aljazeera has obtained a document telling n.s.a. officials to use 9/11 as a talking point to defend the agencies surveillance activities. >> president obama talks about up the affordable care act after health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius goes to congress and apologize's for the health's website problems. >> the boston red sox are the champs, beating the st. louis cardinals for their third title since 2004. >> dwight howard living large, superman has his debut with the rockets. >> rain on the way to the midwest and texas. the details in a few minutes. >> cubans are living on $20 a month and the u.s. embargo of the island is partly to blame. >> it's the greatest humanitarian crisis you may not have heard of, the democratic republic of congo, the government is finally turning the tide on rebels accused of atrocities. >> aljazeera america continues in just two minutes. >> del walters is up next. >> new accusations against the n.s.a., the spy agency now accused of hacking into google and yahoo accounts around the world.

>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters, and these are the stories we're following for you. u.s. spying alleges, a growing distrust. saying not so fast. and painkiller abuse, the fda wants new rules. and coming out of bankruptcy, how man's best friend is getting left out in the cold. the u.s. now on damage control mode after allegations of spying activities. latest in the french newspaper that published an elite document that said that the u.s. tried to hack into their communications network. angry in a meeting in brussels, and they have called for new surveillance rules. david cameron accusing edward snowden and newspapers of assisting the enemy by helping them to avoid that surveillance. but we begin in washington >> reporter: the controversy is growing x. so is a rift with a close ally. angela merkel expressing outrage that american intelligence listened in on her cellphone calls. >> with regards to the agency, i have made it clear that it's unacceptable. i said it in june, july, and yesterday in a phone

where they are now. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm dell walters, and these are your headlines. >> if anybody wants to know why, that's the big question. the answer is, we don't know right now. >> miss in sparks, nevada, trying to actively find out why a 12-year-old student monday opened fire at a middle school. he killed a teacher and wounded two students before killing himself. >>> secretary of state, john kerry, is in london, trying to help the problem in syria. >>> and job report out today. 148,000 jobs in september, and unemployment dropped to 7.2%. but that report was delayed because of the government shutdown. >>> a group of young men from iraq are turning a lot of heads in the hip ho hiphop community,y recently performed in dearborn, michigan, they called themselves the step crew and they sat down with us. >> on sunday after, the sounds of hiphop music emanate from the walls of the arab american museum in dearborn, michigan, just outside of detroit. and these young men who traveled here from iraq are taking the center stage

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aljazeera will be right back. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. and i'm john, here are the top stories. alleged al qaeda member, al libby, pled not guilty to bombing two u.s. embax he's in africa two years ago. he was captured by u.s. forces in october. accused of helping to bomb in tanzania and kenya, in which u.s. citizens died. >>ellaic in the philippines, the search for survivors underway. it knocked out churches and businesses and homes. >> house republicans have tried twice today to end the government shutdown and after waiting for the house to agree on a plan, the senate leaders have very little time to reach an agreement before thursday's deadline. >>> america's credit under review. it was put on negative credit watch because congress has failed to raise its federal debt ceiling in a timely manner. the news briefing sent dow numbers falling 100 points, and they have since rebounded. so if it were up to the senate and the government shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis came to an end, but it seems to be in the hands of a divided house of re

here are the headlines from aljazeera. the international chemical watchdog said syria has destroyed all of its declared chemical weapons product equipment. they will now focus on destroying the stockpile. a new deadline of mid 2014 has been set. >> the congolese military said leaders of the m23 rebel group have fled across the border into uganda of a the capture of their last strong hold. it's taken 18 months for the army in the democratic republic of congo to put down the rebellion. hundreds of kenyans have taken to the street, calling on the government to take action against men who gang raped a 16-year-old girl. protestors marched on the ministry of justice and police headquarters. >> rescue workers say they found the bodies of 87 people in the sahara desert. they are believed to have died of thirst when their trucks broke down. the group made up of mainly women and children had been trying to reach neighboring algeria. >> jordan is criticized for refusing to led refugees into the country. those stopped at the border of

welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm thomas drayden. >> to do a federal trial gets underway to determine if the largest municipal bankruptcy filing can move forward. >> with detroit more than $20 billion in debt, there is little doubt it is in dire financial straits. >> a city manager has taken over and proposed cutting worker pensions and benefits to help the city get back on track. labor unions and retirees will argue rolling back pensions view lathes the state's constitution. >> the bankruptcy itself is quickly becoming a costly affair. >> for the motor city, first came the debt, then came the bankruptcy, then the bankruptcy bill. it's soaring like detroit's skyline. the city council dutifully keeps meeting, but since the finances taken over, it is the city manager calling the shots. he's handed contracts to lawyers and bankruptcy experts worth more than $62 million and counting. only his office knows the real total. >> my question is, has it seen exceeded $62 million. i don't have that answer

>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. >> well, sir, i think the american taxpayers expect us to get the sight up and running. as i told you... >> i'm certain that they did, they expected it the first time. >> they did, and so did i. >> nobody is losing their right to healthcare coverage, and no insurance company will be able to deny you coverage. those days are over, and that's the truth. >> defending and selling. a two pronged attack to fix america easy healthcare exchange. no money, but why some social security recipients are not celebrating. cleanup, why they're celebrating. where the trash goes next. >> an object, believed to be a meet error right fell at a farm in new jersey. >> remembering a moment in broadcasttivity. broadcast history. >> more outrage tonight over the problems with the affordable care act and the president and his administration are promising once again to fix them. the system has been plagued by glitches since day one, and it was offline, even as the secretary of

stay with aljazeera. antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> what do you think? >> consider this. unconventional wisdom. >> obama administration officials said they need to enrol 2.7 u.s. redents between the ages of 18 and 35 in exchange plans to balance risks and hold down costs. will they enrol come 1 october - should they pay the face. >> joining me now is jen mishory, deputy director of young invincibles, she's in washington d.c. and yevgeniy feyman, a research assistant at the manhattan institute. thank you for being with us. i want to start with you yevgeniy feyman. the young people are crucial to the success of obamacare. >> absolutely. they'll balance out the risk pool, they'll keep premiums that need the insurance, and the administration is reaching out to them. >> jen, the young invincibles are in the 18-34 group. [[voiceover]] when people need to be heard, stories need to be told, al jazeera is t

this video was given to aljazeera. the person who made it said it showed hostages begging it is army not to shoot and waving a white flag of surrender. last months, separatists took several hundred people hostages. fighting between the army and hostage takers left many dead in the city. human rights are calling for an investigation. >> a former hostage spoke to us. >> the m.l.s. were the first to fire. the military answered. i was hit with shrap necessarily in the head. a student lost an arm. >> there are cases that have to be fired, they will be fired. perhaps i should caution you it's a bit of propaganda. the actions brought it on. >> three weeks of fighting between the rebels and government forces left more than 200 dead. the rebels were forced out of the city and their hostages freed. >> europe is recovering from one of the most powerful storms to hit the continent in years, at least 13 people were killed, hundreds of thousands left without power. many were stranded when transportation was shut down. the storm name

aljazeera continues. we're back with with you in two and a half minutes. >> kathleen sebelius on the health care hot seat. all eyes will be on her as she gets set to defend the affordable care act and its problem-plagued website. >> there has not been a mass casualty in the u.s. since 2001. that's not by luck. >> the head of the n.s.a. die i, saying the gathering of intelligence around the world is not only critical, it helps keep americans safe from terrorists. >> a new crisis in sir yes, children testing positive for polio. the latest outbreak could be the tip of iceberg. >> a bus crash in india, police searching for the company's owners. >> fireworks are expected an hour from now on capitol hill when health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will appear before a house committee. that committee is looking into problems with the rollout of the affordable care website. she was optimistic in the weeks leading up to the launch. >> we're on track to have the marketplace up and running on october

we'll of live coverage for you right here on aljazeera america. all employees should go back on their next scheduled workday. for many that means today. there is a provision to get back pay a

welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. new allegation over the nsa spying program have placed the u.s. ambassador to germany in the hot seat. the foreign minister summoning him over allegations that the cell phone of the chancellor was tapped. while the white house denies the nsa is tapping merkel's phone, no one from the obama white house is denying that it ever happened. >> i can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> now this new controversy is breaking as leaders are gathering for a summit in belgium. there's word that the e.u. make take up legislation to protect it against n.s.a. spying. >> these protections must apply no matter if it concerns the emails of citizens or the mobile phone of angela merkel and now is the time for action and not only declarations at the summit, because european leaders have the chance to show that now the protection form can be adopted by spring, 2014. >> from

and aljazeera america al is taking a closer look. the budget bill, the immigration bill and the farm bill. we begin tonight with the farm bill. diane easterbrook has more from chicago. >> john, they are working on a compromise with the farm bill. the big contention is going to be food stamps. the program is costing the government about $80 billion a year. she picks up canned goods from a local food pantry each month. she works part-time, and gets $500 in benefits to feed herself and her two kids >> i need it, and without it, i don't know what i would do. i've been coming here to the food pantry. >> leaving millions without jobs, the number of people inhold in the government supplemental assistance program has nearly doubled and the costs have more than doubled. the democrat senate has proposed cutting 4 and a half billion dollars over ten years by closing loopholes, and the republicans want to cut it in half by limiting eligibility. that would trim 4 and a half million people from the foot stamp program next year. an economist thinks

aljazeera, islamabad. >> the u.s. maintaining in all cases the drones have been successful in killing their targets. >> they are senseless, harmful and potentially deadly, but cases of lasers pointed at airliners are on the rise. a man accused of shining lights at planes faces federal charges. he is pleading inning, but admitted doing it for thrills. these incidents have increased over the last eight years 10 fold. it happened 75 times this year at new york city's major airports alone. the culprits are tough to catch, because they can be five miles away. >> leads are pouring in about the little mystery girl found in roma in greece. authorities are following up at least 10 leads, including four from the u.s. the roma couple has been charged with abducting the little girl they call maria. they appeared in court and will remain in custody until they go on trial. their lawyer says the pair adopted the girl from her biological mother. >> new jerseys governor chris christie is dropping his fight against same-sex marriage in

aljazeera. >> for more on this development, let's bring in aljazeera's reporters. how will the weapons be destroyed at such a large scale in the middle of a time of war? >> it's indeed a challenge and the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says that it's unprecedented. these experts and chemists have to not only destroy one of the world says largest chemical weapons arsenals, but it also has to do that in a country that's in a state of war. they have to do that by mid 2014, according to the u.n. resolution. now what we understand is in the first few days, they're going through the inventory of chemical weapons provided by the government and sites provided by the government but undisclosed. there are believed to be 25 locations. then they're going to be deployed to the field. their first priority will be destroying the facilities where chemical weapons are produced and mixed, so as to crush the heart of the chemical program in syria. they have to do that as quickly as possible. they only have 30 days to do that, that's november 1, and it's a really

thank you for being on aljazeera. now france being a champion of secularism, we know this is not about religion. why are the french reluctant to open shops on sunday? >> well, it's about the idea that you should have one day of the week not devoted to consumers and devoted to spending time with family, and other activities than just shopping, although it is true that this time of behavior is already changing. >> where do the majority of french people stand? do the majority of people want shops open on sunday or not? >> there have been some polls suggesting that a large majority want the store to stay open on sundays. there was a poll that said 80%, but that people in order to be incentivized would be higher pay to work on sunday. >> these are tough economic times, of course. >> yes, so you want to extinguish between two type of activities, those dependent on tourism. for this activity, not being open an sunday is a big loss, because it's just business not done and that could be done on that date. for the rest of the a

. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. today begins the second full woke of the government shutdown and just 10 days until the dead ceiling deadline when the government faces the possibility of not being able to pay its bills for the first time ever. congress is returning to work today to try to resolve the crisis, but republican leaders won't pass a budget unless president obama is willing to negotiate. erika ferrari has more. >> time is running out. october 17, the united states will reach its borrowing limit and for the first time, the nation will default. as the government shutdown enters day seven and with no compromise in sight, house speaker john boehner is demanding any plan include spendings cuts and changes to the affordable health care act, also known as obamacare. >> there's no way we're going to pass, the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. the president is not negotiating. >> in no circumstances are you passing a clean debt bill. >> we are not going down that path. >> washington is playing

>> this is aljazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. the budget topped the agenda as law makes in washington get back to business. the united nations said u.s. drone strikes have killed more civilians than the government is willing to admit. >> police in florida are trying to track down two convicted killers who used forged papers to walk free. >> back to business or simply business as usual, the budget tops the agenda, but republicans have one plan, departments have another. time is short. lawmakers have until mid december to agree on a long term budget. if they don't and it's business as usual, the impact will be felt well into next year. libby casey is in washington for us. libby, are things getting back to normal down there? >> they really are for the most part. federal workers are back on the job. you know, it is a ripple effect, though. even as those workers go back, the personal economics of so many other people who are tied to the government, who work at tourist sites are going

back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters, and these are your headlines. syria has now met that deadline for chemical weapons development. and the ocw said that the equipment has been reppedred inoperable >> >> president obama hosting a summit to create new jobs for america. he's trying to get business leaders from around the world to invest in the u.s. >> >> and british intelligence is worried about reports that the nsa spied on google and yahoo, and they're concerned about privacy invasion of u.s. citizens city. >> officials have announced new rules that allow passengers to use most portable electronic devices in flight. but don't expect to be chatting on your cellphone any time soon. the ban is still for text during the flights. >>> soon buying cigarettes or tobacco is going to be harder in new york city. that's because the legal age to buy cigarettes is about to go up to 21, and that will make it the toughest law in the country. >> reporter: cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, e cigarettes, will soon be off-limit

. >>, to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. a frustrated president obama is expected to address the nation today about his signature health care legislation, the affordable care act. he'll tell the american people that the problem-plagued federal website is unacceptable and layout a plan to get it back on track. >> major technical glitches that have plagued obamacare's health care enrollment website have proven an embarrassment to democrats and giving republican's more ammunition to criticize the plan they vow to get rid of. >> i will do anything and continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obamacare. >> nearly 500,000 applications have been filed through the exchange program, but no figures on actual enrollments have been released by the government, whose own congressional budget office says 7 million should be enrolled within six months. health and human services officials say changes are being made to file on line bugs, tweeting: >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is decline to go s

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welcome to aljazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. said day three of the government shutdown and the first face-to-face talks between congressional leaders and president obama have failed to end the stale made. lawmakers met wednesday. the goal was simple, reopen the federal government. neither side was willing to budge and they left those talks with no deal. >> i would hope that the president and my democratic colleagues in the senate would listen to the american people and sit down and have a serious discussion about resolving these differences. >> i believe based on what we have seen, the performance of the tea party driven, cruz led house now, no longer the senate, it's now in the house, i think that it looks like these people are headed where they want to go. >> the president is standing firm on the issue, saying he will no longer negotiate as long as they keep the government shut down over obamacare. >> john boehner has not been willing to say no to a faction of the republican party that are willing to burn the house down over a

welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm thomas drayden. >> i'm receive sigh. >> there was hope a senate proposal would gain traction in the house tuesday. that did not happen. reaching a deal in the house may be even more difficult. >> for more on congress dealing with the debt crisis, we are joined by a former aid to george h.w. bush. mr. watkins, thanks for being with us this morning. they couldn't come to a vote yesterday. what does this crisis say about speaker boehner's leadership? >> the speaker has a tough job, of course. right now leading republicans in the house is like herding cats. you've got a very strong, very determined wing of the party that could be described at tea party members for the most part. they're very hard lined, not willing to compromise. for many of them, it's a badge of honor to say they've shut down the government. the reality is that we'll all have to pay the price if we default on our debt. >> it's a badge of honor to some republican that is they shut down the government, but can this be

welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. today is day four of the government shutdown, but a wild chase and shooting through the streets of washington led to a different kind of shutdown, with police putting the capitol itself on lockdown. erika is here with more details about the chase from the white house to the people's house that brought washington to a stand still. good morning, erika. >> good morning. officers say the woman at the center of the chaos has a history of mental illness. this is 34-year-old miriam carey. she grew up in new york city, but grew up in connecticut. she suffered from serious post partum depression after girl birth last year, which was around the time she was also fired from her job. while police are convinced she did not ram the gates of the white house by accident, they still don't know her motive. >> investigators worked late into the night at the home of the woman who police say caused chaos at the capitol thursday afternoon. the 34-year-old was behind the wheel of the car behind the center o

>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. more world leaders claim that the u.s. has been listening to their phonecalls. plus: >> amazon and ebay don't crash the week before christmas, and pro flowers doesn't crash on valentine's day >> the blame game. congress wants answers for the people who built the healthcare website that doesn't work northeast >> job danger, why sites are especially hazardous to latino americans and immigrants. >>> and the scavenger hunt that pays $10,000 to find these little red boxes. >> new international tensions emerged today after u.s. secrets were unveiled. they were the latest in the documents that came from edward snowden, a former national security employee. this time, he said that the u.s. monitored the phonecalls of 35 world leaders, and the documents explained how they used information in the other departments to share the contact information of those foreign leaders. mike? >> reporter: good evening, john, there's yet more embarrassment for the obama administration over that fair as this tro

thanks for watching aljazeera america. we're back with you in two and a half minutes with del walters. (vo) tonight: faultlines chases the flames as they spread throughout the west. >> there's a thick, acrid smoke smell in the air and we're following a strike team now to the top of the mountains where the fire line begins. (vo) it's a war being fought by air and on land costing millions of dollars every year. >> you will make an individual decision to build a home there, but what's the cost to the rest of us? (vo) what's going wrong with the war on wildfires and what are the true costs of putting them out? >> nightmare commute, san francisco transit workers walking off the job, leaving hundreds of thousands scrambling to find a way to work. >> president obama calling on washington to change the way it does business, but the budget deal reveals it could be business as usual in the nation's capitol. >> hundreds of thunderstorms, thousands forced to flee at more than 100 wildfires rage across australia. >> getting food and wa

welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. the government shutdown is in its second full week and another day of political wrangling on capitol hill lies ahead. hundreds of thousands are americans are still unable to return to work and the possibility of a larger crisis coming into focus. if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, just nine days from now, the government will be unable to pay its bills for the first time. aljazeera's white house correspondent reports. >> instead of asia as planned, president obama was home bound, visiting fema, where 86% of workers are furlough heed. the president drew a hard line. >> we are not going to negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown until republicans get 100% of what they want. >> the message, the votes are there in the house that pass a spending bill and leaves the health care allow untouched. >> i asked the speaker, why are you afraid? are you afraid this measure will pass, the government will reopen and the americans will realize you took the country hostage for no ap

>> hello, welcome to aljazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. >> the government decides to pay furloughed government employees and the pentagon orders back most of its workers. >> there are enough democrats and republicans in the house of representatives prepared to vote to reopen the government today. >> the president tries to put more pressure on republicans to end the shutdown. >> the gulf coast braces for tropical storm karen, but is the storm fizzling? authorities put evacuation orders in parts of louisiana. ♪ theme >> we start tonight with developing news that navy seal operation againstal show bob militants in somalia. the raid targeted a senior leader of the group. al shabab is behind the killing of 60 people in a mall in kenya. the u.s. raid was carried out early this morning on oh the somali coast. earlier tonight, i spoke with rosalyn in washington about the raid you in somalia. >> there are reports indicating that u.s. navy seals may have found their target, a top leader of al shabab at a beachsi

