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. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy.nings are in place today for millions of americans living in areas at risk of severe flooding. missouri's governor is seeking help from the national guard for what he calls an historic flooding event. residents of one suburb are being ordered to evacuate. rivers are expected to crest at record levels over the coming days. but nixon is hopeful the cleanup phase will begin soon. andy roesgen is live. i imagine the water is continuing to rise where you are. how bad is it out there? >> reporter: getting worse, stephanie. in fact we have been watching all morning long. this business now throwing down sandbags trying to keep the water out. all of this water is coming west of us, from the west of us at the river which has now crested at 35 feet, 20 feet above flood stage, all of that water is now heading this way to another river. which at this stage is about 6 or 7 feet above the ground. all of this water is now heading eastward towards st. louis where all of the focus is going. in fact the

those stories and much more coming up on al jazeera america at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> it is not un-american or >> once on labor day i was on the radio, and talking about work. and closed my program by saying work ennobles life. i had seen across my whole life and working career in the u.s. and around the world that people took great pride in the fact that they work. contributed to their own sustenance and that of their families, even in jobs a lot of people might find disgusting or di meaning. i was unprepared for the blow back that met what i thought was an unremarkable idea. but people thought i was siding with abusive and exploitive employers rather than talking about workers from the bottom up. but i've seen the crushing weight of long-term unemployment squeeze the life out of people pop just democratically, it does something terrible to people's spirits, too. i've seen how lack of respect, lack of compassion, lack of empathy and from bosses, knocks workers who want to do a good job off their bearings, and loyalty was really an one-way street after all

good night. >>> this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in new york with a look at the day's top stories. protesters hit the streets of south los angeles after a video shows sheriff's deputies killing a gun-wielding man at an intersection. one month ago, mourners ponder the meaning of the deadly terrorist attack >>> voting in saudi arabia -

this is al jazeera america. public danger. of buying the guns in the san bernardino attack will stay behind bars while he awaits trial. taliban strike - group claims responsibility for a suicide attack that killed six american soldiers. the u.s. takes a step to protect the african lion. but the designation may not fix many factors

still ahead on al jazeera america.a message of unity, pope francis on his lace day in africa calls for solidarity between christians and muslims. >>> and an enormous lawsuit in the wake of enormous damage caused by the break of a dam at a mine in eastern brazil. >> after almost three decades of having the same leader, burkina faso has a new president. former prime minister roch kabore got the most votes. protests forced blaise compaore to resign after over 27 years in office. >>> at the democratic republic.congo, in north kivu province which borders the two country. the u.n. says at least 24 people died, the rebels attacked a hospital and hacked at least 27 people to death. pope francis is back at the vatican tonight after concludedg his first trip to africa. central african republic was his last stop. where he called for the end to the violence that has torn the country apart. gerald tan reports. >> pope francis ventures into a dining drus portiodangerous par. calls for leaders to unite. >> christians and muslims and

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al jazeera america ines ferre reports. >> head about an hour south of phoenix into the heart of the arizona desert and off the highway you'll find the e loi eloy detention center. it's a federal facility under the department of homeland security , immigration and customs enforcement. or ice. part of what activist los garcia says is a troubling trend tors troubling trend torts privatization. >> what's important is the bottom line. >> reporter: right now the cost of detention is about $160 per day per detainee. that comes out to $5 million a day or $200 million a year. critics say those cost savings are far from proven and focusing on the bottom line can result in inhumane and even lethal conditions. >> detention center is the deadliest detention center in the country. we've seen 14 deaths in the last 12 years. >> garcia runs puente human rights movement, a grass roots organization in phoenix. >> we've had people not have access to health care, adequate food,ing people being treated as slaves. people inside these private facilities work for $1 a day. >> reporter: specific allegation he of mis

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al jazeera america. velshi. "on target" tonight. please under the gun. troubled departments try to reform the ranks and weed out bad cops. plus split second decision. police officers put to the test with life or death drill on the use of lethal force. plarmingtpolice departments acrs america are under the gun to stop how and when police in potentially dangerous suspects. outrage over michael brown in ferguson, freddy gray in baltimore. and the death of mario woods the 26-year-old black man was shot at least 15 times by police officers. in chicago meanwhile local black religious leaders called today for a vote of no confidence against mayor rahm emanuel. this follows allegations of a coverup in investigation of the death of 17-year-old la quawnl quan mcdonald. as david ariosto reports, outrage over mcdonald's shooting by a police officer has forced chicago's mayor to scramble to survive. >> some kid was shot down by 16 shots. >> 16 shots. >> it's time for police to stop. not just today, this is not new. >> reporter: as protests continue to royal the city

