the most intense areas of the outbreak. 80% of the health workers infected by the virus here have died from it. now, a cuban doctor who came to fight the outbreak has been himself diagnosed with it. there have been positive developments, the world health organization is developing two faster and cheaper tests for the virus. >> we are now planning to have this test in the coming six, two categories. one is a pregnant-type test. which is 15 minutes only, and the other is an integrated test that takes around one hour. >> the number of new cases in liberia and new guinea has recently stabilized and is now faulk, and that has helped to transform the impact on the economies across sub saharan africa. just last month, the world bank feared that the virus could cost the country $32 billion. and now they say that the true cost may only be a ten the of that. but the world bank said that the fear of ebola has hurt the tourism sector. dealing with the outbreak has concentrated in other

thousands of protesters took to the streets on sunday in the heart of the nation's capital city ouagadougou. the demonstrators were venting their anger at presidential guard leader lieutenant colonel isaac zida who was named interim leader by the military. the local media reported that soldiers cleared the streets by firing warning shots. tension remains high over how the nation should be ruled after the president's resignation. >>> the intergovernmental panel on climate change has issued a report with a dire warning. it says global warming will lead to a high risk of severe and irreversible global impacts if nation's don't undertake additional mitigation efforts. the report was issued for the first time in seven years. it warns that if the density of greenhouse gases increases further, the average global surface temperature by the end of the 21st century is likely to rise by as much as 4.8 degrees celsius. the paper also emphasizes that there are multiple ways to achieve an international goal of keeping global warming below 2 degrees celsius, the temperature before the start of the industr

city. it is important to remember that washington was a local place before was a national capital. it had to learn how to become national and think of itself as a national city. it also became global at some point, too. native people and a native presence helped shape that process as well. that process of becoming. >> what part of the 19th century are we talking about when we talk about native american influence in? washington? >> if we think about the actual native population in the city, there are ads and flows. at particular moments in the time. surrounding the removal policy of the 1830's, when large numbers of cherokee and other southeastern tribal nations were coming to the city, there were very large numbers of native people here. in the 1850's and 1870's, these were time periods where there were large numbers of native people in the city. i want to span the entire 19th century from the beginning of the city as a federal city and even come up into and through the 20th century. one of the things i will be doing at the library is thinking about how to bookend the project. there

after a day of violence and multiple bomb attacks in afghanistan's capital city. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. also ahead this thanksgiving thursday, promising results from early clinical trials of an ebola vaccine. >> hopefully if everything goes well, by mid-january we will be able to get the first doses into people for the trial. >> woodruff: from social media to smartphone apps, the music industry uses big data to determine the next billboard hit. t

gunshots rang out in the capital city of cairo as security forces shut down the demonstrations.ysts say it was the first time in months that protesters tried to hold major rallies against the government. after egypt's military coup last year. more than 100 people were arrested john huddy is live in jerusalem. what more do we know, john, about this crackdown? >> reporter: jon, to give you an idea, one police official said his officers would deal with them endangering the public safety in the quote-unquote harshest manner and we saw that as the violence continued today. let's start with that. i'll bring you up to speed. two senior military officials in the egyptian army were killed in an attack in cairo. one of them a brigadier general in egypt's -- someone rolled up and opened fire killing those two officers, including that general. and security forces earlier today also shot to death four people during demonstrations east of cairo. thousands of people we've seen have taken to the streets both in cairo, alexandria and other cities and parts of egypt. police brought in armored veh

make things, grow things and you guys have to come back real soon and enjoy the great bear in the capital citynkly all over the state. >> invite us over and make as corn on the cob or something? >> i am prepared to invite you over and we will make some corn on the call. this is the world capital of popcorn. orval redenbacher's home. you will not leave indiana hungry. >> governor mike pence. we will take you up on that offer. coming up, looking at how the young republican celebrated their great big three last night. ♪ >> last night we sent griffin hammond to the nation's capital with a very specific assignment. go to some killer soirÉes and capture the mood. he came back with this along with a pretty hefty bill for his next expense report. >> rise and shine young republicans. here, take these and some water. you look like you had a fun night. i saw you at the americans for tax reform party. you looked like you were pacing yourself and ready for a long night. they called kentucky so fast that you had to have a drink for mitch mcconnell and a mini hamburger. then west virginia flipped. they have

