al pa*eu maliki wants u.s. armor think.efing, jay carney leaving little doubt that he will get them despite opposition on the hill. >> and is there a sense that there might be some contrition on the part of al maliki? after all, many in congress believe he actually kicked the u.s. out of iraq. >> reporter: that is true that there is a lot of criticism not only of al maliki, but particularly from republicans towards president obama for failing to reach that so-called status of forces agreement. the inevitable acronym being sofa with al maliki. but at this point i think many people are concerned with all the blood and treasure that has been expensed, american blood and treasure in iraq over the course of the last 12 or 11 years, that something must come of it. al maliki has to bring stability there to iraq. and while there will be opposition towards allowing those armed shipments, those arm purchases from the united states by the al maliki government that is expected to go forward, del. >> mike viqueira joining us live from t

there is some pushback on capitol hill to maliki's requests.a letter to the president yesterday, mccain and five other senators of both parties urged mr obama to press maliki to formulate a comprehensive political and security strategy that can stabilize the country. high on their list of complaints: iran's influence in iraq, and iran's use of iraqi airspace to transit military assistance into syria to support president bashar assad and his forces. iraq's ambassador to the u.s., lukman faily, says baghdad has told iran it won't tolerate such overflights of weapons. but until promised u.s. fighter jets are delivered next fall, he insists, there is little his country can do. >> we think it's a bit unfair for others to ask us to stop a plane or to stop a plane while we haven't got the capabilities to force down a plane. to force it down. we don't have the f16 or any of that type of fighter to try to force a plane >> i just think it's an excuse. there are plenty of nations who don't have the ability to police their airspace yet they don't allow ove

president asking him to be so far on maliki in it they say they blame the maliki government for the rise of violence in iraq the letter says that maliki pursues a sixty ariane and authoritarian agenda which strengthens al qaida in iraq senator mccain one of the six republicans and democrats who signed the letter saying that washington's assistance to iraq should be sized to a new more developed strategy and real changes in iraq so experts know that maliki will face many challenges and trying to convince both the administration and the congress to as he said in his speech make a fresh start in a complicated relationship with the u.s. and his meeting with president obama at the white house tomorrow is only one step forward on a very bumpy road the mohammed the artsy washington d.c. . and the international chemical weapons watchdog group responsible for overseeing the destruction of syria's chemical weapons now says the country has met its deadline meaning all chemical weapons have been destroyed or rendered inoperable the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says its teams

maliki is not adhering to all the issues in the constitution he has. half a cabinet parliament is predicting he's excluding most of the political figures that they were with his government and the minister he has accused the. vice president of the republic of being a terrorist he has excluded a number of politicians on variety of grounds as being terrorists he is the one that he thought. behind all these. staking out in iraq in order to continue to avoid applying the proper law is hanging more people than any other country in the world. china is. the corruption in iraq is unprecedented in the bottom of transparency international so maliki has a lot to answer to the to the americans but he's going as if he is going to demand i think at the end of the day the americans will produce a list of hundreds of issues that maliki has to agree with the americans are not happy that iraq has been because you would to circumvent all the sanctions on iran iraq is exporting crude oil importing products from iran all the goods that are bad from your writing iraq is imp

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. >> iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki is making a visit to the u.s. he's asking for help to end the violence that killed thousands of iraqis. mike viqueira joins us. the prime minister talked about the impact of the violence facing his country. what did he have to say. >> it's a difficult time for iraq politically and internally. there are political rough waters for nouri al-maliki, as he arrives in washington for the visit. a group of republican and democrat senators accuse nouri al-maliki of leading iraq into another war, of mismanagement, iraqi policy, persecution of the sunni minority, allowing iran overflight rights to help the assad government in neighbouring syria. nouri al-maliki came here, he's concerned about terrorism, as is the administration. it increased over the course of the last several month, into the last year. nouri al-maliki discounts reports or the perception among many americans that it is sunni and shia violence. he says it's al qaeda staging from areas in syria that are controlled now. lawless but controlled by al qaeda elemen

maliki is a shiite he feels tremendous amount of obligation to them.killing off sunnies like flies. >> promise not talking to maliki about that tonight? >> how do you know he is not? >> because we have been in contact with the state department. we have been? contact with different people with the white house. as far as we know, he is not talking about it he shouldn't just talk about it what he should say i'm going to send airplanes and promise protection to. bring them to the united states. if you don't like it cut off aid. maybe maliki would respond to that instead of the president sort of begging him. >> mr. mayor, nice to see you as always. >> thank you, greta. >> straight ahead. remember the irs lois lerner? the stunning new information tonight about her. what is she acaused of doing this time in the latest coming up. also a sporting event turns to chaos. riot police clashing with sports fans. you will see more coming up. welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shi

