debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >> russia has deliberately and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. >> president obama pointing the finger of blame at russia saying troops are in eastern ukraine, backed up by these slight images. >> islamic state fighters releasing this video, while president obama saying the u.s.

does not have a strategy to deal with the islamic state group there. >> human trials on an ebola vaccine ready to attempt to control the outbreak. >> warnings of a possible jelly fish invasion. >> good morning with that welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> the president taking on two international cries walking for calm. >> he is being criticized for saying the u.s. does not have a strategy for dealing with the islamic state group in syria. a video shows troops being marched through the desert before being executed. >> trying to address the claims of a russian invasion in ukraine. >> let's go to mike viqueira in washington. let's get right to what u.s. officials had to say about

whether there is an invasion. >> whether you call it an invasion or as president obama prefers, an incursion, what's clear is that this latest move into ukraine is a dramatic escalation in the conflict. president obama is going to have to decide with allies how to respond. >> images prove what russia has been denying. >> the satellite images released today provide additional evidence that russian combat soldiers equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry are operating inside ukraine's sovereign territory. >> thursday, ukraine's president poroshenko scrapped a business trip to turkey to meet with his security council which released this video they say shows a russian tank operating in their country. after meeting with russian president vladimir putin just days ago, poroshenko accused moscow of a full scale invasion, pointing to columns of heavy

artillery, huge loads of arms and russian servicemen entering ukraine. thousands of russian soldiers on leave have been admitted to be serving. >> i will be more frank with you. there are currently serving soldiers among us who prefer to spend their vacations not on beaches, but among us. >> it's those russian weapons and soldiers in ukraine that's opened a new front in the east, aiding separatists who only weeks ago appeared to be on the brink of defeat. president obama ruled out military action saying sanctions against moscow are working. >> capital is fleeing, investors are increasingly staying out, the economy is in decline. >> the president stopped short of calling russia's actions an invasion. >> russia has deliberately and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine and the new images of russian fores inside ukraine make that plain for the world to see. >> thursday, the u.n. security

council called an emergency meeting of the u.s. and russia clashed over the crisis. u.n. ambassador da man that power could only smile when warned to stay out of the affairs of sovereign states, but not before power delivered this message. >> russia has come before this council to say everything except the truth. it that manipulated, obfuscated, it has outright lied. >> ukraine will be the top of the agenda at an international conclave. >> you showed the tension during yesterday's emergency u.n. meeting with u.n. ambassador power there. she sent a series of pointed tweets about russia. she is not mincing words.

>> she is going after russia in plain language, the two sides have been trolling each other over the internet, start, a tweet from canada's nato contingent, a helpful map they said for russian soldiers. you remember the excuse by some in russia was that they just lost their way from russia and ended up in ukraine. helpful map russia from canada. saying we are going to help our canadian friends catch up with contemporary geography, including crimea as well as disputed neighboring georgia. >> ambassador retweeted that map out of canada's nato. will the u.s. be part of the u.n. talks today? >> anytime nato officials get together, the u.s. is leading

the talks. the american commander is and also has been an american in this case, these meetings today and over the coming days are oh precursor setting the stage now for that pivotal meeting on september 5. >> mike viqueira in washington, mike, thank you. >> in 10 minute, we're going to be talking to the former ambassador to ukraine, talking to william taylor about the escalating crisis there. >> after two costly wars, americans are still conflicted over how the u.s. should address these global challenges. a new pugh research poll show 39% say the u.s. does too much around the world, 31% say the u.s. does too little. the survey shows a 54% majority believe president obama is not tough enough when handling current world crises, while 36% say his actions are just about right. >> president obama saying the

u.s. has no strategy to deem with the islamic state group in syria. >> the comes after a video of the execution of fighters. what else is president obama saying about the situation there? >> president obama says his first priority remains rolling back islamic state gains in iraq. the president is under increasing pressure to do something in syria, this following the killing of u.s. journalist james foley and the islamic state's recent success in battling with the syrian military. >> the islamic state group carrying out a mass execution released a video that appears to show 120 captured syrians marshing to their death. these men were eventually forced to lay side by side on the

ground and systematically killed. the president said rooting the group out won't be quick or easy. >> i've directed secretary hagel and our joint chiefs of staff to arrange options. >> just days after reportedly ordering surveillance flights over syria to identify possible i.s. targets, president obama indicated military action in syria will not be happening soon. >> the suggestion seems to have been that we're about to go full scale on an elaborate strategy for defeating isil. i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> some republicans jumped on the comments. house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers calling them shocking and mitch

mcconnell of kentucky saying the threat is real, growing and it's time for president obama to exercise some leadership in launching a response. the white house press secretary immediately trying to clarify the president's statement, insisting that is a comprehensive strategy for dealing with the islamic state. u.s. at mitts airstrikes in iraq are helping to push back islamic state fighters. >> the president called on middle east countries to stop being ambivalent and take a stand against islamic state. next week he will meet with allies in the region. >> they are very well funded, two the tune of $2 billion? >> this is the most remarkable aspect of this story. i'm not sure our viewers understand what is going on

here. apparently they are selling oil on the black market through middle men who operate in turkey. they're not getting as much money for that oil as they would if they were a government, but they control a third of iraq and what they're getting for that ail is a significant amount of money. then on top of that, we're told their stealing money from banks as they move across the country. there are reports that the group is also engaging in racketeering operations, demanding what they call trinities or bribes from farmers who's land they have taken over and protection money from ethnic minorities as well. this is something beyond anything we've seen, that is what secretary hagel is saying, the level of organization this group brings with it. >> coming up in our next hour, we're going to answer the question who are these guys, taking a closer look at how organized the islamic state group really is. >> 44 u.n. peacekeeping troops

from fiji are still detained by syrian rebels. another 75 peace keepers from the philippines are now trapped in their current conditions. rebel forces have been fighting the syrian troops near the border with israel for days. >> more than 3 million syrians have now fled the country, another 6.5 million are internally displaced. it is called the largest humanitarian emergency of our era. we have more from lebanon. >> this is 2,000 people for showering, drinking, cleaning, for everything. for most of the people here in the camp, this was a a luxury when the u.n. brought these tanks eight months ago. there are 1.3 million syrian refugees registered with the u.n. here in lebanon. we think the number is higher, but they are not registered. they are spread all over the country and in most cases, live

in very similar conditions. >> they endured the loss of their homes and settled in tents. they endured the snow and its bitter cold. they endured the extreme heat and lack of water and electricity, lost their jobs, lived on food reactions and survived off people's charity. but almost all refugee parents will tell you, their children not going to school is one of the most devastating aspects of the refugee life. >> it's a crime that these 13 are not going to school and learning, but there is not much i can do. >> after coming from aleppo, these 40 children have not been to a school in years. less than 40% of syrian refugee children are enrolled in school across the region. in lebanon, 70% of refugee children are not receiving any formal education. the dropout rate is on the rise,

as the number of refugees increase and the funds to help them decrease. >> some of the refugee children are lucky to be enrolled at. schools in lebanon, but they have to struggle to catch up with the curriculum they are not familiar with. some n.g.o.'s offer basic alternative schooling, but the children won't get any credit or certificate for it. some of the refugee children have not been to schools in three years and it's unlikely they will be able to enroll this year. >> my children's future is destroyed. we used to dream that our children would become doctors or engineers, now our ambition is to find a place to sleep in and to stay alive until the next day. >> a whole generation of syrians is under threat and so is the future of syria. >> lebanon one of three countries affected by the syrian refugee crisis. more than 600,000 syrians have

