charles stratford, ziway. >> u.n.secretary general ban ki-moon warned that a draft needs to be finalized by 195 nations of the conference and it needs to lower greenhouse gasses. >>> the aim is to become energy independent. the tiny caribbean island of aruba is close. we go to aruba for more. >> aruba is getting a reputation for something that most visitors are unaware of. if all goes well this tiny nation will be energy independent in just five years. >> we have a whole section here that takes care of all the water. >> it's a goal that environmentalists have been promoting for year. the hotel on the edge of aruba's prestige beaches are as ecofriendly as they come, a foss italy that helps his business and the environment. >> i always say to my customers, feel good, because you probably wasting less energy in coming on vacation to aruba than spending it at home. >> but aruba's energy independence has not been easy. energy prices were rising steeply. thousands of barrels of diesel were imported daily to generate power a

charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> the health risks posed by eating too much sugar are well-known. report is highlighting the dangers of hidden sugar in packaged foods. the medical journal says that nearly three-quarters of packaged food and drink in the u.s. contain added sweeteners. they are from hundreds of different forms of sugar. and they say sugar consumption is rising fastest in low and middle-income countries. >>> thailand is the world's second largest exporter of sugar, but it is also a big consumer. sugar has been a mainstay of thai cuisine for sentries. but it is also served as a condoment. with the introduction of sugary drinks, the intake of sugar has increased even more. the average thai consumers 104 grams of sugar each day. that's four times the amount recommended by the world health organization. thailand has the second highist obesity rate in southeast asia, and has seen a spike in cases of diabetes. the movement is going to go after top offender number 1, saying that are going to start to limit advertisements and promotions of sugary drinks. >>> researchers say

charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this girl describes how she was around 13 years old when she started working as a prostitute. that was 15 years ago. her voice will be broadcast on a radio program reaching out to prostitutes across the country. she was made pregnant at 14. she was forced to give her baby away to a stranger. she couldn't afford to raise her and she hasn't seen her since. the radio program is run by an association set up by former prostitutes and mainly funded by an organization in the netherlands. >> translation: the church, of course, says this work is a sin, but the women have no choice because of poverty. the fact is many people use prostitutes and these women have no money. >> reporter: around 80 women come here every day to take classes in hairdressing and sewing, training that is hoped will pave the way towards a better life. the deal with the local bank helps them to put aside modest start up savingss. ethiopia is a deeply conservative society. many of the women say they battle social stigma made harderer when the role of religion in society is so strong

here's al jazeera's charles stratford. >> she and her children's struggle is proof that climate that change hits the world's poorest people the hardest. she says she and her eight children are waiting to receive humanitarian aid. the hot winds of el niÑo generated over the pacific ocean, the effect of which scientists say are being made worse by global warming destroyed this year's harvest in parts of ethiopia. there are 8.2 million people like her who need emergency aid. it says that figure could rise to 15 million in coming months. >> we see nothing this year. we have no plan. it's up to god. after the harvest fails, the men and children who are strong enough left to troy and find work. >> the ethiopian government have allocated money, but international donors have been slow to respond. the u.n. said around 350,000 children are expect to require treatment for malnutrition. ethiopia has plenty of water. >> this is the worst drought to hit some areas of ethiopia since the 1980's. it's important to recognize that this country has vast water resources. this is a lake. the surface area

charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> u.n.al ban ki-moon is warning of serious consequence fist a deal isn't done in the remaining three days of the united nations climate change conference that's happening in paris. a draft text signed on saturday needs to be finalized by 195 nations at the conference. the aim is to reduce global warming by cutting the dependence on fossil fuels which produce greenhouse gas. >>> now, the ultimate aim of many nations is to become energy independent, totally self sufficient in all of their energy needs. the tiny caribbean island of aruba is leading the way hoping for energy independence within five years. andy gallagher followed the to aruba to find out more. >> reporter: they call aruba the happy island. for a place that depends entirely almost on tourism it's an apt nickname. but it's also getting a reputation for something that most visitors here are unaware of. if all goes well, this tiny nation will be energy independent in just five years. >> we have a whole section here that takes care o

charles stratford being al jazeera, addis, a d.a.ba. >>> in brazil a protest against dilma rue sevenlar leader is blamed for growing unemployment. especially among young people. natasha ghoneim spoke to some of them. >> reporter: we found her at a job center in don't rio de janeiro. for the last three months, the 22-year-old has been job hunting and trying to get the money her former employer owes her. the delivery company she used to work for went out of business and all 300 employs lofts their jobs. >> i can do whatever nobody comes up, everything is really hard. i am desperate. >> reporter: in brazil unemployment is arise ago cross the board. but among people 18 to 24 years old. unemployment is highest. it's 19%. according to brazilian bureau of statistics. in the previous three years, it was 14% or lower. in years past seasonal jobs in brazil offers an almost certain path to a full-time job this. year, not so. stores are hiring fewer seasonal workers and he be for those who are lucky enough to get a temporary job, there is no guarantee it will become full time. university student

