us is leslie zain, director of the tech awards. welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> first, give us an idea here. ve been covering them for a long time. it's amazing how big the awards have gotten. some people compare them to the oscars in hollywood. >> we love that. this will be our 15th annual tech awards, presented by applied materials it started in 2001. with the upcoming group of ten laureates, there will be 287 on our roster. >> it's believe one of the reas the awards are so big is because of that connection to humanity, trying to make the world a better place. >> that's our tag line, technology benefiting humanity. we have a couple programs to look at and talk about. we'll show a clip of teach aids. let's look at this clip. we're seeing this for the first time. we'll talk about it after. >> an enormous growth and spread of aids in africa and around the world, and in many countries it's because they are not able to talk about it. >> we are directly empowering the learners to know when they go if they are at risk or not. >> culture is so complex, sexual culture is that much more complex. put

the cross country team does run it to come out here to use the trail that's around the complex and it's just not a good situation, so i'm ticked we can have a nice safe trail for them to come out here and practice." the alburnett lions club says it is still taking donations for the project. kcrg-tv9's new parent company, gray television has a better view of eastern iowa this morning. gray hosted a reception for cedar rapids city and business leaders, kcrg, and the gazette company last night. tv9 joined the gray family of t-v stations this year. gray's c-e-o, hilton howell, said it was important for the company to be a part of iowa news media and to carr on e kcrg tradition of serving the community. "hilton - gray is going to try to do and bring as much or more as the gazette company did in the past to kcrg. we are devoted to this area, this is now one of our hometowns, and you're going to see us building and growing." significant changes that were coming in the industry, and gray is much better prepared to deal with those than we would be, so this is actually best for the community." pe

. >> it has been a hotspot for years, used to come here myself when i was in attic. >> drugs, one of of the reasons is the bathroom is open. >> were trying to figure out, joining us as our favorite weather dog. >> the farmer's almanac has talked about a record snowfall. >> it's not going to be a snowman yet. >> real answer bill. italian answer,. >> the list will go on and on. >> what is that about. >> you are chasing a store about a deadly shooting that took place outside a mcdonald's near penn station in new york city. some have called it the worst mcdonald's in the world. >> first, take a look at the picture we have of the suspect in that fatal shooting. police are asking are asking for the help to find 27-year-old, he is still on the loose. the mcdonald's is on eighth avenue. it's six city is one of the main names for here. >> meet 23-year-old kevin originally from new jersey, he ended up homeless on the street arches where he said his hard-core addiction began. >> it has been a hotspot for years. i used to come here myself and eyes in attic. >> by kevin's account this' account thi

what it means to rebuild all the community and the socially conscious clients always good to give us -- to here folks that can give us a little guidance on how to do -- and so special guests here today, native baltimore and has a very vivid history. baltimore. we will get more into that. [laughter] but we are certainly happy and welcome to the stage into the baltimore book 1st to talk about his latest book let us welcome with a warm round of applause. [applause] >> thank you so much. good afternoon. i want to say how homeland. i am now listening and supporter but a grateful beneficiary of the work that you have consistently done for the city. also, i would be remiss if i did not give a special shout out to the person who not just gave birth but gave me life in every definition of the word, my mom. [applause] and to all of you for coming out here, this is an important time and a powerful point in the history of not just our city but even for those who come from around the country in the world to where we all are collectively in society, the conversations we are trying to have covered the impact

it's got comments, photos, videos you've sent to us. here's one we want to share from prince george's if county police. grateful for canine partners that watch over us and our community. we're grateful for them as well. check out the wall at wusa9.com /gratitude. to add something, tweet or instagram with the hashtag call of gratitude. -- wall of gratitude. post on the facebook page or send an e-mail. >> thank you very much adam. >>> terrapins broke out of the gate quick and fast in a hurry today the stamina guys leaving a little to be desired. down in blacksburg in this is black friday. oh my god. does anybody want to be part of this? nooooo. well, chevy has a better way, with black friday deals all month long. that's a great idea. what if you could get up to twenty percent cash back when you bought it? bam. twenty percent back? that's awesome. it's black friday. find your tag and get cash back for 20% of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. or, get zero percent financing for seventy-two months on 2015 silverado light duty models. cool t