fled jordan, excuse me, 815,000 refugees now living in turkey. >> a group of people who protested the police shooting death of michael brown have filed a $40 million lawsuit. the six plaintiffs say police violated their civil rights by arresting them and assaulting demonstrators with rubber bullets, pepper spray and tear gas. the suit accuses several law enforcement agencies of treating them like war combatants. >> hillary clinton speaking as a conference in san francisco called for a thorough and speedy investigation saying "we don't want our streets to look like a war zone, not in america, we are better than that." >> comedian joan rivers is in a medically induced coma at a new york city hospital. she stopped breathing during minor vocal cord surgery. her daughter released a statement saying her mother is

resting comfortably and thanking their fans for their thoughts and prayers. >> heavy rains have been moving across the country all week lead to go flash flooding. the question is what will the holiday bring. >> the man who might have the answers, i think he does. >> it's a big weekend we have here, could be called a get away day with people getting out, ready for the long weekend and rain is coming over the same area, low pressure moving out of the rockies, spinning there, bring ago lot of moisture up from the south, but also triggering this showers and strong thunderstorm. they're in the forecast and will continue to develop throughout the afternoon. temperatures are warming up a bit, we'll call it the unofficial end of the summer. climbing into the 90's again, but this area here, just east of this low pressure, which is slowly moving across the midwest and out toward the great lakes could lead to heavy rain and flash flooding. along with that heavy rain, the risk for strong thunderstorms there, this area highlighted because severe storms are

expected west of chicago. they got the severe weather yesterday. that is the big concern as this moves out. maybe not quite as hot. the farther south you go, it gets hot and humid here. across the northeast, certainly doesn't feel like summer-like temperatures. cooler air is coming in as what was crystal balls moving into the atlantic, transitioning to a non-tropical storm. that will continue to move out, but brings cooler air behind it. >> you did have the answer. >> pretty good idea, yeah. >> president obama avoiding the word invasion when talking about ukraine. >> that's exactly what others are calling russia's actions in that country. we'll break down the implications of choosing words when war could be on the line. >> nine years ago today, hurricane katrina roared ashore in louisiana. survivors share vivid memories of surviving a storm. we have the incredible story of a group who survived by clinging

to a tree. >> the nfl reacting to the backlash that followed that two game suspension of ray rice for domestic violence, talking about the changes being made at the top of the league to make sure the future punishment fits the crime. >> $1.9 billion, it's our big number of the day. >> what it's going to take for malaysian airlines to recover after those back-to-back tragic crashes. stuart! stuart!

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let ukrainian troops leave rebel held areas after vladimir putin called for a humanitarian corridor. some say it is proof that the kremlin is controlling the separatists. >> it's been a blanket denial by russia that their fores are on the ground, but kiev's reaction to this humanitarian corridor, this suggestion by vladimir putin, kiev said it just goes to show that the kapra activities are completely under the control of the kremlin. meanwhile, this meeting in brussels, the nato alliance ministers has now got underway. they'll be looking at ways of providing some sort of support for ukraine. they've ruled out any sort of military intervention, but kiev would be looking for more military aid. there has been a sober warning from the former deputy supreme commander of nato who stepped

down this year. he said that the nato alliance would not be able to stop russia in the event of an invasion of eastern europe. he said has decades of cuts have weakened the alliance so much, it's now in bad need of rearmament. >> nato said there is proof of russia operating inside ukraine, satellite images showing troops across the border, president obama calling for diplomacy. he avoided using the term invasion, instead calling it an incursion. with my taylor joins us from washington, d.c. this morning, ambassador, thanks for being with us. what is it, invasion or incursion and why are we mincing words? >> it's clearly an invasion, call it what you will. what is happening is the illegal violation of sovereignty,

ukraine sovereignty, illegal by any standard. the interesting question is not what we call it, but call it what you will -- >> why did the president -- >> what do we do about it. >> why won't the president use the word? >> i don't know why he won't use the word, but the interesting question is what does he do and what do the other international leaders do in response to this violation of sovereignty. the answer has to be to get tougher on the russians if there's not a toughening of the sanctions and a provision of military equipment to the ukrainians, the russians will keep incursions, keep invading, will keep doing what they are now doing to destabilize ukraine. >> are we in fact inches ever closer to all out war in eastern ukraine? >> all-out war now exists and the ukrainian military is winning that war.

they're winning the war against the separatists. that's why the russians feel that they have to send in their military, their army, the russian army across the border into ukraine to support a failing effort by the separatists. trained by, equipped by, financed by the russians are failing, so mr. putin now decides he has to send in his real military to clean up the mess. >> so the flip side of that would be that if the united states and nato got involved and backed ukraine, we would have a proxy war with the russians being able to say that the united states and nato or arming, backing and reinforcing ukraine. >> the united states would, yes, be supporting a sovereign country against an invasion by the russians, and that is a fine thing for the united states to do to support the democratic aspiration of ukraine. it's not just ukraine.

what we are talk about here beyond the ukrainian problem is whether or not the rations abide by the rule there since the cold war. >> a once in a generation storm, we are in new orleans. most people have moved on from katrina, but some will never forget. >> right, right, good morning to you. a lot of people will tell that you every year, every anniversary since hurricane katrina, is still a big deal even nine years later. for some communities, it has taken nine years to come back.

you come to the memorial and see the names of those who lost their lives. there has been a lot of progress, and not just in new orleans. hurricane katrina hit a lot of the gulf coast and coastal communities. a lot of them were completely destroyed. we traveled to one coucal community along the gulf in mississippi where we met three friends sharing their story and talking about how they remember this anniversary as they survive together and are now nine years later, rebuilding together. >> this is all sand. >> kevin, mickey and doug shared 20 years of friendship, but the four frightening hours they spent together clinging to a tree during hurricane katrina is a bond that's still hard to put into words. >> thank goodness, it's something most people don't have to go through, the three of us. it's life-changing. >> nine years ago, they were working in mickey's bed and breakfast in bay, st. louis, a

tiny town along the gulf of mexico. they had weathered hurricanes before, but hurricane cat was a different beast, ripping through the town, washing away their building. >> the third pushed the first floor out, gone, and then we on the second floor were like a boat. >> a very bad boat. >> it was like a settlement. the next thing you know, we were rocking. >> they figured their only hope was to find the strongest thing standing, next deep in water and dodging debris, they swam to an oak tree, climbing on to its limb, holding on for their lives. >> i would holler at them every once in a while. they would go underwater. >> he would say look out, here comes a wave. >> i didn't expect anyone coming after us, not at that stage. >> i thought i was going to die. >> there was a good possibility of that, yes. >> they walked away unharmed, but the delater died.

owing their lives to it, they hired and artist to carve the limbs into angels. >> the angels, they represent the angels that were above the tree taking care of us in the tree, there were no angels in the tree during the storm. >> i was right here. >> for these friends, the anniversary is a reminder of the those who weren't so fortunate and celebrate how they rebuilt their lives. >> the town has really come back. >> the town is great. i mean, the shops are good, we've got at least as many restaurants. >> what's now known as the angel tree in bay o. st. louis is for many visitors just a photo on o, but will always be their symbol of survivor. >> it's a fascinating story they have and so many people like them have stories of survival and making it through the storm. so many people lost their lives. that's why the mayor, governor and a lot of other city and

state leaders will be here in new orleans at the memorial to remember those people. while it is a day of celebration for a lot of people, like i said, because the city in some ways, many ways has come back to mourn and remember those people who did not make it. back to you. >> and new orleans, parts of new orleans have clearly come a long way since the storm, but what are the challenges that many still face? >> when you talk to people in the community and you talk total leaders here, the two things that come up most often are blight and homelessness. the homeless population has decreased significantly. you had about 10,000 people homeless during the peak around 2007. now the number is down to 2,000 or 3,000 but it's still a major issue. the blight issue, of course, you go to some communities, they look brand new, great. you go to some others and it looks like it did eight or nine years ago. a lot of it boils down to funding and some numbers, some

