Transcripts For ALJAZAM News 20150119

Revealing breakdown of the wealthiest around the world the 1 doing better than ever. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city im tony harris. A tentative assess fire is holding. Houthis surrounded the president s residence but it was the rebel attack on the president ial palace that shook sanaa. Nine people were killed in what is considered a coup. There are questions over who controls yemen. Omar al saleh reports. The building is a symbol of who wields power in yemen. Something thats hard to know at the moment. The information mints describes the scene as utter chaos. To be honest, i dont think any party is in control of yemen. There are places where the government is in control where houthis are in command. This is why both ministers of defense and interior were there in the committee. But there were people who wear the uniform they do not obey the orders of their superiors. Houthis have been in the area for years but they took control of nine provinces earlier this year. Informs still lloyd to bahah to in order to allow his son ahmed the head of the Republican Guard to become next president. Nothing has been seen like this before. The case of its kind of on sanaa months ago was nothing close to this. The attacks months ago on sanaa by the houthis only focused on certain areas of the capital. There were no attacks on the president or the prime minister. Houthis are reported to have taken control of the state television and are gathering more forces outside the capital. And the prime ministers convoy was attacked but by what is being described as a third party whose identity hasnt been confirmed. The declaration of a ceasefire earlier in the day has been largely ignored. The information minister says some Security Forces are refusing orders. But some forces are still loyal to president hadi. Hadis decision to deploy troops in the capital was triggered by the kidnapping of his chief of staff on saturday. Its not clear if hadi will win what could be seen as his last battle. Some say what happened on monday could use to a new yemen. Could it also lead to the resignation of president abd rabbah mansur hadi. To impose his demand of dividing yemen into two federal regions or break away. Omar al saleh, al jazeera yemen. Former manager of the yemen times jim good to see you. How precarious is president hadis grasp on yemen right now . Its tremendously precarious right now. I dont think anybody has the ability to stop the houthis if they wanted to. What are their intentions . Their intentions are incredibly murky. If they wanted to take control they would have done so in september when they took control of sanaa. If they want political power if they are just posturing if they want more control i dont think anybody who says they know whats going on in sanaa doesnt really realize. Gotcha. Are Houthi Rebels actually aligning themselves with forces loyal to the former president . Its rarely that black and white in yemen ever. In 2012 after saleesouses out outes ouster, while it remains unclear what role he actually does play, its almost sthearn he does play some role. Members of his family, let me pick up on that line. Are there members of his family, to pave the way for his son ahmed the former head of the Republican Guard to become the next president ial of yemen . Thats tough to say. I dont know if i can speak to his actual intention. Youve heard this as well, right . Yeah, i mean you also hear that he murdered his wives he murdered ahmeds mother. The Conspiracy Theory about saleheh run rampant. Jeb, wait a minute. Why is yemen and i want to come back to this question often when we do these Big International segments. Why is yemen important and why should Americans Care . Why should it matter to anyone in this country what yemen is going through right now . The United States partnership with yemen is an important one. And of course, the first issue that people touch on is that the presence of al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in yemen has created a strong threat to United States and it is in the u. S. s interest to keep a Good Relationship with the yemeni people and the yemeni government. Unfortunately that relationship is not doing as well as it has in the past. A lot of yemenis are fed up with the obama administrations drone assassination program. Right. As well as a number of other things. But they also have a strategic control over the battle of mendeb strait, which is the only access to the indian ocean. And they also are close to allies like saudi arabia. Right. And could become a potential Battle Ground for hegemony in the region. We said earlier it looks like this tentative ceasefire is holding but the truth is neither side is taking it tremendously seriously. What areas of the country are you watching for signs of maybe houthi advances . Definitely paying closing close attention to the capital sanaa. If the houthis were able to push further east or south i think we would be able to say that the houthi control of this government is becoming a real possibility. To the east where a lot of oil and electricity strurt in the structure in the province of mahreb are produced, should they come in control of those resources they would exert a huge amount of power over the sanaa and other Capital Cities and should they move down south