i talked to him about his unconventional families and his upbringing in a biracial family. >> malcolm gladwell welcome. you turned the story of david and goliath on its head. another explanation other than it was improbably that david would have beaten goliath. you are saying that not only was it probable that he would have felled goliath but it was likely. >> yes. if you go back and read about ancient warfare, you describe that the sling with which david is armed is a devastating weapon.

unconventional wisdom. government shuts down and al jazeera america covers all of it. from washinton politics, to the real impact on you... >> there's harworking people that want to do their part.. but the government isn't doing theirs... >> coverage continues on al jazeera america. ♪ >>that video shot by chicago rapper, known as lil' joe-joe. he posted it on youtube just hours before being gunned down outside of his home. he unwittingly chronicled the events before his death. waj we asked our commune to weigh on whether rap plays a role in chicago violence. >> now you grammy award winning hip hop artist common is from chicago. and he said, quote . . . so desmond, to me it feels like a mixed message. right? rap songs don't determine a person's actions, yet they are powerful enough to be taken the wrong way in acts of violence. >> sure. i think these young rappers are speaking their existence, and they are relatable to a host of young men who see them as mentors, see them as people to admire, and so we canno

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unconventional wisdom. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >>they share it on the stream. >>social media isn't an afterthought. it drives discussion across america. >>al jazeera america social media community, on tv and online. >>this is your outlet for those conversations. >>post, upload, and interact. >>every night, share undiscovered stories. >>> a new week brings very little. the sh-t down enters a second week on tuesday. october 17th is looming. that is which the united states our entire government was default on its debt if congress and the the white house can't work out its differences. they are for heading tout debt ceiling. house speaker john boehner through down the gauntlet. >> there's no way we will pass the vote. the president is looking to fault by not having a conversation with us. >> so under no circumstances will you pass it? path. fire. >> the american people have been fighting their way out of the depression. >> the economy is coming back. they don't need politics in washington to bring the economy down. >> but senator cruz

. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america >> throw americans have won the nobel flies economics. they are going to be splitting the $1.2 million prize. they are with credited with changing the way we invest in stocks, bonds and homes. schiller, helping to create the shiller index that tracks home prices. all three men will receive their prize in december. >>> there is a new controversy surrounding the use of the word allah. how the ruling could have widespread repercussion force catholics in that country. >> reporter: a three-man panel in the court appeal unanimously decided that the word allah cannot be used in the catholic newspaper. allah is not just word for god, but it is the word for god in the malay language. they found that there was n no base that the word allah is integral to the church. the editor of the

unconventional wisdom. >> having to pay for lots of channels you may not want, but now comcast is offering a basic service plan that is $50 a month. good news for those who want access to program but don't want to pay for more expensive passage. let's glet'slet's go to leslie s sounds like a la carte service. how big of a deal is this for consumers who say i want this, i just have to pay just for this. >> it is a huge deal. so many people don't care about the channels they get on cable. they just want to watch hbo. they want to be able to pay for hbo like they do for netflix. >> isn't comcast cutting their own throat? if they can charge a lot of money for channels people don't want, but then all of a sudden pay for this channel, aren't they hurding their business model. >> i don't think it's a bad idea for them. everyone wins. it's $20 cheaper than the regular cable internet deal but i think people would be inclined to pay for it because it's hbo. >> you have this trial right now, you pay between $40 to $50, it will go up gradually. >> right now depending on the market you're in its 40 or

unconventional wisdom.jazeera america - a new voice in american journalism - >>introduces america tonight. >>in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. [[voiceover]] they risk never returning to the united states. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >>an escape from the expected. >>i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. >>> in california governor jerry brown has signed legislation that allows undocumented immigrants to get a driverer's license. if they pass the written and road test they will be given licenses with a mark on the front to distinguish them from regular diver's licenses. california will be issues the cards in 2015 and they expect 1.4 million people to apply. ♪ >>> michael eaves is here with sports. >> yeah, wide ranging but all three of our nation's service academies will be allowed to play football this weekend despite the government shu