and in neighboring mexico, police are tightening security in the capital city ahead of what is expected to be a huge set of demonstrations against the disappearance of 43 students in september. >> it is presumed though students were murdered and that their deaths were carried out by a nexus of corrupt lawmakers and politicians working with drug cartels. >> the case has ignited beyond e disappearance of though students. >> that rage threatens to send the entire country into chaos. >> this is the protest that refuses to go away. parents of the missing students are among the demonstrators here in a couple go who reject what authorities have told them about the students' fate. >> we are desperate now. we want to see them. many days have passed since it is said they were kidnapped and massacred. >> we've been fighting for two months and will continue until we find the children. they took them alive, and we want them back alive. >> in september, the group of trainee teachers was kidnapped and probably murdered by a drug gang. the mayor and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of having or

in afghanistan, taliban insurgents have intensified attacks in the capital city of kabul targeting foreigners. this as kabul's police chief, general mohammed zahir, abruptly resigned amid the increasing violence. authorities say a south african aid worker and his two children were killed when militants armed with guns and grenades stormed a compound overnight. taliban fighters reportedly took seven other people hostage. afghan security forces ended up killing the attackers and freeing the hostages. the world health organization now estimates that more than 16,000 people have contracted ebola and nearly 7,000 have died. even more troubling, the w.h.o. warns that these figures could be a significant underestimation. and today marks the official end of what's been a relatively mellow hurricane season. in fact, it's been a record- breaking nine years since a category three or stronger hurricane made landfall along the u.s. coastline. that was 2005 when hurricanes katrina and wilma hit the gulf coast and florida. meteorologists don't count superstorm sandy, since it was not a hurricane when it mad

temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's, actually approaching 60 degrees to the south especially in the capital citydelaware and in south jersey still cool to the north. looks what happens tuesday. these are afternoon temperatures. 20's and low 30's, mid 30's at pest -- best for our highs. late monday night, tuesday morning these are wind chill values. it will feel like the teens early monday morning and not much better -- tuesday morning. not much better into tuesday afternoon. so the rain develops tonight, it's chilly low of 39 for center city. periods of rain monday, heaviest during the afternoon and a high temperature of 55 degrees. enjoy the fists if you can despite the wet weather 'cause we're back into the 30's tuesday and wednesday overnight lows in the lower 20's in many spots. by the end of the week slightly warmer but still cool for this time of year. some sunshine, in the 40's. looks like finally next sunday we're back to around 50 degrees but there could be some rain late in the day. so, get ready for rain, then some cold air. >> oh, boy, look at that drop-off. >> big time. >> amazing.

doctor is a top physician in the military and was working at an ebola treatment center in the capital city of freetown. >>> there is some encouraging news tonight whether it comes to developing a vaccine for ebola. researchers at the national institutes of health say the first experimental vaccine to be tested in humans does appear to be safe and capable of stimulating the immune system. the study involving 20 volunteers began in september and scientists say the results are promising enough to proceed to a study in west africa with thousands of volunteers. >>> remember the name robin yn gardner? well, it's been three years since they disappeared in aruba with a gaithersburg businessman. to this day, a cloud of suspicion hangs over him. tonight he tells marriy bubula what he thinks happened to the maryland woman who vanished without a trace. >> reporter: three years later, the mystery remains. what happened to robyn gardner? august 2011, the last time the 35-year-old frederick woman is seen alive. she took a secret get away to aruba with gary jury giordano. >> i signaled for her to come bac

in australia's capital city, a new guinness world record for the largest display of l.e.d. lights. there are 1.2 million multicolored individual lights. the amount of them, well, the amount they had to install covers the distance between hartford, connecticut, to providen providence, rhode island. that's 75 miles. it is all for a good cause. the display will help raise money for a charity supporting families who suffer sudden infant death syndrome. if you're getting any ideas, you might want to step outside now and start on your lights because it took an army of volunteers months to complete and then, of course, there is that small matter of your electric bill. kind of scared to see how much that might be. >>> the northeast freezes, southern california is cooking. really? >> yes. >> good to be there. >> stare at the numbers. you looked right past me. you looked right to here, like -- i know. we got done yesterday. i hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving. yesterday in minneapolis, one of the coldest they ever had. now we have one of the warmest we ever had in the desert southwe

