l.a. the city is back in the race for the 2024 summer olympics. that pursuit ended when boston was selected to represent the u.s. beantown bailed out leaving l.a. to pick up the proverbial torch. if l.a. wins it would be the third time hosting the games following those in 1932 and 1984, the winner won't be announced for another two years. >>> a possible turning point for wall street. all signs pointing to a positive open this morning. stock futures showing some much needed advances. that would follow another steep sell-off on wall street yesterday. traders were spooked by more reports about china's economy slowing more than previously thought. all three major averages lost about 3%. it's already been a calm day of trading in asia and europe. >>> a major warning from the fda about powdered caffeine. the agency sent letters to the five distributors of the substance, saying that the products put consumers at risk. a teaspoon of caffeine powder is about equal to 28 couples of coffee. the fda says it's very easy to overdose. the letters follow the overd

yes, 85% of the city's homeless population lives outside of skid row and throughout the city. >> l.a. city council needs to approve the program. >>> the school board in seattle is expected to decide whether to put an end to suspended students. sabrina is following the story. >> reporter: no kindergartner should be suspended from school. >> african-american children and particular african-american males are suspended at a rate four times higher than their white counter parts and it's been a situation where people knew about it and kind of rang their hands and said, but there's nothing we can do. it's because they're poor. they're making excuses for a lack of action as an institution or as a school or as a school syst system. >> reporter: we'll had to one school with a unique model for dealing with discipline. we'll have more, coming up tonight. >>> nearly 600 seattle elementary school students were suspended last year, including 61 kindergartners. >>> they are trying to prevent prisoners from landing back in jail. the focus is on counseling, rather than arresting repeat offenders. >> i

l.a. the city is now the u.s. contender for the 2024 games after boston dropped out of the bid. the city's council gave mayor eric garcetti the go ahead to pursue the bid after assurances that taxpayers will not foot the bill. the summer games have already been there twice, in 1932 and 1984. of course, nbc is your official network of the olympic games. >>> taking a vacation for less money. fliers this fall could be saving cash. coming up, we'll show you how much less you might spend if you plan a trip. >>> we have a few more days of the heat and humidity, but i am tracking a chance of showers, thunderstorms and relief on the way. i'll let you know if it will get here in time for your labor day weekend. that's all coming up in my full forecast. >>> a fire hazard prompted the recall of nearly 3200 wall chargers sold exclusively at charlotte russe stores. the chargers are compatible with the iphone 5 and 5s. if you have one you should stop using it immediately and contact the manufacturer for a full refund. >>> target is set to slash 300 jobs. most of the cuts are coming from the c

the city's homeless population. yes, 85% of the city's homeless population lives outside of skid row, and throughout the city. >> l.a.'s city council still needs to approve the program. one study found the city already spends about $100 million evy year on costs related to homelessness. >> the school board in seattle is expected later today to decide whether to put an end to suspending elementary school students. studies show that black students are disproportionately affected. we are following the story. >> no kindergartener should ever be suspended from school. that's the opinion of one seattle school board member, who's pushing to change school policy. >> african-american children and particularly african-american males are suspended at a late four times higher than their white counterparts. it has been a situation where people knew about it and kind of wrung their hands and said there's nothing we can do, it's because they're poor or their families around involved. they're making excuses for lack of action as an institution or as a school or as a school system. >> so what's the alternative to school suspensions?

l.a. the largest city to put them into widespread use. the goal is to build trust. there is controversy over who sees the video and when. >> it's like this... >> for this mission hills neighbourhood, they call this the new normal. on monday 80 officers took to the streets wearing body cameras. >> it's something we are not intimidated from, we are emblazing the idea. it will give a new perspective to it. >> the first 860 cameras will be deployed across the next month. 7,000 will be issued, making this the largest city to use the devices on a large scale. body cameras will give the full story, unlike the death at the hands of police that were not captured on camera. >> if we are talking to someone about a crime or an cement, the camera will be on. >> the organization has nothing to hide. >> peter disagrees. he notes that l.a. pb officers will be allowed to review the footage before filing reports. the department currently has no plans to let the public see any video recorded. >> one of the things that body cameras prom toys do is increase -- promise to go is increase

l.a. the largest u.s. city to use the technology on wide scale. civilians by officers, fueled the push to make them mandatory. other cities like new york are testing the cameras. we have seen over and over how body cameras can bea reality check on officers accounts of shootings and showing people how dangerous officers' jobs are. new questions are raised by the case in l.a. >> take your seatbelt off. stop! >> reporter: when university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing shot and killed sam dubose, the police report claimed the officer was dragged, almost runover, officer tensing forced to shoot the driver. and listen to audio of officer tensing justifying the shooting minutes after the incident. another officer even telling him, stop talking. awe thought guy was going to run me over. i shot one round. took off. got my hand caught in the car. almost got runover by him. >> reporter: video from the officer's bed camera appears to contradict his account. so much so, officer tensing was fired now facing murder charges. >> get out of the car! >> re

