let's turn to evelyn matthei. she came to the campaign late but is determined to put up a good fight. >> evelyn matthei oozes confidence. here at a closing campaign rally she vowed to continue the work of the right wing president sebastian pinera. more jobs, promised the former employment minster, more equality, health centres and police. >> translation: we are close to becoming a developed country. we have grown, wages have gone up. we created jobs and have a huge debt. the inequality is a responsibility we all share. >> evelyn matthei has distanced herself and has been singing along with sebastian pinera. >> she joined late as a compromised choice and has enemies among her own ranks. some say she's tainted by chile's past. evelyn matthei has a tough, perhaps impossible task ahead of her. opinion polls had her trailing with between 14-20% of the vote. since selected in july as a third-choice candidate when their first choice pulled out, suffering from depression. these supporters do not believe the polls. >> tran

evelyn matthei has been a staunch augusto pinochet supporter. evelyn matthei has also been involved in a number of well pub lis sissed controversies with members of her own party. >> translation: see has an aggressive style and characteristics that certain fined disagreeable. she has many ideas of her own and is an intel gent woman. >> her closing campaign rally was held in a small city 400km south of sandy argo. out of the spotlight, attracting a few hundred people. it didn't look like a victory celebration. >> back to our top stories, the latest on the recovery from typhoon haiyan, prayers are being shared at palo, at leyte province. veronica pedrosa attended the mass and joins us now. i i understand you have family in that community. how is everyone coping? >> they are coping as well as they can. what is difficult is to see the extent of the devastation. i travelled a 120km journey to get here from the western side to leyte, to the east of leyte. the kind of devastation that we are seeing is replicated right across the island. there are 10 mi

evelyn matthei was a supporter of pinochet. evelyn matthei has also been involved in a number of well-publicised cav sis with members of -- cov sis with members of hor own party. >> translation: she has an aggre aggressive style. she's independent of her own party with ideas of her own. she is independent and intelligent but a bad choice. >> the closing campaign rally was held in a small city, 400km sought of santiago. out of the spotlight, attracting a few hundred people. it didn't look like a victory celebration. >> let's talk about the historical action from santiago. this is an associate professor of latin american studies at nyu. thank you for being with us. we have the two ladies winning the polls. who do you think will win? will we see a run-off? >> this is not that much of a race. michelle bachelet has led the polls since returning from new york in march, and she is likely to win tomorrow. if she doesn't win, she'll win in the run off. she's more than 20 points ahead of evelyn matthei. it's unlikely that evelyn matthei

. >> rob matheson -- evelyn matthei is leading in the polls in khelle. >> she's a single mother, an i think yist and socialist. yet former president michelle bachelet is so popular she gave up her job as the head of the u.n.'s women's organization to run for office again. 69-year-old norma is a housewife. like many in this working class neighbourhood she is passionate about michelle bachelet. >> translation: no one recognised us or cared about housewive's until michelle came along. with pensions and other social matters. >> in chile it's sociable and personnelable. some critics accuse her of

. >> now let's turn to evelyn matthei. she came to the campaign late but said she's determined to put up a good fight. we have that story. >> reporter: evelyn matthei oozes confidence. she vowed to continue the work of the outgoing right-wing president. more jobs, more equality, more health centers, more police. >> we're close to becoming a developed country. we've grown. wages have gone up. we created jobs, but we have a huge debt. the inequality is a responsibility that we all share. >> evelyn matthei has been distances herself and singing along. she joined the campaign late as a compromised choice and has enemies even among her own ranks. some say she's tainted by chile's past. she has an impossible task ahead of her. opinion polls have her trailing between 14% and 20% of the vote since she was selected in july as the third choice candidate for the right, their first choice called out, suffering from depression. these supporters simply don't believe the polls. >> i believe she'll continue with with the work done by pres