towards tiz where people are more educated and stereo typically not fans of northern tribesmen it definitely would show their influence is spreading. Last indication from the state department is there has been no contact between the u. S. State department and president hadi since the p. M. s convoy was surrounded or attacked or whaferred happened here. Is the United States whatever happened here. Is the United States going to have to pick a side ultimately . They will be between a rock and a hard place. The houthis are not fans of the United States. And should they pick any ally it would be probably hadi who has shown to have his power base eroding and losing complete control of the capital. Jeb boone is manager of the global post and former he editor on the yemen post. Joining us. Thank you. U. S. Was able to do that because the National Security agency secretly hacked into north korean Computer Systems back in 2010. Jamie mcintire joins us. What more do we know about this . You know tony u. S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement officials have been dismissing skeptics insisting that the evidence against north korea is unassailable. Now it turns out that the reason they have such high confidence that north korea has hacked sony because the United States may have hacked north korea first. Hello everybody really have a full house hmm . President obama is adamant about insisting the north korea hack of sony last year. We can confirm that north korea engaged in this attack. Some cyberexperts remain skeptical. Was north korea capable of such a cyber attack . Tantalizing clue suggesting u. S. Had inside information. The document was labeled top secret and posted online by der spiegel. We were able to repurpose it big win thats computer jargon describing whats called a zero day program in this case planted by someone else, a program u. S. Government hackers then took advantage of. What the document suggests is that the u. S. Was deep inside north koreas cyberhacking unit more than four years ago and knows a lot more than its saying publicly. Some serious folks have suggested that we have it wrong. I would suggest im not suggesting im saying, they dont have the facts that i have. Dont see what i see. The fbi says even before the sony hack north koreas cyber spies got sloppy more than once, revealing their real internet addresses. The New York Times say those addresses were traced to an attack base of chen yang, a highly destructive attack on chinese banks this 2013. According to u. S. Intelligence officials first marked north korea as a serious cyber threat. Cyber is a powerful new room for them where they believe they can exert maximum influence at minimum cost. And this recent episode with sony has shown they can get recognition for their cyber capabilities. The New York Times also reports president obama was convinced the case was solid by evidence collected by software the u. S. Emplanted to serve as sort of an Early Warning radar. So one obvious questions if the u. S. Knew so much about what north korea was doing why didnt it warn sony . The answer seems to be that the tactic the hackers were using something spear fishing was so routine it didnt set off any alarm bells but it appears they were able to get a System Administrator at sony to click on a bogus link and that allowed them to steal user names and passwords. Tony. Thank you. Less than a week after the deadly attacks hackers have vandalized 1600 websites in france over the past ten days. That is forcing the french government to beef up security in cyber space. Nick spicer with more. The attacks against the magazine Charlie Hebdo and a jewish supermarket set off another kind of attack, a much wider cyber assault on companies in france. Changed the home pages of thousands of websites of universities, Town Councils and local shops among others. Frances interior minister on monday toured a Cyber Crime Unit of the French Police outside paris. He said he would present measures to fight the hackers later this week. Be. Translator more than 1300 attacks have been claimed by hacker groups or groups say they are islamists who are taking the opportunity to demonstrate their capacity for harm. Reporter late last year the french government passed a new antiterror law from organizers who the french government considers terrorist. For banning the type of attack france has just gone through. Determined hackers operating from overseas. As the french struggled to return to a feeling of being safe the hacked websites feel like an attempt to say no, youre not. The attacks were not sophisticated but they were massive. Experts call the replaced home pages defacements. A defacement is like if you are in a town with many different shops and the hackers what they try to do, they try to enter every shop and if the door is not really well closed, they enter the shop, you know, they paint some messages on the window and they leave. And after you have to enter the shop and to clean the mess. Reporter its a mess that individual website owners will have to clean up often by simply updating their Website Software but wiping the feel of unease away wont be easy. 96 Spicer Al Jazeera paris. In gaza today they are upset over the french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, featuring the prophet muhammed. One demonstrator held a sign in support of the recent astacks in paris. Security officials were called in to control the crowd. In washington much of the focus is on president obamas sixth state of the Union Address. In Monmouth University poll results suggest americans remain divided on some of the nations most pressing issues. David schuster is here with a closer look. David. Tony, this polling shows that few americans feel the issue of race has improved. Yet they do agree that rairs is a big issue for race is a big issue for this country. Racial and ethnic discrimination is a big problem. 