only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> in the case of iraq, we've seen more of our colleagues locally killed. they live there. the front line, if you'd like, is- is outside their front door. >> in recent and ongoing conflicts like iraq and afghanistan, the- the highest death toll, if you'd like is indigenous journalists, particularly in the case of iraq. we've lost colleagues who were local journalists, filming alongside or close to insurgents. >> on the battlefield, in the heat of the moment, someone who- who looks different from the model of a foreign correspondent is even more at risk. because even if he is carrying a camera, even if he is carrying a tripod, the assumption seems to be that they could be hostile. what happened in 2007 to the two reuter's journalists in iraq was a terrible tragedy and one that was brought home to all of us when we saw the footage that wikileaks released. and i think that really brought home the horror of modern war and why it is so dangerous. >> what you had there was apache helicopters

al jazeera america. >> weekday mornings on al jazeera america >> we do have breaking news this morning... >> start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. first hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. the big stories of the day, from around the world... >> these people need help, this is were the worst of the attack took place... >> and throughout the morning, get a global perspective on the news... >> the life of doha... >> this is the international news hour... >> an informed look on the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >>> there are hopes that an improving job market will mean more first-time home buyers will come in and face investors backing away from real estate. here is a reason to worry first-time home buyers may not be able to pick up the slackment the average american with debt owes $33,000. that may cost the u.s. economy more than $80 billion. >> 414,000 homes will go unsold because would-be buyers are so saddled with student debt they cannot afford to buy. that's the conclusion of

only on al jazeera america you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> there have been 20 journalists murdered in russia since 2000 when uh. president putin came first to office. and in none of those cases, have those who commissioned the crimes been uh. punished. journalists are targeted for their work, when in the process of reporting, they come to cross uh. powerful interests. >> [speaking russian]. >> the murders of journalists have become less frequent in russia. attackers have favored severely injuring and even maiming journalists on the job. one prominent example of this new and frightful tendency is the case of uh. journalist, uhm. mikhail beketov. >> [speaking russian]. >> he was a towering figure before the attack. and he had been long at odds with the local administration. he would not relent. and he paid the most severe price. >> the government will not follow-up and investigate these terrible crimes against journalists and so for years these crimes go uninvestigated and unpunished. >> [speaking russian]. >> vladimir putin is an ex-kgb officer, so

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. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al jazeera america >>> ebola in america, new guidelines for monitoring health-care workers returning from west africa, and quarantines are not part of the plan. >>> plus take a breather from the volatility of the past week, but there are signs the volatility isn't over yet. i'm jen rogers in for ali velshi, and this is "real money." ♪ >>> america's winding in very bumpy road dealing with ebola took another turn today. a nurse quarantined in new jersey headed home to maine. the governor agreed to release kaci hickox who complained loudly and publicly about being isolated in a tent. she said she had never had any symptoms. new york and new jersey have imposed mandatory quarantines on healthcare workers returning from west africa. >>> this is the man who oversaw the initial response to the outbreak. he said none of the soldiers are showing symptoms, and the decision to isolate them for 21 days was so make their families comfortable. and late today we got good news, a 5-year-old new york city boy has tested negative for ebola. he recently retu

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opioid wars only on al jazeera america >>> tonight the fashion world mourns an icon. oscar de la renta dressed stars for more than 40 years, but it was first lady jackie kennedy who put the designer on the mat. other first ladies fell for his fashions. his signature look, luminous skirts, embroiled ris and rich covers. one of the last works, his wedding gown for george clooney's bride. he died after a long illness. he was 82 years old. >>> we are also reflecting on an american icon. luther, the world's oldest d j the the voice of that celebrated broadcaster silenced monday. last fall "america tonight" correspondent adam may had the honour of spending time with that radio legend. >> this is wdgf, radio chattanooga, 5.5 minutes after 9 o'clock. >> he is unlike anybody else. he is chattanooga. >> i'm looking out my window and i see nothing but a beautiful morning in chattanooga. >> luther is the oldest broadcaster in the united states. his career spans more than seven decades. and he still types his scripts on a royal typewriter. long-time co-worker and friend. >> i thin