unconventional wisdom.>> an important part of the affordable health care act known by some as obamacare is up and running, but a lot of people are trying to sign up are having trouble just getting on the website. david shuster has an update. >> the obama administration officials are now increasingly concerned about falling short of target numbers needed to make the marketplaces big enough so prices will stay down. at the key website where consumers go to sign up, some of the glechs have been fixed and wait times are much shorter than two weeks ago, but the unofficial problems with severe according to a poll by the associated press. fewer than one in ten people were actually able to complete the process. that's a success rate of less than 10%. a few states have released initial numbers. new york reports over 40,000 people signed up, but over 2 million tried to get on the site in the first few hours. california reports just 28,000 were able to sign up. the obama administration refuses to release any figures f

it's an unconventional conflict against an unconventional end. >> his role may be controversial to some way they use unmanned vehicles is for surveillance purposes and the rules are very different and they ought to be very different. >> reporter: an issue that senator rand paul filibustered over. the surveillance programs and criticism of military detention of terror suspects could also come up. he's already being challenged as untested in some areas. >> there are gaps in terms of immigration, first responders, the other parties of dhs, you know, the component operating parts. >> reporter: congressional reaction to the nomination has been favorable on the left but republican texas senator john cornyn said he had grave concerns and questioned his qualifications. rather than selecting someone who knows the unique dynamics of our southern border, president obama has tapped one of his former new york fund-raisers. >> they label him a bundler in fundraising for president obama meaning he helped president obama raise big money by calling on friends to help. fred? >> joe johns in washington, t

>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. >> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the boarder. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. >> welcome back to "inside story." in our discussion of the united states drone policy and the relationship with pakistan. still with us is david sedney, former deputy assistant secretary of defense. and in new york, faiza patel, and shuja nawaz. what is pakistan doing about these tribal regions welcome what control or oversight do they have over there? >> they've been gradua gradually using control. the making people in that part

>>unconventional.>an escape from the expected. >>> welcome back i have just been spending the last 15 or 20 minutes looking at twitter. i want to show you video that has been coming out of the preparations of what is happening here in parts of india. people have been preparing all day long, conditions are now deteriorating. we are looking at the late morning tim time frame in indias we speak. take a look at the satellite image. the storm is making it's way closer across the region. the feeder bands are uprooting trees in the region. this is equivalent to the category five hurricane. it's the intensity of hurricane katrina when it made landfall across the region in the south parts of the united states. double the size of sandy as it made it's way up the coast. what we will see as the storm makes land fall, the storm will deintensify. the amount of rain could be between 8 and 16-inches. up to the north is the himalayas. once the storm goes to the north a lot of rain is going to be dumping out of the stor

>>unconventional.n escape from the expected. ♪ >>> and we have got two typhoons that we have been watching for the south pacific. these storms have been moving up from the south, hitting japan, bringing excessive rainfall, tokyo has had 200 to 300% average rainfall for the month of october. this will not make landfall, but all of that rain continues to hit fukushima, but tapering gradually off. we still expect one to three inches of rain to fall as we get through the day into tomorrow. but another typhoon is following the track. this particular one will also not hit landfall. so we're going to see those start to diminish. the bad news is we have an active storm track starting up for the west. alaska you are looking at a high-wind watch. wind gusts moten shally to 85 miles an hour. >>> a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit japan several hours ago. it happened under the ocean off of the main island, a small tsunami followed. there have been no reports of injury or damage. as a precaution officials did evacuate

japan is even more unconventional without great purchases of corporate bonds and stocks of individual companies well thank you just in. japan is definitely an interesting case study when it comes to economics and actually bob you yourself you spoke with john mauldin about the japanese economy no yes i certainly did earlier i spoke with john bolton author of the new book code red how to protect your savings from the coming crisis and i first asked him about the effects of deflation on the japanese economy here's what he said. japan for all intents and purposes. no longer is going to be able to go to the market to the world market and borrow money the central bank is locked in of this as the central bank is going to become their buyer blessed resort by the way if i were to be thank god i'm not. but if i were. and i had the choices and the crises of the problems that he had a do the same thing. understand what he's done is he looked is that of choices and he had a disaster a disaster be used as to see they were all disasters there were no good choices and he chose disaster a which is the

