>> 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. >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> the department of defense sounds the lawyer on the islamic state, alberto gonzalez joins us. i'm antonio mora, those stories and much more straight ahead. >> jarring language from administration officials about islamic state. >> oh this is beyond anything that we've seen. so we must prepare for

everything. >> the temperatures are rising in the wake of that gruesome murder of james foley. foley's captors offered to release him in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom. >> we do not exchange for captives, we do not pay ransom. >> dr. kent brantly and dr. nancy writebol have rejoined their families. >> people have no confidence in his ability to be fair and impartial. >> an israeli air strike has killed three senior commanders of the hamas military wing. >> the super bowl is looking to sell the senate start for an undisclosed amount.

super bowl xlix. >> we begin with the growing 3rd to america and the west from the islamic state group in syria and iraq. at the pentagon thursday defense secretary chuck hagel, warned that i.s. presents more of a threat to america. >> they are beyond a terrorist group. they marry ideology, traffic and military prowess. they are tremendously well funded. oh, this is beyond what we've seen. >> hagel's comments after officials say delta force commandos, failed ocapture james foley, held by i.s. terrorists for almost two years. video showed foley beheaded by a

british i.s. being commando. p.j, once the u.s. started pounding i.s. force he in iraq with air traction an strikes. and i.s. beheading which we will not show, even though speaker spoke in english and threatened the u.s. what is i.s. trying to do? >> well certainly it was trying to shock the west, it succeeded in doing that. it's rightly called barbaric and it's offensive to westerners and will strengthen the threat that i.s. faces. i think it's also offensive to a majority of muslims that do not want to live in that kind of

societal. addressed to primarily that sliver of malcontents, in the middle east and in the west, the narrator of the video, that entice them to come to syria, come to iraq and join the i.s. jihad. >> as you said, moa most muslims will react like most of us are, couldn't there be a backlash, most muslims don't want to live in a medieval society like these terrorists want. >> that is an optimistic term. just like al qaeda in iraq did back in 2006, 2007. remember, i.s. is such a brutal group that even al qaeda itself you know disowned its membership in the movement. what's most intriguing about this video, antonio, is that

near the end, it convey is the fact that it considers itself a real state . it beings accuses united states are from interfering in the internal affairs of the islamic caliphate, it's trying to present itself primarily to the muslim world as a de facto state and a force to be reckoned with in the middle east for an i indefinite period of time. >> what do you think the u.s., may have even hoped to declare a formal end of the war on terror sometime this year. but here is part of what the president had to say about i.s. after the foley video was released. >> the united states of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. we will be vigilant and we will be relentless. >> and secretary of state kerry followed with a tweet saying

i.s.i.l. must are destroyed, will be crushed. so it sounds like the war on terror if anything is going to intensify and shouldn't it? >> well, the reality is, it hats been evolving. -- has been evolving. the administration has acknowledged that but it is in fact enlarging in the sense that what, as chuck hagel said today, we have to put this in context, as an insurgent group, as a terrorist group it has gone well beyond what we have seen in the past. it holds a fairly significant chunk of territory between syria and iraq and has demonstrated the ability to actually govern that territory. by the same token i.s. is not ten feet tall. there are a number of fighters still relatively modest compared to the resources available to a state like iraq or even a state like syria. they can be impacted militarily. you've seen the effectiveness of the u.s. strikes in pushing i.s.

back from the mosul dam for example and giving kurdish forces a chance to regroup and retake territory. i actually think that ultimately the islamic state will be defeated politically with a corresponding military strategy. and this is ultimately as the united states is saying, primarily iraq's challenge in that side of the border, that if the iraqi government governs effectively, if the new government makes meaningful adjustments and reforms and how it interacts with all of the communities within iraq, that's going to be far more decisive than the level of military force that we have applied to the challenge so far. >> quick final question. are you concerned? you mentioned al qaeda, you mentioned how they initially disinherited these people because of their brutality, but now we've we have iraq in the

asian peninsula, but now all this territory and all this money. >> well, there is a lot of coordination, there's a lot of interaction. there may be tactical areas in which a group here will support a group there. by the same token as a movement, the islamic state is actually a rival to al qaeda. how long this cooperation lasts remains to be seen. but obviously, the longer that i.s. is able to hold territory, the more it's able to conduct itself as a state, the more it's able to attract meaningful resources either through donations or through raiding banks as we've seen in the context of iraq, they become a fact of life in the middle east and they can become a force that any actor in the middle east will have to reckon with. >> lot to worry about. p.j. crowelly, goo crowelly.

