>> this is al jazeera america live from new york i'm johnathan betz with today's top stories. >> secretary of state john kerry visits cairo. >>> and on the eve of his first trial the look at the former egyptian president in months. we have the secret footage. >> the democrati democrat seigec republic of congo to be at an end. >> and this it is the end it the new york city marathon. >> secretary of state john kerry is on a nine day tour of the middle east. his trip began with a quick added stop. egypt. it's the highest level of visit since the military removed president morsi in july. during his stay over kerry called for an end to the violence that called for the coup. >> the first stop us secretary of state john kerry made on his latest trip to the middle east was not to saudi arabia, but to cairo egypt. it's the first and highest ranking official to the capital city since july 3rd. that is the day that the military remove mohamed morsi from his post ac as president of the egypt and placed him under arrest. it was john kerry's mission to deliver a message from the obama administration on

i'm johnathan betz with tonight's headlines philippines president is promising to stay in tacloban until conditions improve his government has been criticized for the slow response. some areas are in desperate need of supplies. >> the death toll remains at 4000. >> there will be a run off in the chill la chile election. >> a rash of tornts tornados hie mid west there was widespread destruction in ohio an indiana. the national weather service conofficialconfirms that 65 twis touched down. >> a devastating day for people in illinois. in this home video a tornado touches down in the washington area near peoria. >> i go ou outside and i heard this, it's like a loud train. and it kept getting louder and i went into the basement and ten second later i heard the house shaking and waited probably a minute and i came back up. >> i went back to that end of the house and i heard some blasts. we don't have any windows in that end of the house. and my husband came back and i said i don't know what to do. >> we stood in the hallway where there were no windows and held each other. the destruction is ex

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. >> you are watching al jazeera america i'm johnathan betz in new york. >> secretary of state john kerry says suspending aid to egipt egs not a punishment. thankthey could get aid again. the u.s. has withheld more than a billion dollars in asis it is an. stance. ousted president morsi is facing charges of insighting violence. his trial begins tomorrow. >> the suspect in friday's shooting at los angeles international airport told authorities that i wa he was drd off by a friend. paul ciancia killed one tsa officer and wounded four others. >> toronto mayor acknowledges he needs to make changes in his life. the police obtained a video that allegedly shows him smoking crack. >> a record number of runners race in the new york city marathon today. more than 50,000 strong. a kenyan runner who set a course record. geoffry mutai retained the title. some of america's best-kept secrets are out. by now, most of the world has heard the name edward snowden. the former national security agency contractor who released thousands of classified documents about government surveillance in one of the most sig

. ♪ >> welcome to al jazeera america i'm johnathan betz with tonight's headlines. >>> at least five peoplere confirmed did and dozens more hurt after second tornado swept across several u.s. states today illinois was especially hit hard. give forward, illinois where 20 homes and businesses were torn apart. entire neighborhood were destroyed. >> relatives of the 50 people killed in the russian plane crash arrived at the crash scene. the pilot was reporting a second landing of the bowing 37 m when it wept down. >> in the philippines president keno unfire for the slow response is in hard hit cook low ban. he says he won't leave until conditions improve. >> the reel o'reports are reaching more people an some in the remote areas are looking for help. france assures israel it sports sanctions on eye rap and it will not back down. >> they ar50eu6 in israel with talks with the president. this comes days before the talks in again flee have a. >> knows are the headlines we planned to bring you the documentary "tiny" but stay tuned to a documentary on the philippines. tiny will air flex week at 9:00

>>> welcome to al jazeera i'm johnathan betz with tonight's top stories. >>> in afghanistan a suicide bombing killed six people in kabul today. it happened where tribeal leades are to discuss the future of afghanistan. >>> aid is finally reaching some of the most remote communities in the philippines. >>> tomorrow historic presidential election in chill . two women are in the run being. running. >>> solsold urgessoldiers in lia base. this comes after they gathered to mourn militia forces killed yesterday. >>> they ara woman is asking for 36,000. >> where the ja yarnell fire occurred. >>> consider is up next on al jazeera. forest fire ouour outfour out l suffer from poverty. the wa wharton school of busines have found that 1500 suburban suburbanites are living in poverty al already. their shipyard closed and the town's main source of income disappeared. 5is15 percent of chester's residents are unemployed. with a ship building industry long gone, chester has not had a super msupermarket until the lae closed. fair and square opened two months ago. >> the babies need this and the elderly

. >> joie chen report live a special edition of >>> welcome to al jazeera i'm johnathan betz with tonight's top stories. >>> in afghanistan a suicide bombing killed six people in kabul today. it happened where tribeal leades are to discuss the future of afghanistan. >>> aid is finally reaching some of the most remote communities in the philippines. >>> tomorrow historic presidential election in chill . two women are in the run being. running.

johnathan betz is here to break this down. >> the heart association is saying that it's leading people to take pills they may not need of the. >> it's a big deal because it affects so many people. 1. 1:3 have high levels of ldl or bad cholesterol. the american heart association and the american association of cardiology released a new calculator to figure out a person's risk of heart problems some worry that it's over predicting that risk. let's say you are a 60-year-old black man and normal cholesterol level and you are considered healthy. not a smoker and no diabetes. but yet the calculator would show he has a 7.5% risk of heart attack or stroke in the next decade and that number seems high by doctors. >> at that level he should start taking stanons. stanons -- statons. the people with the high level of cholesterol they remain about the same but the number of people being treated for it has jumped by 50 percent. the american heart association has said it should encourage more patients to talk with their doctors. and at the moment it's ticking with our calculator. we should have a lon

as johnathan betz reports it's an idea that is gaining international attention. berkshires of new england is a place where the off beat is away of life. home to a workshop that makes thousands of ukuleles a year and the money of choice is not a dollar. it's something different. phyllis pr prefers that her customers use berkshares instead of the green back. >> we started to develop a relationship. >> launched in 2006 it's a local currency for the berkshire region of the massachusetts. >> it was away to strengthen the local economy and to protect businesses from their chain stores. >> when you have berkshares you may not choose to go to mcdonald, but a local restaurant. alice's job is to convince customers to embrace berkshares. we have local artwork on the back. >> one hundred forty thousand bills are in circulation. and five banks exchange them and 400 businesses accept them across rural towns. >> there are excavators and dentist and lawyers and accountants. there is actually a discount built in the exchange rate. so $20 gets you 20 berkshares an an extra dollar.

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johnathan. >> thanks dave. we'll have much more news after the break on al jazeera. . . >>> you're watching al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan betz, with a look at the top stories. pakistan condemns a u.s. drone strike that killed a leader of the taliban there. one politician threatening to cut off nato supply routes. >> he indicated anger and malice towards the tsa officers. >> investigators look at what may have motivated the fatal attack at los angeles international airport. >> two french journalists are abducted and killed in northern mali. the same area where the government helped to defeat those fighters months ago.

. >> audiences are intelligent >> this is al jazeera america live from new york i'm johnathan betz with today's top stories. >> secretary of state john kerry visits cairo. >>> and on the eve of his first trial the look at the former egyptian president in months. we have the secret footage. >> the democrati democrat seigec republic of congo to be at an end. >> and this it is the end it