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how one man plans to restore scar let o'hara's iconic estate. we begin with ukraine and allegations that russian soldiers are operating inside that country. nato released these satellite images. it said the photos are proof at least 1,000 troops have crossed the border. u.n. secretary security council head an emergency meeting where the u.s. called for a tougher stanchion against russia. president obama said he believes diplomacy was the answer. >> we are not taking military action to solve the ukrainian problem. >> in ukraine, an announcement that a military draft suspended last year is starting up again this fall. paul brennan has more 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 officials release satellite image repair as russian avrlt art and a column on the move. petro poroshenko has cancelled the working visit to turkey so as to deal with the deepeny crisis. the ukrainian prime minister has urged the security council and the european union to act with the highest urgency. >> we can confirm that russian military boots are on ukrainian ground. ukrainian forces are capable to cope with the russian-led guerillas. this is quite difficult for us to fight have 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 allegation been many retired military servicemen. they fight alongside us stating this is their duty. moreov moreover, they are currently serving soldiers among us who prefer to spend their vacation not on sea beaches but among us. >> waiting to meet those soldiers outside the southern city of maiupol are ukrainian reinforces. they are reinforcing around the city of mariupol attempting to stem the advance of the russian forces down that road there. at this particular check point, 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? i don't understand. we are counting the hours, .2

days minimum, and there will be no mariupol. it will be destroyed. >> this is a conflict with victims on both sides and footage emerging from donetsk shows how ukrainian army efforts to dislodge are taking a toll on the civilian population. russia's intentions in the 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. >> at the united nations, a tension emergency meeting at the security council. samantha power said russia has been outright lying for months. she tweeted this map to the russian men industry of foreign affairs clearly marking russia and not russia. kristen saleemy has more from the disciplineu u.n.

>> they traded barbs over who is sish and putting civilians in harm's way. >> said, every single member of the security counsel expressed alarm over the escalating violence. and all members with the exception of china expressed concern over russia's possible involvement. the united states laid out what it said is evidence that russians are not only equipping and arming the separatists but also fighting alongside them while the russians remain de. >> every way knows there are russian volunteers in eastern ukraine. no one is hiding that. we would like to see similartra trans parents shown by other country these. for example, maybe our american colleagues can tell us about what the tennessee of american advisors who were in the ukrainian security council building are doing. >> the mask is coming off. in these acts, these recent acts, we see russia's actions for what they are: a deliberate effort to support and now fight alongside illegal separatists in

another son country. >> the united states and others called on the international community to take action to stop shavn intervention. but with russia, a wielding veto member of the security council, no one laid out what that action would be. >> that was kristen saloomey. university of california berkeley, in san franl cisco, steven, welcome. >> pleasure, john. >> what is -- what are putin's motives here? >> well, from the very begin can, husband motive has been to destabilize ukraine and move to the extent possible into east ukraine and establish russian dominance there. his game plan all along has been -- has revolved around that goal. >> that's what he's pressing forwards with right now. >> how is this different than what's been going on for the last couple of months? >> well, this is a little bit more like what happened in crimea. if we remember back to that time

where there was clearly an invasion going on, russia was denying that it was an invasion, but then, of course, once it was obvious that they were there and they had taken the place over, then they presented the world with this fete acompli and said, of course, we are here. they are doing the same thing in east ukraine. it will be interest rating to see if they can pull off the same thing they did in crimea. here, it's going to be more complications indicated. nevertheless, it looks like that's what he aims to do. >> you think -- you think vladimir putin wants to take over ukraine? >> i don't think he believes that he can take over all of ukraine. i think that he wants to establish russian dominance over ukraine in general, make sure that ukraine is part of russia'ssphere of influence and close allies of russia, but he also really wants, i think, to detach parts of east ukraine and annex them the same way he did with crimea. of course, in so doing, he is creating a long-term enemy out

of what's best of ukraine, the central and rest earn regions of ukraine which creates a big problem for him. nevertheless now it looks like he is intents on concurring east ukraine. >> it doesn't sound like the sanctions are working. >> well, that's an interesting question, john, because the sanctions are not daunting putin. putined is not backing down because of the sanctions but the sanctions are having an effect on the russian economy. every time something like this happens, every time there is an uptick in tensions or more movement of russian troops or personnel, the russian stockmarket takes a hit. the rule declined against the dollar. russian businessmen are to some extent getting pretty nervous about this. so russia is paying an economic price. it's so far putin hasn't really acted according to that. he seems to be intent on pressing ahead no matter what the economic price is. i think the long-term effect of the sanctions might be more