estimates, there are 20,000 or 30,000 blighted properties here, so it's still an issue, but boils down to funding in may be cases. >> the lower ninth ward became in famous for how hard it was hit. jonathan, thank you. >> you can't forget where you were when that storm came ashore. it was massive. >> we are looking at storms affecting the east and west coast as we go into the holiday weekend. >> dave warren is tracking all of that. >> they are off the coast and moving away, but still impacting the area. that is the big story now. this is transitioning from a tropical storm to a storm you normally see in the mid latitudes away from that water. you see the fronts around it. it is a powerful storm, but moving away and taking clouds with it. the wind shifted a bit and there is dry air. still rough surf along either coast, that's what you have to watch out for here this weekend, that water is still a little rough. >> dave warren, thank you. >> well fund understand and odors. >> those are two of the biggest reasons nations have to fear the

islamic state group. we're going to talk with a terrorism expert about ways to cut off the flow of cash. >> the death of a shooting range in instructor by a 9-year-old with an uzi raising questions about a growing american past time, tourists firing guns without training. >> a red alert in iceland. new signs this morning a volcano there is about to blow. there are fears it could ground planes across the northern hemisphere. >> a restaurant says it was built by facebook now sued by facebook, just one of the stories of headlines around the world.

>> you're looking live in florida, the sun coming up over the coast. this weekend the unofficial end of summer. yes, it is the labor day weekend. good morning and welcome back to aljazeera america. straight ahead in this half hour, an ebola vaccine being tested on americans. the other ways the health leaders around the world are responding to the outbreak.

>> one city's struggles with immigrants desperately eking work. finding a way to deem with the day laborers there. >> who are you going to call? ghost busters, we'll explain. >> let's get a look at top stories this morning. the u.s. said russia has been lying about sending troops into ukraine after nato said some footage shows thousands of russian combat troops crossing the border, saying russian troops have been fighting alongside separatist groups. >> the united nations says more than 3 million refugees have now fled syria since the start of the countries civil war. the agency also saying more than 6.5 million are displaced within the countries borders. >> president obama said the u.s. has no strategy to deal with the islamic state group in syria. the president said he is asking the pent going for military

options. the islamic state group released a video showing the execution of syrian troops. >> one threat is that they are so well organized and well funded. we follow the money. >> tens of thousands of fighters. an estimated $2 billion car chest, plundered state-of-the-art u.s. made military hardware. beneath that formidable war machine lice the key to the islamic state group's staying power, a simple but highly effective top down bureaucracy. >> there is four set of functions that the islamic state group seeks to put in place as soon as it overruns a village or district, or even a province that ends up looking very hierarchy. >> the islamic state group draws heavily from pools of

experienced public service workers in the areas it captures. the group typically appoints a local emir, then installs sharia courts, law enforcement and financial administrators to collect and redistribute money generated through extortion rackets, looting and oil sales. it works to main tan and restore electricity. >> this infrastructure enables the islamic state group to govern territory and presents a daunting challenge to the group's enemies by making the organization stronger than any single individual or group of individuals who could be killed by airstrikes or combat raised. >> while airstrikes may contain the islamic state group's advance, its estimated $1 million a day in locally generated funds leave it poised to fight another day. >> if isis is able to continue to raise the money it is now, it will be able to lie low if

airstrikes are effective against it and probably come back later like it has in the last three months. >> aljazeera. >> william braniff joins us from washington, d.c. this morning. great to have you with us. the and corporation research found it's a misconception that i.s. relies on wealthy donor to say operate and is actually as patricia's piece suggested, self-sustaining. how can the cash flow be stopped? >> well, this is the predicament, because they control so much terrain, because they're willing to use brutal tactics, able to conduct things like extortion, able to sell 50 million-barrels of oil a day on the black market. they are able to seize banks, so unless you have a presence on the ground to interdict these

kinds of behaviors, they're going to be able to finance themselves. >> the infrastructure is remarkable, accountants, courts, people publishing magazines, manufacturing license plates. how did this group become so organized? >> well, the group has a long history. the islamic state group is its current manifestation. this is a group that has been through multiple iterations, dating back to the. >> i had group led by zakawi. they learned hard lessons in brutal conflicts along the way. in addition to their own experience as a hard-bitten terrorist organization, they've been able to bring in a lot of techno crats and those from

sadaam hussein's time. >> how is i.s. recruiting the foreign fighters or are they simply showing up on the battlefield? >> the foreign fighter flows are largely mobilizing, i think, in an organic way. the islamic state group has given them a destination, social media has allowed far off individual to say connect directly with individual fighters on the ground in iraq and syria, that they can be inspired by, but also ask questions about how to get into the fight. frankly, there's been an on-line conversation for 10 or more years that has prepared people to make this trip, iraq and syria the pathway. >> part of that what is called a formidable apparatus. >> mourning the loss of aaron,

the 23-year-old student found dead in germ on thursday. he grew up in new jersey and went missing hiking last week. governor chris christie expressing deep condolences to the family. investigators still trying to determine how he died. >> the wife of an aljazeera journalist jailed in egypt has given birth, his third child, a son seen here with his grandfather. he wrote a letter from prison, saying: >> he along with two other journalist have been in prison,

falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. aljazeera continues to demand their release and of course congratulations to his wife. >> one day. one day. >> as early as next week, an ebola vaccine is going to be tested right here on people in the u.s. >> a rigorous and widespread response is being configured to get the outbreak under control. all of this is happening as the virus continues to spread and tread quickly. >> the number of cases reported goes up by the day. the international aid community is mobilizing its response by a faster plan of defense. the time line of vaccine trials in people scheduled to begin later this year are now changing because of the outbreak. >> the day after labor day, next week, we're going to be putting this vaccine for the first time in humans for what we call early safety studies. >> ebola vaccine trials have been sped up after striking

statistics came out from the world health organization. 40% of all 3,000 cases have occurred in the past three weeks. the national coordinator recently raised a red flag for help, saying the virus is moving at the speed of sound and aid organizations at the speed of a snail, which is why the international aid community is redoubling efforts. the w.h.o. released a response roadmap that will cost $489 million over the next nine months. >> it is a big operation. we're talking well over 12,000 people operating over multiple geographies in very, very difficult circumstances. it's expensive. >> another expensive endeavor to stop the spread of this sly russ, these vaccine trials in people. they are partnering with glock sow smith cline to test healthy adults in the u.s., and africa.

the tests have so far been successful in animals. >> all the control monkeys given a lethal dose of ebola all died. all the animals vaccinated survived, so the results were pretty crisp and clear cut. >> an in effectous disease doctor says the entire outbreak in west africa likely started with one person who caught ebola from a sick animal, maybe a bat or another animal infected bay bat and now ebola has killed more than 1500 beam thousands more cases expected. >> there are reports that person might have been a toddler. >> immigration reform protestors taking their fight straight to the white house. >> that phrase is an obama campaign catch phrase, protestors demanding the president end deportation of

undocumented people, part of what they're calling national day to fight for families, more than 100 of those protestors were arrested. >> mexico's largest crack down in decades has cut the flow of central american migrants trying to enter the u.s., dramatically cutting down the number of children and families trying to cross the border illegally. the beast is used by a lot of people to travel through mexico. they have also set up roadblocks, checking passengers on cross country buses. >> protestors used the day to demand day laborers be run out of town. >> that changed after a police officer and community activists came up with a unique solution. we show you how they did it. >> this was the location of the ad hoc day labor site. >> a veteran kansas city cop patrols the largely hispanic west side neighborhood in an unmarked pickup truck. for 50 years, police here have

