al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. in a few weeks, a federal charter authorising the export, im port work of the united states will expire. some would love it to disappear, and some want the charter to be renewed for the agency to continue its work. if it is not renewed, will the big international banks of the world step in and do that kind of work and do it at the same level that it's done now? pash - level that is booking done well? >> well, according to george they will. the reason for that is that the bank makes money. every year. it has never had losses. it can never have losses. that's george's argument of the bank. if it's makes money every year, if it's profitable every year, why can't the private sector take care of it every year. but what goes up must come down and the taxpayers will be an on the hook for this. either the bank is going to be profitable in perpetuity and should be privatized or the bank will have losses at some point in

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. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm michael yves. you're looking live as family and friends say good buy to michael brown. funeral services are going on for the teen who was killed bay police shooting. other top stories we're following at this hour. freedom for journalists who had been held in syria for two weeks. and cleaning up after the quake. napa valley residents assess the damage. more than two weeks after being killed michael brown is laid to rest today. thousands are gathered at the friendly temple missionary baptist church this afternoon paying their respect to the teenager. he was killed by a police officer sparking violent protests. robert ray is in ferguson, robert, we just heard emotional words from the family. i wonder what is it like where you are? >> yes, michael a celebration of life at the church in st. louis, and that celebration of life michael brown 18 years old who lost his life right there just over my shoulder over two weeks ago. it is quiet here throughout the morning. there have been people who have been str

only on al jazeera america >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism >>> it's one of the most coveted, hard to score invitations of the summer if you an economist or central banker. it's the annual meeting in jackson hole, wyoming. patricia sabga explains why it is such a big deal. >>> the kansas fed moved its annual symposium to jackson hole, wyoming in 1982 to lure paul voelker, an avid fly fisher to at tent. it was an elite forum for scholars, finance ministers, and others to address issues. the conference has marked major milestones in monetary and world history, such as 1990 which witnessed an unprecedented gathering of western and eastern block central bankers tasked with navigating from state market to free-market economies. jackson hole has always played host to many, such as india's central bank head. he warned that the finan

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america what . >> al jazeera america. what . >> the pga championship is underway and as a spectator sport, the sport is inner more popular than it is today. industry experts say its rise and fall depends on middle americans. most of what we know about the sport could change. the future of the game may not look anything like what we see in pga tournaments. >> exclusive clubs, celebrity athletes, million dollar prizes. it's all very glamorous but also, so very far away from jose rodriguez experience in the bronx. he pays a $33 senior rate, and plays a couple of hours a week. the number of players 18 to 34 fell 2%. 35 to 54-year-olds, dropped 56%. and that's what has the golf industry worried. the sport lost 400,000 golfers in 2012. many of them who earn 35 to $75,000 a year. >> you will see the older generation play more golf than the young guys. i guess they have to owork more. >> craig kessler says cost is a big factor in the decline. gear and lessons can run three to 400 and that doesn't include greenhouse fees and cart rentals. the average fee is $26 per round. >> golf is an activ

only on al jazeera america. >>> think i'm lisa fletcher and you are in "the stream." eric cantor stepped down this week. what does it mean for the g.o.p.'s future. plus is the trial of governor bob mcdonald an example of larger problem within the system? and later, government wants to know how you handle your affairs? how do you get a more transparent view of washington? you will be surprised at some of the tools being rolled out to keep uncle sam in check. ♪ >>> our digital producer, wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your feedback. this is so interesting when you get into in eric cantor lost and the role the digital space may have played. >> yes, darth vader is currently the leading presidential candidate according to the "washington post" poll. and the most hated star wars character of all time is more popular than all of congress. and the reason for that, a lot of people are saying it's corruption. a loyaling streamer says . . . and that's a major reason, lisa why people want a change. >> yes, they do. house majority leader eric cantor losing his election bi

america >> al jazeera america presents >> i want to be able to make decisions and not feel guilty. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen premiers september 7th only on al jazeera america >> in the south there were just two members, that's right. two members of the house of representatives. today there are 43 members of the house. we're talking about power, race and change on inside story, i'm wondering whether when you look at these communities often in a suburbs and the way they change, is there a different expectation of what local government is for on the part of perhaps young black families and the older white families that have been there from an earlier time. >> yes, that's a great question. i think perception is a local government probably do differ by race. and if you just think about it, kind of historically african-americans d to the extent they needed things from government have tended to think about the national government because the national government is the thing that we've looked to traditionalcally to protect our rights and local governments, the min

