rob reynolds, al jazeera, san francisco. >> and a reminder that you can keep up-to-date with all the news all the time on our website www.aljazeera.com. our top story in the death of an american and south africa hostage in yemen. >> the house of representatives has set up a roadblock to the president's immigration policies passing a law requiring him to cease and desist, and 17 states are suing him. symbolism or substance. it's inside story.

up here towards northern california, take a look at the video across the san francisco bay area today. now, we are talking about heavy rain across the region. we saw airports delayed at the airports. we even saw some potholes being formed as well as in downtown san francisco, one sink hole opened up. had to go secure the gas to make sure there was no danger there. unfortunately, we are looking at more rain coming into the forecast. take a look at the radar. see the rain is pushing out. >> that's not going the evened of it, especially for northern california. we are looking at watches in effect across the region even down toward the south. for southern california, we think the rain is going to be easing up. you may see another inch of rain over the next 24 to 36 hours. it's towards northern california we expect to soo patrol another two to four inches of rain, probably going all the way through thursday evening. now, it's going to be a rainy day. we expect the rain to start to ease off as we go towards friday morning. los angeles, the good news is, we are going to be seeing some much b

here in san francisco we're under the watchful gaze of the pacific tsunami warning system run by the government. experts here are most worried when it comes to a tsunami about an earthquake that would originate in alaska north of us. that would give us four hours of warning. even with a clear early warning this waterfront is not prepared for big blood waters. that is true everywhere. >> some work has gone in to developing survival capsules, but few countries have been willing to prepare for a possible deluge. forecasters predicted hurricane sandy, yet when the waters arrived it revealed a total lack of infrastructure to handle the sea. the solution, as japan learned during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami is not sea walls or hard barriers. the solution may be what the dutch call soft engineering. gently reshaping the coast line to manage flooding. unfortunately that approach calls for something even harder. denying our deep-rooted human desire to live right on the water. jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> falling oil prices rapidly changing the balance of power throughout the w

san francisco's new stadium has solar power, the green group, and recycled water. how green is it. >> it's kind of like me putting a fluoro at my house for a holiday party. >> wind turbines and solar panels - what will the stadium of the future look like. ross shimabuku is a engineer. >> it is turned on now. >> she is showing us something unusual from the lab. >> it brings another meaning to the aviator classes. >> find out how they are defining the next generation of delivery drones. >> i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. sleep. >> it will track my sleeve. marita, costa and i see if the devices work. that's the team. let's do some science. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> hi, guys i'm phil torres, and welcome to "techknow". i'm with costa and marita davison. instead of science, let's talk football. now, i'm a broncos fan. when i saw what the 49ers did with their new stadium, i'll feel bad every time the broncos beat the niners. >> if their game is half as good trouble. >> when you think n.f.l., small does not come to mind. it's full of big excitement and business. don't thi

san francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. in king county it could cost 7 to 9 million dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. >> we're eliminating routes, we're cutting back service in some areas, there's pressure on the system in terms of money and we're saying "okay, we're gonna make things cheaper"... so it seems almost counter intuitive. >> yeah, well not everyone has the money to afford the kinds of fares we've arrived at in king county... we need 'em, we need 'em to bring in the revenue to keep the busses on the road. >> there was no vote on this, the policy came out of a county council comity. the new fares, higher and lower, start in march. >>> we sometimes for get professional athletes are human. we were reminded when a player for the ny jets honorabled two police officers killed on saturday. while many appreciation. >> home games, the new york jets, new york sports teams and their fans took a few quiet moments sunday to

but there are few empty lots in san francisco and advocates have no illusions about how many plots can sprout up. >> we're not necessarily naive to think that we're gonna be able to feed ourselves in a city like san francisco, but how much can we do? >> this urban farm serves those living below the poverty line. >> during the year it'll provide over 1000 pounds of food that gets given away to people who have the need for fresh organic produce who have otherwise no means to acquire that type of food. >> advocates of urban farming hope that their success will help inspire more cities to join the movement. >> they were quite simply assassinated. targeted for their uniform. >>> ambush in new york. two police officers gunned down in the line of duty, now the police department is in mourning. president obama calls for sympathy for the victims. [ chanting ] >>> and protests against police brutality managed to disrupt holiday shopping at the biggest mall in all of america. pluse