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mornings on al jazeera america >>> america's midterm elections are a month away. among the races attracting attention is the senate race in kentucky. a democratic challenger alison grimes, 2 points ahead of senator minority leader mitch mcconnell, despite a disapproval rating of 55% for president obama in the states. the president's unpopularity is strong among workers in the kentucky struggling coal industry. libby casey went to the heart of coal country where people are thinking about jobs and an uncertainly future. >> reporter: in eastern kentucky generation after generation of coalminers did the hard, dirty, dangerous work of extracting what they call black gold. >> every young boy wants to be like his dad. i saw my dad come home from the mines. i fell into it myself. >> reporter: pride, like coal, runs deep. mines. >> we have the best miners in the world. we don't look at mountains as obstacles. under. >> reporter: his family has been in coal for more than a century: when you look around, will it be here in five years? 10 years? >> we'll be lucky to have five

only on al jazeera america. >> weekday mornings on al jazeera america >> we do have breaking news this morning... >> start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. first hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. the big stories of the day, from around the world... >> these people need help, this is were the worst of the attack took place... >> and throughout the morning, get a global perspective on the news... >> the life of doha... >> this is the international news hour... >> an informed look on the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >> protesters in hong kong are raising the stakes in democracy movement. if the territory leader does not resign by the end of thursday they will take the protest to another level. that may mean occupying development buildings. for more of what is happening in hong kong we turn to rob mcbride. >> another quiet night on the streets in hong kong as thousands continue this protest of autopsy. it comes, of course, on two days of public holidays in hong kong, october 1st.

. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al jazeera america his i "real money". his i >>> the world breathes a small sigh of relief because economic news out of china was not as bad as feared, and that gives you a sense of how nervous investors are right now. china's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of a country's economic health rose 7.3% cam -- compared to a year ago, down from 7.5%. the slowest rate since 2009. all of this is way down from the 14% growth back in 2006 before we even started this chart. 7.3% was better than what many economists expected. now, we are living in a world with so many unknowns, that expectations take on huge importance. now, i want to remind you why what happens in china matters do you meanly because china's spectacular growth helped to prop up the rest of the world. you are invested in chinese companies through 401ks and irks. china is the biggest foreign holder of u.s. trsh ris. we are all interconnected and china is so big and important that any slowdown or recession there will be felt by all of us. we are nowhere clos

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new episode the disappeared only on al jazeera america >>> tonight, we look again to a controversial ti-voter fraud campaign ahead of next tuesday, when america votes 2014. more than two dozen states are now using a system called cross check which employs digital name matching to find anyone voting in more than one state. our investigation led by aljazeera.com found flaws in how double voters. we found minorities manage targeted eamore than othervoter. >> it's the first day of early voting in georgia, and this poling station is buzzing. with a race for governor at an open senate seat in the balance, thesegans know every vote counts. but not everyone who wants to vote will be allowed to. >> suppress the vote? don't you know that. >> journalist palace compiled a list of 500 eligible people is in question due to cross check. he pounds one of them in this apartment building said to be housing up to 10 double voters. >> here joseph edward naylor -- that's you. right? also, it allies joseph edward naylor. you are suspected of voting twice, which is a crime. is that -- is that true? >> no. >

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>> welcome back to inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. once it was realized that thomas duncan, a liberian who traveled to texas, was infected with ebola was put in place in the hospital, and everyone who was in contact with the young man was screened, it wasn't enough. what happens now is the focus on the program. dr. landon, the disease is progressively more infectious as the patient gets sicker. infect the virus is trying to burst out of the body to move to its next host. should the protections that medical personnel use also be graduated as they spend more time around the sufferers? >> first of all, you're totally right, ray. as ebola is so bad for us that it only takes a tiny amount of the virus to make us feel sick in the first place. and that's why people just aren't infectious until they begin to feeling sick. then they become more and more and more infectious close to the end of life. those who are about to die from the disease are the most infectious of all. their immune system was not able to control the virus.

only on al jazeera america >> maybe you thought about it yourself. thousands of american drivers are making the switch to electric cars, increasingly to luxury vehicles like those made by tesla but american vehicles face stiff competition by imports. "america tonight's" adam may reports who's trying to put the brakes on tesla. >> what's your favorite part of this car? >> what i like is the touch screen. >> like driving a spaceship. in their first tv interview about mounting lawsuits filed by traditionally auto dealers, tesla vp, diarmud o'connell speaks. >> trying to destroy the dealer system, to eviscerate the dealer system. and you know what i say is, if the dealer system is as weak as it is, it proponent isn't as good as the system is. >> how it could shake up the entire u.s. auto industry you first need to understand tesla. >> wow, the acceleration is just insane. >> almost 80 miles per hour. >> the fully loaded tesla model s is a $100,000 modern marvel, all electric, no emissions, able to travel 300 miles on a charge. >> this has got to be really

this is al jazeera america. ebola quarantines.ew guidelines from the cdc and why washington says some states are going too far.pulitzer prize winners, nicholas christophe and michelle wu don. >>> the violent attacks that tore apart the amish community. new allegations of sexual