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to us. that's it for now. be sure to check us out right here on techknow. >> dive deep into these stories and go behind the scenes at al jazeera dot com slash techknow. follow our expert contributors on twitter, facebook, instagram, google plus and more. >> concealed iguanas in his prosthetic leg. >> revealing the shocking lengths traffickers go. >> i've had monkeys jump out of suitcases. >> now scientists joining the fight to save endagered species. >> the more we buy, the more these animals are going to become extinct. >> tecknows' team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> let's do it. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. this is al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the news hour. i am richelle carey in doha with the top stories. syrian rebel groups join force to his take back territory from the government. and the key battle ground of aleppo province. >>> russia announces a series of economic sanctions against turkey after the shooting down of the russian fighter jet. >>> the u.s.

here. but in part i'm also speaking to them, even though they're not here. i'm not just speaking about us. i'm speaking as a hawaiian to other hawaiians. and because time's so short, i want to apologize for the shotgun approach. i'm hoping that it won't just come out sounding like a list of dirty deeds and ugly truths. we call america--the american presence in hawaii an illegal occupation. some people call it the prolonged belligerent occupation. that's like using international legal jargon. even hawaiians are very conflicted about the ideas of what the foundation of the occupation is. and so what ends up happening with us is that we don't end up so much protesting en masse the way that we should, but we often end up having these fights basically over what's actually happening to us. and i think that's tragic because the focus stays in the idea of legal speak. and in the meantime, our world is being cannibalized and our cultural is being cannibalized by americans, tourists, and industries from all over the globe. um--[sighs] in the absence of this kind of intervention that i actually beli

>> these are parents, teachers, that are waiting for us to get here. >> when police arrived to clear the school out, the community made a stand. they've been camped outside for three months, welding the front gates shut so no-one can get in. they still hold the keys to the back entrance, with help from a neighboring church. mayra tapia taught here for decades. >> so this was your classroom. we can go inside? it's still open. her old classroom is on the other side of this door. >> this is the first time you've been up here since it closed? >> yes. >> must be a big change for you? >> have you seen inside since then? >> i'm just waiting. >> the school's former students here have been relocated to bigger schools further away. but each day after class, many return to this one, including one of mayra's former students, tanisha. >> yeah, everything's here, everyone knows each other. it's all so familiar like. >> so now, you've been part of this campaign. >> the fight keeps on, and they go on and still here... >> 91 days. >> yeah, 91 days, it's a lot. >> the puerto rican education system has

more than 10 years after the fire and the question is does the apology come to us about late? here's more. >> reporter: good morning. it's hard to us about believe it's been 13 years in february since the tragic nation fire took the lives of 100 people. pyrotechnics used by the band that night burned down the entire building and helps were trapped inside. the lead singer of the band great white is apologizing now the first time in a documentary. >> and going to us about give any chance to us about about it. i never had a chance to us about say i was sorry. >> and he said it's taken him this long to us about come forward because the lawyers advised him not to us about talk. for some, it's too little too late. >> and every time he speaks and brings it up, it hurts the families more and more. >> the best thing for jack, stay away from rhode island, shut your mouth and leave us alone. >> no word when his documentary will be released. back to us about you. >> thank you very much, susie. >>> and it's being called mcas2.0. the state's education commission is recommending a new version of th

the cross country team does run it to come out here to use the trail that's around the complex and it's just not a good situation, so i'm ticked we can have a nice safe trail for them to come out here and practice." donations for the project. kcrg-tv9's new parent company, gray television has a better view of eastern iowa this morning. gray hosted a reception for cedar rapids city and business leaders, kcrg, and the gazette company last night. tv9 joined the gray family of t-v stations this year. gray's c-e-o, hilton howell, said it was important for the company to be a part of iowa news media and to carry on the kcrg tradition of serving the community. "hilton - gray is going to try to do and bring as much or more as the gazette company did in the past to kcrg. we are devoted to this area, this is now one of our hometowns, and you're going to see us building and growing." "chuck - but we also saw the significant changes that were coming in the industry, and gray is much better prepared to deal with those than we would be, so this is actually best for the community." peters says the new