so many questions about whether or not maliki is an ally of the united states.ig question. >>> our sixth story outfront. booed off the stage. the commissioner of police in new york, ray kelly, was supposed to speak at brown university. one of the top universities in the united states. instead this happened last night. >> race imis not for debate. >> we're asking that you stop stopping and frisking people. >> after 30 minutes of that, school officials canceled the speech. the students were protesting the new york police department's stop and frisk. brown's president said the conduct is indefensible. the hecklers argue it is free speech. i want to go beyond this. let me start with you. the brown university students say we're standing up for principles, we know this is true, we shouldn't have to liberty to something so false and we should be able to boo someone off the stage, fair? >> no. the format of that particular found ever town hall was supposed to be question and answer. ray kelly speaks, he makes a point. you can ask him a question. he'll give you an answer

this is maliki rhodes. he has autism. he's been getting regular speech therapy here in bridgeport, connecticut. he was lucky he did not lose his spot there because of the sequester but when the government shut down, his school shut down, too. he got back to school after a few days because of a private donation. i recently asked arnie duncan about this climate. >> politicians think short term. they think about the next election. they think short term. early childhood education is a long-term investment. >> long term. so few people are focused on the long term and that prevents some parents like melanie, a single mom, from planning long term in her own life. she was worried she'd have to give up her new job as a school bus driver when her son lost his spot. she has a message for congress. >> y'all need to work together, stop, you know, fighting amongst each other, think about us. think about the single parents, think about the ones that need daycare to take of our children. >> we couldn't agree more. we hope everyone keeps

coffee shops all the weapons that maliki is getting for in fact this is. seeking the help of the usa to run. he is showing he's going to show the us unless he is reelected then this is the threat that everybody uses is going to take this is what's being used by everybody in that respect i think at the end of the day the americans have a lot to ask the maliki to deal with any government would have the duty of protecting people in this government is protecting zero people. who are coming to live from moscow plenty more to come later this hour including ready in time the new president of the olympic committee tells our team he is confident such a games will be success during one of his interviews and says the games will be free of discrimination we report on that later in the program. but first the british government is pushing hard to persuade scots that independence is not the way to go home secretary is now warning that by going it alone scotland may lose access to intelligence services leaving it at greater risk . has been studying these claims. she says

markets and new coffee shops the all the weapons that maliki is going for in fact this is a cover for seeking the help of the usa to run for a third term he is showing he's going to show us a less he is reelected then this is the everybody uses is going to take this is what's being used by everybody in that respect i think at the end of the day the americans have a lot to ask and maliki to deal with any government would have the duty of protecting people and this government is protecting zero people bitcoins first ever a.t.m. has gone live plants in vancouver can now swap their digital currency for real cash so what is big and how can you turn a computer code into physical money well basically it's a currency used for on line transactions to use it client set up what it hiding their names behind a digital code that the payment can still be traced a transfer is done in a few clicks of a mouse banks middlemen and tax agencies are left out reducing the fees next you choose whether to shop online using pick points or sell them for any official currency such as the euro or indeed the dolla

the united states needs to hold maliki to account.and fulfilled very few of them. particularly his regime is not inclusive, it is not democratic. he finds himself in a tight spot now because he alienated previous supporters, particularly in the sunni community. as a result we see growing violence against his regime. the level of deaths is more than double this year than it was last year and higher than at any time since 2000. in may 1,000 people killed in iraq. real questions maliki has to answer. can we count on you? will you philadelphia the commitments you made to us unlike you have in the past? >> he'll be meeting with the president. the president is about to speak. it's one of those moments we may get interrupted. let me quickly squu about the nsa spying controversy. we've confirmed "washington post," u.s. and brits are collecting vast trophies of metadata overseas, vast amounts of information, storing them, going back in when they deem it necessary. how has that hurt us overseas? >> i think it's important to separate the public

i would like to welcome prime l-nister humala key -- a maliki. shared high moments, as well is difficult ones. we worked hard with our partners and government and civil society to overcome the peak of violence in 2006 and 2007. we take pride in the fact that we have always been in iraq and maintain an office in baghdad. even during the most difficult days. the core mission is to strengthen local capacities to prevent and manage conflicts peacefully. we work with iraqi partners to develop tools and institutions necessary to resolve disputes through nonviolent means. we have worked with iraqi facilitators and militate years -- working with youth, women comment and minorities. preventing to incitement of violence. institutions along iraq. and civilrship society has grown stronger over the years. -- many success stories to point to, such as a capacity we have supported, distinguished leaders, and organizations critical to advancing iraq's transition to peace and stability. we have mitigated conflicts iraq. a rack -- across why would with the foundati

