this is "al jazeera america." i am john siegenthaler in new york. coming up tonight, nato says these satellite images show russian combat forces inside ukraine. kiev calls it a direct invasion. a grizzly new video from the so-called islamic state execute can syrian soldiers. tonight, a top-level meeting at the whitehouse on how to deal with the group. united nations peacekeepers capture an armed group on the syrian border with israel. the u.n. says dozens more are also trapped, plus, a u.s.

senator fires back at male colleagues over alleged sexual harassment at the capitol. tonights, a dramatic escalation of the crisis in ukraine. nato released these satellite images saying they showed russian combat units on ukrainian soil. it said at least a thousand troops are there. maybe more. today, a top pro-russian separatist said up to 4,000 russian soldiers have fought in the con forklift. nat 0 has called an emergency meeting with ukraine. >> that's set for tomorrow. in the capitol of kiev, officials are calling russia's actions a direct invasion. ukraine's president cancelled a trip totie today to meet with his national security team, also this announcement from ukraine, a military draft suspended last year is starting up again this

fall. paul brennan reports from mariupol, ukraine. >> the evidence is mounting and for the first time, the word "invasion is being used at the highest political levels. in brussels, nato releases satellite i am re. the russian military column on the mull. the ukrainian president pet two poroshenko has cancelled a meeting in turkey to deal with the crisis. they have urged security council and the osce and the penaling union to act with the highest urgency. >> we can confirm that russian military boots are on ukraineian ground. ukrainian forces are capable to tackle and to cope with the russi russian-led gurellas, but this is quite difficult for us to fight with russia. and its army. >> for the first time, the

involvement of russian regular forces has also been effectively confirmed by the separatist leader in donetsk. >> among volunteers from russia, there have always been many retired military servicemen. they fight alongside us and standing. this is their duty. moreover, i will be even more frank with you: there are currently serving soldiers among us who prefer to spend their vacations not on sea beaches but among us. >> waiting to meet those solids outside the southern city of mariupol are ukrainian reinforcements. they are reinforcing around the city of mariupol attempting to extend the advance of the russian forces down that road there. at this particular checkpoint there, there are just four soldiers. and they complain that they are hopelessly out-gunned by the opposition they face. >> now, we get orders not to give up our position.

what does that mean? against tanks? i don't understand. we are counting the hours. two days' minimum. there will be no mariupol. it will be destroyed. >> this is a conflict with victims on both sides and footage emerging apparently from donetsk shows how ukrainian army efforts to dislarge the separatists are shelling are taking a heavy toll on the civilian population. russia's intentions in ukraine southeast corner remain unclear. but the use of the word "invasion" and the pressure now for a response from ukraine's western allies means a declaration possibly of war becomes very real indeed. paul brennan, al jazeera, mariupol. >> russia was quick to respond to nato with a flat-out denial it has any troops in ukraine. peter sharp reports from moscow. >> without a formal response

from the russian parliament that shar is involved in an invision, russian parliament said this is disinformation and issued a blanket denial and said russians troops are not on the ground and never have been on the ground inside ukraine. there was one glimpse of light, i suppose, today, where we learned that the russian general staffs and the ukrainian general staff met today for consultations about trying to come up with some sort of prisoner exchange. they both hold prisoners from each other's armies. all of this will not in any way give any sort of encouragement to europe where red flags have been flying all day. lithuania and latvia have condemned the so-called invasion of ukraine and are urging action by the homeland security counsel. the president in paris said we are worsing the worst crisis since the end of the cold ward. >> peter sharp in moscow.

president obama saying the america is not taking military action against america. at an emergency meeting, the u.s. ambassador called for harshersequences for russia and accused the nation of outright lies. >> serious negotiations are needed, urgently needed but russia has to stop lying and has to stop fueling this conflict. the mask is coming off. in these acts, these recents acts, we see russia's actions for that what they are, a deliberate effort to support and now fight alongside illegal separatists in another sovereign country. >> william pom roy, director at the woodrow wilson center, he was in russia earlier this summer. he has written extensively on this crisis. mr. pomeranz, welcome. >> glad to be here. >> do you consider this an act of war? >> i think from ukraine's perspective, this is the beginning of a war. whether the u.s. shares that opinion is unclear.

