>> what's the latest on these ceasefire talks taking place in

belarus? >> those talks are actually schedule would to start any minute now, but there's been criticism leveled against them, because this is a contact group. nobody sitting around the table has any authority to sign anything. if there is some sort of ceasefire agreed upon, certainly significant ithey will sign the. >> sending a strong message to russia on what they call an incursion on ukraine. >> we stand united. >> those words backed bay $20 million package comprised mostly of non-lethal aid and

solidarity, surrounded by world leaders promising more action against russia. >> president obama is very committed to moving on the next sanctions. >> those sanctions are expected to be announced today even as peace talks between moscow, kiev and pro-russian separatists are set to begin this morning. thursday, ukrainian president poroshenko said he is hoping of a lasting peace, but cautiously optimistic. >> i can say careful optimism for tomorrow meeting of the try lateral contact group, because beforehand, it was the statement of the russian authorities and russian president that they are ready for immediate ceasefire. >> meanwhile in southeast

ukraine, mariupol remains on edge. heavy armor is on the move toward the city, including tanks, personnel carriers and a rocket launching system. rebel fighters have been pushing toward the port city, where ukrainian forces are on high alert awaiting word on whether a ceasefire is coming. >> clearly there is across the board hope for a ceasefire in the short tomorrow, but there is still very strong lingering questions about a more lasting agreement that would bring peace to eastern ukraine. >> what role has vladimir putin been playing in these ceasefire negotiations? >> that's an interesting question, stephanie, of course, vladimir putin apparently had a phone conversation with ukrainian president recently in which originally it was said there was a ceasefire agreed upon. then the russian president with drew, saying we're actually not

involved directly in fighting there, so how can we unilaterally agree to a ceasefire, but very few people are any doubt that vladimir putin has a hand in what's going on in ukraine. >> pressure rebels and ukrainian forces continue to battle in mariupol and donetsk. that's where paul brennan filed this report. >> artillery rounds came in while people are still active, out and about from their houses. there's no way of describing this area other than a residential district. you can see a half finished church. there are box of flats, these are apartment blocks. this is not a military target. this is a grim sight, a woman killed here. she's in her 30's. you can see the damage to the building there. behind the fighter, in the

corner, you can see the blood stains down in the corner there. now, he can also look at the craters themselves. one crater there, another there. the trajectory of these points backwards towards the donetsk international airport, an air which is still held by some ukrainian forces. with sue ceasefire hours away, it doesn't seem the ukrainian government is wanting to win hearts and minds here in the east. >> paul brennan reporting from donetsk. coming up, former u.n. ambassador to russia joins us live to discuss nato strategy in dealing with moscow and the ukraine crisis. >> how to address the islamic state threat is on the agenda of the nato summit this morning. president obama and david cameron have called on nato to

gain control of the group that has gained large swaths of syria and iraq. is there military intervention considered in iraq? >> it doesn't appear so. clearly the member states very concerned about the rise of the islamic state, but there's no indication that nato is ready to commit troops or anything of that sort. reuters is reporting this morning that nato will announce that it will begin coordinating military equipment from its member nations, all the military and security assistance to the government of iraq. >> as world leaders gather to figure out how to deal with the islamic state threat, the group continues to terrorize iraq. there are reports the group kidnapped dozens of men from a soonie village near baghdad on thursday. at the nato summit in wales

president obama is trying to build coalitions by meeting privately with world leaders. the president is encouraging them to join the fight against the islamic state, sentiments echoed by nato's secretary general. >> i do believe the international community as a whole has an obligation to stops islamic state from advancing further. >> the president has still not explained his strategy to combat the group in syria, but thursday, a possible shift in u.s. policy in an interview with nbc news, saying boots on the ground is an option. >> can you do it without boots on the ground? >> we are looking at what is necessary. you need a strategy on both sides of the border. this is an organization that operates without respect for borders. >> you are not ruling that out. >> we are not ruling that out.

we are providing military assistance to the military opposition already on the ground. we'll look at what additional opposites are necessary going forward. >> the president has come under fire from republicans and members of his own party for not taking military action against the islamic state in syria. >> a strong president would stand up and use our air superiority to take them out. >> you're going to have to be surgical in your strikes. that may involve our special operations forces, such as seals and the delta force. >> meanwhile, in iraq, u.s. airstrikes continue to pound the region, pushing back the islamic state fighters. the pentagon says the operation in northern iraq is costing about $7.5 million every day. >> those extra troops that the pentagon this week ordered into iraq, about 350 net gain additional troops are still making their way there.

apparently only about a third of them have arrived in baghdad. stephanie, they're going to be providing extra security for u.s. personnel and the embassy in baghdad. >> lisa, back to what's happening in washington. when does secretary of state john kerry take the i.s. options to congress for support? >> kerry's in wales now with the summit, then heading to the middle east to try to continue to build a regional coalition there against the islamic state. he is expected to testify on the he will in about a week and a half before the house foreign relations committee. we should mention that today on capitol hill, some in the administration, the national security staff expected to go up there and just start briefing key top hill staffers on the administration's plans. there have been a lot of calls on congress now for them to get involved, for them to give permission for these airstrikes and other actions to continue. >> thank you, lisa.

michael. >> back in the states, the u.s. democratic which justice is investigating the police department in ferguson, missouri. attorney general eric holder said there is deep mistrust within the community that needs to be solved and that mistrust gained national attention when an unarmed black teenager was shot by a white police officer. we have been in the city. we have a live report from chicago. what specifically is the focus of this investigation. >> attorney general eric holder spoke to residents about their concerns stemming from general police be practices to their lack of diversity on the ferguson police department. in addition, they reviewed data leading to this investigation, which they say will focus on determining whether the ferguson police department engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of constitutional or federal law. >> attorney general eric holder said police have to take a hard

look at reforming their practices in st. louis county. >> i want to be clear. this is not a stop gap or a short term solution. it's a long term strategy. >> it's been nearly a month since the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager set off a week of angry protest, a community grappling with a racial divide and distrust of a police department that is almost all white. a civil rights investigation is being held into the shooting, now it will look at the whole ferguson police department. >> in ferguson, our investigation will assess the police department's use of force, including deadly force. it will analyze stops, searches, and arrests. it will examine the treatment of individuals detained at ferguson's city jail in addition to other police techniques and tactics brought to light. >> that would include getting rid of the police officers who regularly engage in

unconstitutional conduct. it could involve getting rid of decides charging, terminate be supervisor personnel who have been turning a blind eye, so the remedy can go from the very bottom through the very top. >> two years ago, the d.o.j. launched a civil rights investigation into the death of florida teen trayvon martin. george zimmerman shot the teen to death after an altercation but cleared of criminal charges. that federal investigation remains open. >> get on the ground! >> police in albuquerque new mexico have been under investigation by the justice department over dozens of fatal police shootings like the death of a homeless man. a history of police brutality is documented, along with deadly force. reforms are being overseen in albuquerque. >> these are explosive situations politically, emotionally and otherwise. this could take weeks, could

take months. >> the justice democratic has launch the 20 investigations into practices of the police departments around the country. the city of ferguson welcomes the doj investigation and is working to be transparent and forthright as it continues the process of earning back the trust of residents. while the unrest on ferguson streets is over, some say the underlying anger and frustration won't be quelled unless real changes are made. >> michael, in addition to the civil rights investigation into the ferguson police department, the department of justice also announced that it's engaged in a collaborative reform effort with the st. louis count that police. that is the agency that was in charge of the security early on around ferguson before it was replaced by the missouri highway patrol. one thing they'll look for is whether or not police officials handled those demonstrations appropriately. >> is there any indication of just how long the d.o.j.'s investigation could take in ferguson and what can be done if the justice democratic does find any type of improprieties?