good to see you. >> thank you antonio. the life of another american journalist steven sotloff depends on your action. short of a rescue operation that's unlikely in part while some european nations will pay millions in ransom for their citizens the u.s. does not. joining us here in new york is pulitzer prize winning david rhode, who was kidnapped in 2008. did america's policy on ransom contribute to james foley's killing. david, always good to have you with us. again the u.s. doesn't pay ransom, other countries however do and in this story including in your case the u.s. didn't pay a ransom. you're arguing that there should be a broader debate among western nations about what should be done in these circumstances?

>> yeah, i just want to say up front i don't have a sort of simple answer. there are no easy answers in these cases but the problem here is there were french journalists and english journalists, that were ransomed, sotloff is facing death and james died in a terrible way. i'm calling on this to come out of the shadows. the european government denied making these payments, they're actually done through intermediaries. i don't think the current approach is working with very large ransoms from certain countries and u.s. and britain and canada saying no ransoms. >> we warrant our people back desperately but at the same time we don't want to pay ransoms that could finance further terrorist acts. we did a segment on this a couple of years ago with a new york times reporter who went

deeply into this. she says at least $125 million since 2008 have gone to al qaeda and its affiliates. spain, switzerland, al qaeda may have gotten $66 million in one year alone and u.s. government figures are even higher than this. these are big numbers for these terrorists. >> the record seems to be a french owned company paid $foirt$40million for hostages i. if a news organization or an oil company can pay aoransom it will go to a terrorist group which is technically material support to a terrorist organization illegal but the american government

looks the other way. the problem is when governments pay it sets the market price so high, $10 million you know -- >> private individuals can't do it. >> i spoke you know with the foley family particularly in the last few months and they were frantic because they could not raise the money. another detail that's come out today is that the initial request from the islamic state for foley's release was for 1 million euros which was for $1 -- -- 130 million euros which was $100 million. >> the demand from i.s. to them, the be bowe bergdahl issue, the u.s. has negotiated before, it's given muslim extremist prisoners over in exchange for our people so why doesn't your leader does

that for james foley? >> one of the strange things about my captivity was how much the taliban wanted the united states to negotiate them to recognize them as sort of a legitimate group of or organization or even state and there's a sense that also is at play with the islamic state. but again i mean what kind of group are we talking about? what they did to jim, what stephen sotloff had to watch, i mean these are unarmed journalists. these are not courageous fighters. they take unarmed people, hold them prisoner and publicly murder jim foley. >> what should be done? again it's terrible. it really seems like americans are going to be the greatest victims in this and couldn't it encourage them to go after americans, knowing they could get this tremendous publicity? aside from the fact that they are going to be getting the money from the other people, that they could get the horrible propaganda out of america?

>> another journalist heard, who knows what they think but they view europeans as a source of money, that's why they agriculture the europeans and the americans could be a source of publicity. >> what should the u.s. do? should it not affect our policy when it comes to going after the islamic state extremists? >> if the u.s. is serious there should be more public criticism, more private criticism, france has won over $50 million in ransom, there has to be some sort of public agreement, it's difficult to get there but there needs to be more public debate. israel exchanged a thousand prisoners for one soldier. this is all local, all politics is local, you know there is an expectation in france that the state will do something to help a french citizen that's kidnapped. in the united states, you are completely on your own, not

completely on your own but again all i'm saying is we have to debate this. the problem is getting worse. they're getting huge amounts of funding and the current approach is not working. >> our hearts go out to the foley family, the sotloff family and the other journalists who are being held captive by these extremists. david, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> now for other stories around the world. we begin in washington, d.c, where attorney general eric holder announced thursday that bank of america has agreed to pay $16.65 billion in a settlement for its role in the 2008 financial crisis. >> as a part of this settlement bank of america has acknowledged that in the years leading up to the financial crisis that devastated our economy in 2008, it, merrill lynch and countrywide sold billions of