i think whether we listen to president obama, he continued to refer to it as an incursion and not really an invasion. >> why do you think he did that? >> i think from ukraine's perspective -- i think he wants to try to show this is not an escalation of the crisis as it were but it's kind of a continuation of an ongoing crisis. >> from your point of view, what is russia trying to accomplish? >> i think russia is trying to change the facts on the ground. there was a meeting a few days ago in minsk between president putin and president poroshenko and they began to discuss what are the outlines of a political solution, a negotiated solution. >> let me stop you there. what happened, though, was then suddenly in the middle of those talks, russia starts to put pressure on ukraine, starts to sends soldiers to the border and then this happens today. so was this all planned? >> i think it has been planned. i think what was happening in eastern ukraine was that the

ukrainian military against what was expected against all odds was actually defeating the separatists and i think this was diminishing president putin ability to negotiate and get what he wants >> what's he want? >> i think this was -- i think he wants a whole series of things. on a certain level, he wants commitments that ukraine will not become a member of nato. he wants some sort of commitment that ukraine will begin to decentral eyes to become a more federal state and, therefore, give more direct power to the regions and i think he also wants to resolve the trade issues. i think apart putin also wants the recognition of crimea, the annexation of crimea and the end of safrmsz. i think to actually accomplish those latter two goals, he needed to change the facts on the ground. >> and what should the u.s. and the western response be in your opinion? >> i anticipate that there will be an increase in sanctions. the sanctions are a means to apply covers to what russia does

in eastern ukraine. if president putin decides it is in russia's geo strategic interests to enter ukraine, there is virtually nothing that the u.s. and the eu can do to change that equation. >> he may be under economic pressure, but it appears from the russian public point of view, he's not under political pressure from his people. i don't understand what other -- what other inceptive he has to change course. and it doesn't -- it wouldn't appear today's actions indicate he is changing his course. >> he is not changing his course in the fact that he wants to try to get the best deal for russia. the level of support will change over time, and that is simply what president obama and the europeans are betting on. >> they have been bet okay this for months and weeks, the u.s., and thinks haven't changed. how do you see this being resolved? >> well, i think we are beginning to see the openings of some sort of negotiations but i

think the actions in ukraine over the last 24 hours make it much more difficult to imagine that a political solution and a diplomatic solution will be found in the short-term. >> william pomeranz, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> russia is the subject of an f.b.i. investigation of the largest hacking in the united states. we lernldz j.p. morgan chase and as many as four other banks were cyber attacked earlier this month. investigators are looking into whether it was the work of sponsored hackers from russia in response to u.s. sanctions. early reports say the attack may have come from malwear that infected an employee's desktop future computer. j.p. morgan says customers should monitor their accounts and vort anything that's abnormal. coming up the half hour, what america's nato allies are saying about and doing about the situation in ukraine. the brutality of fighters from the islamic state group is again on full display. in this video, the group is

marching more than 120 syrian soldiers to their death. these men were reportedly murdered, slashed with knives and shot just within the past 24 hours. the soldiers were captured at a string of military basis in northeastern syria. a u.n. commission tonight is accusing the islamic state of committing crimes against humanity in syria. president obama addressed the threat of the islamic state group today saying a broader, long-term strategy is needed, one that involves stabilizing syria and working with regional partners. libby casey is live in washington with more on that. libby? >> john, the president met in evening huddling to talk about what u.s. options are in syria? he is sending secretary of state john kerry to the middle east. both trips, opportunities to build coalitions. the president says those col