effective. it's possible that over the coming months, perhaps even years, that the sanctions will create, especially if they are racheted up, enough discome the 40 for russian business people and ordinary russians to create pressure on putin to back down. but for right now, putin doesn't sound to be doing anything of the sort. >> it sounded like an invasion. it looked like an invasion. why didn't president obama call it an invasion? >> that's a good question. president obama tend to be quite concerned with terminology. he is a lawyer after all with terminology in these cases. you might recall that after the military coup that dislodged the muslim brotherhood in egypt, general sisi took over. rather than call that a military coup, the add miles per hourstration in the united states was calling it something else. to call it an invasion seems to be premature, i think, to president obama because he is still looking for diplomatic solutions. he still doesn't want to respond in a military way. once you call this will an invasion, which of course it is, then it makes it -- it rachet

did up the pressure on the west. so, i think he is buying time right now with that kind of terminology. look you say, it's an invasion. >> is there any way the would get involved militarily? >> probably not. we are probably going to be limited to economic sanctions, to perhaps helping the ukrainian military, certainly nato is back in busy. nato is beefing up it's intlfrnlths presence in estonia and policy land and other countries which, in fact, incidently are going to cause problems for putin in the long run because he is going to have to respond to that ref vied nato. so all the these problems are real problems for putin that he is creating for himself. >> steven fish, good to see you. thank you very much. now to the other big story tonight, the islamic state group, president obama says the u.s. is looking into a broader strategy to fight the group. american airstrikes have helped push back fighters in iraq b, but the group has strong routes in syria.

libby gacy reports. >> john, the president met with his national security counsel this evening, huddling to talk over options in syria. he is sending secretary of state john kerry to the middle east after next week's nato summit in wales. both trips, opportunities to build coalitions. the president says those coalitions will be needed to counter the islamic state or isil. >> as i have said, routing out a cancel liar 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. far apart, i directed secretary hagle and our 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 his briefing that are getting a lot of attention, john. we don't have a strategy yet. critics pounced and the white house went into instant damage control mode saying the president was specifically referring to the decision of

whether or not to launch airstrikes in syria and that he wasn't talking about the broader fight against the islamic state. now, major reason for the president's briefing was to get ahead of the news cycle because so many press outlets and pundits are speculating on just when airstrikes could happen. the president saying there are a lot of things that would have to happen before we take that step. one is consulting congress, something president obama said he will do. it's important to note, though, consulting congress is different than asking for its authorization or it's approval. the president said everything he has done so far, including launching airstrikes in iraq and offering humanitarian aid do fall within his power as commander in chief. john? >> libby casey in washington. we are learning tonight that the hostages of the us lammic state were waterboarded during their captivity. washington post reports it happened to at least four hostages including american journalist james foley who was executed by the fighters.

waterboarding causes the sensation of drawne drowning. many, including president obama have condemned it as torture. the sdmrunths is demanding the release of 43 united nations keepers tonight. they were captured today on the syrian side of the col golan heights by an armed grouped battling the sir dwran army. u.n. peacekeepers have been monitoring violence in the region for more than 40 years, the syrian war poses new dangers and many international teams are now pulling out. also today, disturbing video from the islamic state. rula mein has that story. >> the observer for human rights said over 100 were executed in the past 24 hours. it's a large number. it's not the first time that the islamic state executed soedz 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 province. at least 100 people were taken

over as the islamic state was trying to take it over from the government. 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 raj e-mail forces. >> i spoke to rick nelson who is also a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. i asked him what message the islamic state group is trying to send with such brutality. >> 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 vie levenlings working to suppress resistas 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 could be a veriective tool for them to get the populists to follow them to

potentially join their ranks or to at least not oppose them. on the other hand, this level of brutality gets the interest of the international community and forces and calls the international community to action. >> do you think that these violent tactics have an impact on recruitment? >> i think it can be part of what i would call their toxic narrative. you know, they do want to create a narrative for those who are disenfranchised, looking for a sense of blocking, these groups wants to create something you can belong to. when you are 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 i s. >> 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 coom pair it to anything else you have seen in the world? >> every situation is different. i think that the common thread here is what you have is groups like this, they pray on individuals that are