i know it sounds crazy, but i've gotten so used to being here. - i've even gotten used to you. - thanknow how mr. brashov always talks about how we're like a family here ? well, it's true. it's been safe here. don't you ever get a little scared, rosa ? only when i think there's nothing to look forward to. i envy you, katherine. if i didn't believe that one day i'm going to take off this apron... and be in front of the counter, i don't know what i would do. besides, do you really believe i would put up with you... if i didn't think it was good experience ? rosa. i'm going to miss you. "free concert starring famous rock star" ? isn't that false advertising ? no way. i mean, what's the difference whether i'm famous now or three months from now ? if only you could be this excited when you're working. this is just the beginning, mr. brashov. i think we're all going to remember that this is the night that henry chang became a star. just be sure the star cleans up the cafe after the concert. come on, henry. the crowd's waiting. jimmy, you ready with the lights ? well, here we go. ♪ i feel the

use chalk and markers to write out the distances of these various landmarks in the landscape around them. this is how they would zero in and use their artillery and weapons to fire on advancing forces. over here in the bunker, we have a map used by the third armor division. so this particular map was the property of lieutenant dalton cooper who went on to write a memoir about what it was like to fight in tanks. his memory was entitleed "death traps." you get an idea of the fast moving advancement that the allied forces were making through tanks and through the war of up until this point. as i mentioned, we were slowing up at this point and things were about to get a lot worse. in december of 1944, adolph hitler will launch a last ditch effort to fry and win the war for nazi germany. his strategy was to launch offensive against the american and british forces on the western front. this map depicts that attack. hitler thought that what we could do would be to divide the british forces to the north from the american forces to the south. you can see the goal of this offensive by the dotted red line and the port all the way to the north. if hitler could break up into the english channel, he though

that would be justification to use the taser. >> a key part of the training is to use the simulator here. officers are given all the necessary gear and put in a scenario over what they need to do. >> reporter: this is judgment enhancement training and they change variables based on officer's decisions. >> open the door. >> put the gun down. put the gun down. >> our deadly force policy says a suspect must pose and imminent threat of death or serious injury to the officer or other person. >> reporter: this sends officers to a mock office building, a man shows up with a gun a day after threatening to kill his wife and being served with a protective order to stay way from her. here, failing to shoot in the back turns the scene into a murder suicide. >> are you justified in shooting somebody in the back as they're walking away? >> absolutely. >> sergeant gleason points out 98% of calls of service don't require any level of 230force te used. officers that don't follow training have to face the full consequences of their actions. >> these are split second decisi decisions. >> it really was enli

to us all about it. we've watched you on screens, we know who you are from my cousin vinnie and just such a pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. >> but for those who may not know mr. bentley, tell us about him. >> eric bentley is a great writer. he's a playwright, for one thing. he's also a translator of playwrights. he brought us brecht, he made him accessible. he translated him. all the first really important productions or three pennyopera -- >> right. >> -- were his translations. he forged a path. he opened up those doors. and he wrote a whole lot of books about playwrighting in theater. when i was a kid in ohio and we my mom had been a professional actress, and she was part of a community theater. we had eric's books in our living room, in our library. and i was a kid, and i would just devour what he read -- what he wrote. and he wrote about what he read too. [laughter] and he was so passion nail and so smart -- passionate and so smart. those two things don't always go together. >> right. >> sometimes they do. and they did in him. and he just kicked open a lot of doors to me just reading him. >> your mom, d

and a second, security was yelling at us to move back here towards 8th street. a man and a dog handler yelled at joseph caputo to get on the ground. he was carrying with him a binder and an envelope. >> it was a serious breach of the white house property. is the latest in a string of several white house fence jumpers. it was pretty chaotic. it was pretty unexpected when we were there today. things took an unexpected turn. rich: the secret service is not saying why joseph caputo may have done this or what was in the envelope. the young woman who witnessed the said he was standing on the other side of the fence and do not seem to be a threat, but now he is in custody. now, two 11:00 right men hoping for a good view of macy'sy see -- the thanksgiving day parade are now under arrest. these two men were caught flying a drone over the parade. the two men were then taken into police custody after tracked down and no word on the exact charges just yet. black friday shopping is already underway. some, it already started a few hours ago or for some others, even yesterday.