21 sayists a small problem. A bit more than the 18 of people who say its not a problem at all. Despite his position as the first African American president , many believe that Race Relations in the United States have not gotten better under president obama. In fact 43 say race regulation he Race Relations are worse. 40 say there has been no change at all in this country. And today with this country celebrating dr. Martin luther kings legacy we asked what people thought about leadership in the African American community. When asked if the civil rights leaders are still effective 35 of people said yes however nearly half of americans 49 said its time for different kind of leadership. Tony we will have much more polling on race and other issues tomorrow during our state of the union coverage. Cant wait. David thank you. This will be the first time president obama will give state of the Union Address in fronts of a republican controlled congress. In a video preview of the speech mr. Obama said he is looking to the future. This state of the union gives me an opportunity to present to the American People now that we have fought our way through the crisis how do we make sure that everybody in this country how do we make sure that theyre sharing in this growing economy . How do we make sure that they have the tools to succeed . Mike viqueria is live at the white house. Mike give us some of the issues that the president will discuss tomorrow night. Tony, the president put his finger on it in that video previewing the state of the union. In the house of Representatives Chamber in the United States capital all about jobs jobs jobs with one added caveat. And tony look at it as the black cloud within the Silver Lining and that is income. Stagnant incomes. Job growth not what it could be, not what it should be and that is something that not only the president is going to be focusing on in the state of the Union Address tonight but so will republicans over the course of the next several weeks. This is going to be the central issue as the legislative session plays out in washington under the new reality that you just described with republicans in control of both the house and the senate but its also shaping up as the dominant issue heading into the 2016 president ial election. Weve heard everyone from marco rubio to mitt rom any wanting to romney wanting to address this issue. Dramatic news on the budget, he wants to raise taxes by some 320 billion over the next ten years, to try to initiate some of the programs that he has put forward over the last several days. In touring the country and sort of pregame of the state of the union Free Community College Broadband access, across america to rural and low income communities. Paid sick leave all of these a very expensive program none of them likely to go anywhere in a republican congress. You can look at it in a couple of ways tony. The president is mindful of his legacy pushing these ideas very hard or these are negotiating deals as the president moves forward on some of the common areas. Chiefly taxes both sides have expressed the need or desire to streen linestreamline the tax code lower the economy. Tony. Mike will be back with us a little bit later as we dive a little deeper on those economic issues. Also coming up on the program as ukraines government fights a rebel uprising its people are dealing with a crumbling economy. Also we need one of the people running a marathon on each continent and doing it all in a week. Week. Coverage at 7 00. Well take an indepth look at our nations financial future. Then John Seigenthaler breaks down the issues. We need to know whats going on in our backyard. Plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. The state of the Union Address. Special coverage begins tomorrow at 7 00 eastern. Right here on Al Jazeera America. The United States and cuba are having their highest level of contact since the nations agreed to restore diplomatic ties. Senator Patrick Leahy met with the delegation, the top u. S. Diplomat for latin america will be in cuba for talks. Prorussian rebels have forced officials to evacuate hospital ukraines economy has lost millions of dollars since fighting began last april. Now residents are really feeling the pinch. Paul brennan has that story. For centrally kiev, less than ten kilometers but it might as well be 10,000. Every spending decision here is carefully pondered. As inflation erodes their already meager income, every cent is precious. Everything has become more expensive. Utilities, wages everything is the same but Everything Else is more expensive. Inflation 24. 