tennette carlson of stratford will serve on the 16 - member board. ribbon foundation." in case you're wondering -- the fair begins on august 11 -th through the 21 -st it was the final republican presidential debate of the year... name - calling and battles over which candidate would best fight terrorism -- dominated last night's conversation in las vegas. dianne gallager has more the republican presidential hopefuls all said they had a plan to stop isis and keep america secure... but as expected... personalities clashed. presidential candidate "donald, you know, is great at the one liners. but he's a chaos candidate. and he'd be a chaos president. he would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe. " presidential candidate "jeb doesn't really believe i'm unhinged. he said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. it's been a total disaster. nobody cares."senator ted cruz has picked up steam in recent polls in iowa, and spent much of his time taking on fellow senator marco rubio... mostly on their voting records on

charles stratford, al jazeera. >> still ahead on the news hour, counting characte sharks.cientists leading a project to save the ocean's most successful predator. and double trouble. mike tyson met his match in las vegas. we'll have that and the rest of the day's sports in just a moment. >> time for sports news now, here is raul. >> the president of the national athletics has been defending how he has handled doping scandals. he insisted that his organization was getting its house in order. >> have there been failures, yes. will i fix them, absolutely. i'm absolutely focused on doing that. if we don't do that, i know there are no tomorrows in my sport. this is the crossroads. >> lee wellings has been watching proceedings saying that coe was questioned on a variety of subjects. >> the questions came over the controversial link with nike. he was ambassador for nike for many years. now he has had to give up that role, but he was asked why didn't you give it up sooner? he has been in charge of world athletics for a hundred days. he said if he would have known there was going t

charles stratford, al jazeera, ziway. >> russia's defense minister said that the first missiles havebeen fired at islamic state targets. he told the russian president vladimir putin that the missiles have hit their targets in raqqa. russia has been reinforcing the contingent near the border. we have more now on the significance of the move. >> the ethnically mixed region has historically been where the ottoman empire and russian empire clashed. now, of course, modern russia and modern turkey are straigh separated by azerbaijan and armenia and georgia. the two caucasian countries have an unresolved and occasionally deadly conflict over the contested region. now that russia and turkish relations are deteriorating, the caucuses are the place to watch for increased tension. the handful of attack and helicopters that russia has sent to one of its armenian air bases, it is not in itself a huge military build up, but by the end of the year turkey will be watching closely. >> less than a week afte after thafter the warning levels in beijing, schools are closed and cars are banned from the ci

charles stratford reporting live for us.nk you. >>> coming up later -- >> tonight they step off the plane as refugees, but they walk out of this terminal as permanent residents of canada. >> reporter: a power-packed welcome for a group of syrian refugees who arrived in canada. >>> it has taken four days and four nights and a cost of over a thousand people, and people on television, radio, and online. what am i talking about? well, the reading of perhaps the greatest novel in russian literature, it's tolstoy's war and peace. >>> and find out if the surf who survived a shark attack can now win a world title. >> water pressure hitting faults and making earthquakes. >> there were a lot of people that were telling me i need to be careful how i say things. >> how many lives have to be lost? >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >>> welcome back. here are

charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> the gambia is notice officially a muslim republic. it's to distance the nation from the colonial past. it was controlled by britain by more than 150 years until 1965. 95% of the gambia's population are muslim. >>> technology is on the way to help combat the campaign by isil fighters to destroy the cultural heritage of the middle east. british volunteers archaeologists are to photograph ancient temples and shrines to be rebuilt. from oxford, jessica baldwin reports. >> reporter: packing up 3d cameras and all the materials they need to photograph important sites of cultural heritage. we can't show the simple low cost cameras they use because it might endanger the photographers. it's a race against time to send the cameras to syria. trying to keep one step ahead of isil fighters and their destruction of ancient sites including the 2,000--year-old temple at palmyra they destroyed in august looting the sight for valuable antiquitieantiquities. >> we can come in in short order and put the structures back the way they were and people can get

getting to the east of smithtown and brentwood to babylon and deer park, there is the rain in if stratford and connecticut. just right now leaving belmar and neptune down to lbi and barnegat. shore as well. this storm system will put on the brakes offshore. see the gusty winds over the ohio valley. that's cold. that -- there is a lag before the chilly air arrives, teens, below freezing in chicago. that is coming in this weekend. by saturday freezing or below. better half of the weekend not as harsh. let me show you the temperatures overnight as the rain moves away from long island 8:00, 9:00, in the 50s overnight. tomorrow morning a chill north and west. 35 to 41. we clear from northwest to southeast during the day. brighter skies in the afternoon hours. then watch what happens tomorrow night. once we clear and the colder winds kick in,ing look at the snow shower depicted across the hudson valley. mid-20s to mid-30s feeling like around 20 to 25 on saturday morning. so, cloudier on the coast. about 50. clearing late day. look at saturday. 40 feels like 30s all day long. maybe a couple of fl