. >>> maliki will meet with president obama on friday. he is asking the u.s. for more counterterrorism aid and he'll also discuss purchasing american-made apache highlights and other equipment. senate leaders are warning that maliki is leading america back to civil war and he's who tao receptive to the influence of iraq and iran. >>> both sides calling tuesday's discussions in vienna very productive, while agreeing meet again on november levin in tehran. negotiations are designed to ease international concerns about iran's nuclear ambitions. the head of the u.n.'s international atomic energy agency praised the iranians for their kwoorpgs during the two-day session. >>> records keep falling on wall street. the s&p 500 and the dow soaring to all-time highs yesterday. investors giddy over reports that the federal reserve plans to maintain its market friendly stimulus spending for several more months. that's the look of giddy. the dow finishing up 111 points on tuesday closing at the record high of 15,680. the s&p 500 also at a new high, closing at 1771. >>> presi

2006/2007, when the americans were still there. >> indeed, you mentioned prime minister malice -- malikihe'll visit with president barack obama this week, asking, apparently, for more drones and f-16 fighter jets. are the security forces in iraq overwhelmed. do they need more help? >> i think they are overwhelmed, but i don't think either drones or f-16s are what the guys need. what they need is better intelligence about al qaeda in particular. that is the area in which the withdrawals - the americans has weakened the iraqi security forces the most. they simply haven't succeeded yet in filling that gap, the intelligence gap. >> okay. good to get your thoughts. thank you dan your serwer. >> around 20 syria rebel groups rejected peace talks. anyone taking part in the so-called geneva ii dialogue will be exiting an act of treason it has been said. the u.s. special envoy is expected to meet the syrian government on monday to shore up support for the talks. there has been more fighting between government troops and rebels around the syrian capital. the amateur video shows fighters firing mach

maliki. >> rose: yes. >> well, i would be interested in his relationship with the iranians. >> rose: what about it? >> in the sense iran is basically shia and iraq and maliki and the shia is basically in charge. >> rose: the majority of the population is shia. >> i'm curious to what extent, what's happening in iraq today is tied up in the sunni shia conflict. >> rose: from iraq up to, i guess hezbollah. >> i'm fascinated of the relationship between the saudis, those states in the gulf and their relationship with the developments of iran. >> rose: they said so recently. and others. >> that was on a different page of the "wall street journal" recently saying he was moving away from the u.s., could no longer trust us. >> rose: they have reason not to trust us? >> he does. >> rose: why? >> because the united states has demonstrate pretty conclusively we are withdrawing from the region. we cut our deployments, totally out of the iraq with no stay behind agreement with forces. >> rose: there's some questions as to whether they may feel the same way in terms of reliance in the united states

there's been a spike in deadly terror attacks, tomorrow the president will meet with nuri al maliki.ators including john mccain and carl levine warn that al maliki's mismanagement is the reason for al qaeda's recent resurgence. so check this out. al qaeda and other terror groups increasingly going high-tech to recruit online. this is a video game. this one created by hezbollah. terror groups have upped the production value of pretty much all of their propaganda video using effects and a highly targeted message. >> joining me now is nbc news terror analyst evan coleman. good to see you. >> thank you so much. >> that video was something that happened a month ago. they're upping their game, right? >> these guys are pretty good. within a month of a major incident happening, they're able to produce a very high resolution video and something that depicts a major terrorist attack and if you look at youtube, what videos get the most views and the videos that have the most compelling footage and what is more compelling than a guy jumping in a guy and blowing himself up. it's incredibly compel

some observers say maliki has facilitated and perhaps even assisted in iran in in getting weapon to his armed forces. even allowing iranian claims -- >> i can't hear you. >> we seem to have lost our guest there. >> you are back now. >> great. i was asking you a final point on the war in syria some observers say that maliki has assisted even helped iran to get weapon to his president assad's military. would you agree with that? >> well, his argument is that they lack the capacity. that they can't control their air space and there is some cade tones thacredenceto that argume. but quite frankly some elements connected to his government and his political elements inside of iraq activity supporting the assad regime, he that's a simple fact of the matter. and i don't think he's being as clear and honest about what iraq can do to tamp down the sick sectarianism. >> thank you for talking to al jazerra. >> great, thank you. >>> now, the bodies of 34 people who drowned off the i understand near an coast have been returned to lebanon. their boast sank last month while they were trying to make it t

