tom, good idea to cut the unemployed benefits? >> not a good idea. there's two sides, the factual side. the economy is at the point where we are moving forward, a good pace. doing this would slow down the economy. all this is going back to the economy. there's a political equation. the developments want to trap the republicans into being the bad anies. >> you are a republican. >> yes. i get it. people are suffering in this country. what is the long-term solution. we should give vouchers or benefits to move from nevada to north dakota. >> if you say it's a bad idea to cut benefits, why do others say it's a good idea? >> because if you sit here, the average working american says at what point does it end? when do the handouts end, 26 weeks, 53 weeks, 97 weeks. we don't have a long-term plan. it's a political equation that we need to come up with. republicans need to say, "listen, middle class americans are suffering. the economy has taken a turn, let's not screw it up. these are voters we need to win the next election." >> what will happen to the 1.3 m

al jazerra's tom ackerman is in washington, d.c. and tom, first of all, explain a national intelligence estimate and does that indicate that all was no nofornot in afghanistan? >> first of all a national intelligence estimate is a report which is a consensus of the 16 intelligence agencies on the outlook, their estimation of an outlook for a particular policy question which probably is impending. and in this case it's the course of the american posture in afghanistan. which may or may not have 34,000 or 10,000 or maybe zero troops by the end of 2014, depending on the negotiatio negotiations curg conducted with the afghan government. now, this is the report that you are talking about is actually a leak and these reports, these nies are always classified, but always emerge in the media as the product of a leak. and you can be pretty confident that one side or another, which feels that the conclusions in this report favor their side of the arguments here in washington, that they are responsible for this. and in this case, it sounds lik

people who have criticized you tom, my reaction is, you have got to question things in life. you can't not just do -- are we going ohave this uniformity? elie wiezel talked about goodwill evil prospering when goodwill people don't speak up. >> establishing middle ground between negativity and goodwill, to name this entire force that had not really been named and identified, what was going on was this criticism of a force called snark. and there wasn't any coherent account of what might be an opposing force. so that we're now talking about it in terms of opposing forces, is i think a big step forward because people are at least recognizing that this sort of performance of positivity, a performance of right mindedness is a force in its own right. >> but i think cameron you were saying this before. that snark needs to be also moderated. and we've have talked about it here before where you have anonymous postings on the internet constantly including some substantial posting on the internet that get publicity, where the anonymity, that doesn't have substantive criticism or critica

tom reporting to us from washington. in turkey, the prosecutor working on a corruption case that has rocked the government says the police obstructed his work. he is now being removed from the case. the chief prosecutor says he is dismissed for mishandles it. allegations have forced him to replace half of his cabinet following the resignation of three senior members. the interior, economy, and environment ministers quit their jobs after their sons were arrested in the corruption inquiry. dend maaing the government resign, they used tier gas and water cannons to disburse the crowd. some people had strong words for their government. >> right now we have two choices, either the act party or the movement. but we want a third choice, we don't want ethey are of the two. there's a power struggle going on, we know that, but we don't want to be a part of it. >> it means there's a false shroud of democracy that's covering turkey right now. i just wish that all those domestic affair i do wish there was more support for pressure for

tom ackerman joins us from washington, d.c. tell us more about the national intelligence estimate here, tom. >> if the national intelligence estimate is a periodic review of the consensus opinions of the 16 u.s. intelligence agencies, both civilian and military and it's meant to be sort of an advisor document for policy makers giving them some kind of guidelines as to what to expect. in this case, it's coming right at a crucial point where the united states government is in very, i would say, difficult negotiations with the hamid karzai government as to the withins of the status of forces agreement following the end of the scheduled end of american presence and isaf presence, the western alliance in afghanistan at the end of 2014. the administration's conse consentently said the after gans have made progress in moving forward and taking the lead in the combat operations and in maintaining control or regaining control of certain crucial areas. this report obviously shows a different view, a more pessimistic view and one by the w

