tom ackerman has more on the race. >> reporter: in north carolina, like most u.s. states polling stations have opened. democrats here have been anxious to bag votes early, before a republican head wind hits on election day. as president obama's approval rating sinks, thom tillis has gained ground by roping democratic incumbent kay hagan to obama's record as fightly as he can. especially to the president's unpopular landmark reform known as obama care. >> senator hagon voted with obama, served as a rubber-stamped for his failed policies, promised to go to washington to get things done and civil. >> reporter: hagan indicated how many times she voted against the president. >> i voted against the president in relation to the keystone pipeline and trade tiles. i voted against my parties budget because it had too deep cuts to the military. >> reporter: six years ago hagan swept into office on obama's coat-tails when north carolina helped to put him in the white house. likely voters in north carolina and other battle ground states on the average became older, wider and mo

we go to tom ackerman. to get to the supreme court someone must be suing the u.s. government. who is that in this case? >> the people who are suing are the family, the parents of the boy who was born in west jerusalem, the part that israel has had control of since 1948, but when they applied for a passport at the u.s. embassy in tel aviv, they were told that they could not register him or have it printed as jerusalem, israel, rather just jerusalem. that is keeping with a decades old policy in the united states that it maintains a policy of neutrality about the status of jerusalem. the family says that it is not trying to make foreign policy here. it is not trying to challenge the president's ability or power to establish a policy about whether jerusalem status should ultimately be determined in the course of israeli-palestinian talks. simply to express their right to that kind of declaration. but the u.s. state department on the part of the government said that it does have foreign policy implications given the fact that anything regarding jerusalem is always something that is

tom ackerman has more on thely race from raleigh, north carolina. >> in north carolina, like most u.sates, polling stations have already opened, democrats here have been most age, to bank votes early when they fear a republican head wind hits on election day. as barack obama's ratings sink, challenger tom 'til is has gained ground by roping incumbent kay hagan to obama's record as tightly as he can. especially to the president's unpopular landmark healthcare reform, widely known as obama care. senator hagan voted with president obama 96% of the time. she served as a rubber stamp for president obama's failed policies. she promised she would go to washington and get thins done and she has failed her promise. >> hagan has countered by pointing to how often she has voted against obama. >> i disagree with the president. i think we need to build the keystone pipeline, trade deals. i have voted against trade deals because sent this too many north carolina jobs overseas and i voted against my own party's budget because it had too deep of cuts to our military. >> kay hagan. >> six years ago, h

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: this was the 35th test polite for the passenger plane, by only the fourth time it had been due to reach the edge of space under its own power, as seen in the last test mission a carrier aircraft lifted it to a height of almost 14,000 meters. at that point, the plane was supposed to separate, ignite its own rocket motor and climb to an altitude of 21,000 meters. instead, the plane crashed in to the mojave desert floor north of los angeles. one pilot was killed. another injured. >> i knew when other themes weren't happening it wasn't because of something did happen. it was a what i was not hearing and not seeing. and so it was, you know, if there was a huge explosion, it didn't occur, i didn't see it. >> reporter: more than 700 people have paid dips for a seat aboard the enterprise, which would give them just a few minutes ride in space. the in addition ticket price, $250,000. >> we are going to get through it. the future rests in many ways on hard days like this. but we believe we owe it to the folks who were flying these vehicles. >> reporter: the cr

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. >>> tom ackerman is in washington, d.c. not far away from where those protests took place. lk, tom, about the kind of national consequences as we look, show our viewers live pictures from ferguson. a place that people probably never heard of until michael brown was killed back in august and now a kind of focus of national concern. what is the political environment like in the belt way after the midterms, for real profound change that seems to be being called for by the african american community. >> well, it was the u.s. attorney general, the top law enforcement official in the federal government, eric holder, issued a statement saying the independent federal investigation, actually two of them, would continue irrespective of the results of the grand jury i deliberations. now, one of them is dealing with the officer himself, the other one is a much broader examination of the reports of discriminatory policies by the ferguson police deem. department. and that follows a pattern of various local police departments around the country, i can mention albuquerque, miami, new orlean

tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> derrick pitts joins us tonight from philadelphia. derrick, welcome. so how often do these accidents happen? >> whenever we're doing tests on flying machines there are very, very high risks that there could be anomalies of what was seen today. in early development of new vehicles this kind of thick can can -- thing can happen. it is hoped that what happen whs during the test phase is engineers are doing their best to drive the risk to zero. so if you look at any of the other space programs in any other countries anywhere around the world including the united states, in the early days of that -- of the development of that program, we see that these kinds of things can happen. >> how big a setback is this for space exploration in general? >> well, for space explork expln in general this isn't a big setback at all. this is a program that's just beginning and again this kind of event while it's not desirable, everyone understands that there's a risk that it can happen. what it does for virgin galactic is it sets their schedule back because they have to fig

on his twitter page he wrote: >> al jazeera's tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: this was the 35th test fight for the passenger plane, but only the fourth time it had been due to reach the edge of space under its own power. as seen in the last test mission a carrier air raft lifted it to the height of 14,000 meters. at that point the plane was supposed to separate, ignite it's own rocket motor and climb to the altitude of 2100 meters. instead it crashed to the month javi desert floor. >> i knew it wasn't because something didn't happen, it's what i was not hearing and not seeing. if there was a huge explosion, it didn't occur, i didn't see it. >> more than 700 people have paid deposits for a seat on board the enterprise, which would give them a few minutes ride in space. the initial ticket price, $250,000. >> we'll get through it. future rest in many ways on hard, hard days like this. but we believe we owe it to the folks who were flying these vehicles. >> reporter: the crash came the same week that another private commercial space mission failed. an unmanned rocket carrying experiments

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> robert tarver is a criminal defense attorney. robert welcome. as we look at pictures from languages where protesters are out again tonight, reflect on these numbers we're hearing. they're not a surprise. >> they're not a surprise at all john. fact of the matter is, it's been going on for a long time. michael brown brought this to light. across our cities and towns african americans are being shot and killed at a alarming rate. excuses as to why those shootings are justified now we're starting to look at it through some very clear glasses to see that there are not. >> we have heard enough is enough so many times. yet somehow what was it about this shooting that seemed to capture the attention of american people? >> i think it was the callousness. the fact that he laid in the street for so long. the fact that there seemed to be little or no concern for what happened to michael brown. i think that also, it happened at a time when so many other shootings were going -- so many other killings. eric garner in new york being choked by th

tom ackerman has more from washington. >> in a global trade using bit coins to conduct sales of not onlyicit drugs but uh also computer hacking material, and fake i.d.es. for hundreds of drug dealers around the globe. and that, in fact, this was just a continuation of silk road one point zero. the secret website that the government shut down just a year ago. and also serve seized the servers which is the means by which was conducted. a judge in that case says that she is not going to suppress that evidence, because the defend in the original case, says he denied any knowledge of that server or having anything to do with it. >> that's tom ackerman reported. tomorrow the city of detroit finds out if it can emerge from bankruptcy. the city wants to trim more than one third of it's long term death, last year, detroit became the longest in the city to file for bankruptcy, if accepted about $7 million in debt would be taken off the books. they are shedding new light on how the church there handled the abuse accusations. dianne is there with that story, dianne. >> john, the documents released t

tom ackerman has more from washington, d.c. >> the government con can tends that it was operating 2.0 in a global trade, using bit coins to conduct sales of not only elicit drugs but also computer hacking material, and fake i.d.es for hundreds of drug dealers around the globe. and that, in fact, this was just a continuation of silk road 1.0. the secret website that the government shut down just a year ago. the defendant in the trial in that case, is currently on trial in new york, he is contending that the government illegal researched his emails, and also seized the servers in ice lan, which was the means by which this business was conducted. a judge in that case. the defendant in the original case. says that he denies any knowledge. of that server or having anything to do with it. it was a first in a series of devastation. they include raising the retirement age, and cutting health and social security. >> train travelers are again less stranded, drivers have walked out for the next four days. >> the boing 787, >> the dream-liner is the plane of the future. >> an all new airplane in