. >> prime minister nouri al-maliki is heading to the u.s. and is hopeful of winning a third term in upcoming elections. a recent study estimated as many as half a million people died in iraq since the u.s. invasion. getting rid of a dictator made no difference in the lives of many people who today have to bury their family. >> still to come on this program - georgia set for a new president. we'll get the russian perspective on the results live from moscow. >> plus - casting their ballots to choose their village leaders. police on high alert in polling booths in the philippines. >>> hello again. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. >> argentina's president cristina fernangez de kirchner bid to run for a third bid is over. the ruling party holds the majority, but doesn't have enough seats to amend the constitution. >> the u.n. arabic envoy lakhdar brahimi is due to arrive in damascus. he's trying to drum up support for an international peace conference on syria, set to take place next month. >> three people have been killed in china's

sunni muslims are increasingly opposed to the shia-led government of prime minister nuri al maliki. u.n. representatives are urging iraqi leaders to strengthen their efforts to promote national dialogue and reconciliation. >>> now, authorities in china and taiwan are taking another step to improve relations. the two sides are arranging a meeting of cabinet-level officials. chinese authorities say the meeting will take place next week. wang yu-chi of the mainland affairs council will be in the same room as zhang zhijun, head of china's taiwan affairs office. the two men will join talks between chinese president xi jiping and a former taiwanese vice president. the meeting will happen on the sidelines of the apec summit in indones indonesia. >>> media reports in taiwan say the cabinet-level contact could pave the way for talks at the top level. he may meet the taiwan president at next year's apec summit. >>> japanese researchers are claims a new advance in organ regeneration. they say they have succeeded in growing tear and salivary glands in mice, for millions of people suffering dry

it happens just days before prime minister nouri al-maliki will meet with president obama in d.c. to discuss a number of issues. one is the shipment of drones and fire jets to iraq he trips. a mother's unconditional love for her child motivates her to provide an sacrifice for her offspring, but how far are you willing to go to protect your children? for some women in seriocomic takes them all the way to the front lines of the civil war. -- for some women in syria, it takes them all the way to the front lines of the civil war. >> like women around the world, she enjoys putting on makeup before heading to the office. but her job is a little different than most. the 23-year-old is heading to the syrian front line. >> it gives me great satisfaction being able to defend my country against terrorist who want to destroy it. >> it strange to find women here in the line of fire. even more so because she is a mother. her sons are just four years old and sixers opb >> i signed up because of them. i'm not afraid anymore because i have -- her sons are just four years old and six years old. >>

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government or rose from the last direct election has ended up being a disaster our prime minister maliki basically lost that election and ended up retaining his post anyway power sharing deal bit he never really followed through on and it's creating a lot of serious i harassed among sudanese and making it that much in your throat predator through. all right tentacles the main goal of the u.s. led invasion was to create a democracy in iraq is a democratic process possible in such conditions way saying that. well i think it's possible but. the systems certainly isn't working the way it is now because we have factions that are unwilling to share power with anybody else we have a lot of hostility going back and forth a lot of distrust molecule government trying to keep sunni's out of major ministries going so far as to accuse a zone vice president of terrorism when he happened to be out of the country at the time it's. really the disastrous way did democracy has sort of failed and interact is a lot of why we're seeing all of this fighting. all right to jason dead from antiwar dot com mr davi

approach an honest approach and a fair and even relationship approach we can't support the kurds and malikiat the same time karen great to hear your perspective on this thanks so much for joining us live character ascii we're told us returning colonel on r.t. thank you. the british government is pushing hard to persuade scots that independence is not the way to go home secretary is now warning that by going it alone scotland may lose access to intelligence services leaving it at a greater risk or he's lost with the start of the claims. she says that any scottish independence words undermine the fight against organized crime cyber attacks terrorism and things like that because scotland would have to build up its own security infrastructures it would no longer necessarily have access to intelligence that comes from the u.k. or indeed from other countries that currently. information the scottish national party has said that it's ok declaring independence for scotland would reduce the risk of terrorist attacks because it says that part of its independence party would get rid of the nuclear arse