>> the justice department hasn't put a time line on this. the assumption is that it will take months before the investigation is complete. there is a lot of pressure for some of these investigations to come to fruition. at some point, there's still the criminally investigation on going and the civil rights investigation into the death of michael brown on going, so a lot of pressure there. if there is some findings, depending how severe they are, that would determine what kind of reforms would take place, going from oversight from the court, to an independent monitor that will review what the police is doing, to everything as harsh as possible terminations within a police department. >> reporting live from chicago, thank you. >> back here in new york city, around 60 police officers will soon be wearing body cameras. this new pilot program is part of a legal sentiment that ended the nypd's controversial stop and frisk program. the police commissioner hopes

the voluntary program will provide greater cans pattern. it has led in other cities to a decrease of complaints against officers. >> joan rivers provided a lifetime of laughs. >> she is being remembered. >> funeral services will take place in new york city sunday. she died yesterday nearly a week after she went into cardiac arrest during a medical procedure. john siegenthaler takes a look back at her life. >> she was irrev rant. >> swishing boobs hard. >> irrepressible. >> i'm going neighborhood. >> and irreplaceable to her many fans. >> any woman striking out, that's always been me. >> the queen of the insulting equip, ready with a brash remark. >> the legs go on and on and on and on like gweneth paltrow.

>> joan alexandra would turn her background into a comedy bonanza. >> house work is futile, you make the bed, do the dishes and six months later, you have to start all over again. >> she got her big break on the tonight show with johnny carson. >> can we talk? she was a tramp. >> performances catapulted her to success as she told the current tonight show host, jimmy fallon. >> i have been working eight years in grenwich village and nothing and he said god bless him, you're going to be a star. >> at the height of her career, the creation of her own late night talk show cost her dearly. johnny carson never spoke to her again. the show was a flop, though she took home an emmy as a day time talk show house and became a hit with her daughter, melissa covering the red carpet at award stores. >> you go ahh! >> and sniping at stars on

fashion police. >> stacy was so excited, because that morning, her agent called her up with the great news that george picked her up for another 18 weeks. >> rivers used herself as the target for many of her toughest bars. >> i don't want to go the one that the president pardons on thanksgiving. >> she was joking with her death before her med well emergency, telling a new york audience that she could go at any time. she had medical scares before and used her craft to keep her spirits up. >> let's not be sad about this. we are going to be jokes and up until we know. >> john siegenthaler, aljazeera, new york. >> taking a live shot of joan rivers' star on the hollywood walk of fame, which has become a makeshift memorial. it's unclear if her funeral will be public or private. we will be speaking to a writer named tim temond.

he sat down with joan for her final interview. >> i find it hard that her memorial would not be public. >> a severe weather system causing problems across the country. our meteorologist anymore mitch is here to tell us about it. >> this one has been a problem for a couple of days. yesterday, we saw damage done in minnesota to apple and pumpkin crops. we are trying to get some of those fall crops started. it's moving through wisconsin into parts of michigan with that severe weather. wind and hail has been the primary threat. the big thing we'll feel is a significant cooldown. i'll have oh more on that side of it in a couple of minutes. the heaviest rain right now in northern michigan. that's another telltale sign of the system, as it's moved along. you can see the patch work quilt of different greens on the map with flooding areas. still more of that weather, shifts anywhere from indiana

toward the great lakes, could see that wind and hail, still the primary threat and then the scattered thunderstorms. this is on the move, so already by tomorrow, making for a very soggy day up and down parts of the east coast. the temperatures are what people are really noticing. i'll have more on that coming up. >> we look forward to it, nicole. >> seeking a coalition to stop the islamic state group. >> president obama and british prime minister david cameron turning to their nato allies for help. we'll speak to retired colonel about what nations have to gain or lose by getting onboard. >> virginia former governor and his wife convicted of corruption charges. what they're accused of doing to feed their lavish lifestyle and the emotional reaction to the verdict. >> a neighborhood rocked when a house explodes. police believe this may have been done on purpose. >> $2,010,000,000. we are not talking about monopoly money.

>> what today's big number has to do with popular kids' toy, lego.

>> there's a new king of the toy market, and it's the subject of today's big number. this number's kind of huge, $2,010,000,000. >> that is the first half revenue for danish toy company, lego. that figure's just above the $2 billion mattel reported over the same period. the boom was powered by the popular lego movie. the company has a seek quell planned for 2017. >> on thursday, lego said its first half sales jumped 15% while revenue's soared 11%. >> day two of the nato summit is underway this morning in wales. president obama and british prime minister david cameron are teaming up, using meetings to press nato members to join the fight against the islamic state group. they hope to form a coalition to stop the rebel group in its tracks. retired air force center fred lick layton is a member of the

joint chiefs of staff. why is it important for president obama to have other nations onboard to fight this group? >> because the u.s. wants to be seen as part of the international community. what that means is even if you have the military means to take i.s. out, what you can do is you can bring other people in so they in essence own part of the responsibility for getting rid of the terrorist group as it exists right now. what they are trying to do is they are trying to build a coalition that will allow for many different forces to come together. that gives them what in essence is buy-in into the movement to get rid of i.s. and allow for hopefully a transition into a post i.s. world, and when you do that, that will give a much

better chance of succeeding in terms of politics, in terms of military alliances and in terms of the military operation. >> but nato was formed for european security. among nato members, who besides britain should be taking the fight a i.s.? >> well, i think from a military capabilities standpoint, i would say france is the next in line to do that just in terms of military capabilities. the french have said that they have a degree of reluctance to go into syria, for example, so they're looking at this in a practical way from their standpoint. they're also looking at it in terms of politics, because domestically, france has a significant population of muslims. they don't want to antagonize that population of muslims within their bored persons they also want to make sure they are doing it in a way that allows for the french military to succeed operation ally.

they've got several factors they're looking at, but one of the major ones is does this fit within the capabilities of the french armed forces. the answer is it does, but the second part of that is, is it politically 10able in france and that question is open for discussion right now. >> colonel, how well do you think nato has done in dealing with these two simultaneous crises, the rise of islamic state and the separatists in ukraine. >> it's very interesting, because nato is not built to handle two crises very well. it's very lard for them to deal with one crisis as it happens, but i will say that at this particular junkiture, they've achieved unity dealing with ukraine. as far as isis concerned, they are trying to cope with this.

it's technically outside of nato borders. the alliance is not designed to deal with that. it was built as you know for cold war purposes and designed to function as a bulwark against the soviet union. with russia showing up on the radar screen now in ukraine and then also the i.s. threat happening, there is precedent in the form, the actions that nato took in afghanistan for their to be a coalition to fight against i.s. but it's not part of the organizational structure and political structure, as well, so there is going to be difficulties with that. >> thanks so much this morning. >> severe weather will be followed by cooler air across the country. nicole mitchell is back with the details. >> some people already feeling this, this morning, sweater

weather toward the midsection of the country. ahead of it, temperatures in the 70's, behind it 40's and 50's. chicago, 77 degrees, 77 minneapolis at 58, where we were in the 70's yesterday. this is dropping temperatures easily 15, 20, 25 degrees in some cases, and feeling a lot more like fall with those temperatures in the 60's, even 50's behind the front. >> ok, nicole mitchell, thank you. >> talks end at a possible ceasefire in ukraine are underway. >> images captured by aljazeera cameras seem to show that is far from a reality. we'll be speaking with former ambassador to russia thomas pickering about whether by that lopez is possible to end the crisis. >> a scathing report from a federal judge could open up b.p. to huge legal costs connected to the 2000 between oil spill in the gulf. jonathan martin is live in new orleans to explain how a few words could cost the company

billions. >> two more states have their same sex marriage ban that struck down by the courts. the view from one lawmaker as 32 states ask the supreme court to step in and resolve this issue once and for all. >> did you ever wonder where those socks go when they disappear from your laundry? >> yes. >> coming up, some of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> you are looking live at the hollywood walk of fame. joan rivers star, which she received in 1989. fans have been leaving flowers and candles as a memorial to the legendary comedian. welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in this half hour, we luke back at rivers' career and the road she paved for the next generation of female comics. >> fast food workers protesting coast-to-coast for wages. many are willing to be arrested