>> i approved this message >> i need your help >> midterms, the series begins only on al jazeera america >>> on "america tonight" - the weekend edition - planting the seeds of international espionage. what authorities tell "america tonight"s michael oku was a chinese spy ring planted among the corn rows of iowa. >> the director of a major concern was in the field. goods. >> that's correct. >> what do you make of that. >> he must be hands on. >> a "america tonight" investigation and look at a man federal agents say was the ringleader. also tonight safe sport. a stunning series of high school player deaths raises new alarm for parents and coaches. my kids played, one is in pro football. i want to keep the game like it is. "america tonight"s sara hoy on curbing the hard hits for the love of the game. fighting down the home stretch. in a key state a challenger works to tie the incumbent to the health care policy, and it pay be working. >> arkansas comes first. that is not true. for six years they quoted president obama. >> running against a public opponent or obama care. chris brewery report

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the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america is. > wee been watching the fight for chicago on "america tonight." and when cool fall temperatures may bring down the temperature, it has been another season for violence on the city streets. 550 people have been gunned down, mostly in gang land shootings. "americ"america tonight's" chris bury. >> in a makeshift memorial on chicago's south side, diane latiker keeps stones with the names of every child and young called the killed in gun violence. >> of the stones here, how many were gun related? >> 98%. >> killed by guns? >> yes. >> the carnage comes from a city under siege with a steady flow of illegal weapons. >> too many guns coming in, too little punishment going out. >> 7,000 illegal guns off the streets more than new york and l.a. combined. >> how easy is it in this neighborhood to get a one? >> as -- get a gun? >> as easy as getting a pack of gum. >> diane built the memorial to shock the city over how many kids were shot to death. >> they were lives. they were somebody's family, some

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new episode the disappeared only on al jazeera america >> and welcome back. now a snapshot of other stories making history here on "america tonight." a river of lava on the big island of hawaii, getting closer to dozens of homes. residents have evicted, but plenty have decided to stay, they want to see the lava cross through the town of pahoa. >>> the second anniversary of the superstorm sandy. sandy crashed into the east coast, blamed for 165 deaths. >>> the police chief in ferguson, missouri is expected to step down at least according to some officials. in an effort of reforming the district in the aftermath of the killing of michael brown. the police chief is denying the allegation thousand, very much uncertain. >>> electoral efers in 27 states have launched a massive campaign against voter fraud. they are using a computer name matching system to claim that more than 3 million citizens may be registered to vote in more than one state. the lists are based on common names, john jackson or david lee, and could stop voters from taking part in next week's electi

right here on al jazeera america. >> funding terrorism. where does the money come from? o can america trust? i'm in washington with a man in charge of destroying terrorist organizations without firing a single shot. we'll lay waste to the rumors and follow where the money leads. this is "real money with ali velshi." tonight i'm in washington for a special show focusing on the role that money is playing in america's newest war in the middle east. the fight against the iic

>> >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories of this hour. protesters in hong kong refuse to leave the streets despite a government warning that they clear out in less than 24 hours. the man with the only confirmed case of ebola in the u.s. takes a turn for the worst, as officials track down dozens of false alarms. >> it's unfortunate that he passed without facing a joy. >> in a deeper look, a

al jazeera america. this is inside story, from al jazeera america. i'm ray swarez. barrel of crude oil costs a little over 81 with dollars on the world spot market. that's the lowest price in 4 1/2 years. with with the russian economy posting slow or no growth, and failing to meet the aspirations of it's people, does president putin activism on the world stage play with with russians who know, astonnians, latvians are richer ever than they are. former u.s. ambassador. and michael cough can mapp a public policy scholar at the wilson center here in washington. and ambassador, it -- in this world, where it's easy to know, russians must know that they haven't been win withing the economic race. >> they do know that, but that is not as important to them at the moment. putin has successfully built a nationalist narrative, a narrative, russia as a victim of the end of the cold war. russia needing to rebuild and restore greatness and respect for russia. russian people being allegedly being repressed in their human rights in ukraine, in the baltic states. putin has built mas