charles stratford has more now from the ethiopian capital. >> it's not known exactly how many people have been killed activists say this video shows police firing in a demonstration at an university more than 500 kilometers east of the capital. activists say that there are protests like this lapping almost every day. contributing to the country's booming economy, one of the fastest growing in the world, a government plan to, as it describes, enter integrate development across the wider region is facing growing opposition from many of the people who live here. no one we asked would speak on camera. but these farmers have been offered cash to give up their land to developers. the vast majority of the people feel they have violated their rights. we contacted people in villages where we heard there were protests, and we recorded this conversation. >> the federal police are here. it is impossible to move. three people are dead. there are people who have been wounded. some of them have been hit in their legs. but there are others who have been imprisoned. >> the question is development is

he was born in manchester, graduated from dover senior high school, and lived in stratford. he enlisted in the army and 2013 and served one sure and afghanistan. today governor hassan expressed her sympathy. governor hassan: my condolences to corp. -- corporal aimesbury' s family. man who gave his life to keep the rest of a safe and free. mike: the army says his death is under investigation. mike cronin, wmur news 9. shelley: the debate over the proposed kinder morgan pipeline continues. today hundreds gathered at the state house in protest. kinder morgan says the pipeline that would run through parts of southern new hampshire would decrease electricity costs. but as wmur' s heather hamel explains live, people protesting fear they' d have to foot bill. -- the bill. heather: yes, they came from all walks of life, past and present elected officials, business owners. they say that the kinder morgan type line is bad for the state. speaker after speaker aired concerns. kinder morgan says the pipeline could reduce electric bills by 35% because the natural gas worry new hampshire r

the 21-year-old was a native of stratford and went to dover seen juror high school. corporal aims aimesbury was at fort stewart if georgia when he was critically injured. it's unclear what happened, the commander of aimesbury's battalion releasing a statement that reads, corporal andrew aimesbury was an exceptional leader and an extraordinary man. he was universally liked throughout the battalion for his competence as a warrior and his caring nature. >> vanessa: developing news now in the mbta's run away train investigation. tonight, a source confirming what fox 25 reported yesterday, that a cord was wrapped around the controls of the train. that cord after breaking into the train's cab. during a news conference held this afternoon, which we took live on myfoxboston.com. >> the t also confirmed the operator also did not secure the brakes. >> the operator of the train remains on leave, but could face termination. >> also new tonight, changes are happening effective immediately and those changes could be noticeable to riders. fox 25's kerry kavanaugh is litch livein bo

charles stratford. >>> more to come for you on the labarbera news hour, waiting for change.er months of war, yemen prepares for what could be a crucial ceasefire. >>> in sport the latest nba action as oklahoma and golden state warriors continues their run of form. >>> plus. >> i am jessica baldwin in axford where scientists are preserving the cultural heritage of syria. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back you are watching the arsenal news hour. a recap of the top stories, 195 countries have said yesterday to a landmark deal on climate change. the cop 21 agreement asks all nation to his limit their greenhouse gas emission. a last-minute sticking point order wording threaten today derail the talks but since countries have taken the floor to praise it. al jazeera's environment editor nick clark has been at the such and it's filed this report. >> reporter: the moment the world agreed to tackle climate change. [speaking foreign language] clap clam. >> reporter: and so the paris agreement was born. and emotions spilled over. to bring northern 190 countries together was an extraordinary a chief.

and parts of the country are experiencing one of the worst droughts in 30 years and charles stratford the story. >> reporter: she and her children struggle and perhaps proof that climate change hits the world's poorest people the hardest. she says she and her eight children are waiting to receive humanitarian aid. winds of el-nino over the pacific ocean the effects of which scientists say are being made worse by global warming have destroyed this year's harvest in parts of ethiopia. the u.n. says there are 8.2 million people who need emergency aid. it says that figure could rise to 15 million in coming months. >> translator: we have nothing this year. we have no plan. it's up to god. after the harvest failed the men and children who are strong enough left to find work. >> reporter: ethiopia government has $192 million but say $600 million may be needed and donors have been slow to respond and u.n. says around 350,000 children are expected to require treatment for malnutrition. but ethiopia has plenty of water. this is the worst drought to hit the ethiopia since the 1980s but it's impo

