i'm jonathan betz.yria's deputy prime minister has told the world air strikes are not enough to defeat isil if there is no cooperation with his country's army. he spoke at the united nations today and called russia's air strikes in syria effective because they support the country's efforts to fight what he calls terrorism. >> translator: you know better than anyone else that terrorism is an ideology that recognizes no boundaries. you know that when this monster comes out, it cannot be limited to certain countries. the terrorism of isis, aln alnuz -- al-nusra and other organizations is killing. >> what else did he have to say? >> that syria is a land baptized in the blood of its people. this is the world view of the assad regime, not the world view of the syrian people. he doesn't talk about the secret police or take any responsibility for the assad regime. he does talk about the fate of syria is in syria's hands and the hands of syrians, meaning the alawite regime. he also said they welcomed russia to c

jonathan betz explains from san juan. >> shoppers like maria lopez know there's a price for living on an an island. >> it is expensive. >> very expensive, very, very. >> in puerto rico, many worry it is higher than it should be because of an old u.s. shipping law. >> it's been hurting the puerto rico economy for decades but now becoming worse. >> the jones act passed in 1920 after world war i to protect the u.s. shipping industry, requiring all trade be done on u.s. merchant ships, built in the u.s. and manned by american

al jazeera's jonathan betz joined us live. jonathan. it seems like mexico got a lucky break. >> patricia broke the records as it exploded from a tropical storm to a category 5 monster in 30 hours, becoming the strongest hurricane reported. >> we are talking about a hurricane that threatened to damage. >> it slammed into western mexico with 165 miles per hour winds and heavy rain. trigg triggering flooding. the truth is that it destroyed a good portion of our home, and took a lot of trees. but thankfully we are all okay. >> tens of thousands evacuated ahead of the storm. including tourists from the resort. many road out the storm and shelters. >> i feel a lot safer here than where we were staying. >> the storm hit a rural area in western mexico, sparing the bigger cities. we were expecting rain. due to the lack of a canal, so that the water is being discharged, we have flooding. >> as patricia weakens and moves inland, the storm threatens. with fears of rain and flooding. >> jonathan betz - we hope to have him back live later. >> secreta

the no labels forum is what it's called, aimed at capture the liest ratevoters, jonathan betz is live in manchester for us.and jonathan, new jersey governor chris christie was on the stage a few moments ago. gron he is still oi don't know n the stage. >> reporter: he is on the stage. went straight into the q&a segment of the ceremony. this forum is based formed to try to bring together, politicians on both sides of the isle to get them to fix some of the biggest problems in the country. republicans and democrats speaking to undecide new hampshire voters. the first question that chris christie faced whether he took the stage he was asked bluntly whether he supports legalizing marijuana. >> the laws in this country matter, they matter. when we have lawlessness in this country, we have a situation where folks feel like they can pick and choose which laws they like and which ones they don't. and you know, if we're ignoring law that you don't like, you're probably pretty happy. the minute we start ignoring the law you do like, all of a sudden we have a big problem on our hands. >> reporter

i'm jonathan betz. well, it is sunday night and time to look at global issues in our week ahead segment. there are growing fears that in the coming days there will be more bloodshed between israelis and palestinians. at least 53 people have been killed since the start of the month. 43 palestinians and eight israelis. later he will then meet with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. it is unclear what the secretary of state can actually do to end the violence. >> mayhem caught on camera, moments later gunmen opened fire in a bus station in southern israel. in the town of beersheba short after dark. one soldier died and several others including civilian and security force members were wounded. the attack came as u.s. secretary of state john kerry prepares to meet with officials to restore calm. >> later in the week i will meet with prime minister netanyahu because he will be in germany and i'm coming through at that moment. we will meet there. >> reporter: kerry also plans to speak with mahmoud abbas. >>