only on al jazeera america. >> we're back and we're talking baseball. if 1989, peet pete rose, charlie hustle was band from baseball permanently by betting on games. uplolleding that ban, a move some call hypocritical, because fantasy baseball involves betting. if major league baseball shouldn't they be more relaxed, if they are dealing with pete rose, what about fantasy betting? >> looks like a profound hypocrite, it is absolutely absurd. here they are looking at the $400 billion pot that is sports betting in the united states, legal sports betting in the united states and major league baseball, basketball, hockey and of course the nfl, they are looking at how to get a piece of that without succumbing to their long principled belief that all gambling is bad and will lead you done the primrose path to satan and demon rum, whatever else it was in 1918. fan dual, unmonitorring gambling investigated right now by the new york state attorney general, while at the same time being able to hold up pete rose aas the kind of hester prinn, with a scarlet g tattooe

a lobbyist who has lobbied on behalf of qatar which helps fund al jazeera america. >> you look at chris christie, john kasich, they have had to had executive authority and make decisions in their own states, and they have a much more nuances approach. a strong approach but a nuanced approach national security. the senators and the outsiders like trump and carson lack any nuance in terms of their approach and that resonates more with primary voters. the idea that to hell with nuance and political correctness i'm going to come down like a ton of bricks on anybody who threatens national security. the governors and their nuanced views are not getting anyone above 10% in the polls. >> that is unfortunate in the case. i'm still looking forward to voting in the next couple of months in iowa, that will change. governors like jeb bush and john kasich have had to deal with problems in their own communities and they understand bringing the community together to fight threats is the only way to succeed. what trump and others are talking about is dividing the community and repelling the very people

good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america's international news hour. we begin tonight with the u.n. taking a first step towards ending the war in syria. the security council unanimously approved resolution beginning talks between the syrian government and the opposition. it did not address what will happen to syrian president bashar al-assad. this afternoon, president obama said assad must go believing the bloodshed will continue while he is in power but the president seemed to soften his position on how soon assad should go. 20 foreign minister met to what led to the council resolution. courtney kealy has been there all day. >> antonio, five years of the syrian civil war, possible talks and moves towards peace. saying this is an unprecedented diplomatic move towards talks. >> this council is sending a clear message to all concerned that the time is now. to stop the killing in syria lay the groundwork for government. >> friends and foes came together for a unanimous vote at the u.n. security council. word leaders agreed to take critical steps to try en

only on al jazeera america. >> in 1978, joseph sledge was convicted of murder in north carolina. >> they made me the scapegoat because they had no one to blame. >> at his trial, an fbi scientist testified that hairs found at the crime scene were 'microscopically alike' to joseph's. just months ago, joseph was released from prison, after serving almost forty years behind bars. dna testing had proved the hairs were not his. >> here's the hair from the defendant. here's the hair from the crime scene. i'm looking at them under the microscope and they have enough characteristics where i can say with reasonable scientific certainty that these two hairs match. >> they believed in what they were doing, but they were not scientists. it wasn't science at all. at all. >> joseph was at least the 74th american exonerated of a crime in a case involving the forensic science of microscopic hair analysis. >> it's not science to visually examine something and say they're the same. that's not science. that's subjectivity. >> the u.s. department of justice is now reviewing thousands of old convictions conta

that's it for international news and al jazeera america, i'm david schuster. we'll be back at 11:00 p.m. eastern for a look at the day's top stories. thanks for watching. >> on "america tonight": a good trip. from party drug to a way out of the darkness? >> i was very skeptical, i just thought it was ecstasy, this party drug and something that people take and get messed up but i was going down a very bad road and didn't feel i had anything to lose at that point. >> "america tonight's" christof putzel, the use of ecstasy, can it cure ptsd? >> thank you for joining us i'm joie chen. ptsd, we've seen it reported so long among combat veterans, first responders and so many who have experienced trauma, the approach to treatment has improved and now what may be a surprising solution a drug best flown on the party circuit getting a second life as a good trip. so effective that "america tonight's" christof putzel found some say it saved their lives. >> m m m. >> while serving in iraq tony macy lost many of his brothers in arms. >> i was 19 when i was in iraq. i think m

this is al jazeera america. the battle for ramadi, iraqi troops try to take back that key city from i.s.i.l. with help in the form of american air power. a milestone, the dangerous journey to europe claims even more lives as advocates say that american a million people

. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'll del walters.re new details emerging in that investigation into the mass shootings in san bernardino, california. there are several reports now that say farook's wife posting her allegiance to isil on facebook the day of the attack. there is no indication the group instructed her to do so. and farook's childhood, divorce papers saying his father was abusive and alcoholic. 14 were killed and 21 others injured. the company assembled an arsenal in the home they shared with their 6-month-old baby. allen schauffler tell us more about these latest reports about his wife pledging allegiance to isil. what are they saying officially? >> reporter: very startling information if it proves true. right now they are not saying much more than you told us a minute or so ago. we are waiting to hear back from the fbi, and we expect a news conference at this location, possibly at 9:00, and that will certainly be a topic of conversation, if the female suspect pledged allegiance on a facebook page, which we believe has

the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight": home away from home. a new crisis of people forced from their communities, seeking shelter. in places that feel for. a different kind of border war. "america tonight" on the plight of those trapped between haiti and the dominican republic faced with alarm about what comes next. >>> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. border wars and migrants on the move. we've seen how that has played out. refugees fleeing in terror, political leaders in pressure and battling back. one place that's stayed mostly off the radar in this discussion has been a big focus on "america tonight," the dominican republic, where hundreds of thousands have tried the avoid deportation, across the board, hidden terror facing a frightening deadline. tonight we follow up as al jazeera republic david mercer begins his report in the dominican capital, santo domingo. >> well-known fighter in his town outside of santo domingo, the dominican republic capital. the dream of one day representing the land of his birth in competition. but because o

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this is al jazeera america. we begin this international news hour with a debate on capitol hill. today the senate grilled top obama initiatives about the strategy to fight i.s.i.l. we have this talk on the contentious exchanges. >> at the senate committee, fbi director james comey singled out i.s.i.l. as the biggest terrorist threat facing the united states. >> their ability to have a safe haven from which to gather resources increases the risk of their ability to moulent a sophisticated attacks against the homeland. . >> over at the armed services, senator want to know if i.s.i.l. is a big threat. why is there not a big effort to wipe it out. >> we want to know how to do it. ash carter - joint vice chairman george silva could offer a time line of when i.s.i.l. could d cleared out of the time line. >> i'm orchestrating an attack. the fbi says so far there is no indication that i.s.i.l. ordered the attack that killed four in california. they are searching for fighters, pleading with countries in the region. we wi

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only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in new york with a look add top stories. some schools in new hampshire will closed tomorrow. we talk to a school superintendent about the threat. rescue operations in china, as a landslide crashes into an industrial park. dozens of missing. >> a fulton high school student was killed after he shields others. >> a teenager dies after protecting others from gun fire. >>> and i.s.i.l, where is is financing coming from? tonight's the week ahead. we begin tonight with breaking news. multiple people hurt when a car plows into a crowd on the las vegas strip. there are reports more than 20 people have been injured, some of them seriously. all of this happening right on the busy strip of las vegas near the paris casino and planet hollywood. we will update this when the information becomes updated. >>> district wept in new hampshire excess there is a, quote, detailed threat of violence to harm students and staff at high schools. superintendent mark conrad says he does expect

only on al jazeera america. >> another community now under pressure but this time at the tap. poise oned water s poisoned water. a man made disaster, daze after "america tonight's" lori jane gliha investigated, key leaders have been forced out and the results of an independent review may bring more change about. >> to see flint residents, they are not people that are disposable.we just are not. >> at rhonda kelso' house in flint, michigan -- >> i have a filter under here. >> this fill tergs out the lead? >> filters out the led. >> 52-year-old stroke survivor says she still won't drink it. >> it's a crime for people to be serviced with water that's classified by the epa as toxic waste. this is water that came out the tap. look at the green at the bottom. >> it was just a few months ago when she collected this from her unfiltered faucet. >> it came out brown. >> at the time city and state officials insisted the water was okay to drink. >> it's orangey when it settles all the way down. >> for more than a year now rhonda and tens of thousands of flint residents have been without ce

>> we need help now. >> you're watching al jazeera america. >>> now an acts of faith. when the pope came for the first visit to the united states, he sparked a conversation about inspiring a new enthusiasm for the catholic church. especially among young people. researchers say that two years into his papacy is early to determine whether there is a francis effect bringing a new generation into religious life. "america tonight" has found in one community a surge in the sisterhood. [ singing ] >> society portraying religious life a lot as giving up things. we always portray it as like, okay, no sex. no money. you got to do what the superior says. that sounds horrible. who would do that, you know? i think that's kind of the idea that i had going into it, which added to my terror. >> as a teenager in catholic school, tracy never imagined that she might one day become a nun or a sister in the church. >> i'm like, nobody does that anymore, right? young people don't do that anymore. it wasn't even something i considered. >> in her early 20s she had a serious boyfriend and plan

. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america here is a look at the top stories.nish voters change the course of politics in their country. their support of two new political parties, including the far left party has ended the traditional two party system in spain. the ruling conservative people's party won the most seats in parliament, but may not be able to shape the next government. >> >>> hundreds are demanding reforms in india following the release of a victim in the 2012 gang rape. the rapist was a juvenile, given the sentence of a minor. india needs to change the juvenile sentencing laws. >> in knoxville, a community remembers a 15-year-old high school football player, dobson, who lost his life saving three friends from a drive-by shooting on thursday. police say he laid on top of three girls to protect them from bullets. >> it is sunday night and time for our regular look at "the week ahead". this week world leaders are renewing commitment to cut off funding to i.s.i.l. the united nations security council adopted a resolution requiring countries to report

>>> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan martin in new york. here are today's top stories. an historic deal reached in paris. nearly 200 countries, including the u.s., agreed to take aggressive measures to fight climate change. >> no hate or fear >>> texas stand off pre muslim demonstrators of the a change in saudi arabia for the first time women are allowed to run as candidates and vote in local elections. tension within the g.o.p. members are openly discussing a brokered convention and possible third party one. tonight we begin with our top story, the landmark global climate deal reached today in paris. 1 # 95 nations have signed on to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions that have been blamed for the warming of the planet. this is after four years of negotiating. the agreement was cause for much celebration amongst the delegates and world leaders. nick clerk was there. >> reporter: the moment the world agreed to tackle climate change. so the paris agreement was born. emotions spilled over. to bring more than a 195 countries to come up with a universal pact was an enormous

the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight," the tough questions: after a 12-year-old armed only with a replica is killed. >> is there something written somewhere that says that a police officer does not have to be held into account when they cause death or serious injuries? that's the challenge. >> "america tonight's" christof putzel in cleveland. will another flash point ignite? thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. could it be the next flash point of conflict between a community and its law enforcement? cleveland this time where a grand jury has declined to indict two local police officers for shooting death of tamir rice. that wasn't too much of a surprise but the shock is still setting in. activists have kept tensions in check. "america tonight's" christof putzel is in cleveland with what lies ahead. >> outside cleveland's justice center protestors called out his name. 12-year-old tamir rice was shot dead by police officer thy low imran in a park, just after receiving calls, man with a gun. after a grand jury failed to indict lowman and his partner, th

the news continues on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight," who sacrificed for those holiday gifts? there's pain hidden behind the screen. >> tell me what happens to the fingers on your right arm and your left hand. >> maintain's christof putzel exposes the rirvegz that the workers take to give us the goods. >> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. think sweatshop and you will likely imagine unsafe working conditions half a world away. but what if the products of that hard labor end up in your living room? as the market for bigger and better flat screens goes, there's the market across the border. christof putzel investigates the peril in the workplace. >> two miles south of the texas border, lies the city of reynoso, panasonic, black and decker and lg electronics call it home. the city is a source of cheap labor for these global giants with tens of thousands of workers bussed in and out of their shifts each day. reynosa the capital of employment the billboards read but behind the campaigns of smiling workers we found a different reality. >> can you tell me what happened to your rig

>>> this is al jazeera america, i'm bisi onile-ere, in new york. here are the top stories. escalating tension, turkey's president says he doesn't approve of russia's aggressive tone following the downing of a russian fighter jet >>> searching for clues - the federal bureau of investigation does not no much about the pakistani woman that went on a shooting regime with her husband in san bernardino >>> a closer look at gun laws in america, and how they vary drastically from state to state >>> changing education, the senate set to vote on a bill getting rid of the controversial no child left behind law. aw. >>> we begin tonight with breaking news. there was a stabbing in the underground. police are threat fling or treating as a terrorist attack. three were injured in the nice attack at the lleyton stone metro station in london's north-east. this is it cell phone video of police in the stand off with a man. british authorities claimed this is for syria, before police used a stun gun to detain him >>> russian president vladimir putin is vowing to make turkey pay for downing a fi

still ahead on al jazeera america, americans recruited by i.s.i.l. what a new report reveals about the number of people trying to join the group abroad and who they are. also human rights watch calls for a criminal investigation of president george w bush and some of the highest ranking members of his administration. for the c.i.a.'s torture of people rounded up in the wake of the september 11 attacks. >>> four people have been arrested in the former soviet republic of georgia for being involved why i.s.i.l. weapons were recovered as well as i.s.i.l. flag, audio. some 550 are said to be involved with i.s.i.l. for today's in context segment we look at a report by george washington university on i.s.i.l. recruitment in america. 250 have attempted to travel to join i.s.i.l. and 900 active investigations are ongoing against suspected i.s.i.l. followers. the study finds 71 people have been arrested on charges relating to i.s.i.l. since march 2014. 56 this year alone. of those charged the average age is 26 and a vast majority 86% are male. half of them att