the devices trap contaminants to clean in the capital city.uper tree can filter out lead, chrome and other harmful substances and transform as much carbon dioxide into substances. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> and as lots of people are heading out the door this morning. we're seeing a few snow flurries in the poconos and freezing temperatures. another cold day. i'll have your weekend forecast coming up, jillian? >> this accident still out there. 76 eastbound and the ramp to the blue route southbound partially blocked as you can see one lane of traffic gets by. situation on the tacony-palmyra bridge. >>> sky force 10 flying high above the area this morning. not delivering toys, though. actually looking for people who are out shopping for those black friday deals. we're checking out local malls and parking lots to tell you where to avoid the crowds and where to join them, if the bargains are the best. silent night not so silent? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep n

some of the most undercovered s in the united states are state capitals, city halls. even in the u.s. capitol, we only cover the major issues. there is no business model in terms of how to disseminate this information. and because of the increased complexity of things, the resources are not getting there to cover all these issues. >> what is making things more complex? how is it getting harder to follow? >> one is that the world is a lot more complex. there is a lot of these issues that we have never thought about before. and anything ranging from ,iotechnology, carbon emissions international train -- trade and tariffs. while these issues have to a certain extent been debated for hundreds of years, new technologies and ways of areking are forcing -- they putting a lot of stress on our existing institutions. i just read the statistic somewhere that in the federal government, there was over a million pages of new regulations is,osed last year, which for any enterprise, a big entertaining -- undertaking to look through. and that is to find the two lines that might impact

overnight as you mentioned a man began firing in a number of downtown buildings in the texas capital city including police headquarters which then had to be evacuated as a precautions. highways and streets were sealed off and are still closed. the male suspect is dead. at this point we don't know if he shot himself or perhaps was killed by police. the bomb squads and robots taking part of a large police team sweeping trying to take care of the downtown area. police have not given us the name of the shooter so far and the motive is unknown. there's no indication the police are searching for any other accomplices. the fbi has come out with warnings that lone individuals could be motivated in some ways to launch small-scale attacks. there's no information right now to definitively connect these shootings in texas with the ferguson situation but that certainly is a question the gtsers will look at. michelle? >> all right, bob. thank you. the shopping theory started thanksgiving night. people in houston got into a scuffle at this walmart. they were fighting over cheap tvs. officers had to come

the coalition has given no details about today's bombing in the capital city of kabul.but sources say the victims were americans.. and that at least three civilians were also killed. the attack comes one day after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest at a volleyball match. killing 45 people. so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. to report >> in rolling stone magazine alleged sexual assault in 2012 involving seven men and clear pressure urging the victim not to report. released a statement thursday saying there were horrified and disgusted by the allegations in the article. the fraternity at the heart of the allegations called the actions of vital. temperatures could reach the 60s today around buffalo york. with up to 7 ft. of snow they're bracing for flooding. 700,000 people in the area under flood warning. rescue teams are already on standby in western new york. more than 50 boats are ready to evacuate. both the government and red cross said shelters ready. the new york governor says no one should wait until the last minute to get out if they think

the protesters granted cnn rare access inside their tent city in the main square of guerrero's capitalshut down city hall and moved in days after the 43 students went missing. it's been more than a month. >> how much teachers are there? 5,000? the announcement more than a week ago by mexico's attorney general that three drug gang members confessed to killing the sturnts only made the protesters more angry. to date, no dna evidence has been presented. he says they feel the pain that the parents of these missing students are feeling. >> reporter: little sleep happens here. teachers take turn guarding their makeshift home at night and protesting during the day. >> i was asking him about the charred cars, the charred buildings, if we are to expect more of the same. and he says, that yes, they're ready to do more of the same. >> reporter: everyone in the ten the city has a home, a family, a job. even though the basings of living are rough, she says there's public showers where they are able to take 20 pace sews and thake a shower. they don't plan on going anywhere until the students are fou

to the territorial legislature to present his idea that matteson should be the capital, of course it wasn't the only city competing to be the capital of this new territory. the legislature's job of the territory was to pick a capital city. so they met in belmont, which is in the southwest part of the state. so he brings this kind of extravagant plan and he's a little bit manipulative trade i say he has a financial stake in that sense and he names that matteson after the president, james madison, who had just died, he was trying to play on national sympathies of this love the president we had just lost. he named the city streets again trying to show that it's a patriotic place. so he brings it over where this territorial legislature is meeting and he presents 19 other cities competing to be the capital and he basically starts biting people. the building they were meeting and was a little bit chilly. they found lots of people complaining about the poor quality of the building and how cold they are and he knows this and he's very smart. so he brings with him his plan your madison and buffalo robes that he s