dollars of rmbs backed toxic loans, whose quality they knowingly misrepresented to investors and to the united states government. >> next we go to thailand where the general who led the military overthrow of the thai government in may has just been named prime minister. he was elected 50 national legislative assembly who was hand picked by the junta. most thais seem to be accepting military rules, preerveg the yearpreferring thecurrent situao years prior to it. luhansk and donetske are under siege with luhansk under government control. meanwhile, the russian convoy is prepared to enter ukraine.

it is uncertain when the trucks will finally reach ukraine. and that's some of what's happening around the world. coming up a former attorney general bl alberto gonzalez joins me. then an israeli air strike kills three senior hamas mill 30 leaders, is hamas on the verge of collapse. and our social media producer, hermela aregawi is are checking the social media. >> is the federal government doing enough? the details coming up and while you're watching let us know what you think. join the conversation on twitter @ajconsiderthis and on our facebook and google plus pages. i want to make 'em regret rejecting me. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen premiers september 7th only on al jazeera america when you run a business, you can't settle for slow.

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attention to investigation. attorney general eric holder, said the unrest was emblematic. >> a sense of mistrust and mutual suspicion that can take hold in the relationship between law enforcement and certain communities. i wanted the people of ferguson to know that i personally understood that mistrust. i wanted them to know that while so much else may be uncertain, this attorney general and this department of justice stands with the people of ferguson. >> while holder says he wants the case to proceed through the grand jury as expeditiously and thoroughly as possible, st. louis county prosecuting attorney bob mccullough said, the grand jury investigation could go through october. scores of protesters called for his removal of the case, the appointment of a special prosecutor and expedited grand jury process and the arrest of the officer who shot michael

brown, darren wilson. robert ray, what's the mood on the street, among people you've spoken to, now that the national guard is packing up and going home? >> good to be here antonio. the mood on the street is very quiet, the most peaceful we've seen since the shooting of michael brown, which occurred two blocks down the street behind me. no one is here. this is also the place where there, just a couple of nightsinnightsnight ago, there s and rocket grenades sent into the crowd. there is on a half mile stretch of road here probably just a few dozen demonstrators and no one is actually marching, walking down quietly, very little signs, minimal police activity out here tonight oso the sun is down.

all the protesting and police tactics are coming to an end antonio. >> there were no violent clashes just six arrests, do police think that tonight will be quiet and maybe we've passed the worst of this? >> they do. in fact captain ron johnson of the missouri highway patrol was shaking the hands of the demonstrators and make sure that the demonstrators feel comfortable with the fact that the police are still out here. they think it's going to be more peaceful but prepared for anything that comes out. tactical units came out behind us just a few minutes ago, they're at a bridge over here and ready to deploy if something does occur. they are the guys with the ar 15s and full body ar bhor, antonio. >> joining us now form he attorney general alberto gonzalez, dean of law in

nashville. sir, pleasure to have you with us. an unusual swift and aggressive response to the case in ferguson. how unusual sit for the federal government to get involved -- is it for the federal government to get involved in a local case so quickly. >> it is a little bit unusual but this is a case with unusual facts and circumstances. we have to remember that the justice department was invited in to come and participate in the investigation. obviously there was civil unrest and those reasons all contributed to the decision by the attorney general to make the federal presence known at a much earlier stage. >> does this intense attention the attorney general makes by going there, making it personal while he was in ferguson, he talked about his experiences as a black man with racism, does that come with risks? does that show he's called things down a little bit and if there is no indictment it takes

a time for the case to move forward. is there a risk? >> there is a risks, it may raise expectation that there's going to be swift action and you're absolutely right, i don't think we'll know anything definitive for quite some time in terms of the evidence. we obviously need to look at the forensics, the autopsies, there are a number of things that have to be examined before we have a much better picture of what's going on there. so in making the calculation to go there obviously the attorney general has decided this can be done in a way that doesn't raise false expectations. it can be done in a way that doesn't seem like he's putting his thumb on the scales because obviously that would be improper to do. >> right, so what should the department of justice's role be? >> well, in this particular case i think the department's role is very clear. they are doing a parallel investigation because there are federal civil rights laws that

