again, the loss of life is so horrendous. >> ambassador dennis ross, thank you as always. we appreciate insights and happy new year to you. >> same to you. >>> numbers in new york city, first from the police department and report showing murder rate with a big drop on mayor bloomberg's final year in office. 87 fewer murders from last year, that's a 20% drop from 2012. we also got numbers from the "new york times." their report had big financial data. specifically all the money mayor bloomberg paid out of his own pocket. how about $62,000 a week to clean fish tanks he installed in city hall and $6 million for private plane travel during his tenure. mayor bloomberg turned down millions in salary over three terms for just $1 a year. be right back after a quick break. so, how do you feel about cash back? i would not say i'm into it. but let's see where this goes. [ buzzer ] do you like to travel? i'm all about "free" travel, babe. that's what i do. [ buzzer ] balance transfers -- you up for that? well -- unh. too soon? [ female announcer ] fortunately, there's an easier way, w

ambassador dennis ross, thanks for your time. >> my pleasure.financial regulators approve a sweeping new rule. but could it improve wall street? stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the most extensive charting wherever you are with the mobile trader app from td ameritrade. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> we simply cannot accept a system in which hedge funds or private equity firms inside banks can place huge, risky bets that are subsidized by taxpayers and that could pose a conflict of interest. it's for these reasons i'm proposing a simple and common sense reform, which we're calling the volcker rule. >> and the process to end bank practices and prevent another 2008 financial crisis is not swift. as you haired t

dennis ross, thank you very much.nks for being with us today. >> my pleasure. >>> many are calling this the best single second in sports history. it's so good. we'll show you again. with one second on the game clock, game tied missed field goal turned into 109-yard auburn touchdown stunning two-time national champion alabama in this year's iron bowl, one of the biggest rivalries in college football. now shaken up title race, florida state and ohio state undefeated, top the standings to determine who will pay for national championship in the rose bowl. safe to say auburn will take home the title for most thrilling game winning touchdown of the season, for the decade. >> there goes davis. >> oh, my gosh. >> davis going to run it all the way back. auburn is going to win the football game. auburn is going to win the football game! subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the

all the information and all the possibilities to make the right assessments. ,> let me turn to dennis ross who has to stand up. >> thanks. a brief comment and a question for you. on this issue, david, as you maximal dealthe versus the doable one, i suspected the distinction is not between a maximal position and a doable one, but it is what is the acceptable outcome? what is the unacceptable outcome was to mark leaving iran as a nuclear threshold state is not an acceptable outcome. then you have to define what is a nuclear threshold state. saudi'sstion about the leads me to a question -- would you be repaired -- prepared to peacet the saudi initiative adopted by the arab league? would you be prepared to take a look at it? me it isow better than completely unacceptable for several reasons. on theitiative included exceptf contingencies to all the palestinian refugees into israel. it would destroy israel. it is a key issue. , togees and the settlements recognize israel as a jewish ,tate -- i think understanding really to movee forward. also have to we look at jewish refugees from all arab land

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> a man's responsibility is to country. >> welcome back. we're talking about what it means to be a man today. that was one of our young streamers weighing in, and we asked the community what masculinity will look like in the future and what do they say. >> they have thoughts about how to drive it in a more positive direction in the future... aaron, do you have a take on what teaching healthy masculinity would actually look like? >> i think it would just be supportive of your kids, and sort of give them very specific boundaries, but i think it's gender neutral. the one distance i saw, being a park hom for five years, was that the dads who were at the park were a lot more per permissive with the rough housing and getting their energy

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea consider this: the news of the day plus so mu >> welcome back, chicago's mayor, ron immanuel, says that if the city doesn't change retirement benefits and changes, chins will see a cut in vital services, and do you see a way forward here where everybody gives in a little to mitigate some of the damage. >> you have to understand, the city doesn't have the same problems that are just with the state of illinois. the state of illinois is paying 20 cents on the dollar toward their pension plans, and the city of chicago is paying 5 or 6 cents. we're going to have to pay $300 million more. to suggest that the city doesn't have room in order to pay is ludicrous. i think when we all sit down and work together, we are going to be able to come