. >> the capital city of islamic state is a place lot of the europeans have gone, it is the place essentiallye if you want to join the islamic state. syrian government aggressively much less concerned. going back to the broader issue of airstrikes, the key of having people on the ground is if you have an american pilot, flying hundreds of miles per hour, he doesn't have the capability or the technology to know exactly where isis are moving in and out. but the u.s. military does not kill civilians. what happens it is a tragedy, but you have people on the ground. you can target them. the problem is it is not just about iraq and syria, it is about jordan and saudi arabia. they are trying to spread the chaos. heather: while i have you here, aside going after this town, why did he choose to go after them but let some military bases in that same area get overrun, can you make sense of that? >> i suspect what he is trying to do, there have been comments on the part of the administration, i think by attacking he is trying to say to the administration you should work with me against them because assad

. >> ten minutes of terror in the capital city this morning.a gunman opened fire on at least four different believes in downtown austin including police headquarters and the mexican consulate. they are trying to figure out whether the suspect was killed with a veteran officer and they haven't released the gunman's name, but he has a criminal history. police found canisters in the van and concerned about a vest that they were wearing. >> you have to think about explosives. >> the s.w.a.t. officers swarmed the shooters's apartment to search for explosives. police and fbi agents are trying to determine a motive. >> police in new york believed two young boys trapped in a no pile survived because of an air pocket. they were building a snow pocket and they were clearing a parking lot unknowingly pushed snow over the boys. police called for a search after the parents got concerned. neighbors and rescue crews dug through the pile of snow when an officer found a small boot in that snow. >> to all the neighbors and the neighbors was coming out and everyb

city. we did not get it and tell a couple of decades later but the mainstream connecting the capital to the university should be a closed pedestrian mall and a place where people could gather together action lee that did not open -- happen until the '80s but that was part of his vision that the buildings should not be taller than of the capitol dome but that was the centerpiece

. >> two bombings near iraq's capital city killed 17 people. a suicide bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into a police checkpoint. another blew i'm his care in eastern baghdad. >> the u.n. says the numbers of casualties in iraq was up slightly with 1300 killed. 856 were civilians. 417 were security forces. in september a total of 1119 iraqis were killed. thousands of israelis gathered in tel aviv to mark the anniversary of former prime minister erbean. he was gunned down at a peace rally in 1995. he hay long with peres won the nobel peace prize. he took a dig at binyamin netanyahu's government, saying that those who renounced making peace are not patriots >>> in jerusalem tensions are running high over the al- absque mosque with demonstrations and a mort tar round fired -- mortar round fired in the area. palestinians and israeli security forces faced off at several locations in the west bank, tensions started when security forces killed a palestinian man suspected of shooting a jewish activist. israel closed access to the al- absque m

. >> meanwhile, iraqi officials insist that the sprawling city, the capital city of baghdad, that it is safe from isis. that comes despite a new surprising revelation of widely used explosive detected. er? >> reporter: this is baghdad. car bombs, suicide bombs, thousands wounded and killed. bombs that could strike anywhere, anytime. that's where it's been for more than a decade. while isis may be right on baghdad's door step but the 38 remains. >> we're following the sales inside baghdad. we're working on the sale, sometimes, they are having some hit on them. but in general, now there is no fear from the previous time that there about plain for baghdad invasion. >> reporter: the brigadier general gives a rare tour of check point. >> this is the first place to check the cars. >> reporter: yes. >> we have the ied detector there. and if there's a sign of any vehicle and we will send it on that place to check it by hand, and sometimes by canine. >> reporter: for years, iraq is focused on this fake device. english judge said he was providing a false sense of security to soldiers in iraq a

it's fair to say that the guys up here do not spend a lot of time looking down or out across the capital cityhigh above the hot air of the left and the right, 150 years of sheltering lawmakers left cracks in the capitol's cast-iron dome - yes, cast iron. because building a stone topper would have been more prohibitively heavy, and this thing is nearly 9 million pounds as it is. the weight of 20 statues of liberty. cast iron cracks? as it turns out 1300 serious ones already identified. with enough bits knocked off already, and in a rare show of bipartisan unity congress nearly unanimously signed off on a $60 million reno project expected to take at least until the end of next year. they probably know about renovations projects, they take twice as long costing twice as much as you think. this is no small project. it has taken months just to get the million plus pound scaffolding up. there's enough decking up there to build a 5-foot wide side walk from the capital to the lincoln memorial. the workers need it, to strip three coats of paint and patch up cracks. the work is not cheep. they don't do