jonathan betz has more. >> reporter: the textbook got his attention for the wrong reason. >> they hadfricans and african american as workers, implying pay, as if we had come here willingly and were paid to do our job. >> reporter: the cap -- caption refers to slaves as workers. his mother put it on facebook. furious about what was in the book, and what was left out. >> there is no mention of africans working as slaves or being slaves, it just says we were workers. >> reporter: her message went viral, and forced the publicer, mcgraw hill education to say we made a mistake, and change the wording to describe the arrival of african slaves in the u.s. as a forced migration. these books are used in a quarter of the state's school districts. >> slavery was not the best part of history, it was not a happy story, but it was in fact something that did happen, and it contributed to the success of america today. >> reporter: the book had been vetted and repeatedly checked by review panels, but the publisher says no one noticed the passage. >> all of these stories, i'm wondering how they are bein

the news continues with jonathan betz. >> this is al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz in new york with the stop stories. >>> more shootings and knife attacks with no end in sight. increased security doing little to stem the violence between israelis and palestinians. >> the country reeling from sexual violence, two children attacked, including a toddler in separate incidents. >> a notorious fugitive el chapo tracked down. officials say he got away again. he's tending more

let's turn to my friend and cole easier jonathan betz. >> lots to talk about. republicans question trump's credibility and benghazi and how it came together. >> soothing tension. secretary of state john kerry will tri to solve tensions in israel, his plan to meet leaders on both sides. and the hunt for a killer that fired shots at people. they are some of the stories in the next hour. >> thank you. >> china is the world's biggest market for cellphones. should be no surprise that tech companies focus efforts on attracting a share of the market. al jazeera reports from the world congress. >> it's one of the largest electronic shows in the world. more than 4,000 companies showcase their latest innovations. marketing hungry for new technology. >> we attract a huge number f >> we attract trade buyers all over the world. traders from over 150 countries and regions. >> china is a leader in technology consumption, not just production. and the popularity of smartphones is creating an industry in app-related products. >> this monitors how much food someone consumes. >> i

jonathan betz reports on one of the campaign's most divisive issues. >> reporter: when a gunman killedine people at an oregon community college last week, it was the 294th mass shooting so far this year. a stunning number. >> i'm going to talk about this on a regular basis. and i will politicize it, because our inaction is a political decision that we are making. >> reporter: but how to stop the violence ignites a fierce debate among presidential hopefuls. hillary clinton is campaigning forcefully for gun control. >> how many people have to die before we actually act? before we come together as a nation? >> reporter: she's calling for universal background checks and says she would take executive action if congress doesn't act. it's a position left of her liberal opponent bernie sanders. the vermont senator comes from a state with a strong hunting culture. he is arguing for sensible gun control legislation which prevents guns from being used by people who shouldn't have them. he is working on a package including banning assault weapons. republican candidates resist any gun control. >> i

jonathan betz is in colima state mexico with a look at what is it left of the hush. begin with jonathan martin, where the main route between dallas and houston is closed tonight. >> that's right, you know it's a significant situation when crews shut down i-45, the main way to get from dallas to houston. it's been shut for hours. i talked to a crew member with the fire democrat. and he told me the interstate. 20 miles from here, is completely underwater. that is the area where they had some 20 inches of rain over the last couple of days, this is not just an isolated situation in one community in texas, but from waco, houston to dallas, it's been a rough 24 hours or so, where some areas got 50-20 inches of rain. you mentioned the train derailment. we want to show you video of that. a train that was going, again, in that area, texas, 40 miles south of dallas. it derailed 40-50 cars off the track. two crew members had to be rescued. they are okay. but that gives you an idea of how serious the flooding and rain was in the area. we have pictures, dramatic pictures of a res

