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. >> he is up to his third ghen raition ogeneration ofthe of the arm.d not to go to colle. >> he is going to keep building. >> he is how old. >> he is turning 1 thi this yea. >> i hope you end joyed that ene cricket we will all go out in the field and we'll see you next week on "techno". check check check >> hello welcome to al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz live in new york. >> u.s. defend the iran nuclear agreement. president obama tries to calm israel after their prime minister calls a mistake. >>> polls close in honduras - right now a tight race with no winner. >> afghan president refuses to give his okay to the elders agreement to keep american sold yours through. >>> and

. >> he is up to his third ghen raition o generation ofth of the arm.ded not to go to college. >> he is going to keep building. >> he is how old. >> he is turning 1 thi this yea. >> i hope you end joyed that enjoyed the cricket we will all go out in the field and we'll see you next week on "techno". >> this is al jazeera america america i'm jonathan betz with today's top stories. an historic iran agreement in hand. winning over consistental lawmakers and nervous allies. >>> honduras, two people claiming victory in that nation's elections. >>> tribal leaders overwhelmingly approved it,. >>> and a dangerous winter storm in the southwest has claimed more lives as it pushes more weather towards the east coast.

. >> he is up to his third ghen raition o generation ofth of the arm.d not to go to college. >> he is going to keep building. >> he is how old. >> he is turning 1 thi this yea. >> i hope you end joyed that enjoyed the cricket we will all go out in the field and we'll see you next week on "techno". >>> selling the iran nuclear deal - the white house is trying to convince a congress and allies that the agreement is the right course of action. >> confusion in afghanistan - agreement to keep the troops in afghanistan is approved by the elders. the afghan president is refusing to say whether he'll sign it. >> a massive storm putting the brakes on travel this thanksgiving. >> a report into the newtown shooting is said to be released. it may provide answers into one of the worst shootings in u.s. history.

ofthe main kinds exploitation include nonpayment of salaries, dangerous and demand a working conditions appalling accommodations. you have to put the word "accommodations" in commas. the workers are literally trapped. >> the world cup organizing committee reject that there are slavery style conditions. it vowed to protect its workers. it will set guidelines for them for recruitment to repatriation by years end. international pressure will build for qatar to protect human rights. >> in egypt football was once a thriving sport, but violence and political turmoil have spilled onto the pitch. clubs face financial difficulty as league games have been canceled and stadiums are empty. this report from cairo. >> a training session at one of cairo's football clubs. her kissing is all the teams have been doing. or the past those two years, egyptian football has been suffering, league games have been scheduled -- have been canceled, and the stands are empty. player isel of the very low now. football stops here in egypt. >> two years without any competition. they are not the only team in trouble. f

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we will see all ofth the salaries go down in americans having to work more hours to compensate for employers employees to get under this threshold that they have to meet in order to be exempt from obamacare. so we will see this. neil: you know this like an encyclopedia. everything, he signed up for and you are a part of it in the keep it low and it hurts and doesn't help. >> exactly. neil: what's promise number four? we have it right here. >> nearly 85% of americans already have insurance or medicare or medicaid or your employer, if you are one of those people, you do not have to do anything. neil: you think that this would've been part of this. the companies are canceling workers and plans as we speak. that but that was never really preview, was a? >> no, and as you mentioned in your intro, the 5 million people have lost their health care already. and 7 million more will lose it further. i want to point out that every number i out that every number of new comedies are government these are government numbers and this is a cbo actuary. these are real numbers, the government is saying that thi

he is from the massoud tripe of thtribe ofthe tribal region. he is thought to be something of a moderate. i don't mean he will likely persue a track of non-violence. there is some something suggeste is more willing to negotiate with the pakistani government about the peace talks we have been talking about. an agreement had been reached with the pakistani taliban to start talks. with the death there is some question whether that will actually ever happen. there is a general feeling that these talks may not have been competely derailed. >> what has been the general feeling on the ground? the reaction on the ground to this killing? >> well let me start with the government and the military and the intelligence agencies. they have not said anything they are happy that massoud is dead. this is a year for several years that has out witted and out played pakistan's powerful military and knowledgeable intelligence agency. he has been able to carry out extraordinary attacks not only against the states but against the pakistani populous. what complicates

republicans, ot so much in the senate, it takes longer to turn it over in the senate, and the democrats as ofthe belief in the function government. the belief that the government ought to be going forward. it's inconceivable that the republicans said, hey, ould have responded in that way. and it's probably more partisanship. t's probably more democrats frankly believe more incumbent government. that's one of the political disadvantages of the time noif government in the government party. ut, again, a majority of the house republicans even after the stock market fell by 700 plus no the second time around. just -- when we were in the room with hank in that side room off of the room -- was you, hank, myself, and barney. republicans. house they didn't actually believe in it. nd barney gives the fact -- first time we went up for the vote. market.t drop in the and they still voted no. so i don't know what you think a sudden ess all of to the more amenable crisis than the congress -- partly, partly fundamentally ideological. are members of the republican party at the time who yeah, i want's a bad thing

