i'm morgan radford. more than a million people are in search as a powerful typhoon tears through the philippines. if brought howling winds, toppling trees, and power lines, and cutting off communication. it's the same region where thousands were killed by haiyan ears ago. >> reporter: this is edison napping next to the radio - his family's connection to the outside world and news of typhoon hagupit. edison and his mother are here with 1,000 other people, huddled in the hallways of this government building. mostly women and children came from villages by the provincial capital. >> three families from my coastal village came from the shelter. we evacuate for every typhoon, because the house may be blown away. >> two days before making landfall thousands were directed to shelters like this. with a typhoon like this, the governor says it's about prepares, something he knows well. because of that he's confident his province will have zero casualties. >> we have been prepared for this for the past 20 years. ov

i'm morgan radford. thank you for spending your saturday morning. india makes a push to curb air pollution, first a look at the weather with meteorologist kevin corriveau. >> across the united states we are looking at chilly temperatures across the west. where we are seeing warmer temperatures, well above average for this time of year. a quick look at your forecast. sunday, a lot of rain towards the south. it will be making its way up the eastern sea board. as we go monday weakening. heavy snow across the mountains, and new year's, a lot of people will be there. around midnight we don't expect rain. atlanta, the big drop. no rain. 35 degrees. new orleans - it will be rainy. los angeles, it doesn't matter, you'll be inside, possibly we'll see snow >>> india's capital new delhi has the most polluted air, and 10 other cities on the list are in india. it's been under international pressure to meet environmental standards. but as our reporter reports, it's struggling to find the best way to clear the air. >>

i'm morgan radford. a look at the forecast with meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> the big weather for the weekend is over the gulf of alaska, a disturbance of moisture funnelling in. widespread cloud cover all the way to central california, and widespread rain. western portions, some places - today, tomorrow - eight to 10 inches of rain. it tips to progress and move interior. same high elevation, one, two, thrive - a little hard if you are trying to get around for the holiday. it's starting to taper off by monday. widespread areas under winter advisories, and that does not include - there's too many things on the legend, some areas under flood concern. the one thing we'll see, warm temperatures, like 54 in seattle razing some. snow elevation, even though the places getting the snow will get higher mountains much >>> if you were watching president obama's year-end press conference. he only called on female reporters for questions. josh ernst said obama did it on purpose, to highlight the work of female re

we go to miami, and morgan radford is there with more. >> john, you are rite. the world is reacting tonight. perhaps nowhere more strongly than here in miami, cuba. if you hear the chanting, i'm in the heart of little havana. what is interesting is a lot of people here, i'd like to say it's a mixed crowd, but a lot of people feel like president obama portrayed them. a lot of the miami cuba community are saying that president obama betrayed them. there's a sign saying that obama, you are a coward. in many ways people are saying obama did not do right by them nor keep the promises that he promised in 2008 when a lot of the community feels like some of them put him in office. there's a handful of people who said obama is our president and is here to protect us, and this is the right move. i want to introduce you to a couple of those people. take a quick listen. >> the only way they can respond to castro is by force of power. they are not going to lower the suffering of people of cuba just by doing that, what president obama did. >> reporter: you are wearing an oba

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i'm morgan radford. breaking news - airasia disappeared over the java sea between indonesia and malacia, on its way from diego laxalt suarez when it lost -- from diego laxalt suarez, when it from surabaya. rescue crews are focussing efforts mere belitung island. airasia said in respect 162 passengers and crew members on board, most indonesian. gerald tan has more. . >> the airport crisis at srabaya in indonesia, people waiting for news. 162 passengers and crew on board qz8501surabaya in indonesia, people waiting for news. 162 passengers and crew on board qz8501 the plane an airbus 320 lost communications with air traffic control 42 minutes after taking off. bev bev bantayan island tcks bel. >> tung . >> >> translation: we will provide updates of developments on an hourly basis. >> reporter: at singapore's changi airport those waiting for the flight are given the same scant information. the plane lost contact as it flew obvious the java sea. the area was crowdy. the pilot requested to change course due to

i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories.ravel leaders in iraq are pleading for help from national and international governments, saying i.s.i.l. seized control of 15 villages in anbar province. dozens of iraqi soldiers were killed. senators are back on the hill to debate the budget bill. they'll likely pass a mare -- a measure to extend. president obama is urging them to pass the bill arguing that it is not perfect, but is necessary >>> growing anger over police killings reaches the nation's capital today. thousands from all around the country will gather in washington to take part in a demonstration against police violence. this comes more than a week after the grand jury's decision in the eric garner case sparked a series of protests happening around the country. joining me to discuss this issue and a host of other topics, making news is teri o'neil, president of the national organization for women, and joins us from washington d.c. before touching on other topics, i want to start with a march in d c. you re-tweeted a numb