>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. >> chances are you have a bunch of stuff in your house that was bought by amazon.com. they sell everything from books and toys to high heel shoes even dog food. it passes $61 billion in 2012. as amazon has taken over the online marketplace it has left massive companies including circuit city, barnes & noble and borders in the wake. the new book, the everything store, the age of amazon tracks the company and it's founder. bran stone i brad stone is the book's author. a really fascinating book. i saw a quote that compares besos to henry form. he has transformed sales of everything in the same way that ford changed manufacturing in general. is that a fair comparison? >> yes, absolutely. steve jobs being the other natural comparison. it's not just online shopping. he has changed way we read, the kindle, and with the cloud services they're changing the way companies in silicon valley in particular, run their businesses on servers. >> he has done so much. he s

unconventional wisdom. vate. and we believe they are being rivaled by samsung. >> derek haines is here with the acls game 3. big news. >> a weird one as well. the turn of events in the game. while the boston red sox were full of energy in the championship series, they came into detroit and sucked all of the energy out of the tigers and the ballpark, an outage delayed the game for 17 minutes, and then a solo home run into left center. 1-0 red sox, and that's all she wrote. the red sox taking a two game to one series lead. >>> how about soccer? spain, england and russia in the world cup finals in brazil. beating georgia 2-0. and england's place in the world cup with a 2-0 victory over poland, and russia earned it's firth berth as an independent nation. >>> kansas freshman, wiggins, shoe companies are lining up to making unreasonable offers. iches is $180 million over ten years as soon as he declares for the draft. most shoe deals for rookies are at around four years. aljazeera will be right back. >> welcome back to

. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america >> welcome back, we're talking about the saturation of all things pink during breast cancer awareness month. and whether it's improving women's health. and there's no shortage of companies attaching themselves to this. >> we're seeing everything from shoes to pens, on my screen right now, i have boots, and butternut squash ravioli, and from our streamer, andrea, she notes there are pink drill bits. a leading company released these drill bits. so gayle, in terms of all of this marketing and branding, it's good for companies, but what else should we be looking at with this issue? >> well, it's very good for companies, and this is one of the key issues of the commercialization of the disease. companies are jumping on the pink ribbon bandwagon and making a lot of money, and even

unconventional oil is more carbon intensive than traditional oil. the question with that is in the grand scheme and in the 2040 plan, does -- do those increased carbon emissions, even though they stayed level, but you use unconventional fuels, does that increase in carbon? is that accounted for in any of these studies? getting the impression not because you're not looking at carbon in the study, and the second question has to do with supply and demand. wouldn't it make more sense -- wouldn't it serve some of the developing countries better, the ones that are actually impacted greater by greenhouse gases and climate change by increasing energy efficiency beyond just doubling mileage in cars, but going even beyond that in our own country and looking at the demand and the consumption of energy. in many cases, every day i see ways we could save energy simply by, for example, adjusting the thermostats, not using the drier, not leaving cars running. people aren't doing that. the only way to do that and what economists have said is increase the price of ca

