us with more on the white house s main strategy. ashley: biden will stop in florida today, former president obama, the democrats are counting in places like nevada. biden is heading to florida and new mexico on thursday and obama will make apeerances in nevada and arizona, the two will finish the campaign trail in pennsylvania on saturday. it has been noted biden made far fewer campaign appear thinkas than sitting presidents before him. the sitting president has been absent from the trail in the final weeks of the campaign, nobody is more in demand than obama, he is the party s biggest draw. there is unmistakable fear, even he can t prevent what could happen on november 8th. democrats say it is a good strategy for biden to keep a low profile, republicans say americans are fed up with his policies. people are fed up with this madness, far left socialism. taxing and spending, raising prices because of joe biden s actions. ashley: laxalt says his opponent is purposely hidi
hikers in japan. we have the latest on the efforts to find the missing hikers and get them off that mountain. protestors filled the streets of hong kong, defying the government call to end their blockades. riot police have withdrawn after tiring tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i m del walters. i m erica pitzi. stephanie sy is in chicago where she will bring us the latest on air travel problems. president obama now admitting u.s. intelligence underestimated the threat posed by isil and overestimated the iraqi army s ability to stop it. meanwhile, house speaker john boehner said the airstrikes aren t going to be enough to beat isil, warning america may need to send in ground troops. there are reports that the latest round of u.s. airstrikes may have led to civilian deaths. what are you hearing? dell, that s right, those reports are coming out of the syrian observatory for human rights, it s a london based gro
both sides fear there is no end in sight of this spiral of vials. this incident that you guys talked about this morning, israel forces shot a 21-year-old in the chest with live ammunition, happening right outside hebron in the refugee camp. 200 people were protesting and palestinian officials say 53 people have been killed by israel soldiers, that s one every five days. this happened right after no major incidents with what israeli police called terror incidents, the first in tel-aviv. a palestinian man went up to an israeli soldier while he waited for a train. that soldier was stabbed arched died later that day. just a few hours later in the occupied west bank, only 20 minutes from where i am now, a palestinian man tried to run over some people, failed to do that, jumped out of his car and stabbed three israelis, including a 21-year-old who survived a very similar attack in the same spot eight years ago. many israelis are expressing fear because the number of people who ha
for the fourth time in his career, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is forming a coal lig government. his come from behind victory gave him the mandate that he was looking for. he fired up the right wing base and though he has a clear support, many israelis are worried about the future. dana, what has been the reaction to netanyahu s victory? reporter: well, david netanyahu s come from behind win was certainly a big surprise here to many, at the same time as the left-wing. at some point, in the left-wing started to rally and looked like they had a chance, but their hopes quickly fizzled out as a full vote count took place. a minute after the polls closed the left-wing started cheering. they thought they had it in the bag, prime minister netanyahu on the ropes. many israelis are fed up as netanyahu s vision of no peace and lack of attention to the economy. but as the hours went by, the numbers told a different story. he had somehow beat the odds, rallying to win
fragile planet. we begin this hour in arkansas where a national debate over religion and same-sex marriage has taken a remarkable twist. there are calls to hutchenson appears determined to avoid the controversy this week that s hounded a fellow republican governor in indiana. here s more on that story. the governor has been under intense pressure to veto this legislation in the fallout of a similar bill in indiana that just turned into law this week. it sailed through the arkansas legislature but today the governor said he will not sign it into law. instead, he told state law makers to change it and make it more like the federal legislation signed by president clinton in 1993. supporters say it protects religious freedom by allowing businesses to turn people away not in line with the owner s own beliefs. but the bill opponents say opens up the chance for discrimination. wal-mart, the ceo, urging the governor not to sign it saying diversity benefits business. now hutch