morgan radford studied in cuba. she joins us from little havana. morgan. >> here i am in the heart of little havana in front of cafe versailles. where do we go from here? it's interesting, a lot of people are behind me are carrying signs, obama you promised us one thing and gave us another. i want to give you a reaction from someone who said obama got it right and someone who says obama got it wrong. >> another very bad deal. >> why? >> the same thing he did you remember when he released one american soldier for four high ranking taliban murders. today he released three convicted murders, here in miami's spies, cuban spies for what, for one person? >> you're wearing this obama tee shirt. do you think what happened today was a good move on the president's part? >> definitely. i think it will be historic. i cry when i see obama's speech it was so moving. he talked to the people in cuba, people o of cuba. about freedom of expression all these things we're seeing in cuba today. >> john it's interesting because the woman you saw speaking there came here

morgan radford joins us live in miami. morgan, good to see you, you have been talking to people there. is there a generational difference of opinion on this decision. >> that's a great question, we are standing right now in front of the cafe, and we are hearing a lot of generational discrepancy, towards this news relationship. i have now been betrayed twice, first when i was living in cuba, and then when i fled here. meanwhile, the younger generation say look, not only was now the right time, this should have happened a lot sooner. hot me introduce you to one of those. that can help the cuban people. if we react responsibly. >> tony, her parents said they never wanted to go back to cuba, but regina said i think it is time that we go, we see how things are, and i want to experience it for myself, soily be sure to bring you that story here tonight morgan, have the people you have been speaking to, spoken to their relatives back in cuba yet. >> they have. it's been an interesting reaction. here, a lot of people are anti-obama.

i'm morgan radford. reaction is pouring in from police plaza to the white house after two new york city police officers were ambushed and assassinated at point blank range. the partners were sitting in the rat roll car when they were shot and killed execution style. the families are starting the holiday, planning furnitures. john terrett is live at the scene. what happened to the gun moun, what do we know about him. >> good morning to you from bedside new york. let's take you to the latest video explaining what happened in the aftermath of the shooting. this is in a nearby subway station where a shooter ran and committed suicide to. these are chaotic scenes. they belong to police officers. if you listen to the tape, you hear a young man comforting a woman who is crying. that is the latest video from the scene. what happened before the video is the shooter, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley came to the area. it's a commercial intersection in brooklyn. and he took up a shooting position, according to the polic

earlier morgan radford sat down with the associate professor of relations at the new school and asked if she thought sanctions against russia made sense. >> sanctions are not necessary because the russian ruble is low. oil prices are low. russia is feeling the pinch. vladimir putin has to explain himself pretty much every week to the russians, it's a good time for diplomacy. we can understand that in the urks canada or elsewhere, the process takes time. it is good that the ideal with the sanctions or the possibility are in place. i don't think they should be in force. >> how much longer can vladimir putin hold out. his approval rating is high. that's given the control of the state media. if he has to explain himself over and over, how much longer can it continue. >> they love vladimir putin just because he has control. the russian ideal is he's a strong leader. he wants to make russia great, and russians traditionally are easy, making easy sacrifices. the individual comforts to the great national interest. and so that's what vladimir putin is betting on. >> i'm not sure that this same

now researchers say super bugs in brazil could spell trouble to the upcoming olympics, morgan radford>> reporter: the beautiful waters of rio de janeiro. a vacationer's paradise for sen centuries but more recently the home of a super bacteria. brazilian scientist have his found a bug powerful enough to be resistent to antibiotics in a bay that hosts sailing in vents in the 2016 rio summer oral games. the bacteria produces an an enze called kpc. the kind of germ usually only found in hospital waste. so how exactly did it get in to the waters of rio? well, more than half of the water that flows in to the bay is actually sewage. so far it's not causing much alarm among beach goers. >> translator: i come to this beach all the time. i am not worried. >> translator: it's polluted but it's not a big deal. you just jump in if you want to be refreshed. >> reporter: but the world health organization is worried. it's issued a worldwide warning about the rise of super bugs. doctors say antibiotics resistent strains of bacteria have spread all over the planet and could even lead to a, quote, post

