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i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. >> obama: they got what they wanted. now they're trying it figure out how to get out of it. >> president obama points the finger at the tea party for the government shutdown. now the shoutdown on a global scale. first iran and now north korea. thsecretary kerry said they're open to talks with jung-un. >> president obama came out swinging today. the president went to a small construction company outside of washington, d.c. this morning, and he blamed house speaker john boehner for the government shutdown. >> obama: the only thing that is preventing all that from happening right now, today, in the next five minutes is that speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremists in his party. that's all. that's what this whole thing is about. >> we have complete coverage of the government shutdown. libby casey is on capitol hill. but we begin with mike viqueira at the white house, good

i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. >> my simple message today is call a vote. >> president obama says the house speaker is the only reason the government remains shutdown. >>> dozens of migrants die trying to reach beater life. ♪ >> president obama is taking his case to the american people about the federal government shutdown. here are the latest headlines. plt participate spoke a short time ago. he blamed the shutdown on a republican obsession with repealing his health care reform law. the house and senate are back in session. house republicans plan to keep submitting bills to restart popular programs. we have two reports on the latest developments. libby casey is live on capitol hill, but we begin with mike viqueira at the white house. mic, yesterday the president brought out bankers, said he saw him speak from a construction plant. what is his message. >> well, there are 800,000 federal employees out of work, and this construction business goes -- has some business that

i i'm stephanie sy. here are your headlines.hey are trying to iron out a deal on reopening the government and raising the debt ceiling. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has won the nobel peace prize. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan to meet with the country's president. they are discussing how to move forward with talks on a security agreement. in that deal would keep u.s. troops in afghanistan after the military-lead mission ends next year. jennifer do we know if secretary kerry has made any headway in convincing the afghan leader to resume talks? >> they have met and they are having dinner together this evening. the two men do have a strong relationship, a solid personal relationship when secretary kerry was here in march. so if anyone has any chance of helping president karzai get these talks kick started again, it would be secretary kerry. >> jennifer when was the u.s. want these negotiations to be done? and what is holding up a final agreement? >> stephanie the united states is lik

i'm stephanie sy. here are your headlines. updating our breaking us in from italy, the italian coast guard says boat carrying migrants has capsized off of the island of lampedusa. there are reports of people in the sea. more than 300 people died when another boat carrying migrants capsized in that same area last week. >>> republicans from the senate have just left the white house after a meeting with president obama. >>> secretary of state john kerry made an an unannounced visit to afghanistan for security talks. they are talk about the presence of american troops in that country after the nato mission ends there next year. . >>> in new york a group of graffiti artists filed a lawsuit to stop the demolition of an old factory complex. kristin has more. >> reporter: on the subway train to manhattan, one building stands out in the urban landscape, ablaze with color and creativity, it is known at 5 points. it's a mecca for graffiti artists. jonathan coen serves as curator. >> there is no other such location that offers wall space

that's it for me stephanie sy.ve a great evening. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. drones in the united states. there will be 30,000 of them flying above your head within the next 20 years. is america ready? ♪ >>> by september 30th of 2015, the faa has to have regulations in place to allow unmanned aerial vehicles, or typically known as drones into the nation's air space.

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i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. >> the american people don't want their government shutdown and neither do i. >> the house speaker fires back at the president. john boehner tells democrats they need to talk. the secretary of state arrives in asia for two summits in place of the president. plus gearing up for tropical storm karen with hears it could turn into a hurricane. >>> the federal government has been shutdown for four days and both sides still refuse to budge, meaning the shutdown could last for some time. house speaker john boehner has denied reports that he'll allow a democratic vote to pass a debt ceiling increase. the president has canceled trips to asia. we have two reports, randall pinkston is in washington, but we begin with libby casey on capitol hill. libby, good afternoon, what is the latest from the hill? >> well the house continues to take this series of votes to fund individual parts of government. today they are focused on fema and the national weathe

i'm stephanie sy. "the stream" is next. and for more throughout the day head to our website, aljazeera.com. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. young adults can make or break the affordable care act. but are they buying in to health care reform? >> looking out -- we have a ton of community engagement on this. everybody oh is curious about obama care. how does this effect the generation. that's what we're going to dive in to. >> we actually have a poll. if you are eligible for the affordable care act. you plan to opting in to obama care. >> the discussion and throughout the discussion. >> millions are eligible to get health care insurance through the affordable care act also known as obama care. there's a lot of confusion. according to a poll, fewer than 6 to 10 americans knew obama care was on its way it had a lot of young adults ill informed on what it actually means for them. to*ers say it's cheaper to opt out. open enrollment has already started. joining us to try figure this out is