another in the 8 ofth minute. with the win, mexico afoyed for the first time since 1990. >> this is the smallest of the world cup host city, with a population of half a million. it promised 30 projects. with seven months until kick off none. critical ones appear ready. al jazeera's correspondent reports. >> the first batch of new light railcars have arrived and are paraded through. the light rail has been hyped as a key transportation project ahead of the world cup. organizers promised 22km of track. seven months to the world cup and not one is completed. the problems don't end there. the 250 million stadium still has no seats, no roof, no car park and no pitch. it's at risk of meeting the fifa deliver deadline of december 31st. the head of the city's preparations admits difficult delays but promises the stadium will be dd delivered. we don't have a date to spare, we don't have a minute. we have timetables adjusted. it's always a challenge. we are going to finish the stadium in december. >> the airport terminal is

that'shat got them both taken ofthe prident's detail. according thatreport. ofourse, it's not the first time that we hrd allegations of sexual misconduct inside t secret service. remember what happened in columbia with thepresident's advance team. that led to more tha a dozen implated. now there is a woman at the hd of the secret service. present obama appently trying to sd a messagee wants this to stop. jon. >> tracie potts, thank u. i'sure there will be a lot of ternal investigatis on this one. >> right now let's check thing out, laura, take this. i like the way you open up the camera. the magic. >> turns out to be bu. >> look atthat. i got gruy face on. that's what ese folks are going to be experiencing. even tugh it's crowded it looks lighter than you might expect. some fks are held upy a crash on the upper east shore freeway. there you go for the live shot. the clouds are an issueor many. look at the maps, a we'll show you it's a nice drihrough berkeley and the maze. the upper freeway, maybe an hour till the clear this up. there is a crash west 80, a big

ofthe old saying goes gorbachev and reagan, you don't trust but verify. verification is the key. president obama and i have said since the beginning that we are not just going to verify, we are going to verify and verify and verify. we have to know to a certainty so that israel, gulf states, ourselves, nobody can be deceived by what is taking place. i don't think it is possible until we solve the nuclear problem. is over down the road the course of the next six months while we work to try to solve the nuclear program. if it can be solved, hopefully establish a basis for proceeding forward on other things. right now we have made it very clear that the international community requires a resolution of the united nations resolutions that have been passed. the questions that the international atomic energy agency has, all of these things need to be answered. we are trying to set up a process by which we can verify, know what we are doing, restrain the program while we negotiate the comprehensive deal. >> that was secretary kerry on cnn talking about what many are calling a first step

so it is very very effective, and you can't get that level ofth cassie with any other conventional approach. you can kill a mosquito with a spray, but you can't bring down the population in the and i the level you need to to stop dengue fever. and most of the mosquitoes that will live in the town and cities live in and around the home. they exclusively bite humans. and unless you have continued access to people's houses and can go and spray when you want, you are not going to control them. and in today's urban civilization, that's not feasible. >> things get confused with g.m. crops because it carries certain messages and this is very very different with the g.m. crop you are given a crop an advantage that sends spread through a number of generations. what ewith are doing is giving the mosquito the biggest disadvantage it can have. to not be able to breathe properly. and it's a finite end. it doesn't persist in the environment, because both the mosquitoes we release and their offspring die. >> okay, let's get more sport now. >> two men have now been charged and a seven has been arrested ove

session ofthe final the conference. the final discussion. to introduce the speakers. we shall not do that. weis also a case in which can think of the longest of questions that should be answered by the panel. but we want them to take this seriously. meta- basically ask a few questions. the first is what we should -- what lessons we should draw from the crises. i suggested three, but the number can be negotiated. the second question is, are we ready for the next one? with this in mind, we will be proceeding in order. the first round of 15 minutes each or something like this. bernanke -- that in the first is ben bernanke. >> thank you. i am very pleased to participate in this event and the honor of stanley fischer. in graduateteacher school and he has been a role model and frequent advisor ever sense. an expert on financial crises, he has written prolifically on the subject and has served on the front lines, so to speak. as firstn his role deputy managing director in the imf in the market crises of the 1990s's. hyperinflation in israel. he man