detonated his bomb this is the latest alou of violence to happen just days before prime minister nuri al maliki will meet with president obama in d.c. to discuss a number of issues one of those issues is the sure the shipment of drones an f. sixteen fighter jets to iraq he troops. well a mother's unconditional love for her child motivates her to provide and step for her offspring but how far are you willing to go to protect your children for some women in syria it takes them all the way to the front lines of the civil war policy or introduces us to one woman who put down the baby bottles and picked up a gun to defend her country and her family. miriam is getting ready for work like women around the world she enjoys putting on makeup before heading to the office but miriam's job is a little different to most the twenty three year old is heading to the syrian frontline it gives me great satisfaction being able to defend my country against terrorists who want to destroy it it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six yea

assad in syria and now maliki who was a victim of what assad had been doing in the last decade is now assad's strongest support. meanwhile, the sunnis in syria have linked up with the sunnis in iraq. the kurds part of iraq which for all practical purposes is an independent state has a different foreign policy from baghdad. it had its own ties to the syrian opposition. it has been supporting the syrian kurds who have established their own rigid and wish to emulate -- region and wish to emulate. here is another actor which is an interesting position is turkey. prior to 2003, the turkish government considered anything kurdish to be a threat to the unity of turkey which has the largest kurd population in the world. today, turkey is a close ally of the government and iraq. it is facilitating its eventual independence. even though the dominant party is linked to the turkish kurdish group, turkey has established within them. it is also supporting the sunni opposition to assad. it is a really complicated mix. the fundamental point is these countries were artificial creations in the aftermath

but i don't think whatever we can do or would do, maliky would support us enough, i am in a position,on' own it nowe obama administration pulled out we turned into over to iran and made it an iranian proxy. i may be too pessimistic but that is my take. lou: the middle east seems to inspire pessimism with greater experience. >> it does. lou:ly turn to iran. and israeli aircraft striking inside syria, by at the same time, vice president of united states, was going over to capitol hill to lobby democratic lawmakers about removing sanctions against iran. your thoughts about the administration's motive and times, and also the intelligence of such a move. >> i think it is insane. why would we have -- when we have most pressure on the iranians right now, why would we remove that pressure, and give them breathing room, this they want. so they can continue their nuclear weapon development. this -- these sanctions are very effective. and if the senate votes for increase antions, which i believe they should. it will have a even greater impact. now, if the iranians were willing to turnover all 19

prime minister nouri al-maliki is heading to the u.s. is helpful of winning a third term in upcoming elections. a study estimated as many as half a million people decide in iraq since the u.s. invasion. getting rid of a dictator made no difference in the lives of the many people who today have to bury their family. >> video ememoried, showing a -- emerged showing a former soldier attempting to assassinate a former interior minister. it shows a white suv driving up to the interior ministers home and exploding. a man wearing an army uniform, egyptian military ofirms confirm a former army officer was behind the attack. the interior minister survived, one was killed and 20 others hurt. russian president voout jip is planning a -- vladimir putin is planning a visit to egypt, hopefully to regain ties and access to their ports. the u.s. suspended military and financial aid to egypt earlier this month and they are taking advantage. >> u.s. involvement in world conflict is a topic in, "talk to al jazeera", best selling author martin gladwell sits

prime minister neuro is heading -- nouri al-maliki is heading to the u.s., and is hopeful of winninghird term in upcoming elections. a study estimated as many as half a million died in iraq sips the u.s. in -- since the u.s. invasion, getting rid of a dictator has made no difference to the lives of many who today have to bury some of their family. >> syria's met a crucial deadline as it works to remove its chemical arsenal, an agreement that hopes to eliminate weapons by 2015. kilmeny duchardt has more. is it >> syria is meeting an ambitious deadline set by the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, known as opcw do destroy its lethal stockpile by next year. syria handed over the details of its poison gas and nerve agent program thursday, ahead of its october 27th deadline. opcw is not really saying what the report says, but it did say the syrian government disclosed 23 chemical weapon sites. the head of the opcw u.n. team said that the country has been cooperative. >> we have had good meetings with the syrian government, there's continued strong cooperation with the s