may be implicated here. and so the department of justice is looking at the evidence, i'm assuming they're communicating with state and local officials trying to understand what evidence they have in place to see whether or not those federal civil rights laws have been violated. and it may very well be that you have separate investigations, you may have separate prosecutions or maybe the state locals won't decide to move forward or the feds will not decide to move forward. et cetera. there are a lot of situations that remain to be seen. >> there are calls to expedite the case. we have seen the missouri governor say he's hoping that police officer darren wilson will receive a vigorous prosecution in brown's death. in trying to keep the community quiet and all the issues surrounding it, has the case been damaged? >> i think governor's comments they are troublesome.

i think what i hope he intended to say is there should be a vigorous investigation and if it appeared that the facts warrant then there should be a vigorous prosecution. obviously, public officials like the governor like the attorney general need to be very, very careful about comments that they make. there should not be a rush to judgment and unfortunately, there seems to have been a rush to judgment by many people related to this case or on the periphery of this case. and i think that's heightened attention in the community. and so we need to guard against a rush to judgment. again, we're still a long way i think from knowing publicly what exactly happened with respect to mr. brown. >> well talking about those heightened tensions, i'd like to get your perspective on police tactics. they have come under intense scrutiny, to militarization of police, a police officer with a

semi automatic assault arrive threatening to kill a protester. these problems won't go away, what do we need the do to effectively those problems. >> it all begins with, first of all you learn, to the extent you don't make mistakes and you don't get a reaction that you anticipate, you reevaluate for the next time. and you know in a heightened situation like this you're going to make decision is vefs quickly -- very quickly and sometimes those decisions are wrong. you learn from what you're doing and again hopefully things will be better the next time. >> you know, there have also been calls for st. louis county prosecutor robert mccullough to step down for a whole variety of reasons. do you think he should step down? do they need a special prosecutor because of the special circumstances of this case? >> well ultimately that is the situation that the prosecutor in

this particular case will have to make himself. you know, you can have -- he's in that position to prosecute these kinds of cases. and whether or not he should or not ultimately that's a decision for him to make. i will say this, however. with a can -- case of this kind of scrutiny, you don't want to be doubt of bias in any way. i can certainly make the argument that even though he might be someone that has a strict moral code and that can do the job, nonetheless the appearance of a bias might be at place murray here and you want to be very, very careful about that, with respect to the raw feelings that exist in the black community in ferguson. >> want to change topics because you have been outspoken recently about the immigration crisis. you know house republicans is suing the president for overusing executive powers. but do you think the president should take action when the congress is way, how far should

he go to support the children coming here? >> that's a difficult question. what i've written in an op ed is the president should exercise whatever authority he has when congress has been silent. because of course the president should be utilizing all his constitutional authority. where the limits of that power are is a very difficult question. obviously, the more the president does the more he's going to be challenged by the congress i believe and quite frankly i believe it's appropriate for the congress to check what the exercise of executive power if they believe the exercise is infringing on the power, this is why the system was set up. >> let me put you on the hot seat. what about amnesty or some sort of legal status for the immigrants who are here. i know you want comprehensive graduation reform, there are rumors that the president may

create some legal pathway for the people who are here. >> i think that's going to result in a legal challenge but i would put it to you this way. the executive branch clearly has the discretion to take a single individual, and make a determination whether or not that person should be deported based upon law enforcement priorities, based upon budget constraints. let's say it's ten people. i'd say the president still has the authority. let's say it's 100 people, you would argue the president still has that authority and he has the authority to make that decision for agroup because of concerns, emergencies and things of that nature. and so for things of that nature, at some point where does it go too far? where are the numbers so large that he is really frustrating the will of congress and reflecting the laws passed by congress. these are very, very difficult questions. >> obviously very hotly debated. pleasure to have with you us, form he attorney general alberto

gonzalez. thank you for taking the time. >> good to be with you. switching the direction, palestinpalestinians marched thh rafah on thursday. hamas said the commanders belonged to the founding generation of its military arm and were responsible for 20 years of pain for israel. the attack followed an air strike on wed that hamas claimed had failed to kill its top military commander mohamed daif. that maybe misinformation to improve the group's morale. meanwhile. >> there's nine children who have-nine more children who have been killed. unfortunately. this brings our total to 469 kids as of this morning. >> israel has also called up