coalitions will be to counter the islamic state or isil. >> as i said, rooting out a cancer like isil will not be quick or easy but i am confident that we can and we will, working closely with our allies and our partners. i directed secretary hagle and joint chiefs of staff to prepare a range of options and i have been consulting with members of congress and i will continue to do so in the days ahead. >> the president said six words at today's briefing that are getting a lot of attention, john: we don't have a strategy yet. critics pounced and the white house was quick to do damage control saying that the president was specifically talking about the option of airstrikes in syria, not talking about the overall strategy of battling the islamic state. one major reason for the briefing, the white house wants to go aheet ahead of the story,e has been so much speculation, the white house saying there is a lot to weigh and consider before they go anywhere close to

airstrikes. >> is there any indication of how the president would involve congress in this? >> well, the president said he will consult congress but consulting congress is different than asking for their authorization or approval. a careful choice of words there. he said it is imports to bring congress in, though, as representatives of the people. a and president obama said everything he has done so far in recent weeks including airstrikes in iraq and offering humanitarian aid have fallen within your authority as commander in chief. >> libby casey in washington. libby, thank you very much: theodore katub ambassador to syria joins us now in washington. ambassador, welcome. >> thank you. >> how can -- we just saw the most horrible video of these soldiers who were killed. who can stop the islamic state, and how can they do it?

it's going to take a coordinated effort it depends first and foremost on countries and actors in the region that oppose isis or the islamic state. so, i think the president, while he appeared at times a bit uncertain in his remarks nevertheless, i think he has the right idea. you can't just stop -- start bombing these terrorists the plan and what follows that. there has to be coordination between that bombing and boots on the ground. since the u.s. is not going to introduced combat troops into the middle east, then it requires coordinating with the kurdish, peshmerga with the iraqi state and their armed forces with the free syrian army to the extent thwe have allies among them. turkey, saudi arabia is a

financier perhaps and others. >> the critics say the president should have a had a plan long before this. what do you say? >> well, let's be honest, isis caught everybody by surprise and we -- what's new? intelligence agencies time and again have been caught flat-footed. and the shadowy movements in the middle east. nobody expected the iraqi army to crumble in mosul like they did. so, you know, it's uncharted territory. we need time to regroup, but the president can't wait for ever. he's got to put something together pretty quickly buzz the worst thing that could happen is you bomb them and they come out of their holes and say we are here. we control this territory. we are going to kill more american hostages and south dakota your allies. >> let's look at a little bit more what the president had to say today.

>> we will continue to consult with congress and i do think it will be important for congress to weigh in and that our consultations with congress continue to develop so that the american people are part of the debate. but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> you know, you say the islamic state has caught a lot of people by surprise but for weeks and weeks, we have been hearing about the islamic state growing, moving, taking, taking over the iraqi army resources and moving in to iraq. has the u.s. just failed to move -- quickly enough here? >>? >> i don't think so. let's face it. this president and this administration want out of middle east wars. but it keeps pulling them back in. i think there is a line in the godfather where michael corleone says but they keep pulling me

back in. >> that's the way it is with these terrorist actors in the middle east. and, you know, we did get them out of the mosul dam area, which was critical. we did protect the kurdish capitol of erbil coordinating with the peshmerga and using air power but as you know, the chairmen of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey said we can't really deal with the isis threat unless we attack them in syria as well. the president seems to be saying, i will contrasider that but i want to consult with congress and i want to consult with our allies and make sure that we are not doing this alone. >> can't work with the syrian government as well? right? >> no. canted work with the syrian government but the syrian government can see what we are doing. you just pointed out that they have had this horrible massacre of their soldiers which tells you why this is such an existential struggle in syria because both sides are incredibly brutal, and both sides have a tendency to take no

prisoners. so, therefore, the syrian register e-mail will look at what we do and they will probably do some things of their own to support that without there ever being direct coordination. >> ambassador, it's good to have you on the program. thanks for your insight. >> thank you. >> the u.s. is dmaningdz the release of 43 united nations peacekeepers tonight. they were captured on the syrian side of the golan heights by an armed group battling the syrian army. roxanna seberry has that story. >> reporter: one day after syrian rebels crossing the golan heights, the u.n. said 4 three of its peacekeepers in an area were captured by what it called an armed group fighting the syrian army. >> the members of the security council demanded the unconditional and immediate release of all of the detained united nations peacekeepers. >> the golan heights is a mount nan area under israeli