for their cause. >> many migrants trying to get to america never make. it their families rely on the kindness of strangers to try to find them. it's part of our special week long series, five days along the boredder. >> let's look at our top stories. dozens dead in baghdad after two bombs went off overnight. the rising as he can therrien tension and response to the islamic state group are both on the agenda at the nato session underway. u.s. ground troops in syria has not been ruled out. >> talks of a possible truce in ukraine, fighting erupted today as representatives from kiev and moscow try to broker a truce. >> in wales, world leaders have been focused on ending the ukraine crisis. a rapid response force is being discussed to tackle crisis

around the world. >> a federal district judge issued a scathing report blasting b.p. for the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the judge saying the company was grossly next and that its effort to cut costs directly led to the disaster. the deep water horizon oil rig explosion killed 11 workers, cost b.p. $14 billion in clean up costs. this latest decision could expose it is company to much more in the way of legal costs. jonathan martin has a report. how important is the wording from the judge? >> the wording really in this case seems to be very significant. the judge was very straight-forward, saying b.p. was grossry next and saying their conduct was reckless and decisions profit-driven. b.p. is responsible at this point. the judge actually divvied up the responsibility, that's essentially what he did, saying b.p. was mostly to blame out of the three companies involved in

the spill, he said 67% responsible. b.p. has paid billions of dollars in claims and legal fees and clean up costs. this latest decision opens them up to nearly $18 billion in civil penalties, essentially, that is a big deal. right after this decision came down, b.p. issued a statement coming out saying they would obviously appeal this ruling and saying that they wanted an impartial look at the facts. they believe an impartial look at it will yield a different outcome. the judge was very clear, saying he believes b.p. bears most of the responsibility for what happened four years ago. >> this was a devastating spill for the residents along the coast near the spill. what are the officials along the gulf coast hoping now that this ruling will lead to? >> other than the obvious financial impact involved, we know b.p. has had to cut costs. we saw their stock plummet

yesterday after this news came down. even officials with the federal government hope this sends a message about the risks involved with cutting costs. attorney general eric holder had this to say: >> this case, which was vigorously pursued by the united states' stellar legal team marks a significant step forward in the just d's continuing efforts to seek justice on behalf of the american people for this disaster. we are confident that this decision will serve as a strong deterrent to anyone willing to sacrifice safety of the environment in the pursuit of profit. >> the judge found b.p. was mostly responsible, there are two other companies involved in the judge did find were also responsible to a smaller degree. we'll talk about that coming up in our next hour. >> jonathan martin reporting live from new orleans, thank you. >> an american doctor infected with the ebola virus is coming home this morning. rick want sacra is bling flown

from liberia to be treated at a special hospital in nebraska. u.s. aid will donate $75 million to fund ebola treatment. nearly 2,000 people have been killed in africa since marsh. >> word leaders are focused on ending the crisis in ukraine at discussions with nato. joining us to discuss the nato summit is thomas pickering. good morning ambassador. thank you for joining us this morning from washington, d.c. >> nato officials say russia had several thousand combat troops in ukraine using hundreds of tanks and combat vehicles, which russia denies, although aljazeera had exclusive video showing quite the contrary, to

russia's denial. how would you recommend nato deal with russian president vladimir putin on this issue. >> the videos are impressive. we have to do two things all at the same time. we have to move as nato has proposed onment sanctions issue, but i would characterize that at this stage, and i'm not any eave bit, i know the difficulties as in the too little too late category. we have to push putin in the export of petroleum and gas. that's hard, but that is the area that will have the most influence and greatest effect on him. the second hinge we have to do is reestablish the lines of communications with the russians. they seem to be cult entirely. you can't be successful in pushing somebody toward a particular objective unless they

know what that objective is and you begin to frame that objective. so that's very important. president poroshenko of ukraine has been talking with putin. we're now in a situation where we face a potential ceasefire. i'm skeptical about ceasefires particularly where you have in is your generalities engage. let us see where it will go, but that seems to me like it's too large, too early at this stage, but let's hope it works and it can work. the russians want a big concession for this. they want the ukrainians to leave the two big provinces in eastern ukraine, donetsk and luhansk. >> putin is calling for that, but why would poroshenko agree to giving up land they believe belongs to them, let alone the international community coming onboard with such a concession? >> i think that's a little

uncertain at the present time. the ceasefire is supposed to take place in a few hours in the region and we'll see whether it holds. in the meantime, nato is shaping its reaction on the basis of whether that holds or not, according to the latest news report, so nobody seems to be gold yet into believing that some kind of ceasefire with some big concession to mr. putin is in the offing. let's hope not. i think it's important nevertheless that we begin to shape that, because a ceasefire is the first and most important next step. that has to be followed by certainly monitoring. it has to be followed by discussions about withdrawal. it has to be followed by discussions between ukrainians, russians and others about fair treatment for ukrainians all across their country so in fact mr. putin can't claim that the ukrainian government is acting in a prejudiced way against the russian speaking population in

ukraine. those things have to flow in a diplomatic effort, very, very important to complement the pressure i've been talking about. >> thank you for the insight and your time this morning. >> wisconsin and indiana plan to appeal a federal court ruling that same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional. these are the latest cases likely to be decided by the supreme court. john henry smith joins us with more. >> the decision came after a set back for the movement. earlier in the week, a federal judge upheld louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages, but yesterday a three judge federal panel voled unanimously that bans are constitutional. it means the states jump from 19 to 21 where it is legal. governor scott walker of wisconsin said he will uphold

his state's currents ban until the supreme court rules otherwise. >> the attorney general and i are both obligated to uphold the constitution of the state of wisconsin. until the supreme court makes a decision or says they won't take up the case and others like it across the country, we're obligated to continue to support the will of the people. >> wisconsin now joins 16 other states with bans in asking the supreme court to settle this issue. 15 states where same sex unions are legal have asked the high court to overturn other state bans. that's a total of 32 states asking the nation's highest court to step in. former republican spokesman from virginia had an emotional letter, saying while he had been denied the protections of marriage, he has spent years helping prominent party figures who perpetuate marriage bias in america.

>> a controversial and emotional issue for americans. thank you. >> a man who left his toddler to die in a hot car in atlanta is charged with murder and faces the death penalty. he was arrested after his 22-month-old son died in june. he was sending explicit text message to say several women at the time. prosecutors say he searched for hot car deaths on the internet. >> two men wrongfully convicted of murder in north carolina plan to ask for pardons. the half brothers were freed this week after evidence shows they did not kill a young girl 30 years ago. if pardoned, state allow allows them to claim $750,000 in compensation. >> virginia's former governor and his wife have been convicted of corruption, fraud and bribery. >> we are joined live to break down what happened during this verdict. >> michael and stephanie, this story is making national headlines now, but in virginia and the washington, d.c. area,

it's been bubbling for sometime, precisely because this is a terrible fall from grace for someone who was once a republican party star. bob mcdonald had aspirations to be the vice president but now could be heading to jail. the former governor and his wife have been found guilty of trading favors to a salesman, receiving lavish gifts and loan, $165,000 in total. they didn't deny the gifts but said they weren't bribes. the governor said it left him spiritually exhausted and that their marriage was so troubled, they couldn't have plotted together. >> we will appeal. >> when public officials turn to financial gain in exchange for official acts, we have little choice but to prosecute.

>> he was found guilty of 11 corruption counts, his wife convict on nine. officials say it was a sad day for the state of virginia and that this will hurt the public trust. they will now be sentenced on january 6. >> there's serious crimes in there, that's like charges, wow, state of virginia, too bad. >> dozen was fast food workers were arrested during rallies nationwide. >> it hasn't deterred workers in their pursuit of higher wages and unionization. >> in chicago, the protests for higher wages at fast food chains started on the sidewalks near a mcdonald's but quickly moved to the street, blocking traffic. >> we shall not be moved! >> chicago police arrested about two dozen protestors.