the number of cases is increasing in the capital city. >> in guinea, children orphaned because of ebola is raising money for others like them. children joined by a local woman's n.g.o. to help pay for school. it has registered more than 600 orphans. >>> new england with a dose of autumn. >> there's cold weather, snow coming dawn. it's a freeze morning that will impact florida. i'll show you the freeze warnings and frost advisories and all that snow. total it up, coming up. >>> here we are, the first weekend in november, and the snow is falling in the north-east. patriots fans in massachusetts got a snowy and windy run-up to the game against the denver broncos. conditions are icier in maine. forecasters said there could be a foot of snow. strong winds left thousands without power. what is going on. >> i can tell you, the windchill in parts of main feels like it's 15 degrees. the winds are gusty and strong. we have been getting wings clocked anywhere. it is impressive, when we look at the storm system moving through. i want to note - we'll go back to the tropics. i'll show you how it will

says the number of cases is increasing in the capital city of freetown. for the past month drones have been spotted in the skies above the nuclear plants. they don't know where the drones are coming from or who is controlling them. >> it's illegal to fly a drone within 5km of a nuclear plant. drones have been spotted hovering over power stations - like this one. 100km east of paris. >> no one claimed responsibility for the flights, often at night. a leading nuclear safety expert whose advised the french government told al jazeera that there was cause for alarm. >> there's absolutely no doubt that one can easily paint a scenario that would be a complete kat as strofify because these -- catastrophe because the small engines are big enough to carry quantities of explosive materials. this is a piece of equipment that you could buy in a high street shop for $700. the baffled those in france, and critics says it's an example of state security not able to keep pace with potential threats. >> the flights have been going on for a month. drones have been spotted on

they have donetsk and the capital cities around them. >> it's an enormous mess. there are almost half a million people displaced. and that doesn't count the people who have left the area. thousands of people have left altogether, we have thousands of people who have died. >> but the ukrainian army, which started out, mustered strength, and then the rebels brought in their own forces, so now in the eastern ukraine, it's a bask case. the coal mines are flooded because the power stations were cut and they couldn't keep the water out of the coal mines, and just lik like crimea, this is a burden for russia. >> there's talk of everything from killings to torture, and what's up in that part of the world? >> yes, out of a pre-pond rance of violences is what's coming from the rebels and the people who disappear, torture, other things happening inside of the rebel-controlled area. >> thousands have disappeared, according to this report, and the argument from the rebels, that the ukrainians were going to discriminate against ethnic russians, and ironically, the report bring

says the cases are increasing in the capital city of freetown. in guinea children are orfanned. the children are collecting donations to pay for school ahead of the new year. the n.g.o. said it's registered more than 600 children, orphans, in that country. when al jazeera returns, a new way to battle cancer that does not involve the tumor. and how soon virgin galactic will have another plane up and running after friday's deadly crash. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, here is a look at the top stories - president obama is doing last-minute campaigning ahead of election day on tuesday. earlier today the president was in connecticut at a democratic rally, president obama is in philadelphia to stump for tom wolf >>> fierce fighting in the syrian town of kobane. reinforced by kurdish peshawar from iraq, i.s.i.l. forces are being pushed backwards. >>> western powers -- the election in ukraine is illegitimate >>> state television is off the air in burkina faso, after reports of gun fire at the station's headquarters. protests have taken place since friday. gerald tan has more. >

right now we're standing on the street that's very close to the center of this city, which is the capitalro and you can see, i'm going to step away, they used a cardboard box to block off this street that leads to the center because there's been so much -- so many traffic jams as these protesters approach the center square. but, again, tensions very high right now in the capital city of guerrero, brianna, as the clashes between the protesters and federal police get more intense. >> rosa, authorities have arrested a mayor and his wife for suspected connections to the deaths, the presumed deaths of these dozens of students. there's a certain feeling, i think, from folks there that unless they have been so upset that the government would haven't really done anything. what more are protesters wanting? >> well, there's a lot of mistrust in the government in this particular area of mexico and, quite fran clirks all over mexico. and i'll give you an example. these parents have been told three times by authorities that someone has confessed to the murders, that remains have been found, and that t