stay with al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> i think new york struck the right note. i'm not sure who is advising governor christie or governor cuomo, but the fact that governor cuomo had to back down suggests that he himself recognized that he went too far over the weekend. and that will produce anxiety. >> the fact that there is an election in eight stays could be tangentially related to this as the governors are up for re-election? >> i think there is a history of political pandemics in the face of disease, and this make shows how easy it is to whirlwind into place . >> are there tools that we could be using for at-home medicine that we're not fully exploiting? >> we have lots of tools. every grandmother can take a temperature and take it twice a day. >> but means being exposed to the person directly and their saliva request. >> w

>> i approved this message >> i need your help >> midterms, the series begins only on al jazeera america >>> now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight". a powerful storm system batters the south-east for the second day in a row. putting some 30 million people from florida to west virginia at risk. at least two people have died in the storm since they broke out monday morning. >> what is really up with kim jong un. after disappearing from the public for a month and a half, the north korean leader has reappeared. the state-run media released images of kim jong un smiling and walking with a cane. officials did not say when the pictures were taken or if there's truth about rumours behind his health problems. a violent confrontation, where police in wry at gear clashed with protesters as they tried to clear an area. police used pepper spray and made arrests. the students have been protesting nor three weeks. >> it's been six months since militants abducted 200 girls from a school in north-east nigeria. while the school faded from the spotlight, their loved ones have been

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new episode the disappeared only on al jazeera america >> weekday mornings on al jazeera america >> we do have breaking news this morning... >> start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. first hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. the big stories of the day, from around the world... >> these people need help, this is were the worst of the attack took place... >> and throughout the morning, get a global perspective on the news... >> the life of doha... >> this is the international news hour... >> an informed look on the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >>> no matter how we dissect the economy, you can't underestimate the gripe that housing has on it -- grip that the housing market has. it is cooling you have. a 20 city index showed that prices rose 5.6% in august, that is the smallest year to year gain in number two years. the numbers may not thrill current home owners, but it may be a positive for people trying to enter the market. one of the men joins me to address the slowdown in price

>> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> now a follow up to a story we have been facing very a story we closely on "america tonight." officiating the wedding of his gay son, a methodist minlts into the spominister into the gay rights movement. now there is more to it. the church this week ruled that schaefer can remain a minister. "america tonight" first introduced you to schaeffer last year when he was waiting to learn his fate from the methodist church. [♪ singing ] is >> the very beginning would be myself receiving a phone call from a lady that wanted to remain anonymous and this lady said, i need you to know that your son is considering suicide and it's because he's gay. and i remember thinking, my son is not gay! and we talked to him that day, we asked him straightforward, are you gay? maybe secretly i hoped for a different answer than yes, because even though i embraced him when he came out, i still had to struggle with it. i asked myself did i do something wrong, did i raise him wrong and this was in 2000. that was a different world back then. he prayed to god, he

. >> america votes 2014 battle for kansas only on al jazeera america >> isil is not the only group in iraq driving people from their homes. some iraqi factions that are supported by the united states are accused of carrying out their own ethnic and sectarian cleansing. a half day's drive from the yazidi refugee camp, we reached makhmour - a town near the frontline that was overrun by isil in july, but then taken back in august. >> did you fight the islamic state here, when they came? >> it wasn't the iraqi army that reclaimed the town, but peshmerga fighters -- militiamen loyal to iraq's autonomous northern kurdish region. in many areas they're enforcing a policy in which arabs are not allowed to return to their homes. this kurdish fighter took us to an empty arab home, and told us he didn't mind seeing the family go. >> there was an arab family that lived here, and now they... they fled. do you think families like this should return to makhmur? >> man, you can tell this was a hasty departure. they were pulling what they could out of the closet and out of their drawers. >> we tried to