the american city vying for the 2024 summer games. the games will cost well over $4 billion and as reporter carlos granda notes, l.a.'yor made an olympic-size promise today that no taxpayer dollars will be needed. >> breathe this moment in. >> reporter: it was a grand announcement by mayor eric garcetti. with former olympians by his side, he opened the city's bid to get the 2024 olympics. >> if the olympic movement decided to build a brand new city that was founded on its ideals of pluralism, of competition and harmony, they would have to build los angeles. but fortunately, we're already here. >> reporter: l.a. is the only city that showed interest after boston dropped out of the running. today councilmembers voted unanimously to allow the mayor to move forward. >> bring the games to los angeles in 2024. >> reporter: getting the olympics comes with financial risks, and there is concern about cost overruns. >> we want to make sure that this is an olympics that succeeds, that doesn't succeed on the backs of our taxpayers. >> reporter: the price tag for putting on the olympics is huge, about $4.6 billion. one of the big

the american city vying for the 2024 summer games. the games will cost well over $4 billion and as reporter carlos granda notes, l.a.'s mayor made an olympic-size promise today that no taxpayer dollars will be needed. >> breathe this moment in. >> reporter: it was a grand announcement by mayor eric garcetti. with former olympians by his side, he opened the city's bid to get the 2024 olympics. >> if the olympic movement decided to build a brand new city that was founded on its ideals of pluralism, of competition and harmony, they would have to build los angeles. but fortunately, we're already here. >> reporter: l.a. is the only city that showed interest after boston dropped out of the running. today councilmembers voted unanimously to allow the mayor to move forward. >> bring the games to los angeles in 2024. >> reporter: getting the olympics comes with financial risks, and there is concern about cost overruns. >> we want to make sure that this is an olympics that succeeds, that doesn't succeed on the backs of our taxpayers. >> reporter: the price tag for putting on the olympics is huge, about $4.6 billion. one of the

i think this will run a surplus and this will be a financial positive for the city. >> today's announcement came after the l.a. city council voted unanimously to give mayor garcetti the power to strike agreements for the 2024 bid. los angeles will compete with rome, paris, hamberg, germany and budapest for the rights to host the games. >>> several big announcements from the nfl regarding media day for super bowl 50. it will be held february 1st at the shark tank, the sap center in san jose. that was expected. they're no long ee eer calling media day but opening night. it will be moved to 5:00 in the afternoon so it can be broadcast nationwide in primetime. not only that but fans can pay 30 bucks to sit in the stands and watch media members swarm the players and their coaches. save your 30 bucks. >>> google introduced a new logo today. it debuted this morning on its home page. it is google's own creation. the colors are softer than they used to be. it bears a resemblance to google's new parent company alphabet. >>> let's get a check of the forecast with senpencer christi. >> lovely ten minutes ago when i last

the world. cities -- imitions. we know that city is aware. mayors and cities are setting the targets ahead of the government. l.a. his done that reducing by a quarter. last week an announcement of50 electric and hybrid cars. peterson hopes it will inspire chinese cities to step up their commitment to climate change. >> the u.s. navy is retreating in the city. a pacific fleet spokesman said the navy will cut back on training and explosives. sonar can cause whales, dolphins and others to go deaf. in 2011 an explosives training exercise killed four dolphins. i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us, for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story". have a graght night -- great night. night. blocked a majority attempt to >>> when senate democrats blocked a majority attempt to derail the iran nuclear deal, one part of the iranian story ended and another began. the shia majority islamic republic of iran is involved in iraq, syria and lebanon, riling and frightening the sunni neighbours and rivals throughout the region. iran shares america's goals and continues to call the u.s.

the u.s. bid city to host the 2024 olympics, the u.s. olympic committee made that official after the l.a. ty council allowed the negotiations to start. the deal is still vague at this point, they hosted the 1924 and 82 olympics if selected they will be the first city to be chosen three times. >>> eagles are fine tuning before their final preseason match-up on thursday, jaime apody is here with more on the preseason. >> one more to go, you don't normally see starters playing in this game, but keiko alonzo will take a few snaps, he hasn't gotten into a game and needs some work, it's make or break for guys trying to make this team. there is an intriguing scenario to watch, matthews and sproles but chip kelly pointed out that kenyan barner is taking not one but two back for touch downs this season. >> there is always more you can do. more that you can correct and more you can get better at. >> there are decisions at almost every position, there is not one more important or one that is one we are looking at harder than the other positions, there say lot of competition still going on and it's an