>> do you mind going to jail? >> if it helps the situation of fast food workers, i have no problem with it. >> similar scenes played out in new york city, detroit and los angeles, where fast food workers demanding union representation and a $15 an hour wage took to the street. these workers represent the lowest-paying occupational group. the congressional budget office estimates about half of the nation's 10 million restaurant workers make within 25 cents of the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. douglas hunter said he takes home only $800 a month from his job at mcdonald's and spends most of it on rent. >> $25 is all i have left after i pay rent, and so it's very difficult, every day i have to scrap and scrape and stress to try to makents meet. >> the service employees international union wants to organize fast food workers and invited home health care workers to join in the day's

demonstrations. the restaurant industry blasted the efforts. the national restaurant association said many restaurants will be force to cut employee hours and implement fee hikes to pay for the increase. >> getting a $15 wage won't be easy. even raising the federal minimum wage to just over $10 an hour could cut up to a half million jobs. president obama dismiss that had claim at a labor day rally in milwaukee earlier this week. >> it turns out the states where the minimum wage has gone up this year had higher job growth than the states that didn't raise the minimum wage. that's the facts. >> many of the chicago protestors say they know this is an uphill battle. >> we're going to do what it takes so we can get our $15 an hour. >> they say it's worth the

fight. aljazeera, chicago. >> the current minimum wage has been at the same level since 2009, working out to $15,000 a year for full time, 40 hour a week worker. >> a natural gas explosion caught on camera. this is what it looked like during the blast. the colorado home was destroyed, fire officials say the homeowner is currently being treated at the hospital and several neighbors had to be evacuated. authorities believe it may have been a suicide attempt. >> animal patrol has captured an albino cobra on the loose in the los angeles area. they've searched for the snake after it attacked a dog. the five-foot long cobra was discovered slithering across the street. >> i was just driving and then all right we just see a white snake, like this thick, just going across the street and we stopped and started screaming. >> once we grabbed it, it was

afraid of us, so he tried to strike at us, but we had the proper equipment and were table to handle it. >> it's illegal to keep a cobra as a pet in california. you can only get a permit for educational and scientific reasons. authorities are now trying to figure out where this snake actually came from. >> let's look at other headlines making news around the world. an asteroid the size of a whale is expected to narrowly pass earth sunday. we mean by 25,000 miles. the washington post said it's supposed to buzz by as a distance 10 times closer to our planet than the moon. that's too close for comfort scientists say. >> a couple of years ago, one came about 17,000 miles away. this one was late on the radar, because it was so small, it took a while to find it. >> it makes you wonder how much stuff is barreling toward us. >> just firing stuff right at the planet as we try to avoid it.

>> saudi arabia is trying to curb the divers rates in the country. in order to finalize a marriage contract, you will need a driver's license. >> a driver's license to get married. apparently, it's because they were trying to do sort of marriage primer courses for couples, because so many couples were getting diversed. they didn't work, so this is their next tactic. >> they have a health screening and other issues you have to go through to get married, but now driver's license trying to keep those couples together in saudi arabia. >> have you ever wonder where your missing socks are? you might want to check your dog. a veterinarian discovered a great dane, they took an x-ray of the dog trying to figure out why it was sick. it devoured nearly 44 socks. >> that's a pretty big dog. a great dane is a huge dog. >> those are some dirty socks. yuck! >> the vet won money for this. there is a magazine that has a contest to find the strangest

things. the one that won, a frog who ate 30 rocks from its cage. >> apparently the dog is doing fine. >> apparently. congratulations to the dog. >> countless comedians have joan river to thank for their careers. she left a legacy that included shattering the glass ceiling in her industry. we are going to talk to one of the last to interview her before her death. >> in hawaii, lava is flowing toward residential areas. >> the biggest dinosaur to ever roam the earth, even bigger than a 747 is our prehistoric discovery of the day.

>> can we talk? she was a tramp! >> the country and the world remembering joan rivers and her can we talk humor that made all

of us laugh for decades. melissa rivers said nothing as she arrived at her apartment after her mother's death. at rivers hollywood star and her front stoop, fans started memorials. her funeral will be sunday in new york city. joining us tim timmons, he sat down with joan rivers for her final interview this past july. thanks for being with us. you interviewed her in july. it turned out to be her last interview. >> it was her last formal interview. she seemed very happy, full of life. >> no sign that there was anything -- >> no. >> -- with her health. >> she wasn't frail. she had bookings, had her t.v. show going on. the day before she was taken into the hospital, she reported the fashion police and v.m.a.

takedown. >> what did you talk about? i know it was to talk about her latest book. what other topics came up. >> it's the third time i met her and we talked about the big stuff. she was at brilliant and vivacious off screen as she was on. we talked about sex, dating, mortality. i asked her how she felt about her mortality. she said she thought about death constantly, but said she didn't want to be revived unless she could do an hour standup. that was the funny thing president the sad thing she toughed on was the devastation she felt melissa and cooper would feel if she did die, because of course melissa and joan had lived through the suicide of joes husband in 1997. they'd been estranged after that but became extremely close again. >> she did talk about her mortality. i wonder, was there a sense when you talked to her that she wanted to be known for anything else other than being the queen of mean? i mean clearly, as funny as she

first, she offend add lot of people, especially actresses and actors in household. >> i said you've been so rude about people, thinking it was a throw away remark, because we assume that was her shtick. she said i've never been rude, i never see it like that. i see myself at telling the truth. for joan, what she was doing through those jokes, she felt testifies taking a pin to the balloon of hollywood pompousness and felt she was on an extended truth-telling exercise. >> a lot of people think that actually what it was about, getting to the heart of things. thanks so much for your insights this morning. >> thank you very much, thank you. >> there's a state of emergency right now on the big island of hawaii, lava is spewing from the volcano and moving within a mile of rural homes.

officials i should warnings to the community in the path of the lava. both roadways are restricted so residents can leave safely if that becomes necessary. >> it's time now for our discovery of the day. dinosaur remains found ina argentina are 85 feet long, 30 feet tall and weighed 130,000 pounds. scientists believe it was an adolescent that may still have been growing when he died. the skeleton is the most complete set of bones ever found in the group of dinosaurs. it probably lived more than 66 million years ago. >> you to have wonder what museum is big enough to hold it. >> they will have to build one specifically for it. >> let's get another check of your forecast. meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. >> we talked about the monsoon flow in our southwest, but it also this time of year in places like india has led to impressive flooding, like the kashmir

province. you can see people trying to move out of the way. this is the worst flooding they've seen in over 20 years, because of this year's monsoon flow. back where we have it, places like the southwest getting it, but our hurricane is actually going to add to all of this, so as it makes its way up the outer coastline of the baja, not expected to make landfall, but winds right now to 90 miles per hour, you can see the cloud shield merging up into the southwest. even though not a u.s. impact interns of landfall, because even if it starts to curve in by that time, looks like it will be dissipating heading into cooler waters and winding down. definitely a lot of the moisture is funneling in, so watch for showers and storms in that region. >> they need some water in the southwestern part of los angeles and california, absolutely. nicole, thanks a lot. >> coming up in our 8:00 hour, migrants who disappear trying to get to america. >> their relatives rely on the

kindness of strangers to try to find the missing. it's part of our special week long series, five days along the boredder. >> unexpected fighters joining the kurdish peshmerga in iraq, female fighters taking up arms against the islamic state.