only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, coming up in this half hour of international news, there has been an intriguing prediction from peru about donald trump's future in the u.s. presidential race. first a look at the stories making headlines across the united states in our american minute. in chicago, a white police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black teenager was reigned. officer jason van dyk's rest and indictment of la can mcdonald led to police scrutiny >>> and a decision not to indict a police officer that fatally shot tamir rice. protests and a review of the officer's action >>> missouri under a state of emergency after heavily rain led to widespread flooding. 13 deaths are linked to the storms. thousands have been forced to leave their homes. the mississippi breach its banks spilling to roadways and is expected to reach its highest point in 22 years. >>> the world health organisation says the ebola outbreak is over in the west african nation of guinea, the home of patient zero, an infant who became the first case in the region. our correspondent

the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight," an officer, a gunshot, another teen shot and killed. >> there was no reason to have pulled the trigger on my nephew and shoot him in the back of the head. no reason for that. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye and another search for justice against the law. thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. this year it's become a center

only on al jazeera america. it,. >> that's "america tonight,"it,. right after "on target" at 9:30 eastern. last night's republican presidential debate in las vegas covered a lot of ground. national security, terrorism, u.s. military involvement in the middle east and the fight against i.s.i.l. and even though everyone and his mother knew the federal interest rate like was coming, no one brought up interest rates or the economy in the debate. that's why because new polling says terrorism is the biggest issue. that's why donald trump came out with his controversial idea of temporarily bannin banning muslm entering the united states until, quote, the u.s. figures out what the hell is going on. in the spin room, there's lil spin to donald trump, he says it the way he wants to say it and if there are consequences, so be it. but might be consequences for me a muslim immigrant to the united states. michael shure initiated the conversation. listen. >> if you were rubbing against donald trump what would you do? >> i think i'd give up. he can't be beaten. he

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only on al jazeera america. >> if you live in st. louis or los angeles you might have heard politicians this holiday season talking about giving your city the gift of a shiny new football stadium. well, if we're asking santa to build your city a new nfl football stadium next year you should be aware of two important things: one, the nfl is swimming with cash, with revenues that are projected to top $12 billion in 2016. public money your taxpayer dollars will likely finance more than thaf half the cost ever stadiums. some describe them as corporate welfare. ali velshi has the story. >> blow up an old stadium. build a newer bigger one costing 1 billion or more. it's been a pattern repeating itself over the past years. new stadiums especially reflect the success of the national football league or nfl, whose total revenue since 1995 is $99.4 billion. but a large part of funding for most of these new stadiums comes not from the proleagues like the nfl but from taxpayer dollars. some critics see it as a form of corporate welfare, and what

only on al jazeera america. i'm joie chen, and on this week's talk to al jazeera, i'm joined by chocolate taster angus kennedy. >> so what do we have here, angus? it's a plate with two different kinds of chocolate? >> yeah, we got two types of chocolate here, they're sort of-- this is called kind of low-end chocolate, you know, mass produced-- quite high sugar content. and then you've got kind of a high-end more luxury type chocolate. >> and how do i tell the difference? >> well, it's called a snap test. it's quite simple. you-- you literally take a piece of-- of chocolate and you break it and you listen. it's-- it's (laugh) that simple. >> what chocolate do i do--. >> and--. >> --so this would be? >> so if-- this would-- this would be sort of your more low-end, so if-- if you kind of break a bit off, it's not gonna make so much of a click. >> it really makes no noise at all. >> it-- no, it-- no, it doesn't. and-- and if you-- if you take the different bar ... >> definitely makes a snap. >> really does. >> defite

. >> welcome to al jazeera america live from new york city. i'i'm the city of ramadi has been bloody and chaotic. in chicago protesters protesting disrupted last-minute holiday shopping. and how people around the world are celebrating the arrival of christmas. >> we begin this hour. ramadi, iraq, where isil fighters and iraqi forces are engaged in bloody street battles isil has controlled the area for most of the last year. but in recent days iraqi forces with u.s. air support have begun to gain ground. it was made even more dangerous by the hundreds of bombed bridges, roadways. gerald tan has the latest. >> as the days wear off, iraqi forces try to retake ramadi has made a sobering admission. it will take time. the military is trying to over power isil fighters, who have been in control of the city. the airstrikes and troops are edging forward street by street. >> god willing we'll keep advance to go retake the whole of ramadi city. we're now in the district, and god willing we'll liberate the remaining parts of ramadi. >> iraqi intelligence

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