. >>> that was gordon change speaking today with morgan radford. >>> the parents of a man accused ofhooting rampage as a colorado movie theater are pleading for these life. james holmes faces the death pent at this for the 2012 shootings that left 12 people dead and 70 others injured. his parents say he is not a monster, but is mentally ill. and they are asking that he be institutionalized instead. >>> the pentagon says it's making gains again isil but as a heavy cost. cost of coalition air strikes against the group in iraq and syria have already topped $1 billion. meanwhile, new video up load to the internet friday appears to show isil forces targeting sites in syria's northern region of aleppo. it also shows them parading a man taped to a cross who was reportedly executed afterwards. in iraq, kurdish mesh perking a fighters are trying to secure gains against isil in the sin gar mountains, further south the iraqi military is battling in romadi. we have the latest on these two front on the offensive against isil. >> reporter: kurdish forces on the offens offensive. trying to secure t

a second largest victory history >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. [ chanting ] >>> those are determined voices filling the capital as tens of thousands march to capitol hill. this was the scene on saturday as demonstrators protests against police violence and brutality. there has been protests across american city, new york, massachusetts, and california are filled with people chanting for change, highlighting the anger that has been growing nationwide. ross shimabuku has been following the protests. you were following the protests, there were big names. >> spike lee, film-maker was seen side by side with protesters were d.c. the the individuals that took center stage were the families of eric garner, michael brown and trayvon martin. all in attendance, yunated by grief. >> reporter: it was a national call to action. triggered by the two grand jury decisions involving police use of deadly force against unarmed black men. if they don't see this and make a change. i don't know what we'll do. >> busloads of demonstrators travelling all night across th

morgan radford, al jazeera, miami, florida. >> many are concerned about restoring diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba. >> let's have a good relationship so this embargo which is affecting us so badly ends. >> translator: i hope everything turns out really well and that there's well-being for all. >> some cubans are worried that the change of recommendations will affect these cars, new cars coming into cuba will not squeeze out their family hair heirlooms. >> if they want to take me to work i'll go. >> classic cars provide a source of income for many owners and drivers who use them as taxis to take visitors around the island. >>> half the world's aifdz worls patients, scientists have tested a vaccine which reduces the level of infection by 30%. >> isn't a scientists but she is at the cutting edge of hiv-aids research. she has volunteered to test a new vaccine that could save millions of lives. the trial is run from the desmond tutu research center. it's time to see if it's still working. so far all her blood tests have come back negative for hiv. the vaccine cuts the probability of i

. >> morgan radford. >>> elainor is cuban american and a high school teacher in miami, and talked about how the news drew dramatics rehabilitations within her family. >> this meant a lot of discussionful cubans became rowdy, and we have so many different point of view. if there were political parties, there would be so many, trust me, this meant a lot of strain on my family. mostly because my grandmother has a lot of pain, and my mother as well. same with my father. none of them agree. it's caused a lot of friction. >> what do they say to you about this? >> okay. so my grandma has gone so far as to call me a ninist for celebrating the -- communist for celebrating the victory, for going back to cuba. i understand her. this is coming from a place of severe pain. at the end of the day i under all of that. but as a young perp that has seen what democracy means, that can express ourselves, i realise that, you know, this is a positive step in the right direction. americans are going to travel to cuba. how dig is this. they'll travel freely, bringing their credit cards. credit - it doesn't exi

morgan radford has more. >> the f.d.a.proposing a change in the policy to allow gay and bisexual me to give blood, but they must sustain from sex with men for a year. in a statement released on tuesday the f.d.a. said: . >> in other words, it present gay or bisexual men. be celebrate for a year or don't donate blood. a chaise that many gay right's activists say is uncare. >> i interviewed an openly gay marriage therapist a position and researcher, when a panel met to change the ban. >> why would i be forced to wait a year not to give sex, when a heterosexual man have been a sex with a woman, as long as he's not paying them, he can give blood, they'd be happy to take it. >> it makes sense to look at people's behaviour in terms of had someone paid money to a profit attitude or other things that put them at risk. >> the fg an is standing by the decision, implementing them in 1893, during the early days of the aids crisis, when they decided that no man could donate blood that this sex with another man since 1977. even if it ha

morgan radford, al jazeera, miami, florida. >> former president jimmy carter tried to normalize relations with cuba back in the 1970s. i asked him why he thought it took so long. >> well, we didn't have normal relations but cuba at that time would not desist from trying to subvert a lot of the governments in this hemisphere towards communism. and he also sent a large number of our troops to places in africa including ethiopia. and those were the two things that hindered full recognition. but fidel castro and i agreed at that time to take as much of a step as we could, and that's when we established the intersections in both havana and washington. they have been open without interference by all the successive presidents since that time. >> president carter, you traveled to cuba in 2011 and met with fidel castro and his brother raul. did you get a sense from them at that time that they would be open to this? >> yes, they made the proposition then that is basically being accepted now. and that is, that the three cuban prisoners in florida would be released, that alan would be released. i met