i'm stephanie sy. here are your headlines. there is some movement in the stand off over the federal government shutdown. president obama is set to meet with house speaker john boehner. >>> glitches kept people from signing up for government-backed healthcare. millions of americans tried to log on. computer experts are working to fix the bugs. >>> the u.n. humanitarian council is claiming that syrian government is impeding relief efforts. the syrian government said all aid must go through the government. >>> pope francis said it's focused on servicing itself than it's followers. he made the comments in a magazine, and recalled that many of the church narcissists are not doing the work of god. it's the second widely publicized interview the pontiff has granted this week. he has called for tolerance on abortion, contraception and homosexuality. he's meeting with cardinals to discuss church reforms energy >>> today we travel to sri lanka where the boo book tear has doc. reading is popular in the country but the old fashion book is

am stephanie sy.sident obama is once again trying to contain diplomatic fallout over the nsa spying program. new allegations have emerged the agency may have tapped the german chancellor's phone and listened in on private conversations. angela merkel told president obama if the allegations are true, it would be a grave breach of trust between the u.s. and germany. ellen fisher has more. >> reporter: the german government has have been pretty sure something went ongoing public with allegations that the american spied on angela merkel's mobile phone. a spokesman for the german leader described the idea as completely unacceptable. the chancellor herself called the white house, that brought this response. >> i can tell thought president assured the chancellor this the united states is not mourn touring and will not mon the communications of the chancellor. >> reporter: listen to that denial again. >> i can tell that you the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring the comm

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, i am stephanie sy you are watching al jazerra america. stage is set on capitol hill for an 11th our deal to avoid a potential fiscal cries that's could reverberate around the world. congress now has less than 24 hours to raise the debt ceilingful there is hope that a senate proposal could gain traction in the house to tuesday but it didn't happen of after more than two weeks after a government shutdown, americans are hrao*eus losin losing patiee i huh is more. >> reporter: the focus tuesday more than was about a drawing deal one that both republicans s and democrats could agree to. however house republicans through there all wrench in the plans and said they they want like itdidn't likeit, wouldn't d were hatching a plan of their own. the focus was on tuesday what they could come up with. by the end of the day it was all no not because the go period of time plan didn't he had support of it's most cop serve tiff members and has y period from the democrats. the focus has shoved to the senate. we are right where we left off 24 hours earlier.

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy.tial global crisis was averted in washington. providing funding to end the 16-came government shutdown. the house followed suit late wednesday night and president obama quickly signed it quickly in to law. that means federal employees can head back to work on thursday and the government will be able for owe money and pay its bills, mike have care is in washington with more. >> reporter: just before the house voted in an overwhelming fashion to pass that senate bill as well, the president came in to the white house briefing room and struck a co conciliatory toe and said this is much work to be done time to put politics and elections aside. the president will appear at the white house 10:35 in washington to talk about some of the initiatives that he wants to take from here going forward but it's unclear if that die natural i can the gridlock, the poll orr saying that brought the country to this has been alleviated. still conservatives say they will live to fight another day. they vow to

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy. some breaking news to report out of libya this morning. lib january authorities say they don't know the whereabouts of prime minister ali zeidan who has been kidnapped by gunmen at a hotel in tripoli. security guards at the hotel described the situation as resembling an arrest with the prime minister taken by force at gun point. al jazerra has learned he was taken by a group called the linear operations chamber it comes days after he asked the west to help stop the spread of militancy in his country. he says those militants were using libya as a base to export weapons. the kidnapping comes days after a raid by u.s. special forces who captured an al quada leader there. we'll continues to follow the story as news break. edward snowden arrived in how caw on sunday hoping to see his son. the former nsa contractor was granted ahead sigh legal in russia last month. he's responsible for leaking details of government surveillance programs and then fleeing to asia and russia. lon snowden says