al jazeera america. >> welcome back. i'm ray suarez. we're welcoming the supreme court whack to work fo --back to work for the 2014-15 year on this program. allowing rulings to ban same-sex marriage to remain in effect we leaves the states that such couples can marry to 24. we go to ginger singh, a member of the supreme court bar. jeffrey rosen, and bruce fein, the author of "institutional peril." bruce did they make law by deciding not to make law here? >> i think that's accurate. the court believed it was not disturbed by the lower court decisions that there were no conflicts in the lower court decisions at the circuit level, and therefore they didn't see any need to step in because it was consistent with the decision last year in the windsor case that addressed a little different aspect of same-sex marriage discrimination, and i think the court may way be hoping that all lower courts will come out in the same way and won't enter a controversial area which reduces the political capitol they have to utilize in other areas. >> for those

real money is coming up on al jazeera america. >> what goes up must come down. s a wild day we see, taking down america's economy. what happens next? i'm ali velshi with "real money." what is causing this madness, the cause of ebola and outright fear that isil could bring its campaign to america. you the consumer drive this committee. when you are afraid it all stops working. i've assembled the smartest

al jazeera america. >>> thousands of kurds flee i.s.i.l. as the terrorists defy coalition air strikes. vice president joe biden is in hot water over undiplomatic comments - was he just telling the truth. and ebola declared a top national security priority. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this". those stories and ahead. >> the supreme court chose not to enter the debate over state gay marriage bans. >> which in effect means rights. >> the rights guaranteed by the through. >> our allies in the region... >> the person responsible for the rise of i.s.i.l. >> it's badly timed truth-telling. >> islamic state of iraq and town. sides. >> president obama is looking at new measures to protect americans from ebola. >> i consider this a top national security matter. >> entero virus d68 is blamed for the death of a student. >> it's been little more than a seen. >> north korea's number two korea. >> weird stuff. movie. >> using nukes to save the earth from an asteroid is not science fiction any more. >>> we beg

al jazeera america. now a snapshot of stories making headlines tonight. drawing the scorn of the justice department, the d.o. j. called the official autopsy to a st. louis paper, irresponsible. and highly troubling. the you can armed teenager brown was shot and killed by a white officer in august. suspected boko haram with with the group, the group is still holding more than 200 school girls hostage. beginning friday, north korea will ban foreigners on tourist trips from entering the country, due to fears of ebola. this news comes as that country ramps up inspections and quarantine measures. the ebola epidemic has already claimed nearly 5,000 lives. to develop the vaccine and a treatment, one drug that has shown promise is z map, be uh the supply ran out, leaving the ill to simply hope they have caught the disease in enough time to give their body as fighting chance. the f. d.a. still has not approved it for use, they are still scrambling to produce more doses in an indepth america tonight report, the fi

>> >>> is this is al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton in new york. get you caught up on the dop stories this -- top stories this hour. u.s. ebola patient receive treatment. forces retake key areas in iraq. u.s. air strikes pound i.s.i.l. fighters >>> we'll look at the arab spring. four years after it erupted, where does the fighting for democracy stand >>> video gaming gets its own sports en

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>> america votes 2014 midterms the series continues only on al jazeera america >>> a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight". after six months imprisonment in north korea, jeffrey raw is free. two other americans are still being held in north korea. the manhunt for eric frein closed several schools in pennsylvania. there was a possible sighting. he is accused of shooting and killing one state trooper and injuring another. >> missouri governor jay nixon are create a committee to look into the aftermath of michael brown, the teenager killed by a white officer. he'll select committee members next month >>> two weeks from today we head to the polls as "america votes 2014." it's tough to turn out the vote. this year critical seats are in play on capitol hill and state houses. this time around a shift from blue to red could be key to many elements of all of our lives. from national security to our pocket books. >> reporter: now the senate leaps blue. democrats have 53 seats, and two independence. republicans 45. to win the majority the g.o.p. needs 6 seats. that's why so much

coming up on "al jazeera america," the political battle in brazil. candidates, we are live in sao paolo. what sparked a stamp ped in india that left dozens of people dead. on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america >>> bulgarians will go to the polls tomorrow. eat earn european state has struggled with fragile coalitions. tim friend reports outrage over a bad economy with an influx of syrian did he have uj ease dominated campaign season. >> a few kilometers, this is a haven for those who have escaped syria's brutal conflict. not everyone is happy that these people are here the care that's been offered has created resentment among some bull gaines facing growing economic hardship in the european union's pooret countries. >> it's hard to major how anyone could resent the people here pity would be more appropriate. but one government official was reported as saying that the refugees had worn out their welcome because they complained too much. >> it's become an election issue, the far right party champions bulgarian for bull gaines and the nation