i think it's very logical that to read this as stratford does, it's the russians trying to use sa-17, advanced surface to air system that would target planes the turkish air force uses american-made f-16s, not exclusively but they have 2 of them. so that russians using their system at the behest of syria, they may target f-16s which are american made and the reason the u.s. is not flying is they want to avoid any kind of direct standoff with russia over this. >> then the russians got what they wanted and we're not getting what we wanted and yet vlad is participating with us all of a sudden. doesn't sound participatory. >> it's not collaboration. i don't like putin. i i like isis a lot less. so we could coordinate with them and put the pressure on the isis regime but we need to understand that russia there is night, candidating around and have a vested interest in keeping assad and his family or people in power. so, russia is not going to give up on that. it's time we assess the situation. do we really want to kill isis? are paris, after san bernardino, after the president visited dod,

temperatures in the 30s in fairview county, along the coast in fairfield and stratford. just above freezing now, 34 degrees. in poughkeepsie 35, warmer as you head south. tracking some fog out there this evening. visibility down to three-quarters of a mile. otherwise visibility is pretty good. futuretracker shows tomorrow morning, heading out the door for your commute, nice and quiet. no rain, nothing going on. lots of clouds and maybe a few slick spots in the hudson valley. you see a few green shots around 6:00. no more rain but steadier showers do arrive overnight tomorrow into thursday morning. you can see on thursday morning waking up, this is new year's new year's eve day dry as they're piling into times square and also dry for revelers where you'll be partying. 41 degrees at midnight on new year's. temperatures in the mid-40s and wind chills in the 30s. once we head into the new year, maybe a few flurries north and west of town. then we're coasting along. it looks like we might get above freezing in central park but not until january. by the way, that will be the l

chars stratford, al jazeera,ed a disaba ba. >> you can watch the report on aljazeera.com. you can also see the other stories we're covering for you on al jazeera. you'll find it all at aljazeera.com. >>> new developments in the san bernardino investigation, a friend of the couple that cord out the attack could face charges. >>> one district prompted to keep students home after a threat. >>> my reaction is how? how with all the testimony apartment evidence, how? >> mistrial, prosecutors in the case of a baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray will have to try again after jurors failed to reach a verdict.

suzanne stratford has the story. 'santaaaaa' an exciting milestone for children .. ....creating precious memories for parents... ....especially that all important picture. daddy got you huh something samantha and josh wade definitely wanted for their two year old son ryland he deserves to experience everything as parents its our job to make sure that happens during labor and delivery ryland experienced a lack of oxygen to the brain which resulted in epilepsy as well as spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsey. last holiday season..dozens of seizures prevented him from seeing santa but with new medication samantha says they were hopeful this year hes loving hes happy even though hes non verbal he knows how to convey emotions and then they heard of something calming experience for children with special needsno loud music nothing to overwhelm a child 2.22 they made their appointment for sunday morning at belden village mall in canton... but before leaving ... my husband josh was getting ryland ready to go and ryland went in

he grew up in stratford, new hampshire, and served one tour in afghanistan. he was just 21 years old. >>> a brave survivor of the sandy hook tragedy was honored at a game last night. the celtics called her a hero. she said she's a teacher, not a politician. as jim armstrong reports, this >> reporter: to be sure this is a bittersweet moment for caitlyn. friday night, the celtics bestowed upon her the hero among us award, recognizing the nonprofit she runs that teaches grade schoolers about compassion and tolerance. >> all would have been lost if i had chose ton focus on the evil actions of that day -- chosen to focus on the evenle actions of that day. >> reporter: three years ago, she was in hell. she barricaded her fist grade class in a bathroom, protecting gunman. >> every, single second of every minute of every day is the anniversary. monday is three years, and that's very real and very raw. it's every minute of every day. >> reporter: in the three years since, she has watched astounded as the mass shootings have continued. >> completely senseless, and i am

stratford over six inches, 5.5 in brentwood and concord, the state' s official number, 4.2 inches. the winter weather advisory still in effect for some parts of the state of north. it has expired in central and it can see the heaviest snow even in northern new hampshire winding down but it will be intermittent with a few snow showers at times. we are seeing freezing drizzle out there and a few more flurries but no more accumulation expected in northern new hampshire. here are the overnight lows, and we could see more ice in the morning because it has not warmed up one iota. more eyes from the freezing drizzle that been falling in making a thin layer of ice. we will talk about tomorrow' s forecast and through new year' s eve as well. tom: things are not that much better right now. let' s go live to adam sexton for a look at some of today' s travel problems. adam: not a great day to be out on the roads and not a great night to be out on the roads either. the snow stopped a long time ago in this region but ever since drizzle, and sleet making the first storm of the season was not much