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy.rly a month after the roll out the government's health care website is still causing headaches for people who are unable to sign up for coverage. president obama is on the defensive and his health secretary has apologized, mike sresreuviqueira is in washingtoh the story. >> reporter: the website launch was called a did he back the. but the president went on offense defending the new health care law and drawing parallels with another high-profile launch that had its share of problems. before there was obama care, there was romney care. the massachusetts law that was a model for the affordable care act, visiting boston, president obama says the comparison still holds. >> because you guys had a proven model that we building the affordable care act on this template. >> reporter: the president spoke in the same spot where mitt romney his former rival signed the massachusetts law seven years ago. with many having their plans cancel, even after the president promised that they could keep them

. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy.onsidered one of the most influential jobs in the world. on wednesday, president obama is expecting to no, ma'am made januarjanet yellen to prelace bn bernanke as head of the federal reserve. yellen is taking over at a pivotal time for the economy mad the banking industry. kimberly reports. >> reporter: running the central banking system in the united states is one of the most powerful jobs in the world. and the person in charge can directly affect the wallets of every american and the global economy. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: the fed chief is, s the chair is sometimes called sets the price of borrowing money, directly spurring economic growth or curbs inflation, the chair also controls the supply of u.s. money in the world economy. by buying and selling u.s. treasury securities. president obama has announced he will nominate janet yellen for the job. the current head of the u.s. central bank, ben bernanke steps down at the end of january. but if confirmed by the u.s. senate, yel

i'm stephanie sy. "the stream" is next. have a good morning. ♪ >> lisa: welcome back.are talking about non-violent peace efforts between palestinians and israelis. before the break we asked for your thoughts. what are people saying? >> a lot of critcism. here is shareef. how can you expect honest dialogue when palestinians face obstacles just getting to the take. we don't kne and then tristen says dialogue normalizes injustice. there can't be any middle ground for dialogue while structures of injusticebejustice persist. >> lisa: how do you agree with this. i a i gre agree with them. >> non-violence resistance doesn't mean to be enacted to be passive to runaway. on the contrary. it means when you you are meetg the violent entity, which can be the settlers or the army, you confront them. you get bitten but you don't respond with violence. we know from our experience and from india and from south africa and even here from the martin luther king. it's not passiveness, it's on the contrary you have to be very brave in order to confront someone that bit you and not hit back.

i'm stephanie sy with a look at today's top stories. it is day four of the federal government shutdown. president obama has canceled his trip to asia to deal with the budget impasse. senate democrats maintain they will not agree to reopening the government piece by piece. >>> the woman shot and killed in washington after trying to ram the white house gate with our car had been sued by her condominium association for not paying her fees. mirian carey lead police on a high speed chase with we are one year older daughter in the car. workers from fema and the national hurricane center have been called washing -- back to work to prepare for trap call storm karen. >>> the group from anonymous leaders say their actions are for the benefit of everyone by making all information free regardless of laws or national security. those are the headlines. "consider this" is up next. and for updates all day long, aljazeera.com. ♪ >> a a guy this his late 20s, also america diplomacy has been in over drive. if the the u.s. is exceeding or outside -- they a

that's it for me stephanie sy. have a great evening. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. drones in the united states. there will be 30,000 of them flying above your head within the next 20 years. is america ready? ♪ >>> by september 30th of 2015, the faa has to have regulations in place to allow unmanned aerial vehicles, or typically known as drones into the nation's air space. later this week thousands of enthusiastic will be getting together in new york for the drones and aerial robotics conference. amidest the excitement will be discussion about privacy and civil liberties. when you think of the word drone you probably think of surveillance and the military, but as they become more accessible, everyone from farmers to firefighters and animal protection advocates will be using them. but the new era of less-costly surveillance is leading a lot of states to ask how these private drone strikeses should be regulated. conversation. >> yeah, lisa you mentioned the deadline of integration. so we canned

i'm stephanie sy. stay tune for al jazeera for al. evil morales. president of bolivia. why is he so critical of the united states? and why does he want the united nations moved from new york? plus, is he still offering asylum to edward snowden. joins us on talk to al jazeera. >> president morales, it is great to meet you, and have this opportunity to speak to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for this opportunity to speak with you about different aspects that have to do with the life from the country, the region, and the continent. >> our pleasure. in your recent comments, to the united nations general assembly. you suggested that the u.n. should be moved from your city. why do you feel that way? because first, air pie rassey, black male, visas. even some ministers with a president, they don't get visas. i get a visa for four, five, seven days. they consider the cuban president as the promoter of terrorism? what's more, here sometimes you have a shootings, and like there have been in the last few years, and on the other hand, the resolutions that are