tom ackerman reports. >> the u.s. is providing 75 he'll fire missiles deployed on light prop planes for the al qaeda affiliates, iraq and syria, acting from across the border, inflicting serious casualties against civilian and military targets inside iraq. the white house cautions that there has been no formal request for armed - us armed drones operating over iraq, nor is there any intention of diverting american armed drones into iraq. but this increasingly serious security situation really belies the assurances previously by the white house that after the withdrawal of all american combat forces from iraq, that the security situation inside iraq is secure. >> tom ackerman reporting. >> an american kidnapped in pakistan is appealing to president obama for wep. warren weinstein was working for a u.s. consulting form when abducted in lahore. in a video sent to several media outlets, the 72-year-old urges the white house to help him get released. the white house is urging him to step in. >> nine years after the death o

. >> tom ackerman has the story. >> the material was removed from russian strategic and tactical war heads. a program in which the u.s. and former soviet union countries have eliminated 80% of their nuclear arsenals. the deal had other attractions for both countries. >> what it removed was a huge proliferation concern. if russia had to store that, they would have had to add steps to secure and protect it. by blengd it down and then burning the fuel in nuclear power plants we don't have to worry about it anymore. >> the 100 u.s. nuclear power plants account for nearly a third of the world's power. >> 10% of the electricity generated in the united states over the last two decades, 20 years, has come from former weapons material that has been converted. >> but the climate for continued cooperation may have passed. russia refused to renew the nuclear threat reduction program with the u.s. which expired last month and since japan's nuclear plant disaster, the market has changed too. american power generation from now on it will be fuel already enriched in russia's own processing plants. t

tom ackerman is live in washington now with the details on this military aid. tom, good afternoon. what are we talking about here? well, specifically, it is replenishing the arsenal of held fire missles. these are air to ground that the fledging air force you may call it will be deploying on turboprop planes. very small planes using mostly against armor. armor that is possessed by the al quaida affiliates that have been operating across the border, and raiding both sunni and shiite targets. these held fire missles have been used by american forces and the cia in attacks on targets specific taggers the al quaida preacher in yemen. but -- and you can expect that the iraqis will be using it for similar purposes. they are also going to be shipping reconnie sans drones. these are drones that are very light light. 40 pounds no more than that, and easily launched to provide up to 15 hours at a time of specific targets. the white house specifically said that there will be no -- there's been no request for such drones nor is the united states prepared to divert any of it's armed drones into

earlier, i talked about it with al jazeera tom ackerman. tom, first of all, explain the estimate. does that indicate that all was for naught in afghanistan? first of all, a national intelligence estimate is a report which is a consensus of the 16 intelligence agencies on the outlook, their estimation of an outlook for a particular policy question which probably is impending and probably in this case, the american posture in afghanistan which may or may not have 34,000 or 10,000 or maybe zero troops by the end of 2014. currently being conducted with the afghan government. now, this is a report that you are talking about is actually a leak and these reports, these nis are always included and emerge in the media as a product of the leak. you can pretty on if i had ent one side or another feels that the feels that they are responsible for this. in this case, it feels like it's the civilian intelligence agencies which their voice comes through in this nie. >> this has been a thorny thicky wicket in the obama administration site. how might this particular nie flew policy? >> as you can

tom are the poll numbers simply put obecame ma care? >> it is also lack of trust. we like the president, now we don't trust the president. and a politician that is not trusted his poll numbers suffer. bill there is bad news on the poll in health care. 62% say they don't, and when they are asked if the president's signature program is making health care better or worse, this is an even more shocking number. less than one out of five say it is making healthcare better. nearly half say it is making it worse. democrats are saying those numbers are going to turn around. do you think that's right. >> well, you have to give them a voice. they have to speak up and support this president and say he gave me healthcare, we aren't hearing from those people, and we may not. because they are very suspicious, they don't know how it is going to work out. those who bound marry plans are canceled they are the ones that are speaking out. will may keep getting more bad publicity, because next summer we may see costs that may rise for small businesses? that is happening right as the el