been dealing with immigrants from mexico and central america who come to this part of kansas city looking for work. >> imagine that you have 100 to 150 guys standing on the corner for eight to 10 hours a day. not all of them are interested in working, so we had people who were just interested in drinking, and hanging out. we had people who were interested in selling drugs. >> a former narcotics officer, thomas had got a signed to this part of town 12 years ago, when the immigrant population of kansas city was exploding, hundred was dalyers nearly undocumented would hang out in this parking lot, hope to go bargain with those cruising the strip for cheap labor. >> people passed out literally on the sidewalks. we had all those guys standing there, and no restroom facilities. it was a mess. it truly was a mess. when you have that kind of disorder, you go in and you establish work. >> zero tolerance. >> zero tolerance, so spitting on the sidewalk, any drinking in

the public, you go to jail. >> the get-tough approach backfired, because so many migrant workers come from countries where police are not trusted. >> immigrants, particularly those coming from third world countries, the police is the enemy. the police are the people shaking you down, kidnapping your kids. >> by now matt was under pressure to clean up the neighborhood. he turned to linda for help. they convinced the owner of an abandoned building to fix it up, the west side action community network sponsors its operation. in return for a safe place to congregate, the laborers are expected to pitch in on days they are not hired, cooking lunch for the others, painting over graffiti in the neighborhood, tending the public

gardens. now the officer is convinced his old approach never made sense for such a diverse immigrant community. these days, he sees himself less like dirty harry and more like andy of may berry. >> our goal is to be felt about the same way as people of mayberry felt about andy, easy one of us. >> so is the debate about undocument immigrants rages, one corner of kansas city has adopted an old fashioned approach out of the american midwest, give newcomers respect and dignity and they may respond in kind. aljazeera, kansas city, missouri. >> that program gets day laborers off the street and makes it easier for them to get jobs and get on with their lives. they have access to showers, kitchens andine telephones. >> the gun instructor who died when a girl he was teaching to

shoot an uzi died from one gunshot to the head. tourists of flocking to fire weapons, some offering group rates for parties, even weddings. >> shouldn't be a limit on that, your ability to have fun, i guess. it's not just a weapon, it's a recreation. >> it's something that's very common here, because it is a sport, so it's just like doing any other sport together with a group of friends. >> that gun range of when she was shot, burgers and but the lets, one of the most popular in las vegas, children can fire weapons if they're parents are with them. >> a bill yes means yes is now head to go governor jerry brown's desk. lawmakers are trying to address the rising problems of sexual assaults on college campuses. the legislation defines sexual consent as an affirm active unambiguous by each party to

engage in sexual activity. >> the nfl is getting tough on domestic violence incidents for players. first time suspenders will be suspended for six games and second time banned from the league for life. they admit a mistake in the recent handling in the ray rice case, he was suspended for only two games after assaulting his fiancee. >> the president talking about syria, the conflict between ukraine and russia thursday. everybody was talking about the suit he was wearing. somebody said that it was awful. another person said i vow to say defeat whoever made him wear the suit. i ask the question, is it appropriate to wear that suit after labor day? >> i know you're not supposed to wear white. the other funny thing, they were using the hash tag beigegazi.

>> facebook is now suing a restaurant. the owner slogan violates facebook's intellectual property. the first restaurant built on facebook, they also used the logo, so facebook is threatening legal action. actually they have begun legal proceedings. >> i bet he is getting more publicity out of the suit than he probably ever did for the restaurant himself. >> are you talking about obama's suit? >> no, the suit, lawsuit. >> bud light, the green light taking over for its latest ad campaign, paying to host a three day event. the town will be named whatever u.s.a. they're going to paint the middle of the down blue and fly in 1,000 people to do whatever they want to do. >> not everyone in town was a

fan of this. it was a controversial decision. >> whatever. >> all right. the hacking of j.p. morgan chase is the latest target in a string of cyber security breaches. >> we're going to talk about what making this case is so troubling is who is behind it. some officials think it is more than just your average hacker. >> another battle over reclining airline seats ends with a diverted flight. what one passenger did that landed him in handcuffs. >> walking with down source, jurasic footprints, our discovery of the day.

>> time now for our discovery of the day. it comes from san antonio texas, where 150 new dinosaur tracks were recently found in rugged terrain. >> they are believed to be

110 million years old. most of the footprints were believed to be left by two different dinosaurs. a local museum plans an exhibit in 2017. >> in iceland, the aviation alert has been raised to red after a small eruption of the volcano. only a minimal amount of ash was seen coming from the volcano, but there are concerns this is a precursor or a larger event. cauldrons were found yesterday on the coal contain know they believe were caused by ice melting after eruptions. >> it is believed hackers of j.p. morgan chase were highly sponsored. they stopped short of blaming russian hackers. officials are telling customers to keep a close eye on their bank accounts. j.p. morgan was one of several

customers hit. j.j. green is in washington. good morning. in a statement to the new york tiles, j.p. morgan spokeswoman patricia wechsler saying companies of our size unfortunately experience cyber attacks nearly every day. she said they have layers of defense to counter the attacks. how safe is our money. >> our money is at just as much risk as anything else in the united states, especially considering the u.s. is usually a target when it comes to bad guys, bad people and bad organizations, who really don't want to see the u.s. succeed and want what people in the u.s. have. money is one of the easiest things to steal now. it can be done remotely. you don't to have show up at the bank anymore or rob somebody on the street. you can simply reach he into your computer or their computer or into a bank's computers and steal money. it's something that has to be

looked at much more carefully, not just on the upper levels, in the upper levels of government, but every single citizen in the u.s. has to pay closer attention. >> the f.b.i. looking whether it was in retaliation for sanctions against russia. how serious are they? how concerned are they in washington about the so-called cyber threat? >> very serious, because when you go back three or four years and look at the fact that the national counter intelligence executive's office for the first time in history actually named russia and of course the chinese aspirins approximately espionage perpetrators against the u.s., coming out and saying that they recognize and realize that russia is trying to do that this as an organization, as a state, it's pretty significant. they recognize how russians do this, the state sponsored cyber hacking regime, how they work.

they also see their signatures. they also know that in many cases, this is used as a tool of retaliation towards the u.s. and other countries for policies and actions that the government doesn't like. there is an element of diplomacy that has to be observed here. they're cautious about it, but do recognize and understand who is behind all of this. >> that being said, how hardened is american business, how tough is the cyber structure in the u.s.? >> not nearly as tough as it needs to be. one of the big problems over the years is that many companies and banks were reluctant for years to admit when they'd been hacked, because one it was embarrassing and two pointed out the vulnerabilities in their cyber defense structures. now we've reached a point where authorities in the u.s. and i just spoke with the new national counter intelligence executive several weeks ago, and he pointed out now it's required of

them to point -- to point out when they have been hacked, and it is very critical to know when a company for bank has been hacked so the adjustment government can help them. >> j.j. green from washington, d.c. this morning, thank you. >> passenger it is reclining their seats on a flight caused two planes to be diverted this week. a frenchman was arraigned thursday in the hospital, charged with interfering with an american airlines crew after a woman in front of him reclined her seat. the flight was diverted to boston. sunday, a united airlines flight was diverted after a passenger used a device to stop the woman in front of him from reclining her seat. >> another dangerous threat is gelry fish. >> swimmers and life guards reported more than 2500 stings since last weekend. swarms of jelly fish of pushed toward the shore. this usually happens when florida has strong on-shore

winds like the ones from hurricane cristobal. >> police doing little to stop violence in chicago. it is called the windy city surge. >> we'll be right back. >> yeah, i'm different. i wanna do what god asks of me. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen premiers september 7th only on al jazeera america >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime.