six inches of snow around stratford, just over six inches of snow. a nice bit of snow for ski country. some spots, upwards of eight inches of accumulation there. the thickest of the cloud cover moves to our east later this morning and sets up one or two sunny breaks into the afternoon. for southern areas of the state, especially after this lead, a chance to get above freezing this afternoon. you will notice back to our west skies. control. that leaves us with a couple of fairly weak systems to track over the next few days. mid-20' s in southern spots. upper 20' s to the west. west. tomorrow may be our last day the colder air arrives on sunday night and into monday. high temperatures today, low and mid 30' s for most. there are a couple of areas reporting a little bit of drizzle around in southern parts of the state with a mostly cloudy sky into the afternoon. you can see that futurecast paints little hope for abundant sunshine this afternoon. there could be slick spots later on this evening and through the overnight hours as temperatures go back belo

we have this mild weather in can't find any cold out there. 51 in stratford. lots of sunshine, a few clouds in the mix as well. and a mixed sky in the afternoon. partly sunny we're calling it. day. certainly mild. as we head into tomorrow, more sunday. the got a cold front kind of not a lot of sun for your sunday. you can see the cloud pretty much locked in here and spotty drizzle a possibility. the real rain doesn't arrive until monday and especially monday late in the day. for a high temperature, 63 degrees. fog returns tonight. it could be dense at times. 54 degrees your low temperature. the warm weather goes on right into next week. 62 on monday. that's when it turns breezy with more steady rain. still mild enough for plain old rain. temperatures stay in the 50s until friday. looks like friday into saturday and next weekend is when we could see a return to at least closer to normal temperatures. the ups and downs of news 4 new york, you can see the latest forecasts, use our sbrak interactive radar. the news 4 new york app available in the app store right n

officers in deerfield tried to pull over a pickup driven by derek kelley in stratford. but kelley took off, dragging an officer. michael hilber was in the passenger seat. they robbed a dollar general store in florida. hilber was shot and killed by police after he allegedly threatened officers. kelley is now behind bars. sean: a man is in the hospital hudson. police in the new hampshire -- and the new hampshire spca have removed more than a dozen animals from a property in sandown in an animal cruelty case. coming up, a little girl in new jersey panicked after knocking paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders s

his sentencing will begin at stratford county superior court in dover at 9:00 this morning. erin: right now, a section of route 85 in exeter is closed due to a crash. dot says the car took down a pole and some wires and repairs are underway. there is no word on whether anyone was hurt. firefighters in milton are trying to figure out what caused a fire that left a family homeless three days before christmas. the family, which includes a set of twins in kindergarten, lost everything. the milton public safety association is collecting out. toys, clothing, money will be away. people in newmarket are coming together to help another family that lost their christmas gifts in a fire. officials say it was likely caused by a kitchen appliance. fire. donations have started coming into the fire station to help the family. the search is on for whomever is throwing full water bottles of vehicles in londonderry. investigators say it happened five times over the weekend. two of the cars have significant >> somebody is not expecting an object to come flying out of a vehicle and strike there'

charles stratford, al jazeera. >> the album that changed the future of pop music. ♪ he's a real nowhere>> 50 years ago customers flooded record stores around the world to get a copy of beatles rubber soul. the title was a play on plastic soul, a name african american singers gave too nick jagger. t. i'll be back in two minutes. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. act of terrorism. investigators say the couple that murdered 14 in california may have been inspired by i.s.i.l. >>> what's in a name? the implications on putting the terrorism label on the san bernardino massacre. >>> home base, journalists get access to the apartment the couple shared with their six month old

all of his fellow he was born in manchester, graduated from dover senior high school, and lived in stratford. he enlisted in the army in 2013 and served in one tour and afghanistan. the army says his death is under investigation. coming up at 6:00, we will hear from governor hassan. wmur news 9. josh: marketing students at unh could play a role in fighting the spread of terror. the state department asked them, and students at other schools around the country, to develop anti-extremism media campaigns. jennifer crompton joins us from the seacoast bureau tonight to explain. jennifer: we know high school students are impressionable and susceptible and heavy users of social media. what better way to fight online recruitment than enlisting young people to come up with ideas. 12 unh marketing majors embraced the idea as a semester long project. it involves taking a pledge. it is called the packs pledge, the latin word for it -- it is called the pax pledge, the latin word for peace. they used what they found to launch a facebook page, twitter, and instagram accounts of and a website, as well as tea

you can see that near the port washington area and extending up to the stratford, connecticut, area. we'll put this into motion. you can see how this is advancing northward with another slot of pretty good rain coming out of southeastern pennsylvania and clipping by wildwood in atlantic city. that's sliding northward on the wide view. we'll deal with this the first one-half of the night, maybe a little longer. and tomorrow we bust into the milder air as the storm heads northward. the warm front just about on top of us. that will come through and we get into this air, the milder air. look at your day planner tomorrow. we'll call for clouds, maybe a shower and breaks of sun, but 65 by 9:00 a.m. 70 lunchtime. 73 in the afternoon. and there goes the futurecast showing us into the warm air with the risk of a couple of showers. morning, clouds in the afternoon. we'll be mid and upper 60s an christmas day and showery weather returns for the weekend. rain and fog tonight. 50s in the burbs. 73 tomorrow with record warm temperatures and a fair amount of clouds along with a couple of showers. s