i'm focused on a recovery in many my relationship with god first. >> reporter: tom akerman al jazeera, washington. >>> time now for sport. here is andy richardson. >> the final draw for next year's fifa world cup will be getting underway in brazil in the next hour now. th is how it is going to work, bear with me, it is every bit as complicated as it sounds. the teams have been separated into four parts. part two include chile and ecuador as well as five teams from africa. part three are made of teams from asia and south america and america and australia. each part is drawn one at a time to separate the sides into eight groups of four, but there can be more than two european teams in one group. i'm just looking forward to it all being over. our reporter was at the venue for us. hello gabe. after years, there must be a real sense of excitement there now? >> reporter: well, andy, 188 days until the world cup kicks off here in brazil, but the mood here, you would think the first match would be tomorrow. there are international football stars here. all of the top officials from fifa and of

. >> please welcome tom cruise. >> all around the globe, walmart is taking the lead and making a difference. >> the american dream has become a global concept. i think it's our country's best export. >> 2012 was a good year for walmart. but it was a bad year >> this isn't a new channel, this is a watershed moment in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. >> after the tazreen fire, walmart announced that it had dropped success apparel as a supplier. we tried to speak to success' representative in bangladesh, but we found the company had closed down its office here. we also tried to interview the company's ceo, gila goodman, in new york but she

and they want, tom, the obama administration, to be more aggressive about this. they want the administration to tell the nsa, if you are spying or going on to google or anything like that, you have to tell us so we can tell our customers, any chance that will happen? i think the tech people want what the american people have. take a position of i don't care if they listen to my phone calls. national security is more important to me. i think across the board, just give us the transparency of the program, and that's what i think is very much frustrating the tech people who went into an election, gave a lot of money, and never expected what they perceived to be the george bush agenda, other big issues. it doesn't seem to be helping the president. just over 40%, approved of the way the president is handling the economy. congressional republicans got a four personal point nod. and the so what is it going to take to turn around. >> well, the president is hoping that he will have what ragan had, and what clinton had, a boom. actually defense a bubble, but they thought i

. >> please welcome tom cruise. >> all around the globe, walmart is taking the lead and making a difference. >> the american dream has become a global concept. i think it's our country's best export. >> 2012 was a good year for walmart. but it was a bad year real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> after the tazreen fire, walmart announced that it had dropped success apparel as a supplier. we tried to speak to success' representative in bangladesh, but we found the company had closed down its office here. we also tried to interview the company's ceo, gila goodman, in new york but she refused to speak with us. kevin taxin was success' president at the time of the fire. he also refused to speak to us on camera. he now heads up another supplier called americo group. one of its clients...is walmart. >> if walmart were really so upset about what success apparel did, one assumes they would not be keen to continue to do business with a leading executive from suc

. >> please welcome tom cruise. >> all around the globe, walmart is taking the lead and making a difference. >> the american dream has become a global concept. i think it's our country's best export. >> 2012 was a good year for walmart. but it was a bad year here is more. >> beneath the fluorescentsun in a former meat packing plant is the latest trim in farming. they call it "vertical farming." these fields grow on floors on at industrial park and farmer john adel and his staff agrees user. >> my shipping proceed did you say 1500, 2,000 miles to get are. >> the plant of the indoor -- as the indoor formers call it doesn't grow corn or soybeans but mustard, high end micro greens on the plates of white-napkin restaurants. these fish supply the vert liser that number issues the >> after the tazreen fire, walmart announced that it had dropped success apparel as a supplier. we tried to speak to success' representative in bangladesh, but we found the company had closed down its office here. we also tried to interview the company's ceo, gila goodman, in new york but she refused to speak with us. ke