i'm stephanie sy with a look at today's top stories. hope for an end to the government shutdown. optimistic that a deal with be struck. >>> dozens are dead after a boat capsizes often the coast of italy just miles were last week's disaster. >> the nobel peace prize of 2013 is to be awarded to the organization prohibition of chemical weapons. >> a watchdog group wins the nobel peace prize. >> president obama and congressional republicans have met face to face, and signs of a thaw seem to be emerging in the deadlock of the government shutdown. >> to both sides of the aisle. he may not want to call it a negotiation. that's what i would call it. and i do view that as progress. >> there has been constructive talks. when it comes to the house republicans in particular there is an indication of a recognition that we need to remove default as a weapon in negotiations. >> wall street likes that both sides are talking. the dow was up 111 points, the second triple-digit gain this week. let's go out to mike viqueira for the latest developments in washington. mike, good evening to you. are we

i'm stephanie sy. egypt has seen one of it's bloodiest days since the government seized. most of the fighting was in cairo but there were clashes in other cities as well. supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi, are there were rival protests at the presidential palace in cairo. a report now from cairo and we are not naming our correspondent for security reasons. >> downtown cairo on sunday. a day for celebrating the military. instead it saw gun fire, tear gas and civil unrest. this was ramsey street north of tar tahrir square. , protesters took to the streets. some marched on tahrir square but on the surrounding streets security was tight. in places police used tear gas to control the crowds. against what they considered an illegitimate government. >> this killer, the streetsd are full of people, struggle against this killer. >> we are all the muslim people, all the egyptian people, one human, anti-government. >> but tahrir square painted a different picture. forming a center of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 october war with israel, secures ch

. >> welcome to al jazeera america i'm stephanie sy. the commuters in the san francisco area are bracing them themselves for a long commute. federal storie investigators are combing through the scene of a train accident that killed two transit workers over the weekend. lisa bernard has this report. the train involved in the accident rolls out of here. and ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused it to plow into two workers checking the track saturday cig bolt of them. cig -- killing both of them. and bart says this was an experienced operator at the controls. the ntsb will look at the employees voferld involved ande investigators will scrutinize the equipment. >> we do a thorough inspection every operation of the train itself. inside and out. the wheels and brakes and the third rail and all of those things. >> the investigators spent four hours on sunday on the tracks between two suburban train stops. they were looking at a dip in the tracks when the train hit them. they will look at it video face from a camera facing int

i am stephanie sy. here are the top stories at this hour.nsit workers in san francisco are officially on strike. the walk out by union workers happening just an hour ago will strand more than 200,000 daily commuters. a bart union official says both sides agree on health care and pension bud remain far apart on pay and work conditions. negotiations have been going on for months. bart workers walked ute for nearly five days back in july. furloughed federal employees are back on the work and national parks have reopened. president obama says the 16-day government shutdown inflicted unnecessary damage to the economy. but tea party members say they remain determine g

>> i'm stephanie sy with a look at today's top stories. republican leaders from the senate met with president obama today. no deal was reached on the government shutdown and debt ceiling. but both sides say they're still talking and some republicans say they're op optimistic that a del will be reached soon. >>> for the second time within a week another boat full of migrants capsized off the coast of italy. three dozen were killed including children, and over 200 were rescued. secretary of state kerry made a visit can president had a made karzai of afghanistan today. they hope to complete negotiations at the end of october. >>> india is bracing for cyclone phailen. it's expected to be the equivalent of a category five hurricane. and the opcw was the winner of the nobel peace prize. the organization prohibition of cremchemical weapons won the pee prize. we've have "real money with ali velshi." >> consumer confidence drops to an all time low. will americans start closing their wallets right before the holidays, plus making sense of interest r

i'm stephanie sy here are the stories we're following for you. >> republicans say they are willing toemocrats aren't listening. mandatory evacuations on the gulf coast due to tropical storm karen. and pope francis follows in the footsteps of his name make. ♪ ♪ >>> it has been fours

i'm stephanie sy. here are the headlines. with the country now in the second week of a government shut down, concerns are focused on another approaching dea deadlin, october 17th, when the country will run out of money to pay its bills. will not raise the debt ceiling without concession he from president obama and the democrats. >>> mein