researchers at the university of california, san francisco, found latino women have a snippet of d.n.a. conferring greater resistance to the disease. >> this is one in 3 billion varnts in the genome. >> it's an heirloom among the native people of america. finding the variant took seven years of payne taking work says u.s. ff scientist -- u.c. ff scientist. >> i'm committed. this is a great step forward after so many years >>> researching the genetic roots of cancer could lead to better therapies, to fight or prevent the disease. for example, the breast cancer finding will guide doctors in advising latino women on how often they should obtain mammograms. >> i think we will get better tools for prediction of who is at risk, for sure. and i think we will get a better understanding biologically of what makes cancer happen, and how we could intentionally use that against the cancer. >> scientists say rapidly improving technology will speed findings about the nature of cancer and how to defeat it. >> about one in five u.s. latinos have the genetic trait. that's the news for this half hour. k

. >> jacob ward joins us now from san francisco. the concept of competing for something -- for which no market exists, how does this work? >> well, i mean ali i think what we're talking about here as a competition as a stabilizing force. i think both of these companies would tell you they are grateful to the other for existing. but also, you know, throughout the history sort of the privatization of space, competition is what i lous efficiency to happen, and it also enforces a certain kind of safety. when we think of it as a frontier of public exploration, suddenly your standards are different. so competition at this point is more of a normalizing influence than a true race to bring anything back, although these that. >> let's talk about the idea of lack of regulation. these companies that are competing, for instance for the google lunar x prize are so far ahead of any regulators, do we have to think about exploitation or those kinds of things. >> i think you absolutely do. if you just take the moon as an example, that is governed ri

jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> so how about this. a video of a homeless man receiving $100. has gone viral. it stunned the person who gave it to him. >> reporter: josh was doing a social experiment. he wanted to see what would happen when he gave a homeless man $100. watch. >> 100 bucks, here. >> no way. keep it. it's your money now. >> reporter: so the homeless man's name is thomas. he can't believe josh's generosity and thanks him. so josh's cameraman follows him around. he walks in to the liquor market. he walks out with some bags in his hands. then awhile later he walks away and he walks towards a group of friends. there he is handing them, as you see, food. so he's handing out food to his friends. but it doesn't stop there. he then goes to another table of friends, and he hands them food as well. at this point josh decides to go up to him. watch. >> i owe you an apology. you went to the liquor store earlier. >> i thought i was going to get all smacked up drunk. >> i thought you were going to buy alcohol. >> but there are things

former san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh is set to become the new coach of the university of michigan. three straight nfc championships and very close to their sixth super bowl title in 2012. harbaugh parted ways on sunday with the team after the team missed the playoff. there's much more sport expel check out many aljazeera.com/sport, are and using twitter and facebook. plus we've got blogs from our exornts around thecorrespondents around the world. that's it. >> thank you very much. is.liddy dutt has its story. >> hand carvegd doorways finishedcarved doorways.a testament to a man who braiferred thebravedthe high seas. >> this house is for my own family. my children have left. that's the case for most families in this area. >> 80% of these properties built in the faint 17th and 18th century, many of these house he lie in a state of ruin because of property disputes and the lack of world in cletina. few retain their old splendor. conservationists say maintaining a palace that costs about $20,000 a year. an amount owners would like to invest elsewhere. the foundations of their

now from los angeles and san francisco. both cities have sued the company, accusing it of false advertising and fraud. >> the company repeats this misleading statement giving consumers false sense of security. >> this has countries including thailand, spain and the nerld allnetherlands, via smartphone apps instead of waiting for cabs. >> the court confirmed that uber is working outside the law. >> after months of protests, critics say every driver is not fingerprinted. >> you shouldn't jump in the car blindly feeling you're protected, clearly you're not. >> the company says it offers the safest rides on the road and conducts safety checks on its drivers. part of the transportation ecosystem in the golden state yet this week india banned its service after a rider accused a driver of rape. >> mentally physically as well, there is a lot of harassment going in metro buses public transport. >> since launching in 2009, uber is expanding at breakneck speed and is available in over 200 cities. but uber is also running into angry pr