. >>> third of them have been out of a job for six months and as tom ackerman explains, some of them are doing whatever they can to make ends meet. >> the u.s. economy is still adding jobs but still well of the total before the bottom fell out of the labor market in 2007. the hardest hit are the long term unemployed. an estimated 4.9 million of them will exhaust their unemployment benefits during 2014, unless the government acts to the continue the program. >> i'm not going to be able to pay for utilities, in fact after the check i get from unemployment i have to pay the mortgage payment on the 1st of january i will have less than $200 in the bank. >> president barack obama campaigned for the matter to be continued but republicans in congress opposed providing the $25 billion to continue the emergency program. >> people think we need u unemployment insurance, they should come forward. >> others actually discourage the unemployed from stepping up their job search. that argument doesn't impress dale sexton. who lost his job six months ago. >> it seems like people who are on unemploymen

realm of possibility because the report from october 2012 was co-authored by a republican and democrat, tom coburn from oklahoma and i'm not going to be able to remember his colleague. but that means republicans and democrats both are interested in this for their own reasons. but if they get together with reforms that should include whether or not they fund this at all, there is certainly a possibility that congress is hard to get to act anything. >> michael look there always seems to be a tension between national security concerns and civil liberties. do you think we can bridge this divide and come forward? will both sectors come together? especially in the age of wide sprej surveillance -- spread surveillance and technology? >> it is always an importance to consider the balance. in the 1960s and 70s there were intelligence abuses and the reforms that came out of that process involved reasonable suspicious of criminal activity. we need to go back to that, there is room to do that, i think, to balance it out. >> mike, do you think there's synergy models that american can adopt, even interna

that is a sentiment shared by the united states secretary tom perez who spoke to me right as the new figures came out today. >> when you look at the broadest measures of unemployment, we have a measure that looks at not only folks who are out of work, but folks who are discouraged. folks who are marc marginally attached to the employment rate. that is--that is good news. >> good news, he said. anand a combined 45,000 jobs, a quarter of all jobs created in november, those positions typically pay $26 an hour. but before we get too excite excited, nearly one in five of the jobs created last month came from the relatively low-wage sector of retail and leisure. that speaks to a big problem in that recovery. the quality of the jobs being created is not as good as many of the middle class jobs that were destroyed during the recession. we have that story. >> reporter: it's been a job recovery built on part timers, waiters, waitresses and others jobs that don't really pay much. most of the growth has been focused on key occupations, retail sales, food preparation, laborers and freight, waiter

you know, people like tom cruise. he nearly destroyed his career. this is a guy who is basically $100 million a year industry and 10 years ago he fired his publicist, hired his sister and really teetered on the edge of letting all that vaporize. we can't fault these people if they are not that successful. all right. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> well, the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our web site. al jazeera countycom slash consider this. check out our face book page or our google plus pages. we have a great show planned for tomorrow. talking about living wages. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> welcome to the news hour, i'm sue in doha, coming up on the program . . . a car bomb in lebanon kills six people including a former finance minister. in egypt two people were killed and more than 140 arrested. >>> from london, i'm covering news from europe, including

. >> our community has tweets, tom says the performance over the last 30 years shows you they can't be trusted. jordan says our government does more for governments and banks than actual humans we tend to represent. one says the u.s. has great wasn't inequality along with disparity in health and education. these are the facts. >> when the gaps increase in income and power. civilization usually collapses upon itself. what are the detrimental impacts on u.s. quality of life. >> detrimental impacts on quality of life and living? some of the things have been hit on already, which is wealth is a primary indicator of one's well being. education, health, we often think of wealth as an outcome, but it's an input variable into everybody's living standards in virtually every indicator, education, health, political process. if you're confronted with an expensive legal system, no matter what, you pretty much are going to finance that out of wealth if it's an expensive endeavor. >> lori, if the gap continues at this trajectory, does the top get helper, the bottom heavier and the middle class disapp