. >> unconventional.[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america ♪ >>> we're back. we're discussing why dealing with mental illness is different in the black community than others. there is a treatment where your mental state is actually making you sick. and that is more common amongs african-americans. why is that? >> there is some connections between physical and mental health. part of it could be people are -- there's some amount of literature that perhaps there's a difference in symptomology, particularly the symptoms that african-americans feel or are willing to admit compared to whites. so there has been some work to look at the differences there. so the fiscal nature of it so part of it, but there's also some links, a growing body of literature that shows a link between mental health and physical health. a good example is depression

unconventional wisdom. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceover]] connected, inspired, bold. >>about a thousand protestors have occupied ... >>> we know that most americans don't die at home. how that could change might begin with a very tough talk with how we want to die. >> my name is joe and i'm 47 years-year-old. i was diagnosed with g hr*e blastoma stage 4, the most dangerous brain cancer there is. the medium is 14 months from diagnosis. standard protocol is for you to be on chemo for life. with five days on and 18 days off. i did the five days on it, it was pretty horrible and for sure and it took me 13 of those 18 days before i could get off the couch and be able to do what i love. it's more about quality li

unconventional wisdom. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next. >>> topping an international march for tell tphapbt 15 cities world wide this week in kenya. authorities say the criminal net work is responsible. they are organized to defeat. >> it's national reserve. still here's al jazeera's peter grazzi. stereo each represents a single elephant. other ones are too young to breathe. now there's more than three tons of ivory in a single container bound the to sha to asia and ish million dollars. this is what's driving the trade. it's first asia. conservation that is far too much and stopping and for what is, after all, purely decorative item. >>> if you buy an ivory bag or or it's way it covered, you want to wear it and show it off. it's a state example so the opposite of what they would need to achieve you wanted to reduce demand. >> it

unconventional wisdom. >> we came to yemen to see what sort of life awaits the men after guantanamo. however no detainee has returned here since 2010. the one exception is adnan latif. he came back in 2012, in a body bag. >> it took more than three months from the day mohamed latif heard the news his brother adnan had been found dead in a cell, until he was able to bury his body here. a military autopsy at guantanamo determined he'd committed suicide. and by the time the us military delivered his body back to yemen, it was too late for his family to have an independent autopsy performed. >> adnan had been cleared for release from guantanamo three times before president obama imposed a moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. in 2010, a dc district court ordered that he be freed. >> an appeals court overturned the ruling. >> guantanamo doctors had diagnosed adnan with bipolar and borderline personality disorders. the guards found his behavior "extremely challenging" and reported that he made statements asking to die. >> he was expressing a message, sure he said that he wanted to co

. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. ♪ >>> we're back. we're discussing why dealing with mental illness is different in the black community than others. there is a treatment where your mental state is actually making you sick. and that is more common amongs african-americans. why is that? >> there is some connections bet

>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceover]] connected, inspired, bold. >>about a thousand protestors have occupied ... what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online. >>> north korea says it's outraged that the u.s. is preparing for naval exercises off the coast of south korea. they warned this be already disastrous consequences. >> reporter: this is the "uss george washington" on friday. on tuesday it was due to gather for other ships offshore to three days of naval exercises. they were delaye delayed by wea. a statementfy korean's people armys said the military received an emergency order fr

unconventional wisdom. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating >>> the u.s.anufacturing industry has lost about 8 million jobs over the last 30 years. some were lost because technology means fewer labor hours needed to build things, but some jobs went overseas. we know that as offshoring, but in the last few years, companies, including ge, motorola and caterpillar have reopened factories in places georgia. >> reporter: lost livelihoods, shattered communities. imaging of u.s. manufacturing jobs migrating overseas, but that picture is slowly changing. according to a recent survey, more than half of executives polled at large u.s. manufacturers are planning to bring production back to the u.s. from china or are actively considering it. a nearly 50% increase in the last 18 months. >> the costs in china were rising. >> reporter: since '2010, more than 200 u.s. manufacturers have returned 80,000 jobs to u.s. shores, and as those jobs come them. >> we believe we'll have a significant impact on job growth. we believe by the year 2020, we'll see 2.5 to 5 million jobs

