o'malley is expected to be aggressive with hilliary clinton. clinton could battle back that in 2008, he supported her and not barack obama. and jim webb, he hates the deals that clinton and the others support. >> so what are the biggest challenges for the candidates tonight? >> the biggest challenge may just be the format. 2 hours and only five candidates, and as a result, they're each going to super 20, 25 minutes of total time, as opposed to 10 or 12 that some of them had in the republican debate. and i as a result, there's a greater chance of one of them making a mistake or a gaff that could hurt them. so they have to be on their game. >> i only have 10 minutes worth of material. david schuster, appreciate it. las vegas is seen as mostly glitz and glamor, but that's not the reality for most people living there. especially in the retirement communities. melissa chan has more. >> reporter: paul came to retire and live the life of leisure, and then the financial crisis hit. >> i bought the house at the peak, close to 400,000, and now the house i

democratic debate turns hilliary clinton's way after months of difficulties. now, her main opponent, vermont senator, bernie sanders, is staying away from personal attacks, and the candidates agreed on the issues, including paid family leave. >> every other major country on earth, every one, including some small countries, say that when a mother has a baby, she should stay home with that baby. we are the only major country, it's an international embarrassment that we do not provide paid family leave. >> it's about time that we have paid family leave for american families and join the rest of the world. >> we would be a stronger nation economically if we had paid family leave. >> aljazeera's david schuster joins us to talk about last night's debate. >> democrats united. we went through and looked at some of the data from the focus groups, the collection of undecided democratic voters and sometimes the independent strategists, and some of the organizations will get them together. and by all accounts, hilliary clinton scored well on polish and being presidential,

and hilliary clinton was onboard. and now that she's campaigning, she's under pressure from labor unions, and they largely oppose tpt. this either say that they take away american jobs or push wages down, and she sees it crucial to getting the labor he vote. a number of labor unions have held off endorsing hilliary clinton possibly waiting for joe biden to get into the race, and he's definitely very pro union. flip flopping may help her, but she has waffled on several issues, including the iraq war, and this is the third one. >> what else is on the program tonight? >> we're taking a look at this whole thing that has developed in washington. kevin mccarthy's decision not to run for speaker of the house, and the decision behind it, what are these guys going to do next? the republicans in the house have to get their whole situation organized. >> we're calling it gop pandemonium, and you can watch ali velshi on target at 10:30 eastern and 7:30 pacific here on aljazeera america. >>> executions on hold in oklahoma right now

and hilliary clinton distancing herself from president obama.hy she's against the largest free trade agreement since her husband pushed through in a few t nafta. >> up ahead, volkswagen of america has apologized to congress for an emissions cheating scandal. michael ford will testify before them tomorrow, and submit a plan to the german government to fix the vehicles. and vw will begin a recall in january and expects to complete the repairs by the end of next year. >> reporter:. >> thousands of auto workers will walk off thursday. the union has warned that it's workers are ready to strike. one of the key sticking points, the two-tier wage and benefit system. and ali velshi is here with more and good to see you. dive into it. >> reporter: within hours, we could see the first auto strike since 2007. the united autos worker alerted fiat and chrysler that the workers could walk out tonight. and that's when the current contract extension expires, the uaw is fighting for more wage increases and healthcare, and they want to tighten the pay gap between

[switching captioners] >> back on capitol hill, where secretary of state, hilliary clinton, is taking her seat. and most of them are in place. we'll take a break, and we'll be right back after this. >> peter rosk um is continuing the continuing questioning to hilliary clinton about the benghazi attack. >> i think your interest waned. and i think your attention waned. and i think the emails that mrs. brooks put forth, you had an answer, and it was look, i got a lot of information from a lot of different places, but i think you basically gave a victory lap, sort of a mission accomplished quote on october 30th, 2011, in the washington post. this is what you said. and this is very declarative. we set into motion a policy that was on the right side of history, on the right side of our values, on the right side of our strategic interests in the region. it has all of the feel of a victory lap. but there was a problem, and the problem, madam secretary, was there were storm clouds there were gathering, and the storm clouds gathering was a deteriorating security situation in benghazi. and you h

and he has essentially closed the door on perhaps the greatest challenge that hilliary clinton may have faced in this campaign. she and her campaign repeatedly feared that biden would take establishment democrats away from her and perhaps lift the fortunes of vermont senator, bernie sanders. and the potential for a messy clinton fight seemed to be increasing. at the first democratic debate, clinton described republicans as her enemies, and this week, biden talked about bipartisan support, and this is a matter of making things work. even in his announcement, biden repeated that, and he also seemed to jab at clinton for distancing herself from the administration on trade, oil drilling and the u.s. involvement in syria,. >> democrats should not only defend this record and protect the record, they should run on the record. >> reporter: in a statement on thursday, clinton made no criticism. she said that he's a good friend and wants to change the world for the better. vermont senator, bernie sanders, said joe biden made the decision that he feels is best for himself. and as for biden, he sai

hilliary clinton, about exactly what happened in benghazi, libya. and we're pleased to have with us now, ambassador woolsey, the former director of the cia, serving in the first administration of bill clinton, and he's surge serving with the chairman of democrats. you've been listening to hilliary clinton today. and what in your opinion strikes you as the take away point, and what have we learned? >> clearly, it was a mess in benghazi, and the response was not as fast as one would reasonably have hoped. there were not aircraft carriers ready to launch on what was taking place, it was not the way you would like to see the u.s. government function in a difficult life-threatening situation like this for an ambassador. and those. having said that though, i think i would say my overall impression is that former secretary of state hilliary clinton is doing a good job in the hearing. she's maintaining a calm demeanor, she doesn't appear to be rattled. some of the questioners have gotten very excited. and television is a hot medium. and you look pretty dumb

[switching captioners] >> back on capitol hill, where secretary of state, hilliary clinton, is taking her seat. and most of them are in place. we'll take a break, and we'll be right back after this.

. >> and today, hilliary clinton reacted to the shooting, saying that she supports gun measures. >> it's just beyond my comprehension that we're seeing these mass murders happen again and again and again. and as i have said, we have got to get the political will to do everything we can to keep people safe. you know, i know there is a way to have sensible gun control measures that help to prevent violence, prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands and save lives, and i'm committed to doing everything i can for that. >> and jeb bush said that he was praying for the family at umpqua and the families affected by this tragedy. >> . >> now to syria, where the russians carried out a second day of airstrikes. the u.s. once again accused moscow of targeting anti-government targets instead of fighters. to rule out any confrontation between russia and coalition aircraft. jamie mcentire joins us, and what do we know about the russians and syria? >> the pentagon said 50 russian airplanes carried out 30 airstrikes, and they returned to their air base in syria, and it appears that maybe one isil s