panic aring ties tom brady. number 50 to eric decker. and then the record, peyton manning, he's in the record books. denver wins going away 37-13. >> patriots on the road. new england on the board. breaks the plain 1-yard score. later in the first tom brady to shane. good for four yards. 14-0. the patriots dominate. from the opening kick off this one not close. 41-7 is the final. with the chief's loss, the broncos win the afc west and the first-round buy. all four leaders locked up play-offs. with the loss, the ravens occupy the final wildcard slot with the dolphins and charges behind. you see the steelers are still alive as well. that is a wrap for sport. eagles and bears playing now. more at 11 o'clock tonight. >> any predictions. >> maybe next week. let's see how things shape out. >> that's the show. >> into welcome to al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz with the headlines. united nations has 700 staffers out of south sudan. most americans. noncritical workers were taken to uganda to escape the violence. rebel fighters have been try

one of the first things you said when you were asking tom about it can john boehner work with ted cruz, the fact that a speaker has to worry about a senator from texas tells you where the republicans are. john boehner's problems should come from nancy pelosi and others, not a senator within his own party. they have a lot of housework to do, and you have to look at what history dictates. they'll get tired of losing. ted cruise would not win the presidency. >> bill schneider, michael and todd, thank you for coming on. >> ahead - south sudan could be heading for a civil war. we'll check how it happened and get a report from the ground. we'll look back at little known controversial screenings of america's powerful men. >> and later, n.a.s.a.'s latest creation looks like a fun run concept. but they have serious plans for it. >> we have seen this story before out of africa, ethnic warfare and worries of genocidal conflict. hopes are fade engine south sudan after two weeks of violence, a power struggle between the president and former vice president have left many in the cross-hairs. many are

tom robinson, the manager of the program takes a hands on approach. >> the people are unemployed, the kids have nothing to do during the day, so we try to actively involve them in the projects we have. and it helps the whole community engagement, and gives them a far greater sense of purpose. the guys and families involved in this project take a real sense of pride in what they are doing. >> reporter: as the children imitate the workers, people in the camp develop a community through such programs. about 13.5 thousand people live here, many with very little to do. while they are building this camp there is a lot of work to go around, but this is a short-term solution. what we have seen is when the work dries up there is a sense of frustration that kicks in. and that can lead to anger and violence. and managing that especially when dealing with refugee communities of this size is going to be crucial. >> reporter: there are camps like this across the region and the longer the conflict goes on the more anger there will be. >>> lots more to come here on the al jazeera news hour, including

. >> please welcome tom cruise.

this game was back and forth today until dolphins quarterback ryan tanahill i with 115 to go, tom brady was looking to pull off a second half rally. you have to give it up to the dolphins going down to the war to give them the lead with a chance to win it and, of course, brady and patriots had won 3 straight games but not today as michael moore picks off brady and giving miami a third straight win. here is a look at the current playoff seedings in the afc. if the post-season were to stop today these would be the tom four seeds with denver in home field advantage. now, the chiefs are pretty much a lock for one of the two wild card berths and miami has the inside tract although the refunds could take it away from the dolphins if baltimore beats detroit. san diego with an outside chance of the playoffs. in the nfc with the long card a long, a win over the browns kept nem in a hunt. jay cutler first start since november 10th. bears would win 38 to 31. now, chicago's win gives them a temporary lead in the nfc north something they would relinquish if loins beat ravens tomorrow night. san fran

. >> reporter: we talked to tom douglas one of the best chefs in seattle. he makes his living on salmon. >> our customers know what salmon is and what it's all about. on top of all that have they want to know was it caught sustainably. >> reporter: he was brutally honest. all this debate about g.m. farmed, whatever, it will all be settled at the table. >> shoppers weren't buying the gm talk. >> reporter: would you buy it? >> probably not. >> preferably not. i like wild salmon. >> if they labeled it properly and i could say no thank you. but it's when they don't label it that i get a little ticked off. >> reporter: a couple that does genetic modification is a huge target. they have been called injure harass as quickl jurrasicpark, frankin fish. we wanted to visit this facility in panama with above ground tanks, but they wouldn't let you go come visit. i would like to have a chance to see what is behind that curtain so we would know what we're dealing with. >> reporter: meanwhile in alaska they're not worried about the competition. they live, after all, in th

