i'm john siegenthaler. devastation, searching for survivors. [ sirens blaring ] >>> recovering the dead, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocks afghanistan and pakistan. >>> under fire. >> some places because those lines are arcing away from each other, we have a crisis of violent crime in some of our major cities. >> the fbi director says violent crime may be up because of criticism of police. what is the evidence does us? >>> cancer causing, the world health organization warning about bacon and processed meat. tonight a closer look at the link and health inequality. >>> plus we talk to the founder of the fewgies, how the grammy winner returned to his native haiti and helped elect a new president. ♪ >>> and we begin with the most powerful earthquake to hit south asia in a decade. a 7.5 tremendousor that hit afghanistan and pakistan, killing at least 338 people. the u.s. says it is ready to provide help. the quake which was north of afghanistan was felt as far away as india. richelle carey reports. >> reporter: i

>> good evening, america, i'm john siegenthaler. troops on the ground supporting russia and assad in what some call a growing proxy war. >>> jerusalem flash point. >> we are not aggressive against anyone and we don't want they aggressions against our people. >> what's fueling the deadly new cominconfrontations. the aftermath, did clinton regain her footing. >> rooted in my values and experience. >> is sanders surge here to stay? what do viewers say about the debate? plus ricey photos, the market of million dollar pictures, why this picture of billy and his gang could be worth $5 million. we begin with the war in syria. there are many players from within the border, and beyond now. russia is sending in troops and fighter jets. the u.s. is launching air strikes against i.s.i.l. thousand iran is reportedly bringing in troops to support president bashar al-assad ass regime. also adding to a growing fear of another international crisis. jamie mcintire is at the pentagon. many jamie. >> perhaps 1500 iranian fighters have moved into northe

i'm john siegenthaler, see you back here on monday. the news continues with antonio mora. >> deadly clashes. another day of rage led to more violence between palestinians and israelis. as the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting on the unrest. >> everybody needs to focus on making sure that innocent people aren't being killed. >> drone down. turkey takes out an unmanned aircraft over its territory and russia's military steps up ats

i'm john siegenthaler. swept away, historic flooding in south carolina. >> dnr has performed over 150 water rescues. >> as the search for the missing grows. war crime -- >> the fact that some of those individuals lost their lives over the weekend is a profound tragedy. >> the deadly u.s. strike on a hospital in afghanistan, why did it happen. >>> and a famish you, affirmative action in college admissions at the supreme court. >>> being a black woman, a muslim woman, being a woman in general, it is like, okay, this is beyond me winning. >> a homecoming queen, breaking stereo types, and making history. tonight her story. ♪ >>> and we begin with catastrophic flooding in south carolina. some areas we have seen two feet of rain since thursday. so much rain that at least eight dams have failed. and 500 roads and bridges across the state are closed. the white house says president obama has signed a disaster declaration. the flooding is historic and far from over. robert ray is in columbia, south carolina. >> repor

i'm john siegenthaler w. a new fear of an even greater crisis. first, an apology from president obama. >> in the united states when we make a mistake, we're hobs about about it, we own up to it and podle like presidenapology liked in this case. >> solving overcrowding, freeing thousands of federal inmates, a closer look at a controversial statistician. plus, sphiefer survivor story, . >> rapists cause rape. >> we talk to aspen maddis about the journey that changed her life.first came the attack and air strike on the doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. then an admission by a top american commander that the united states carried out the strike. then an apology by president obama. who ordered it? who is accountable? mike viqueria is in washington. mike. >> john in the days following attack, five days since the attack president obama and the white house insisted they were going to wait for results of a pentagon investigation before casting any blame. but the day after his top commander in afghanistan accepted blame before a senate panel

i'm john siegenthaler. historic flooding in south carolina. >> dnr has performed over 150 water rescues. >> as the search for the missing grows. war crime -- >> the fact that some of those individuals lost their lives over the weekend is a profound tragedy. >> the deadly u.s. str