rwoman: i'm here to shape the future of nursing. r man: because the oceans matter to us all. p man: i'm there to explore the frontier of knowledge. -man: here for the commonwealth. -woman: and the common good. -woman: umass. reid: a permanent memorial for victims of the station nightclub fire is one step closer to reality. the memorial foundation has raised 1.3 million dollars after recently receiving several large donations, inching closer to the $2 million they need to complete it. a temporary memorial currently sits on the site with handmade crosses and personal mementos. 100 people died in that fire nearly 13 years ago. jc: they were promised quick action, that repairs to their apartments would be brief. dozens of residents are spending rooms. they are still wondering when they will go home. >> st. luke' s church in chelsea . >> this is wonderful for me and m grateful for the >> their apartment among those flooded lead of months ago at the 11-story broadway glenn. some 30 families living in hotel rooms ever since. >> it is small quarters. >> it' home. months, it' s tough o

to do. i would assume that would be the situation. >> thank you for joining us. good to have you here. mitchell the representative to the mta board. that is the show for today. i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. ♪ searching for the cause of this deadly plane crash, the owner of a russian jet that went down in egypt suggesting this morning it may have been attacked. investigators still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >>> demanding more control over the presidential debate and why angry republicans want the rn c out of the process. >>> storms in the southeast and another foot of rain falling in parts of texas and look at who is now in the cross hairs for severe weather today plus. >>> kansas royals are the kings of baseball and took extra winnings for the mets to capture the first world series title in 30 years. ♪

us, had my generation. it could have been me. it could have been him. >> we never thought this would happen to us, but terror has happened to us here at home. >> this isan in investigative -- investigators now believe coordinated the attacks. he called in this video for the murder of those fighting islam. he has been linked to other attacks in europe. he was born in brussels and filmed here in syria where he is thought to be. here in france, police have identified the remains of at least five of the suicide bombers. one of them worked as a driver on the 148 bus route here in the french capital before disappearing to syria three years ago. his family's home in northern paris was one of many properties targeted last night in antiterrorist raids across the country. more than 100 people were put under house arrest. the authorities here are nervous there could be plans for further attacks. at an extraordinary meeting of the french parliament today, president hollande said france is now at war. >> the acts committed on friday night in paris are acts of war. but terrorism will not destroy the french republic because the french republic will defeat terrorism.

here an hour and a half early. i thought it was going to be bad getting through security. >> reporter: and travelers are telling us that it seems like they are seeing so many more port authority police officers outside of the airport, inside the terminals around here, also, what's very important to note that flights for the most part, they are on time. and aaa says it believes it'll have record-breaking numbers for people flying this season and also taking off on the roads. reporting live, katherine creag, news 4 new york. >> great weather to fly too, kat, thank you. >>> also a busy day on the rails, amtrak is ramping up service to keep up with holiday demand. amtrak set a record last year carrying more than 770,000 travelers during the thanksgiving four-day weekend. and they expect to see ian higher numbers this year. >> we're operating extra trains across the network here on the northeast corridor wells across the country, operating extra trains, adding capacity, extra coaches where we can. keeping a close eye on our demand and adjusting accordingly. >> amtrak officials recommend using e-ticketing on your phone o

i basically came to like tell myself, you're probably going to be in here for the rest of your life. get used. >> what guzman can't accept is living in the administrative segregation unit for much longer. >> i'm going to see if they can take me out of here, man. >> yeah, get out of the ad-seg. >> what? >> you don't want these loud ass bitches all around. >> it sucks. certainly parts entirely. but it's mind over matter. i'm trying to be as sane as possible. >> just put this is my first time in custody, i understand the severity of my charges. however, while i'm here, i'd like to attend any of the classes available. can i please be down-classed to maximum security. then you can add whatever, thank you in advance for your time or whatever. >> erwin coaches guzman on how to fill out a transfer request form which could move her to general population. >> basically they get anywhere from sometimes four on a good day six hours of pod time a day. they get to eat outside of their cell. they get to communicate, interact with other inmates. i really -- i don't want to be here no more. >> classification t