9 . Ukraines gdp dropped by 27 in 2014. The currency is worth 15 to the u. S. Dollar. Just half of what it was a year ago. Before being out offed a out being ousted a year ago president yanukovych enjoyed popularity. But economic recovery here in ukraine depends not just on ousting a president and removing a few corrupt officials. It needs cultural and systemic reform. Yanukovychs staff tried destroy incriminating documents here on the river on the edge of his estate. Vladim helped retrieve the documents. We have advances, new legislation which is waiting for implementation. The problem is how its too slow. Economic and political reform is underway driven by young dynamic people brought in from the business world. One is dimitro shimkev former microsoft executive. Spending cuts demand i by the imf with recruit for good people. To be able to work with the laws drop them, communicate with contemporary technology, be able to run negotiations et cetera, and that person is going to earn 50 bucks . Well thats not going to fly. Back in the market discussion of the economy has provoked a heated row. Were in a war shouts this woman. Thousands have been killed and you worry about the economy . The economy is fine. Its not fine says cat arena katerina the milk seller. Al jazeera kiev. In liberia the number of new cases in the last 21 days, the number of ebola cases dropped to 38. Open school for the first time in three months. Sierra leone remains a troubled spot 739 new cases. Majority of the worlds wealth will soon be controlled by just 1 of the population. What it all means for each and every one of us, thats next. And Martin Luther king day takes significance around Police Tactics and race in america. America. Got to tell you there are some dramatic new numbers now illustrating the gap between the haves and the have nots. According to the 18th pofort Poverty Organization oxfam just 80 people in the world, did you hear that, just 80 people in the world, have the same amount of wealth as more than 3. 5 billion people. And oxfam warns that gap continues to grow. Roxana saberi has more. Roxana. The worlds 80 richest people are now worth a total 2. 3 trillion, more than 80 of the worlds population. Frustration over growing income inequality, that inequality last grown from the u. S. To china. So much that the antipoverty group oxfam says the worlds richest 1 is on track to owning more than half the worlds wealth by next year. From 2000 to 2009 the portion of wealth held by the top 1 actually fell but over the next four years it rose dramatically. And ox familiar predicts it will oxfam predicts it will keep rising just as the bottom 99 will keep dropping. Weve seen incomes not going up, minimum wages have stayed stagnant and at the same time weve seen the rich just continuing to get richer. As Government Policies have moved in that direction. Reporter oxfam says the worlds 80 richest people including bill gates Warren Buffett and mexicos carlo slim. Free education and health care improve workers wages and raise taxes on the rich. Rich individuals particularly the richest individuals should pay a reasonable level of tax. The kinds of levels of tax they were paying as recently as the 1990s. The group says income inequality is not just unfair, i. T. Hurries everyone. Because when more people have less to spend the economy suffers. Oxfam released the report just ahead of the annual World Economic forum in dabo switzerland. Narrow the gap between the rich and the poor. Tony the report comes the day before president obama is calling for tax hikes ton wealthy to help the middle class. Joining me is jeffrey sax an economist and directors of the Earth Institute at columbia university. Jeffrey good to speak to you again. The concentration of wealth and income numbers these numbers are so stunning if you landed from outer space you would think this is the way it must have been always in this country but its not. Explain whats happening so we have numbers that are this staggering. It is staggering indeed and we know that income at the very top of the Income Distribution, the top 1 , even the top 1 of the 1 have reaped a hugely disproportionate share of Overall Economic benefits over the course actually of several decades now. So the income inequality in the United States is reaching all time high levels. There are many forces at work. Some are market forces. Some are the weaknesses of unions and of course, politics plays a big role because big money needs politics and the politicians feed the big money through tax breaks, tax loopholes all types of special loopholes. So we have a bunch of services we have not gotten hold of. Jeffrey, you mention some of the forces at work here. The amount of wealth that the middle class lost as a result of the great recession, than the a isnt that a great contributor . Working class took a great hit. Many lost their homes in vast numbers but the rich got bailed out. Right. What is shork in shocking is, the billion dollar fines that are being paid one after another just as normal business operations, yet the people who were in charge stay in charge. Theyve gotten fantastically rich. Their companies have exercised a tremendous amount of financial fraud. Theres no accountability. But its obvious why. These are the big campaign contributors. Our system is a pay for play political system. So the push back would be okay jeffrey thats the way it is right now. What are you advocating to correct this . Are you advocating that in order to have a more equitable society, money