francisco, and people from san francisco would travel over to oakland, now in the last few weeks we have seen the protests take place in burkely ^+sao we have seen a higher than normal protest from students. we have seen people from oakland joining them, the two cities are not that far apart what is interesting is they do start off very peaceful, you can see families with children, and as the night gets on, closer to midnight, we start seeing splinter groups go off and decide to stop the amtrak, which is something they did yesterday. >> traders dealt with concerns over the global economy. and the nasdaq one un26 points. the supreme court says workers at amazon cannot get pay the time spent at security screenings. when is the last time you saw that, justices say workers in a nevada facility, can't complain compensation for going through screenings. the ruling could help companies like apple and cvs that face similar lawsuits. there is cacatch here, the nsa will need a court order to search data bases and be restricted on how many people are targeted. the private car service is facing

jake ward, a al jazeera, san francisco. >> coming up. i'm andrew thomas, sydney, one of the projects short listed, what is it that turns world class buildings, urban design. >> mark webb, the form he f-1 driver in this high speed car crash in brazil. >> days of rain and flooding have left many mor moroccans, floating for their life. >> floodwater is running through these streets like a river. where the water has evaporated there is a sea of mud that has swallowed up furniture and the mementos a home. now water has flooded the city of guinine. >> the nation should offer the citizens life with dignity. our nation does not do that. >> reporter: gomine is known as gateway to the desert. since the flooding began more than a week ago, the government has left them struggling to recover on their own. >> translator: god knows our future. we feel we were not taken care of and fear the consequences of some favoritism. >> reporter: at least 32 people have died in the region. rescue operations have saved hundreds and emergency warning systems have in

back in the earlier part of this year the san francisco firm eyesight cited an attack that it thought was coming out of iran where two thousand military diplomats and military personnel were targeted. and it's easy. you can try to friend somebody, and then try to friend all of their friends and see what friends they have and what photos they've posted. and then plausible offers of employment. you ask for that person's resumÉ, and then you have their phone number and address. it's a way to get basic and specific information about somebody's life. and i think this is just an effort to try to get military people to pull back from what you and i assume are normal protocol when it comes to facebook and twitter. >> michael: it's complicated. thank you very much for that. jake ward joining us from san francisco. >>> ups driver got pregnant and the company put her on unpaid leave. now the supreme court is hearing her case. it could effect hundreds of women. we'll be right back. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >>

this was the scene in oakland california a short while ago over the bridge in san francisco. there has been reports of looting there. the demonstrators say they are angry about the deaths of michael brown in ferguson in missouri. and eric garner in new york. in both places juries decided not to charge white police officers involved, leading to days of protests in major cities. >> still ahead on the programme - sisters on a mission. find out how they are breaking down stereotypes in senegal and why it is good for business. plus... >> i'm in mali in the mountains, reporting on international efforts to support the crisis here. >>> these are the top stories this hour on al jazeera. syria is reportedly calling on the united nations to impose sanctions on israel. syria is accusing that country of carrying out several air strikes on that country around damascus. israeli jets bombed an area near the international airport, which was used by the military >>> six guantanamo detainees are starting new lives in uruguay. a tunisian, palestinian and syrian - the men held for years without b

. >> if you look back in time, it took san francisco 40 years to get back to the level of economic activity in 1905, after the 190 # earthquake. >> to be clear, you are saying that an earthquake in southern economy? >> it could, yes. it could take it down to so far we'd lose more than half of our population. if we don't have water for six months, how long are you willing shower. >> people have been lulled into complacency. when you look at how societies deal with earthquakes, california, a year after we get legs leaks through. more than a year passes, it losses out to other priorities, it's too far in the future. that's a reason i'm excited with what we are doing about l.a. this is the first time ever we have a focussed effort on seismic resilience about a bigger threat. >> studying earthquakes excitable. >> yes. >> reporter: you're a scientist. do you get nervous? >> what makes me nervous is the way people respond to the earthquakes. i would love to have a big quake in a place like this, so i can experience it and not worry about it. what you worry about is what human instruction does duri