>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected.n inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. ♪ >>> $13 billion, that's how much jpmorgan has reportedly agreed to pay in the largest settlement ever between a financial firm and the u.s. government. if the deal is final iedz it would stop potential civil charges for the bank's sales of mad mortgages. there were sales made right before the housing crash, and the bank's ceo has be

unconventional wisdom. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >> penn state university ask trying to move past the jerry san dufng scandal that marred the reputation of its school program. paying $26 million to victims of sandusky. comes a year after sandusky was sentenced to life for child abuse. jonathan betz has the story. >> nearly $60 million to be split among 26 young men sexually assaulted by the former assistant football coach. in a statement the university president said we hope this is another step forward in the healing process. we cannot undo

>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. [ technical difficulties ] >> translator: the lobing custs came from the south, blown by the wind. they flew silently in a huge storm. they were like a huge cloud and they blocked out the sun. >> reporter: at the height of infestati infestation, this year's harvest is down 21%. the world food program and the un's organization says millions are hungry. political and economic crisis that has gripped the country left officials helpless too. >> all of the conditions were ripe for 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

i talked to him about his unconventional families and his upbringing in a biracial family. >> malcolm gladwell welcome. you turned the story of david and goliath on its head. another explanation other than it was improbably that david would have beaten goliath. you are saying that not only was it probable that he would have felled goliath but it was likely. >> yes. if you go back and read about ancient warfare, you describe that the sling with which david is armed is a devastating weapon. it's one of the most feared weapons of ancient times. he's taking a rock and rotating it six or seven revolutions, per second, and the stopping power of the rock from his sling is equivalent of the bullet fired from a .45 caliber weapon. it's an incredibly powerful weapon. once he decides to change the rules he has superior technology. then there's goliath, sort of facinating discussion between scientists , ak acromegaly, clearly, goliath can't see properly. he'll he's armed with superior technology, he's up against a lumbering giant. why is he the underdog? >> he should have won. >> he should have w

>>unconventional.>an escape from the expected. >>> the country of the india is about to wake up on saturday morning and this is what they are going to be dealing with. a cyclone that is in the bay of bengal. many people are without power right now. there are three things i'm concerned with this storm. one is a 1 160 miles-per-hour wd that is stem wit consistent wita category five. it's going to be striking at night. and three the storm is moving very is legally. ivery slowly. it's moving six to seven miles-per-hour toward the west. the storm surge is going to be devastating we expect these things to last until the next 24 hours until it makes land fall and then we will see the storm starting to weaken. up towards the philippines they have seen a typhoon poosh push d land. and by sunday this storm is going to be heading toward vietnam. a ca category two or three hurricane. and over twort towards the east, another typhoon in the making. this is not making it's way towards the philippines we think it will

unconventional wisdom. on august 20th, al jazeera >> welcome back, we're talking about u.s.-cuba politics through the lens of baseball. and given the increasing divisions among cuba an americans and the embargo, where do you see the relations going from here >> until there's a change in leadership in cuba. from everything that i hear, he's a nice guy. no one doubts that cubans like americans and americans like cube as, but the problem is, there's a totalitarian and stalinist regime in between them. luke would have never gotten a visa to go to cuba except the regime recognized that it's cash in our pockets. >> that's not true. >> my vote, i can guarantee you that. >> humberto, you made some assumptions that aren't true. you haven't done background and research. if you read my blog, my family, my brothers, my filmmakers, i wasn't cleared by cuba. most of my filming. 85% of my filming in cuba was gorilla shooting. i had to. i was under the radar. because it was baseball first, and they didn't realize it. so to say that i'm complying with the regime is a bit ambitious on your pa

monetary policy is likely to reach soon a turning point where the exit of unconventional measures will begin soon. in our view, this term needs to be managed very carefully. because the transition of monetary policy into a more traditional role will affect not only the u.s. market, but also other markets around the globe. so in our view, it has to be done gradually. it has to be done with good communications, and hopefully, in a dialogue with other central bankers and policy makers. as i said, it will be part of our landscape for a long time, that monetary policy. now beyond the united states, i mentioned the euro area, a central bank as well, which still has a bank to maneuver and can use it. and you have japan where clearly the program in the way will certainly be needed as well for quite a while. but what is clear is that in all three regions, the other policy makers have to make use of that time and space that is given by the central bankers with unconventional monetary policies. they have to act. they can't say let's just find this liquidity and the situation is turning around. no

