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ALJAZAM News January 9, 2016

Inmates to cover their prison costs. The white house is asking for help from Silicon Valley in the fight of i. S. I. L. We begin this evening with a capture of one of the worlds most infamous drug lords el chopo. He was taken into custody this morning in the central western coastal state. The arrest came seven months after he made a dramatic prison escape through a tunnel. The man known as el chopo or shorty has taken on wrshgs ythic status. He has escaped before and he will escape again. For the president it was an opportunity to reclaim the upper hand after his embarrassing escape last july from mexicos most secure prison. Translation today is extremely important for the Mexican Government. Today our sfugss have demonstrated once again that citizens can trust them. Reporter the Mexican Government says it honed in on the drug lord friday morning in his home state. A citizen called police to complain about armed men holed up in a house. The military arrived and says during the shoot out five criminal were killed criminals were killed and six other detained. His escape from his prison cell seven months ago was global news. He escaped from a hole that connected to a tunnel. It had air conditioning and a motorcycle. The government arrested several dozen people in connection with that escape. He first escaped from prison in 1993 by hiding in a laundry cart. It took police 13 years to arrest him the first time around. The president has previously refused to extra date him to the u. S. Where he is facing charges. One analyst tells al jazeera he thinks for sure he will be sent or extra dated to the u. S. Where an escape is less likely in philadelphia today a man inspired by i. S. I. L. Attempted to kill a police officer. Officer jessy heartnet was sitting in his cruiser when the suspect attacked him reporter it is amazing that the officer survived the attack. The link to i. S. I. L. Has yet to be proved, but if it is true it is a worrying development for cities all over the country. Reporter Surveillance Video captured the attack. A man in a long white robe walked up to a Philadelphia Police cruiser and fired 13 shots at the officer. Im bleeding heavily reporter he radioed for help. He was wearing a bulletproof vest but was wounded three times in his left arm. He managed to hit back hitting the suspect twice. The bravery he demonstrated was remarkable. His will to live undo you doily saved his life. Were ever so thankful to god that he is here today because this could have easily been a police fun ram reporter his father said his son is doing as well as expected given the circumstances he is waking up on a tough road. Im very proud of him reporter the gunman was caught nearby. He was 30 year old edward archer. He confessed to the crime and said why he did it he stated that he pledges his allegiance to islamic state. He was called upon to do this by allah. He did this act in the name of islam. According to him, he believed that the Police Defend laws that are contrary to the teachings of the qaran reporter they say the gun used was stolen from another Police Officers home two years ago. The mayor says the shooting has nothing to do with islam or the islamic faith it in no way shape or form does anyone believe that islam has anything to do with that. It is abhorrent, it is terrible and it does not represent the religion in any way, shape or form. Reporter the f. B. I. Is helping Philadelphia Police to determine whether archer has been communicating with i. S. I. L. In any way. Archer has been arrested before on a variety of charges, including aggravated assault and firearms violations according to the philadelphia inquirer, archers mother said he had suffered repeat head injuries in the past. She says the family urged him to get psychiatric help thank you. Two men who came to the United States as refugees from iraq in 2012 are now facing federal terrorism charges. The prosecutors allege this man travelled from california to syria to fight alongside armed groups and then lied about his travels. In houston text aas a grand jury indicted this man on charges he tried to provide Material Support to i. S. I. L. Texas governor said that the houston arrest is one reason why his state wants to block the resejtsment of refugees a Police Sergeant in new york city is now facing departmental charges for her role in the death offeric garner. Police Officials Say the sergeant was supervising officers at the scene on 17 july 2014. He died after officers placed him ai choke hold. This is the first officer to face formal charges for his death. Further charges may come after a Justice Department investigation. Even a good u. S. Job support cannot keep the u. S. Markets in positive territory. Wall street lost more ground today ending its worst week since 2011. Ali velshi is here with more. Reporter first of all, it was expected, so it didnt have the effect that an unexpected jobs report would have. This has been a rough week for the markets. You and i have spoken about it a few times. The week ended with losses of nearly 6 . You can go through an entire year and get a 6 loss or gain in the market. To have it happen in one week is remarkable. Todays losses were into the as bad. 16345 was the do you index. This comes off the heels of the jobs report creating 292,000 net new jobs in december. That means jobs that were created minus jobs that were lost. That beat expectations in the 200,000 range. The Unemployment Rate which i tend to not look at as much remained unchanged at 5 . Roughly where it was before the recession started. The Labor Force Participation rate which i watch very carefully rose one tenth of a point. That means 62. 6 of adults were active in the workforce. That is still down from a peek of 67. 3 in 201 t but lets look at the year. 2015, the economy created on average 221,000 jobs per month, wages grew at about 2. 