i'm john siegenthaler. decision day: >> that process by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign. for president. >> vice president biden says he won't run for the white house. what's behind the decision. what does it mean for hillary clinton? >>> brothers in arms. putin and assad, fighting together in syria and now a very public show of unity in moscow. >>> insecurity. the personal e-mails of cia director john brennan hacked. reports say a teenager was behind it. >>> plus guitar man. g.e. smith. from playing with dylan to bowie to leading the snl band for a decade. he shares a life in music. his remarks were both political and personal. in some ways a lifetime in the making. joe biden said today that he will not run for president. ending the speculation. it's the news hillary clinton has been hoping for but what does it really mean for the 2016 race for white house? david schuster is here, david. >> reporter: john after months of spanning the speculation himself, joe bi

john siegenthaler reports. >> from space, the nasa photo tells the story. a mammoth storm sweeping across mr. mayor. the national hurricane center says, hurricane patricia is the strongest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere. as it approached mexico sustained winds reached 200 miles per hour. >> translator: the national emergency committee has already installed that i'm taking charge as of this moment. preventive measures that have already begun to be put into place for what is estimated to be the biggest hurricane for at least the last 50 years in the pacific ocean. >> ahead of the storm beaches were empty at popular vacation spots like puerto vallarta on mexico's west coast, businesses boarded up as tourists and residents alike braced for a potentially catastrophic hit. tour itions with their luggage in toe arrived at a convention center that was supposed to be secure you only to find out it wasn't considered strong enough for a category 5 storm. >> we came to the convention center and then they said it's not a safe place. >> at the city's airpo

i'm john siegenthaler. unravelling.he deadly attack in turkey, the growing crisis in syria, and the clashes between israel and the palestinians. >>> gasping for breath. desperate to cross into the u.s. dozens of migrants freed from a truck in texas. >>> all in the families, courting the country, but getting the cash from just a few, how a very small group is playing a big part in electing the next president. >>> plus, rouge nun. >> what it is saying is that you are a woman in a man's shirt, and that this is -- this is an institution that belongs to the men. >> sister's powerful message to the pope. ♪ >>> we begin in turkey, a key ally of the united states, the government says it is near figuring out who is responsible for saturday's twin suicide bombings. still many people in turkey are angry. they protested against the government, blamed their leaders for failing to protect them, as more victims were buried today. the government says it believes isil may have been responsible for the blast who killed 97. mohammed jamjo

i'm john siegenthaler. fatal mistake, a gunman opens fire on an israeli bus station, a mob kills the wrong man. >>> drone crackdown. >> registration will reinforce the need for unmanned aircraft users, including consumers an y andbyists to operate their drones safely. >>> after dozens of close called with passenger jets, new rules designed to keep the skies safe. ♪ >>> and ancient lives, a new view of stunning utah cave dwellings. >> you can imagine that the views they had were just absolutely spectacular. >> suddenly abandoned 7 centuries ago. ♪ >>> the latest cycle of violence between israel and the palestinians has reached a new ugly phase after a gunman opened fire on an israeli bus station, a mob beat a wounded man who died later. they thought he was an attacker. he wasn't. in the last three weeks eight israelis have been killed. israeli forces have killed at least 40 palestinians in response. mike hanna has the latest. >> reporter: occupied east jerusalem, further divided. in addition to concrete barr

i'm john siegenthaler.on, searching for survivors. [ sirens blaring ] >>> recovering the dead, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocks afghanistan and pakistan. >>> under fire. >> some places because those lines are arcing away from each other, we have a crisis of violent crime in some of our major cities. >> the fbi