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only on al jazeera america. >> here is an alarming statistic. one in five people on the verge of retirement have no money saved for it. that's according to a new study from the federal reserve. overall a third of the people surveyed said they have no pension and no retirement savings. about 20% of these people are between the ages of 55 and 65 and are obviously closer to retirement age. some people said they didn't think about retirement and others don't have enough money to save. retirement savings is the final subject ali and steve mazutto. >> a lot of what they've done in terms of their nest egg is the household. the american home is the staple of the american investment. whether it's a good investment or not it's forced savings. a lot of americans need force savings. when we get money we want to go out and spend it. we have seen is the value of the house get clobbered but we're nowhere near the valuations of before the crisis. the home has gone from one-third down to about 20%. that's a big hit. and that's going to take quite some time to ma

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only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top news of the hour. president obama says there will be no quick fix in iraq. >> we can conduct air strikes but ultimately there's not going to be an american military solution to this problem. there's going to have to be an iraqi solution that america and other countries and allies support. >> in tonight's deeper look. the islamic state's

only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york. israeli soldier thought to be kidnapped was killed in action. >>> in washington, d.c, thousands of protesters march to the white house. , and a doctor who corrected ebola in west africa. what it means to us in the u.s.

mornings on al jazeera america >>> welcome back to "inside story." on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. the national labour relations board ruling on whether mcdonald's is an employer to hundreds of thousands that work in its restaurants is not the end of the story. the decision will be next reviewed by an administrative law judge. what could a decision mean for the giant corporation and other franchise businesses. still with us, craig becker, general counsel for the aiclo and former national relations board member, elizabeth carlson, part mer in a law firm, specialising in employment law, and joseph mccartney, professor on labour and the working poor. elizabeth, you are not of counsel to mcdonald's, so you are not directly involved or working for them. >> no. >> and it's important to note that. are there times where is company that operates out in public, gemeding on good -- depending on goodwill, may be best advised to do everything it can, and look at its public image and brand value when making did i says on how to treat the workers. >> sure. all employees - certainl

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>> al jazeera america real... news... ♪ >>> israel's main stock index as gained a modest 2% in trading since the start of the offensive in gaza on july 8th. the tel-aviv trades stocks at a value of more than $200 billion. and the main tel-aviv 100 index has ticked up 1.2% this year. it's more than the dow but less than the s&p 500. palestinians have their own stock exchange in the west bank. it trades with a total market cap of just $3 billion. while the palestine 's exchange has gained slightly, it is actually down 6.3% for the year. john kra is at c&p capital iq. diop, good to see you. >> thank you. >> often when we're dealing with these crisesess specially when it involves human casualties, it gets a bit crass. we all know israel has an economy. they focus a lot on r&d and high-tech and they have some of. >> sure, [ inaudible ] pharmaceuticals, one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. a major competitor on the international sage. especially with the united states, swiss, and german pharmaceutical

. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm michael yves. 18-year-old michael brown was unarmed when he was killed more than two weeks ago. it happened in a st. louis suburb of ferguson when officer deron williams ended brown's life. now it is been investigated by the justice department. it is expected to be an emotional funeral and burial. meanwhile robert ray is at the spot where brown was shot and killed in ferguson. robert, you're seven miles away away from the services. what is the mood and the scene at ferguson? >> reporter: well, the mood is quiet here. behind me is the area where michael brown was shot dead. people have been coming out and paying their respect to the actual pace where he laid for nearly four hours in a fool of blood. people are trying to mourn the situation the best they can and respect what michael brown's father said yesterday, have a peaceful day with no demonstrations. and with respect to his son. michael? >> robert, obviously a lot of eyes and attention on the memorial service. a lot of people

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only on al jazeera america >> this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america. >> the u.k. economy has changed since the great recession, and we're looking at the new normal. tonight is housing and the fact that homeownership rate is now 64.7%. that's a 19-year low. i talked about the reasons about that with chief economist at , but the new normal is a good way to describe this economy. >> normal economy, the economy is always evolving. we have seen how it has changed america's competitiveness and how we dealt with that from an interest rate perspective and then we get with that by driving up the value of the dollar and made america even less competitive. we're looking at the ripple effects of those things that happened from 30 years ago today. this the economy is never normal. it's just a new state we're in. and it's going in a prong direction. >> well, the wrong direction for some people. there are people who have done well. the increase in home values has helped people get better. but homeownership as a percentage is at the lowest level it's been at in 19 the years. what