he used to play here, a common boy. didn't even smoke cigarettes, he was cool with everybody. >> reporter: isis releasing another video this morning showing one of its fighters in iraq praising the attacks. promising to attack washington, d.c. in the same way. in paris fox news. >>> president obama defended his strategy against isis at the g20 summit in turkey. the commander in chief insisted that his administration's current strategies involving air strikes in a limited number of military advisers on the ground is working. he says that sending in ground troops would be a mistake. >> we'll do what is required to keep the american people safe. and i think it is an entirely appropriate thing and the democracy to have a serious debate about these issues. >> folks who want to pop off and to have opinions about what they think that they would do to present their specific plan. if they think that is somehow their advisories are better than the chairman and my joint chief of staff, the folks that will be on the ground, i want t

to be introduced by the mayor. thank you for being here. >> thank you superintendened. simply, lindy dawnally is a speech and language teacher-i used to call it language arts in middle school. she is at the james lick middle school but we wanted her here to just talk about the challenges that teachers have but also her own experience so lindsey please come up and thank you for joining us. >> so, as mayor lee said my name is lindy dawnany and i'm a speech language pathology and work at james lick middle school and willy brown middle school. i'm here to tell you about my process purchasesing a home at 1400 mission. i was hired by the district a couple years ago and it was my dream job. when i moved here i was surprised how expensive rent was and didn't think it was something i would be able to-do in the laing run. the end of last school year i made the decision to move away somewhere more affordable or look into other options to stay in the city and that is how i found out about the below market rate housing opportunity. so, i did research on line, went to a couple classes for-through the i think the credit counseling agencies and th

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to us. that's it for now. be sure to check us out right here on techknow. >> dive deep into these stories and go behind the scenes at al jazeera dot com slash techknow. follow our expert contributors on twitter, facebook, instagram, google plus and more. >> concealed iguanas in his prosthetic leg. >> revealing the shocking lengths traffickers go. >> i've had monkeys jump out of suitcases. >> now scientists joining the fight to save endagered species. >> the more we buy, the more these animals are going to become extinct. >> tecknows' team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> let's do it. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. >> hello, welcome to the al jazeers hour. i'm jane in doha. coming up, russia's accused of bombing a marketplace in the syrian province of idlib. at least 44 people are killed. >> a moment of hope in burkina faso where people in one of the poorest countries vote for a new president. >> peaceful protests around the world turn violent in paris as people call fo

yet if they don't agree with it all of a sudden you had to leave. >> vammen wanted to show us why she opposes the canal here. there is no better way to understand lake nicaragua, than this. this isn't exactly what we planned. the waves and wind are brutal. soon we'd even lose one of our cameras. >> so we're here in the middle of lake nicaragua and one of the national newspapers took something like this into the lake. this is a depth finder what they did is went up and down the proposed canal route what they found, it's shallow. much too shallow for any of those giant supertankers. >> this documentary from the independent nicaraguan newspaper confidential, followed the proposed route through the lake, taking depth measurements all along the suggested path. super tankers would require a depth of 30 meters, or 98 feet. most of the lake just isn't that deep. >> that means they would have to dig out 20 meters almost. how are they going to get these sediments out? where are they going to put it? what does that mean for the lake? there needs to be more studies done. >> and judging by the conditions we saw, dredgin

here and now we're being pushed away again. >> honestly, once these areas are deemed unsuitable for us to stay here, what's going to happen, you're going to have the rich coming in building camps to stay here on the weekends. >> once again, it seems the houma nation will be forced to leave. >> mexico's supreme court opened the door to making marijuana legal in the country. the court has ruled that a cannabis club can grow the drug for personal use. john hohman reports. >> in concrete terms, mexico's supreme court decided that a small group of mostly businessmen and lawyers could produce and smoke their own marijuana. that's against mexican allow right now. of course, this case is bigger than just that. it sets a precedent and if there are many more similar cases, about four more cases like this, it changes the rules in mexico so that anyone can grow and smoke their own marijuana. this case has been provoking a lot of debate. the president of the country pena nieto got involved in a series of tweets, saying it would open discussion about this important issue in the country. the people pushing this case want this to go further, loo