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> start with one issue education... tÑ >> welcome back, we're talking about athletes and rape culture, and we asked the community to weigh in on who is responsible for this problem. >> the opinions go across the board. donna on twitter: >> sum it up, they say everyone. >> everyone has a responsibility. >>> brian, what difference would it make if the ncaa did take a strong stance violence? >> the ncaa's focus is almost entirely on academics and amateurism. whether an athlete has the grades more than anything else. and they could step in and take more of a leadership role in this. right now, each university sets it's own standards here. some wait until an athlete is formally charged with a crime for suspension, and others are more agg

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. it's been more than a month since typhoon haiyan slammed into the philippines. we want to turn our discussion over to the relief efforts and the millions of filipinos displaced by the storm. with us is john, director of the world food program, and gareth with save the children. early on we were told one of the great difficulties was the tremendous damage in the cente central area of leyta and tacloban, it was very difficult to get aid in that last mile where the need was greatest. have those difficulties been solved now? >> oh definitely, the last mile of the logistics is always the challenge, but that has been massively improved now. 14 million people still remain effected, and main

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> start with one issue education... >> we need to draw a line between celebration and preaching. i went to school in a small new hampshire town where i went to high school. and there were a few jewish students and we sang a few hank t hanukkah songs in our programs, and i think it's great to include them in a holiday concert, regardless of their religion. as a libertarian, i'm a big promoter of parental rights. and so if any student or parent is offended by any songs in a holiday concert, they should that. >> where does political correctness take us in 15, 10 years? >> i would say to madison, wisconsin, where i grew up, in the 50s, there were incidents where jewish children were basically put in the closet during the whole month of

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playerse wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea consider this: the news of the ♪ >>> welcome back. we're talking about the psychology of what makes videos go viral. jonah a lot of money can be associated with videos that go viral. are companies spending research and development time to narrow in on a video goes viral? >> a lot of companies are very interested in what makes videos go viral. the problem is they try to do the same thing that was a hit before. but there is a science behind it, some rules companies can follow to go after valuable reality. it is great if something gets 10 million views, but does it help the brand at the end of the day. >> jonah everybody is listening, and saying he has the keys. what are some of the key factors do you think? >> what something looks. triggers, is it triggered by

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea the stream is uniquely interactive television. >> okay, i'm phil with lindsay and costa, costa, what have you got going for us? >> let's take a look. 17 years old, he invented a mind-controlled prosthetic army. he's trying to hit that $100,000 price point so more people can have access to prosthetics. >> where do you use your mountain bike. >> all over where i live, in the mountains. >> the beautiful mountains of colorado, the place of this extraordinary teenager finds his inspiration. >> had a would be your dreams? to have your own lab tear? >> definitely, yeah. i'm getting into the final product. >> inspiration that has taken him all the way to the white house, even the president was amazed by his creations. >> i never would have imagi

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea oping story out of south sudan. four u.s. service members are in stable condition. they were shot during a mission to evacuate american citizens from south sudan. south sudan appears to be on the verge of a full civil war. >>> families and government officials marking the 25th anniversary of the bombing of pan 103. and incredible repair job under way in space today nasa has scheduled two more days to finish the job. >> now we're used to seeing robots do truly amaying things in--amazing things in the movies right? these robots are not digital models from some transformer transformer.movie, they are real. jacob ward joins us from homestead miami speedway. jacob, i'm told you're there. you don't see you but i'm told you're there. >> rep

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea every sunday night join us for excl >>> bill nye the science guy here. not only am i moving around the world, i'm flowing with "the stream." >> yes, he is. welcome back. s salman khan is with us talking online education. sal, you've got a great view of the current situation with education in the u.s. if there are one or two things you could change, what would they be? >> well, that's a big question. i think the big thing is if we could move to a model that kind of breaks out of this 200-year-old factory model where every student is shepherded together at the same pace. right now they're shepherded into the next concept that builds on that negative components ensuring that they will hit a wall and have gaps in knowledge, which is the