. >> new fossils coming to the surface in san francisco thanks to this months storms. coastal bluffs shade a shark tooth that could be 10 million years old. bones have been collected belonging to sea lions, a type of hippo and a sabre toothed cat. >> pope francis took aim at vatican officials at his annual christmas speech. the pope had blunt criticism for church leaders, suggesting some suffer from what he calls a love the for power. >> it's a colorful christmas tradition, hundreds of the most senior priests, cardinals and bishops gathering together to hear from the pope at the end of the year. they quickly learned this would be anything but a happy occasion as the pope launched into a laundry list of their failures and shortcomings, saying top church officials are sick with greed and self-love. >> this comes usually from the pathology of power, from the complex of the chosen, from nash six of those who look at their own image and don't see the imprint of god on the faces of others especially the most needy. >> francis cataloged no fewer than 156nesss and temptations

. >> sarah jeong joins us from san francisco. we've heard a little bit about the arguments that were heard in front of the supreme court. why the court's decision might have an impact on something you or i might post. >> well, i think this case is sort of build as the facebook threats case but it's really revisiting a general category, an exception to the first amendment called the true 3rd. an threat, the true threat has been defined very loosely very poorly. the supreme court hasn't talked about it since 2003. it is finally getting back to the true threat today, and the way that the supreme court addresses this issue which is basically how much of a subjective intent is required, in assessing whether a true threat is a true threat, like are you supposed to -- >> the defendant in this case had said even and at the time of his postings, that jk, just kidding or he linked to first amendment article on wiki >> right. >> in some sense he was saying, i'm just kidding, it's my right to say these things, i'm not going to issue those ki

san francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. in king county it could cost 7 to 9 million dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. >> we're eliminating routes, we're cutting back service in some areas, there's pressure on the system in terms of money and we're saying "okay, we're gonna make things cheaper"...

. >> in the middle of san francisco sits a bee farm with a dozen hives and up to a million bees, run by volunteers who plant flowers and fruit trees to attract and build the bee colony that produces honey for the neighborhood. now, this lot's owner and other interested land owners have an extra incentive for setting up community gardens, a new city tax break. someone paying $10,000 in taxes before would now just pay about $100, their property accessed as farmland instead of prime real estate. another part of the sweet deal... urban farms must sell or donate produce to the community or act as a teaching site. but there are few empty lots in san francisco and advocates have no illusions about how many plots can sprout up. >> we're not necessarily naive to think that we're gonna be able to feed ourselves in a city like san francisco, but how much can we do? >> this urban farm serves those living below the poverty line. >> during the year it'll provide over 1000 pounds of food that gets given away to people who have the need for fresh organic produce who have otherwise no means to acquir

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jake ward for us tonight in san francisco. thanks so much. >> well, president obama vows to strike back against the hackers. we'll look at how america might respond coming up. and why the government is saying america's biggest insurance company is too big to fail. tell me what is on your mind by tweeting ali velshi, and facebook.com/ali velshi. keep it here. >> now that the united states has squarely blamed north korea for the sony cyberattack, the question is what can america do about it? president obama says the u.s. will respond proportionately, but what that look like? our next guest says the u.s. needs to target north korea's vulnerabilities. author of "the impossible state: north korea past and future." victor what are the options for the united states? >> i think there are a range of them starting with the criminal investigation to bring to task the individuals who were involved in this particular action with sony. there is a lot of information that could be share. and potentially even corporation with china because the

aljazeera, san francisco. >>> just east of san francisco last night, protesters managed to block one of the biggest freeways in america for four hours. they managed to get on the interstate 80 despite the police presence. it was one of the many demonstrations of the killing of black men by police like eric garner. what we're seeing is not the result in inequality for minorities, but economic inequality as well. margaret simms is a director of the equality, and these are not great circumstances under which to talk, but as we have covered ferguson and eric garner here in new york, there's definitely a sense that there's more to this. and it is -- some of it is about racial inequality. but a lot of it is about economic inequality. >> certainly, economic inequality leads to a lot of condition that's result in unfortunate encounters with the police, and when these incidents spring up, people bring to it all of the racial inequality and discrimination and disparrots they have had over time, but the killings we have seen are just the kip of the iceberg when it comes to encounters with the c