ongpation. israel seized the area from syria in the 1967. syria tried to retake it in 1973. the next year, the two cust trees agreed to a cease-fire. u.n. peacekeepers have been monitoring ever since. there are more than 1200 of them. they come from fiji, ireland, nepal, the netherlands and philippines. the next has been perlus. 53 troops have dined since 1974. now as the syria warn has spilled into the golan heights, several countries have pulled out their peacekeepers. the philippines decided last week it would leave, too. u.n. peacekeepers have come under attack all over the world. more than 100 were killed last year across sixteen missions. critics say u.n. peacekeepers are too lightly armed and not prepared to confront armed groups. >> the peacekeepers only arrived in the golan heights last year. they replaced japanese and croatian forces pulled out

because of the danger from fighting spilling over from a syrian war. roxannena sebberry, al jazeera. >> next, how bad the ebola crisis is likely to get and what health officials say they need to contain it. and the sexism a u.s. senator says she faces from some colleagues on capitol hill.

sglarnling. alarming new numbers about the fast-spreading ebola virus. officials warn as many as 20,000 people could become infected. how the international is responding. >> the outbreak shows no signs of slowing. so far hundreds have died in just a few months. now, there is a new multi national effort to curb the virus. >> fears about the spread of ebola are turning into fact. the world health organization says nearly 40% of the cases have happened within the past

three weeks. scan officials warning the number could jump to 20,000. >> ebola, it's not a battle. it's a war that will require everybody working together, hard, effectively. i hope it will be done in six months. but we have to do it until the job is complete. >> after months of struggling to contain the virus, the world health organization is now stepping up its response. by upgrading laboratories and increasing the number of experts on staff. officials hope to stop the disease in six to nine months. it will cost nearly half a billion dollars. >> it is a big operation that we are talking, well over 12,000 people operating over multiple geographies in very, very difficult and high-risk circumstances. it's expensive. >> the virus has been quickly

spreading, nearly half its patients. 1500 have died so far. one of the major battles because been fighting fears and educating the public. some have been bathing with salt water thinking falsely it will prevent ebola. >> the population has turned. they are now afraid. they are asking for help. doctors without borders have been working around the clock to treat patients. >> we have opened the center a week ago. it's completely full today. we are desperately trying to get more beds. >> one reason the world health organization is responding so aggressively, clinical trials were supposed to begin latter this year but have been sped up. >> vaccine will not be tested on people -- will now be tested on people for the first time next week. >> the world health organization says it's helping 11 other countries prepare by offering training and protective clothing just in case, john, the ebola virus continues to spread beyond borders. >> it sounds like it will be awhile. it's 68 days until the mid-term election and some republicans

are concerned that any momentum they may have could be stopped by a gender divide. women are increasingly identifying with did democrats. david shuster has this story. >> despite a push to recruit female candidates -- is johnny efforts. >> my parents taught us to live within our means. >> the republican effort nationwide to appeal to women voters is now facing more setbacks. in pennsylvania, republican governor tom corbett and in a television program and said, state liquor laws should be reformed to make it easier for women to make dinner. >> i think a lot of people want to be able to walk into a grocery store, particularly a lot of the women want to be able to go and buy a bottle of wine for dinner, go down and by a six-pack or two six-packs, buy dinner and go home rather than what i just described as at least three stops. >> two years ago, corbett said women who don't like being