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whatever is facing backlash. >> fans remembers joan rivers, honoring her work as a pioneering comedian and critic who never held back. >> welcome to al jazeera america. nato leaders are meeting for a second day in wales. nato secretary wrapped up addressing the gathering as they continue to focus on ending the crisis in ukraine. it comes as residents from kiev and moscow try to broker a truce today. >> more fighting erupted in mariupol and donetsk, calling into question whether a ceasefire agreement is a reality. >> i'm sure nato leaders are keeping an eye on what's going on in belarus, as well, today. >> yes, a very active day in the ukrainian conflict. we've seen fighting going on in a very important strategic area of eastern ukraine along the

coastline there, all the while, groups have met to discuss further sanctions. we have seen this within the last hour, ceasefire talks, sitting down around the table in minsk and out in newport, wales, we have just had the press conference about beefing up presence and setting up rapid reaction force, all intended to send a very strong message to russia from the west. >> with day two of the summit getting underway this morning, the alliance sending a strong message to russia and what they call its incursion on ukraine. >> they will be meeting today a discuss the further imposition of sanctions. >> sangs are expected to be announced today, even as peace talks between moscow, and russian accept are held today.

>> we shouldn't allow ourselves to be distracted or deterred by that coast from noises about a possible ceasefire. >> thursday, president poroshenko said he's hopeful of a lasting peace. >> while i have i can say careful optimism for tomorrow meeting of the trilateral contact group in minsk, because before hand, it was the statement of the russian authorities and president that they are ready for immediate ceasefire. >> in southeast ukraine, mariupol remains a city on edge. aljazeera cameras captured heavy armor on the move towards the city, including tanks, armored personnel carriers and a multi-launch rocket system. shelling was seen in the outskirts as rebel fighters have been pushing their way toward the strategically important port city where ukrainian forces are

on high alert awaiting word on whether a ceasefire is coming. >> now a possible ceasefire coming out of those talks in minsk has been criticized by some. those are actually sitting around the table there, are a contact group. they don't have any authority to sign official documents. having said that, the general belief is if an agreement can be brought about, that those who do have the authority will actually show up and put pen to paper. >> if a ceasefire deal isn't struck in belarus, do we know what happens next? >> well, if a ceasefire is not struck in minsk, it just means more fighting. there has been a lot of talk out of kiev that all of this is a distraction, that russian troops fighting in that very important area around the coastline in mariupol, that that is a spearhead group, and that while the world is talking, russia and

particularly accusation fromming from kiev is that russia is continuing to take the opportunity to group more territory. >> phil, thank you. >> let's turn to harry foster, who's on the ground in mariupol. fighting that continued as leaders from both sides continue to negotiate a truce. >> we're here on the eastern edge of the city of mariupol, the signs of an impending ceasefire, which is supposed to be what is being negotiated in the belarus city of minsk don't look very good. we can hear artillery right at the moment. that has been going on through the morning, overnight, as well, coming from positions occupied by russian-backed rebels. we saw some of those columns of heavy element moving toward the city. yesterday, it looked extremely well equipped, extremely powerful, extremely russian, it has to be said as well.

we were stopped at one checkpoint by very well drilled men, one of them had his watch still timed to a russian time zone. the suggestion is from the people here, anyway is that they're fighting russian forces. one group of militia men said they were planning to make a counter offensive later on friday, saying that the first wave will be the ukrainian army and militia would follow up behind that. there's been one group of tanks that has come back from one attempt at that. they lost a tank. the commander is in hospital. they say they require reinforcements. >> harry foster reporting from mariupol. senior rebel leaders say any ceasefire agreement must include a complete withdrawal from ukrainian troops from cities in the east. >> the u.s. is form ago core coalition to fight the islamic state group in iraq. president obama and british prime minister david cameron have called on nato to confront the group, which has been fighting for control of parts of

iraq and syria. lisa stark joins us from washington, d.c., how is nato responding to this call for a united front against the islamic state? >> the nato secretary general said moments ago that there have been very, very thorough discussions on the threat the islamic state poses in iraq and syria. the track is the individual nations and what they're doing, the u.s. chief among them trying to stop the advance of the islamic state. the secretary nato general welcomes that with that but what ba nato as an organization. he said first of all, they have not received a formal request from iraq for help. if they do, they will look at what he called defense building, in other words, helping iraq build up its own defense. there is no discussion at this point about putting nato troops in iraq. the other thing the secretary general said is that there will be cooperation on a couple of other levels. nato has agreed to coordinate

the military assistance from its member nations to iraq, so they would coordinate equipment, military equipment that needs to go into iraq, help get it there and coordinate the transport that have equipment. perhaps very significantly, there was an agreement to share information in rewards to foreign fighters that are now working with the islamic state. probation, we know a dozen or so americans, many folks from britain have gone over to fight with the islamic state. there is a lot of concern about that, that they could bring their view back to their own countries and have terrorist attacks there. nato has agreed that they will coordinate information when it comes to foreign fighters. on going discussions about this, but clearly, nato is ready to offer some help in this reward. >> lisa, remind us what the u.s. military presence in iraq is currently. >> well, right now, the u.s. is

sending additional troops to iraq this week, about 350 additional troops. about a third of them are there, the rest of going to baghdad to help protect the u.s. embassy there. that will leave about more than 800 to 1,000 u.s. troops in the country at this point in an advisory and protective role. >> lisa stark fours in washington, lisa, thank you. >> meanwhile in iraq, it's been a bloody few days at sectarian tensions rise. >> kurdish forces say they are receiving mixed messages on international support to fight the islamic state group. >> the peshmerga fighters fighting on the front lines have heard stories that the international community is sending weapons and ammunition to help them hold the line against the islamic state fighter, but they've seen no sign of these weapons so far. talking to the kurdistan regional deputy prime minister, he said we're constantly approaching baghdad staying

instead of weapons sent to baghdad and held up by red tape, send them straight to erbil. so far, baghdad hasn't responded. there does seem to be talk of a compromise where weapons coming in could touchdown in baghdad before arena here. at the moment, the peshmerga fighters say we don't have the weapons or ammunition to hold off the islamic state fighters much longer. >> out of iraq today, reports of a mass grave discovered in erbil. >> apple is buckling up security on the i cloud after hackers leaked nude photos of celebrities. it will now alert users from email when someone logs on with a different device or tries to change password for eye cloud data. >> health care.com was hacked,

but personal data is safe. the f.b.i. and home land security are investigating the attack. the malware was discovered during a routine review last week. >> an american doctor infected with ebola arrived on home soil. he flew in from liberia where he contracted the virus while caring for others. he will be treated at a specialized hospital in nebraska. u.s. aid said it will donate $75 million to fund ebola treatment. the outbreak has killed nearly 2,000 people in africa since marsh. >> she blazed a trail for women in comedy and along the way became a legend. joan rivers died thursday at the age of 81. >> she first rushed so mount sinai when she stopped breathing during a routine medical procedure. we have more on the queen of comedy. >> the queen of mean they called her, as well. i think we're learning now as so often happens of someone's soft

bully underside and good nature, as well. just days before her medical emergency, joan rivers was on a publicity tour for the diary of a mad diva, her latest book. fans around the world mourn the loss of joan rivers. >> a legend of the comedy circuit. >> that's what you think! >> and the queen of witty barbs on the red carpet. for joan rivers, everyone was fair game. she even laughed at herself, making fun of her brooklyn upbringing. >> house work is futile. you make the bed, do the dirks and six months later, you to have start all over again. >> she burst on to the stage in the 1950's when standup was dominated by men, but proved to be a stand out herself. >> i talked about things you are not supposed to talk about. it was outrageous. >> she caught the attention of johnny carson, giving her her first big break. >> they all thought i stunk.

you're the first one that said i was funny. >> she first the first woman with her own talk show, putting her at odds with carson. two never spoke again. soon after her husband committed suicide, down but not out, joan made a comeback, grilling celebrities as host of fashion police. up until the very end, she told an audience before her procedure that she could go at any time. humor seeing her through numerous health scares. >> we are not going to be sad. we are going to do jokes and be up until we know. >> melissa rivers said her mother's greatest joy was making people laugh. that's how larry king remembered her. >> she was just a good word for her is special. in fact, you can't think of anyone like her. >> nancy reagan said this: barbara walters saying: ellen

degeneres tweeted: >> how she will be remembered, joan dedicated an entire chapter of her book to funerals and death and services planned for sunday, we are told in new york city. no word yet whether it will be private or public. >> you think about some of the legends of comedy, especially on the female side, phyllis diller, lucille ball, so many were isolated in their generation because it was a mail dominated genre. since joan came on, how many more women are behind this trail that she blazed in comedy today? >> she was the first woman to host the tonight show, first woman to have her own late night talk show. kathy griffin is saying how she could phone her up if she had a query and say how do i deal with this.