unconventional wisdom. [[voiceover]] there's more to america. more stories. more voices.ore points of view. >>from our headquarters in new york ... [[voiceover]] now there's a news channel with more of what americans want to know. >>i'm ali velshi, and this is real money. >>this is america tonight. >>our news coverage, reporting, and documentaries explore, inspire, and reveal more of america's stories. >>i'm here to investigate genetically modified salmon. >> tell us what you learned when you visited nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. laboratory. >> it's like a grown up toy store. expensive toys. take a look, the images they're getting from mars is amazing, the data they're starting to get is incredible. this thing landed a year ago, and finally the information is starting to trickle through that is pretty impactful for us as humans. let check it out. >> which is a technical achievement. things have to work. the whole thing of us wanting to do things like this is sort of a human question, the classic, everest, let's scale the mountain because it's there sort of thing. but,

unconventional wisdom. >>> the man with a five million dollars price on his head. u.s.cial forces capture a suspected al qaeda leader in libya. ♪ >>> hello and welcome i'm steven coal. you are watching al jazeera. live. >> egypt marks the 40th anniversary of the the 1973 arab-israeli war. >>> the countries that account for half of the country's business.

unconventional wisdom. >> ali: mamerican companies are becoming a addicted to temps. we are not talking about the kelly girl worker. many of today's temp workers work low wage house in warehouses or packing boxes in n factories it's giving rise to temp town where dozens of staffing agencies provide thee s that want shor short term flexibility. >> in the early morning house this is what you will see. workers lining up at temporary staffing sayin agencies hoping t a day's work. >> you won't start working until 6 or 7:00. and many workers are at the agency between 4 and 4:30. >> here in cicero these people are loaded in advance. >> the numbers are up to 300,000 in the chicago area. >> in the chicago area some of the well known companies that use temp labor. walwal-mart. smirnoff and mccormick place convention central a center andt goes on an and. >> the number grew 5050 to a record 2 prime minister 7 million. some places clustered their warehouses and exactries that they have become what socialologists have called temp downs. >> temp towns are old industry cities where n

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unconventional wisdom. welcome back everyone to al jazeera. sitting with the president of bolivia. mr. president, thank you for your time. i want to talk to beliefian and u.s. relates. there was a time when you thought that relations might actually improve after the election. of barack obama. in your view, what's gone wrong? >> well, first, the beliefian government tries to improve diplomatic relations with the united states. and for that, we drafted an agreement for diplomatic relations, cooperation, working together, and that was not respected. second, i had a lot of faith in president obama. because he also comed from a family that comes from more of a humble background, and from a sector that's been discriminated against, same as indigenous people. and one thing that he said when he was elected as president, he said i was elected to end wars. right now, wars continue to be proliferated. the worst thing is that the united states instruments and bolivia has been used to conspire against us. u.s. aid, continued conspiring against us, in the american embassy, we took out the americ

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. >> unconventional.oiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america >>> this is real. and a government shutdown, millions of americans face inconvenience or outright difficulties. everyone american could see their 401k values fall, and there could be a significant risk of a very deep recession at a time when we're still climbing our way out of the worst recession in our lifetimes. >> welcome back. we're discussing the wide-spread impact of the government on dc. it has been two weeks since the shutdown started, nate how much longer can d.c. survive on the contingency funds? >> it costs about $20 million per day to operate the government. it seems that friday is the drop-dead date in terms of local spending. >> so what is the back up plan when four days pass? >> at that time we'll have to make a tough decision. essential services will be funded to

unconventional wisdom. that's all i have an real money.ictoria azarenko on august 20th, >> two storms to watch tonight, one in the midwest bringing record snowfall as to south dakota and one in the gulf of mexico threatens florida, louisiana, mississippi and alabama all day today and yesterday. computer models show this is going to fall apart and that's essentially happening as we watch the storm weaken quite a bit. while the coast of florida over to alabama has had sunny skies, each been getting showers moving up through louisiana. the showers will continue, because we still have a tropical storm storm watch in effect there. going to the national center for environmental predictions, it's giving us a good estimate of rain totals here in the next 24 hours. you can see all the heavy rain in the gulf of mexico staying out over the water. that's three inches of rain. i still believe we can get some thunderstorms rolling up, especially watching out for louisiana and alabama and mississippi, we could still get thunderstorms that would bring an