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are today's headlines. emergency jobless benefits a lifeline for many americans unemployed. that means about 1.3 million people who have been out of work for months will be cut off. >>> new york judge has ruled the nsa widespread spying activities are legal. that decision just days after another federal judge said the program was unconstitutional. >>> and winter moscowites often deal with 18 hours of darkness. but the government is trying to cheer up the day with light. >> reporter: wakey, wakey, it's nearly 10:00 in the morning and it could well be midnight ever since the kremlin scrapped daylight saving time a couple of years ago people have to face 18 hours a day thro

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersupcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea i. >> if one was to guess where the worst case of a mass murder of journalists took place, countries like iraq sudan and syria would come to mind. traveling as part of a politicians convoy killed, 34 of them were journalists. four years on there have been no convictions and during this year, seven journalists have been murdered. >> doing stories about criminal acts, about corruption in government, or in collaboration of crime sector or any sector can really put you in danger. being a journalist. >> the philippines is a unique case i think we have a very robust democracy, a very noisy press. i think we're the freest in southeast asia. at the same time, we are not a model for what good journalism is all about because we have journalists are be

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow". i'm here with crystal, lindsay and marita and they're telling me about their experiments this week. lindsay, tell me about your mushrooms. >> you won't believe this but we're talking about packaging goods. >> yeah, you know every cubic inch ever this soil here is teeming with millions of inches of mycilliul. there are fungi growing everywhere. a. >> a walk through the woods is pure pleasure but with two geniuses like gavin and evan, you are sure to stumble on something scientifically complex. >> you see this growing into the lock. >> and somehow it involves a mushroom. >> we're here at design. this is a truly revolutionary biomaterials company. we're taking farm waste and mixing it with mushrooms a

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >>cross-border killings by border patrol agents and complaints over a culture of abuse within the agency have spurred on-going protests along the border. we're following protestors as they march to the site where 16 year old jose antonio was killed in nogales. but as in other cross-border killings, the agent may never be tried since jose died on the other side of the international line. no one from the office of inspector general, fbi or attorney generals office will tell us if the agent is still on patrol. and even getting answers about when and how agents are trained to pull the trigger is difficult. unlike most law enforcement agencies, the border patrol's use of force guidelines are not made public. copies obtained through freedo

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> al jazeera america is a who was the real walt disney? the new film looks at the man behind the legend, as he adapted the book into a film with it's author. it's a rare film portrayal of disney, take a look. >> . >> how accurate is the film made by disney's film studio? let's ask bill wyman who joins us from phoenix, he is a former mpr arts editor, bill, good to see you, the film portrays symptom of the rougher edges, they show him smoking. entertainment weekly and variety both call the film square, but it has gotten some pretty good reviews. >> it is a very very enjoyable piece of outrageous corporate propaganda, so basically have to take it on that terms. and disney was two things, he was a visionary. he seemed to tap into someth

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> from big brother to little brother. governmental surveillance is raising a lots of concern. mike, what are practical reforms given the availability of increasingly invasive technology? >> i think we've got two things going on here. we need better rules and stronger oversight at all levels of government. with respect to the rules, i think it should be common sense, although it's not case across the country, that the police should not be collecting and sharing intelligence files, unless there's some suspicion of criminal activity. and i think that is the rule that is taught to police cadets for street stops throughout the country. it should be the rule in this case. it will provide a filter and help prevent some of the civil liberti

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to talk to al jazeera with charles barkley, nba hall of famer. >> can you be they are giving me trophies for t.v. >> there will be an entire generation who don't remember you as a player but will personality? >> that's weird. >> it's weird because i remember you as a player? >> yeah. >> growing up. if you think about it, too, you really are this generation's howard cosell? >> without the toupe. >> without the toupe. you say what you think is the truth and sometimes it's polarizing but everyone wants to hear what you have to say relative to a game? >> as i told you earlier, i think being on television i take great pride in it. there are not many black guys on television, to be honest with you. there are not. you look a

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea Ñ >>> the holidays are of course the season of giving, and all of us are asked to think of those who are less fortunate. at some point in your lives, more than 50% of all americans will spend a year in or near poverty. and most of these people are worked extensively, but they just can't seem to get ahead. as part of our series the other america, we'll introduce you to stacy, mother of three who spends four hours each day just trying to get to work because she can't afford to live close to her job. . >> get up baby, now please. that's it you did. come on. come on, baby. get up child. >> i call myself master of disguises. did you hear me? all right. have a good day. >> i say that because most days i'm in tears by the time i get to work, be