. >> we need to be the leaders here in l.a., here in california of how we're going to fight climate change. >> reporter: peterson is the city's sustainability officer, part of l.a.'s aggressive push to slash emissions by 80% over the next 35 years. >> if you think about the global challenge of climate change we really have to set ambitious targets. >> reporter: the mayor will help lead the discussion at any first u.s. china climate summit. local leaders from both countries will gather here to spell out their city's plans to reduce green house gas emissions. the u.s. has vowed to slash its own emissions by nearly 30% in the next decade, while china has agreed to reach its emissions peak by 2030. peterson says this summit will be the first step in making good on president obama and chinese president's promise. why is it so important for city leaders to be involved in this process? this >> we know cities are responsible for up to 70% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the world. cities are where solutions to climate change are happening. we'll see from this summit that mayors and cities are setting targets ahead of their nationa

l.a. the largest u.s. city to use the technology on a wide scale.ed civilians by police officers have fueled the push to make body cameras mandatory for officers. other large cities including new york are testing the cameras. we've seen how they can be a powerful reality check on officers' accounts of shootings as well as showing people how dangerous officers' jobs are. new controversy over the use of body cameras. miguel marquez has the latest. >> go ahead and take the seat belt off for me. >> i didn't do nothing. >> go ahead and take your seat belt off. stop, stop! >> reporter: when university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing shot and killed sam due bows, the initial police report claimed the officer was dragged almost run over, officer tensing forced to shoot the driver. and listen to audio of officer tensing justifying the shooting just minutes after the incident. another officer even telling him, stop talking. >> i thought he was going to run me over. i dus charged one round, struck the mail in the head. i thought i was going to get run

is the fall-back city after boston dropped out this year. l.a. will compete against rome, paris, hamburg and budapest which are also running to host the games. the final decision on the host city will be made in 2017. >>> good morning, everyone. after losing to the dodgers at 12:38 a.m. yesterday morning, the giants were back at it sending madison baumgarner to the hill against probable cy young winner zack greinke. duff duff bailed him out in the second inning. that play kept the game score list. 1-0 dodgers in the 7th inning and baumgarner hung that one to jack peterson who broke out of a slump and that made it 2-0 dodgers. you remember matt duffy's great play? line drive, blanco coming home 2-1. and the giants threatening for more. runners at first and second. brandon belt bid for a base hit turns into a double play inning ending. dodgers win 2-1 and that wraps up zack greinke's cy young award and there it is. 5.5 games out now with 30 left. they will face clayton kershaw in the series today. >>> a marine based in north carolina is hoping to ma

city leaders say its homeless population is up 10% over two years. the official count is more than 25,000. l.a. is the first city to make that kind of declaration anywhere in the united states. leaders say they want to spend $100 million on that problem though it's not clear where that money would come from. >>> a giant water district that provides drinking water for millions of southern californians is discussing the purchase of four delta islands. critics claim it's an attempt to jump start the controversial delta tunnels project to send water down to los angeles. the current owners had proposed an agreement to provide water storage on land and return two of the islands to wetlands habitat. but that could change. while the state would not automatically give the new owners control of the associated water rights, the district could request that right to take water in wet year. >>> low costs, high-tech tools being used to preserve priceless artifacts facing destruction in syria. reports are rampant that isis rebels destroyed some of civilizations, we've seen them on video destroying these monum

the cities, los angeles, budapest, hamburg, paris and rome. the ioc won't decide which of those cities will win until two years from now. l.a. is the only u.s. city in the running for the games that year. it was a last-minute submission from the u.s. committee after boston pulled back on its bid. d.c. was also in that conversation, but lost both times. >>> it's all you can eat for the next several months. we'll explain i >>> hewlett-packard expects to cut 30,000 jobs from its enterprise business, that's roughly 10% of the work force. hp says the cuts will be global but is not elaborating. they offer i.t. services and support to corporate customers. >>> you'll probably have only a couple of minutes tomorrow to get an olive garden promotion pass that's back this year. olive garden past pa passes go on sale at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. they cost $100 and get you all you can eat pasta at the restaurant for more than two months. there are only 1,000 passes being sold. the passes sold out in 45 minutes last year. >>> new today, impressive video of a walk across a tightrope. check it out. this man made it across a 1,000 foot high gap in melbourne, au

the leaders here in l.a. here in california. of how we're going to fight climate change. >> reporter: peterson is the city's first sustainability t of l.a.'s aggressive push to slash emissions by 80% over the next 35 years. that's an ambitious goal. >> it is, but if you think about the global challenge of climate change, we really have to set ambitious targets and then figure out how to we hit those marks along the way. >> reporter: the mayor will help lead that discussion tomorrow at the first u.s. china climate summit. combined the u.s. and china are responsible for nearly half of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. the u.s. has vowed to slash its own emissions by nearly 30% in the next decade, while china has agreed to reach its emissions peak by 2030. peterson says this summit will be the first step in making good on the presidents' promise. why is it so important for city leaders to be involved? >> cities are responsible for up to 70% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the world. cities are where solutions are happening. and we're seal majors and cities are setting targets above the federal government. >> reporter: l.a. h

meet a map who decided become the main attraction during the visit to new york city. >> >> l.a. man turned heads on the recent trip to new york. logan paul shot video of himself doing the splits just to get funny reaction. most people ignored him it's new york after all. rising star on social peed yeah. more than 8 million followers on vine and half million on twitter. so that's what it takes. >> yes. that's it. pretty simple rate. >> i could did that. i couldn't get up. >> why not. >> i pulled a muscle just watching. >> all right larry. >> sports tonight. >> big day. giants and dodger dodgers. playing most important series of the tonight in l.a. 3 and a half game lead over the g men and extra innings of course. and hopefully we have the it's from virtually anywhere.rn of danger it's been smashed, dropped and driven. it's perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. it's been shaken, rattled and pummeled. it's innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. it's been in the rain... the cold... and dragged through the mud. introducing the all-new m