former president michelle bachelet has a strong lead against right wing evelyn matthei. michelle bachelet is within striking difference of the 50% mark she needs to avoid a run off. daniel schweimler is live from santiago. these candidates have deep roots in the trouble of the past. tell us about the history. >> it's fascinating history. both are daughters of former military officers. evelyn matthei's father, fernando, sided with augusto pinochet during his coup in 1973. michelle bachelet's father opposed the coup, was tortured and died from his injury. the two women were friends, their father at the same military base in the north of chile. they were friends at 12-13 years of age, and now face one another in the polls in today's election. absolutely fascinating story with that friendship there in the background. >> let's talk about the front runner. during the presidency from 2006-2010, michelle bachelet had a few stumbles - namely her handling of the 2010 earthquake. could that come back to haunt her? >> it doesn't seem so. one might have thought so given there was a f

michelle bachelet was the winner, but didn't get the 50% needed to avoid a run off against evelyn matthei. a second round will take place top december 15th. we have this report from san diego. >> michelle bachelet would be the number one choice in this election was never in doubt. but with nine candidates the former socialist president fell short of 50% or more votes needed in the first round. >> in one month we'll have to choose between someone defending rights between public education and health and one who sees these things as commodities. >> at the headquarters of ruling conservative collision, whose candidate came in at a distant center, they were optimistic. >> translation: we defend the rights of chileans to live in peace. it's our big difference. >> michelle bachelet, who left a top job at the united nations to run again has an ambitious aagenda, a democratic constitution, free education, university for all, better public health and pension, and corporate taxes in a country where the elite economic power has extraordinary political cloud. >> michelle bachelet knows she has bigger

evelyn matthei is an economist, a former senator and labor minister. she's backed by the outgoing president. >> speaking of immigration reform, it hit a low on capitol hill, but there are changes in the making. they may be able to stop deporting u.s. military personnel. >> spouse, children and parents - all current members and veterans are eligible. >> a 28-year-old hacker will spend a decade behind bars for cyber attack. jeremy hammond is with the group "anonymous" and pleaded guilty to hacking into 800,000 accounts. his lawyer said it was a form of disobedience, wikileaks founder julian assange gave support. >> the government is hitting whistleblowers. they are pet by whistleblowers, they are upset by a struggle between secrecy and open innocence. >> jeremy hammond said his goal was to create financial mayhem writing: >> the judge said those conversations proved jeremy hammond did, in fact, mean to cause harm. >> and as online security experts try to out smart cyber attackers one is getting special attention. john hendren introduces us to those prote

presidenciales de ayer pero ira a segunda vuelta tuvo diferencia de más de 20% ante la oficialista evelyn matthei .>> la cuenta regresiva para el muindial brasil 2014 esta en 2007 días, diana nos lleva a manaos ciudad más importante de brasil una de ellas y de las sedes del mundial brasil 2014 . >> [♪ ♪] . >> manaos es capital de amazonas, edificios dan cuenta de su pasado colonial , opolencia se ve en la casa de la a opera y su puente represneta hito en integración l >>la casa de la mma esta lista para cautivar al mundo en brasil 2014 . >> seguimos en tercera semana , para hacer el examen de prostata, pasa la voz . >> vamos con deportes . >> en la nfl mal le va a 49ers de san francisco ,ante oakland . >> el director técnico de raiders dicen que lo ponen a pensar después de la presentación de ayer raidres gana ron . >> broncos ganan a kansas payton maní paso . >> la estrella del miami heat, lebrom james , se une a david beckham para que la mls lleve equipo a miami . >> en el béisbol de grandes ligas , todo indica que gigantes de san francisco llegan a arreglo y están a la espera de exámenes fisic

at evelyn matthei's office they attempted to sound optimistic. >> translation: we defend the right of chileans to live in peace. >> michelle bachelet left a top job at the united nations to run and has an ambitious agenda. she has a strong platform - taxes in a country where business elite has clout among her reforms. >> michelle bachelet has bigger problems. it's challenging the unprecedented demands of chilean society that will be the real challenge. to underscore she's under pressure to deliver. students occupied her campaign headquarters on election day. we'll maintain the protest. we know the changes we need will not come from within the institutions. >> without the three fifth majority to push through reforms, michelle bachelet is counting on a resounding victory to show she has the will of the people on her side. >> michelle bachelet became chile's first female president in 2006. she was constitutionally barred from seeking election in 2010, after her first term. >> using art to pay for health care. some are putting their skills to work to cover medical costs. >> pain and punis