the example is saying she had to appear before the troops in afghanistan and i'm frightened. joan rivers said don't worry, these people have been to war, they've seen a lot of hard things. hit them at the top with your best gags. she said she was able to succeed because she first phone her up. >> she was trailblazing among women and men in the sense that no topic was off limits for her. >> i remember when she came to britain in the mid 80's. she erupted on our screens and some people were jayse jazzed b. some people weren't. >> the brits offended? >> let's bring in anymore mitch for the weather. >> this system has a history of tornadoes and hail. nothing on the ground reported, so that's good news. as this moved through, because it's been a little slower, dumping heavy amounts of rain,

spotty flooding, northern parts of michigan right now, you can see how this last cell hasn't moved that much, so watch for spotty flash flooding her and through the midsection of the country. that severe risk shifts a little bit, it's gone from south dakota into wisconsin and now from michigan into especially indiana, there's the risk for that. then the moisture is on the move, so expect a soggy day for the east coast as we start the weekend. a lot of cold air behind this. more on the temperatures that could drop 15-20 degrees. that's coming up. back to you guys. >> starting to feel like fall already. thank you. >> a judge delivers a major legal blow to b.p. over the gulf oil spill. jonathan martin is life in new orleans with the hefty price tag the company may pay on top of the billions it has already paid. >> the justice democratic putting the ferguson, missouri

police department under a microscope. breaking down what the d.o.j. will scrutinize. >> iceland's laciest natural attraction putting on a display for the locals. that and other videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world. @

>> time now for a look at videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world, protestors taking to the streets in newport wales against the nato summit taking place there. several groups gathering for the event represent a number of causes, all united by their anger against the international alliance. >> demonstrators taking to the streets around the u.s., demanding higher pay for fast food workers. this is a protest in boston where nine were arrested for blocking traffic. workers are calling for $15 an hour and the right to unionize. >> the volcano in iceland putting on a show after becoming active earlier this week. this is video captured of a fountain of lava shooting into the air. >> a stunning blow for b.p. this

morning, a district judge in louisiana deciding the oil giant was grossly next and bears most of the blame for the 2010 deep water horizon oil spill. the country has paid nearly $30 billion in legal and clean up costs. jonathan martin is in new orleans this morning. b.p. admitted its role in this case, so what does this ruling now mean? >> good morning, michael. a lot of it really boils down to the wording. the judge in this case, the federal judge was very clear, saying b.p. was not just next but grossly next. this opens up b.p. to millions, actually billions more in legal claims and penalties. >> the district court in new orleans has found that the largest oil spill in the united states history was caused by b.p.'s gross next and willful misconduct. >> attorney general eric holder praising the decision by federal district court judge, issuing a

report citing b.p. as the primary source of the oil spill saying the company acted with conscious disregard of known risks and was reckless. 11 workers were killed when the oil rig blew up in april of 2010. the judge said b.p.'s attempts to cut costs led them to skimp on safety measures and to drill deeper in an effort to speed the process, all leading to the fireball it took months to cap. by then, the damage was extensive, especially to the coastal louisiana wildlife and environment and the fishing industry that release on it for survival. >> we all knew that there were a lot of short cuts taken to save money. that is unconscionable. that and they should pay for that. they should pay dearly for that. >> bottom line, trying to save money, trying to save the almighty dollar. >> b.p. said that transocean which owned the oil rig and

halliburton were also responsible. the judge agreed, but only determined those companies bear part of the blame. b.p. meanwhile has already spent $28 billion in clean up and legal costs. this ruling could bring another $18 billion in claims against the company. >> until i see somebody go to jail, i don't feel justice. >> b.p. issued a statement saying it strongly disagrees with the judge's ruling, vowing to take this case to the u.s. district court of appeals in texas. i want to read a statement by b.p. saying: >> what b.p. is asking for is an impartial look at the case, hoping to yield a differentout come. >> nearly $30 billion b.p. has already paid in the wake of the spill, now the threat of billions more, what has that

money already spent done to the company as far as the business front is concerned? >> it's really hit them hard. they had a tremendous amount of legal fees and claims to pay. what they've had to do is divest themselves of 10% of their refineries and pipe lines. we saw yesterday right after this ruling came down, their stock dropped about 6%, so they are already hit hard and with this latest ruling, it could be even harder. >> several employees on the gulf shore area employed by b.p. jonathan martin in new orleans this morning, thank you. >> michael, the ferguson police department is now at the center of another federal investigation. the u.s. justice democratic will be looking into possible racial bias and the use of force. attorney general eric holder said there is deep mistrust within the community that needs to be solved. that mistrust gained national attention when an unarmed black teenager was shot by a white police officer.

we are joined live now, good morning. what prompted the second d.o.j. investigation in ferguson? >> the attorney general eric holder was in ferguson two weeks ago, speaking with residents and community leaders about the distrust in the community with regard to residents and police department. he heard allegations and stories about what a lot of residents call the over policing and disproportionate targeting of minorities in ferguson. the population 21,000, about 67% african-american, but the police department make up only three of 53 officers there african-american. that is something they'll examine. this is really to look at whether or not there were constitutional violations or violations of federal law with regard to how the police were dealing with these citizens. eric holder talked about the specifics related to what they would examine. >> in ferguson, our

investigation will assess the police department's use of force, including deadly force. it will analyze stops, searches, and arrests. it will examine the treatment of individuals detained at ferguson's city jail, in addition to other discriminatory and techniques and tactics that have been brought to light. >> this is the second investigation opened up by that the department of justice in ferguson. the first one related specifically to the fatal shooting of michael brown. this one is looking at whether there are systemic problems within the police department that need to be addressed at a higher level. >> what are the possible outcomes of a federal investigation like this? >> the department of justice have conducted 20 similar investigations into police departments around the country over the last five years. they have prosecuted over 300 police officers for misconduct. it depends on how deep-seated

the results of this investigation go. it could be anything from oversight from an independent monitoring source that's overseen by the courts to as much as dismissals all the way to the highest ranks, depending on how much they find in terms of whether or not there was a systemic problem there in ferguson, stephanie. >> usher live for us in chicago, thank you. >> cooler temperatures will be making their way across the country today. nicole mitchell is back with that. i guess fall is rapidly approaching? >> we're almost officially into the season. a lot of people think labor day is the unofficial start. we've also had a big monsoon flow getting into the southwest. that's another story today, copious amounts of lightning with storms in arizona and you can see that coming down, but this is actually going to be enhanced over the next couple of days by our hurricane that's off the baja peninsula. as we look at that, that, you have a counter clockwise flow. it's really more interior in the

four corners region that would get more of that moisture just based on the way the flow sets up. this will parallel the coastline, bringing areas of rain and also the high surf, as we get to that coastline and then more moisture. more to the four corners region, but any part of this region can use that, because the whole area is in a drought. >> absolutely, much-needed participation, nicole, thank you. >> a live report from the nato summit is coming up next, as leaders approve a force of several thousand troop to say counter the russian threat. >> a group of women in iraq that are fighting on the front line to say stop the group's increasing presence there. >> families desperately searching for loved ones who disappear, trying to make the dangerous journey to america. we are live in dallas with the story of two texans looking to find missing migrants. >> a small colorado town finding itself divided over a party by the world's largest beer maker. we have more on the brouhaha

that has some residents in a fury. >> a look at images of the day. the international culinary phenomenon making its debut in washington, d.c. last night. >> more than 1,000 people all dressed in white paid more than $100 to attended the dining experience along the river. >> the secret dinner party had stops in cities around the globe originated in paris more than 25 years ago.