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> evey sunday night, [to win best foreign picture at the academy awards in 2011. that's noal feat for a film maker. this past, that as he continues to surprise both iranian and american audiences. it is set in paris, but like everything he does, the past is a product of his homeland, an on ryan made, played by an iranian played by actress -- while the drama is personal, not political, the relationship served as a met fore for east west relations. there is a world of miss understanding teem them, perhaps we can't call it their differences. we see them plays on two sides of a pain, they see each other, but it seems they don't hear each other. is the movie made more than $7 million in american box offices, and earned iran it's fist eve

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea the stream is uniquely interactive television. >> as we look back at thelife of south south africa's nelson mandela after his passing. it came no prize that a former amateur boxer was a fan himself. mandela used sports to help inspire and bring together a post-apartheid nation. apartheid may seem to be far, but not to those who suffered under it. his dream was deferred because of apartheid. >> the soccer field is full of broken dreams. he started as a teenager destined to be a star. he played left midfield and went proat 19. they called him -- pro at 19. it all ended. >> this is my golden boot and it scored a very beautiful goal. 1983. >> his home is full of soccer triumphs. and memories of playing german teams when he was just 20. >> the way we pla

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> start with one issue education... is. >> communes promised what sounded like an capitulates. in the 60s, large numbers of people on big pieces of land. however many didn't last, an american commune, airing on sunday at 9:00 eastern on al jazeera. >> we knew where water came from when we were growing up and we did every single thing from scratch. >> we use our resources uneconomically, so we learned how to make soy milk. >> if you are treated well, you will have a good flavor from that that will last you a lifetime. >> we were instilled with the idea that it was our responsibility to grow up and change the world . >> why are communes coming back? let's ask the producer of the piece, and her mom. a former resident of that communal.

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> now, here's something even the most rule bound lawmakers in this country haven't tried to legislate. believe it or not, the country does not have a law regulating possession of dinosaur fossils. if you happen to dig up a brontosaurus bone in your backyard you can keep that. but the great dinosaur that almost got away. >> the great gobi desert, home to countless long extinct life forms. one of those turned up inform sale last year in new york city. >> i got an e-mail friday night in houston, basically said there's a dinosaur that's been stolen from the gobi desert. it's going to be auctioned on sunday at 2:00 in new york. is there anything you can do legally to stop it? >> at stake the impending , sale of tyrannosaurus betar. the p

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersor an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >>> what would the holidays be without movies? they have become as much of the holiday season as the tree. let's run down the greatest holiday films of all time with bill wyman from phoenix. and ben mankiewicz joins us from los angeles. great to have you guys with us again. ben, why has "it's a wonderful life" become the ultimate christmas movie. >> i read not long ago a piece about "it's a wonderful life" that described it as being beyond criticism, and i think that is true. there are things that i suppose you could pick apart that are flawed or manipulative about the movie, it makes no difference. time. >> every time. and also "a christmas story," television has had such an enormous role in making these movies what they are. " now of

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> start with one issue education... >> when you think of an alcoholic you are likely to think of a man. that may be changing. do women have a drinking problem. from 1999 to 2008 the number of young women admitted to emergencies rooms dangerously intoxicated shot up by 2%. women arrested for drunken driving soared by 32". a c.b.c. study showed 24% of women who binge drink are college age. >> what is causing the big boost in drinking among women. the new book "drink", the intimate relationship between drinking and alcohol takes a look at the issue. we have a 5-time worker. and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the medical college. thank you both for being with us. fascinating book. you obviously do not fit the profile of what pe

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersfor an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> start with one issue education... >> at this time of year a lot of us are travelling around, not always for the reasons you expect. instead of catching up with family and friends, this december some are catching up on miles, mileage runners are frequent flyers in limbo, a few thousand miles away from gaining or keeping their elite airline status. america's alan may went alodge for the ride. >> jared baumeister grew up afraid of flying. >> i did not want to fly at all. i skipped family vacations on occasions because i was so convinced i would die if i got on the plane. my father was an aviation attorney, dealing with plane cars. >> pan am flight 103. the 2001 attacks on the world trade center - dinner conversations in the jared baum