>> this is a blatant violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. >> nato secretary general this morning accusing russia of escalating tensions in eastern ukraine as the international community pressures moscow. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> president obama under fire for those words, saying the u.s. has no plan to deal with the islamic state group, no

strategy, just as a video shows syrian soldiers marched to their death. >> roger goodell looking to recover after his handling of ray rice's alongside assault of his fiancee. he has a new game plan on domestic violence. >> they saved the world from ghouls and goblins, but can the ghost busters save the box office from ticket sales slumping this summer? >> good morning. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> we begin in ukraine where russian president vladimir putin is playing the role of peacemaker today, asking pro-russian separatists to release ukrainian soldiers in eastern ukraine. >> putin is saying this ahead of nato blasting moscow today for sending troop to say fight alongside pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. >> despite moscows hollow denials, it is now clear that russian troops and equipment

have illegally crossed border into eastern and south eastern ukraine. >> president obama says he will meet with ukrainian president poroshenko next month to discuss the crisis. aljazeera is in ukraine with the latest. >> the evidence is mounting approximately for the first time, the word invasion is being used at the highest political levels. in plus sells, nato officials released imagery and the russian military column on the move. the ukrainian penalty has canceled a working visit to turkey so as to deal with the deepening crisis. the ukrainian prime minister has urged the u.n. council and european union to act with the highest urgency. >> we can confirm that russian military boots are on ukrainian ground. ukrainian forces are capable to

tackle and to cope with the russian led gorilla witness, but this is 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 is their duty. moreover, i will be frank with you, there are soldiers who prefer to spend their vacations among us. >> wait to go meet those soldiers outside the southern city of mariupol are ukrainian forces. >> they are attempting to stem the advance of the russian forces which are down that road

there. at this particular checkpoint, for example, there are just four soldiers and they complain that they are hopelessly outgunned by the opposition they face. >> now we get orders not to give up our positions. what does that mean? against tanks? i don't understand. we are counting the hours, two days minimum, and there will be no mariupol. it will be destroyed. >> this is a conflict with victims on both sides and footage apparently from donetsk shows how ukrainian army efforts are taking a heavy toll on the civilian population. russias intentions in ukraine's southeast corner remain unclear but the use of the word invasion and a pressure for a response from ukraine's western allies means a declaration of war becomes very real indeed. aljazeera, mariupol.

>> we have team covering tracking the ukraine crisis. let's go to peter sharp in moscow. peter, good morning. nato secretary general rasmussen just accused russia of violating ukraine's sovereignty. any response from russia? >> no, nothing from the kremlin, and we're not surprised. the kremlin never react to these individual statements. sergey lavrov, russia's foreign minister reacted to the nato claims last night of satellite imagery which is said to show russian vehicles, arm vehicles on the move. lavrov said this was images taken from a computer game and basically laughed it off. the kremlin just refused to engage in these allegations, and they just maintain that they have never and will never have their soldiers on ukrainian soil. >> peter, president obama said yesterday in his press conference that the sanctions

against russia are working. what has been the economic fallout there, and is there pressure on putin to that end? >> yeah, there's growing pressure now, and as we speak in milan, e.u. and european foreign ministers are coming up with a fresh set of sanctions that will be presented in brussels on saturday. they'll fine fun those sanctions. we don't know what they are, but they will be revealed in that meeting in brussels on saturday. investors are getting nervous. today, friday, the ruble sank to its all time low, 37.7 rubles against the dollar. it's never been lower, and it's a symbol really, a sign of growing concern with no end in sight to this crisis. the economic fallout could be great. >> peter sharp, live for us in

moscow. peter, thank you. >> let's go live now to mike viqueira, who is in washington. mike, you heard peter sharp talking about it, the economic sanctions appear to be taking hold, wimp is what the president said yesterday. what other action might the president take against russia? >> well, the president's goal yesterday appearing in the briefing room something of a surprise to talk about these crisis now that are engulfing the middle east and ukraine. his goal there was to walk things back and lower the temperature and to some extent, some folks think he actually went too far in that record. you are absolutely correct, the president cited the sanction so far, just announced last month, those more severe broad as he can foal sanctions as really taking ability out of russia. he noted capitol flight, the sinking of the ruble as peter announced. the president did stress at this point, there is no western military role, at least not something the united states is going to be involved in when it comes to eastern ukraine. >> the president also weighing in on. >> taking military action to

solve the ukrainian problem. what we're doing is to mobilize the international community to apply pressure on russia, but i think it is very important to recognize that a military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming. >> now, peter mentioned that e.u. meeting coming up in milan, italy over the weekend. there's a big meet that go all eyes looking toward the nato summit, including president obama september 5 in wails. also, it's been revealed now the white house has invited the ukrainian president poroshenko to the white house to meet with president obama face-to-face here in washington on september 18, del. >> mike, the images horrific, the president weighing in on the constant threat from the as i say state group. what did he have to say about that? >> he was trying to lower expectations. there had been an expectation that the administration was

going to start to look seriously at airstrikes, much like the airstrikes taking place from american aircraft including drones, fighters and bombers inside iraq and a very narrowly focused interesting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, even a genocide of that ethnic and religious minority in iraq. as far as spreading into syria, the bombing campaign, the president putting the brakes on. there he used what has become a very controversial phrase. let's listen. >> we will continue to consult with congress and i do think it will be important for congress to weigh in and or 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. >> now the president and his aids have been trying to walk that back, particularly his aids appearing on television. we don't have a strategy yet,

saying the president meant he hasn't decided on a military strategy in terms of airstrikes. he is presented about options by the military. there was a meeting of the national security council on this very issue as soon as the president finished speaking yesterday afternoon in the white house, but no decisions have been announced. no decisions as far as we know have been made about what the president wants to do about the islamic state group within syria. >> 44 u.n. peacekeeping troops from fiji still held by syrian rebels. another 75 peace keepers from the philippines are stuck in their current positions. >> rebel forces have been fighting with syrian troops near the border with israel for days. >> the smoke of the battles between the syrian army and rebel groups is very close. on thursday, u.n. peace keepers were taken hostages by armed groups in the area. clashes continued throughout the day between the syrian army and the armed groups, making it more

difficult for the u.n. to verify what exactly happened along the border or to continue their patrols around it. it's the third time peacekeepers were taken hostages in the area. the hostages were freed without any harm to them in the past. in the northeastern part of syria, there are different front lines. this video, apparently shows the syrian early soldiers keith for the islamic state group, forced to do it because they are prisoners of the i.s. the human observatory for how many rights said dozens were later executed. at least 120 have been executed in the past 24 hours. the soldiers were captured after the i.s. took over a government air base following intense battles. more than 500 people were killed during that fight. the islamic state group has been gaining more territory in syria by the day, from government

forces or other rebel groups. such video seem to serve the group as it spreads fear amongst its enmeets as it continues to advance on the ground. >> more than a million syrians have taken refuge across the border in lebanon. that's where we are now. good morning. first of all, how much of a strain has the huge in flux of syrians put on lebanon? >> a lot of strain. the world bank says $7.5 billion is how much the burden of the refugees have cost the lebanese government. lebanese officials are calling for more help to be able to cope with this growing number of refugees. we don't have proper refugee camps here. let me show you. this is one of the makeshift refugee camps, 200 families live

in these tents and they really have very little, almost nothing, for example, water. the only source of water is these three tanks. the water is provided by the united nations. it gives water to 2,000 people, so you have all this, 200 families, members of these families, mother, children, the husbands come here every day. they line up to fill their buckets and take it back to the tents. they use it for showering, bathing, cleaning and drinking. >> lebanon has the most syrian refugees, but they aren't the only country impacted by this cries. where else are these families going? >> >> well, the countries that have been hosting the largest number of refugees is lebanon, turkey and then jordan. these are the neighboring countries that have borders with syria where people can flee the violence and cross the borders without having to pay for a place to get or have a visa.