to us as if th they. some of the officers from our van tage point here appear to have shields. they are wondering whether or not they might be planning to move in, so far you see them positioning themselves, it seems as though it's a waiting game, it seems as if police are in position, definitely taking this serious serious. there are ambulances as well. major operations that we can see from this van tage point up here overlooking those streets where those apartments appear to be where all this happened, hala. >> fred the reason they are so careful. police forces sell cnn they believe they launched this raid just from time. they believe the suspects were about to mover on some kind of operation. they were about to launch some kind of operation, in fact, one of the terrorists killed, this woman was wearing a suicide vest and blew herself up indicates to them they were about to begin some kind of operation, so the timing here crucial and possibly preventing more deaths here if paris is there we want to remind our shoers you dramatic it was overnight here. it began just about six

here doing it. they tell us that it's actually a great time to come out here and get some awesome deals. ors here to toys r us in cherry hill opened about an hour ago and it's not a mad house at all. but you can see there is a steady stream of traffic of people coming in here. the line formed outside of toys r us about an hour before the store opened. people were in good spirits. they were ready for a night of shopping. many had already eaten turkey and stuffing and were hoping to burn off some calories while knocking some items off the holiday shopping list. >> we actually just got out about 3:30. we left the house, and we already stopped in penny's and now we're in line for toys r us. >> we had fan tis tick deals. we saved $500 with all the toys. three carriages, you know, toys. >> what we do is, all the girls get together and go shopping on thursday. the guys stay home and watch football and we all eat tomorrow as family so our shopping is already done. and then we can just relax and eat. >> reporter: now dawn, that's sounds fabulous to me. eating and relaxing on a friday getting it al

use chalk and markers to write out the distances of these various landmarks in the landscape around them. this is how they would zero in and use their artillery and weapons to fire on advancing forces. over here in the bunker, we have a map used by the third armor division. he thought that the americans and british would be forced to come to a political agreement to end the war. in this battle, the largest that has been fought by the united states army in its history, better than 600,000 americans were engaged. you can see our lines famously bold but they did not break. however, you have the story of the siege going to be depicted here most famously. george patton is going to come up and save bastone from the south. this is what americans recognize from the film patton where terry was asked by the germans to surrender and he famously said to them, one word, nuts. so, in this case here, you get a sense of how logistics are so important in war. particular with things like gasoline, up here we have a german gas tank where you can see the sf marks on the side. germans were running out of gasoline. we, however, we not only have to deal with moving mechanical vehicles, tanks and trucks around but a

to school in january. the money you make here, what will you use it for? >> to pay back school. >> reporter: to make money to pay off some loans? >> yes. >> reporter: amazon's hiring is a 25% increase from last year. but they are the exception. overall, holiday hiring is expected to be just slightly higher than last season. fedex is adding 55,000 workers. roughly 5% more than 2014. major retailers like macy's and target will add the same amount of workers as last year. andrew challenger is the vice president of the employment firm challenger gray and christmas. >> because so much of the holiday spending is now being done online, the jobs are changing. now more of the jobs instead of being in the front room are moving into shipping and those products. >> reporter: a mother of six is working in the amazon warehouse for the first time. so good to have extra cash? >> absolutely. to do something that's out of the ordinary for the household. >> reporter: do you want to do this full-time? >> if that was offered to me, i would consider it. >> reporter: last year, t

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to engage isis with ground forces. using a familiar rationale long touted by republicans. >> we'll either fight them there or we're going to fight them here that's the best way to prevent attacking us here is to fight them there. >> reporter: as to what fighting them there

here to kill americans. we have to stop taking refugees until there is a vetting process to let us know they're coming here notrnor george pataki and gop presidential candidate, thank you for your time. >> thank you, thomas. thank you for going to paris. i hope that the lights go back on and they move forward with confidence. >> thank you, sir. yes, they are back on. we'll show everybody miles from here, newly relit images from the eiffel tower. we know that it was dark for three days of mourning but relit this evening with pride as you can see. with the french colors. we are back with more special coverage live here in paris after this. >> no more pretending. we just can't. we're all really scared. but we need to -- we're scared but we know we have to fight back and the only way to fight back is to keep on living the way we live. i think my boys have a shot this year. yeah, especially with this new offense we're running... i mean, our running back is a beast. once he hits the hole and breaks through the secondary, oh he's gone. and our linebackers and dbs dish out punishment, and never quit. ♪ you didn't expe