i'm stephanie sy. a frustrated president obama is expected to address the nation today about his signature health care legislation, the affordable care act. he'll tell the american people that the problem-plagued federal website is unacceptable and layout a plan to get it back on track. >> major technical glitches that have plagued obamacare's health care enrollment website have proven an embarrassment to democrats and giving republican's more ammunition to criticize the plan they vow to get rid of. >> i will do anything and continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obamacare. >> nearly 500,000 applications have been filed through the exchange program, but no figures on actual enrollments have been released by the government, whose own congressional budget office says 7 million should be enrolled within six months. health and human services officials say changes are being made to file on line bugs, tweeting: >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is decline to go s

a am stephanie sy here are the top stories with we are following at this hour. more u.s. spying secrets come to light. the guardian newspaper in london revealed new information from former nsa analyst edward snowden. the report says the nsa tapped the phones of 35 international leaders. germany's chancellor says the u.s. has breached europe's trust. a house committee has begun hearings to investigate the problems with the government's health care website. on thursday the gop led panel asked the developers if the government should have delayed the roll out. the contractors said the timing was not their decision and that problems are being fixed daily. a chinese court has r

i'm stephanie sy with a look at today's top stories. hope for an end to the government shutdown. optimistic that a deal with be struck. >>> dozens are dead after a boat capsizes often the coast of italy just miles were last week's disaster. >> the nobel peace prize of 2013 is to be awarded to the organization prohibition of chemical weapons. >> a watchdog group wins the

i am stephanie sy. here are the top stories.zerra has learn congressional lawmakers plan to draft legislation cutting down on the nsa's power. if passed the bipartisan bill would end the security agency's ability to collect u.s. phone records and restrict who the nsa can spy on. fighting in syria has blocked u.n. inspectors from accessing two chemical weapons facilities. it's a crucial setback in their attempts to rid the countries rivets a chemical weapons. the inspectors did not say whether syrian rebels or the government was responsible for the delay, just that negotiations for access are still underway. abortion rights supporters in texas are celebrating a legal victory after a judge found

i am stephanie sy here are the top tories we are following at this hour.could get testy on capitol hill today as the cers who developed the trouble healthcare do the glove website will testify before a house committee meeting. they are pictured to grill them over why the site was launched before it was ready. german chancellor angela merkel called president obama to complain about reports the nsa has been monitoring her cell phone. the white house said it is not listening to her calls and won't in the future but a spokesman did for the talk about whether or not ther there was any spyinn merkel in the past. a 14-year-old high school freshman is charged with first degree murder for allegedly killing his math teacher.

solemn remindsers of that deadly disaster that, does it for this edition of al jazerra news, i am stephanie sy so much for watching.

. >>> that will do it for this edition of al jazerra news, i am stephanie sy. the stream is next.ember news at the top of every hour and you can always log onto our website aljazerra.com for the latest headlines. accused of adult crimes? we'll talk about the issue of juveniles behind bars. our durable producer is wajahat ali. this is so polarizing. no middle ground. >> some people are saying you know what? they're not developed socially

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america i am stephanie sy.loud of uncertainty was lifted on thursday after the 16-day political standoff finally came to an end. a sense of normally returned to washington and the nation. as hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees went back to work. the day was billed as a political win for president obama and the democrats. but some question if they can capitalize on the victory. mike viqueira has the details from the white house. >> reporter: well, in the aftermath of the overwhelming victory that the president scored political victory any congress on wednesday night the president wanted to build momentum towards his agenda for the rest of the year. he started off by declaring that there were no winners in the debate and the impasse and the crisis that had preceded everything that happened before the vote and certainly if you look through the eyes of those who suffered the $20 billion in economic loss, the 800,000 government workers furloughed at one point or another during the impasse, certainl

. ♪ ♪ >>> i am stephanie sy, this is al jazerra america. leaders in europe are angry the u.s.r paying allegations according to newly published nsa document. they tapped the phones of at least 35 world leaders: it has embarrassed the u.s. and strained relations with some of its strongest allies. >> reporter: there is more employer asment for the obama admin nation, the strove of documents leaked by edward snowden has produced another bombshell. the controversy is growing and so is a rift with a close ali. angela merkel expressing outrage on the fact that america listened in on her telephone phone calls. >> i have made it clear to the american president that spying between friends is unacceptable. i said that in june when he was in berlin and in july and also yesterday in a phone call. it's not about me, it's about the privacy of all jeff marijuana people. between allies there must be trust. and this trust must now be rebuilt. >> reporter: at the white house, spokesman jay carney did not deny the spying had taken place. >> what i can't do and won't do is answer every allegations

.♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america i am stephanie sy.are following breaking news out of san francisco. where the bay area rapid transit agency and union workers have reached a tentative labor agreement ending the ongoing bart strike there. bart said it will be a i believe to restart limited train service tuesday morning after four days without any service. officials say they hope to have the system fully operational by the afternoon commute. details were not released. the union needs to improve the tentative agreement. the town of sparks nevada is waiting for answers after a kay kai on the i can shooting at a middle school left one teacher dead and two students injured. police say a 13-year-old student brought a gun to school and opened fire before turning the weapon on himself. melissa chan has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the incidents took place at 7:16 a.m. local time, about 15 minutes before school was about to start. as mentioned the shooter shot and killed a teacher. a very popular math teacher by the name of michael la

aal think stephanie sy here are the top stories at this hour. less than an hour ago president obama signed the last-minute budget deal that ended the 16-day partial federal government shutdown. both the house and saint approved the bill wednesday it reopens the government and keeps the country from defaulting on its debt. federal workers are being told to report to their jobs in the morning. only several hours since market opened in asia but it seems salt lake they likes it. key markets up were up sharply. in japan at least seven type pete are dead after a typhoon hit the country's pacific coast nearly 50 people are missing. >> cory brooker is in. he defeated republican steve lon gone a state tea party leader. booker had 55% of the vote to lon gone's 44%. lonergan gonzales had received campaign help from ted cruz and sarah palin. the will he at of game marriage could be taken up in michigan. in case of a lesbian company that want to adopt children. those result headlines, "consider this" is up next on al jazerra. you can check us out online at a

. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy. global financialal leaders.tle progress was made on capitol hill over the weekend, both houses of congress will pick up the ball again on monday which is day 14 of the government shutdown. the senate met for a rare session on sunday, members stressed the cost of the government shutdown and it's effects on the american public. >> americans are rightly looking at congress and saying, what are you guys doing? why are you hurting people? why are you hurting families? why are you immaterial peteing our economic recovery? they are also say why aren't you working on what we sent you there to do. on creating jobs, improving our education the system, addressing our nation's long-term fiscal sustainability. >> for more on the government should shushutdown we turn to js been following the events from capitol hill. >> reporter: slow progress made in washington, d.c. regarding the raisings of the debt ceiling. only the senate was in session on sunday. we had a pa rad of senators come to go microphone to his have terry say, b

i am stephanie sy. here are the top stories.jazerra has learn congressional lawmakers plan to draft legislation cutting down on the nsa's power. if passed the bipartisan bill would end the security agency's ability to collect u.s. phone records and restrict who the nsa can spy on. fighting in syria has blocked u.n. inspectors from accessing two chemical weapons facilities. it's a crucial setback in their attempts to rid the countries rivets a chemical weapons. the inspectors did not say whether syrian rebels or the government was responsible for the delay, just that negotiations for access are still underway. abortion rights supporters in texas are celebrating a legal victory after a judge found provisions of the state's new abortion law unconstitutional. the federal judge ruled the measure restrict aid woman's access to abortion clinics. stat is filing an appeal. tuesday marks one year since super storm sandy slammed in to the eats coast in the u.s. 182 lives were lost and the storm caused $65 billion in damage. making it the s

a am stephanie sy here are the top stories with we are following at this hour. more u.s. spying secrets come to light. the guardian newspaper in london revealed new information from former nsa analyst edward snowden. the report says the nsa tapped the phones of 35 international leaders. germany's chancellor says the u.s. has breached europe's trust. a house committee has begun hearings to investigate the problems with the government's health care website. on thursday the gop led panel asked the developers if the government should have delayed the roll out. the contractors said the timing was not their decision and that problems are being fixed daily. a chinese court has rejected ann appeal by senior politician bo. he had been one of the top 25 leaders in the community party. he was found guilty of bribery, immaterial pressal. and us boof power. abuse of power. an unusual sight. special lighting to honor breast cancer awareness month. more than two authority thousand women been diagnosed with the disease this year. the entrance of the navel observatory was glowing pink to