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersupcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >>> so take a look at this number. right, 250 eggs, eaten by americans each year. so here is the deal. nearly 2 trillion eggs are eaten every year. a f

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea with his tv crew to document his 4-day drip. the trip is sponsored by patty power. it's not clear if rodman will meet with kim jong un, but he will be back in north korea in january for the exhibition game to celebrate kim jong un's birthday. rodman defended the dictator, and called kim jong un a friend for life. this friend that executed his uncle. he continues to contain dennis bay. can rodman bridge the gap? >> i come over to see my friend. people give me a hard time by me saying he's my friend. i'm proud to say he's my friend. he has not done anything to put a dampener or say anything about my country or this and that. if i can meet that person to open doors for america and people around the world, this is going to be that one th

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here's a look at your top stories. edward snowed enwith a christmas message to run against the queen's. >>> the egyptian government has announced muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. >>> pope francis called for an end of violence in africa and the middle east. >>> in the philippines today, today they're still suffering from the tremendous loss of life, land and hope. >> she's worked constantly in makeshift conditions since the typhoon. she admits that she's burying her grief in work. a single mother from the age of 18, the last time she saw her four-year-old daughter angel was when she left for work the night of the storm. >> we hugged each other, and s she--she lead the prayer with us.

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersupcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea consider this: the news of the day >>> finally tonight a view from the holy land. it is one of the most sacred places on earth and for some of its residents also the most dangerous. there are more than a million land mines thought to be scattered across the middle east. here is nick shiprin with the story. ♪ jesus walked ♪ >> reporter: -- children are now free to sing. this village is just four miles from bethlehem. but until recently this holy soil was decided reungodly. mine. the mine exploded in my face. he spent his whole life fearing this field when he was seven as they played, his best friend stepped on a mine. he was torn to pieces he says. i don't want my children to suffer like that. across the holy land there are a million and a ha

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea of a man. but that might be changing. do women have a drinking problem? from 1999 to 2008, the number of young women admitted to emergency rooms dangerously about intoxicated shot up. the problem reaches women of all age. 24% of women who bin binge drink are college age. the new book, drink, the intimate rich between women and alcohol takes a intimate look at the issuing. dr. navu cutby is a division chief, assist professor of psychiatry at wile cornell medical group. >> you don't fit the profile of what people would consider a alcoholic. probably the top university in canada, mcgil. as you research this book how common was your story? how common do you see other people like you? >> my story is very common . in fact i'm probably the

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> nelson mandela has been laid to rest in his childhood home village of qunu before a small gathering of world leaders, friends and family. the ceremony marked the end of 10 days of mourning and celebration of life of one of history's important figures. >> we are joined by al jazeera correspondent morgan radford, a guest of the nelson mandela's family at the private ceremony on sunday, a guest of his family. thank you for joining us from south africa. i know you have had tremendous personal experience over the past 10 days, including being invited by the nelson mandela family to the burial. family? >> when i graduated from harvard i came to south africa on a school ship. i lived in durban and johannesburg. i travelled with a friend

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea should enemployed americans be looking for work around the world. unemployment in the u.s. remains stubbornly high. our next guess believes one solution to our sluggish economic recovery may just be to send our unemployed to where the jobs are, overseas. we are joined from washington, d.c., he is the author of an awful in foreign policy.com. whatever happened to give me your poor, your tired your huddled masses, do we need to send them to other instead? is. >> more than 1 million immigrants became permanent residents of the united states, do americans really have better opportunities when people from overseas continue to think there's more opportunity when they come here? >> i guess the analogy is with trade. for example, that we ben

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> on capitol hill 2013 will go down in history as the least productive and the least popular congress ever. by the numbers the two legislative bodies in the 113t congress sent barack obama just 64 bills. in george w. bush's the lower number was 136, doubt the amount. the -- double the amount. and the 80th congress, the do-nothing congress, passed 390. we are joined by jason johnson, a professor of political science. how do you explain so few bills getting through? >> you have large numbers of members of congress who thing it's their job to stop the administration passing bills, rather than coming up with policy to pass. that's the root of it. for many observers, we operated under the assumption that the 2012 election would break the