jonathan betz. jonathan. >> one recovering addict is former rhode island congressman patrick kennedy some, son of late senator ted kennedy. i spoke to him earlier about his concerns over how substance abuse is treated. >> they don't wait until you have stage 4 diabetes and you have to have your legs amputated. but if you have addiction or mental illness that's when you're treated. you're not treated until you're really really sick and then you come in with the ambulance and parch people up. >> kennedy is concerned about how the health care act hadges aichandlesaddiction. you can hear more about that in my next hour. john. >> ann mari marie smith turned a promotion and gave away her fast track poks to spend time with family. now she wrote position to be wir book. patricia sabga has the story. >> by any measure, ann marie slawrt islaughter is a role mod. when she turned down a high pro time position at the state department to devote more time to her sons. >> i deliberate said, we have two teenage boys

i'll jonathan betz. stay here, al jazeera investigates the hostage starts now. >> the united states government will not pay a ransoms. >> the hostage business - a growing trade that fuels conflict around the world.

thank you, jonathan betz watched the debate with bernie sanders in manchester new hampshire.hat was the reaction there on gun control. >> it was a moment during the debate and had a mixed reaction. a lot of people did not register the moment. it passed over them. truth be told. on the other issues that bernie sanders championed such as income and equality. those issues are the ones that drew the biggest rounds of applause. a lot of support for bernie sanders in new hampshire. certainly at this bar here as well. >> when it comes to gun crime, it's a divisive issue, a lot of voters don't feel like more gun laws will stop the violence. they are concerned about the economy, jobs, shrinking the gap between rich and poor, and realise that bernie sanders's position on gun control is out of step with a lot of democrats, and it was a position that hillary clinton seized on. >> the view from new hampshire, thank you. >> the first segment of the debate was a hot one, one important to the all-important young voter. the next generation could be decisive. lisa fletcher is with student at g

jonathan betz explains from san juan. >> shoppers like maria lopez know there's a price for living on an an island. >> it is expensive. >> very expensive, very, very. >> in puerto rico, many worry it is higher than it should be because of an old u.s. shipping law. >> it's been hurting the puerto rico economy for decades but now becoming worse. >> the jones act passed in 1920 after world war i to protect the u.s. shipping industry, requiring all trade be done on u.s. merchant ships, built in the u.s. and manned by american sailors, that includes puerto rico a u.s. territory. most of the stuff comes from where? >> from the u.s. >> but grocer nelson vasquez says it drives up the cost of nearly everything on his shelves. water, vasquez imports it from iceland. eventually arriving in puerto rico. even after that exhausting voyage he saves nearly $4,000 per container, if he ships it in from the u.s. >> it's the jones act. if i had different alternatives i would definitely have more competition. >> nearly everything on this island must be shipped in much of it from the mainland. studies show

the news continues with jonathan betz. >> this is al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz in new york with the stop stories. >>> more shootings and knife attacks with no end in sight. increased security doing little to stem the violence between israelis and palestinians. >> the country reeling from sexual violence, two children attacked, including a toddler in separate incidents. >> a notorious fugitive el chapo tracked down. officials say he got away again. he's tending more troops. we look at american troops in africa >>> tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets. israeli forces trying to subdue protesters, the death toll is rising in the israeli palestinian conflict. four were shot dead, a fifth wounded in what israeli officials say was thwarted knife attacks. 42 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed. the chairman of the joint chiefing of staff arrives for a look at the escalating violence. >> a flaming tire rolling through the army lines. the occupied west bank city of hebron was an lock down after two stabbing attempts by palestinians on israelis. the palestinian witness t

i'm jonathan betz in new york. here are tonight's top stories. formerly adopted, a nuclear deal is now in effect. what happens next and how soon could sanctions be lifted? >> stepping in. secretary of state john kerry will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders, who can help stop the violence. >>>

i'm jonathan betz in new york.right here because there's a lot more news coming to you from doha. have a good night. ♪ ♪ >> the death toll from guatemala's major mud slide rises from 6900 still missing. ♪ >> this is al jazeera live from doha, coming up in the next half hour, tension in jerusalem as the second palestinian man is shot dead by the police for stabbing israeli citizens. president barack obama offers his sympathy while the u.n. condemns a suspected airstrike in kunduz. >>> and this football