morgan radford reports. . >> don't lose hope, stand firm and stop torture. this is the support group. it means hope. 14 men from democratic republic of congo and others celebrate a bond after 10 weeks of counselling after the center for victims of torture. >> these centers are places of home. >> kurt oversees the project in the united states, africa and the middle east. >> survivors and victims of torture are able to rebuild and recover. >> he and others say more than 100 countries torture people. >> there's no category that is spared. specially in the case of syria, increasingly children. almost half the torture survivors that our staff in jordan see, survivors from syria are children now. so not even kids are spared. >> one survive yore at the center had been tortured for two years, and he spoke with us. he would not let us film him. he was afraid the smallest detail could tip off informers, who would go after his family back home. we desguised his voice. he has political asylum, but feels hopeless when thinking of his future. it's estimated there's 50,000

morgan radford sat with an associate professor of international relations and asked if the sanctions made sense. >> sanctions are necessary, bus russian ruble is very, very low. oil prices are low. russians are feeling the pinch. vladimir putin has to explain himself every week to the russians. so i thing it's a good time for diplomacy rather than for sanctions. we can under in the u.s. or canada or elsewhere the process takes time. it is good that the ideal of sanctions or possibility of sanctions are in place. i don't think they should be enforced now. >> the question is how much longer can vladimir putin old out. approval is high. that's given his cell of the state media. how much longer can this continue. >> russians will love vladimir putin. he fits the russian ideal of a strong leader. he stand up to the west, wants to make russia great is is easy - they can sacrifice the individual comforts to the great national interests. so that is what vladimir putin is betting on. i'm not sure that this time around this can last for a long time. if the economic situation continues to deter

morgan radford has more. >> president obama is asking congress to approve billions of dollars in emergency ebola funding. we have a clearer picture of where the u.s. stands in the global fight. >> during a tour of the national institutes of health, president obama urged more than $6 billion to be improved tonight ebola. >> much of the progress we've made and still need he to make, depends on funding. this is an expensive enterprise. that money's running out. we he cannot beat ebola without more funding. >> at the same time, the administration said 35 u.s. hospitals are now equipped to treat patients with ebola and 42 labs in 36 states are now appearing to test for ebola. the white house is adding civilians and troops to help fight ebola in west africa. the u.s. has already opened three treatment units and a hospital. this all on the heels of a study published just last week which found an experimental ebola vaccine appears to be safe with no major side effect for those who tried it. battling ebola, the groupwithout borders is less optimistic. it the the international response has been slow

morgan radford, aljazeera, new york. >> there was a lot of talk about torture today from the membersf the u.s. senate. but only one was speaking from perm experience. senator john mcincome of arizona was tortured for five years at a north vietnamese pow camp. he broke with much of his party today in terms of releasing that cia report. >> i've often said and will always maintain that this question isn't about our enemies. it's about us. it's about who we were. who we are. and who we aspire to be. it's about how we represent ourselves to the world. when we fight to defend our security, we fight also for an idea. not for a tribe or a twisted interpretation of an ancient religion or a king, but for an idea that all men are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights. is it essential to our success in this war that we ask those who fight it for us to remember at all times that they are defending a sacred ideal of how a nation should be governed and conduct regulations with others, even our enemies. those of us who give them this duty are obliged by history, by our nation's highest id

morgan radford has more on that. >> these children survived the tsunami in india lost everything. their homes and loved ones. without parents they gaped strength from each other. they were the hardest. they are becoming emotionally well built. they are something different. >> she lost three of her own children in the 2004 superarmy. she felt it was her duty to start an orphan im to help those that did survey. >> i have to do something in my life. they are afraid of things. >> is now she sits on the site where her hut was washed away, recalling the hardship faced by many after the storm. women struggled from everything from relief to medical support and counselling. women shouldered the responsibilities of the home. back then, no one helped them. >> so someone started to take control. she helped many women to let the support they needed and what started as a call for unity turned into the national coastal movement. someone protected me. i live peacefully with my children. free from violence. >> the movement grew to include 10,000 members. >> why the waters took so much away they ga