10,000 reservists as hamas continued to fire rockets and mortar shells at israeli targets, wounding one man who was helping children into a shelter. for more i'm joined from washington, d.c. by hussein ibbish. hussein, always glad to have you. >> good to be here antonio. i think it's a serious blow and that's assuming their most senior commander wasn't killed. that's not entirely clear. israelis insist he may have been. let's go under the assumption he wasn't killed but his wife and child were killed which is certainly beyond doubt and that these two very senior and one slightly junior commanders in rafah were actually killed. it's a very serious blow to hamas, it's the most serious

blow since the beginning of june. it also dovetails to the fact that their arsenal of rockets must be being depleted at this point. their ability to prosecute a vigorous war with israel is starting to i think be questionable. because of losses of commanders and losses of ordnance. they probably got a good deal of fighting force but these blows are pretty severe ones. >> what about the israeli rhetoric? a former senior israeli official told al jazeera that the clear message from hamas that we can reach all of you. prime minister netanyahu says its members are not immune and they'll come back seven fold for anything they do. does this deter them or make them angrier? >> i don't think it is going to deter them, it's what is their

capability not what is their will. that's the question. i think israel's threats are less impressive given that it's not as if they were strained in earlier bouts over the past few weeks. i think that they had some luck, maybe they had some better intelligence, given the down time in the fighting, during the cairo negotiations. and you know perhaps they just got lucky, i don't know. but it's not as if they weren't trying to do this before. they were. you know, so i think the hamas leaders know that all of them are under threat. that's not their concern. >> what about the more general picture about hamas? because a senior hamas leader who was in turkey admitted wednesday that hamas had been behind the kidnapping and murders of the three israeli teenagers that sorted started this whole process and also, you know, they had denied that

involvement. we've had people here high level people from the palestinian authority who said there was no proof that hamas had done this. so what does it do to hamas's credibility. >> well, hamas' credibility has suffered a series of serious belows. they also said they captured israeli soldiers at least twice and proved that they hadn't, as well as constant admission that said they had done things athey hadn't done. they are insisting that they did not violate the truce with israel that the israelis did that there's a great deal of evidence that hamas took the initiative this time at least. what it does i think is it makes it harder for hamas to justify why they're continuing with the fight against israel on the ground. you know, the cost to the people of gaza is very enormous. and i think it's becoming more and more difficult for hamas to argue that they've gained

anything either as an organization or for people of gaza out of this. and at the same time another huge blow to hamas credibility is a huge threer believed in by- theory believed by the pa, in the pa government and to start another in intifada ah if possi, to name leader of the cell based in turkey, president abbas, and i think if that's something that comes to be widely accepted in the pa in fatah, and they are

supposed to be investigating a unity government, not striving to overthrow them. >> that hamas is one more party within the palestinian world and that they have control over all this. but you have chalid michal, has denied knowing with the kidnapping of the boys but praised it. what does abbas have to do if he's going to be the leader of the palestinians and create some sort of long term solution there? >> well obviously what he needs to do is somehow or another have to come out ahead in the post-conflict fallout. that probably has to do with the other players, with the egyptians, the jordannians and the others, as where is another

effort to reach out to hamas. but i think that in the end, it makes life difficult for president abbas and it makes it harder for him to trust hamas in a unity agreement especially if he becomes satisfied that there really was a plot underway first of all to destabilize the west bank. i don't know if you recall, the the first time i came on your show when these hostilities began, they really were behind the kidnapping and killing of the israelis in the effort to destabilize the west bank. they have been behind a lot of efforts to start another intifada seems that hamas takes them seriously, under such circumstances it is going to be hard to persist with the unity agreement unless hamas backs down in a series way. >> and in the meantime the