i'm john siegenthaler. special ops in syria. more u.s. troops on the ground. more questions about the mission. off air. the gop boycott for nbc, calling this week's debate biased and off the message, is the media to blame, freedom for federal inmates, a closer look at the mass release. plus law and author. it is true crime that fascinates patricia cornwell, tonight she talks to us. mission creep or mission reconsidered, no matter what the description president obama's strategy for syria pearchtion to bappears to bechanging. part of that calls for more forces ton ground. the elite special operations unit. what will be their orders and how big of a role and risk will they i taking? jamie mcintire is at the pentagon. jamie. >> on numerous occasions president obama said he would not put u.s. boots on the ground in syria but today the white house announced that yes, some will be planting their boots on the ground at least so far not iin a combats mission. >> the pentagon says the small number of u.s. special operations troops be sent to northern syria will not be g

i'm john siegenthaler. deadly force. a new body cam video and the questions after a fatal encounter between officers and a suicidal man. >> to the teu tunisian dialect. >> the small group that brought historic change to one country. plus the chameleon. the singer with a double life.♪ ♪ ♪ >> the u.s. is abandoning its program to train syrian rebels to fight i.s.i.l. the half a billion dollar plan was supposed to train 5400 fighters, only 60 men were able to complete the course. the pentagon said it will now shift to providing arms to troops already on the battle battlefield. jim whrarch is i walsh is in bo. what does this say about our military jim? >> well, i think they were put in a difficult situation, the fundamentals were thought good. it's important to remember john that the cia is training syrian rebels in the free syrian army, but they have none of the restrictions that the pentagon had. the pentagon had to vet all these people. we don't want to be giving training and arms to folks who are then going to join al qa

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> historic hurricane. one of the strongest storms ever recorded slams into mexico. fears of unprecedented destruction. >>> deadline for immigration centers holding migrant families longer than three days. will the agency comply with a federal judge's decision? >>> cutting back. slashing salaries and staff. the new troubles for jeb bush saps presidential campaign. >>> plus patricia cornwell, the author who sold more than 100 million books joins us to talk about her life as a writer. >> i go out and explore. i'm really ocombination of a journalist and investigator. >> and if truth is really stranger than fiction . we begin with hurricane patricia. it's a category 5 storm one of the most powerful ever recorded. it's made landfall along the pacific coast of mexico. this photograph showing a water spout off the coast of porto vallarta. from space, the picture shows a story. a massive storm, sweeping across mexico. the national weather receives says purk patricia i hurricane e of the strongest storms ever record

i'm john siegenthaler.istake, a gunman opens fire on an israeli bus station, a mob kills the wrong man. >>> drone crackdown. >> registration will reinforce the need for unmanned aircraft users, including consumers an y andbyists to operate their drones safely. >>> after dozens of close

john siegenthaler. enter russia. pentagon grows suspicious feeling the civil war in syria could become worse. >>> ultimatultimatum. mahmoud abbas issues a warning. what it means for both sides. indicted. a volunteer deputy shoots an unarmed man to death. now a grand jury says the sheriffs of sheriff tried to cover up the investigation. plus: taking shape. a first impression of the three dimensional works by pablo picasso. >> there is a sense you go through the show that almost anything can become a sculpture. >> part of the extraordinary new exhibit of the master. it'master. >> we begin tonight with russia's military involvement in the syrian crisis. the kremlin launched air tries today, dropping bombs north of the city of holmes. washington was pretty much caught off guard, learning of the strikes just right before they happened. the big question is were they targeting i.s.i.l. as they claim or were they taking aim at syrian rebels trying to protect bashar al-assad. mike viqueria is joining us. mike is seek it seems

i'm john siegenthaler. unravelling.ck in turkey, the growing crisis in syria, and the clashes between israel and the palestinians. >>> gasping for breath. desperate to cross into the u.s. dozens of