disenfranchised with their position in life or whatever it may be whether it's economic status, feeling persecuted from a religious perspective but these groups give these individuals an opportunity to go from being, again, a no one to being someone to give them a sense of belonging, a pace of camaraderie, to go and have a greater purpose for their life and that's what this groups like isis use to recruit. >> after 911, there was a lot of talk, also, about intelligence intelligence that the u.s. didn't have. how has intel jess changed, and does the u.s. have or need more intelligence with the islamic state? >> well, i think it'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. you could use that to your advantage. here where isis is operate can, the sglunths and the international community for that that matter doesn't have 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 intel stwrejs, they are going to be limited to far-off means by such as drones or using their signal capabilities or, getting that human intel stwrenings and what's going on the ground will prove more difficult. >> do yhow do you defeat the isc state? it has to be for more it has to be more than airstrikes? has it got to be an organized coalition from forces around the region including the kurds in, including the iraqi armed forces? who else has to be involved? >> i think there is three parts. i think the first is you have to get a government in 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 chaos it's involved in needs to be addressed as well. the international community struggled for some time now in trying to figure that out. lastly there is going to have to be some sort of man date whether through the u.n. or through an

international alliance that's going to determine what is going on with i.s and iraq and syria is not acceptable and that joint level that will affords this. >> rick nelson, thank you very much. >> thank you, john. >> coming up next, the u.s. plans to test an expersonalal ebola virus vaccine. as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. plus heroin is not just used in inner cities anymore. we will introduce you to a professional photographer and a former addict.

sgfrnli a bus full of chinese tourists crashed in western canada. 15 paejdz suffered severe injuries like broken bones and compound fractures. at least six people were critically injured. police say the bus may have been speeding before that crash. human trials of experimental ebola vaccine will begin next week. for some, it's already too late. the world health organization

reports that the virus has probably infected and killed many moore people than we know about. tim friend reports >> it's a virus that is mainly affected the poor and often malnourished and now, the world health organization has revealed under reporting. in some courses, the system of reporting new vict ims hasn't kept up. there are currently more than 3,000,000 cases in linebiera, new begin i and nigeria, at least 40% of them have been in the last three weeks. the final figure could be 20,000. >> the world has never seen an outbreak of ebola like this. unfortunately are the numbers large, but we know that there are many more victims that have been diagnosed and reported.

i wish i didn't have to say this, but it is going to get worse before it gets better. >> the world health source plan is to stop ebola transmission within six to nine months and present its spreading internationally. it will cost $489 million over the nextmine 9 /* nine months t will involve 750 international workers and 12,000 national workers. >> i think that it is achievable given the injection of resources and money and obviously coordination. now, that's where the difficulty will come in because a number of healthcare workers are now very afraid of taking on these jobs and the report does discuss the ways people should be remunerated for the dangers involved with the job. these are countries which are desperately pour and don't have resources to mobilize. >> as it accelerates. safety trials on an ebola

vaccine are being fasttracked. it could be given to healthy volume you know tears in the united states as early as next week. the move was announced on thursday by fapharmaceuticals giants glaxosmithkline. defined an effective cure will take time, something that many in west africa don't have. tim friend, al jazeera. >> in israel, a body found in the jerusalem forest has been reportedly identified as a missing student who was last seen hiking last friday and intensive search had been under way. he had been studying innitsis at a yshivi israel police say there was no sign of foul play. during the heaviest fighting in the middeast conflict, hamas rounded people it says were calculate collaborate with israel. some were executed while others' fate was in solitary

confinement. given exclusive access, where the informants are being held. >> taken deep blow gaza's central prison to a special ward where men suspected of collaborating with israel were held. al jazeera was given exclusive access to the block of cells under strict security protocol. mustafa is responsible for the inmay it please thes. he tells me they are kept isolated for their safety because if others knew of their alleged crimes, they could be killed. >> there are eight prisoners here wouldn't let them out to use the bathroom and to pray, but whenever we let them leave the cells, we cover their faces with the hood. >> the inmates were instructed not to speak to us. so, we were told by prison officials they all deny the charges against them. >> suspected collaborators can spend days, weeks, and years in these 1 by two meter cells before they face a revolutionary court who will decide their fate.

>> on august 22nd, hamas executed eighteen suspected israel inform apts. several were killed publion this street corner ingans city, the largest number of suspected collaborators killed by hamas in a single day since it took control of the gaza strip in 2007. the executions followed an israel airstrike in a house that killed three of at a time commanders. the singel biggest strike since fighting began. it's clear 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 rights. 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 drew 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 propaganda.