forced to have an ultrasound before an abortion you should quote just close their eyes. policies suggest tom wolfe is ahead of corbett by 20 points. in new york, democratic senator kyrsten jillibrand is promote agnew book in which she makes access of sectionsism in congress. off. sidelines, jilli brand describes working out in the congressional gym when an older male colleague told her, good thing you are working out because you wouldn't want to goat paperwork. she also describes dropping 50 pounds after having a baby and havingvan senator squeeze her stomach and say, don't lose too much weight now. i like my girls chubbby. add to the awful press for the g.o.p., the survey of women voters conducted for a group run by karl rove that suggest 49% of women view the g.o.p. unfavorably with 39% of a negative view of democrats. according to focus groups in the

rove report, women see the republican party as lacking compassion, stuck in the past, and intolerant. republicans this year have tried repeatedly to soften the party's image by endorsing equal pay. >> the protection provided to women in others in the equal payalt act must be enfori enfor make certain there is no pay disparate despairty. >> democrats and key campaign battles are on the attack over socialishes. >> it comes down to respect for women and our lives. >> strategists in both parties say the gender divide can be minimized in mid-term elections but that will require republican candidates down the stretch to stick to the script. david shuster, al jazeera. >> coming up next, russia's latest provocative move. ukraine calls it an invasion. nato reveals what it says is proof. russians troops and equipment have crossed into the country. the international community reacts. the islamic state's brutal

warfare killing scores of syrian soldiers. we will take a look at its tactics of fear. >> next time on "america tonight..."

sglufsh dallas sarsz. i am john siegenthaler in new york. nato says russian combat units including at least a thousand dollars troops crossed into ukraine releasing satellite images to prove it. suspected collaborators with israel. hamas has already executed more than a dozen. an exclusive look inside gaza's central prison where others are being held. >> google looks to the skies. why the company spent two years on a top-secret programn involving drones. . >> the crisis in ukraine took a dramatic turn for the worse today. nato says more than a thousand russian troops are already inside the country. one of ukraine's military

leaders called it a full-scale invasion. the u.s. is looking to a diplomatic solution. president obama saying the u.s. would not take military action. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. called for a much tougher sequences. >> reporter: at every step russia has come before this council to say everything except the truth. it has manipulated. it has obvious fuss indicated. it has outright liedcated. it has outright lied. we have learned tomez russia by actions instead of words. >> an emergency meeting regarding ukraine. >> these satellite images on thursday, they say it shows these russian artillery pieces on ukrainian soil. this is a russian military column moving inside southeast ukraine. nato claims the level of russian involvement far exceeds what has gone before. it says 1,000 well-equipped russian soldiers are now fighting in ukraine. these latest images provide

concrete examples of russian activity inside ukraine but they are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of russian troop and weapons movements. >> condemnation of russia's military incursion has been swift and widespread. angela merkel, once known for her close relationship called him on wednesday night to demand an immediate explanation. in paris on thursday morning, the french president said it would be intolerable for russian troops to cross into ukraine >> russia must control its border and cease the transfer of arms and equipment. if pits proved russian soldiers were present in ukrainian territory, that would be intolerable and unacceptable. >> the british prime minister david cameron issued the following statement: we urge russia to pursue a different path and to find a political solution to this crisis.

if russia does not, then she should be in no doubt that there will be further consequences. >> the european union is threatening to increase its sanctions against russia. global stock markets have fallen in reaction to the latest developments. the fighting escalates. nato's members in eastern europe are increasingly nervous. policy land's foreign minister accused russia of aggression. lithuania has called a u.n. security council meeting and wants the west to supply these soldiers with better weapons. ukraine will dominate next week's nato summit where russia's actions have led to plans for an increased nato military presence in eastern europe. those plans will now have a far greater urgency as one anonymous nato source said, the security situation in europe has now fundamentally changed. simon macgregor wood, al jazeera. >> the united nations is condemning the islamic state group. >> after a video surfaced showing fighters marching 100

captured syrian soldiers to their death. the victims were reportedly slashed and shot. we have more from rullah amin in beirut. >> the obvious 7 tore for human rights said 120 soldiers were executed in the past 24 hours. it's a very large number. it's not the first time that the islamic state execute soldiers and prisoners but it is a large number. it happened after the islamic state was able to take over a military air bass in raqqa profess. 500 people were killed as the islamic state was trying to take it over from the government. when they did, they captured a large number of soldiers and killed many as well. this kind of acts are creating fear, fear in not only the civilian population in that area, but, also, even among regime forces. >> rick ozzie nelson is a fellow for stattegic and international studies, rick, welcome.