there's no questioning. >> this package got us to here. this package gets us to $10 million.is process for you? >> this was so painful. it was almost like cutting off a limb. to be able to step back and realize that i had to do it for the company, and then see how great it is and how much better it is? it's amazing. i get it now. people will now know eco-me instead of being, "is it bill? is it emily?" i get it. >> and i'm proud of you, robin. i'm glad that you see that this was really a transformation of robin as a leader, as much as it was a transformation about eco-me as a company. and the fire that you have in your belly is the reason that the business has been able to survive all this time. >> thank you. >> if you can just get that positive energy turned in the direction that takes us to the next level, i'm confident you'll get us there. >> well, thank you so much. i couldn't have done it without you. >> this has been a great experience at eco-me. i always focus on people, process, and product, and in this case, the people have made a real turn. jen is doing a great job a

to protect players and the public. >> you don't think the game should be taken away and shut down here in massachusetts? >> well, what i said is that i'm not going to use a several hundred year old criminal statute that was written at a time when this kind of industry was never envisioned. i would like to get beyond that and figure out for policymakers and lawmakers. here should be the rules of the road. >> they have five days to respond. a lengthy legal battle is expected to follow. >> the chief operating officer has been picked to sponsor the newest navy submarine. the response so is always a woman who gets the honor of christening the ship. the ship then takes on the sponsor's personality. she's the author of the book lean in, and the first time she ever used that phrase was during a lecture at the u.s. naval academy. >> ceremony is being held statewide to honor the nation's service members this veteran's day. military members gathered emotional service. remembering their comrades who paid the ultimate price. also recognized today, gold star families, through the sacrifices they have made here at home. [taps] >> the playing of taps for veterans who

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now, here's a look at storm scan, quiet as can be, we continue to track clearing skies, high pressure has built in place for us here. but we are expecting that sun to shine brightly all day today. then eventually even more cold air on the way. meisha? >> all right, thanks, katie. good morning, everyone, happy friday to you. i hope you're waking up with us, grabbing your first cup of coffee, it is looking good outside. roadways looking really nice. blue route, headlights moving in the northbound direction, before route one, looking good here, basically anywhere name looking at the blue route looking real nice and steady. ninety-five southbound, cottman, coming around the s curve where you are starting to see levels build ever so slightly, i would say, little bit more than that actually, for a friday morning, this is actually a little bit heavy, since friday's tend to be one of the lighter travel days, but just make note of it. then this weekend we have big marathon, so it will really kind of put some hiccups in your plans if you will. septa buses detoured sunday at 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. want to make sure to check

to come out here, which makes me happy. thank you. thank you. this is heat. the toothpicks are just like 1958. some things just shouldn't change. my dad usedat that stuff. look at that beauty. oh, yeah. i come here to feed my soul. the cultural wellspring that's new jersey, it's the antidote to every other place. the place is perfect. the dogs are amazing. there are not a lot of people in this world courageous enough to not change. down the shore, yeah, we actually talk like that. it was what we did, go down the shore. not just our family from bergen county near the bridge, but families and working-class families from all over who packed up the kids in the station wagon for the interminable trip to long beach island. >> just getting out of the driveway was a big deal. >> always took three extra hours to load the cars. >> there was always drama. strapping stuff to the roof of the car. >> once we were over the manahawkin bridge, the excitement would ratchet up. ship bottom, then surf city, harvey cedars. then love ladies. ticking off the town names until finally, finally, barnegat light. >> new. these are all new. that's original. >> yeah, d

to squeeze it all out. it will hang with us through the day here. it does not look like a lot of heavy rain, but light to moderate. that will be it for a day or so. take a look at futurecast. it breaks up a little bit. definitely expect a chance for rain to be out there throughout the day. even tomorrow morning we have some showers. it will wrap up simple way out to sea. you will catch a break for the latter half of your day. heading up to 60 degrees by 2:00 p.m. your high for today is 61. let's switch you over to ines rosales. let's take a peek at what is happening. ines: the gwb. that is something to keep them i on it the tappan zee bridge, you are fine. your new jersey commute, doing fine. parkway, 280. on the l.i.e. over by terry wrote, there is the westbound side did your fine. fdr drive. one problem to tell you about. working him back by 96th street. as you approach 96, you have some delays. the gwb, take a look at this delay already. and accident on the upper level of the george washington bridge. if you want to take the lower lincoln tunnel,