the news continues next with jonathan betz.tious optimism. >> positive they're willing to come to talk. as we've said, it's hard to imagine the solution to the syrian crisis without their participation. we hope that, that participation can be please at this. >> the united states invites tehran to talk about syria. >> human suffering. >> i really regretted it. i will

i'm jonathan betz. antonio mora has the night off. >>> hillary clinton no longer has to worry about joe biden but what about benghazi? the former secretary of state's testimony will be scrutinized but so will the questions asked by republicans and here's why.a poll out today shows most americans see the probe is politically motivated. half the goal is to embarrass clinton and othird is to learn what happened in benghazi. kimberly halkett has more on what we can expect tomorrow. >> the attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. but three years later why it happened is still in dispute. u.s. state department later revealed there was no protest outside its mission prior to the attack. >> what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again senator. >> reporter: the select congressional committee on benghazi says for subpoena months it spent more than $4

jonathan betz takes a look at some of the more contentious moments. >> the undercard featured just fourandidates. and it boiled down to this. who would best be suited to take on hillary clinton in a general election. >> i am trying to solve a problem and win an election. i am tired of losing. good god look who we are running against. the number one candidate on the other side thought she was flat broke after her and her husband was in the white house for eight years. >> reporter: the focus was economics and finance. buddies agreements over the moderator's questions dominated the night. >> is this a comic book version of a debate? >> no. >> reporter: when tressed about his at tend dance record, he marco rubio said this. >> this is another double standard that exists in this country. >> reporter: senator ted cruz went on the attack. his sentiments echoed by the audience. >> this is not a cage match. donald trump are you a comic book villain, ben carson can you do math, how about talking about the substantive issues? >> reporter: and in a questioning examing wlonth fantasy sports should be

. >> jonathan betz live in manchester, ne new hampshire, thank you very much. >>> hillary clinton's e-mail scandal hurting her among voters, but president obama said that he didn't think that she jeopardized national security when she used a private server but saying that it was not a good idea. >> she made a mistake. she acknowledged it. i do think the way it's been ginned up is in part because of politics. she would be the first to acknowledge that it maybe she could have handled the original decision better, and the disclosures more quickly. this is one ever those issues that i think is legitimate, but the fact that for the last three months this is all that has been spoken about is an indication that we're in presidential political season. >> the presidential saying he only learned about that e-mail server after hillary clinton left office. >>> republicans on capitol hill are struggling today to trying to find the new speaker of the house. this time all eyes are on paul ryan. despite the fact that he said over and over again he's not interested. al jazeera's john terrett has more. >> a

. ♪ >>> and good morning to you, this is al jazeera america live from new york city, i'm jonathan betzsmall community in oregon is searching for answers this morning to a campus shooting at a college there. a loan gunman opened fire at umpqua community college on thursday. the gunman was killed in exchange of gunfire with police. allen schauffler is live this morning. allen what is the feeling there this morning? >> reporter: well, jonathan this is a small town, about 22,000 people here, so as you might expect, it's the kind of place where if you didn't know somebody who was on campus yesterday, you probably knew someone who new someone or had a relative who was on campus. and all of these folks are waking up to a horrible day after. morning classes were interrupted by gunfire. the first 911 call came in shortly after 10:30 a.m. >> somebody is outside one of the doors. shooting through the door. >> reporter: reports of a shooter. >> i could tell, once i heard the sound and saw the people running. i knew exactly what happened. my parents have always told me, stay alert, be alert, once t

al jazeera's jonathan betz went there with 1500 undecided voters to see how contenders fared. >> reporter: it's called speed dating with presidential hopefuls. one by one they are in front of a highly sought after crowd. 1,000 undecided voters, including ron, who drove in from upstate new york. >> these are the people on television, why would you want to be here in person? >> it's my responsibility as a citizen to make my voice heard, and not be in the audience, i want to be here to make things happen, and let the candidates know that people are watching. >> eight presidential candidates, three democrats, five republicans, most fielding questions from the audience. >> within the first 100 days of office, which bipartisan restaurant would you take john boehner to, or, you know, whoever? >> i didn't know that restaurants from partisan, i thought food and alcohol, decidedly, was nonpartisans. >> reporter: the group was formed by no labels, encouraging politicians to work together. bernie sanders and donald trump spoke to the same group. >> let's treat each other civilly and respectfully and