they can come to jordan and lebanon without visas. when they cross, it's very miserable conditions their living in and they've been here three years. when they first arrived, they thought they would go back within a few months that the conflict would have a quick end but that has not happened. now they are adjusting to this trying in very challenging situations. >> no end in sight, reporting from lebanon. thank you. >> israel hotel owners demanding the government compensate them millions of dollars. the b.b.c. reports that tourism to israel fell during the gaza conflict to the lowest level in seven years. palestinians also saying their tourism industry near the holy land was hard-hit. the latest ceasefire was put into effect tuesday. >> new jersey is mourninging the loss of a 23-year-old student found dead in jerusalem on thursday. he grew up in new jersey, but went to study as an israel

religious school. he went missing after a hike last week. governor chris christie said we extend our deepest condolences to the family on their unthinkable loss. we add our thoughts and prayers to those of so many in new jersey and around the world. investigators are trying to determine how he died. >> the day after labor day, next week, we're going to be putting this vaccine for the first time in humans for early safety studies. >> that was dr. anthony to us an ebola vaccine. >> this comes after statistics come out of the world health organization showing 40% have all reported cases since ebola broke out in december have occurred in the past three weeks. >> lets turn to erica pitzi now. the virus continues to spread very, very fast. >> the number of cases could rise to 20,000 in a matter of months, six times the amount

right now, which is why the time line of vaccine trials in people scheduled to begin later this year is now being pushed up to as soon as next week. the n.i.h. is partners with glaxo smith cline. doctor are hopeful. so far, the tests have been successful on animals. >> all the other monkeys, control monkeys given a lethal dose all died. all the animals vaccinated survived. the results were crisp and clear cut. >> if the human trials are successful, the vaccine will become available for people at high risk hike health care workers and those living in areas motor affected. if the vaccine is safe and works, they should know by the end of this year. >> 20,000 new cases. thank you very much. >> california could become the first state to define consent while investigates sex crimes on

college campuses. thursday, lawmakers unanimously passed the yes means yes measure. the legislation defines sexual consent as an affirmative unambiguous and conscious decision to engage in sexual activity. jerry brown has not taken a stance on the legislation. >> it seems the nfl heard the thousands of you that outrage over its domestic abuse policy. >> roger god he will has made a change to show the league it take the issue seriously. john henry smith is here with more. it's not often the nfl admits it was wrong. >> no, it is not. this makes what the league has done here all the more stunning and some would say refreshing. from now on, nfl team members who commit domestic violence will be doing serious damage to their career. >> many thought the nfl would discipline baltimore ravens star ray rice after this video surfaced of him dragging his unconscious fiancee out of a

casino elevator after allegedly hitting her. >> whether it was two games, four games, six games, eight games, i was going to own my actions and be a man bit and take whatever was given to me, but i don't have any control over what the punishment was given. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell did. early they are month, goodell explained he thought he was going above and beyond with his two-game penalty. >> the criminal justice system, you know, put him in a diversionary program. we talked to the appropriate detectives. >> the avalanche of criticism that ensued indicated a great many did not think two games was appropriate, especially from a commissioner who suspended players like coats star robert mathis four games for using a banned substance and another five games for illegal tattoos he got while still in college. >> the nfl missed an opportunity to send a message to boys and

countries around the world that domestic violence will in the be tolerated. >> goodell heard the outcry, lawsuit lining new stiff penalties for players who commit domestic abuse, including a six game suspension for first time offenders and lifetime ban for second time offenders. this applies to all nfl personnel, not just players. also in that letter, goodell said the following: >> the nfl players association responded to commissioner goodell's action by saying in part if we believe that players due process rights are infringed upon during the course of discipline, we will assert and

defend our members' rights. they wanted to be on the right side of the issue. >> the nfl should also point out that there are a lot of women in the stands of those football games, as well. >> indeed. they do not want to offend more than half of their fan base. >> and half the population of the u.s. >> hurricane cristobal is well off in the waters of the atlantic but will still be creating problems for those heading to the beach this holiday weekend. >> if you are wondering if it is going to rain, storm or what, let's turn to dave for the forecast. >> seeing here along the east coast, a lot of people going down the shore, the water temperatures are nice and warm but still rough. even though hurricane cristobal is transitioning from a tropical sigh loan to the type of storm over the mid atlantic with the front draping back, it is still powerful and the waters rough along the east coast here and the waves still pretty big, so there are still concerns here. this is video here, showing the rough surf and the risk of rip currents, as well, up and down

the east coast. it will be improving a bit here this weekend. still want to pay attention to the life guards and all the warn ins in place. a storm over the central portion of the country is also causing problems with some flooding here. this will cause flash flooding not over the areas yesterday, but farther east, creating a rip current risk along the great lakes. it happens. >> didn't know that. >> dave war remember, thanks a lot. >> it's now been two weeks since the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel called for state troopers to help control the violence in his city. after the break, why that move is being criticized because it didn't do enough. >> more than 1,000 people leaving u.k. residents in shock, some accused of allowing crimes to happen. >> dealing with an outbreak of locusts threatening food supplies. that video and others captured

by our citizen journalists around the world.

>> taking a look at the video captured by our citizen journalists around the world, police arrested more than 100 people around the white house protesting the deportation of undocumented immigrants. they were handcuffed after warnings about blocking the sidewalk. >> residents in madagascar dealing with bugs. billions of locusts invading for yet another year, the u.n. saying that country will need $41 million just to get rid of the playing, saying it threatens crops and all the production in that country. >> the northern lights decorating the sky over montana. this video shows the aurora borealis over the state's glacier national park. >> that is on my bucket list of things to see. >> absolutely. >> a take on the violence in ferguson, missouri. >> it has been two weeks since 40 illinois state troopers started working with chicago

police to stop gun violence. the effort is getting mixed reviews as the bloodshed continues. we are outside police headquarters in chicago. does the city really think putting more boots on the ground is helping? >> the city said at the moment, it's really too soon to tell. it wants to give the program at least a month before it assesses whether or not it's working. i can tell you at the moment, the numbers really aren't painting a very clear picture. >> 20 people have died and another 120 wounded in gunfire since illinois state troopers started helping chicago police get violent criminals with outstanding warrants off the streets. that's roughly the same number of people killed and wounded the two weeks leading up to the state police surge. but the head of one community outreach program says man power isn't the answer to the gun violence problem, education and opportunity are. >> there are not enough

policemen in china to stop one shooting in chicago, so that's absolutely not the right approach. >> roughly 1500 people have been shot and wounded in chicago so far this year. that's slightly more than last. the bloodshed prompted the federal government to bring in seven additional alcohol tobacco and firearm agents after month. just before the city asked the state police for help, some didn't want it. >> we have more policemen in the city than any other city per capita. >> austin is one of the more violent neighborhoods. this marks the spot where a 14-year-old was gunned down on sunday, shot in the back by two unknown assailants. >> austin is one of the neighborhoods state troopers are covering. it also happens to be in a state

representative's district. he's been calling for extra law enforcement all summer and is convinced the state police are making a difference. >> the word is out that you cannot commit crime in chicago, because if you do, you're going to get caught. the laws there to deter. >> still, ford admits it may take time before people doing the shooting get that message. >> the police union here in chicago has been critical of this program, saying it's tock bring the state police in to direct traffic, but the city police are better suited, because they know the neighborhoods better than the troopers. >> more police around the only answer, education and opportunity are. obviously that's something that can't happen overnight. hat city come up with ideas that don't just involve law enforcement. >> at the moment, there aren't any broad programs addressing that. there are some programs in the

schools, some after school programs, no non-profits have programs. one you have the things ford has been critical of is we've closed a lot of schools on the south side in these affected neighborhoods, so classes are larger and he says students around getting the individual attention that they need and parents also play a role in this, as well. >> reporting to us from chicago. thank you. >> hillary clinton is talking at a press conference called for a thorough investigation of what happened in ferguson saying: >> and some protestors who took to the streets following the police shooting death of michael brown have filed a $40 million lawsuit. the six plaintiffs say police violated their civil rights by arresting them and assaulting demonstrators with rubber

bullets, pepper spray and tear gas. we all remember the video. the suit accuses law enforcement agencies of treating them like war combatants. >> this man was shot in l.a. because in 1965. >> he spoke to ray suarez following the shooting of a black teenager in ferguson about why he believes black americans mistrust institutions. >> if the president of the united states go to new york tonight by himself unannounced, he can't get a cab. the most powerful man in the world. now, the problem with that, they had a black mayor, it didn't change. it's never going to change. all you got to do is put some decoy cops out there and a camera and the minute that cab pass you and you see it, pull them over, just like they do when they give you a speeding ticket and then suspend their license for three weeks. you do it again forever.