thousands gathered in boston, chicago, new york, san francisco and so on. thousands gathered to keep vigil. when he died again, thousands gathered. a moment repeated today "hands [ chanting ] >> reporter: and now, as then, the president spoke for justice. >> i speak tonight for the dignity of man. president johnson spoke saying there were times in man adds unending quest for justice. >> history and faith meet to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. >> such was in lexing tonne, and concurred. >> and there long suffering men and women peacefully protested the denial of their rights as americans. many were brutally assaulted. killed. >> that was jim reed. >> 70 million americans tuned in to see johnson. urged congress to pass a voting rights acknowledgement dr kink didn't attend. he was at me, giving reed's eulogy. >> justice followed a slow path for the bright future that was spoken of here. the marchers made their way to montreal. johnson was able to force through the voting rights act. amelia saw her community voted by black leaders,

kenneth is an art critic for the san francisco chronicle. maybe you could explain to us where this is worth so much money? >> the explains is not a statistics, it's marketing, not an art phenomenon. more than a century ago john sloane said people buy pictures to prove they have money. that is more true than ever. this is an excellent case in point. i mean, there's nothing exceptional about this photograph, from what i'm able to see on reproduction. there are many questions - such as is it a unique print and what about the negative if it exists. is it a digital photograph, or is it an optical photograph printed in the dark room. and if you look on peter lick's website, you'll see a colour image of this same picture titled differently in an addition of 950. that's a very large addition even for a popular photograph. so there are many questions about the photograph that did sell, and - but there is no artistic or critical justification for that price. >> it's fascinating. let's talk about photographs that have sold for a lot of money. $0.99 2 b

latin women get cancer less than other groups and at the university of san francisco found lat i no women have a single dna that has greater resistance to the disease. >> this variant is one in three billion variants in the genome. >> reporter: genetic her loom and took seven years of pain taking work has scientist linda. >> i'm committed to doing research on latinos in breast cancer and to me it's a great step forward after so many years. >> reporter: researching the genetic roots of cancer could lead to better therapies to fight or prevent the disease. for example, the breast cancer finding will guide doctors in advising women how often they should obtain mammograms. >> we will get much better tools for prediction of who is at risk for sure and i think we will get much better understanding by logically of what makes cancer happen and how we can potentially use that against the cancer. >> reporter: scientists say rapidly improving technology will speed new findings about the very nature of cancer and how to defeat it, rob reynolds, al jazeera, san francisco. >> that it for me but d

new orleans colder than average here and san francisco at 45 degrees. of course as we start the new york tomorrow, we're looking at temperatures colder than average here across much of the south but up here to the north where temperatures are in the single and actually somewhere in the minus dugouts, things are warming up in new york. we are going to start to warm up for the new year. >> some celebrations being canceled. >> coming up from dough he has a deadly bomb blast hits a city in yemen. >> tomorrow morning we keep a close eye on the search for airasia flight 8501. there are no details about the efforts to find the wreckage as indonesia now is beginning to honor the memory of the victims. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> we leave you with a look at our images of the day and a look back at 2014 for president obama. >> the white house releasing these photos of the year through meetings with world leaders to lighter moments. >> ever a happy new year. we'll see you back they're in 2015 starting at 7:00 a.m. >> the stream, >> your digital commun

francisco and to los angeles and san diego and a respite into saturday but by sunday another frontal system is pushing from the west and yet more rain, much needed of course. >> reporter: thank you very much, richard. there seems to be a new weapon used by the u.s. against the cuban government, hip-hop and allegations a u.s. agency secretly tried to infiltrate the cuban hip-hop scene to spark a movement for social change and andy gallagher has details. ♪ they call themselves los-aldinos but they may be more than musicians and from uncovered documents they and others were part of a secret u.s. program aimed at fueling political change in cuba. the idea was to infiltrate the islands hip-hop scene and spread message of decent but claiming it back fired and it was part of an initiative paid for by the agency known as u.s. aid and farmed out to contractors for millions of dollars. it is said to have been inspired by serbia concerts that helped 40 years ago but it may have put some artists in danger. one of the biggest criticisms in this is young cuban musicians were recruited in a progr