has to be taken from the wealthy and then given to those who have less, given to the takers in our society . Well, lets start with the basics. People should pay their taxes. Theres no excuse for the hedge fund owners to be paying the lowest rates while working people are paying much higher tax rates. But the senators and congressmen are not looking after the average people. Theyre looking after the big money. And when you say senators were talking about Democratic Senators as well as republicans because i know that Chuck Schumer gets a lot of heat over this issue. As he should. This is not a partisan issue. Of course there are slight differences between the parties but wall street has friends in both parties has gotten huge perks. Then we get a look at the big name u. S. Companies amazon, apple, starbucks they all have tax rackets going on so they end up with their international profits in the caribbean in the British Virgin islands in berm bermuda, paying no taxes at all so we could have decent Schools Health care, this is a scandal. Then the issue of economic mobility. Look if you believe that a College Education is the best way to improve your station in life the fact is, it is becoming more and more difficult to pay for that education and thats not the same problem the wealthy face in this country. You know whats happened, and its really a shock. America, which prided itself and it was the land of opportunity now has the lowest economic mobility across classes of any of the highend countries. And the basic point is this a kid born into a poor family faces a tremendously high chances of being poor as an adult. To get through the bad neighborhoods, the bad schools the incredibly high tuition cost. To be able to make it from a poor family is a very rare act indeed. Whereas kids who are born with great good fortune to prosperous families who can pay for their education, to have good School Systems and all the rest have a good chance of also being prosperous in the upper part of the Income Distribution as adults. The other countries in the world dont have the kind of gaps that the United States has. We just let it all divide as widely as possible. Right right. And our political system amplifies the gaps. I was just in scandanavia they push against these divisions to make sure every family has a chance no matter what state theyre born into. Jeffrey, thank you. Great to be with you. President obama is expected to announce a series of proposals aimed at wealth inquality. Mike viqueria joins us with more on this issue. Mike this is not first time the president has talked about wealth inequality. No it is not. This has been a recurring theme and to a certain extent it has hamstrung the president s ability to take credit for what otherwise is a growing economy. The gdp the fastest rate since 1999. Even gas prices have sunk right along with the Unemployment Rate now at 5. 6 . A good story all around yet Many Americans perhaps a majority of American Workers are not seeing the benefits of the economy. It is not growing in terms of wage growth. They have stagnated, this is something an increasingly tight or persistently tight labor market jobs market has not seen a growth in jobs, in the middle income spectrum in the United States. Al Jazeera America and Monmouth University have a poll were releasing parts of it leading up to the speech tomorrow night. Speaks to this issue primarily tony asking americans and people who responded to the poll, how much has your family benefited from the increased economic activity, the good news that we have heard so much about . A great deal . Only 8 say they have benefited a great deal from the economy. Benefited some . 31 . Not much, 32 and not at all 29 . And this is challenge that president obama is going to have. And tony make no mistake. This has been the focus of what the president has been talking about over the course of the last two weeks and even republicans picking up this theme as they take over congress and the two sides try come to some sort of agreement on a whole host of economic issues, tony. You mention tax policy and expanding broadband activity, how will this help . To spread the wealth, that was a phrase that got him into a lot of trouble in the are 2008 campaign joe the plumber seized upon by being john comaib. Mccain. He wants to kickback in the estate or inheritance tax also the trust fund tax he wants to remove exceptions from that. From the names of these phrases and the taxes they affect higher rate americans. 320 billion in total increased taxes, the president wants to bring that to lower income americans through tax credits working tax credits things of that nature. This is the president s stated goal as he heads into the speech tomorrow night. Republicans generally speaking just sort of blanch at the item idea of any type after tacks at all. What are the republicans saying . They are rejecting it out of hand. Many observers feel this is an opening gambit by the president as he heads into negotiation is. One of the few common areas where both sides at least are publicly stating a shared goal and that is reform of the tax code. A lot of people look at what the president has done here and say there is absolutely no chance the republicans are going to be willing to negotiate with the president. He staked out a position that is far to the left of them