>> welcome to al jazeera america i'm stephanie sy. here are the top stories we are following this hour. pakistan's prime minister nawar sharif. he is to talk to the prize about about drone attacks. aamnesty international and human rights watch released soap rat report raising questions about the legality of the drone strikes. >> gasoline prices could fall to their lowest level in three years by christmas. >> right now the average price is $3.66 a ga gallon. the falling crude could drop the price to $3.16. >> the irs is delaying the start of next years' filing filing set by two weeks they will need to update their computers due to the government shutdown. [ ♪ theme ] >> the blowback from drone strikes. human rights groups say they are killing more civilians than the obama administration admits. that could cause problems abroad. "consider this" is the u.s. becoming more feared in some countries than al qaeda. would not using drones backfire. >> also the fascinating storey of a teen turn extremist who turned again as an adult to fight ou

♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al america i am stephanie sy.e are the top stories we are following at this hour. bait area rapid transit agency and union workers have reached a tentative labor agreement ending the bart strike in san francisco. bart said it will be able to restart limited train service tuesday morning after four days with no service. officials say they hope to have the system fully operational by the afternoon commute. police are trying to find a motive in another middle school shooting this time in sparks, nevada. a math teacher was shot and killed trying to protect his students from the gunman. police say the shooter wounded two other boys his age before turning the gun on himself. president obama says there are no excuses for the problems with the affordable health care website. he says the country's best tech experts are now working on the glitches, but on monday the white house said a planned upgrade to the website had been postponed indefinitely. the online spanish language access promised for this week is also still unava

i am stephanie sy. here are the top stories at this hour..2 magnitude earthquake has rocked a island in the philippines killing at least 20 people, including four children who were killed following a stampede. several buildings have collapsed. the quake was centered about 35 miles underground. annaan al quada suspect accusedf taking part of the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassies in east africa is expected to be arraigned in new york city. he was captured in a u.s. special forces raid in lip i can't on october 5th. court documents allege as early asinine 93 he began plan ago tacks with other al qaeda figures against the u.s. with the debt ceiling den deadline just two days away per operative mick at this ideal will be reached. there are re several plans on te table. and the nsa is collecting millions of contact lists from percentage e-mail and instant messaging accounts according to documents leaked to the washington post by former nsa contractor edward snowden. many of those accounts reportedly belong to americans. those are the headlines. "ame

i'm stephanie sy. here are the headlines. with the country now in the second week of a government shut down, concerns are focused on another approaching dea deadlin, october 17th, when the country will run out of money to pay its bills. will not raise the debt ceiling without concession he from president obama and the democrats. >>> mein benghazi, prebles rebed anas al-liby in his home. >>> outbreak has been linked to three chicken plants owned by foster farms. chicken products were distributorred mostly to retail outlets in california, oregon and washington state. those are the headlines right now. consider this is up next. you can always get the latest news at aljazeera.com. . >> the united states moves against al-qaeda an and al-shabab in two hours. has the white house shifted it's a counterterrorism strategy away from kills in favor of captures. as many uninsured americans have tried to navigate the process of signing up for obamacare those who pay for their own insurance, they're alerted of the new rate, and it didn't pr

. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to al jazeera america i'm stephanie sy.ories we are following this hour. pakistan's prime minister nawar sharif. he is to talk to the prize about about drone attacks. aamnesty international and human rights watch released soap rat report raising questions about the legality of the drone

i'm stephanie sy. today is day four of the government shutdown, but a wild chase and shooting through the streets of washington led to a different kind of shutdown, with police putting the capitol itself on lockdown. erika is here with more details about the chase from the white house to the people's house that brought washington to a stand still. good morning, erika. >> good morning. officers say the woman at the center of the chaos has a history of mental illness. this is 34-year-old miriam carey. she grew up in new york city, but grew up in connecticut. she suffered from serious post partum depression after girl birth last year, which was around the time she was also fired from her job. while police are convinced she did not ram the gates of the white house by accident, they still don't know her motive. >> investigators worked late into the night at the home of the woman who police say caused chaos at the capitol thursday afternoon. the 34-year-old was behind the wheel of the car behind the center o

i'm stephanie sy with a look at today's top stories.r of the federal government shutdown. president obama has canceled his trip to asia to deal with the budget impasse. senate democrats maintain they will not agree to reopening the government piece by piece. >>> the woman shot and killed in washington after trying to ram the white house gate with our car had been sued by her condominium association for not paying her fees. mirian carey lead police on a high speedse

i'm stephanie sy. here are the headlines, more secretes come to light. the guardian newspaper, are from edward snowden, the u.s. has breached europe's trust. a house committee has begun to investigate, the health care website. >>> a chinese court has rejected an appeal by senior