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: one month after the ferguson shooting, a white sacramento policemants an unarmed black motorist. that officer was charged with a felony and lost his job. but in 2012, eight michigan officers fired 45 shots to kill a homeless black man armed only with a pen knife. >> why they shooting so many times? >> reporter: all were cleared of using unlawful deadly force. in nearly all such cases police are vindicated usually without facing trial. like darren wilson, the justification they give is stark. >> can i shoot this guy? legally can i? and the question i answered myself was, i have to. if i don't, he will kill me if he gets to me. >> reporter: but for many young black men like these in chicago the police are seen as the predators. >> our people are stopped it, we are frisked, we criminalized, we are targeted. we are invaded. we are jailed and we are killed. >> reporter: the fbi reported that wrong 400 fatal police shootings each year, 18% of those killed were blacks aged 18 to 34. that was double the rate for whites in the same age group. while most of the

>> tom ackerman in north carolina >>> if you want to keep up to date with the election and other stories we are following here, head to the website aljazeera.com. you can see the front page with the lead story - the situation with the latest strikes going on. >> after 13 years, the american project in afghanistan is about done. at least this phase. did the country accomplish what it set out to do? a new afghanistan. that's inside story. hello, i'm ray suarez. spoke was still po pouring from the world trade center. with the relatively tiny american force the taliban was overthrown and the u.s. and allies got to work pacifying the country and creating the conditions for the establishment of a new central government. now more than 13 years later allied forces are packing up and leaving trying to make a functioning country out of a fundamentally dysfunctional one at great expense of blood and money. we look at what worked, what didn't and what remains to be done. afghanistan's new president ashraf gandhi is visiting beijing hoping to start a new chapter with china, afghanistan is looking to

tom ackerman is in washington, d.c. >> the unrest in the streets of ferguson after the grandeurs a nounshere would be no indictment of officer darren wilson has been accompanied by other demonstrations, although so far nonvee lent in other cities. seattle, new york, oakland, california where deck straighters shutdown an interstate highway. at the same time, president obama counseled that the demonstrations should be able top express their anger at the results, but at the same time, respect the police for the job that they are doing by and large in most communities in protecting them. at the same time, the attorney general of the united states indicated that even though the officer had been found not to be guilty of any offense by the local authorities, a federal investigation will proceed continuing both with his behavior, examining his behavior, but also look more broadly at the conduct of the ferguson police department which has been accused of discriminatory policies against blacks in various measures and however it is the question here, though, is whether charges will be brought in t

tom ackerman in ferguson. >> anger and unrest after the grand jury announced no indictment of officer darren wilson has been accompanied by other demonstrations. so far nonviolence in other cities - seattle, new york, oatland california, where demonstrators shut a highway. president obama counselled that the demonstrators should be able to express anger at the results, but respect the police for the job that they are doing, by and large in most communities in projecting them. the attorney-general, at the same time, indicated that even though the officer had been found not guilty of any offense by the local authorities, a federal investigation will proceed, continuing with his behaviour, or examining his behaviour, but looking broadly at the conduct of the ferguson police department, which has been accused of discriminatory policies against blacks in various measures. and however it is - the question here is whether charges will be brought in this case against the officers for the police department and the by historical commaption that has rarely been the -- examination that has rarely

tom ackerman reports from rowley. >> reporter: in north carolina, like most u.s. states, polling stations have opened. democrats here have been most anxious to bank votes early, before they fear a republican head wind hits on election day. as president obama's approval rating sinks, republican senate challenger thom tillis gained ground by roping democratic incumbent kay hagan to obama's record, especially to the un popular landmark reform, known as obama care. >> senator hagan voted with president obama 96% of the time, and served as a rubber-stamp for president obama's failed policies, promised she'd go to washington and get things done, and failed her promise. >> she countered by pointing to how often she voted against president obama. >> i disagree with the president. we need to build the keystone pipeline. trade deals - too many jobs have gone overseas. >> and i voted against my own party's budget because it had two deep a cut. hagan swept into office on president obama's coat-tails, when north carolina put him in the white house. the electorate since then sh