allende cuando pinochet irrumpiÓ y fue detenida y torturada durante el rÉgimen se enfrentarÁ a evelyn mattheitros 7 que estÁn a la primera de chile. el gran temor es la obtenciÓn ya que muchos analistas sienten el seso intereses a travÉs de internet y busca incentivar para votar, tambiÉn otros cargos en juegos se renueva una gran parte del parlamento >> es vital porque es la Única forma de votar. no tiene derecho a pensar ni siquiera. >> si no se vota la verdad que poco uno puede mover opinar despuÉs. >> quiero apoyar a los jÓvenes porque han movido masas para que sean gratis y si van a votar se animan todos. >> las elecciones son atÍpicas por primera vez en un paÍs en donde muchos consideran machista y conservador dos mujeres compiten por la procedencia con grandes posibilidades si ninguna logra la mayorÍa necesaria, habrÁ que ir a un segundo turno dentro de un mes, en santiago de chile. >> vamos con la fÓrmula 1 y los partidos clasificatorios para el mundial de fÚtbol hablaremos de juegos deportivos y culturales pocos comunes. mmm. mom, can i eat in my room? ¿diego, cuantas veces te he dich

bachelet se impuso en elecciones presidenciales de chile, se medirÁ a una segunda vuelta con evelyn mattheide hoy el cierre de sus campaÑas, por el silencio electoral de 5 dÍas antes de las elecciones, encuestas favorecen a castro y a hernÁndez, candidato del partido nacional. >>> en washington el senador reid de la mayorÍa demÓcrata, rehusÓ descartar que se logre una reforma migratoria en este aÑo o el prÓximo, el intercambio con periodistas hispanos dijo que si el presidente de la cÁmara de representantes john boehner se lo propone, la reforma se lograrÍa en una semana, no se puede obtener alg legislaciÓn del tema salvo conferencia de senadores y representantes. >>> una iniciativa para mingrantes en california, cobran fuerza. hay recursos para atender a los que no tienen seguro mÉdico. juan carlos explica de quÉ se trata, y quienes participan en la campaÑa salud para todos. >>> soy indocumentada. >>> la campaÑa lleva por nombre "salud para todos "consiste en tratar de lograr que indocumentados de california sean incluidos en la reforma del sistema de salud. >>> la campaÑa es para levantar

. >> rob matheson -- evelyn matthei is leading in the polls in khelle. >> she's a single mother, an i think yist and socialist. yet former president michelle bachelet is so popular she gave up her job as the head of the u.n.'s women's organization to run for office again. 69-year-old norma is a housewife. like many in this working class neighbourhood she is passionate about michelle bachelet. >> translation: no one recognised us or cared about housewive's until michelle came along. with pensions and other social matters. >> in chile it's sociable and personnelable. some critics accuse her of talking socialism and defending a probusiness system five ouring a small elite. this time she's promising to level the playing fields, raising corporate taxes to pay for health and education. gradual changes. >> they don't want to kill the goos that lay the golden egg. they want the eggs better distributed. that's what they are voting for michelle bachelet to do, to better distribute the benefits of economic growth. >> michelle bachelet's personal life was mashed by tragedy. her father died in a m

michelle bachelet, and evelyn matthei grew up together. their fathers both air force germs were close friends. a military coup divided their families and chillie. matieu joined the military dictatorship. the other died. >> we have a childhood we share, we represent different sides of the country. >> michelle bachelet has a double dig it lead. the only candidate believing chile does not need reforms. >> the tax reform my adversary is proposing will ruin us. but a new constitution replacing one left by the dictatorship changed the political agenda. >> chile's current constitution does not allow the government to call a referendum. to prove that the public supports a new constitution, a movement is under way, calling for voters to mark the top right-hand corner of the ballots with the letters ac, standing for constitutional assembly. >> michelle bachelet, who will certainly win, proposes a new constitution and higher corporate taxes to finance free education, public health and pension funds. >> but another candidate who came in third in the l