>> israel has a long and successful history recruiting collaborators and informers in the occupied west bank and in thegas strip. they do so through a variety of different means: sometimes with money. other times it's through blackmail or by intimidating family members. while these menden having any ties with israeli forces, the mere suspicion of it is how most ended up here al jazeera, at the gaza central prison. >> the wife of one of the al jazeera journalists jailed in egypt has given birth to their third child. baera mohammed, he wrote in a letter, i was always fighting for the truth in my career and 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 precious values. baher along william mohammed

familiari and peteriesta have been in prison for 24 three days. they are falsely aged of helping the outlawed muslim borrowerhood. the al jazeera demands their release. >> getting tough toward the policy of domestic violence and a big mistake. google gets in on the drone delivery action. a look at a secret pilot program.

hi, everyone. this is al jazeera america. i am john siegenthaler. coming up, the new face of heroin addiction: younger and more suburban plus google rerules the new secret project drone delivery. how it plans to use technology. gone but not forgotten, an iconic part of gone with the wind still lives on in a barn.

sdmrfrp. >> our top story tonight, the crisis in ukraine, it took a dramatic turn, nato says more than 1,000 russian troops already inside the country, one of the military leaders called it a full-scale invasion. the u.s. is looking to a diplomatic solution. president obama says the u.s. would not take military action. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. called for much tougher consequences. >> at every step, russia has come before this counsel to say everything except the truth. it has manipulated. it has obfuscated. it has out rye right lied. we had learned to measure russia but it's actions not it's words. >> ukraine's government said it will reinstate its draft in the fall. joining us is william pomeranz, the director of the canon institute 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 beginning of a war. whether the u.s. shares that opinion is unclear. i think when we listen to pompom, 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 excalation but 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 fact 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 after political absolutely, a negotiated solution. >> let me stop you right there what happened was, though, then suddenly in the middle of those talks, russia starts to put pressure on ukraine, starts to

send soldiers to the border and then this happens today. so was this all planned? >> i think it has been planned. i think is what was happening in eastern ukraine was that the military against what was expected against all odds was actually defeating the separatists and i think this was diminishing president putin's ability to negotiate and to get what he wants out of the negotiations between russia, the eu and ukraine. >> what's he want? >> i think this was -- i think he wants a whole series of things. on a certain level, et cetera commitments that ukraine will not become a member of nat nattot. he wants some sort of assurance that they will become a more direct pow to the regions and i think events to resolve the trade issues. i think putin wants the recognition of crimea, the annexation of crimea and he wants the end of sanctions. i think to actually accomplish ose latter two goals, he needs

to ha change the facts opt grou. >> 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 a cost of 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 fresh but it appears from the russian public point of view, he is 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 sense 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 portsmouthpom and the europeans are betting on. >> they have been betting on this for months and weeks, the

u.s. and things haven't changed. how do you see this being resolved? >> i think we are beginning to see the openings of some sort of negotiations but i think the, in ukraine over the last 24 hours ma i can it much more difficult to imagine that a political solution and a diplomatic solution will be found in the short-term. >> william pomeranz. it's good to have you on the program. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> returning to a serious problem in this country, the u.s. is the single largest consumer of illegal drugs worldwide. every year americans spend tennessee of billions of dollars on drugs like cocaine, meth and heroin, an expensive habit that can be deadly. jonathan betsdz is here. >> overdose deaths have tripled in the united states since 1990 and few are dead lear than heroin. experts are surprised by the dramatic shift of who is using it? >> put it in the spoon. >> seems like they -- scenes

like this are playing out across the country. the federal government says the number of people using heroin has jumped to more than 650,000. new york's health department reports 420 people died from heroin overdoses last year, the most in a decade and more than double the death did of 2010. heroin is now a cheap high. you can get at baggy of black tar wharn for $20s dollars. the economics are there. >> prisurprising to some the biggest were among young, rich new yorkers. deaths of people between 15 and 34 years old are up more than 125 percents. in the wealthiest neighborhoods, other dose spiked nearly 200%. and kills more whites than any other race, 9 out of 100,000 people. some argue the increase is linked to the abruce of prescription drugs. >> a lot started off with