the l.a. cityouncil is due to vote today on whether to approve the city's bid for the 2024 olympic games. boston jumped out. they were considered about the cost. los angeles they have similar concerns. they say developing an olympic village could significantically top the $1 billion cost. rome, paris, hamburg and budapest are already in the mix for the games. the international olympic committee is expected to choose the host city in 2017. >>> hurricane ignacio is expected to bring dangerous surf to the eastern shores of hawaii this week with winds up to 100 miles an hour. the storm could create 20-foot waves. ignacio is expected to pass about 250 miles off the coast. so the islands will miss the brunt of the storm. but the tropical is not over yet. another hurricane, hurricane jimena is right behind ignacio. forecasters say it's too early to tell if that storm will have a significant impact. >>> monsoon storms caused flooding. fire crews say they responded to a record 400 emergency calls in two hou

the latest city to join the bid. that means more competition for paris which is also in hot pursuit of the summer games. is pinning its hopes on l.a. thinks itrnian city has what it takes to snatch the hosting privilege from european favorites. >> there is a little sad is today. that is being felt in paris and rome. their prospects for getting these olympics just went down substantially because l.a. is now in the mix. >> the olympic committee has to look to september to submit its decision to the international olympic committee. a welcome development in light of the doomed boston bid. it had been first choice but retracted its candidacy in the face of dwindling local support. angeles, we have 70 plus percent of the people who want us to bring the olympics to los angeles. l.a. has estimated the cost of hosting the summer games at $5.8 billion. low thanks tovely l.a. having already hosted the games twice before. the u.s. is the biggest investor in the games and has vowed to put all of its weight behind the l.a. bid. whether that is enough to beat off paris, rome, hamburg and budapest will be announced in september of 2017. in peru.

meet a map who decided become the main attraction during the visit to new york city. new york city. >> stor >> l.a. man turned heads on the recent trip to new york. logan paul shot video of himself doing the splits just to get funny reaction. most people ignored him it's new york after all. rising star on social peed yeah. more than 8 million followers on vine and half million on twitter. so that's what it takes. >> yes. that's it. pretty simple rate. >> i could did that. i couldn't get up. >> why not. >> i pulled a muscle just watching. >> all right larry. >> sports tonight. >> big day. giants and dodger dodgers. playing most important series of the tonight in l.a. 3 and a half game lead over the g men and extra innings of course. and innings of course. and hopefully we have the game >> giants made a trade acquiring outfielder from baltimore and about his to be. tthiin261. 7 homers. 32 rbi. filling the void until hunter returns. pivotal serie series. ending the dog day of august. lead over the giants make or break match up for beth teams. tell he's working the ice cream. jake with some nasty stuf

the usoc made the announcement after the l.a. city council cleared the way to begin negotiations with the committee. >>> it is september 1st, still feels like summer out there with temps into the 90s. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now. anything popping on the doppler 9000? >> just a couple things, jan, few and far between. the good news is as we go through the week, our chances increase a little bit. you'll see a couple showers along the potomac river south of d.c. past old town in between 95 and the river. you'll see just a couple showers that develop. they'll wane very quickly here. most of the showers actually are across the bay into the delmarva. so maybe a couple showers or sprinkles if you head down 95 past stafford and even down into fredericksburg, but you can see just a couple very light showers here. that's about it, a couple sprinkles over toward fairfax and that's it, too. temperature-wise it's toasty. we're looking at 94 downtown, 90 in gaithersburg, 91 in leesburg. let's take the 94 in d.c. and ad

in the city of l.a., minimum wageworkers earn $9 an hour. mayor wants to raise it to $13.25 by 2017. in subsequent years it would be indexed to keep pace with inflation. raising the minimum wage is not without controversy. because small business owners that can't afford to pay a higher wage, will be forced to close. >> they do have the support of a number of raise the wage coalitions as well as u.s. labor secretary thomas perez. recently in los angeles to push for a higher men mum wage. >> when you talk about raising the minimum wage being good for business, what do you think there's resistence to it? why do you think we haven't raised the minimum wage, let's talk specifically here in los angeles sooner? >> well, i mean, you look at polling and the majority of businesses support increasing the minimum wage. >> if it does not go up, what do you think will happen to the people that you are talking about that are working 40, 50, 60 hours and still have to go to a food pantry? >> we don't have a society where people work a full time job, and are

the world. we know that cities are where the solutions are happening. we will see from this summit that mayors and cities are setting targets ahead of their governments. >> l.a. has done that by reducing water usage by roughly a quarter. to reduce reliances on coal fire plants. al jazeera, los angeles. >> the u.s. navy changing procedures used in the training exercises trying to protect wells and dolphins. around hawaii and california. groups argue the training exercises have been killing marine animals or causing them to go deaf for years. and some incredible video. two kayakers lucky to be alive after a hump back whale jumped into the air and landing on top of their kayak. neither was injured but the damage did mean they had to swim back to shore. thank you for joining us. the news continues live from london, next. stay with us. >> this is al jazeera. >> coming up. >> fortress europe with the refugees stranding in serbia, as hungry closes the crossing into the european union. saudi arabia cracks down on the construction group, partly blaming the firm for friday's crane collapse. dozens of palestinians injured as they storm the mosque in jerusalem.