. >> john siegenthaler, al jazeera. >> i'm sheila macvicar. thanks for joining us. ray suarez is up next with "inside story." ♪ ♪ >> first, megamergers created two beer giants. in bev and sab miller. now the two titans want to become one. and produce one of the two brews people consume, brewnanza, on "inside story." >> welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. just about everywhere i've been in the world there's a loam beer. the brand d -- local beer, the brand that sponsors sports teams, shows up on restaurant coasters, is part of a restaurant culture. some of that is an illusion. some are run and controlled on the other side of the planet on many cases and subject to economic forces much broader than ads for your local baseball team. the fall of the berlin wall and the growing reach of international trade agreements drew people who produced a lot of different things into closer ties with each other around the world. one huge yet underrecognized industry caught in the same wave of consolidating is brewing. diane eastabrook has this report on beer and one of the la

john siegenthaler has details of their plans. >> anonymous is calling it hackers versus haters roundthe international cyber vigilante group setting a date for the unveiling of up to 1,000 members of the ku klux klan, a social media movement under the hash tag banner hats off. it is branding it operation k.k.k. in a letter posted earlier this week, the so-called hackta i.v. ist group posted: >> you are more than a hate group, you operate much more like terrorists and you should be recognized as such. >> members of the hacking collaborative became infamous for their iconic guy fox masks, a trinity to the man behind a failed attempt to overthrow the british government in 1605. anonymous said the unveiling will take place on november 24, designed to coincide with the first anniversary of protests and rioting that broke out in ferguson, missouri after a grand jury did not indict the officer who shot michael brown. anons are well known for attacking groups they disagree with. they targeted k.k.k. members who threatened to use lethal force on the streets of ferguson. back in january, anonym

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> historic hurricane. one of the strongest storms ever recorded slams into mexico. fears of unprecedented destruction. >>> deadline for immigration centers holding migrant families longer than three days. will the agency comply with a federal judge's decision? >>> cutting back. slashing salaries and staff. the new troubles for j

i'm john siegenthaler. >>> wave of violence from jerusalem to gaza and the wawrinka.ly clashes intensify between israelis and palestinians. fatal encounter. >> out of the car. >> a traffic stop ends with a teenager shot seven times. the family wants to know why. >> down on the ground, now! >> under the

i'm john siegenthaler. strategy shift. as russia stepping steps up itsn syria. america bails out of the half billion dollar program to train rebels. >>> justified. officers actions after confronting an armed man who begged them to kill

. >> good evening, america, i'm john siegenthaler. troops on the ground supporting russia and assad in what some call a growing proxy war. >>> jerusalem flash point. >> we are not aggressive against anyone and we don't

i'm john siegenthaler w. a new fear of an even greater crisis.irst, an apology from president obama. >> in the united states when we make a mistake, we're hobs about

john siegenthaler, al jazeera. >> there once were two of those blimps, one went missing yesterday, therounded. >> that is it for us here in new york. >> coming up from doha, we're going to have more on these images, that search for survivors onboard a migrant boat that went down in the mediterranean. at least seven are dead. >> we are back tomorrow beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. have a great day. jewel dozenles of people missing after a boast capsizes near the greek island of less boss. >> john kerry arrives in vienna for an international summit on ending syria's civil war. >> i'm in

i'm john siegenthaler. decision day: >> that process by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign. for president. >> vice president biden says he won't run for the white house. what's behind the decision. what does it mean for hillary clinton? >>> brothers in arms. putin and

i'm john siegenthaler. special ops in syria. more u.s. troops on the ground. more questions about the mission. off air. the gop boycott for nbc, calling this week's debate biased and off the message, is the media to blame, freedom for federal inmates, a closer l

al jazeera's john siegenthaler asked him about the single issue he's running on, campaign finance reform we've got to make it so these politicians around bending over backwards for the tiniest fraction of the 1%. that's about changing how we fund elections. it's about getting money out of elections. tomorrow, congress could change that. >> how much money should we spend on elections? >> i have no idea. >> why should the american people spend the money? >> we spend more money advertising soap than electing president. i'm not talking about the amount -- >> billion dollars run for president of the united states. >> we are and that might be too much. all i'm saying is the problem is not the amount. the problem is who it's coming from. if there are 400 families providing half the money, then you know those 400 families at the front of the line are getting a different kind of america than the rest of us. >> you say it's rigged. >> it is rigged. >> the system's rigged. >> the system is rigged, because when we try to pass any legislation that americans care about, whether it's dealing with socia