oxycontin and the cost behavior prohibited started using her wayne. >> new york city officials have been unable to stop even when stopping prescription pill deaths have leveled off. >> more instead are turning to heroin. >> probably half those people started out on prescribed opiods through their doctor or through diversion. >> new york city gives the police officer the powerful drug that can reverse the effects of an overdose. it is controversial. not all cities do it. but it has saved hundreds of lives here in new york. >> jonathan, thank you. grand mcinto do is a photographer who has been published in "the new york times" and guardian, by all accounts a successful professional but a recovering heroin addict. in a portfolio of photos, he documented his fight with addiction. he is in our studio tonight. gram, welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of people might ask the question first why you became a heroin addict. i am more curious about why you took photographs of your

addiction. >> i took the photographs because essentially, i am a photographer, and it was important for me to document that part of my life because i knew that my life was spiraling out of control. i just wanted to cam capture that in some way so i could look back on it. i knew i would get over it. >> i thought you would turn around? >> i think diep you inside. >> those pictures are heartbreaking. how much do you remember about it other than the picture? >> i remember a lot about it actually. you know, i mean tweech the pictures and other stuff i have kept action diary notes and written stuff, i remember a lot about it, but specifically looking back at the pictures, i do remember everything that we want on. >> talk to me about the kind of addicts you came across while you were an addict. >> i came across a lot of different types of addicts. a lot of people don't realize

not every addict is someone who is lying in the street homeless. there are functioning addicts out there and they might not function like that forever but they will furpths like that for a long, long time. i was what i consider a functioning addict for quite awhile. but heroin is very slowly insidious and very destructive and it will destroy you physically and mentally. >> on to jobs, big jobs. >> people held on to jobs for awhile, yeah. >> what kind of jobs? >> people in advertising, in the city, you know, reasonably good white collar jobs. >> people you wouldn't expect? >> people you wouldn't expect. >> what goes through your mind when you look back at that? >> there is a number of things go through my mind. the main one is how did i let myself slip that far so quickly and without realizing that was happening to me b, but i think that addiction not only gets you physically. it gets you mentally as well. it changes your whole way of think can and the level of

denial that's in your body and your mind and also that thing of thinking that you can quit any time you want. >> that's a major problem for a lot of addicts. a lot of addicts i have met and i have met in recovery rooms thing that when they were addicts that it was just a bit a matter of white nuc linking it and they could get out when they wanted but that's not the case. >> how expensive is it? >> it's very expensive. >> what would it cost for a week for you? >> depends at different times and the quality of the drug. but hundreds of dollars. several hundred sometimes. >> you know, i look at you, and i think just like i probably a lot of people think, how did you get started? >> casually, been you know. i just did -- i was with some people and i had never been a user of drugs and i had never drank really before. and i thought maybe i am mussing out on something. main i will try one druganding one was a gateway. once i was in that frame of

mind, it just seemed natural. >> you didn't have an addictive behavior before? >> no. >> you weren't a big drinker? i mean i think that people look at you and kind of go how could this have happened? it couldn't happen to me. >> that's what i thought. i would never have expected this trajectory in my life, you know. i mean i was a track runner. i was a vegetarian. he was very healthy never drank much but drink opened the dye doorway to try other things and before i knew it, i was addicted. it was very just took me from left field, as they say. >> you had pictures in new york magazine which, as i say, were incredibly powerful full. what sort of reaction did you get to the photos. >> let me start by saying it was a tough call to put those pictures out. some people say maybe you shouldn't do that. i figured i should share. >> you opened yourself up. >> i did but, you know, addiction is very shame-based and closing yourself in and living in the shadows. i wanted to take it out there. i wasn't ashamed of myself.

i felt it was important to share that story with other people. the most important thing for me was the feedback i got from people. a multitude of e-mails from people telling me they had a family member would had gone through similar and they were pleased and so much of it resonated with them that it really drew them into the story and they were just like really glad that they felt not alone in this world and the fate they were going through at the moment. >> it is an incredibly powerful story. we appreciate you being honest and sharing it with us tonight? >> thank you for having me. >> it is something i think amount of people don't understand and it may be need to understand. >> yes. >> graham, it's good to meet you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> with mid-term elections around the corner republicans are concerned about the woments vote despite efforts by the g.o.p., women are increasingly identifying with democrats. david shuster has more on that. >> despite a push to recruit female candidates, joni ernst, soldier, mother, conservative.