>> hi, john. thank you for having me on. >> what message do you think is the islamic state trying to sends or send with such br brutality here? >> i think the primary recipients of their message is the local population and the regional actors there. i don't think it's much wider than that. they are trying to gain control over the territory, and i think this is one of the ways they are trying to exercise it. >> is the violence work to go suppress resistance, or do you think it's uniting opposition instead? >> that's a good point, john. i think it's cutting both ways. on one hand, it can be a very effective tool for them to get the populous to follow them to potentially join their rafshingz or not oppose them. this level of brutality gets the interest of the international community and forces and calls the international community to action. do you think these tactics have an impact on recruitment? >> i think it can be part of what i would call their toxic

narrative. those looking for a sense of belonging, these groups want to create something you can belong to. when you get publicity through attacks like this, people can go from being what's considered a no one to being a someone by aligning themselves with an organization such as is. >> there has been a lot of discussion in the last several days about why people are recruited, why they go to this group. can you compare it to anything else you have seen in the world? >> every situation is different. i think the common thread is groups like this pray on individuals that are dis disenfranchised with a position in life or whatever it may be, whether it's economic status, feeling persecuted from a religious perspective. these groups give these individuals an opportunities to go from being, again, on no one to being someone, to give them a sense of belonging, a place of camaraderie, to go and have a

greater purpose for their life. >> that's why this group like isis use to recruit. >> there was a lot of talk about intelligence and intelligence that the u.s. didn't have. how has intelligence changed? does the u.s. have or need more intelligence with the islamic state? >> i think that's a good point, you know, in iraq and afghanistan when u.s. troops were present there, it was relatively easy to get intelligence because you had access to the population. you owned the skies, and you could get that to your advantage. here where isis is operating, the united states and international community for that matter doesn't have a lot of access. they don't have the placement. so they are going to -- it's going to be much more difficult for them to get that valuable, on-the-ground intelligence. they are going to be limited to far-off means like such as drones or using their signal capabilities, getting that human intelligence and what's going on, on the ground will prove more difficult on this environment. >> how do you defeat the islamic

state? more than airstrikes. has it got to be an organized coalition of forces from around the region including the kurds, including the iraq armed forces? who else has to be involved? >> i think there is three parts of it. i think the first is that you have to get a government inside of iraq that is actually going to execute the man data of the people and lead the country to where it needs to go in the future. i think that, you know, syria and the kay okay its currently involved in needs to be addressed as well. you are asking can you struggle for some time now in trying to figure that out? there is going to have to be some sort of mandate whether through the u.n. or through an international alliance that's going to determine what is going on with i.s in iraq and syria is not acceptable and it's going to have to be that joint level of effort that's going to address this. >> i have asked this question several times over the last several weeks. i will ask you. hour do you compare this group to al-qaeda? to other so-called terrorist groups around the world?

>> yeah. i think it's a very good question what's most troubling is i.s. has established a safe haven, an area where terrorist group, a militant group, can operate fairly untouched. when you get a portion of land or a piece of territory in which operate safely, you can go ahead and recruit and train and you can plan those attacks and what i find most disturbing about this threat is that i.s has carved out themselves a nice save haven unless something is done with t they will be able to explore it to their ad vantage for some time to come. >> rick nelson, thank you very much. >> thank you, john. >> the rapid advance of the islamic state group has alarmed turkish leaders as well, the group moving closer to the turkish border in syria. the foreign fighters are thought to have entered the country through turkey. this will be a top concern for turkey's new president sworn in

just today, turkey's first ever publically-elected president. he vowed to give more power to the former ceremonial post. critics say the move will make him more author take. >>tarian. >> hamas rounded people it said were collaborate with israel. some were publiexecuted while others awaited their fate in solitary confinement given exclusive access toss gaza's central prison where the suspected informants are being held. >> we were taken deep blow gaza's central prison where men suspected of collaborating withusis were held. we were given exclusive access to the cells. moustafa tells me they are kept isolated because if others knew of their alleged crimes, they could be killed.