and antithetical to anything they stadged for. Others look at it as they stand for. Others say it is a negotiating factor. Something the sides agree on. Tony. Our live coverage begins 7 00 eastern time, 4 00 pam pacific. Marches that took place in recent weeks over Race Relations between Law Enforcement and the public thousands took part in a march in philadelphia, organizers say they were protesting friskprotesting franciscoprotesting are stopandfriskprotesting stopandfrisk policies. In atlanta several civil rights leaders joined the celebration, including dr. Kings daughter bernice king. Called for nonviolent protest against injust and police violence. Taking part in Community Service projects to as he put it march a little closer to the nation, dr. King envisioned, this afternoon the president and his family volunteered at the boys and girls club in washington. Del walters has more about the meaning of the holiday. Decades after his death the landscape has changed the nation has a black president and black attorney general. We need more than ever to take heed of dr. Kings teachings. He calls on us to stand in the other persons shoes. To see through hair eyes. To understand their pain. Reporter but this summers explosions in ferguson and new york. And cleveland. Exposed many of the same racial divides that separated america during kings time. Black americans accusing white cops of being racist. A city in flames. A black man accusing police of excessive force. I cant breathe i cant breathe. A 12yearold child dies at the hands of police in cleveland. He was holding a toy gun. We need to be outraged. Reporter those parallels were not lost on some members of the Congressional Black Caucus who traveled to ferguson. The nation is watching. The world is watching. Ferguson is the clarion call, ferguson is the new selma. Ferguson is a microkiosk of what can and will happen when we come microcosm of what we come together. This letter was recently found in the files of the fbi it describes king as evil and suggests he commit suicide saying king, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what that is. You are done. It was authored by the fbi. As the wreaths are laid, few doubt the man who dreamed of changing the world believing the world could change if it acted like gandhi, nonviolent protest. Dr. King said, i quote men often hate each other because they fear each other. King would have been 86 this year. Comond peddis bridge where nampers were attacked by police 50 years ago. This is what i know for sure, everybody who crossed that bridge on bloody sunday and then had the courage to go up and go again on tuesday and then do the final march every Single Person who was on that bridge is a hero. Some would say it is a dream fulfilled. Others would argue, it is just that. A dream. The fact that its being debated is living proof the legacy of the dreamer lives on. Del walters, al jazeera, new york. Pope francis confirmed he will be making more stops during his planned trip to the United States this fall on his flight home from the philippines. The pontiff said he would visit new york and washington this september. The pope said woe come to philadelphia, he would love to enter the u. S. Through the Mexican Border but that might cause some problems in mexico. A prosecutor in argentina has been found dead hours before he was expected to testify in over corruption. Thats next. So listen to this. A prosecutor who accused argentinas president of a coverup has been shot dead. Al bettero nisman was found dead yesterday. Andrew simmons has more from buenos aires. Prosecutor Alberto Nismans body was found shot in the head. Accused president Cristina Kirchner of covering up evidence. 85 people were killed in an attack in 1984, denied by iran. 51yearold nisman alleged he had evidence including phone taps which showed that the president , along with foreign minister hector timerman, were offering to exchange grain for oil. 20 years on, no one has faced justice for the bombings. In 2013 they demonstrated against the government signing a memorandum of understanding with iran proposing a Truth Commission to investigate the bombing. But the Argentine Court later ruled against them. Saying it was politically motivated, fictitious nonsense. There was also a suggestion that intelligence agencies were involved having been disgruntled after a shakeup in their Department Last december. Later nisman was accused by the judge in the case of initiating an investigation without judicial control. There were questions over whether he really had convincing evidence. The opposition said nisman wasnt a man considering suicide. It was unbelievable to me. I couldnt believe this is real. I dont have any doubt it is not suicide. So was this the scene of a crime or was it suicide . Whatever happened . Theres now another political crisis in argentina. Andrew simmons, al jazeera buenos aires. Thousands are flooded after catastrophic flooding in africa. More than thousands were killed in malawi, mozambique. Aid agencies are rushing clean water and medical supplies to the area. In afghanistan soldiers are struggling with the aftermath of war. The u. S. Military has stepped up efforts to slow the growing suicide rate for afghan veterans but for Afghan Soldiers the stigma of Mental Illness often gets in the way. Jennifer glasse has more from