meet a map who decided become the main attraction during the visit to new york city. >> story wh >> l.aed heads on the recent trip to new york. logan paul shot video of himself doing the splits just to get funny reaction. most people ignored him it's new york after all. rising star on social peed yeah. more than 8 million followers on vine and half million on twitter. so that's what it takes. >> yes. that's it. pretty simple rate. >> i could did that. i couldn't get up. >> why not. >> i pulled a muscle just watching. >> all right larry. >> sports tonight. >> big day. giants and dodger dodgers. playing most important series of the tonight in l.a. 3 and a half game lead over the g men and extra innings of course. and hopefully we have the game winner what do a nasca comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® has also been proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib

tickets but still got to see the show. >> reporter: all the way here to rockefeller center in new york city. city. not everyone can get out to l.a. >> reporter: you can see more of the crowds behind me here at rockefeller center where crews spent the labor day weekend constructing a state-of-the-art outside studio. hundreds of lights, miles of cable, all allowing the ellen degeneres show to come from the heart of midtown, manhattan, to millions of homes across the country. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton on stage talking politics and trying a few dance moves. >> i'm not asking people to vote for me because i'm a woman, but i think if you vote for somebody on the merits, one of my merits is i'm a woman. >> reporter: this crowd got to hear ellen's new theme song. composed and performed by pink. >> the biggest honor in the world. ellen calls and asks you to write a song for her. >> reporter: the show, now in its 13th season, attracts an international fan base. these women watched back at home in the uk. >> i like the pranks she plays sometimes. >> reporter: even temperatures in the 90s couldn't keep the crowds awa

the u.s. candidate city for the 2014 summer olympics. this after the l.a. ncil voted unanimously to pursue the bid. boston pulled out of the race in july. mcdonald's embarking on its biggest operational change in years as it tries to boost flagging sales. it plans to offer breakfast items all day attist more than 14,300 u.s. restaurants starting october 6th. it was approved in a vote last week. chipotle will visit its fare straight to college students this fall. it will expand to more than 100 campuses by spring. >> the american academy of pediatrics issued interim guidance that say exposing babies to peanuts early in life may protect against food allergies. discounts to hold off giving peanut products until after the age of 1. that's the cnbc news update at this hour. back to you. >>> are markets overreacting to china's collapse or more fallout to come? that is next. what could be a bigger threat to our market than china? that is coming up. ♪ ♪ isn't it beautiful when things just come together? build a beautiful website with squarespace. without the interne

the mayor there saying hosting the game would bankrupt the city. l.a. osted one in 1992, again in 1984, it will be two years before the host for the olympics will be announced rome, budapest and germany in the running. >>> new virus testing ordered in rio after athletes got sick after swimming in contaminated water. testing is expected to be made in the bay where wind surfing and other water competitions are to be held. they will clean up the water rather than find a new place to compete. >>> you see how fast colds can spread in the office, and it's true for major league baseball. two players have chickenpox. it's dangerous for adults to get chickenpox and can lead to more severe symptoms than in children. >>> well, if you don't hear it from your running friends enough there is proof that running makes you happy. scientists at the university of montreal say the hormone may be here at play. the primary purpose is to regulate your energy stores when your running level drops and sends signals to the pleasure center of your brain. they don't think it's the o

the mayor there said hosting the game would bankrupt the city. l.a. hosted twice already. once in 1992 and another in 1994. it will be two years before the host is announced rome, paris, budapest, and hamburg, germany are all in the running. >>> news4 your health. researchers at the cdc say between 2000 and 2010, 80% of men had knee replacement surgery. 90% of women had that surgery. the average age for knee replacement surgery dropped from 69 to 66 years old. more adults in the u.s. are getting hurt on bikes. researchers in san francisco say between 1998 and 2013, bike injuries on adults up 66%. the jump was each bigger at 81%. the trends in bike injuries are hard to assess because the majority of incidents are never reported to police. >>> changing criteria. who wasn't allowed at the last gop debate who may be able to take part in the next one. >>> if you were thinking about having lunch outside today, you might want to >>> now at 5:30, it's bad enough if it affected you, now we're learning that you effectively paid for the data hack breach. >>> and some cheered some jeer