>> tom has worked very hard to try to deal with the trauma that he experienced on that day. he's trying to move on, trying to find a new career. he's working with wounded warrior veterans now and trying ohelp them dea -- to help them deal with the ptsd. but the town won't allow him to find another job. they refuse to allow him to find another job. they are only paying him a 50% benefit and they've told him that in a year they're going ocut him off. they're trying to make life as difficult as they can for him rather than ease his transition. >> painful situation for all, thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome, thank you. >> following up here across america, soldiers return from war, some with injuries that are visible, others with invisible wounds of ptsd. many techknow's lin techknow's y more ran reports. >> an indeadible mark on the minds of many vet veterans. and can linger long after deployment has ended. posttraumatic stress disorder or ptsd was first diagnosed in 1980 but has suffered by warriors as long as there has been war. >> we have had shell shot and battle f

you know, people like tom cruise. he nearly destroyed his career. this is a guy who is basically $100 million a year industry and 10 years ago he fired his publicist, hired his sister and really teetered on the edge of letting all that vaporize. we can't fault these people if they are not that successful. all right. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> well, the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our web site. al jazeera countycom slash consider this. check out our face book page or our google plus pages. we have a great show planned for tomorrow. talking about living wages. check check check >> strong holiday sales fuelled by deep discounts, but is it enough to send the economy rebounding in time for the new year. >> a desperate plea from pakistan - a kidnapped american seeking freedom begs the american government not to forget his plight. >> child bribes still married in kenya, despite the practice being outlawed. >> the olympic skier whose dreams is not to win in socchi, but to promote his sport in his homeland.

do is chat chat. >> i was going to say, unfortunately, not enough time as well, so thank you that is tom, he is the ceo of best fairs.com, thank you. >> thank you. >> millions of packages are going to be sent oh the next two weeks and coming up, we will take you behind the scenes at world port, and show you what makes that operation tick. never seen too much in terms of rain. los angeles, you are going to be seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy conditions, overnight, about 44 degrees. texas also dry for you as well. we saw rain showers and a mix of precip just a little bit up here towards the north. temperatures for dallas at about 42. san antonio at 55. for houston, well, you are going to be seeing rain by the time we end the week. 59 degrees there. that will will last one day. your weekend should look better with a high of 63. over here towards the southeast, some rain showers pushing through orlando right now. atlanta is going to be about 56. an american auto maker making history. the newer ground general motor is maki

tom perez says the numbers indicate the economic recovery is gaining strength. >> we have had 45 consecutive months of private sector job growth to the tune of 8 million plus jobs. >> reporter: while the numbers are encouraging, analysts say we still have a long way to go. >> to get to full employment we estimate that the economy is going to have to create between 200 and 225,000 jobs per month for the next couple of years. >> but that may be difficult to achieve. the recovery is still on shaking ground with small businesses seeing a slow down in sales for the year. that is significant, because those businesses create about two thirds of new jobs. particularly hard hit has been the retail sector. despite slashing prices and opening their doors thanksgiving day, retailers posted disappointing sales in november. >> you get the vicious circle if people aren't going into the stores this someone, then the retailers adopting need as many people. >> reporter: another red flag the third quarter buildup in inventory which was the largest in three years. as long as there are goods waiting to be sold t

and aids tom ackerman looks at how a supportive community can help the women. >> walk through the community collective and it's the first thing you see - party dresses made from pink condoms. a contrast to the cards in the corner of the room, memorial cards to the many who are victims of aids in washington. the survivors who gathered here, most who contracted aids through unprotected sex. >> five years i knew him. he knew he has infected. he didn't give me the opportunity or the choice to say yes or no. >> lessons on dealing with denial and fears of rejection. >> a lot of people do. you feel like you do it. who are you contaminating? >> kimberley wants her face concealed because here school-aged children don't know she's h.i.v. positive. >> i don't want know kids taking them down. >> the h.i.v. need not condemn you says grandmother renae, diagnosed 20 years ago. >> people make mistakes. the choices you make does not dictate the person you are for the rest of your life. you can be a productive person without shame. >> i refuse to let someone hold me hostage for my past. when you love yoursel