jonathan betz in new hampshire, thank you. >> on capitol hill, republicans struggling to find the next speaker of the house. this morning, the communication director for paul ryan repeated in a tweet what the republican congressman has had to say. he has said he is not interested as the job, but is still talked about as the next speaker of the house. >> as republicans scramble to find a new speaker to replace outgoing john boehner, one name keeps cropping up with, paul ryan from wisconsin, mitt romney's vice presidential candidate in the 2012 election, who many republicans believe is the only member of the house who can unit the party. >> i know that paul is a committee guy. he likes when the committees are allowed to work, so i think he's already mentally committed to many of the same things that we want. if he can convince us of that, i think we can convince an overwhelming majority. >> while many push him into the race, so far, he remains non-committal, saying he's not running for speaker, because the job requires too much travel, fundraising and less time with the family. >> i thin

jonathan betz reports. >> we are still looking for survivors, or any signs of life, of that vessel. >> reporter: the coast guard says it's continuing a search for the crew, despite grim news so far. including the recovery of a heavily damaged life boat. >> there were two life boats holding 43,000 people. the one we found had no signs of anyone being in it. >> rescue teams recovered a survival suit with unidentifiable human remains. >> we hope the men, because they are trained to survive, hopefully they did what was needed to survive. >> the window for finding survivors is closing. >> the crew reported on thursday morning that they lost power and were taking on water. that was the last communication. >> they would have abandoned ship into a category 4 hurricane, seas up word of 50 feet. visibility at zero. they are challenging conditions to survive in. >> reporter: the search was slowed by hurricane-forced winds. >> we face 100 miles per hour winds. >> the coast guard said it found two debris fields, one 300 square nautical miles, the other 70. the areas are near crooked island, bahama

. >>> i'm jonathan betz live in new hampshire where for the first time donald trump and bernie sandersill talk to the same audience on same day, story ahead. >>> jason will appeal suspension and will the mets now look to even the score? there is word this morning from iran that washington post reporter jason rezaian has been formally convicted on espionage charges. he has been detained there for more than a year. welcome to your world this morning, i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters and rezaian has been held longer than any other journalist and it's a cry for press freedoms across the country but much of his case is in secrecy including the trial that took place behind closed doors. >> we are joined with more and are there any more details this morning? >> they are offering few details on this and iran has not said what happened in the court since the proceedings began months ago and on sunday state media said there was a verdict in the case, it wasn't until a short time ago that we learned rezaian had been convicted. >> it's increasingly clear that the final decision about how jason

i'm jonathan betz.e are taking a live look at roseburg, oregon where we're expecting the sheriff to speak in a few minutes about yesterday's shooting at umpqua college. at least ten people died, seven others were hurt. the gunmen was killed in exchange of gunfire with police. we have the latest from allen schauffler in roseburg, oregon. >> reporter: roseburg is not a big place, this is a town of just a little more than 21,000 people. so it's a case where if you didn't know someone who was on campus yesterday, you probably know someone who knew someone who was on campus or had a relative on campus. this is touching a lot of people in this town. morning classes were interrupted by gunfire, the first 911 call came in shortly after 10:30. >> somebody is outside one of the doors, shooting through the door. >> reporter: reports of a shooter at umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. >> i could tell what it was, once i heard the sound and saw the people running, i knew exactly what happened. my parents h