>> 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 an said state liquor laws should be reformed to make it easier fowomen to make dinner? >> 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 buy a six pack or two six pack ings, buy dipper and go home rather than what i just described is at least stops. >> two years ago, corbett said women who don't like being forced to have an ultrasound when getting an abortion should quote just close their eyes. polls suggest democratic challenger tom wolfe is ahead of corbett by 20 points. in new york, democratic senator kyrsten gillibrand makes a little bit of sectionism in congress.

in theslides according to people magazine she describes working out in the congressional gym when an older male colleague told her, quote, good thing you are working out because you wouldn't want to get porky. gillibrand describes dropping 50 pounds after having a baby and having a republican senator squeeze her stomach and say, don't lose too much weight now. i likely my girls chubbby. add to the awful press for the g.o.p., a result of a survey of voters conducted by karl rove, it suggests 4 knife % of women view the g.o.p. unfavor a.m.y with 39% of a negative view of democrats the. according to focus groups, 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 protections provided to women in and others in the equal pay act must be enforced. to make certain there is no pay

disparity because of did you say criminal nation. >> democrats in key campaign battles are on the attack over social issues. >> 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 about you that will require republican candidates down the stretch to stick to the strict. david shuster, al jazeera. >> californiais state lawmakers are trying to address a growing problem of sexual assaults on college campuses. today >> they passed a yes, means yes bill. the bill defines sexual consent as an affirmative, unambiguous and conscious decision by each party to engage in sexual activity. it also says silence or a lack of res i feltance does to the constitute consent. the bill goes before jerry brown. the n.f.l. commissioner said he got it wrong. >> today, roger goodell changed the leaguets policy regarding

domestic violence. the new tougher rules come after a huge public outcry of what's considered a light sentence given a baltimore ravens running back, ray rice. jessica taff has that story. >> the video that shocked the nation. ray rice apparently dragging his unconscious fiance out of a catsino elevator after allegedly strieinging her. what drew more ager was the punishment handed down by roger goodell, a two-game suspension that drew heavy criticism and raised questions about the league's stanchion on domestic assault. in a letter to team owners, goodell outlines a new n.f.l. policy on dealing with domestic violence. it calls for a 6-game suspension for a first object to forms and indefinite ban from the league for a second offense. a second time offender may petition after one year for reinstatement but there is no assurance the petition will be

granted. perhaps the most telling is that it applies to all n.f.l. personnel. goodel acknowledged his handling of the rice case led the public to question our sincerity, our commitment and whether we understood the toll that domestic violence inflicts on so many families. yes get it right, he said. the policy applies to all incidents involving force, not just domestic violence. the policy is not retro active and everyone starts at a clean slate. jessica taft, al jazeera. >> in louisiana, health officials are battling a potentially deadly strain of a brain-eating ameaba found in tap water in the southeastern parish of st. john the baptist. it can enter someone's nasal paejsz and travel to the brain. health officials have started pumping chlorine through the water system but warn residents not to swim in or drink that water. the system, where it was discovered serbs about 12,000 people.

a drone delivery war lets up tonight between google and amazon. today, google debuted its project wing concept we saw primary. what's the difference? here is jacob ward. >> john, the primarily difference between amazon and google when it comes to their drone initiatives is really an engineering one fundamentally. amazon's drone concept is one based upon a helicopter whereas google's is a prop-driven plane. now, the other big difference is that by virtue of being a helicopter action the amazonk design can touchdown and drop cargo on the drowned whereas google's concept is to hover at a great height, about 200 feet and sort of fly wire the goods down lower it by wire down to the ground. now, the way that a prop driven plane essentially can hor in that way is by virtue of something called a prop hang. google is pulling off something that's actually a really big

deal in remote controlled pilot circles. if you are able to pull off this move at a sort of, you know, rc convention, you get a free round of drinks because it's a really, really hard thing to do. you point this rc plane personally vet cal and it hangs from the whirling blades of the prop. that is hard to do. now, google has positionepoxed this in the literature and statements as being a humanitarian thing. it could conceivably shave emissions off of delivery services and serve places that don't have functioning roads. they talk about delivering a snake bite treatment to a victim in the wild. this is undoubtedly a commercial venture. the engineers talk about this being a product and about removing the friction from delivery services, billions of dollars that this market could be worth if they can once and for all create a flying delivery service. now, the big question is: when will this happen? and undoubtedly this is years away, yet another circumstance