the tom cruise movie in which a futuristic police unit apprehending criminals based on spooky preknowledge. >> the computer takes into effect actual incidents reported. it doesn't know anything about the demographics about the individuals in that area, what the economic status is of these individuals or anything about the person. it's all area-specific. >> today, fred has more than a toy to tinker in. it's the main law enforcement tool in their arsenal. >> looking at today on day shift, this is an actual life map of where we think the predictive zones are for auto theft today. now, the orange dots represent where we have had actual auto thefts. what's interesting is as you look at the map, you see locations where we've had auto theft, but there's no boxes around them. that's what the program does for us. the algorithm weighs those and lets us know if that's a significant thing we need to be concerned about for this shift. >> for me, i have an academic science background, so data is king. what do you think of police work, you think of guys going with their gut and using instinct to kind of

for tom that live there the day was overshadowed by the shameful reality of living in a land of conflict. >> this is a town where legend has it jesus was born. there are 200,000 christians, but for many christmas is not all that merry. >> this christian palestine family doesn't need reminding they live in occupied bethlehem. all they have to do is look out the window. >> the israeli world that separates the west bank surrounds their home on three sides. and every time the mother walks out the front door, this is her view. the wall is 30 feet tall. on this christmas morning, her son did some last-minute decorating. they try to have a normal christmas, but their thoughts are on that wall. this wall is 10 years old. israel bit it after the uprising. where palestine militants fought israeli soldiers. israel said since the wall was built it's been safer. but for this woman, it has meant hardship. >> we wish the christ yarnings -- christians will demolish the wall and make it real peace. that's what god wants. >> in her groundfloor shop tourists ask about her life. she sells souvenirs. since t

labor secretary tom press. i spoke to him about too few solid middle class jobs. >> this is a very solid report in the sense that the job growth is very broad-based. as you know, we've had 45 consecutive months of private sector job growth to the tune of 8 million plus jobs. you look at the manufacturing sector, another solid month. in november, you look at manufacturing over a trajectory from february, 2010, we've grown more jobs in this sector than anytime since the mid-90 said with that wages are up not only in manufacturing, but elsewhere. u$is is solid, bus undeniably unfinished business, wayg too many people suffering. in particular with, what this report shows is that the problem of the long term unemployed persists. >> i know you said that congress needs to act. we're with each other acknowledge, but the fact that congress hasn't acted in so long, none of us are holding our breath that it's actually going happen. what is the precondition for getting long term unemployed who become disdiscouraged and los

you know, people like tom cruise. he nearly destroyed his career. this is a guy who is basically $100 million a year industry and 10 years ago he fired his publicist, hired his sister and really teetered on the edge of letting all that vaporize. we can't fault these people if they are not that successful. all right. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> well, the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our web site. al jazeera countycom slash consider this. check out our face book page or our google plus pages. we have a great show planned for tomorrow. talking about living wages. we will see you next time on consider this. >> hello welcome to al jazeera america. i'm tony harris. >> happy returns - deep discounts lead to strong holiday sales. it does not mean the economy is roaring into 2014. begging for freedom. an american kidnapped in pakistan says he feels abandoned and forgotten. >> an n.f.l. paycheck being given away >> photos of the year - haunting images chosen as the best of 2014.