the cost to rent a car through relayrides varies depending on the type ofthe company will to pay s-f-our's philippe djegal joined a group of san mateo fire fighters. working the holiday shift. who enjoyed a special thanksgiving dinner -- as a there were smiles all run before they had their dinner. this was come prepared by a chef owned a restaurant near the 911 area. they shared a special day together and keeping in mind that this is still a work day. >> if the songs of go off we will definitely have to go on a call. >> our family will stay here to eat. >> they have a radio on the table just in case these fire fighters out station 23 get a call, a call that thankfully never came. they were able to enjoy the holidays. >> we get to provide service also be with our friend to reflect how the end we are. s and family to reflect how thankful we are. >> i have been here for 30 years. i was able to spend time with my children, my wife and my mother-in-law. >> the battalion chief's son stated that was no other way to have a. >> it is really special to spend time with my family and meet other pe

as the fed buys a larger share ofthe stock, the quantity the securities available for private sector portfolio declines. as the security is are just, they should become more valuable . consequently, their yield should follow as investors demand a premium for holding them. this argument depends importantly on the assumption that the longer-term treasury that they buy but not perfectly suitable than other types of assets, an assumption that seems will support it in this. the use of these tools allows monetary policy to be effective even when short-term interest rates are close to zero. the committee does not view these tools is entirely equivalent. one reason is that we have much less experience -- believe thatthey the four rate guidance is helping to support -- forward rate guidance is helping to support -- economists do not have as good an understanding for determining term premiums. there are hard to predict shifts in premiums. they can be a source of volatility and financial conditions. there are complexities for the feel of operating a much larger balance sheet. i see both of thes

he married alice to the devastation ofth edith. he thought he would never love again. the light had gone out of his life. he married her. it was a strong marriage. all she wanted from the marriage and her first ladyship was to give companionship and strength and a sanction ware to her ever-restless husband. she said when he became first lady she had no intention of being a public person. she wasn't going give her view for the politics. what only mattered is be in the newspaper twice. married and buried. nelly taft had ambition from the time she was an adolescence her sent her brothers to harvard and yale. not she. she decided to start teaching to her mother's dismay. and she decided she might not marry. she meets young will and he adored her. it really respected her independence. and he made her his partner had his whole career. she's partly responsible for him choosing politics eventually instead of the judicial route he was on. she helped with his speeches and strategy. and became an extraordinary first lady in the few months she was there. activist concerned with wo

the convention embraces the --ples of individuals with which emphasizes the importance ofthe role of terrance children with disabilities in making decisions on behalf of their children. in fact, many of the parents choose to homeschool their children in order to provide an appropriate level of care and attention. and the convention specifically recognizes and protects the important role of the family and protects children from being separated on the basis of a disability. ratification of the disability rights convention is an opportunity to export to the world the very best we have to offer. this is a chance to use our rich national experience in disability rights, which has gained us respect of the world community, to extend the principles embodied in the ada to hundreds of millions of people worldwide who today have no domestic perfection. we must ratify this convention so that we can fulfill the role of world leaders that is expected of us. thank you for your attention. >> dr. yoshihara. >> chairman menendez, ranking member corker, members of the committee, thank you for inviting

rather than labor over the headlines about the misuses of misuses ofthe bitcoin, we should be adapting investigative techniques to increase digital and open network world. bitcoin network safe is all of our responsibility. efforts are underway to prevent abuse. are you, mr. chairman, we looking beyond the silk road. when the alleged operator of that black market website was arrested, a long and sustained rally on the price of bitcoin occurred. decentralized currencies like --t point -- like bitcoin the transaction ledger allows bad actors to shroud their activity. decentralized systems of open ledgers are inherently transparent and may prove too difficult for use in any large- scale activity. address law enforcement concerns, we must bear in mind because of this open and transparent architecture we need to consider the privacy of law- abiding individuals. out, it coin's public ledger system, may be so revealing that the larger problem with bitcoin is not anonymity for criminals but the abiding people- have maintaining their own privacy. but coin is not some magical cloaking device that

the consequences ofthe consequef action or inaction are very real. the american people deservethe e better than politicians run for election telling them how terrible government is and then devoting their time in elected office to trying to make government not work as often as possible. i want to be clear -- the senate has actually done some good, ac, bipartisan work this year. majorities have passed commonsense legislation to fix our broken immigration system, upgrade our courts -- ports. it has passed a farm bill that helps rural commuter -- communities. it would protect the vulnerable americans from being fired based on their sexual orientation great we know there are folks there that want to get things3 done. frankly, they have expressed to me the recognition that the system in the senate had broken down. what used to be a sporadic exercise of the filibuster had gotten completely out of hand. i believe, i'm confident that that spirit will have a little more space now. i want us to make sure we can do more work together to grow the economy and cre

so, i think those two basic questions about whether or not you would leave the initiation ofth the appointment of such persons entirely in the hands of the fisc judge and whether or not once that person was in and had participated in the lowercor court proceedings, should that person, that advocate, whatever you want to call them, can that advocate constitutionally be given some right of appeal? >> well, let me say to try to analogize, i do not think that an office, an outside officethat that reviews every single application is necessary. >> no, i don't --lica >> my thought is, how i envision this, have a relatively small number of attorneys, something like a cja panel, criminal justice act panel, who will in time gain experience because of their small number who arebe completely wallr to wall securiy cleared. mr. zwillinger raises something that i hadn't really thought about it, but by all means i think that individual should have as complete access to everything that the court isvidu hearing as the justice department prosecutor has, that there should be no withholding,e no secret filing or w