in which the engineers are way ahead of the lawyers. for one thing, the system is not precise enough to lower a object to a door-step size targeted. they can only drop things in a general sense. this fly in a kind of improvisational way. they couldn't through the buildings after city. it's a question of the legal ramifications. amazon is applying for an exemption to the blankibility sort of pro-prohibition on the commercial utes of drones in place in the united states right in and out. this is undoubtedly why google shot the this video it released in australia, those rules don't apply there. so yet again, we are seeing google being way out ahead of what is feasible. they have serious plans for this drone to become a real thing. >> that's jake ward. >> reporter: ing. a popular video game might be is able to help patients with multiple sclerosis, the anyone

tendo wii balance boards have users shift their wait as they simulate soccerorskiing. when researchers used mri scans to train brain activity in ms patients who used the board for an extended period of time, they noticed big improvements in balance and in movement. our i am alan of the day is coming up next, plus a lasting legacy from a classic movie.

hurricane marie tracking in the eastern pacific away from land, a lot of problems in southern california. the surf was up and amount of surfers were out enjoying the high wakes, ten tens, 15 in height. in the cold water, i might add. the problem is these waves as they rolled in was causing a lot of damage. we had blood damage, folks sand

bagssing, sapped bedrooms along the coastline high waves slowly diminish down to about 4 to 6 feet tomorrow but overnight, they are still going to be near 10 feet in height. it is interesting to see hurricane marie in the eastern pacific but hurricane cristobal in the farther in the atlantic. pacific to atlantic, problems with it comes to rip currents so as we look at some of these pictures, this is long beach new york that they were enjoying the surf out here about 4 to 6 feet now and the storm tracking south of nova scotia. we are going to see powerful winds gradually diminish friday all the way up. it's not impacing maine as much anymore. breezy in places. typically associated with hundreds. we've got a cluster of

thunderstorms bring bringing some rainfall into the texas coast through tomorrow. "al jazeera america" news continues.

>> 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 . >> need /* neediane joan rivers resting comfortableaf surgery. the 81-year-old was rushed to mount sinai hospital in cardiac arrest. she had stopped breathing during a throat procedure. at another clinic, she is said to be in stable condition. her family said they will release updates when they are available. 2014 marks the 75th year since the american classic "gone with the wind" premiered in theaters around the world. the southern love story went on to win the hearts of millions. in tonight's first person

report, we talk to peter bonner, a man from georgia who is rebuilding the iconic facade of the o 'hara plantation piece by piece. ♪. >> tara is the name of the home that the nextal ohara's lived with in the movie "gone with the wind." it was built in 1938 in hollywood. after the filming in '39, they left it there and he said nothing ever lasts more than 90 days. it stayed 20 years and by the time it left, desi aroundes and lucille ball owned the back lot. they gave it to a man who took it to atlanta hoping to start a museum. ta tara today is not in the state it was in movie wise t doesn't look like a house. it is the doors, windows, side

porches, all stacked and numbered, inventoried in a barn here on the south side of town. the "gone with the wind" book touched a nerve. it became an iconic book. the movie. >> open your eyes. >> people like to see a piece of it. it brings them back to some connection there. the look of tara is so iconic because of the big white columns, the brick columns. in fact, the studio actually built a picture fence in front of the front door and columns while it was on the back lot because as they filmed nearby, they didn't literally want rory calhoun seemed to be ruined in the show, the texan because you could see it. ara less than 100 yards away from where he got off of his horse in fronts of the saloon. we are restoring pieces one at a time. they are being set up in that old dairy barn like pieces of

art. when i first walked in there and to my left was the big huge window that scarlet and the tarleton twins stood in front of in that opening scene in op"gon with the wind," that was the point where i was like, wow. i am here. i am here amongst this stuff. and i have an opportunity to save it. >> where shall i go? what shall i do? >> frankly my dear, i don't give a damn. >> and that's a great story. . >> bonner is documenting the restoration process in a new book called "the official guide to saving tara. "now to our picture of the day, tonightts freeze frame features president obama sporting, yeah, the tan suit. it was the rage today. everybody was talking about it. the president may have been focused on iraq and russia, but the twitosphere erupted buzzing built suit. all sorts of comments about the suit. some liked it. a lot of people didn't.

anyway, that's what they were talking about on twitter today. ameri "america tonight" is coming up next. we will see you tomorrow.

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.