. >> tom ackerman reports. >> this was the 35th flight for the passenger plane virgin galactic's enterprise, but the fourth time it was due to reach the edge of space under its own power. a carrier jet lifted it to 14,000 meters. the plane was supposed to separate, ignite its own motor and climb. instead the plane crashed into the mo hashy deserted floor north of los angeles, one pilot killed, and another injured. >> i knew when other things weren't happening, it wasn't because something did happen, it was a what i was not hearing and seeing, and so it was - if there was a huge explosion, i didn't see. >> more than 700 people paid deposits for a seat on "the enterprise", the ticket price, $250,000. >> we'll get through it. future rests in many ways on hard days like this. but we believe we owe it to the affects who were flying these vehicles. >> the crash came the same week that another private commercial space mission failed. an unmanned antares rocket carrying supplies for the international space station was deliberately blown up after launch above the u.s. east coast. virgin galactic sai

tom ackerman has more for us, what more can you tell us. >> well, he appears before a judge in san francisco today, a day after he was arrested. the government alleges that he is the man who goes or went by the name death con and actually ran this website. by the way the alleged administrator is supposed to do to trial in january. in any event, he apparently conducted business on this website, just about picking up where the previous website left off and the government says that being brokered on this website, is not only illegal drugs but also money laundering, fake i.d.es and -- some kinds of services. to hack seem as little startling to me, make a second version of silk road just weeks after the first version was shut down. >> well, accord canning to the documents less than a week later they were already the conspirators were already organized a silk road number 2.0. ben hall got an investigator in on that, so he got in on the ground fall, had access as part of the support staff to all of the goings on, and determined his identity. and also perhaps not coincidentally, just yesterday, in d

tom ackerman reports now from washington. >> the demonstrators converged on walmart stores across the country. including this one just a few blocks from the u.s. capitol. with gross profits of $130 billion walmart has been a ripe target. it points to workers who complain that even working full time they need government subsidies to make ends meet. >> i work 04 hours a week, and per year i haven't made over $25,000. i still rely on government assistance. >> i'm still behind on my rent even though i work 40 hours a week. i can't get my car fixed. i wait for shut-off notices before i can pay them. >> they want unions, and the companie company has responded with a campaign of their own. >> i started out as a part-time cashier going through coming. i would grow from how longly ranks to senior level management. >> while the protesters marched outside the company provided a few workers inside to give the news media it's side of the story. >> i make a pretty good living wage. i started off as an unloader in walmart, and in three months i became supervisor. and since then i've had two raises s

more from tom ackerman. >> reporter: one month after the ferguson shooting a white south carolina policemanfronts and shoots an unarmed black motor. >> that officer was charged with a felony and lost his job. in 2012, michigan officers fired 41 shots on a homeless man. they were cleared. many are vindicated without facing trial. like darren wilson, the officer that killed michael brown junior. the justification they give is stark. >> can i shoot this guys, can i? legally. i answered myself "i have to, if i don't he'll kill me if he gets to me." for mean young black me like these, the police are the predators. our people are stopped, frisked, we are criminalized. we are targeted, invaded, gaoled and killed. >> the fbi reported that among 400 natal police shootings, 18% were blacks aged 18-34. doubt the rate for whites. while most of the officers involved were white, 80% were also black. those fatalities are a slice of the grim realities of young blacks in america. >> one out of three black men between 18 and 30 is in gaol, prison, probation or parole. in los angeles, philadelphia, baltimore,

tom ackerman has more from washington. >> reporter: the unrest in the streets of ferguson after the grand jury announcement that there would be no indictment of officer darren wilson has been accompanied by other demonstrations, although so far non-violent in other cities - seattle, new york, oakland california, where demonstrators shut down an internet highway. at the same time president obama counselled the demonstrators that they should be able to express anger at the results, but at the same time respect the police for the job that they are doing by and large and most communities in protecting them. at the same time the attorney-general the united states indicated that even though the officer had been found not to be guilty of any offense by the local authorities, a federal investigation will proceed continual both with his behaviour, or examining his behaviour, but also looking broadly at the conduct of the ferguson police department, which has been accused of discriminatory policies against blacks in various measures, and however it is the question here whether charges will be broug