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> from our headquarters in new york, >>> in south africa they're called the miracle trains. railroad cars filled with doctor and dentists that travel through rural areas stopping for weeks at a time in the poorest parts of the country. tonya page caught up with one of the medical teams. >> reporter: fear of the dentist is almost universal, especially if it's your first time. this 14-year-old may not be very impressed, but he's just become the latest of 600,000 south africans to be treated at this unique medical facility. this is the train which means clean life. it's been delivering health care to rural areas for 19 years. as well as a dental carriage, there's one for an optician, cancer screening, general health and psychology and

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories this ha half hour. the united nations evacuated workers, most of them are americans. rebels are trying to overthrow the government. >>> tomorrow is the deadline for healthcare options for the affordable care act. december 23rd is a key date if you are looking for coverage that starts january 1st millions of americans were made uninsured in most states. >>> take a look at this. it's just a sample of what the first official weekend of winter brought in. this is cell phone video of huge sheets of ice falling on holiday shoppers in oklahoma city. no one was hurt. >> it is time for our regular segment,tion the week ahead. tonight, we look into homelessness. charities get a lo

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. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to aljazeera america. that just ahead, aljazeera's culture critic predicts which actors will get an oscar nomination for their work this year. first a look at where the rain and snow may fall today. >> the snow is coming down on areas that really don't need any additional snow to make it a white christmas, but yet we are getting it, thanks to a disturbance rolling through the great lakes. snow in wisconsin just a bit of a break. we're starting to see a few more snow showers on the backside of that. our main system is bringing heavy snow into the northern areas of michigan where we continue from one up to five everyones of know. locally heavy amounts of snow there. not really expected to see much of snow in the northea

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersyer. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and >> good monday morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. >> just ahead, a robotic competition that shows however american students are falling behind children in other parts of the world. >> first the weather. meteorologist ebony joining us. >> we have rain in the south, where we could see an additional one to three-inches in some areas. we have the frontal boundary making its way off the eastern seaboard. it's not going to clear until tuesday, meanwhile, all of that moisture funnels northward. we have heavy rainfall coming in across raleigh now. we're seeing the rain above d.c. and boll more. it has reduced visibility, as low as one mile around raleigh with that heavy rainfall. northeast, light

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball playersng player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea i'm phil torres. coming up this week on techknow. welcome back to al jazeera america, just ahead giving back in a digital age, how one man is looking to help the less fortunate using a digital currency growing in popularity and the big impact it's having and first will you need the umbrella, what about the shovel? and dave warrens has you covered. >> more umbrella than shovel and there is a storm developing and bringing mostly rain to the area and it's quiet and lake effect snow with cold air that has come in from the northern plans and pushing east and the area of snow over ohio and northwestern pennsylvania and accumulations today and 24 hours and western new york but not much compared to what we saw yesterday through pennsylvania causing proble

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea ♪ welcome back to al jazeera america, just ahead a real life drama behind bars and how some inmates are bettering themselveses with a little help from william shakespeare and first let's get a look at where the snow and rain may fall across the united states and ebony is here, what do you have? >> we are drawing across the u.s. and there is dry air moving in and we are watching low pressure rotating through the great lakes and spreading snow across the area and some will make its way into the northeast as we go through the day and a little bit of a pre-christmas treat into new york city later this evening and could see some snowflakes flying but where we see it accumulating is in the upper midwest and the western storm system is now on t

. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea consider this: the news of the world famous artistfor a paints a picture on an building you own. the work in question is one bandaged heart, and the artist is a guy called banksy. >> if you have ever wondered how the other half lives, pay a visit to miami art week. like swallows return to cap van noy, each december the beautiful people make their way to miami, for a few days of chardonnay sipping and paparazzi posing. and oh, by the way, you can see some pretty cool art here too. but the star of this year's show at least judging from the security arrangements isn't sidney crawford, it is this 6,000-pound slab of concrete and brick, attributed to the graffiti artist banksy. it is a very well known british street artist. and he started