the review board. home in alexandria, l.a. america the city of detroit started the police commission. it has subpoena power. it deals with hiring. it deals with the fact that our problem is we are underdeveloped economically. and so, therefore, when jon jones in the richest suburb when, like an bloomfield hills a kid walks down the street with a gun and because he is open carry rights, they don't shoot the kid, white kid. they don't take into jail. he wins it. why? because of jon jones parents live on lone pine road and they've got some money. and if that cop goes up and does anything he won't have a job. we need to get to the economic point that booker t. washington said, the bottom of everything is economics. if we can control our economics, we control our communities. [applause] >> so we have some questions -- >> the title of the book is -- [inaudible] >> okay. so we have some questions for our distinguished brain trust the panel. i'm going to start with one for deray and then i would like others to respond as well. if we imagine that there is racism in policing, right, everything

she earns a little more than minimum wage, but still barely gets by. >> in the city of l.a., minimum age workers currently earn $9 an hour. the mayor wants to raise it to $13.25 by 2017. in subsequent years, it would be indexed to keep pace with inflation. >> raising the minimum wage some argue will actually increase unemployment, because small business owners that can't afford to pay a higher wage will be forced to close. >> there is support, as well as u.s. labor secretary tomas perez, recently in los angeles to push for a higher minimum wage. >> when you talk about raising the minimum wage being good for business, why do you think we haven't raised the minimum wage, specifically here in los angeles sooner? >> you look at polling, and actually the majority of businesses support and increase the minimum wage. >> if the minimum wage does not go up, what do you think will happen to the people you are talking about that are working 40, 50, 60 hours full time and still have to go to a food pantry? >> they continue to -- we don't have a society where people work a full time job, and live

the next item. just, i read i think yesterday or very recently about l.a. cityncil saying with the mayor a new plan to make l.a. more walkable which i'm very excited about. working with other large cities in california i agree we need to work to get some legislative changes or increase at the state funding level and what the trends you are seeing happen? >> i want to be an optimist to sake the trends are going in the right direction. i think we have some great partners in this large city. it's interesting to reflect that city transportation departments are different in every city which is part of the reason we don't have a single mobilized voice for the transportation department. they are really different. san francisco is unique that it's only the truly multimodal in the state, but having said that, san diego, san jose, l.a. has all adopted this multimodal information. we are hoping to collaborate. >>supervisor jane kim: thank you. cameron, do you think we can fold in the answer to my question in your presentation? great, thank you. >> hi. i'm with the transpor

the city. >>> the giants are in l.a. tonight with a pennant race heating up. mark ibanze has more coming up in sports. >>> plus california's death penalty debate. why they are arguing that the wait time is unconstitutional because of the time inmates spend on death row. it's innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. it's been in the rain... the cold... and dragged through the mud. introducing the all-new mercedes-benz gle. it's where brains meet brawn. >>> i'm not going any where. hey, hey. you run me over. >> reporter: the monthly critical mass bike ride in san francisco you see it there takes an ugly turn. a video taken last friday shows a tense situation between some bike riders heading the wrong way down the street when they confront a driver in the city's marina district. tara moriarty shows us the video clip that catches a driver hitting a zip car and running over his bike. >> reporter: bikers pedal into oncoming traffic. >> hey, you come back. hey, no, no, no, no. >> did you see that. >> reporter: it's part of friday's critic

people experiencing this and just making it, that puts them on the street. >> what do you think what's happening in new york city and l.a., are there more homeless on the street? >> i think there are more homeless on the street. many people who are homeless may not necessarily be street homeless that we're seeing on the streets but they are people who are sleeping on couches and on floors and there's not affordable housing in a place like new york. >> talk about homeless children, you were homeless at the age of nine, your mom was a single mom. how does that happen to a family explain? >> it is a family that's barely making it part of the working poor don't have the skills you need to be competitive in this environment. and like i said something bad happens to you and you go from working poor to being homeless. >> any city in the united states really you run into the homeless on the street. >> absolutely. >> when you see people like that what goes through your head? >> that used to be me. >> really? >> yes. so in my mind, i don't necessarily differentiate between me and the person that i see on the street. i just thank

olympic committee made the announce president yesterday and said the l.a. city council voted unanimously in favor of the bid. comes two weeks after the international olympic committee's deadline for 2024 olympic submissions. l.a. has a lot of experience because they hosted the olympics in 1932 and in 1984. >> we'll see. >> good weather. >> i mean, it's perfect weather for sure. >> traffic must be great for the olympics i. >> can you imagine? >> you leave monday for something to get to on thursday. that's pretty much how that works out. just saying. but the weather is nice out there. turns l.a.-ish towards the start of the weekend. still feels tropical out there. the suburbs cooler. 75 degrees with a cloudy sky. no wind to be found out there right now with this clear sky. the clear sky in the burbs allow the temperatures to drop off. 62 in hillsborough. cooler to the north and west. morristown at 59. 61 poughkeepsie and in danbury as well. the further away from the city, much more comfortable this morning. even there, things heat up while we start out in the mid-