>> you're looking live at the hollywood walk of fame, and joan rivers' star, where fans have been leaving flowers and candles as a memorial to the legendary comedian. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in our next half hour, we're going to take a closer look at the life of joan rivers and her legacy of taking no prisoners in hollywood. >> we'll meet two people volunteering in the search for

migrants missing after making the trek to the u.s. >> a federal district judge issued a report blasting b.p. for the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the judge said the company was grossly next and its efforts to cut costs directly led to the disaster. the deep water horizon oil rig killed 11 workers that has already cost b.p. $30 billion in legal and clean up costs. >> in ukraine, tenses are high despite talks of a truce with fighting in mariupol and donetsk today coming as representatives meet today in belarus to broker a truce. >> it's day two of the nato summit in wales, world leaders ever focused on ending the ukraine crisis, including a rapid response force to tackle crises around the world. >> nato leaders approve a fan to create a force being able to

mobilize quickly should an alliance country become under attack. nato leaders have just wrapped up the meet. what does this mean for the situation right now in ukraine? >> well, i think the idea is to deter the russians, and also reassure those nato countries that live very near russia in russia's back yard. what we're talking about is a force of between four to 5,000 troops, on very fast deployment. they can go within about 48 hours. the u.s. military has something similar down in fort bragg, the navy view second airborne. this will be nato's equivalent. the u.k. has said it will provide troops, but because they're on this fast notice, this 48 hours notice, you'll need many more than that, because there will have to be a constant rotation. some of the details of the force

were given by the secretary general. >> today, we agreed to create what i would call a spearhead within our response force, a very high readiness force, able to deploy at very short notice. this spearhead will include several thousand land troops ready to deploy within a few days with air, sea and special forces support. >> an important development. what you're also going to have is constant rotation of nato forces through eastern europe, constant exercises. they have to be careful, though, because they did a deal with the russians back at the end of the code war not to have permanent bases. they are setting up things they are calling reception areas in eastern europe. >> obviously eastern europe is a concern, but also the growing threat posed by islamic state, was anything said about that

current crisis? >> yes, there was something said. i mean, i this i there is an initiative going on with nato leaders rather than nato itself taking action. they are trying to build a broad, grand coalition of arab countries, the king of jordan was here in south wales. of course turkey is a nato ally. nato itself has said if it gets the call from the iraqis, if they invite them in with, they are prepared to help with defense capacity building, meaning help with logistics and training. >> thank you. >> two car bombs have hit the iraqi capitol of baghdad. >> 20 people are dead, dozens are injured as the latest incident of islamic state group makes advances in iraq. nearly a million iraqis have fled into refugee camps around

the kurdish camp in erbil. >> women are choosing to fight back at some of those camps. >> she is a stay at home mom for her three children, but since her family had to flee their home in early august with only what they could put in their car, home is a crowded refugee camp. >> this is not a life. we have to walk a long distance to get to the toilets and i'm afraid to go there at 3:00 a.m. or 4:00 a.m. i worry about my children. they're always getting sick. it's hard to change my clothes in the tents, because people barge into them. the situation is not ideal for women. we need a solution. >> the family is far from alone. more than three mill people are displaced by the crisis in syria and iraq. >> of course i'm afraid of i.s. how can i not be afraid? i used to be scared just watching the news. i sometimes have nightmares

about them. i would take my own life to avoid seeing them in real life. i used to be terrorized by their name and i still am now. i don't feel secure as a woman. i'm afraid of any noises these days. >> while she fights to keep her family together, other women incurred stan have chosen to fight the old-fashioned way, with a gun. >> we've linked up with the unit of the p.k.k. this unit happens to be mostly women, and led by a woman, as well, called the asia star. they brought us to show us the front line with the islamic state. >> why is it important to as a woman to be involved in this fight? >> we do this to protect women's rights. there is no one protecting women. they are likely to be victims. even if a woman is suffering in america, we share the feeling and are resisting for her here incurred stan.

>> back at the refugee camp, a doctor reaches beyond her medical specialty of pathology as a volunteer doctor treating the sick. >> most patients are women and children, but women are the most affected, because they are the main pillar in the family. a woman can see the whole family affected around her. >> it's not hard for the doctor to empathize with her patients. she, too is a refugee who fled from mosul when the i.s. attacked. in a place with so many needs, it's difficult for the unseen affliction of mental anguish to be diagnosed or treated. mothers in camps have to find a way to carry on. >> enough, with he need a solution. even if we wanted to return home, how do we return? we have nothing there. how are we supposed to survive? i don't know how. >> the united nations says right now that the iraqi refugee crisis is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. >> a lot of times, that affects

children and women disproportionately. >> iraqi officials reported three airstrikes killed three members of the islamic state group, including the aid to its leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi. here to talk about abu bakr al-baghdadi's role with the group is a professor from the university of massachusetts. she joins us from chicago this morning. thank you so much for being with us. talk about the significance of the killing of these leaders andal baghdadi's aide. >> there have been studied looking at targeted assassination of leaders across a variety of terrorist groups and it has been written about extensionively. they have found that killing

leaders don't necessarily degrade a terrorist organization. they don't make it go away. they don't undermine it necessarily if it's a group that is based on a religious belief, if it's been around for a few years, and if it has a certain kind of structure. i don't know if necessarily killing any of these leaders is going to have an affect. >> what about killing baghdadi himself? would this be the head of the snake. >> this is what we thought when bin laden was killed in 2011. al-qaeda is still around. i think the israelis thought that when they killed the leaders of hamas, and we see what happens with hamas in the years after they've been targeted, assassinated, they run for election, win in gaza and they've continued their fighting of israel, including making gaza right now a preindustrial heap

of rock, but i think that we assume killing leaders will have a desirable affect, but we don't necessarily have the evidence that that's true. in fact, sometimes the opposite is true, when you kill a leader, sometimes what happens is a whole number of -- a whale range of second level leaders or sub leaders will compete with one another. you actually may increase the levels of violence, rather than decrease violence. >> how do you contain this group? is killing members, leaderships of i.s. the only strategy here? is there any room for a diplomacy or other type of strategy to peel members away from i.s.? >> i think any kind of diplomacy withal baghdadi has proven to be pointless. even the fact that steven sotloff's mother made that heart warming plea to him, referring to him as a khalif, being

respectful had no effect. the debate is is the united states doing enough, should the united states bomb, should we get in bed with bashar al assad, which i think would be a very bad idea. we are not talking about this as a regional problem. this terrorist organization is a threat to its neighbors, more than it is a threat to the united states. i think that's why saudi arabia has given $100 million to the u.n. to fight terrorism. that's why both saudi leaders, leaders in egypt, everyone who is a religious leader has come out against him and needs to be dealt with regionally. thanks so much for your insights, appreciate it. >> all this week, we've brought stories from brooks county, texas, this remote part of texas at the center of the border crisis. >> the local sheriff said more than 400 migrants have died there since 2009 trying to avoid border patrol agents.

it is estimated five times as many people walked into the desert and were never seen again. >> when these people go missing, where do relatives turn to try to find them? >> these families are very much in the dark, not only about where their loved ones might have disappeared to, but also about how the system works, how can law enforcement aid in locating them. these are families that are usually undocumented themselves living in the united states. they have a lack of trust in law enforcement, wimp is already understaffed as it is. so for these families, they turn to a tiny non-profit with only two volunteer employees, as their last hope. >> the phone has been ricking every morning for the past week. on the line, a guatemalan father who's 20-year-old soon julio disappeared in the south texas desert a month ago. he had been making his way to minnesota to reunite with a father he hadn't seen in 10

years. >> he is very sad, anguished about the disappearance of his son. has no idea what happened to him. >> border patrol is swamped here at the busiest checkpoint in the country and the sheriffs office has only four deputies. that leaves the south texas human rights center as the last beacon of hope for the families. it was opened in november. a catholic nun from ohio arrived three weeks ago to help. >> now i am scanning, using google earth. >> she is trying to find where julio disappeared. she have zero training for this. they have drive and informed guess work. >> maybe we go out to this road, whatever it is. >> >> another migrant told julio's

father, he had fainted with exhaustion. he left him under a tree close to hills and a water source a month ago. in 100-degree heat with no food or water, there's no chance of survival. they are searching for a body. >> however away from that road do you think it is? >> 1.8 miles is what it says. >> from that same road that we were on? >> yes. >> we hit the road to retrace his last known steps. >> this was the intersection where they got out of the car. >> julio had already walked more than 20 miles in the desert. he must have been relieved to see a smuggler's car on the highway. >> he thought he was already safe and ready to finish the last leg, and then the car goes -- sputters out and before you know it, he's on foot. >> a police officer saw the migrants and chased. julio ran for an hour until he clams the somewhere in the endless scrub. >> do you think there's any water in that -- over here that may betracted him?