>> three are eight prisoners here we only let them out to use the bathroom and to pray. but whenever we let them leave the cells, we cover their faces with a hood. >> the inmates were instructed not to speak to us. but we were told by prison officials they all deny the charges against them. >> suspected collaborators can spend on days, weeks and even years in these 1 q 2 meter cells before they face a court who will decide their fate. >> on august 22nd, hamas executed 18 suspected israeli informants. seven were killed publion this street corner in gaza city. it was the largest number of suspected collaborators killed by hamas in a single day since it took control of the gaza strip in 2007. the skooulingsz followed an israeli airstrike on a house that killed three of the most senior military commanders. the single biggest strike against hamas's armed wing since fighting began and its leaders have made it clear that anyone suspected of working with israel

would also be punished. the family of one of the men who was executed buried him quickly and without the usual islamic funeral rites. they didn't want to call attention to the fact he was killed on hamas's orders. worried about being recognized, they wanted our camera crew to leave, but insist he was wrongly accused. >> my brother is innocent. our lawyers say all of the charges against him were false. this is all a propaganda. >> reporter: israel has a long and successful history of recruiting collaborators and informers in the occupied west bank and in the gaza strip. they do so through a variety of different means. sometimes with money. other times, it's through blackmail or initem dating family members. while these menden having any tie with israeli forces, the mere suspicion of it is how most ended up here. imtiaz itabi.

>>t a body formed in the jerusalem forest has been identified as a missing stupid event from new jersey, last scene hiking in the area last friday. there had been an intensive search for the 23-year-old who disappeared. he had been studying in israel at a yash i have a. israeli police have not said whether they found any signs of foul play. now to south america, argentina's capitol, bound is airease being hit by a one-day labor strike. three of the main five unions are protesting unemployment and inflation. economic pressure is growing in the country which defaulted on the international debts last month. daniel schooimlweimleschweimler >> this is the third strike since this president has been in office over a whole host of issues including job security, rising inflation, and new taxes. the country is also in a difficult, international situation in conflict with the

united states' judiciary system over undpaid creditors. this strike, on the early evidence of the unified previous strikes, major access point in to buenas aires being blocked all day is causing quite a great degree of disruption. >> millions of people have voluntarily stopped work to show their regression of government policies that squeeze the workers. >> the government looks the other way because it doesn't want to be judged for the corruption over the past few years or lose the next elections. the workers, employed and unemployed won't let that happen. >> the argentine trade union movement is not united. not all unions have joined this strike, most notably the bus driver's union working as normal and here in downtown buenas

airies thishingz are functioning normal, a little quiter. argentina has industrial problems but it's difficult at this stage to see just what kind of impact this day of action has had. >> daniel schweimler. the wife of journey of the journalists jailed in egypt has given birth. his new son haron. bara wrote a letter from prison. in it, he said i was fighting for the truth in my career. that was not easy. whatever it takes, keep looking for the truth and never be afraid of it. i want you all to maintain your dignity. it's one of your most pressure values. baher along with mohammed familiari and peter guesta have been in prison for 243 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the al jazeera network continues to demands their release.

adam may ins for joeie chen. >> up on "america tonight," the new front line in the immigration debate for hard liners, it's usually all about securing the border and cracking down on undocumented immigrants but that was certainly the case in kansas city missouri wherefore decades, the police had a zero tolerance approach when dealing with undocumented day laborers. but after realizing that they couldn't arrest their way out of the problem, they started practicing a new approach, acceptance. >> have you been able to solve cries because you do have trust in some folks here that you didn't have before? >> i have been is able to solve four homicides because of this approach, not because i am a super cop but because of the relations and the trust that i have among people who work here, have businesses here. >> this as a new twist. chris bierhe brings us the unique program that could change the immigration issue and how people talk about it.