the city's competitive advantage as a city. this is the third-largest city in the u.s.. it is appointed to remember that and they are competing with the other large cities, l.a those you people to come in, for businesses to start growing there. if you are a company and you see some day like this on the horizon am a further obstacles in your way that could threaten your top line, you might think twice about expanding in that area. i think that could be a problem. scarlet: so residents will suffer. proposition -- emerson property owners would suffer. who would benefit? k: retirees. they will just get what they are owed. scarlet: other fees that rahm emanuel is considering or has already enacted? nickel and dime a residence on streaming services and taxing uber. taxing uber and taxing netflix and privatizing the 311 service. scarlet: the call you make to the city? kate: exactly. just to show you how desperate they are for cash right now, that could save them about a million dollars. scarlet: and he is considering it. -- thatt mean that this bondholders are calling the shots? kate: it will be interesting to see how much influence they actually have. again, for t

the claim. we looked at three major cities, l.a., new york and chicago for a weekend trip one month out. we checked the exact same hotels in the same locations on cheap tickets and travelocity, let's use new york as an example. we looked at the jw marriott right on central park. it was a little less expensive per night on marriott.com. it was $476 versus $490 on travelocity and cheap tickets. but when you look at the total tab for the whole weekend which includes taxes and fees, it was the exact same price on all three sites. >> this principle held true for chicago and l.a., too. there was no discount for booking direct. the caveat, marriott's website states if you find a better rate elsewhere, they will match it and give you 25% off. meaning you may have to do some digging. true comparison shopping to make it pay to book direct. i'm sam brock. that's this edition of reality check. >>> take a look at this video, a blue whale tangled up in a net for two days now. today teams are once again off the southern california coast trying to rescue it. the creature first spotted by a whale watcher

the freezer? >> i can't even quite think about it. >> reporter: she's an estimated number of 1 million people living in poverty. many l.a.'s poor were their own citybe the tenth largest in america, and the third largest in california. anderson earns a little more than minimum wage, but still wa ware -- barely gets buy. the mayor wants to raise the minimum wage to $13.25 by 2017. in subsequent years it would be indexed to keep pace with inflation. raising the minimum wage is not without controversy, some argue it will increase unemployment, because small business owners that can't afford the higher wage will be forced to close. the labor secretary was recently in los angeles to push for a higher minimum wage. >> reporter: when you talk about it being good for business, why do you think there is resistance? why haven't we raised the minimum wage here sooner? >> look at polling and the majority of businesses support increasing the minimum wage. >> reporter: if it does not go up, what do you think will happen to the people that you are talking about that are working 40, 50, 60 hours full-time and still have to go to a food pantry? >> well, we don't ha

the city. >>> los angeles announces a bid for the 2024 olympic games. l.a. is now the u.s. the games after boston dropped out of the bid. the city's council gave mayor eric garcetti the go-ahead to pursue the bid after assurances that taxpayers would not foot the bill. the games have been there twice already. >>> did you usually stop at mcdonald's for breakfast on your way to work? >> a lot of people do. soon you'll be able to grab hash browns and maybe a bagel sandwich an your way home as well. mcdonald's announced it will serve breakfast all day long. it will also do away with liquid margin and use real butter on its breakfast sandwich instead. >> iç always fooe feel beel ba person working at 10:30 that has to tell the person they're no longer serving breakfast. >>> we go to new york. >> i've been one of those angry customers, it's 10:29 on my watch. >> good morning to you. coming up on the show, we'll be live outside chicago where this manhunt has intensified overnight in the search of the three men who gunned down a beloved police officer there. schools in the area are

the freezer? >> hum. i can't even quite think about it. >> reporter: she is one of an estimated 1 million people living in poverty. if l.a.'s poor were they only cityt would be the tenth largest in america, and the third largest in california. she has it better than most. she learns a little more than minimum wage but still barely gets by. in the city, minimum wage workers currently earn $9 an hour. the mayor wants to raise it to $13.25 by 2017, in subsequent years it would be indexed to keep pace with inflation. raising the minimum wage is not without controversy, some argue it will increase unemployment, because small business owners will be forced to close. he does have the support of a number of coalitions and u.s. labor secretary, recently in los angeles to push for a higher minimum wage. why do you think there's resistance to it? why do you think we haven't raised the minimum wage here sooner? >> well, look at polling, and actually the majority of businesses support increasing minimum wage. >> reporter: if it does not go up, what do you think will happen to the people you are talking about that are working 40, 50, 60 hours full-time and still

the l.a. council is set to vote today on the bid for the 2024 olympic bids. citylysts seem to have similar concerns. they do say developing in olympic village could exceed the projected $1 billion cost. rome, paris, and budapest are already in the mix. the international olympic committee is expected to choose the host city in 2017. >>> the nba champion warriors will begin their seven game preseason schedule against toronto on october 5th and there is a special treat for fans. the warriors announced the first 10,000 fans at the game will receive this. a sharks themed steph curry bobble head. well that is pretty cool and interesting. the nba mvp will be portrayed wearing a sharks sweater. tickets for the game goes on sale today. tickets go on sell tomorrow for the general public. >>> you may have gone to sleep before it ended, i know we did but the giants are 4.5 games back from the nl west after a marathon game with the dodgers. the giants forced extra innings by tying the game in the eighth. marlin doubled down the right field line. matt duffy was able to score fr