former president michelle bachelet has a lead against evelyn matthei. she say she's within striking dizziness with the 50% margin to avoid a runoff. we'll have more about how the voting is going, and more about this election, which is an extremely interesting election. tell us more. >> reporter: hello, richelle. indeed, this is a rather extraordinary and unusual election for chile. there are nine candidates. never so many, all the way from the extreme left and extreme right. a lot are independents whose voices weren't heard as loudly as they're being heard now. three candidates are women and the two top contenders are women. it's seems likely chile will have a female pressident. a lot of people are challenging the system in place and saying that major changes need to be made in this country, which is considered often the economic success story of latin america. a country with political stability and institutional stability but which many people believe is not delivering the goods of democracy to ordinary people. so that's the kind of thing that is being

evelyn matthei, the right-leaning candidate is the daughter of a general who served in pin know shea's governmen government{^l" ^}. the candidate must-win 50% of the vote to avoid a run off. we'll have more on the elections of chile right here on al jazeera. >>> unusual move to date to fight a rare form of meningitis at princeton university. officials are importing a vaccine. a dangerous outbreak at princeton university. this week a seventh case of meningitis confirmed on campus. the university is working with the center of disease control which says current vaccines given in the u.s. do not prevent the rare stream. health officials are taking an unprecedented step and importing an investigational vaccine only licensed in europe and australia. >> this is one of the most dangerous diseases that we know in the united states. there are several different strains of this. a, c, y, with 135. our vaccines in america cover all four of those strains. however, in princeton they're having an outbreak of "b." that strain-b there is no vaccine for that in the united states. >> reporter: the strain

logr imponerse en las elecciones primarias por un amplio margen sobre la candidata oficialista, evelyn mattheinte ya que la ley exige que el ganador en primera vuelta tenga un porcentaje mayor al 50 por ciento para ser declarado presidente. --- la segunda vuelta electoral se realizar el domingo 15 de diciembre. vo-blanca --- mientras que en las filipinas, el numero de desplazados por el tifn "haiyan" aument a 4 millones, segn la agencia nacional de desastres de ese pis. --- la mayoria de los damnificados se encuentran en las provincias centrales, como "leyte" el lugar mas golpeado por el tifon donde se han registrado cerca de 400 mil personas en refugios de emergencia. --- tambien en esta ciudad se registraron la mayor cantidad de muertes tras el paso del tifn, con una cifra mayor a los 3 mil muertos. --- casi medio milln de viviendas quedaron total o parcialmente daÑadas por el violento ciclon. stop open roll weather open add lib javier castro take pkg take pkg cesar nueva pausa publicitaria pero al volver take vo --- un poblado en mexico que tiene una larga historia de complicidad con la exp

at the moment that second place candidate appears to be evelyn matthei representing the right wing, and she does seem to have a tough fight on her hands. evelyn mattahei vowed to continue the work you had leaving president. more equality, more health centers, more police. >> we're closed to becoming a developed country. we've grown. wage versus gone up. we've created jobs but we have a huge debt. the inequality is a responsibility we all share. >> reporter: evelyn mattahei has been distancing herself. she joined the campaign late as a compromise choice and has enemies even among her own ranks. some say she's tainted by chile's past. she may have an impossible task ahead of her. opinion polls have her trailing between 14% to 20% of the votes since she was selected in july, the third choice candidate for the right, thei when their first choice called out suffering from depression. many don't believe the polls. >> i believe she'll continue with the work and there is still a lot to be done. >> i believe if her. i believe in what she says. she has an iron fist which is what this country need