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> let's take a deeper dive into these issues. dawn dadante barry. he is the organizer and director of a million hoodie's movement. what is the next phase of this movement as you see it. >> first we need to keep sustainable confrontational action. >> sustainable, confrontational action. what does that mean? >> sustainable. we can't let this fall off, rallies and mobilization that is happened after trayvon. you started to see folks really move out in the streets, but it wasn't sustainable. you didn't see this happening every single day. and we need to take the lead of the folks in ferguson, who have since day one in august have been protesting for over 100 days, sustainable showing up at the police department's front door in ferguson, and confrontational, being in the face of power. this is about power. supremacy is about power. so how do we alter the power? >> white supremacy. >> it's the power relationships. that the system has over black and brown bodies. how do we alter that relationship? >> you think white supremacy is at work

tom ackerman has more. >> and that in fact, this was a continuation of 1.0.he defendant in the trial in that case is currently on trial in new york. he is contending that the government i legally searched his emails and also seized the servers in iceland, which was the means by which this business was conducted. a judge in that case can, says she is not going to suppress that evidence, because the defend r defendant in the original case can says that he denies any knowledge of that server or having anything to do with it. >> the arch diocese of chicago coming clean can today about decades worth of sexual abuse allegations against it's priests. they released some 15,000 pages of formerly secret documents. dianne joins us live now from chicago. why did the arch diocese decide to release these documents after so many years. >> . >> well, tony, this all has to do with a settlement with victims and the documents released today pertain to 36 priests, back in january there were some documents that were released that pertained to 30 pleisss. and the arch diocese says

tom ackerman has more. >> reporter: the unrest in the streets of ferguson after the grand jury announcement that there would be no indictment of officer darren wilson has been accompanied by other demonstrations, so far nonviolent in other cities - seattle, new york, oatland, california, where demonstrators shut down an internet highway. president obama counselled that the demonstrators should be able to express their anger at the results, but at the same time respect the police for the job that they are doing by and large in most communicate glis protecting them. at the -- communities protecting them. at the same time it was indicated that although the officer was found not to be guilty of any offense by the local authorities, a federal investigation will proceed, continue, both with his behaviour - examining his before - and looking broadly at the conduct of the ferguson police department, which has been accused of discriminatory policies against blacks, in various measures, and however it is - the question here is whether charge will be brought in this case either for the - against the o

as tom ackerman shows us, it's a fight ongoing since 2006. >> reporter: demonstrators converged on wal-mart stores across the country, including this a few blocks from the u.s. capital. >> we are here demanding at least $15 an hour. >> with gross profits of $130 million, wal-mart has been a target for the movement to pass living wage laws across the u.s., pointing to workers that complain working full-time they need government subsidies to make end meet. >> i'm 40 hours a week, and i haven't made over $25,000. >> i personally am behind on my rent, even though i work 40 hours a week. i can't get my car fixed. i wait for shut off notices from utilities. >> reporter: behind the demonstration is a campaign by one union to organise the workers. in several states protests have been restricted and ordered members not to set foot in the store. the company responded with a high-profile public relations campaign. to counter an image of exploiting workers. >> i started out as a part-time cashier. it's giving me the opportunity over the last 17 years to grow from hourly ranks to senior level management

on twitter he wrote: tom ackerman has more. >> reporter: this was the 35th flight for vijin galactic's "enterprise", but the third time it would reach space understand its own power. a carrier craft lifted it to a height of 14,000 meters. the plane was supposed to separate, ignite a motor and climb to an altitude of 21,000. the plane crashed into the mojave desert floor north of los angeles. one pilot was killed, another injured. >> i knew when other things were not happening, it wasn't because something did happen, it was because of what i was not hearing or seeing. if there was a huge explosion, it didn't occur, i didn't see it. >> more than 700 paid a deposit, giving them a few minutes ride in space. the ticket price $250,000. >> we'll get through it. future rests in many ways on hard days like this. but we believe we owe it to the folks who were flying these vehicles. >> the crash came the same week na another private commercial space nation failed. anunmaned rocket carrying supplies for the international space station, was blown up after lunch above the u.s. coast. virgin galactic