she was fired from her paraprofessional job at worcester middle school in stratford. >>> happening now, police are looking for a man wanted in connection with the fires in forest hills. newly released surveillance video shows the man walking along the road. it was recorded before sunday night's fire, the seventh since october. most of the fires have been at construction sites. police have not yet determined a motive. >>> and today the federal corruption trial of dean skelos and his son adam could go to the jury. he was the powerful new york state senate leader at one point. yesterday prosecutors told the jury that he, quote, strong son no-show jobs. skelos argued he did nothing illegal while helping his son's career. >>> coming up on 5:34 right now. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, i was just thinking, you know those little snow pane decorations they have on 5th avenue? it's like the only snow we're going see. >> the way it's going, this week and next week, that's how it looks. above-normal temperatures will be the main weather theme. no snow. sorry, snow lovers. chilly s

from stratford and he graduated from high school. the dover public church will have a public visitation before saturday's funeral. >>> taking a vacation to cuba. the pow ewe lar airline could soon be a reality. closer to restoring regularly scheduled trips than ever before. the move will allow airlines like jet blue, american and united to fly to cuba. right now americans have to dry expensive charter flights that are difficult to built. >>> in spain, the prime minister being punched in the face during a campaign event. the prime minister was not hurt but has a deep red mark on his it happened in the small city in the northwestern part of spain. the suspect was a juvenile and he was arrested immediately after this punch. time to hire a new security detail julie. >> yes, it is. 6:16. take you out to that live skyfox video over east board skyfox video over east board boston. we have an issues with fallen power cables on route 1 a northbound between boardman street. it had been closed and accidents nearby. as you can see, we have a tow

charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> do say with us, plenty more to come, including we report from papuaew guinea on a victorian disease that is making a deadly comeback. plus -- >>> they are thinking about social issues, political issues. they are using art for one of the main reasons that it exists. >> we'll meet art's newest superstars who say they are not artists. >>> and in the sports news chris paul shows his class as the l.a. clippers win again. action from the nba just a few minutes away. ♪ >> every monday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> these are very vivid, human stories. >> if you have an agenda with people, you sometimes don't see the truth. >> "talk to al jazeera". monday, 6:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. these are the top stories on the al jazeera news hour. the u.s. has announced

corporal andrew aimesbury of stratford died this month during a live fire training accident. the funeral is set for saturday and all flags will fly at half-staff in the granite state on saturday. >> vanessa: new hampshire's first in the nation primary is set for february 9th, 2016. secretary of state bill gardener set the date today. he has exclusive power to decide the date and must make it at least seven days prior to any other similar contest. experts say the decision was widely expected given the lack of pressure from other states. the iowa caucuses are set for february w. -- february 1. happening right now, "star wars" fans are lined up at theaters the newest "star wars" movie. >> mark: right now, the big crowds are also having police very busy, as you can imagine. robert goulston is live in braintree where the first >> the reporter: mark, the lines are starting to fill up here and some of these people bought tickets months ago and there are strict policies, there's a costume policy. some "star wars" fans like to come in full costume, but police have been working with a

three two-year old derrick stratford and 23 year-old norris greenhouse junior facing murder and attempted murder charges now. police say back in november they have fired into a car driven by chris hugh, hurting him, and killing his son. the the officers said they fired at hugh's car after he tried to back into them. video from a police body camera led to those arrests. >>> a former oklahoma city police officer has been convicted of raping woman whom prosecutors say he stalk while working a beat in the low income neighborhood. daniel broke down in court as verdict was red. jury quick him of 18 counts connected to eight of the 13 women all of whom were black. jurors acquitted him on 18 other counts and investigators say he used his gps in the patrol car and police databases, to verify the victim's story. >> this is sexual assault, women being targeted because they are vulnerable. women who were specifically targeted because they are black and they are poor and they have had some contact with the system. >> he could spend the rest of his life in prison. jury recommended that he serve 263 yea

the victoria soto school in stratford, connecticut, opened in august. >> talked to soto's father about the tragedy and the changes that came from it. >> december 14th, today, is three years that my daughter has been killed. >> carlos soto came to new jersey to get away from the painful memories of the murderous assault that ricochetted around the world, where his 27-year-old daughter victoria became a hero by saving the lives of many of her students, sacrificing her own. >> and when i cry, it is not for anger, for joy, knowing that my daughter, what she did, i will never forget. >> reporter: soto met me on a beach in atlantic city for this exclusive interview, coming to new jersey to visit friends, not staying home in connecticut to relive terror, reluctant at first to talk publicly on this painful day. >> it truly takes the steps that she took, it would have been more people killed, more kids. >> reporter: soto's family has rallied around their fallen angel, starting a 5k run back home for scholarship money to help others. he's disappointed efforts to tighten gun sales to the mentally