consume, senator calderon, josh bernstein, aljazeera. can we ask you questions about ongoing legal remembers >> i'm here for a conference, and i'm not going to discuss any of that. >> the fbi said that you accepted tens of thousands of dollars in biebs for supporting replace. >> i'm not going to answer anything retain now. >> what's your relationship with michal drobot. >> please, i'm not going to answer >> you're a state senator in one of the largest states in the country, don't you feel the public has a right to hear from you? >> sure, they will. >> when will they hear from you >> they hear from he all the time >> what do your children do for a living? the other day i was on the golf course with you at pebble beach. and you were holding up a bang bragging about how this is goinr get out of jail free card. and you were going to use it as a badge. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> you were standing at the greens in pebble beach >> please, gentlemen, i'm not going to discuss it. >> don't you think that your con stretch went ha

aljazeera at the united nations. >> mr. netanyahu compared a nuclear armed iran top 50 nuclear armed north koreas. >> colder temperatures are pushing into the western part of the u.s. for more, time to check in with meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> we made it at least to wednesday. when you get spoiled with above average temperatures and then i did snaps back to reality, it can be a harsh, cruel snap to reality. as we look at the northwest today, this area of the country has already seen cooler temperatures, because we've had storm after storm moving through. more on the wet weather today. as that next system spreads across the northern parts of the rockies, this time, a little more is going to make it to the midwest. we have different storm warnings up, and recent storm systems, you've heard me say it's the higher elevations, this is making it to the lower elevations in parts of montana and wyoming. some places could get up to six inches of snow. you combine that with 30 miles an hour winds, it makes it treacherous on the

aljazeera, miami. >> we continue to watch the situation as it unfolds in washington, over the deal of the debt ceiling, and speaker boehner is expected to come out any moment. but in the meantime it impacts people in the country big and small. and it's especially being felt hard in the farm belt. >> reporter: in central georgia, hundreds of miles from the politics of washington, he is tending to his farm and worrying about the gridlock in the nation's capital. >> they can't come to a common ground, and that's what's frustrating >> reporter: he farms wheat and soy beans, and cows on the ravage. he rise on daily reports from the department of agriculture to keep his farm economically viable. but now when he goes to the website, at the sees this. >> it has affected us because utilize that organization to make plans for our crops that we're going to plant for the next year. >> and there are many farmers that are awaiting checks from the department of agriculture, but the issue is, the department of agriculture is closed because of the shutdown, and that's a big problem for a lot of them l

. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sigh. the house reluctantly followed the is not, and quickly president obama signed it into law. west details from washington. >> without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> 16 days into a partial government shutdown and the nation on the brink of an unprecedented default in agreement, an agreement that president obama signed into law early this morning. >> we'll begin reopening our government immediately. >> some 800,000 federal workers furloughed since october 1 will be back on the job today, after going over two weeks without pay. wednesday night, the senate voted 81-18, followed later by the house, 285-144 to fund the federal government until january 15th. as for the debt ceiling, both houses voted to increase it until february 7th, allowing the government to keep paying its bills. for now, the new measures insured one thing, a new fight with potentially the same consequences months away. >> we've got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. >> it was a d

>> welcome back to aljazeera america, i'm john in new york. and here are the top stories. many americans are having trouble enrolling with the government's healthcare exchanges and exchanging data with the website. house republicans are investigating the problems with the healthcare program. >>> travel was a problem with oakland in the bay area. rapid transit trains left 200,000 riders stranded for their daily commutes. union employees walked off the job at mid. this is the second time this year that the nation's fifth largest rail system has shut down. >>> 80,000 syrian refugees in lebron james could be ouin -- in the cold. the u.s. is donating an additional $100 million in aid. >>> those are the headlines at this hour, and america tonight is up next, and i'm john, and i'll be back here. and you can get the latest news online at aljazeera.com. see you at 11:00. >> on america tonight, the stumbling start. glitchy websites, frustrated sign-ups, and eve without the tea party is obama headed for failure? >> i'm seeing the button for eligibility results, and i can't get past t

