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tourism. for years the u.s. statement has been working with state department has been working with countries trying to protect these children and u.s. justice department has been going after offenders. a ground break lawsuit currently playing out in a federal court in minnesota and the lawsuit is dividing a tight community of immigrants from laos. i sat down with the plaintiff, a woman from southeast asia who says that an american man raped her. translator: i wonder to myself what will happen to me if my parents find out that i have been raped and then i ask myself what will happen to me if he doesn t agree to marry me. panea vang was just 14 whether she left her home. lured from her home by a much older american man vang says instead of becoming a sing are she became a victim. of child sex tourism. i was sitting in his hotel room, looking at the clothes and the shoes that he had bought for me and i wanted to leave but he said take a seat have a seat just relax ....
optimists may have a point. a gain of 271,000 jobs last month means that america has created 13 million jobs since the depth of a recession that wiped out 8.7 million jobs and wages are rising at a faster clip for people who have jobs. average hourly earnings in october hit 25.20 that s a gain of 2.5% compared to a year ago, the biggest increase since 2009 and significantly better than the average of about 2% since the recovery official began six years ago. good news for sure but i want to talk about a group of people who remain at a distinct disadvantage when look for work in the united states. men and women who have served time in prison or jail, former prisoners are among the larger group of some americans anyone from a misdemeanor or a felony conviction, estimates put that at 100 million or one out of three americans, disclosing a criminal record on a job application can reduce your chances of employment by almost two-thirds. that s why president obama this week ord ....
the pentagon explains why it s not cooperating with russia in the battle against i.s.i.l. and nigerian attacks. boko haram adds to its grim toll, killing nearly 50 people in three suicide bombings just today. good evening, i m antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. tonight we once again begin in paris. the city is still reeling from friday s terror attacks. this morning an extended shootout led to bloodshed in one of its suburbs. police stormed an apartment building in san denis. looking for abdel hamid abaaoud. one of the ring leaders. , france has opened another front in its fight against i.s.i.l. it announced plans to seek a u.n. resolution against the group. russia began circulating a similar resolution today. i.s.i.l. responded with a new threat one directed at new york city. a video posted online showed images of times square and other landmarks followed by the words, what s coming next will be far worse. for more we re joined by dana lewis in paris. what w ....
and shuttling to get the lathest off the press news of peyton manning. the national football league and much of the sports industry has rallied behind the denver qb. many of fellow athletes expressing support of manning as a friend. take a listen. peyton would i consider him a good friend and you hate to see your good friends go through anything like that . he butt meece bee but he s been a great player for this league, nobody has more respect for peyton than do i. missing from tom brady s remark, willingness to get into any of the specific allegations dogging manning. hgh was prescribed to manning s wife ashleigh and mailed to her. that s back when manning was still playing for the indianapolis colts. we had a 36-year-old quarterback who could not grip a football properly, his triaccepts had triceps had withered. that came on the heels of earl why neck operations. these questions were raised after al jazeera debuted a program this weekend. the film americas reporte ....
more people are wondering whether it s finally all worth it. degrees, costs and benefits, it s the inside story. welcome to inside story. i m ray suarez. the cost of attending college has gone up in the past 40 years faster than the cost of just about anything else you buy. look at family incomes in the 1970 with a little planning, americans could pay without economic stress. now a family earning the median income would find it harder without serious saving beforehand or taking out loans. when you factor private colleges and universities, the tuition and housing costs are astronomical at a time when smaller number of students are finishing degrees in four years. take those numbers, add in low starting salaries, a sizable serge of college degree holders working in jobs that don t require degrees and you have the makings of the current anxiety that it s just not worth it. al jazeera s afnal jazeera s allen schauffler has spent time with those students. getti ....