cities and states are taking action against the san francisco based company. portland and nevada banned the service. other cities are investigating the company. california is suing uber because of the background checks. the difference is that the company uses information supplied electronically by its applicant drives, making it easier for drivers to use stolen or false i.d.s. with these problems uber announced it raised $1.2 billion in financing, saying it's valued at more than $40 billion. given the allegations, would you use uber. tweet me. they have a lot of explaining to do. >> they do, but a lot of people rel on their service, and oftentimes, most of the times it works very well. good to have you with us. thanks >>> straight ahead. the fight for america's airspace, benefits and risks of commercial drones. and rape accusations at the university of virginia leading to a debate on fraternities. later - can sleeping problems contribute to alzhiemer's. we explain in the data dive. >>> more drones will be flying in the skies now that the f.a.a. gave the okay t

jake ward has more from san francisco. >> it has been a pretty exciting year for space exploration the space shuttle successor just make an amazing tour, and now an 8-foot nasa spacecraft, the size and shape of a baby grand piano is about to rip past pluto. we're not going there to get it ready for human habitation or anything. the light of the sun looks like a dim distant flashlight because the light takes four hours to reach the surface. that makes the place very cold. the surface temperature is around negative 230 celsius. you can't really predict the seasons there, that makes it a really hard place to set up shop. instead we're going there because it's part of a huge collection of small remnants from the formation of the solar system, and as it passes through that belt, it will be like a rapid fire tour of the universe. that's what makes this kind of a tricky mission. not only did the spacecraft have to be put to sleep to conservative energy. and it's very hard to turn something on remotely after you have turned it off, but it will be a probable thing when it reaches pluto in 2015.

francisco, with winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour in the city. in fact, we look at the amount of rainfall that we have the potential for on thursday, that's after the second one tomorrow. we could see in general on average, 3 and a half inches, but it looks like over 5. and sacramento, they could get up to 5 inches of rainfall. and we have a storm in the scera nevadas, and now the potential for a major wind storm striking the west coast, from northern california all the way to british columbia. >> foretour in the cia, the damning report on the interrogation techniques. more brutal and widespread than believed. >>> and speaking from experience and the heart, john mccain on america's values in our special report, the senate report, torture in the cia. >> the cia program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. >> worse than we knew. the brutal tactics and alleged lies by the cia after the attacks of 9/11. the near drowning, the broken limbs, and the broken trust. >> some of these practices amed to torture. >> was anything gained? >> the

some people live here at san francisco's peer 39. they have to tend with a lot of ferries, and these creditors. sea lions do not make complete neighbors, but it's a price some are willing to pay. we have to adjust to cramped quarters. it is clearly not for everybody. >> this is so romantic. so great. it's like three weeks later, they're gone. they're gone. something to consider for anyone thinking about making a move. the most successful newcomers remain those with experience and background in boating. >> it's definitely worth the trade-off. >> this has become the only way to live in the bay. >> an american couple detained in qatar could headed home to california within hours. a travel ban for matthew and grace wong was lifted. they were accused of adopting and starving their daughter and sentenced to three years in prison in qatar. the couple was prevented from leaving the country. michael brown's parent company is funded by the qatar government. >> how the administration has tack would the ebola cries at home and abroad. morgan rad

san francisco's new stadium has solar power, the green group,

. >> jacob ward joins us from san francisco. this is mined boggling when we see all the money and competition. the concept of competing for something which no market exists. how does that work? >> well, i mean, ali, at this point what we are talking about is competition as normalizing force, a stabilizing force. most companies would tell you they are grateful to the other for existing. there's a legitimizition of ambitions in the fact that there's two crazy people in the room, rather than just one. throughout the history of the privatisation of space, competition is what allows efficiency to happen, what allows is to be affordable and enforces a certain safety. when we think about it of oh, well, it's a frontier, your standards are different to what they are when we talk about sending private enterprises up there. competition is more of a normalizing influence sthan a true race -- than a true race to bring anything back. >> let's talk about the safety and the dangers and the look of regulation. these cop companies that are compe

but there are few empty lots in san francisco and advocates have no illusions about how many plots can sprout up. >> we're not necessarily naive to think that we're gonna be able to feed ourselves in a city like san francisco, but how much can we do? >> this urban farm serves those living below the poverty line. >> during the year it'll provide over 1000 pounds of food that gets given away to people who have the need for fresh organic produce who have otherwise no means to acquire that type of food. >> advocates of urban farming hope that their success will help inspire more cities to join the movement. to the terrorists, let me give you the verdict of our nation: your days are numbered. >> pakistan points to terrorists after the school tack. live from doha, i'm elizabeth koranan. rejects the claim that it shot down the plane. have protests in the u.s. state of another