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>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected.on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >> in the san francisco bay area, bay area rapid transit union says they plan to strike at midnight pacific time now that negotiations have broken down. this comes after a month long contract dispute. a union spokesman says after 29 hours of bargaining there's an agreement -- there's agreement on health care and pensions but not on several other issues. walkout would strand more than 200,000 daily commuters in the bay area. >>> president obama has chosen the next person he would like to head the department of homeland security. jay johnson served as counterterrorism advisory during president obama's first term. as general counsel of the defense department he supervised the escalation of drone strikes and worked on don't ask don't tell. needs senate confirmation before he can take the post held by janet na napolitano. >>> cl

unconventional wisdom. tear. >> today marks the final day of the asia pacific economic summit in bali, hoping to strengthen partnerships in the region where trade is on the rise. al jazeera's step vassan joins us. step what would be the major outcome of the summit if any? >> yes, the apec summit here in bali has been officially wrapped up and now you can see leaders going back home. apec is not much about outcome but about debates, meetings and commitments. what we have seen is that all the leaders, china, japan have actually made new commitments to the region, despite crises that are going on in their countries. that is the main worry, you are talking about opening up economies, working together, but you're suffering and struggling within your owning country. this region is the vital region for global recovery. that's what everyone agrees on. that is a major outcome although of course it is not a very concrete one as of yet. >> of course, president obama step was supposed to be at this conference. secretar

>>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. >> how old are you? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> fault lines how children are hired by us agriculture to help put food on america's tables. >> in any other industry kids need to be 16 years old to be able to work. you don't see any of that in agriculture. >> they don't ask, "is she 12?". they just want their job done. >> how many of you get up before 5 o'clock in the morning? (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> and welcome back. we are talking about two gubernatorial races in new jersey and v

. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online. companies areican becoming a i addicted to temps. we are not talking about the kelly girl worker. many of today's temp workers work low wage house in warehouses or packing boxes in n factories it's giving rise to temp town where dozens of staffing agencies provide thee temps that want shor short term flexibility. >> in the early morning house this is what you will see. workers lining up at temporary staffing sayin agencies hoping t a day's work. >> you won't start working until 6 or 7:00. and many workers are at the agency between 4 and 4:30. >> here in cicero these people are loaded in advance. >> the numbers are up to 300,000

. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expected. >> i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer. america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america >> we have strengthened border security. beyond what many believed was possible. they wanted more agents at the border. we now have more boots on the ground at the southwest border than at any time in our history. >> in an election year, the need to ramp up border enforcement has become a mantra among republicans and democrats alike. back in the rio grande valley, the men captured by border patrol had been taken to a processing center. if they don't have the right papers they'll be deported but first they will be criminally prosecuted for entering the country illegally. >> every single person that gets caught is going to be prosecuted. no matter what, no ifs ands or buts. nstead of picking them up and sending them back to their home country. we now prosecute them hold them i

unconventional wisdom.oiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceover]] connected, inspired, bold. >>about a thousand protestors have occupied ... ♪ >>> welcome back. in that was the view from a private drone that monitors power lines. now we're talking about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the u.s. and how much they should be regulated. before the break we asked you if law enforcement should be able to use drones and where the lawn should be drawn. waj has what has been the response? >> a lot of suspicion. >> they are a lot more expensive. >> exactly. >> trevor first your organization obtained a list from customs and border protection about how many times it flew predator surveillance drones on behalf of other agenci