that's coming up here at the top of the hour. >> we will see you then, adam. thank you. a policy change tonight in the national ball league regarding players and domestic abuse. the league says any player found guilty of abusing a partner will be suspended for six games. the second offense will get the player banned from the game indefinitely. the new rules come after interns criticism of baltimore ravens ray rice. he received a two-game suspension after video emerged apparently showing him assaulting his then fiancee in february. tonight at 11 eastern, why the n.f.l. commissioner said the change needs to happen now. a drone is heating up tonight between google and amazon. a drone war. the last year amazon debuted the drone concept called primary. google delivered its drone project wing in san francisco. so how are these two drones

different, jay? >> reporter: john, the am zone drone as we have seen from that footage is a helicopter-based whereas this new google drone is a prop -driven blown. >> changes everything about how you get your goods. the amazon drone has to touchdown to deliver something whereas this google drone evidently will hang at about 200 feet and deliver something by wire. it does so by using something called a prop hang. it's actually a really tough move. if you were to ever pull this off at a remote controlled pilot's convention, you would get a round of free drinks. it's hard to do. you have a plane sort of hanging from its prop like that. also, it extends the range. it means that if you've got a wing-based drone like this, it's going to just go a lot farther on a smaller charge or a smaller tank of fuel than the amazon drone can as a helicopter. >>? a humanitarian effort or some sort of strategic business move?

>> google's sort of opening salvo about this talks a lot about humanitarian purposes. you can deliver a snake bite victim, the anti-venom they need and cit can go to places that don't have functioning roads. the product, the engineers here talk openly about this being a product, talk about sort of removing the friction from delivery services. this is undoubtedly a commercial enterprise. it's worth billions of dollars by some estimates. >> all right. so, how soon could we see these? >> that is always the question with these sorts of moon shots operations that google is pulling off. yet again, just like with their self-driving cars,th i think the engineer are way out ahead of the lawyers. we are many years from this being possible even from an engineering standpoint, it's pretty hard. they are not at a place where they could reliably hit a target the sides of a doorstep from 200 feet up. they don't yet have a good sort of precision navigation system for weaving between buildings, let's say, in a city. this is part of why we are seeing this stuff being filmed

in australia where sort of the footage that they shot and released today was shot. but it's also because here in the united states, you are not allowed to fly a commercial drone out in the open. the f.a.a. and department of transportation clamp down on that. amazon is, in fact, right on the verge of getting an exemption that will let it test its drone out. google does not have that kind of exemption. i think we are many many years from the engineering possible but it will be the lawyers who determine whether this can happen. >> jake ward, fascinating story. thanks so much? >> thank you. >> a creative force behind the life-size creatures of walking with dinosaurs.

we had a lot of people surfing. long beach had 4 to 6 feet. it was dicey at times. cold water but that didn't stop anyone from enjoying it. it's more common we hear about surfing in california where the high surf from hurricane marie brought 10 to 15 foot waves today. they will be below 10 feet. the big problem with the hurricane marie along the

california coast has been sandbags, flooding. it has been a big problem as we had some minor flooding issues all along the coastline of southern california where we still have beach hazards impacting the coastline to the north and to the south of los angeles through the day tomorrow. otherwise, we are going to expect to see the high surface advisory expire overnight for the northeast but the winds will still be blowing in parts of canada. "al jazeera america" news continues. @

to to this this this this on "america tonight," drought and desperation. >> they need to provide water. the idea of coming up here and trying to find another water resource is a poor idea. >> nevada officials floating an idea that could alleviate the state's water woes. not everyone believes the gamble will pay off. >> ♪ there is no extra water! >> also tonight, workers win after an uprising. a very u