. >> how important was this to policy ofthe foreign the administration? i think that for jackie to get the receptions like the kind that they did in paris in 1961, when they went with the and i to meet with khrushchev and got a reception. the leader of the soviet union, nikita khrushchev, that was the time when the united states was trying to make the point that they are a arriving power and third world countries should align with us, not the soviet union. >> next is dennis in brooklyn. you are on the air. >> thank you, susan, and thank you for the program. i wanted to ask, we already mentioned that mrs. kennedy had a huge influence on the arts, style, and culture. i am curious ever since i saw "ulysses"d that campaign earlier during the campaign -- she was incredibly well read. was it her education or her upbringing that fueled her intelligence? >> it was both. she talked about, an autobiographical essay that she had done in 1951 -- she talked about her upbringing and said that she was a tomboy who like to go horseback riding, but she also like to be by

i was in india a few weeks ago -- one ofthe largest the largest manufacturers is building a plant in idaho a cousin of the cheap gas and oil from the balkans. visited one of the largest egyptian companies recently and they are building another plant in the united states. we arelly believe underestimating the power that we have as a country. every time i travel overseas, valerie, i am asked continually why we aren't more bullish ourselves. -- is our country not asking from our perspective, this is the biggest opportunity we see in the world. and i think andrew said that. ini would add that we are 160 countries around the world and i get to travel like larry and others. clearly, recognize what i'm doing here. i'm a ceo of a global company. inlly, encouraging the usa investment. would they asked me to do the same. at the end of the day, advantages seldom sell. you have to channel those advantages. witching was referring to is that i've never seen a partnership between u.s. embassies in multinational global businesses as good as it is now. that is after decades of doing business. him, al

frontiers ofthe that faith and he backed it with the energy and courage which are the mark of the nation and man of wisdom, strength, and and moved theed power of our nation in the service of a world of growing liberty and order. all love freedom will mourn his death. as he did not shrink from his responsibilities, but welcomed them. so he would have us not shrink from carrying on his work beyond this hour of national tragedy. byt: that proclamation lyndon baines johnson, sworn in as our 36th president after the assassination of president entity. and from "the new york times," the news of the week in review back then. juxtaposition of president kennedy's inaugural ceremony and that moment on air force one with lyndon johnson being sworn in by sheriff hughes in dallas, texas. martin is joining us from texas as well on the phone. good morning. caller: good morning. i am calling because of record recollections of leticia. i was a naval officer in guam and flew to the naval air station where years later i was ad marine oswald traffic controller. interestingly enough, the u2 was also operatin

number ofthe catholics in united states as is theworldwide, what influence of the catholic church in the united states as it currently stands? guest: the historic, deep religiosity and focus on family which is in the latin culture is a huge opportunity for the church and a huge opportunity for our country to reinforce our dedication on the sounding principles of human dignity, religious freedom, family, and willingness to oppose the state when it encroaches. 11 people that i know i'm a which is many of them -- the latin people that i know, which is many of them, are vigorous in defending their individual rights and liberty and those of their family against government encroachment. host: a viewer is asking you about the poetic position -- diplomatic position. guest: the vatican is signatory to most important international agreements. their unofficial observer at the u.n. u.n.rent constituent agencies, including agricultural organizations in rome. a starkly, they have signed some of the most important treaties throughout history. , they humanitarian area are particularly useful with wo

he married alice to the devastation ofth edith. he thought he would never love again.had gone out of his life. he married her. it was a strong marriage. all she wanted from the marriage and her first ladyship was to give companionship and strength and a sanction ware to her ever-restless husband. she said when he became first lady she had no intention of being a public person. she wasn't going give her view for the politics. what only mattered is be in the newspaper twice. married and buried. nelly taft had ambition from the time she was an adolescence her sent her brothers to harvard and yale. not she. she decided to start teaching to her mother's dismay. and she decided she might not marry. she meets young will and he adored her. it really respected her independence. and he made her his partner had his whole career. she's partly responsible for him choosing politics eventually instead of the judicial route he was on. she helped with his speeches and strategy. and became an extraordinary first lady in the few months she was there. activist concerned with working women