go through a whole bunch of changes. it's that simple. >> dick gregory and ray suarez. catch the full conversation saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >> very opinionated interview. >> it will be a stormy start to the holiday weekend at least for some. dave warren that more. >> it's not a large area seeing these storms, but it is out there in the same area that had the flooding yesterday right over the midwest and northern plains is now moving, warm air approaches from the south right over that boundary between the warm and cold air you're seeing these storms develop. one or two showers now, there is an area of low pressure that will continue to push off to the north. it may cause travel problems especially if the storms really start to develop. we'll see flash flooding and also severe weather. that's possible throughout this entire area. very heavy rain with wind damage and hail likely and this area will continue to slide east over

the next days. >> dave warren, thanks a lot. >> we've been talking about that diplomatic pressure from the west, accusing russia of out and out lying about military muscle in ukraine. we have reaction as the international pressure mounts on vladimir putin. >> the latest endeavor by google could be the key to delivering goods and service to say your doorsteps. >> going for small in the big city, why saving money on those tiny little apartments could come as a financial cost to some neighborhoods. >> the ghost of hollywood past, how tinsel town is betting on the comedy classic ghost busters to breathe life back into the summer box office. >> now look at our images of the day. hurricane cristobal making waves for a lot of you this summer. >> surfers catching six to eight-foot swells as hurricane cristobal moves off the coast bringing marger than normal waves. officials warn that beachgoers will face rip currents that have

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of myrtle beach, south carolina, expecting crowds this weekend. it's labor day coming up. welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in our next half hour, a new report is rocking the united kingdom involving the sexual abuse of children over more than 15 years and officials turning a blind eye. the are you sure is on to build tiny apartments in big cities to meet the growing housing demand. some say that plan may not be the best one. >> first let's look at top stories this morning, the president saying the u.s. has no strategy yet to deal with the islamic state group in syria, the president asking the pentagon for military options. the islamic state group ressing a video showing the execution of these syrian troops marched through the desert in their underwear. >> tests beginning next week on an ebola vaccine in the u.s. if successful, it will become veil for people at high risk of contracting ebola like health care workers and those living in

areas most affected by the outbreak. >> u.s. and nato saying russia has been lying about sending troops into ukraine after nato said slight images show troops massed along the border are crossing into ukraine. a rebel leader saying that nato troops have been fighting alongside them. the international pressure building on moscow, especially with that summit next week. will it be a wakeup call for president vladimir putin? >> i wouldn't say so much a wakeup call, but an opportunity for nato to really show its unqualified support for ukraine. president obama will be at the summit. david cameron and the other leaders of the nato countries, and a chance for them to stand side by side with ukraine and basically leave a message to russia that they are there to help this country in this crisis. i must tell you, there is an

unhappiness and i think a little worry amongst nato officials. only yesterday, a former deputy supreme commander who left nato a few months ago warned that if russia tried to in void eastern europe, nato would not at the moment be able to stop it. he said that decades of spending cuts reduced the effectiveness of the alliance and it needs total now rearming to face up to this new threat. >> peter, yesterday, the president telling reporters that the sanctions in his opinion, are working. do we expect to hear more about sanctions this weekend? >> yeah, we do. at the moment, as we're talking in milan, the foreign minister from the e.u. are meet to go set out sanctions agenda, which they will vote on and discuss at a meeting of e.u. leaders in milan and brussels on saturday, so we

should see more formal sanctions being unveiled at that meeting on saturday. i can tell you that investors in moscow are worried. there's no question about it. the ruble fell to its lowest level against the dollar in history today. >> lawrence, thank you very much. >> joining us now to discuss russia's recent actions is cedric layton, former member of the joint chiefs of staff, joining us from san antonio, texas. i want to ask you that a former general said if russia would go further into europe, nato would not be able to defend its allies. what do you think of that? >> we have to be careful to say those kinds of pronouncement, because i think nato could at least put a holding action on

any russian incursion in europe. >> ok. i apologize for that, sometimes these skype connections are a little sketchy. we'll try to get colonel layton back with us to continue the discussion in a few minutes. >> let's talk about a new report out, a very chilling report that alleges they're 1400 young girls and boys were sexually assaulted in england. >> it happened almost two decades ago. now as lawrence lee reports, the police are coming under fire. >> recent months have seen many high profile child abuse cases in england, but this is another level. this was not isolated abuse by individuals, it was the exploitation of 1400 young people, mostly poor white girls, but boys, as well, by groups of mostly asian men. when the authorities were told bit, they buried the evidence. local politicians, the police,

social workers all accused of willful negligence. this man still has the documents, as well as the mental scars. he reported to the police being dragged into a shed and abused by a middle age man when just 13. the police seemed to believe him yet made no arrests. >> the supposition is that for more than a decade, hundreds of young people were being systematically sexually abused and many people must have known about it and yet the authorities did absolutely nothing. it only just a very big local scandal. the issues raised are fast viewed as a national disgrace. >> the media are focusing on why so few officials have been prepared to resign over all this, but the bigger alarming story is the growing fear that this has been happening all over the country. >> let's see a full inquiry or are a full investigation

throughout all the towns in the country. let's root this cancer out. >> destroys everything, and it has done all my life. >> as if to reinforce that point, rebecca fought off her grief to describe what happened to her. she said she'd been gang raped by five asian men when she was seven, not here, but in birmingham. she comes here in solidarity. >> i know that i had to be here to speak out for, you know, i mean, yes, in the media, they say 1400, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was at least three times that amount and they just haven't had the courage or the support or, you know, they probably just wanted to forget about it. >> every time stories of organized abuse happen, agonized appeals follow for change, but the really big question raised

is this, if those that have been in charge of children have been failing them, then who else is there? >> the deputy police commissioner just resigned because of the scandal, saying his boss should step down, as well. >> mexico's largest crackdown in decades has cut the flow of central marinating grant trying to enter the u.s. the operation has cut the number of children and families trying to cross the border illegally, authorities focusing on the freight train known as the beast used by many to travel through mexico. they've set you the roadblocks, and checking passengers on buses. >> the penalty said if congress doesn't act on immigration, he will. he didn't set a time line. the central american children crossing the border alone has kept the president busy over the summer, saying thursday fewer children have been crossing into the country as of late. >> set to lose jobs, the company

said it's part of a major restructuring effort to rare the brand after double passenger disasters in malaysian air lines. >> the restructuring plan is a radical one but had to be given the unprecedented nature of the cries faced by the airline. the government investment company which has a controlling stake in malaysia airlines unveiled the details. 6,000 jobs would go, a third of the current workforce. there would be an investment of $1.9 billion in this complete restructuring design to make the airline more regionally focused. the idea is that the airline will return to profitability within three years. the job losses are as bad as many people had feared. the company has softened the blow by offering retraining and redeployment. still, there will be many in the workforce who feel that they are paying the price for poor management decisions of the past.

malaysia airlines has been losing money consistently for the past three years, even before this double airline tragedy. still, the company believes that with this package, it at least now has a future. >> malaysia airlines says the revival plan will cost $1.9 billion. >> royal dutch shell wants to drill in the alaska arctic, saying rigs could produce 400,000-barrels of oil a die. ern environmentalist push back saying it's dangerous because of the he can stream cold and threatens the wildlife like polar bears. >> of you heard of micro apartments? they are so small, many barely fit anything but a bed. >> sounds like my place in brooklyn. real estate developers are rushing to build these, saying they need to meet demand. >> it could come at a big cost to neighborhoods.