havana, in the united states many cuban americans feel the president made the wrong decision, morgan radford joins us live from little havana, in miami, good to see you, you have been talking to people there since the president announced the new policy, is there a generational difference of opinion on this announcement? >> tony that's a great question. and in fact, it is quite interesting, because while the political risk may be shrinking the emotional one isn't necessarily. in fact, the latest shift in policy has left a lot of children of cuban disdon'ts living right here in miami. take a look. >> little havana is the culture hub for americans but the reaction here is hardly universal like so many others the generations collide when it comes to talking about policy towards cuba. >> my parents are very very upset. they feel that cuban americans in the united states. is not. >> picture parents look like a lot of people in the community american community feel very betrayed by the american government. because their sentimentses everything they have gone through, and everything is not any consi

morgan radford spent a semester at the university of havana during the last year of fidel castro's presidencyfirst, what is the scene like where you are? >> that's right, david. as you said it is a historic day here, and the two prevailing questions here right at the heart of miami's little havana community is why is this happening now? and where do we go from here. the way people are solving this almost family style. i would like to say that there is mixed reaction but the reality is there have been only a couple of obama supporters who support what is happening. and the majority of the people out here where i am david they're saying, look, obama really betrayed us, and some saying that obama is an assassin just like the castros, and they're saying he really sold us out, david. >> morgan, i go to ask you. look at the guy with the cuban flag and all the tattoos. is that guy a supporter of the announcement today or a critic of the obama decision? >> he, i believe, is a critic. we spoke with him on the corner earlier, and a lot of people are saying, look, obama, he didn't hold us down. we had t

. >> of course, that was father luke sweeney talking with al jazeera's morgan radford. >> saudi arabia's oil minister said the country will not cut oil production despite a big price drop. the world is forecast to need less oil as a result of rising supplies from the u.s. the u.a.e. oil prime minister urged producers not to raise production in an effort to study the price of oil. the geopolitics of oil will be the focus. join us at 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific as we look at the future production of oil and gas. >> the trial of 26 men accused of debauchery drew international condemnation. egyptian law does not ban homosexuality, police arrested gay men for debauchery in the past. it's been 358 days since three al jazeera journalists were detained in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were sentenced in june to seven years in toura prison. baher mohamed a 10 years sentence. they were accused of having ties to muslim brotherhood. al jazeera relates the charges and demand they be released. >> votes have been counted since the 2006 uprise. this report from tunis. >> repor

morgan radford explains. >> that's right. brazil will host millions of tourists for the 2016 olympics. a recent discovery in the waters around rio could be a concern for the travellers. >> the waters of rio de janeiro. a vacationer's paradise for centuries, more recently the home of a superbacteria. brazilian scientists found a bug powerful enough to be resistant to antibiotics in a bay that will host the 20th summer games. it produces an enzyme called kpc. found in hospital waste. how exactly did it get into the waters of rio in. >> well, more than half of the water that flows into the bay is sewage. so far it's not causing much alarm among beach goers. >> i come to the beach all the time. i'm not worried. >> it's polluted, but is not a big deal. you jump in if you want to be refreshed. the world health organization is worried, issuing a warning about the rise of super-bugs. doctors say antibiotic resistant strains spread over the planet and can lead to a post-antibiotic era in which infection and injury kills. the world hea

live to our morgan radford in the little miami neighborhood of miami. >> russia's economic crisis, some cashing in buying luxury items. >> the email mistake that left hundred was high schoolers believing they'd been accepted to their college of choice. >> if you thought flying first class was luxury, what about your own mini amount for your next flight? that is one of the stories caught in our global net this morning. >> we have the forecast coming up. welcome to al jazeera america. a word wide appeal to help refugees of syria's civil war. >> new york's governor banning fracking in the entire state. >> winston churchill is best known at britons prime minister during world war ii, but is also an accomplished artist. how his painting helped him through his darkest days. >> these are stories we are following this morning. federal officials believe that north korea orchestrate the hacker attack that hit sony pictures, now sony pulling the film from theaters. most theaters canceled any showings. >> a push for peace between israeli and the palestinians at the u.n., jordan submitting a draft r

morgan radford is standing by live. the president said he will use that executive action perhaps next month. how is that playing in little havana? >> it's very interesting, because there is a strong reaction from the cuban american community, specifically among the older generation and specifically among the republicans. marco rubio had strong words on obama's decision. take a listen. >> the implications of this decision extend far i couldn't understand cuba. it has a chilling effect on democracy and freedom in the region and on those bravely fighting for it especially those in cuba. >> marco rubio is echo be the sentiments from miami who say they were not considered when the obama administration developed this decision. rand paul came out in support of the move and there are democrats in support of the president's decision. >> safer to say that this policy change is going to be a hot topic at christmas dinners next week between families divided among generational lines. what are people telling you? >> here, families ar