i'll jonathan betz. stay here, al jazeera investigates the hostage starts now. >> the united states government will not pay a ransoms. >> the hostage business - a growing trade that fuels conflict around the world. >> they started going up - five million, ten million, fifteen million. >> they were asking for the release of all muslim prisoners or one hundred million euro. >> secret documents obtained b al jazeera's investigative unit expose the governments doing deals with hostage takers. >> debbie and bruno welcome home. >> we were told never to disclose that they actually paid. >> the families reveal secret negotiations with kidnappers who threaten to execute their relatives. >> i'm finished. i'm dead, they will kill me. >> governments face a moral dilemma. >> it's always a priority to recover american citizens but it's not always the highest priority. >> in the case of terrorist kidnap, no ransom should be paid. >> it was a travesty. it was a mess. our government knows they failed us. >> it's a murky

jonathan betz has more for us. jonathan. >> vatican is not saying much about this but this came as a big surprise to a lot of people who thought the pope had struck the right chord on his american tour between liberals and conservatives. live television cameras captured almost every minute of the pope's u.s. tour but one meeting with a very controversial figure was definitely out of the spotlight. >> it was really very humbling to even think that he would you know want to meet me or know me. >> reporter: kim davis, the kentucky clerk who refuses to giver licenses to same sex couples. the vatican now reveals she was invited to a meeting with pope francis last week. >> i put my hand out, he grabbed it, said thank you for your courage. >> reporter: kim davis and her husband agreed to keep the meeting a secret until april he left. she met him for 15 minutes and he gave her two rosaries, defending freedoms, including on the plane leaving america. >> translator: i can say that conscientious objection is a right that is a

i'm jonathan betz. coming up in this half hour of international news, what the benghazi committee wants to ask hillary clinton. >>> but first a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. >> unfortunately we're out of time, time for mounting a winning campaign for the democratic flom nation. >> the vice president ended months of speculation about a possible white house bid. hillary clinton spoke with biden today, calling him an inspiration. >>> it's looking more and more likely that paul ryan will be the new speaker of the house. the freedom caucus came out in support of the republican. the secret vote will be taken a week from today. >>> the secretary of homeland security jeh johnson says he is committed to vetting 10,000 syrians coming to the united states, but he worries about those from european countries that do not require a visa. back to our top story tonight. syrian president bashar al-assad's surprise trip omoscow last night. he flew there to meet with russian p

jonathan betz was with a group of them watching the debate. >> the presidential state of nevada. >> far from las vegas, but the crowd was engaged in a democratic debate. cheers as if it was a football game, and points scored when zingers were fired. [ cheering ] . >> reporter: bernie sanders enjoys wide support and at the watch party flownly his supporters. -- thrown by his supporters. >> bernie sanders is us. he's the mouth peace for a lot of people in the nation who have been marginalized and ignored. >> daniel arrived open-minded. >> being here undecided, you think you'll leave voting for whom? >> i'm on the fence, but bernie. i say i'm a hoig supporters, but the more i hear him, my values are with him. >> reporter: his values resonate with many, even if issues lish gun control fall out of step. >> gun control is not as big for me. i don't think legislation of guns will decrease violence. >> as the democrats sparred, several republicans are campaigning. including jed bush at a newhampshire college, where he introduced a plan to replace obama care. >> innovation will be the center of

that does it for us at this hour, i'm jonathan betz.tay here, because john seigenthaler will be back in a few minutes, and then it's the international hour with antonio mora. go to aljazeera.com.

jonathan betz went to the convention to see how the contenders fared. >> reporter: it's called speedating with presidential hopefuls. one by one, they appeared after a highly sought after crowd, a thousand undecided voters including ron. you could hear them on television, why did you want to be here in person? >> because it's my responsibility as a citizen to make my voice heard, and i want to be here to make things happen, and let the candidates know that people are watching. >> reporter: eight presidential candidates three democrats, five republicans, most fielding questions from the audience. >> within your first 100 days of office, which by partizan restaurant would you take john boehner to or, you know, whoever? [ laughter ] >> i didn't know that restaurants are partisan. i thought that food and alcohol in fact were decidedly non-partisan. >> reporter: the gathering was thrown by the group no labels. bernie sanders and republican donald trump spoke to the same group for the first time organizers say. >> let's treat each other civilly, respectfully and let's not try to demonize p