the east coast, which is uniquely challenged. where he really should be going is l.a., denver. you pick the cities. el paso. it is fascinating.ng to the old, entrenched coast. brendan: a really points that ,he parish at the diocese level they have a tremendous money out because of the abuse scandal. people are giving less money, so feweris lower tithing and litigation costs. churches do talk about the francis effect. there are more people in pews because of pope francis, but it takes a long time for that to -- a change inl the economic status of the parish. vonnie: exactly. i would be curious to see how this has changed in ireland. the catholic church has much less political power. vonnie: i would say decimated is not too strong a word. tom? tom: i was going to go to tony that the jewelay that the pope observed is a -- letely redone tony: it is a beautiful church. it is bright inside. serenity, and of that is what churches are. tom: we will touch upon this through next week. vonnie: you talk about demographics in the general sense in terms of employment. what do demographics mean as the population gets older? does that impact

the world. we know cities are where the solutions to where climate change is happening. we'll see from the summit that mayors and cities are setting targets ahead of their national governments. >> l.a. that reduced water usage by roughly a quarter, installing solar panels to reduce reliance on coal fired power plants. the mayor released 250 maybe bread and electric cars, the largest fleet in the country, all efforts hoped to inspire chinese cities to step up their commitments to climate change. al jazeera, los angeles. >> new evidence today of the climate issues affecting california, the sear are a nevada snow pack is believed to be at its lowest 11 in 500 years. it is usually five and a half feet high this time of year. >> rain is in the forecast today. how much will the rain help the firefighters? >> farm workers >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:50 eastern, taking a look at other global headlines, nigeria is asking france to help counter boko haram. nigeria's president this morning called on his french counterpart, francois hollande to support the battle against the group. boko haram is responsible for attacks in and around nigeria and declared its loyalty to isil. >> sc

the next item. just, i read i think yesterday or very recently about l.a. city council saying with the mayor a new plan to make l.a. more walkable which i'm very excited about. working with other large cities in california i agree we need to work to get some legislative changes or increase at the state funding level and what the trends you are seeing happen? >> i want to be an optimist to sake the trends are going in the right direction. i think we have some great partners in this large city. it's interesting to reflect that city transportation departments are different in every city which is part of the reason we don't have a single mobilized voice for the transportation department. they are really different. san francisco is unique that it's only the truly multimodal in the state, but having said that, san diego, san jose, l.a. has all adopted this multimodal information. we are hoping to collaborate. >>supervisor jane kim: thank you. cameron, do you think we can fold in the answer to my question in your presentation? great, thank you. >> hi. i'm with the tran

. >>> later today the los angeles city council is set to vote on their 2024 olympic plans f. approved the u.s. olympic committee is expected to announce l.aas its candidate. the committee cut ties with boston in july. the u.s. city will be up against rome, paris, hamberg and budapest. >>> the cheating website ashley madison is facing at least eight lawsuits from registered users. lawsuits against the site have been filed from georgia to california, all of them seeking class action status to represent the site's estimated 37 million users. the plaintiffs' claims against ashley madison include negligence, breach of contract and privacy violations. ashley madison is offering a half million dollar reward to find the group which hacked its site. >>> a local adventure retailer is closing up shop. hudson trail outfitters opened its first store in washington in 1971. it currently operates stores on wisconsin avenue here in northwest and here on pentagon row, fairfax and rock virl. the company did -- rockville. the company did not say when the doors will close. company executives blaip the changing retail land -- blame the changing retail landscap

the next item. just, i read i think yesterday or very recently about l.a. city council saying with the mayor a new plan to make l.a. more walkable which i'm very excited about. working with other large cities in california i agree we need to work to get some legislative changes or increase at the state funding level and what the trends you are seeing happen? >> i want to be an optimist to sake the trends are going in the right direction. i think we have some great partners in this large city. it's interesting to reflect that city transportation departments are different in every city which is part of the reason we don't have a single mobilized voice for the transportation department. they are really different. san francisco is unique that it's only the truly multimodal in the state, but having said that, san diego, san jose, l.a. has all adopted this multimodal information. we are hoping to collaborate. >>supervisor jane kim: thank you. cameron, do you think we can fold in the answer to my question in your presentation? great, thank you. >> hi. i'm with the tran

so, you know, we need to look at businesses and say look at the regulation process like in the city of l.a you want to build a building and create jobs, it's a crazy process. our government is hurting businesses, and they are doing nothing to make it easier for small, medium and large size businesses to grow. and when are they going to do something to help me? i'm hiring people. charles: here's the thing too, i want to talk about the angle that a lot of people -- listen, we know we have a jobs crisis, but most people today their twitter feeds, the media outlets all herald the fact that, hey, there's 173,000 jobs. the unemployment rate's 5.1%, and it's all great news. somehow they forget 94 million people, adults, aren't working, millions have given up any hope of finding a job. it's not only disingenuous, guys, but in my mind i think it's very dangerous for us to keep sort of cloaking this thing, mitch, as something that's good. i think the media bears a serious responsibility here as do politicians that want to tell us that somehow 140,000 private sector jobs is a good economy. >> listen,