. >> welcome back to aljazeera america, and we're following the story in washington d.c. the government shut down, and the avoidance of the default. apparently is moving in a direction. the united states senate just passed a bill and it goes to the house of representatives. at 8:25 eastern time. president of the united states will speak, and we'll listen to that. let's hear what some of the u.s. democrats are saying right now, dick durban of illinois. >> let us just make sure that this is just the beginning. >> thank you. today is not a happy day, it's a somber day. we finally achieved our goal, but frankly, we ended up where we started. when we started, we said we would do three things, fund the government, pay our bills, and agree to negotiate. we started there, and that's where we ended up. that's exactly what the law does, no more, no less. so the bottom line is, millions suffer, millions didn't get paychecks. the economy was dragged down. and confidence and faith in the united states credit and in the united states itself around the world was shaken. so this is not a

>> welcome to aljazeera america, i'm greg walters and these are the stories we're following for you. the way forward after the government shutdown, lawmakers trying to get back to the budget. the president set the new head for the department of homeland security. and the influx of syrian refugees coming into lebanon is pushing a fragile economy to the breaking point. the federal government should be fully reopened today. this just two days after a deal was reached in the shutdown and preventing default. now it's up to the congress to move a budget while the president moves other parts of his agenda. libby, no easy task, the deal calls for congress to come up with a budget mid december, december 13th, which is a friday. is that an omen in >> reporter: here's the deal, they're going to be looking at a smaller and modest proposal. we're not talking about the grand bargain. we know they're not setting themselves up for automatic failure and they're far apart with the process. on the table, the sequestration. and we look at the cuts and more are scheduled to kick in in 2014. they're acros

. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john siggen that will, and here are the top stories. >> despite all of that, thousands of people are signing up and saving money as we speak. >> president obama defends the affordable healthcare act, and he said that a team of experts are working on the website to fix the glitches. the nsa is spying on perhaps, and that outrages officials in paris remain they intercepted phonecalls and sex messages 71 times in one month alone. it comes as secretary of state, john kerry, arrived for a meeting and said there are legitimate concerns about that issue. >> shots fired at sparks middle school. >> that's in sparks, nevada, a math teacher trying to protect middle school students was shot and killed this morning. a student wounded two other students and killed himself. up next, i'll be back here at 11:eastern, and you can always get the latest news on allege allege.com. aljazeera.comful. >> on america tonight, younger every time. another school shooter killed on campus. this one, not even a

>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler, and here are tonight's top stories. more nsa spying secrets. the national security agency monitored the phonecall of 35 world leaders after obtaining for phone numbers from another government department. the paper krite cites a classifd leak bid edward snowden. >>> the government healthcare website today. the republican panel focused on the obama administration's part in the roll out and asked if it was launched too soon. the contractor said months of testing would have been better. >>> two americans were kidnapped by pirates who seized a u.s. flag oil vessel off of guinea off of the we can o west coast . 11 crew members were released but the captain and the engineer are being held. they hope for a safe resolution to that situation. those are the headlines for this hour, and america tonight with joie chen is up next. you can get the latest on aljazeera.com. >> on america tonight, inside of the dark net where you can speak your mind or commit a crime in the most anonymous corners of the digital world. >> there are plenty

welcome to aljazeera america. the rollout of president obama's affordable care act has been taking a beating on many fronts and that could be an understatement. most criticism is focused on the website. it's still not working. congressional hearing getting underway on capitol hill where some of the contractors who built it are going to have some explaining to do. we're going to bring that to you live in just a few minutes. first we explain just how we got here. >> lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal website health care.gov. house republicans long opposed to the penalty's affordable care act are expected to grill the definiteliors of the system. >> the rollout is nothing short of a debacle. >> on wednesday, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius met with c.e.o.s of insurance companies at the white house. the initial high jam of users clogged the system, which failed early testing. >> the vice president of the company that built t

and i operate on the basis that the [ inaudible ] >> aljazeera contributor, lindsay moran, a clandestine officer for the cia, blowing my cover as a spy, she's in the studio tonight. and are there other occasions where the united states might have cause to spy on its friends? >> well, absolutely. i mean, the nsa and the cia, their mandate is to collect information globally, and sometimes this includes collecting information on our allies, and everybody kind of those that. s this in fallacy in the past decade that all that the nsa and the cia do are protect us from terrorist attacks, and in fact, there's a lot more they do. they're looking out for u.s. interests. and sometimes those include u.s. economic interests or political interests, so we do spy on our allies, and i don't think this is coming as a huge shock to european leaders >> so when they say this is a palling, they sort of know in the background. why on personal communications would the u.s. have any interest in spying on anyone like the german chancellor? >> well, we want to know what she's planning. though germany is an ally o