these are pictures out of oakland california, just over the water from san francisco, a short while ago. there have been reports of looting there and police firing tear gas. the demonstrators are angry over the deaths of michael brown in missouri, and eric garner in new york. in both cases grand jury's decided not to charge the white police officers involved, leading to days of protests in major cities. >>> still ahead on this programme on al jazeera - the trial has been delayed. egypt pose bones the spy trial of -- postpones of spy mohamed mursi >>> and breaking the taboos in senegal, women in business. it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand

came very close to their sixth super bowl title, san francisco 49ers, but lost to his older brother who coaches the baltimore ravens. he was formerly the star quarterback at the university of michigan. >> i have to tell you i have thought about that, dreamed about that since the time i was a young lad nine, ten years old. and throughout adult life. dreamed about coaching at michigan. and now it's time to live that. >> in the nba the atlanta hawks beat the cleveland caf leers cavaliers. lebron james. still struggling with a knee injury. paul milsap helped fend off a come back, atlanta going on to win 109 to 101. the winter classic has become one of the most popular events on the nhl calendar. the 8th edition will be held on new year's day. the baseball home of the washington nationals is being converted but mild conditions has made setting ice difficult. >> this mobile unit built for the national hockey league especially for an event like this. it has 300 tons of refrigeration. we'll push water through this at about 12 to 1500 gallons a minute. >> the net is for the panthers to tie the g

he guided san francisco to three championships, and came very close to their sixth super bowl title in 2012. harbaugh parted ways with the 49ers on sunday after the team missed the playoffs. there's much more sport on our website. for all of the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. and there's details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. now back to you. >> thank you. >>> most public demonstrations are banned in iraq but one of bagdad's historical sites has now become a speaker's corner where free speech is flourishing. >> reporter: it's a blunt message to iraqi leaders accused of being corrupt globetrotters. lying politicians robbing our loved ones. one day in aman the text in tehran. the people chanting would like to be protesting in bagdad's square. but the government has banned those demonstrations. protests are allowed only here. the ottoman era military headquarters. after renovating the historic clock tower two years ago, iraqi authorities opened the area to the public. this square goes back to the very beginnings of iraq's history as a country. it w

., new york, chicago, san francisco, detroit, seatt seattle, boston and other cities as well fighting for an i understand to what they say is a systemic problem of racial profiling by police. the senate is debating the spending bill but it has reached a deal to keep the government open. this afternoon, lawmakers approved a resolution to provide funding through wednesday. just wednesday. in the meantime, they will continue to hammer out details of the longer term bill. police in india have arrested a man for running a twitter account in support of isil, identified as medi disbas, twitter handle shamy witness. police say it had 17,000 followers until it was shut down on thursday. >> more on our top story right now. the rallies across the nation today are inspired from stories all around the country from a variety of places. but it was a conversation online that motivated many people to hit the streets. here is a look at the hash tag black lives matter started movement. >> my name is alicia garza. i am one of the co-creators of black lives matter. >> black lives matter was started as a c

. >> from london to sid any to san francisco, journalists and the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to set our colleagues free. it was a year ago today that al jazeera'saljazeera's peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has more. >> al jazeera's doha headquarters parking an anniversary we find hard to absorb. reporting arrests of three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars for just doing their job!

to san francisco. it's beautiful, but in the central valley, you see the farms and signs. >> they basically say no water, no jobs. >> california is in a really intense prolonged drought. this is a worldwide thing, all over the globe, there are more extreme weather events. places are getting warmer, places are getting drier. it's a pretty big deal. >> we went to central voluntarily to see just how bad it is, what technology can do to maybe help fix it. let's take a look. >> we are seeing a period of epic drought, the extremes for extreme. it affects all of us. >> we get a satellite view of california's epic drought. >> they're the eye in the sky. >> we get a boots on the ground perspective where once fertile fields have gone to dust. >> my parents were migrant farm workers and then we established our family here in the early 1950's and that's where i grew up learning a lot about farming, especially cantaloupes. >> growing fruits and vegetables has been joe's life work, but this year, a third of his fiel