there is the deal about farming costs and food stamp, ag culture secretary, tom vilsack warning a delay in the farm bill wol delay support for dairy farmers, possibly doubling the price of milwaukee by year's end. the bi-partisan congressional office estimates if the immigration bill passed it would increase the gnp about 10% over the next three years, much from taxes that workers would contribute to the economy. one study looks at the impact on individual states. each day a vote is delayed, florida reportedly loses 60 jobs and $4.9 million in economic activity. cou the american enterprise institute says they may produce short-term benefits but will cost the u.s. economy more than they contribute. there is the issue of millions of americans staring at a more immediate problem by the end of december, unless congress acts dis. more than a markos moulitsas unemployed workers face cuts. it is estimated extending unemployment benefits would cost the economy about $20,000,000,000 through 2014 but that expenditure would generate 37.dom $8,000,000,000 to the economyr economy which would be 310,

most are americans. >>> tom is a key ldeadline for the affordable care act. people must select a health plan if they want coverage beginning january 1st. million of americans remain uninsured in most states. chase bank is trying to protect customers' debit cards after the massive data breach at target stores. the bank is limiting to $100 a day. customers are only able to spend $300 a day. it is the first official weekend of weather in several states

. >> it sounded like a tom cruise movie. >> it really doesn't know anything about the demographics of individuals who live in that area. what the economic statuses of these individuals are or anything about the person. it's all area-specific. >> today predpul is more than a toy to tinker with by the scpd. it is a tool in their arsenal. >> this is a live map of where we think predictive zones are. the orange dots is where he woo have auto thefts. you'll see locations where we've had auto theft, but there isn't anything around them. the algorithm weighs those and lets us know if this is a significant thing to be concerned about for this are shift. >> i have an academic science background. data is king. when you think of police work you think of guys going with their gut and using instinct to motivto -- motivate where they d be going. what have you learned from predpull? >> we are telling where you the best locations are to be on any given time of the day. and police what you see. >> police what you see. and as it turns out when you know what to look for and more importantly where to loo

tom. >> messy weekend, thank you. >>> a new machine is helping to create new experiences for visually impaired children in japan. this nine-year-old girl had never seen a snowflake until she had touched one created by a printer. teachers say that it helps children expand their imagination and understanding of the world. special moment. thank you for watching. i'm thomas graden, and for more throughout the day, head to aljazeera.com. >> the latest trouble in ukraine is brewing for weeks. the crisis approached the breaking point overnight as police moved against the protesters in the ukraine capitol kiev. it was the rejection of a deal for closer economic ties with europe that sent protesters into the streets. it's a high-stakes drama and a flash point of the larger power struggle between russian president putin on one side and

. >> hello, welcome tom news hour, i'm folly bah thibault. i want quit but i will talk. thailand's prime minister offers to meet with demonstrators. >> adrift off the coast of italy. >>

. >> tom ackerman has more >> reporter: the u.s. economy is adding jobs but it's still well short of the total before the bottom fell out of the labor market in 2007. the hardest hit are the long-term unemployed. an estimated 4.9 million of them will exhaust their emergency benefits during 2014 unless congress acts to renew the program. people like 56-year-old nor better fronchak are being cut off now? >> i can't pay for unitilities. after this check i get this week from unemployment, i have to pay the mortgage payment 1st of january. i will have less than $200 in the bank. >> before congress adjourned for the year, president barack obama appealed for the benefits to be restored. >> for many people who are still looking for work, unemployment insurance is a life line that can make the difference between temporary hardship or lasting catastrophfee. >> republicans procepose to. >> people think we need two years of unemployment insurance, they should say we want to raise the taxes and the contributions of employees and employers. >> ot

tom ackerman looks at how a supportive community can help women with the disease. >> walk through the door of d.c.'s women's collective . and it's the first thing you see party dresses made from female condoms. bright contrasts to the sobering display in a far corner of the room. they're memorial cards for the many black women who've become victims to aids in washington. the survivors who gather here, most of them infected after unprotected sex, can testify to the bitter lessons they've learned. lessons about misplaced trust in their partners: positive for 20 years 23 46 "five years i'd been knowing him and he knew he was already infected but he didn't give me an opportunity or the choice to say yes or no." lessons on dealing with denial, and then fears of rejection. diagnosed with hiv in 1996 13 55 a lot of people do, i did at first. cause you think you feel like used goods who wants you, you're contaminated." kimberly also wanted her face concealed because her school-age children don't know she's hiv-positive. >> i don't want no kids picking on them or none of that, cause they're do