u.s.a. football, the governing body is offering safety programs and information on the website. let's be real, violence is inherent in american football. people tune in for great plays, including a lot of big hits. to make football safe, you have to limit contact or stop it. how much can you dial it back without changing the game and the fans ready tore that. it's one thing to say you want change, accepting the consequences that would upend america's popular sport - now now >> in japan, funerals are big business. with an aging population and more than a million deaths in the country last year, finding a final resting place can be difficult and expensive. but the funeral industry is stepping up to the challenge finding innovative ways to send their clients into the afterlife. i'm steve chao. on this episode of 101 east we take a look at how japan says its final goodbyes.

u.s.a. football, the governing body is offering safety programs and information on the website. let's be real, violence is inherent in american football. people tune in for great plays, including a lot of big hits. to make football safe, you have to limit contact or stop it. how much can you dial it back without changing the game and the fans ready tore that. it's one thing to say you want change, accepting the consequences that would upend america's popular sport - now now if eu moves forward with its plan o help refugees and countries struggling to cope. hello i'm darren jordan in doha with the world news from doha. jimmy morales is on his way to winning the election in guatemala. >> the syrian president session he's open to solutions to the political war in syria. plus. >> it was exactly 30 years ago that this awfnl

u.s.a. football, the governing body is offering safety programs and information on the website. let's be real, violence is inherent in american football. people tune in for great plays, including a lot of big hits. to make football safe, you have to limit contact or stop it. how much can you dial it back without changing the game and the fans ready tore that. it's one thing to say you want change, accepting the consequences that would upend america's popular sport - now that's "third rail". >>> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york, here are the top stories. >>> underwater - parts of texas and louisiana hit hard by flooding rain, and more rain expected across the south in the coming days. >>> poll position - iowans give hillary clinton a buzz in the polls ahead of bernie sanders, less than 100 days before the iowa caucuses. >>> conflic

football ranking. the owls are number 22 in the ap poll, 24 in the u.s.a.s poll. >> they rallied in the fourth quarter to beat central florida in lincoln financial feel. owls are now six and zero. so with six wins, temple is bowl eligible for second straight season. now a win thursday night would give temple its first ever seven-o start. >> can you race number ten. >> no. >> indianapolis colts took on the new england patriots last night in a long a it wassed battle and perhaps most people will remember this game not because of the great football but this bizarre play. >> anderson is behind him, and. >> what the in the world? a flag is down. >> you tell me. >> they are trying to get them to jump off sides. >> illegal formation. >> second and eight. >> patriots went on to win 34-27. >> all right. >> nice brew, bit are sweet, your love of coffee and beers says about you straight ahead. i know, sometimes, they just say the same thing over and over. that is lil wayne. trying get you pumped up for a game. you want to repeat. you want the the chant. >> you know wh

football ranking. the owls are number 22 in the ap poll of writers and 24 in u.s.a.oday coach's poll. >> they rallied in fourth quarter to beat central florida in lincoln financial field. the owls are six and zero with six wins. they are bowl eligible. a win thursday night would give temple their first seven-zero start, ever. you know, the coach will be recruited. you never know. >> did you hear about this story from the weekend, a snake is on the loose on a septa bus, how it got there, and all of the pap i can it caused. ñÑ >>> google wants to make reading more accessible for the public? what the tech company is doing that some authors, they are not so sure about that. >>> a new song debut, first since ending her husband with gaff up rossdale. there is no doubt, that the the tune will break your heart. >> i like that, chris murphy. >> no doubt. >> aren't you clever and creative. >>> speaking of music, it is monday, october 19th, eagles verse giants. so we're asking people since we're having a huge pep rally this morning to send us video, pictures, favorite songs to

football rankings. the owls are number 22 in the associated press poll of writers, of course and they are number 24 in u.s.acoaches poll. temple rallied in the fourth quarter to beat central florida saturday at the link. owls are six and zero with six wins. that means temple is bowl eligible for the second straight season, and a win thursday night, the game is thursday night, would give temple its first seven and zero start, ever. in their history. >> way to go temple. >> but they have to go to east carolina and pirate are a very good time. >>> 6:22. with unhappy uber drivers are doing that could prompt you to go back to hailing a cab. >> back to cabs. >> uber on strike. >> all right. >>> what does this say. >> this is from bumbino, it says whoop there it is, that is a hub bob song. and jerry, my eight and five-year old like to hear some jogging jams on their way to school. >> is what your fire up storm. >> misty says bodies by drowning pool, the ultimate fight song. use that hashtag i gotta hear this. >> how come i never heard of these songs. >> google them mike. >>> this is a volume will try service how d

blatter was critical of european football saying a frenchman has been trying to out of the him from power for three years. the 79-year-old claims that had the u.s.a won the rights to host the world cup, the f.b.i. wouldn't be investigating either him or fifa. he says that the us.a. had been given the world cup, we would only speak about the wonderful world cup in russia and not about any problems at fifa. in a thinly veiled criticism, he said uefa is infected by an anti fifa virus. we can speak to our sportier correspondent lee wellings. what is bratter trying to achieve from this interview, do you think? >> well, as if fifa doesn't have enough problems at its moment, quite deliberately targeting the russian news agency, previous interviews with allies in switzerland, he is doing this strategically despite the fact he is under criminal investigation and suspended 90 days. it's the last thing fifa needs. this is all about him managing to not only try to excuse himself from blame but to pitch much which that blame on pettini. it is outrageous that there is any kind of agreement within offensive that that they would go to rush in 2018. it was the wo

u.s.a. equalized but with two minutes to go, sealed it 3-2. mexico will head to russia for the confederation's cup, which is a world cup test event. >> a two time african footballer of the year scored a free kick. the strike sealed the win. they lead by four points for the final conference playoff spot. >> djokovic crushed nadal in the final in the china open winning in straight sets. >> it was a special win for the swiss. this is a career best season for him. he's now won four titles in 2015, including the french open. >> amazing week again here, big tournament, playing against one of my best friends today. i'm really happy, again for the title, it's something big for me. >> the l.a. dodgers came from behind to beat the new york mets in game two of their national league division series. the mets were leading 2-1 when the new york shortstop was taken out by chase utley as he slid into second base. tejada left the game with a fractured leg. rallying to a 5-2 win over the mets to level the series at one game appease. game three will be in new york on monday. >> you say that was a clean slider or not? >> i'm not going to get into it. it's over, it's done, not much w