>> it's logical a desperate person might go this way, but we find no body. >> careful where you step, sister. >> what am i looking for, edie? >> we just want you to be careful with your step. >> all right. >> and keep your sense of smell. >> your chances are like winning the lottery, because this land is so vast. >> minutes later, we spot another place that seems to fit the other migrant's description. >> a pond, a hill, a tree, here on the ground, a discarded jacket. if you'll follow me, this could potentially be a breakthrough. a shallow grave. >> there's some bones buried here. there's a lot of bones buried here. >> a closer look reveals they're just cattle, but another day without answers is another day of torment for julio's father. >> if you were dead and your parents, your husband would be looking for you, in my the day of their death. we simply want to ease their

burdens, ease their hearts and make it right. >> of the 20 some cases they have received this summer, they found two bodies. they have never found anyone alive, but a search is never called off, because it comforts families to know someone cares. >> he may have been strong enough to move. >> and is looking. julio still remains missing. the cases keep piling up. the hume rights center has received another case, eight people who disdisappeared in the desert two weeks ago and not heard from since. >> live from dallas, thank you. >> coming up at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern, we have a special report looking at the surge of migrants crossing the u.s. border. >> we've got breaking news this morning with the release of the monthly jobs report. we have the numbers. >> this is a very disappointing

headline number, i'm afraid. the economy added 142,000 jobs last month, that was far, far short of concession estimates. the unemployment rate kicked down slightly to 6.1% but not for the right reasons. the labor force participation rate, the number of people in work or actively looking for it, that ticked down, as well. >> now, if there was a good spot in this report, youth have to say that its average hourly raises rose 6 cents. that's encouraging, showing that there could possibly be less slack in the labor market. still we want to see those wages go up a lot more. >> how much can we trust these numbers? >> a lot of people have been trashing the data lately and questioning the reliability of the numbers. august doesn't get a big response rate to the household survey. traditionally, the response rate in august is not that good, people would rather go to the beach and envoy the sunshine than respond to it. these numbers could face a

revision, but that is a disappointing headline number. >> a beer company asked a town out west are you down for whatever and officials from that town unanimously said yes. >> this weekend, budweiser is going to put that town on the map by throwing a big bash, but not everybody is happy about it. john henry smith is here with more. >> from tastes great less filling to live the high life, beer companies have run memorable ad campaigns. this weekend, bud light is paying to use a small town for a big bash it hopes will be the most memorable beer campaign of them all. >> the 1500 people who live in this colorado town call it the last great ski town in the u.s.a., but this weekend, you can call it. >> whatever, u.s.a. >> whatever, u.s.a. if you've never heard of crested butte, you're about to hear a lot about it. budweiser brand bud light is

painting the town's iconic elk avenue blue this weekend in an event called whatever town, u.s.a. if you've watched any sporting event recently, you've probably seen the commercials. happy to been running since the superbowl. out of 160,000 applications, bud light selected around 1100 people front around the u.s.a. to come out to crested butte and play. budweiser is giving the town $500,000. as much enthusiasm asks there is about the event. >> crested butte, colorado, are you up for whatever. >> many town resident say they didn't hear about this until just a few weeks ago, and they're seeing red over their town going blue. >> i think you need to be expected far more than the 500 oh thousand dollars. >> i'm upset, because i lost my critical say so. >> i think it's inappropriate.

>> there were only yays at the town call krill vote that gave budweiser the green light. >> we are here for people from out of town. that's what we thrive on, that's what we live on. >> the mayor said residents need not worry about changes to their town. bud light agreed to completely return the town for normal until they leave, all on their dime. >> there will not be a whatever long lasting legacy. thank you. >> she was a talk show history, critic and pioneer in the world of comedy. >> fans pay tribute to joan rivers. we talk to the editor of "us weekly" about spending time one-on-one with her.

>> the world is mourning the death of trailblazing comedien joan rivers. she died after going into cardiac arrest during a routine medical procedure. fans have left flowers at her home and hollywood walk of fame. her if you know rem is set for sunday in new york. after her death, her daughter, melissa rivers wrote: >> it might be an understatement to say that joan rivers was like no other. she made so many millions of people laugh over the years. joining us is senior editor for "us weekly." you interviewed joan, how was she one-on-one compared to the on-stage persona? >> one-on-one, she was very real, very emotional, very

present, really right there. it was a time when she was promoting her new t.v. show, joan and melissa and had melissa rivers with her, as well. she showed her generosity saying melissa should tell that story, because she's so funny. she would say melissa, that you be. she was very much a jewish mother type. well, she was a jewish mother and it really showed. the other thing i wanted to say was i've been to joan's apartment, she hosted a book party for a friend of mine and for as raw and course as joan was, and it sort of turned off people over the years, what she would talk about, she was very elegant and classy, and her home really red that, all golden chandeliers. my partner said it was like louie xiv's home.

>> her comedy was very raw, in front of your face. richard pryor and lenny bruce had success, but those were males. how was she able to break through with that same type of comedy as a female? >> she was very pushy. she didn't have time to marsh her feminism. she was out there doing it herself. lenny bruce gave her a big break, she was doing a nightclub act bombing and he wrote her a note saying you're right and they're wrong. she said that she kept that note for years and years. she was just very -- she was what you saw, you know, she was very pushy and wanted to be a comedian. she was funny and she knew it. she was very confident in herself. she didn't let nights where she blew it with the audience turn her away from her dream. >> i'm old enough to remember when she did stand up on a regular basis and got her start, hosting the tonight show and of course her own show.

there's an entire generation who only know her as a fashion critic. what will she be remembered for most? her most recent career or what she's done throughout her decades long career? >> anyone in show business for 50 years are remembered for the breadth of it, of course she is known as the people who trashed people on the runway, dresses hi helen keller, she always had the great one liner. people older knew her as a talk show host, stand up comedian, like any actor or other star, she had a lot of different chapters. >> let me ask you about plastic surgery. she embraced it so much and even made fun of herself for all the procedures that she had. a lot of people with him always remember that aspect of her life. >> that was one of the best parts of joan. she would be like look at my face, look at what i've done, what do you think?

she was very forth right about abling and women in hollywood, and the camera, and not wanting to look, you know, like an old lady, and she just -- and that was what was so relatable. she was always really one of us. she didn't -- there was nothing elite about her. she wasn't part of some society world that is untouchable. she was very much like sitting on the couch like you and me watching people and saying like i don't want to get old, so i'm going to do this to my face and do my hair this way and what do you think? she was very, very forth right. >> and a trailblazer to whoo set tone for comedien behind her to do in your face comedy and be well received. thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, the mo new modeling gi,

the $100 billion women's apparel market. that's tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. >> camp the premier of edge of 18 by oscar winner alex gibney this sunday at 9:00 eastern. a self portrait of generation now... >> so many of my friends is pregnant... >> i feel so utterly alone... >> you need to get your life together >> i'm gonna do whatever needs to be done... >> ya boy is working on becoming a millionaire... >> an intimate look at what our kids are facing in school and beyond 15 stories, 1 incredible journey >> in this envelope is my life right now... >> edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america

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