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. ♪ >> welcome to aljazeera america, i'm dale walters, and these are the stories we're following for you. the shut down, it's nothing to write home about. >> the 11 of us are committed to pursuing every avenue available to bringing this tragic conflict to an end. >> leaders gathering in washington to look for an end to the syrian war. and farmers linked to the deadly outbreak changed their story.

>> this is aljazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters with a look at today's stop stories. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons say syria has destroyed all declared chemical weapons plants. under the disarmament time table, syria had to dry the facilities by november 1. more refugees are finding themselves stranded on the syrian side of the border and the amnesty international said there are indications that jordan and several other countries are closing crossing points without notice. jordan, lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt of dealing with more than 2 million refugees. >> a wall street journal finding president obama has reached his lowest approval. >> edward snowden has a new job, a lawyer for the n.s.a. leaker said his clients found a tech support job as a are you sure website. he has been living in the former soviet republic since granted asylum in august. those are your headlines. consider this is next. we have updates 24 hours a day on aljazeera.com. i'm dell walters in new york. we'll see you at

>> this is aljazeera america. we're live in new york city. i'm del walters with a look at today's top stories. >> we've got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. >> that is president obama last night before he signed that bill ending the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling, avoiding that financial default. the president will have more to say minutes from now. he'll deliver a statement from the white house at the bottom of the hour. we'll of live coverage for you right here on aljazeera america. all employees should go back on their next scheduled workday. for many that means today. there is a provision to get back pay as soon as possible. ennew jersey, newark mayor corey booker becomes senator. >> facebook is now allowing teen to say share posts with anyone on the internet. the changes will affect users age 13-17. until now, that information and photos visible only to friends. facebook hoping to lure teens away from other sites. those are your headlines. consider this is next and always, 24 hours a day, aljazeera.com. f

james bays, aljazeera at the united nations. >> time to get a check of the weather. >> things looking unsettled in eastern asia during typhoon season. this is a tropical storm that is going to head north wards away from the philippines up towards the east china sea and yellow sea, probably hitting shanghai as it goes past. moving northward, we've got another tropical storm which is expected to skirt up the coast over the next day or so. that is going to be a major feature and moved through the forecast toward thursday. you can see it moving away. much of thursday is going to be bright with a few showers. tokyo topping out at 27 degrees. >> the typhoon has dissipated, but left an area of low pressure, pulling in moist air at the moment, looking wet here with heavy showers. toward the south, thailand and cambodia have been affected by rain. this area remains unsettled at the moment. for phnom penh, it looks to be quite wet for the next two or three days. >> now, cambodia's river has burst its banks. so far at least 30 people are dead and thousands of families have been forced to leave t

. >> time to see what's trend on aljazeera's website. >> this is a fun story from the science section of our website. scientists at the world wildlife fund have discovered more than 400 new species in the amazon. check out these wild creatures. this is a new species of a piranha, it can weigh up to 9 pounds, and it's strictly veg tare can. inia e >> and in the mountains, scientists found this brightly colored snake. in the am zan, they found this from the hatchlings they collected and it has not been seen since. this frog may also be endangered because the area where it lives could soon be opened to tourism. if >> and my favorite, this species of a monkey found in the amazon basin. when their babies are content, they purr like a cat. in two words. , >> check out this story on aljazeera.com. antonio, what's not to love about a purring monkey? >> straight ahead, the mysterious case of a mysterious girl sheds light on a colony of gypsies, what are they really like? fact from fiction, and also, they're famous, and making millions and millions of dollars, and they're dead. how are the late