jonathan betz, al jazeera. >> imagine a college without classrooms? classes without lectures. dormitories in different cities around the world every semester. all that is the beginning of what makes a new university so unique. america tonight adam may reports on the minerva project. >> minerva, still in the first year of operation, is a new online university that aims to compete with the nation's most elite schools. founding dean stephen koslin joined the start up after a lifetime in the ivy league. >> i don't think students are effectively educated. i don't think they're being given tools for life. i don't think they're acquiring what we think of here is the great cognitive tools that allow them to succeed. >> he may have a point. one recent study of a sample group of undergraduates found that 45% demonstrated no significant improvement in criminal thinking and complex reasoning after their first two years of college. a world challenges neuroscientist and former chair of psychology at harvard. cosslyn said that minerva does not peach matthew and biology. instead first year st

jonathan betz reports. >> we are still looking for survivors or any signs of life, any signs of thatl. >> reporter: the coast guard says it is continuing its search for the crew, despite grim news so far. including the recovery of a heavily damaged lifeboat. >> there were two lifeboats that could each hold about 43 people. the one we found had no signs of anyone being in it. >> reporter: rescue team also recovered a survival suit. >> we're just hoping -- because these men are trained to survive so hopefully they did what was needed to survive. >> reporter: but the last communication was thursday morning when the crew reported they lost power and were taking on water. >> you are walking up to 140 mile an hour winds, seas upwards of 50 feet, visibility, basically at zero. those are challenging conditions to survive in. >> reporter: the search itself was slowed by near hurricane-force winds. >> we were facing 100-mile an hour winds, 40-foot seas. >> reporter: but it has now found two debris sites. the boat had departed from jacksonville last tuesday headed to puerto rico. at that time j

jonathan betz takes a look at some of the biggest moments. >> the night began with the undercard featuringndidates trying to break out of lower tier status and maybe make it to the main stage. it boiled down to who would best be suited to take on hillary clinton in a general election. >> i am trying to solve a problem and win an election. i am tired of losing. good god, look who we're running against, the number one candidate on the other side thought she was flat broke after her and her husband were in the white house for eight years. the number two guy went to the soviet union on his honeymoon and i don't think he ever came back. >> the focus was economics and finance, but disagreements over the moderator's question dominated the night. >> is this a comic book version? >> it's not. >> when pressed about his attendance record in the senate, marco rubio called out one mad rater or buys. >> in 2008, barack obama missed 60 or 70% of the vote. this is an example of the double standard that exists between the mainstream media. >> in a discussion over rejecting a democratic compromise that woul

jonathan betz, al jazeera, new hampshire. >>> now to a new finding about money and politics.s to the 2016 presidential candidates are overwhelmingly white, male, older, and rich. $176 million, nearly half of the money donated to campaigns so far as some from just 158 families. the cash has gone overwhelmingly to republicans, just 20 of those familiar list contributed to democrats. let's bring in our political panel. senior reporter at the center for public integrity. he is in washington. and executive director of the new york state democratic party, plus our own david shuster joining us as well. david let me start with you. a small number of mega donors what sort of impact are they going to have on this campaign? >> they certainly have the potential to have a major impact and arguably they already have, just to know date effectively whatever they want to political organizations. we know super pacs most prominently, but also political active non-profit organizations that in the post citizens united world of politics we have had for five-odd years now, they have the ability to

jonathan betz, al jazeera. >> caught on video as many others are in the days of dash-cams and body cams and cell phone cams. jake ward has the story. >> in the two years he has been driving, he's been pulled over more than seven times and twice only for any discernible reason. he and his father says it's doesn't make any sense. >> i'm in school, i have two jobs. i have -- i've recently moved out to my own place. so i feel like you know, doing the best i can, as you know, for my age or whatever. i've had the last person actually asked me did you steal this car? he asked that question. this is a normal traffic stop. why are you asking me that, you know. >> and he's telling me he's going to arrest me. he's arresting me! >> african americans are much more likely to be pulled over by police for investigative stops, not to ticket the driver but to search the car. one study suggests that african american males are three times more likely to be pulled over than their white counterparts. john burris, a member of the legal team, says the case could be made. >> i myself would use a cell phone, whe