tragedy continues. >> and the people of gaza continue to die. we're now at 2,000 and counting. it's unbearable. >> hussein, thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> hermella. >> als ice bucket challenge less than two weeks ago, the national office had raised $160,000. now that's look like a drop in the bucket. since it began on july 29th, the craze has raised over $41 million compared to about $2 million during the same period last year. a lot of the success can be attributed to the number of celebrities and dignitaries that have joined in. former president george bush, michael jordan, oprah and ben affleck have all taken on the challenge. some people have tired of the barrage of videos of water being

poured on people. some say it's a waste of water. anthony carbahal responded to these critics in a video. he explains why the fund challenge is so important to the cause. >> so challenging to see and to talk about. nobody wants to see a depressing person that's dying, that has two to five years to live, they don't want to talk about it. they don't want their day ruined. >> while the money raised is something to celebrate, federal funding for als research has been slashed. this year, national institutes of health plans to spend $40 million on als research. that's less than what's raised 50 ice bucket challenge in the last two weeks. and 20 million less than they spent in 2010. >> it's good for the challenge. >> the challenge has beat them. >> harchtiothanks hermella.

protests erupt after a whole neighborhood is quarantined. in case you wonder why actors like sean connary and robert de niro don't have a star on the walk of fame. and the a& emmy awards do the categories make any sense? tblmr.

>> turning now to the ebolacrise good news. kent brantly, the dork who contractualed the advisor in july, walked out of emory university after blood tests showed no signs of the disease.

nancy writebol had been quietly released on monday. cream tomorrows are overwhelmed by the sheer number of victims. and-k crematoriums are overwhelmed. government imposed a quarantine on the whole neighborhood. joining us is dr. sema the yasmin. writes for dallas morning news and formerly worked at the cdc as a disease detective. doctor, the two americans have been released from the hospital. it's incredible, two weeks ago they were so sick they were taking experimental drugs, now they're walking out of the hospital. is it a helpful sign that really good care can significantly lower the ebola mortality rate? >> absolutely. but it's a painful reminder that

the lack of what we consider very basic medical care, so you mentioned the experimental treatment that the two americans have received, but what they've had in emory university for the past two weeks, iv fluids, routine care here, but having spoken to the doctors in weark,t africa, some of them don't even have running water. >> some doctors are scared to work. you mentioned the experimental serum that both nancy writebol and kent brantly received. given that six people have received it, two have recovered, three have shown signs of improvement, one has died. do you think that played a role? >> this is really hard to say. this wasn't a scientific experiment or a protocol driven

clinical trial. this was a desperate movement. the spanish person who was air lifted back to europe also received good medical care alongside that experimental treatment. so it's very hard to say without a clinical trial what experiment am role that treatment played. >> an ebola survivor, that also complicates things we don't know if that helped. >> exactly, that does complicate the situation. and that's a type of treatment for ebola that we've used since the '70s and '80s is giving patients with ebola the blood of those who survived and giving them a chance of infection. again he was air lifted, received the experimental treatment and a transfusion, which one of those played with his recovery we don't know.

>> 1350 deaths in liberia, hospitals closed, bodies not accepted in crematoriums. clinic was looted and 17 expected patients escaped for a while. led to protests. the w.h.o. says this is going ostay months to control. doctors without borders says it's a catastrophe. do you think this will get worse before it gets better? >> it's so hard to say. and it really depends on which specific country you look at in west africa. for example in nigeria, the w.h.o. has called that situation reassuring. there have been 12 patients diagnosed with ebola. all linked in some kind of way. but in liberia, there have been violence, conflicts are fueling this situation, so it's really a different situation in a different country. >> let's talk about the u.s. hospital he have been very

vigilant over the past three weeks, the cdc has been alerted to a possible 68 ebola cases from 27 states. these are people mostly traveling here from west africa. of that amount 58 were deemed false alarms, seven blood samples tested negative on top of that and results are pending on three others. do you think at some point we are going osee a real case show up before this is all over? >> it's not impossible. but it's highly unlikely and the reassuring thing is that doctors are doing the right thing. they are taking a good travel history for patients with fever and they are contacting the cdc, they are quarantining that patient. if we see one to five case is of ebola in the u.s. it is very, very unlikely to spread and actually cause an outbreak here. >> doctor, thank you for bringing us your thoughts.

coming up getting the half time gig at the super bowl is a big deal but now nfl wants bands to pay for the honor. but first we'll take a walk down hollywood boulevard as we explore the walk of fame's history in our data dive.