5 . Thats how we ended the year. A pretty good year given the jobs report, does that suggest that the fed will continue with its plan to raise rates again at the next meeting . Reporter yeah. It was a validation of the last meeting to start raising rates. Jobs at the top is an indicator for the federal reserve. It expects jobs to continue to grow. Thats what most are telling us, and wages to grow. 2015 saw some improvements in productivity and that means that the fed is on track to raise rates again probably in march. About the jobs by the way, most of the job gains were in higher paying areas, like business services, restaurants, things like that. Manufacturing is hurting and thats because of the strong dollar. It is affecting exports. The Energy Sector is hurting, obviously, because of the low price of oil. You cant frack as much. Were seeing jobs being lost there you can watch ali. U. S. Stocks were not the only ones that went down today. The main european markets finished in the red and their respective closings, including frances stock market which dropped over one and a half . In china where much of the global turmoil started, it ended up nearly 2 . By all accounts, the chinese economy is slowing down and it is having an impact on traders and businesses alike. Adrian brown reports from beijing. Reporter in china red is a lucky color. It tells you shares were up. Nine months ago there was a lot of red. Investors were boyant. The share market was at its highest level since 2007. For now that winning street is over. The market is in a slump. Since june stocks have lost more than 40 of their value and some small investors are less than happy translation dont film. We dont want to talk about it. We need to go back to play cards. Reporter they blame their problems on foreign speculators as well as a measure that was supposed to calm markets but actually had the reverse effect. Translation the government is trying to protect individual investors, but to be honest the system is not perfect. The system needs to be improved. Reporter the authorities have responded to that criticism suspending the circuitbreaker rule that halts trading when shares fall sharply, which happened twice this week. As a result, the market rose on friday. A partial recovery. Panic was subsiding. But the start of 2016 has set a pattern for what is expected to be a very difficult year for the worlds second largest economy. We do think there is a chance of hard course, there is a chance there is going to be a slow down. In china we put it at one in four reporter the stock market is an indicator, but not the indicator of chinas economy. The leadership here has more pressing issues right now. Namely, local government debt, housing bubble and over chas of Industries Like coal and steel which threat yenl widespread job losses in the coming months. Then what it cant control. In neighboring north korea the military this week claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The markets also worry about deepening diplomatic tensions between iran and saudi arabia. Last week chinas president seemed to allude to the challenges confronting his country. He told the nation that fruitful gains come with persistent efforts. His way, perhaps, of saying it is going to be a tough year. Adrian brown in north korea today there were public celebrations for that countrys recent nuclear test. Thousands of people danceed in pyongyangs main square, watched fireworks and singing patriotic arms. It was blast over the border. A report from our correspondent. Reporter its a tactic not used sibs august and one the North Koreans call an act of war. Exactly at midday friday south korea restarted its loud speaker propaganda brought cast. A former north korean officer defected to the south 10 years ago. She says the broadcasts are effective. Translation there are people who defect after listening to the broadcasting. It is the soldiers at the front line listening to those. These soldiers get a lot of education but now theyre exposed to propaganda broadcasting. Reporter they are along the border here just arent anti north korean government. They include global news, weather, and pop music. There are more than ten speaker locations and some are mobile. The south korean government says the broadcasts will continue indefinitely. British foreign secretary urged south korea to show restraint and said that the broadcast are simply rising to the bait. It is not clear how north korea will react the north may respond by take taki taking. There are groups that work in north korea. They are taken hostage and picked up for crimes against the state. They might respond like that. Reporter so for now the military and the people of south korea wait for the responses from its northern neighbor along with the rest of the world puerto ricos financial crisis may spiral into a legal one. Some bond holders have filed a lawsuit claiming the commonwealth violated the u. S. Constitution by diverting funds to pay higher priority bond payments. Puerto rico said it will not be able to make a 37 Million Dollar bond Interest Payment this week. The governor has also declared puerto ricos 70 billion dollar debt is unpayable as well. In washington today obama vetoed the care act. This is the first time a bill made it to the president s desk. Last month the measure passed the u. S. Senate 52 to 47. On wednesday the house approved it 204 to 181. Neither body has the votes to over ride the veto. In a letter today the president wrote for his part, the new Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said that the president s actions were predictable but that they will not stop congress from continuing to repeal continuing with the effort to repeal the Affordable Care act whether it is symbolic or not. Its no surprise that someone vee towed the bill repealing obamacare. We will hold a vote to over