he was from stratford. tomorrow the dover baptist church will hold a public visitation before sunday's funeral. >>> a marathon bombing survivor passed away unexpectedly. kevin white died at his home after the family said was an illness. he was at the finish line when the bombs went off. he was hit with shrapnel and suffered ear damage. >>> worcester fire fighters are urging pooh tome have working smoke detectors in their home. the fire that killed two siblings in their burncoat street home is still under investigation. according to the worcester telegram, the house did not have smoke detectors. the fire chief says working smoke detectors would have been beneficial in all five deaths this past year. >>> taking a vacation to cuba on. a popular airline could become reality. close to restoring regularly scheduled gift than ever before. like jet. flying to cuba. right now americans have to fly charter flights are fly charter flights are >>> the owner of great bay uber. he says uber drivers are violating the tran

. >> graduated from dover senior high school and lived in stratford. his family lives in somersworth. his battalion commander says corporal aimesbury will always be a member of the first ranger battalion and his memory will make us all better men. the army says his death is under investigation. >> we are mourning corporal aimesbury as just a great example of a fine, fine new done so much for all the rest of us. >> senators kelly ayotte and jeanne shaheen praising corporal aimesbury for his service and bravery. mike cronin, wmur, news 9. >> a second person has been arrested in connection to a murder in manchester last month. adrien stillwell is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the death of michael pittman. the other man appeared for a probable cause hearing. pittman's murder. defense lawyers say witnesses in the case gave conflicting happened and somebody else homicide. the lead investigator in the case say witnesses saw three people in the area before the gunfire. concord police are investigating whether two purse snatchings in two days are

corporal andrew aimesbury of stratford died this month during a live fire training accident. the wake is set for friday in dover. his funeral set for saturday and on saturday, all flags in the state will fly at half-staff. in springfield, a park will be named after a marine killed during a terror attack on u.s. soil. gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan died in a mass shooting at a recruiting center in tennessee. he will be moss hue miscellaneously awarded the purple heart. >> vanessa: local shoppers getting a big surprise, while thursday and friday fill up their grocery carts. >> mark: what big papi was doing in massachusetts this afternoon. >> are synthetic fields safe for kids to live on. parents want to know and so now >> revenues continue to slide at the state's only slot parlor. why the chairman of the gaming commission says he's not worried. >> kevin: tracking rain moving through in time for the evening drive. live storm trac i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage belong

the stratford native graduated from dover high school, services will be held at dover baptist church saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. friday evening at that same church. >> mark: a child killer has lost an appeal to change his name. charles james wanted a name to coinside with his wicken religion and a judge said no and an appeals court upheld that decision. in 1997 james and another man abducted raped, and killed jeffrey curly of cambridge and stuffed his body inside a plastic container, later found in maine. both men are serving life sentences. >> vanessa: a safety app has made its way to bridgewater university. ray's guardian let's student quickly connect to help in crisis. there's a panic button to call bridgewater state police and let officers know exactly where the student is and a feature tore students to check in with friends. ray guardian is a free download for iphone and android users. >> mark: more than 100 staff members across 30 massachusetts schools now know how to administer narcan. they were trained today, on when hand how to use the overdose reversing drug. nurses and

corporal andrew aimesbury died after a live fire training exercise, the 21-year-old was a native of stratford, and went to dover senior high school. corporal amesbury which was at fort stewart in georgia when he was critically injured, but it's unclear exactly what happened. the commander of aimesbury's battalion releasing a statement that reads in part, corporal andrew aimesbury was ran exceptional ranger leader and an extraordinary man, he was universally liked throughout the battalion for his competence as a warrior and his caring nature. >> vanessa: a close call for people living in this worcester home after a car slams into the front of their house. it happened on main street. the porch ripped off of the house and the front door was damaged. our photographer tells us it appears the driver ran from the scene. >> >> ted: now to a time lapse, showing the sunset on boston just a couple of hours ago. it started out very foggy this morning, but after it burned december day. storm tracker weather meteorologist rob eichert, two weeks away from christmas and it certainly doesn't feel that way. >>

jeremy hammond who hacked into stratford and released 5 million e-mails, including e-mails that show that the government and private security firms are attempting to link nonviolent occupy movements with al-qaeda. we use it in our trial. julian assange and others. one of the problems is that we look back in history of these figures, these great resistance figures, malcolm x, fannie lou hamer, sitting bull, and we kind of hold them up but we are unable to see those figures with their own midst because the state, and snowden would shortly be one of them, because this did so effectively demonizes of them and makes us afraid to identify with him and stand up for them. and that was, that was true for all of our great resistance figures and profits and martyrs. people forget how hated i figured even martin luther king was while he was alive. these are common and you know, history is important but often times i think we, we don't learn the lessons of history. we don't understand what it means to make moral choice, to take moral risk and the costs that always comes with taking more risks. be