>> evan prides his 295 square foot apartment. >> nobody had seen the apartment yet and i had to get it before anyone else put their paper ins. >> the median rent for a regulation attitude yo apartment in manhattan is just under $2,500 a month. one bedrooms are going for $3,300. evan pays less because he lives in a building constructed before the 1980's when zoning regulations prohibited developers from creating apartments smaller than 400 square feet. the demand for housing designed for one person is into great that new york lifted zoning restrictions in one city and allowing an entire building to be comb posed of 55 micro units. these apartments will be so small they're built miles away in a brooklyn factory. when complete, they'll be driven

into manhattan and stacked on top of each other. >> this is one complete unit, pretty live of the units in our building. we're standing in what's going to be the hallway right now. >> 22 will be set aside for low and middle income people, paying up to $1,490 a month. the building will be incredibly densely populated. when the units are connected, they will leave about a half inch of space in between each to reduce notice transference between apartments. >> while in new york, this is an experiment, in seattle, dozens of modern micro units have been around for years. >> i think it's kind of a bad idea, because it forces an upward escalation in land prices. in urban areas, one of the biggest challenges in producing affordable housing is the cost of the land. >> sarah watson disagrees. she's carefully watching the new york city experiment and says because of the lack of small apartments, single people are

forced to become roommates and compete directly with families for a place to live. >> it maybe cheaper for them as a single person, but actually, say that three bedroom apartment, if it's taking three or four single people and renting it, the landlord can get more money for are that unit than if a family was renting. >> cities around the country are jumping on the micro bandwagon. in san francisco, developers building tiny apartments for whole families. this unit has two bedrooms, a kitchen, living room and is less than 630 square feet. aljazeera, new york. >> 40% of the studios in man hat that are set aside for low and middle income new yorkers, developers expect to start taking applications for those apartments next year. >> there are apartments that are smaller. i've heard of 200 square feet here. >> google dabbling in drone delivery. the tech company is testing

these self flying selection. it successfully delivered a first ate kit and food to farmers in australia. google wants to create a service that will deliver packages faster and would be similar to amazon's plans announced earlier this year. commercial drones are currently banned in the u.s. there's discussion about privacy, safety. >> also a lot of pizza delivery places are looking at these google drones, no, seriously, saying it's faster to get around. how many will be safe. >> can you have air traffic cool for drones? >> there is something weird with how the summer box office is performing. who are you going to call? >> we'll go to our film he had door joining us from l.a. whether the release of ghost busters will help. >> a von contain know causing problems for travelers.

we'll explain when we come back.

>> hold! get 'em up, focus. ready! >> you forget how great that film is. new york city rooting for the ghost busters to save them from goose and hollywood hopes the release can rescue the summer box office. >> you can say that the film companies are hoping to really scare up some business. thirty years after a team of misfit ghost catchers took over new york city streets, ghost busters is back in theaters this holiday weekend. don't expect it to budge a

stubborn box office. >> at 775 locations on limited run, i don't think it's going to make a big enough impact to level off the slower summer numbers that we're seeing this year. >> movie studios have come out with some block busters, but not enough to combat a slump. that's where overseas markets come in. movies made a huge draw overseas. hollywood has been digging deep into its archives, repackaging block busters and timing, it seems is everything. >> we heard rumors a little bit of ghost busters reboot, with an all my fail cast. we've seen that in the trades a little bit. jurassic park last year, we expect number four recently. >> like the decision to rerelease titanic, just as popular with fans the second time around, star wars, the phantom menace got a makeover and a 3-d jurassic park took a

bite out of ticket sales at home and overseas, a formula for success that goes a little like this, look to the past for box office gold. >> joining us now is the film editor in l.a. for the first time since 2001, a summer movie not crossing the million dollar mark state side. did we get slimed? >> we totally got slimed. what happened this summer is everything got packed in together densely. there was no breathing room for any major release. very few films stayed at number one more than one weekend. they're just -- there was too much competition, too much competition from other move cease and from home entertainment, video games, everything, people couldn't afford to see as many movies as hollywood put out and hollywood is paying the price. >> they're going back to the classics, 1984's ghost buster

rereleased this weekend. let me ask the question this way, can the stay-puft marshmallow man save the summer block office? >> no, it's released on way too theaters to make an impact. labor day in is a demilitarized zone, very few movies have been able to make a dent in this weekend. people don't go out to the theaters over labor day, the way they do almost any other holiday weekend. it's got stiff competition from films like november man and below. the good thing for the studio is they made their money back on ghost busters 30 years ago. no matter how well it does, it's nothing but profit for them. it's good for audience, they get to see ghost busters, it's good for the studio. >> i can remember a time when the july 4 blockbuster was something you planned on going to back in november. i'm thinking about independence day with will smith. is the summer blockbuster gone from the past, gone with my

childhood? >> the thinking is everyone's home from school, they're going to go and see as many movies as possible and that's not quite true anymore. yes, they're home from school, but doing other things and tickets are way more expensive than ever. the more successful movies in 2014 actually came out in february and april, the lego movie and captain america, the winter soldier rocked the box office and again, everything is just so tightly packed into summer that i think we're going to start seeing hollywood releasing more of their bigger movies throughout the year and not trying to strong arm every weekend in summer with a huge release that if it fails, they're in serious trouble. >> i guess that answers the question i was getting ready to ask you, does hollywood now need to rethink its strategy on how it deals with releasing those big budget movies? >> i 100% agree. i think batman versus superman,

the upcoming film was originally set to come out the first weekend in may. then they pushed it back to marsh, 2016, so i think they're starting to realize that they need to spread out their content a little more so that, you know, there aren't movies that need to make $500 million in order to make a profit. coming out every single weekend, there's no way studios going to win. >> may the force be with you. he is the film he had door for crave on line. thank you for joining us this morning. >> hundreds of items that once belonged to rosa parks have been sold to howard buffet. the younger buffet said his charitable foundation bill donate the items to a museum or institute. they're not sure yet which one. parks died in 2005, and a long fight funk her friends left her memorabilia sitting in storage for years. >> smoke and ash spewing from a

volcano in new guinea have disrupted flights because of a danger. the volcano most recently erupting last year. in 1994, it destroyed an entire town when it erupted spontaneously. >> let's get a check of the hollywood weekend forecast. i guess it's a good thing those are nowhere near flights here in the u.s. >> well out in the pacific ocean. we're keeping on eye on the one in iceland and here. stormy weather is predicted again, areas in the midwest where i will ski strong storms develop pushing toward chicago and the great lakes. that will be the only area, for storms, bringing warm air up from the south. expect a warm and muggy labor day weekend. still stormy with temperatures climbing to near 90 into the mid-to low 90's with high humidity across the southeast

and either east, the surf improving but not at rough as it's been, so that risk for rip currents is there on the coast and in the great lakes, as well. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, more on that growing pressure internationally over moscow over the situation in ukraine, nato accusing russia of a blatant violation of ukraine sovereignty as the white house is getting ready for new sanctions against russia. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> coming up in two minutes from doha, the very latest on that stunning new report of more than 3 million syrians forced to flee the country because of the ongoing civil war there. >> our morning broadcast will be right back here tomorrow. >> we leave you with images of mammoth cave national park in kentucky. whether you're celebrating labor day at a beach or back yard, go out and have a great weekend. >> beautiful picture.

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