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>> al jazeera america real... news... >> this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america. >> recreational marijuana is legal in washington, but they have been hit by supply problems. not as much weed on the shelves to meet the demand. and the if you licensed stores that sell marijuana have closed their doors. but with few products to sell doesn't mean that there's no pot to be had. the still thriving black market trade in marijuana, which i would assume, allen, would have taken a hit as a result of the availability in free trade marijuana. >> clearly not the case at this point, ali. in fact, if you want to buy pot, you can do it, and you can have it delivered right to your door if you know who to call like you always could. looking at the black market business in seattle, which seems to be thriving, as far as i can tell, i ran into big ben jammen. >> ben jammen, who took us along for a ride. and what a ride. >> i have been renting cars to get my deliveries made. >> and tonight you have a limo? >> and tonight, i happen

we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. fault lines is next. a reminder you can check us out 24 hours a day by going to www.aljazeera.com. haiti, october 2010, at a hospital in a small, rural town north of the capital. these were the first victims of a horrific, unknown disease in a country still reeling from a devastating earthquake. patients were dying in the space of a few hours. children were especially vulnerable. al jazeera was the first news channel on the scene. in the following days and weeks we tracked the epidemic as it ripped across the country. leaving dozens, then hundreds, and soon thousands of haitians dead in its wake. i'd reported from war zones for years - and from haiti since a day after the earthquake - but this was a new disaster that shocked the world. cholera had somehow arrived in haiti - and it wasn't long before rumors that un nepalese peacekeepers were involved led us to a base on the banks of the country's largest river. >> what are you digging, why are you digging here? well we're not being told exactly what's goin

america @jvéy weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> timely from us this hour it's probably something you haven't even considered. did you know that about 80% of the universe is made up of something called dark matter? something that scientists don't observe but pretty sure it's there. sudbury canada, researchers are trying to unearth a scientific mystery. >> a snow lab two kilometers down. this subterranean mine still produces nickel. at the end of a long dark tunnel another world altogether. a stringently clean place of high science, and experiments that probe the swirling edges of cos cosmos. a device made of lead and radioactive helium, kne nuetrinos are the building blocks of the universe. >> all the heavy metals forming universe came from the supesupernova. >> it blocks neutrons. >> dark matter has never been seen or physically measured. this is science at its purest. precision engineering, rare materials, years of data collection. won't find anything who point the way for others who search. assemble when we look for dark matter we're looking for thing that we know how

only on al jazeera america. >> >>> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york, with a look at today's top stories. possible all-out war and an ultimatum to russia. e.u. leaders urge russia to reverse their course in ukraine within a week or face sanctions. >>> bracing for a show down in hong kong. in hours the chinese parliament expect to vote on a plan

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on a special night of coverage on al jazeera america. i'm joie chen once again at the command center near ferguson, missouri, where law enforcement is working hard to make sure they are prepared, for demonstrators who are returning to the streets, west florison street, pushing anyone back that does not need to be in the area from this particular area and keeping the media at bay mostly confined to the area of the command center. is it though a day as captain ron johnson, he is the head of the security detail for ferguson, is it a day as he has said that will mark a turning point in what's going on in this community? this has been an important one for the community as a very rare visit by the u.s. attorney general eric holder sent by the president to begin civil rights investigation of the events this took place here just over a week ago. he will lead that investigation. but in the meantime, there were disturbing clashes throughout the last 11 days following the death of 18-year-old michael brown, unarmed, when he was shot and killed by a

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>> welcome back to inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. our topic today the ebola crisis in west africa as a public health, political and social problem. professor dempsey, as we mentioned these places are still recovery for many years of war. what--what stage are they at? probably not fully equipped to handle this, but trying very hard as professor mentioned. >> yes, i think the point is a very important one. i'm afraid that those who have not worked on the ground in the areas why these outbreaks are under way don't really understand how difficult it is to operate in those areas. how challenging it is to get shipments of surgerial masks, surgerial drugger, getting ivs into these areas, and i suspect that it is going to require a military response. it is going to require the kind of capabilities that the military brings to the table not in a security sense but in the ability to move material, to establish communications, to bring generators, water trailers, fuel trucks to put into the hands of those courageous health worker

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