>> did prime minister maliki. >> no. it was hard to establish a rapport. they made a good effort at it. the distance in language and in culture is pretty hard to bridge under those circumstance. >> you hear the president has been talking with foreign leaders. what's the process? prime minister x. it's fairly scripted event. and the -- it's -- you know, it's set up a day or two at least a day or two in advance. somebody briefs the president on what it is -- if it's a u.s.-initiated call, here's what you can say to this person and what you want to get out of them. and the prime minister of whatever is getting a similar briefing on the other end. so they -- it's usually a fairly scripted call that has the substantive purpose of underscoring a message which could be delivered through subordinates but probably has been. when the president itself does it comes with extra force and it has the political and public relations benefit of having to be done leader to leader. you can say it was done that way. >> let's say there's not an emergency but things have to move

al maliki will meet with president obama at the white house tomorrow and asking for weapons and training and manpower help his country counter a bloody resurgence by a terror organization. five iraqis have been killed by al qaeda attacks since april with 38 suicide bombings in the last month alone. >>> a top secret briefing in washington today on iran. secretary of state john kerry meeting with top senators and expecting to argue with new sanctions on that country. the white house has been encouraged by recent multilateral talks with iran. critics say iran is using the talks as a stalling tactic giving it more time to advance its nuclear program. >>> breaking news now. international officials confirming syria has destroyed all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facility. if that is true the assad regime has met a major deadline. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says that it has inspected 21 of the 23 chemical weapons sites across syria with two locations too dangerous for them to visit. and it has satisfied all of the country's -- we will conti

and after a disastrous negotiation between the obama administration and nuri al maliki in iraq and theger have any troop presence in iraq or any base, i think it's very important that we have something in afghanistan. we worked too hard, kelly. we've made too many sacrifices. too many lives have been lost. for the united states to not have a base in the region, you know, in afghanistan. at least at this point we need a base in afghanistan. we have 50,000 troops there, as you said. we're looking to have 10,000 on a base that can conduct some sort of global anti-terrorism activities and operations. that's not too much to ask. frankly, it's going to help president karzai beat back al qaeda and the taliban and other radicals and it's going to make afghanistan move forward. by having u.s. presence in the area not conducting on the ground door-to-door-type operations, but having a base there is going to help president karzai. he needs to realize that. >> next door to afghanistan of course is pakistan. which is not always the most friendly -- on the most friendly terms with afghanistan. we kn

. >>> iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki set to meet with president obama tomorrow at the white housethat agenda, a request for more american weapons, training and manpower to help fight a bloody resurgence by al qaeda. the request coming two years after iraq forced the u.s. military out of the country. >>> well, the white house announcing new help for the troubled healthcare.gov. chief white house correspondent ed henry live with the story. so, ed, who's the president going to bring in now? >> gretchen, interesting. just breaking, administration officials confirming that they're bringing in experts from three more tech companies to deal with these website problems, which as you know, have persisted this week, even as they say they're getting on top of it. the administration confirming that google, oracle and red hat are now sending in tech experts as well for the so-called tech surge that the administration's been talking about. meanwhile, they're still playing defense, not just on the website problems, but also on this whole question of the president's credibility, selling the law t

the latest violence came as iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki traveled to washington in search of additional military aid. beginning next week, the town of sanford, florida will no longer allow neighborhood watch volunteers to carry guns. the decision follows the july acquittal of neighborhood watch organizer george zimmerman, who shot and killed unarmed teenager trayvon martin last year. sanford police say they want to return to having civilian patrols report what they see to authorities, but do nothing more. social security benefits will go up just 1.5% next year an average of about $19 a month. the annual cost-of-living adjustment, announced today, is one of the smallest since 1975, when the automatic hikes began. it's because consumer prices stayed in check in this year. the increase affects nearly 58 million americans. >> ifill: still ahead on the "newshour": president obama defends the health care law; an exclusive interview with the senate's top republican; the latest round of budget talks kick off on capitol hill. a new report on the risk of concussions for kids playing sp

meantime, maliki's mother worries without therapy he receives at head start, her son will regress. >>and rejecting that. you know, all we are concerned about is we need our daycare to be open. we're struggling out here and it is not easy. >> mel no roe -- the parents in that piece has been unemployed, at one point was homeless. she hopes to start work as a school bus driver. unless the government reopens soon, she won't have anyone at head start to take care of her son. fredricka. >> thanks so much, zain asher, for bringing that point of view. >>> another point of view, a different situation. the sisters of the woman that led d.c. police on a deadly car chase are speaking out and starting to question how police handled things. that story later. >>> and two bikers allegedly linked to the clash between a motorcyclist and suv driver turned themselves in. our legal guys are on that case next. >>> an unprecedented number of u.s. troops are surviving serious wounds and returning home from fighting in iraq and afghanistan. this week's cnn hero stepped in to help the wounded vets with housing