so there are a number of things we just don't know about this flight. >> the san francisco flight involved a landing. this is a takeoff, and a lot of americans may be confused when they hear this is only a two-hour flight. the aircraft disappears after an hour. if you are sitting there on takeoff and you realize there is major bad weather who's decision is it whether or not to take off? >> it's the captain ultimately. he is in a position up close and personal to make the best decision. the airline will defer -- will not cancel the flight but leave it to the captain's judgment. >> given that it's the captain's judgment that is crucial here anything to some of these reports that air asia has had some difficulty recruiting pilots, and essentially getting them the proper training because of high turnover could that have been an overarching factor in terms of getting to the experience of those in the cockpit? >> it may. this captain had about 6100 hours with air asia and also we had hours before that. he was well experienced. so -- and he also was once a military pilot, so i don't think it's a

aljazeera, san francisco. >> it sure is a pretty view. more wealth is concentrated in the bay area than any other place in the country. >> we are one day away from a monumental step forward in space. tomorrow, the orion will launch without anyone aboard. it will travel 3600 miles out and back. the goal is to show whether humans can travel deep beyond's earth orbit. it was a first step toward considering sending astronauts to mars. >> a dire warning from steven hawkings. >> why he thinks artificial intelligence could spell the doom of the human race. >> jingle bell, christmas music around the clock, radio stations cashing in on holiday cheer with non-stop christmas music. >> ashton carter seen at president obama's likely choice to be the next secretary of defense. >> a grim outlook on his potential impact with this quote: >> the gop leader with that straight talk, next. >> who said i don't see any difficulty except that he understands he is the last man standing and he'll ever new influence on decisions affecting national security. >> sena

and the city of san francisco has adopted bird-safe standards for its new buildings. but modest adjustments to existing homes can protect many birds too. these are the simplest and most effective ways of minimizing bird collisions. window strips or hang cords. >> there is no need to have totally transparent glass. you could have a very narrow stripe which is an effective way to stop birds. >> instead of relying on a wing and a prayer. tom ackerman, al jazeera rector pennsylvania. >> time for raul and sports. >> chelsea in action against south hampton. after 17 minutes almost the last kick of the half equalized for the blues. few seconds in that match it remains 1-1. >>> earlier attempts repeatly thwarted, second half little more even but it still finished goalless. yeundunited faced that. >> as manchester united, you play like that, you can create six to eight chances open chances. then you have to finish that and we -- you don't reward yourself. then it's normally, that the opponent win. but you could see also the difference in the second half. it was no football any

san francisco is the only other major metropolitan area with a similar two teired system, with 20,000 people buying half price fare cards. in king county it could cost 7 to 9 million dollars in lost fare revenue every year, plus a few million more for administrative start up costs. >> we're eliminating routes, we're cutting back service in some areas, there's pressure on the system in terms of money and we're saying "okay, we're gonna make things cheaper"... so it seems almost counter intuitive. >> yeah, well not everyone has the money to afford the kinds of fares we've arrived at in king county... we need 'em, we need 'em to bring in the revenue to keep the busses on the road. >> there was no vote on this the policy came out of a county council comity. the new fares, higher and lower, start in march. >> "consider this". the news of the day, plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> why did so many of these people choose to risk their lives? >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> people are dying beca

seattle in san francisco lead the way and phase in a $15 minimum wage. we have this report on chicago's minimum wage. >> chicago's mayor said he was tired of waiting on lawmakers to act on the minimum wage. he is it it himself. john reid owns a restaurant which claims to have the best beer and ribs in chicago, a boast in the minimum wage he says is bad for business and his employees. >> costs go up and you have to either raise prices or reduce hours to compensate for that increase. after a passionate debate city alderman passed a minimum wage hike. the minimum wage in chicago jumps to $10.25, and go up in increments until topping out at $13 in 2019. well above the minimum wage at $8.25. >> it was a struggle for me. i can relate to some of the other parents coming forth, saying what their struggles and stuff, because i, too, faced those things struggles as a single mum. >> the alderman led a task force to determine how much the minimum wage should rise and how much it would affect businesses and workers. it would pump $860 million into the economy, and sh