evelyn matthei has been involved with a number of controversies with member of her own party. >> she has an aggressive style that certain sectors of society find disagreeable. she's very independent with ideas of her hone. she is a very intelligent woman but a bad choice when chile was marking the end of the military coup. >> out of the spotlight and attracting a few hundreds people, it didn't look like a victory celebration. >> well, although everyone we have spoken to here are fairly certain that michelle bachelet will win the election, but there are some uncertainties. the big one will she win the first round by gaining 50% plus one of all votes or will it go to a second vote will she will be fighting against the second-place candidate on december 15th. there are 5 million new names out of 13 million voters, and for the first time in chilean elections vote something obligatory. so we don't know where the voting will go. so some certainties and some uncertainties. >> many thanks, indeed, live in santiago. >>> all the sports coming up, find out how many points lebron james as he pro

two women are in the running, michelle bachelet and evelyn matthei. michelle bachelet wants to fix the economy. >> sparking in tripoli killed four. it came as thousands gathered in the capital after more than 43 protesters were killed by rebels. >> the mother of one of 19 firefighters that died in a fire is suing the state. marcia mckee is seeking $36 million, thats for a claim against the city for the yarnell hill fire. >>> . >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. joey chan is on assignment. you are watching "american tonight - the weekend edition", it's a week since typhoon haiyan made landfall in the philippines, and the crisis is far from over. typhoon haiyan was the strongest storm ever to hit that island nation, leaving mass destruction. tens of thousands of people are homeless. thousands are dead. "america tonight is joey chan spoke to the mayor in a remote community. >> it felt as if we reached the end of the world. after hours of driving through debris and devastation we arrived at the end of cebu island, to a tiny community facing the f

president michelle bachelet is ahead in opinion polls, but back from the right wing candidate is evelyn matthei. and franco parisi the ipp dependent. the big question is if the winning candidate receives 50%, avoiding a run-off. most candidates seek fundamental change. the chilean economy is thriving. more and more sectors of chilean societies demand that the votes transform into action. >> no president yet in chile. >> the pakistan council announced it would try to put pervez musharraf on trial for high treason, he would be the first to be tried in high treason in pakistan. it was for actions during his dictatorship from 1979 to 2008. he's accused of ordering the assassination of a former pakistan president. >> it is a big week in nfl. mark morgan has that and more in sport. wait until you see the challenges and risk these people are paying hundreds to take on. >> welcome back. nasa's latest mission to mars is due to launch tomorrow. mavin - mars atmosphere and volatile revolution. it will collect data explaining how the ocean and surface water that covered mars disappeared. mars may have once

evelyn matthei has been saying yes, chile needs change but not too much.he economy is doing okay, why change something that seems to be working quite well. they'll be focusing on those opposing viewpoints to win over the undecided--they're undecided whether they're going to vote at all. i think a strong campaign coming up from both women in the next month. >> daniels many thanks n santiago. energy northern egypt 26 people were killed when a train slammed into three vehicles. many of the dead were returning from a we hadding in cr wedding. >> reporter: this is what was left of a bus that was hit by a freight train. the crossing was closed and chained and the warning signs were working when the crash happened. one theory was that the driver of the bus ignored the warnings and drove on to the crossing. vehicle capacity was 26 people but unfortunately there were more than 50 passengers this mini bus, and there were a lot of casualties. >> it's thought the bus was carrying many members of the same family. they were coming back from a wedding earlier on sunday.

chile person who is sensitive to the needs of particularly the poor unlike her main rival, evelyn mats it -- matthei. she wants to protect the interest of big business and elite, unlike bachelet promising a whole series of reforms and increasing spending for the needy and proposing a constitutional change to change the whole system altogether, to get rid of the constitution that will currently in place written under the previous dictatorship. there was a whole array of proposals. it's the first time that there are nine presidential candidates, three of them women and also the first time that chileans aren't forced to vote. it's no longer mandatory. we see a lot of people out here, so it seems like people are either used to voting or want to make their voice and their opinions heard. richelle. >> lease let's talk moore about people making sure their voices are heard. they're encouraging voters to mark the ballots to call for a new constitution. how is that a factor in what's happening today with voting? >> reporter: that's right. almost all of the candidates in this race -- as i said, there are nine