kabul. Ptsd, or posttraumatic stress disorder, this soldier wants to go back to the unit. Youre in a loss not a prison the doctor says. Come tell the commander to get me out of here or i will kill myself, he says. The doctor tells the nurse to give him an injection and assures the patient it will make him feel better. He this is tells him suicide is not allowed in islam. There are lots of ptsd cases in the west because there are statistics. We dont have any way to measure it here. These cases are present here as well. Reporter but only a small fraction end up here. Theres a cultural stigma to admitting any type of Mental Illness. This ward is used nor often for addicts and for those under depression. This ward is not used much not because there are not cases but they are reluctantly reluctant to report them. That was the case with the italian or al qaeda. There are no guidelines for doctors to diagnose troubled soldiers. Translator the mandatory and i are on the the commander and i are on the look out for problems. For a young soldier named nakiki bulla. He walked out of his quarters and shot himself in the head. Threatened by enemy fighters when traveling home. Translator they have to work here. They cant leave the job and they cant leave the family. Any one of them could develop mental problems. Reporter back at the hospital the patient has grown restless again. The doctors let him take a walk to calm down. He wont be going back to the battlefield any time soon. Jennifer glasse al jazeera kabul. Comeing up, seven marathons on seven continents then ali velshi, David Schuster for ali velshi. Tax hikes for rich and tax breaks for the poor and middle class. A state of the Union Preview with the state of americas economy is coming up on real money. Money. Al Jazeera America presents a Breakthrough Television event. Borderland. Six strangers. Lets just send them back to mexico. Experience illegal immigration up close and personal. Its overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. Lost lives are relived. All of these people shouldnt be dead. Will there differences bring them together or tear them apart . The only way to find out is to see it yourselves. Which side of the fence are you on . Borderland, sunday at 9 eastern, only on Al Jazeera America. Start with one issue education. Gun control. The gap between rich and poor. Job creation. Climate change. Tax policy. The economy. Iran. Healthcare. Ad guests on all sides of the debate. This is a right we should all have. Its just the way it is. Theres something seriously wrong. Theres been acrimony. The conservative ideal. Its an urgent need. And a host willing to ask the tough questions how do you explain it to yourself . And youll get. The inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on Al Jazeera America well, most roads in the northeast were clear for todays commute but that was hardly the case yesterday. Icy conditions led to five deaths and a 60 car pileup in pennsylvania. A frightening nearmiss. Take a look at this. Whoa thats crazy. This was in this was on the new jersey turnpike. A semi truck as you can see there lost control on the ice and nearly wow the truck then jumped the median. Can we roll that again . But did not hit any other cars. The man who shot the video was not hurt and its not clear if if we have time can we run it again . It is not clear if the truck driver was injured. Wow, in that crash. Okay thats enough. Rchthanks. The nfl is investigating whether the new England Patriots used an underinflated ball in their win against colts. The nfl is responsible to provide playable balls. In 2008 the patriots you may recall were found stripped of a draft pick. Running a marathon is no easy task. How about running a player on this for seven Straight Days on seven conincidents, its called the world marathon challenge. And runners are trying to complete it. Andy gallagher has the story. Ted has his sense of humor. Fellow athletes have already run two marathons including one in antarctic. Running one in antarctic i was kind of aware of what to expect. Its only going to get harder and harder. We have got five days set go. For all these runners this is a logistical challenge that few would face. Just open to dedicated runners. They are all in good spirits well see how that will last, as soon as we get to marrakech and dubai ted jackson is here for another reason. In 2005 his wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,ed the has raised 200,000 for a u. K. Based charity. He wont stop until he reaches a million. Every time i get off of a flight theres another thousand pounds come in. Thats quite nice, pushes me on another continent. Running seven marathons in seven days is a herculean task. Finishing up in australia. Ted then still has a long way to go but his spirits and his voice seem sure to carry him through to the finish line. Andy gallagher al jazeera miami, florida. Go, ted go thats all the time we have. Real money is next, David Schuster is in for ali velshi. Shi. 1 of people on earth are about to control more than half of the worlds wealth president obama wants to even the Playing Field with tax cuts for the poor and tax increases for the rich. And well take you to philadelphia where hardworking americans have managed to keep their communities together. Im David Shuster in for ali velshi, and this is real mo