the final copy, the final letter, which is on loan to the national park here at appomattox from stratfordon display in marshall was tasked with writing lee's acceptance letter of the terms. but marshall lacked paper. grant's staff quickly produced paper for colonel marshall. right there in the mclean parlor, you have the inner dependency between the north and the south. while waiting for the final letters to be completed, lee mentioned a grant he had a thousand of grant's men prisoners. mainly captured at the april 6th battle of high bridge near farmville. and lee dropped another rather large hint saying he had no food for grant's men and, indeed, he had nothing for his own men. no food for his own men. grant responded that he could send over 25,000 rations to feed lee's army. lee gratefully acknowledged that that was ample. well, drafting the letters continued, grant introduced some of the officers in the room with him, including general seth williams. general lee knew seth williams well. williams had been lee'sage -- from 1852 to 1855. another person that general grant introduced was a

the 24-year-old army ranger grew up in stratford, new hampshire, and served one tour in afghanistan. >>> a lynn man is under arrest for a double murder in revere. michael deleon has been charged in the crime. he is accused of shooting three people inside of the wake street home. that third person is seriously wounded. police are saying nothing about a motive tight. >>> pamela is here now with a look at a nice weekend forecast. >> beautiful weekend. dry with a few clouds passing by. boston, plymouth 51. 32 in orange. you have a ways to go to get into the upper 50s and lower 60s today. we'll make it with plenty of sunshine to help us along with a light breeze in the west- south west. the high temperature is still mild this evening. overnight, 4 2, driedle, fog and -- drizzle, fog and clouds giving us a cooler day for sunday. keep in mind, the average high is 42. monday's back up to 60. not a bad looking forecast. >> all right, pamela. thank you. we'll see you again in 30 for [barks] are those... you there... stormtroopers! halt! turn here. go go! follow them! bb-8! beep, beep! this way

right now it's 49 degrees in stratford. nice comfortable temperatures to start the day. as i mentioned before, without the fog, it's pretty decent to get outdoors. 60 degrees right now in central park. 46 in morristown. that's one of the cooler spots on the map. practically nothing going on, on storm tracker. just a few light sprinkles and showers. as we widen the view, we can see still hundreds and hundreds of miles away. it's going to take a while to get here. as a matter of fact, our model data is starting to depict this front moving through later than originally expected. so we'll see that here on future tracker. a few peeks of sunshine later on in the day, especially in the jersey shore area where temperatures could get close to 70 degrees this afternoon. heading into monday, more clouds. we will see those clouds on the increase as we head through the day on monday. so don't expect a lot of sunshine there, but we should stay dry until we get toward the evening commute. our next line of showers arriving by dinner time on monday. 7:00 they're starting to push into nor

1973, it was the stratford motor in. right next to i-95 in connecticut. the whole team came in.you, stuart. otherwise i would not be sitting here with you, buddy. i was pretty easy to deal with that breakfast. [laughter] >> you were. i am sorry. i have to ask a very important question here. hillary or trump for joan in -- joe nemeth? >> until you have to make a decision, it utilized the time. try to get the best possible call. >> you guaranteed that the jets would win the super bowl. i remember that. who are you going to guarantee will win the super bowl this year? do not tell me the jets. >> i wish. more importantly, to me at this time, is that alabama clemson tied winning this next game against michigan state. stuart: it was an honor and pleasure to have you with us. congratulations on the successful treatment. good stuff, sir. thank you. we appreciate it. >> star wars sweeping the nation. legally changing his name to darth vader. find out why. ♪ ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from c

i ask because i wonder if you remember me. 1973, it was the stratford motor inn next to i-95 in connecticutwaiter. the whole team came in. [laughter] i served boozer, remember him? and i served you. and you gave me a whopping great big tip. i don't know that you remember me. [laughter] but i remember joe namath, i really do. >> i remember you, stuart, otherwise i wouldn't be sitting here with you, buddy. you were terrific and i was pretty easy to deal with at breakfast, right? toast, coffee, what did we know then? >> you were and you still gave a big tip even though it's breakfast, joe namath. i'm sorry, i've got to ask an important question here. hillary or trump for joe namath? [laughter] >> i think knowing the quarterbacking business, until you have to make a decision, utilize the time to get everything straight and try to get the best possible call. ashley: scrambling. stuart: you guaranteed that the jets would win the super bowl, i remember that, i was in america then. who are you going to guarantee wins the super bowl this year? don't tell me the jets. [laughter] >> i wish, i wish the