to continue my studies and get a university degree. so i can find a job one day. our school is a special blind school, it helps us a lot. here we are able to study and continue our lives as normal. one day i heard about a special karate training programme. this training programme lp help me defend myself. i joined him. i was shocked. i wanted to know how to practice when i can't see. when i started training, i felt i could make it. i have succeeded. our instructor faced problems. but he took on the challenge. we are nine blind boys, and we help each other as if we were brothers. the coach adopted training involving hearing touch and sensory directions, knowing the four senses and knowing when to move. the instructor played an important role in training us, he became father, brother and friend. we thank him a lot for what he did for us. karate has given me confidence. no more street harassment. i feel we have faced the world. i want to continue with karate, until we get the black belt. my hope is officials will help us develop so we can representatives palestine in international competition. >>> it's quite an achievement. if

their counseling department was too busy to talk to us. here's an interesting point. after we were told no, our producer went to that unit and the counselor said my schedule is wide open. >> aiming to stop sex crimes on campus by drawing a tight circle of security. and somewhere out there. tuesday on "america tonight," we look off the coast of california to trouble brewing. a monster weather system hidden beneath waves, el nino. tuesday on malasian. "america tonight." >> our coverage of sex crimes on campus has focused over the last two-plus years on the growing number of reports and the concern about how to stop those assaults. the solutions as so many things these days may come from technology and maybe on the phone. "america tonight's" sarah hoye found there's an app for that in williams town, massachusetts. >> it is a new school year in northwest massachusetts. settling into school includes the familiar, meeting fellow students shortcuts around the campus and dealing with a familiar problem, campus sexual assault. >> no one's begun talking about it until recently,

as you are watching this, i want you to think about mobile not just being here for the day but long-term. this is going to allow us to add new features in san francisco. in the coming months you will see increased functionality like spanish language support, cantonese language support and enhancement for accessibility for vision impaired riders and that sort of thing. muni mobile is more than just about buying a ticket, but about making it easy to get to the places that matter. with that, let's walk through the basic experience. i will start from the beginning. i open my transit application and i will select muni mobile. am i in the way, by the way, is this okay from where i'm standing? all right. i'm standing to the side. we can do this again if i'm in the way. okay, all right. basically muni mobile is as simple as buying and using a ticket. all i have to do is come into what we call a navigation drawer where i see my options laid out very clearly. by selecting buy tickets i'm drawn to a selection menu where i address two easy steps. i select what kind of driver i am. i'm an adult and we can have reduced patrons,

pick up a cell phone and take a picture of you and your business and send it to us here at msnbc youriness or tweet it to #yourbizselfie. >>> time now to answer some of your business questions. so let's get our board of directors in here. david lewis is back once again. and slavo rueben is joining us. he's the ceo of indigo go. a new father, congratulations. >> yep. thanks for having me. >> let's get into the questions. first one is about a potential drawback of social media. >> how would we handle disgruntled employee basically tarnishing the company's reputation on social media. and the time that it would basically consume to mitigate that? >> i'm glad we got this question. we never talked about this on the show. we talk about your customers. you're an employee who is talking about you. what do you say? >> be careful what you do here. there's freedom of speech issues. there's thing tied to the national labor relations board. if it's something they are talking about proprietary nature act on the basis of your proprietary or intellectual property right. if it's opinion based move on.

and he used to work in counterterrorism with the mta. nick, thanks for joining us. >> good to be here, bill. >> when you hear us talk about, you know, invading yet another muslim country, without getting into foreign policy questions with you, what, as a security expert, here does that make you feel? >> well, any time that we engage in military action we know that are enemies, and the problem is that our enemies are gonna be vast. it's gonna be more than isis. it's gonna be al-qaeda, it could be hamas, it could be hezbollah. we have to understand, they all hate us. to what degree, it doesn't really matter. we have to be prepared here to engage and to get our total apparatus down correctly. >> nypd commissioner bratton insists -- you saw him in that really unusual news conference the other night at 11:00 at night. he insists they're prepared for all that. do you think the nypd is prepared? >> absolutely. i mean, in listening to the congressman, you brought up a good question about some people showing concerns about coming to the thanksgiving day parade. let me assure them myself. come