ride this veto taking it to the end of the constitution the act will eventually clops over its own wait he said. He says he is still not ready to leave. They met last night with the media and with the local sheriff and were offered safe passage out of the county. The group said no thanks. Another meeting with the sheriff is expected later tonight. The sheriff says progress is being made. The protesters took over the refuge over a week ago. New evidence that we will bring you from belgium. In germany the police chief in cologne has been fired over dozens of women being assaulted on new years eve. In egypt Authorities Say one of two men who carried out an attack at a hotel today worry a suicide belt. They were able to stab three people. Police say they were armed with knives and pellet guns. Security forces killed one suspect and arrested the other. The victims are from sweden. It was 60 miles where i. S. I. L. Planted a bomb on a jet liner killing everybody after take off. Prosecutors in brussels just revealed that at an apartment they raid last month had fingerprints to Salah Abdeslam Salah Abdeslam. They found vests. One man has admitted driving him after the attack. The apartment may have been used at one point as a hiding place. Salah abdeslam Salah Abdeslam has not yet been caught. In the besieged and starving syrian town of madaya they wait for aid. The trucks could arrive by monday if they are given access. Meanwhile the Aid Group Doctors Without Borders says it has identified 250 people in the town with severe acute malnutrition. People need immediate help and that since december 1 the number of people who have died of starvation is up to 23. Al jazeeras rob matheson has more on the agonising wait for help. Reporter a starving victim of a syrian siege. This man is one of thousands of people trapped by block aids. He says he has been forced to eat grass. Translation i was brought here because i got poisoned. I was eating herbs from the ground. Reporter in the grip of winter madaya is one of several towns and villages cut off from food and medical supplies by proceed Government Forces. ProGovernment Forces. There are block aids of towns in the north of Government Forces and their allies. In here salt is handed out in an attempt to provide any sort of suss ten answer. Translation are we not arabs as well . I swear to god we are arabs. These children, what wrong have they done. This child, what wrong did commit . Reporter the United Nations says hundreds of thousands of people are being prevented from getting humanitarian aid in syria. Aid organizations have been allowed by the government to deliver supplies to some of the besieged towns. The International Committee of the red cross says the trucks could start to arrive soon in madaya we expect that the humanitarian joint operation should take place in the coming days. Reporter meanwhile, in madaya a plea to the world. Translation let the world see this and hear about this and know that there are people here who are dying of starvation. Reporter for those trapped in these besieged towns, the hope is that whatever help they get wont be the last. Rob matheson in the german city of cologne, the police chief was dismissed. He was caught in a fire storm over his departments handling of Sexual Assaults on new years eve. People detained after the assaults were asylum seekers. Victims of the attack say police could have done more reporter it was supposed to be a night to celebrate. Instead, new years eve in cologne turned into one of chaos and violence. With allegations of serious Sexual Assault, robbery and threats, by groups of men against dozens of women clothe to the church. A report says officers were were not in control. Translation i thought to myself that if we stay here in this crowd they could kill us and rape us and nobody would notice. Translation there were so many people that i no longer was in control of myself, where to go or how to defend myself. Translation they felt like they were in mourinho and they cop do power and they could do anything to the women reporter protesters say the police could and should have done more. What happened more than a week ago is fuelling the debate in germany about immigration. Witnesses said many of the suspects looked like they were arab or north african. More than 30 suspects have now been identified by german police. Some of those are asylum seekers, but they arent being connected to the Sexual Assault allegations, but face violence and robbery charges. Chan lors angle amerkel has demand eld a farreaching investigation. Translation the feeling women have in this case have been completely defenseless and at mercy, it is for me intolerable. It is important that everything that happened must come out into the open. Reporter cologne is home to a large muslim community. Many of them are ethnic turks who have lived in the city for decades. Theyre worried that people are pointing the finger at muslims and north africans when the facts are still not clear. Translation it has nothing to do with the rill ij i dont know. It is about the individual. Lack of respect for women isnt a religious problem. Reporter everyone says this is something to do with muslims. Ive been here for 30 years myself and ive never seen anything like this. The german chancellor has warned that any foreigners who were involved in the crimes could now face deportation the last prisoner who was being held at Guantanamo Bay is now back home. He was held without charge for 14 years. The pentagon allege that he was an alqaeda recruiter and probably served as the spiritual adviser to binladen. He says he never committed any terrorist attacks. 104 detain yees remain at Guantanamo Bay. Up next, detained, we will speak to a woman who was detained over the weekend in an immigration raid in the u. S. A judge has stepped in and stopped her de

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