>> today's data dive takes a stroll on the hollywood walk of fame. on thursday, latin american los

tigres received what has become a right of passage for the stars, a permanent place in hollywood. the rules are pretty simple. a fan has to nominate the celebrity. then the star has to be approved by industry categories of radio live performance television or radio. five years to pick a date for the ceremony. george clooney is among those who was picked but never picked a date. it is possible to get a star in more than one category. the singing cowboy has most, one in each of the five categories. the honor doesn't come cheap. there's a $30,000 fee for maintenance the amount is usually paid by fans or record labels. stars go to other than real people, mickey mouse, kermit the frog godzilla and the munchkins.

walk of fame, name whose glamour is important aaround the world, that's a quote. controversy and bruise ee egos followed, of course. chaplain finally got a star in 1952. first eight stars installed clugincluded burt lancaster and joann woo woodward. prime time emmy awards.

hello everyone i'm david schuster. coming up on news, islamic state was demanding a $132 million ransom. we'll tell you why the u.s. government refused to pay. influence questions tonight about police shooting in st. louis after cell phone video was made public and recovering from ebola, we'll talk to the son of one of the patients just released. coming up in an hour.

>> is the nfl going to make musicians pay their way into starring in the super bowl half time show? but first, the 66th annual emmy award show is days away and there's a big controversy about what shows should be in what categories. let's bring in al jazeera culture critic bill wyman. some shows are in the wrong categories, and calling into question the validity of all shows. orange is the new black, shameless which is relentlessly depressing and they're both competing as come dis.

that messes up the act categories too. what's the deal? >> well, it's that everyone, we're talking about hollywood here. everyone in hollywood is gs going to fight for whatever advantage they can. that's what they for a living and of course what they do when the rules are a bit fungible. you can nominate your show, your performance in whatever category you can get away with and that's what they're doing. to their credit i mean there is an element of black humor to some of these shows but boy they're really dark but basically the rules allow them to do this and of course in hollywood you will take advantage of what these are. >> if it looks like a duck walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, they can figure out whether it's a drama or comedy. competing as a drama series, what's the deal there? >> that's the same thing. you've got people who are very

sophisticated and calling oddibles at an individual time. let's remember, it's a really great time for tv right now, there's a really lot of great shows competing for the emmy, particularly in the dramas more than comedy, but obviously hbo is very good at the emmy game, they get more than anyone else. they put true detective there they have very, very tough competition, against the last half season of breaking bad. >> best guest actress, she's a regular cast member of this show. so a guest star when she's a regular cast member, really seems like the academy has to write cooler rules. >> i think we talked about these during the nominations. they always get it wrong, the

critics. everyone agrees on oscars, there's not a whole bunch of early predictors, really emmys that have been awarded show that original is the new black and true detective is a good harbinger on sunday night. house of cards taking home a lot of emmys boy is there a big shakeup in the tv industry, not coming from the traditional tv networks. >> it still airs on nbc this year but probably going to be very depressing for tv networks because they're not going to get many awards. super bowl, the nfl is considering rihanna, katy perry and cold play, apparently they are asked to pay a percentage they earned on tour after the super bowl. have you ever been heard of

musicians being charged to pay a gig? isn't the nfl getting a ratings boost by having a top star playing half time? >> absolutely. we have heard about this before, it's called pay to play, some of the looks clubs around sunset boulevard back in the day, you would have to get your friends come in and buy liquor from the same club. the whole super bowl show has been way too hyped. the players are lip syncing in the first place. the network brings them in and pays for their expenses and things but to get some money of i.t., i find it hard to believe that katy perry will pay, and cold play isn't that big of a band, can you see them paying for privilege. >> they might get a boost. nfl looking for more money as if they need it. bill wyman, thank you. >> thank you antonio.

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