hashem ahelbarra reports from yemen's capital city, sanaa. >> reporter: yemen's prime minister abd-rabu mansour hadi looks confident. he's walking to address the nation with a message of hope. he faces a string of problems, including sectarian tensions, violence, instability and the rise of al qaeda. >> it's regular issues, international issues, we'll deal with it according to regional, national, international capacity. it's not an easy thing to start in yemen. with the support of the yemeni people, and our brothers, with the support of the arab nations and the support of our friends from all over the world. >> reporter: this is the swearing in ceremony for the newly formed government. ministers loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh showed up and backed the current president abd-rabu mansour hadi. there was a warn against such moves. this is the general. the new defence minister. he faces a delicate task of reforming an army, and getting the support from military commanders still loyal to ali abdullah saleh. his colleague, the general, is the intelligence chief and interior m

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. >> in the capital city, 15 were killed in a car bomb, 30 others injured. leaders meet in iraq. the coalition continues its assault in i.s.i.l. against neighbouring syria. u.s. forces carried out 20 air strikes, 17 around the border town of kobani. there has been fighting over the town for the past two months. u.s. forces struck an i.s.i.l. training camp in the area, and attacked a group outside of aleppo. >> an al qaeda-linked group is making gains in syria. the al nusra front is accused of seizing territory from moderates in what is viewed was a power grab. al-nusra fighters have a different take on the mission. >> ronald musagala has been a powerful player in the syrian civil war for a long time as al qaeda's affiliated syria, it is the dominant group in the north western province of idlib. it seized territory and weapons from rebel forces in the area. that raised concerns, that al nusra front's strategy is to become the unrivalled leader among opposition forces. the group's leadership denied the take over was a power grab. we were told this was a war against corrupt leaders,

taliban fighters have targeted an upscale district of the capital city.nesses describe multiple explosions and bursts of gunfire in an area containing numerous agencies and companies along with senior government afghan officials. ruth bader ginsburg is expected back at work on monday. the 81-year-old was released from the hospital after undergoing a heart procedure to have a stent placed. the incident has revived talk about just how long ginsburg will stay on the bench and where president obama will have a chance to nominate a similar liberal replacement. ginsburg says no plans to retirement. and thousands spent their morning at the thanksgivining d parade. that's it. more news coming up at the top of the hour. >>> on this thanksgiving, we'd like to give a big thank you to all the men and women fighting for our country along with our veterans. thank you for your service and for your sacrifice. we got a chance recently to thank one of those heros in person. the man who killed osama bin laden. >> thank you for having me. >> my question is, we see isis and t

there are strong differences of opinions in capital cities around the world. i think frankly what needs to happen is there needs to be a proper dialogue about this because there's as you rightly say, payment leads to more hostages being taken, and that is clearly a suboptimal situation when we are trying to starve groups like i.s.i.l. from ransom and ki kidnap for ransoms a source of funding. >> a strong statement dependence paying ransom, we seem to know european countries are secretly paying them. i couldn't even get david cohen to take a strong position of official censure against these positions, i assume there are back conversations going on not to pay them or paying them indirectly. >> as you mention there was a big discussion at the d-8, previously there was clearly a u.n. resolution that was passed on this matter. so i think it's something that publicly everybody signs up to. i think the bottom line is, when you have got families knocking on the door of your government in paris or in germany or in austria, it's difficult to say no. >> so -- and the dis

. >> it's showdown and red rick and not a lot getting done in this capital city.but do you think people are less interested in politics these days foor that reason? does that affect how much you cover? >> it's a great question. i'm not so sure i know the exact answer on that. i don't think people are less interested in politics. i think if you want to reflect on the turnout for the past midterm, it was like most other midterm elections. we were awash in it because of the control of congress that was in thebalance. but you have to think, howie, in august there were 16 races that were considered competitive in the senate. by october, that went down to 10 or 12. and that's where all the money was spent, all the attention was given. it was those people in those states that were -- that were -- they were getting the attention. and the rest of the country just had a regular, if i could use that word, "regular," midterm election that we've seen for decades now. >> i thought it was a fascina fascinating election. >> i think in north carolina -- >> unless you're living in