jonathan betz, al jazeera. >> an alabama judge is under fire for ordering people to give blood or go to jail. he's accused of telling people who could not afford to pay fines that they could donate blood. he even had a mobile blood bank parked outside of his courthouse. the law center filed an ethics complaint calling his actions unconstitutional. >>> there are new details tonight in a deadly officer-involved shooting over the weekend at a florida roadside where the victim was tending to his broken down car. paul beben is here with that. >> 72 hours after this shooting there is still more questions than answers. but here's what we do know. after playing a late-night show with his van, cory jones' car broke down in the wee hours of sunday morning on i-95 in delray beach, florida. a police officer there pulled over to check out the situation and seconds later cory jones was dead. >> so far it's hard to nail down exactly what happened early sunday morning in delray beach, but one thing seems certain. tensions and emotions are rising in the wake of the death of 31-year-old cory jones. th

jonathan betz is here with that. >> the gun debates flits among party lines, but it's forcing candidates on both sides to focus on the details of their policy. and specifically what they would do if elected. >> when a gunman killed nine people at an oregon community college last week it was the 294th mass shooting so far this year. a stunning number. >> i'm going to talk about this on a regular basis. and i'll politicize it because our inaction is a political decision that we're making. >> how to stop the violence. hillary clinton is now campaigning forcefully for gun control. >> how many people have to die before we actually act? before we come together as a nation she's calling for universal background checks and said she would take executive action if congress didn't act. it's a position different from bernie sanders. he's arguing for sensible gun control. he's working on a comprehensive package including banning assault weapons. >> this is in every police car. >> republican candidates like jeb bush resist any action. >> the impulse is to do something, but it's not necessarily the rig

i'm jonathan betz live in new york. worldwide outrage tonight after u.s. air strikes hit a doctors without boarders hospital in afghanistan. >>> fading hope for the crew of a missing cargo ship that disappeared during hurricane joaquin. >>> and jerusalem's old city, has a shoot-out with a palestinian teenager. >>> shot and

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jonathan betz, al jazeera. >> seven americans onboard the ship are from new england, including 33-year-old keith griffin. he and his wife, katy are expects twins. he emailed his wife wednesday night and said he did not expect to get a lot of sleep because of the storm. he was an engineer. he was expected back home a week from today. >> the white house said president obama is considering taking executive action on gun control following the mass shooting at a college in roseberg, oregon, the president plans to be in roseberg on friday. he will meet privately with the families of shooting victims from the community college. we are learning about the gunman who killed nine people. place say chris store harper mercer detailed his grievances in a document. he complained about not having a girlfriend. he also wrote that everyone else was crazy and he was the sane one. he took his own life after a brief shootout with police. >> the roseberg community is pitching in to help a man called a hero from the shootings. he was shot february times when he charged the gunman during the shooting. now as he r

jonathan betz, al jazeera. >> joining us now, the former chairman of the texas board of education joining us from college station texas. good morning, thank you for your time. i just want to read what this caption says exactly "the atlantic slave trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers from africa to the southern united states to work on agricultural plantations." is this a text that would have passed muster on your board. >> evidently it's hard to read every single word in every textbook. there are review panels, the public gets to review the books. i'm really pleads that kobe did what he did and for his mother, ronnie, there's always going to be errors in books. where did that actual statement come from? it didn't come from standards or anything. i really applaud kobe and his mom and i really applaud mcgraw hill for taking the steps they've taken. >> the reason this is drawing so much attendance is that several years ago, your board rewrote the standards for the social studies curriculum to include down playing savory as a cause of the civil war. is this the kind o