>> president obama pitching his strategy to deal with the islamic state group talking to top congressional leaders today. some in washington say he is not doing enough. >> doctor, we saw for the first time today all of this. it changed things, of course. >> what did they know and when did they know it? the ravens say they were unaware of this disturbing video showing ray rice's assault on his

fiancee. many are skeptical of that claim. >> more cases of people affected bay virus sweeping the country. >> heavy rains closed schools and killed two people and now more wet weather is on the way. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> same stephanie sy. key meetings are set at the white house as president obama pushes for more u.s. involvement in fighting the islamic state group. today, he'll sit down with top congressional leaders. wednesday he'll address the nation. >> meanwhile, u.s. airstrikes are target the is state fighters in northern iraq again. that new more inclusive iraqi government could open the door to more u.s. action. mike sic is in washington this morning. the president providing details of his plan to deal with the islamic state group with congressional leaders. is this just a formality or is there going to be some wheeling and dealing? >> everybody wants to be consulted. the question, will congress have a vote before it.

the smart money bets no. the congressional leaders don't want to put their members through a tough vote just days before election day. a day before he goes before the american public to sell listen plan an expanding military operations against the islamic state group, the president begins the hard sell at home and abroad. >> saying it's time to go on offense against the islamic state group, president obama will meet with congressional leaders today to begin to sell his game plan. that meeting is expected to be a preview of the pitch he'll outline to the american people wednesday in a major speech. >> the principle goal is to make sure people understand what the clear stake is for the american people in our nation. >> that strategy could be an extended campaign in iraq, lasting beyond an obama presidency and spilling into syria, where isis based. some say that's where the u.s.

needs to strike. >> the head of the isis snake is not in iraq. it's in syria. if you want to kill the snake, you got to cut off his head. >> president obama insists the u.s. won't go at it lean and ruled out american boots on the ground. some in congress say they should be involved in military escalates decisions in the i.s. >> cronk has to be involved. you can't vote in 2001 and say that allows us to declare war in 2014. >> if there's an expansion, we can start making decisions about what sort of congressional role or authorization is required, if any. >> meanwhile in iraq, a new government has been sworn in. monday evening, mr. obama spoke to iraq's new prime minister to congratulate him on the new government. it's a government that will be more inclusive to kurds and

sunnis. secretary of state john kerry will head to the middle east today to add arab states to the effort. he is expected to meet with leaders this week to shore up financial and military support for an enemy located at their doorstep. >> as we build this coalition, i want to underscore that almost every single country on earth has a role to play in eliminating the isil threat and the evil it represents. >> a lot of people talk about a war weary american public and that is true as far as american combat troops on the ground is concerned. this new poll from the washington post supports airstrikes. 71 support support them in iraq, up 17% from last month. 65% of those polled support airstrikes in syria.

>> what is the administration doing to shore up support for the president's plan overseas? >> secretary kerry begins his trip today so saudi arabia, considered the lynch pin to unity among the persian gulf nations and forming this coalition the president said is so important. it's going to be a tough sell there for kerry. the saudis have been very upset by u.s. policy, getting into this mess to begin with. they think president obama should not have backed off his view once the syrians crossed that red line last year to initiate airstrikes against the assad government. the white house said that is a completely different scenario. the secretary of defense as well as lisa monaco, the top official at the white house for counter terrorism policy. >> u.s. airstrikes continue to target the islamic state group as the country marks the milestone, a new unity

government. it had been a key demand from the u.s. >> under intense pressure from the american, threatening to withdraw support for the peshmerga and fighting the islamic state fighters, the government was signed up for at least the first three months. it appears the conditions have been met, to get a budget, be a centralized power to spend it as they see fit, to get part of the oil and gas revenue. the new government is more sympathetic to the kurdish demands. they want peshmerga to be given more weapons, support and fighters paid a salary. at the moment, kyrgystan is a part of this great new government, but comes with a deadline. >> we could learn by the end of the week who killed or murdered those two american journalists. there are a number of reports out a that say officials are close to identifying the man

that killed james foley and steven sotloff. >> another rebel group maybe making gains in carving out an islamic state in nigeria. there are reports that the group in iraq and syria is advising boko haram in northern nigeria. coming up, we'll speak with former bush advisor about the islamic state fight and president obama's plans. >> it is sentencing day for a muslim cleric convicted on terrorism charges, face ago life sentence. he was found guilty of setting up a terrorist training camp in seattle and facilitating the kidnapping of tourists in yemen. >> a new video showing a now former nfl player's violence against his wife. >> ray rice has been fired, some asking how could the nfl not have seen that video showing him hitting his then fiancee in the face. we have more. >> there certainly are big

questions about what the league knew about this video as the nfl concluded its first weekend of play with monday night football. 500 miles away near baltimore, a somber ravens coach john harbaugh was talking about the video that everyone is talking about that may have ended ray rice's career. >> it changed things, of course. it made things a little different. >> ravens coach john harbaugh talking about new footage of miss running back brutally punching his future wife in the face. he apologized. >> my actions were inexcusable and that's something i have to live for -- ever to live with the rest of my life. >> and surprising to some, his wife did, too. >> i do deeply regret the role i played in the incident that night, but can say that i am happy that we continued to work through it together. >> harbaugh indicated the video made it clear who the aggressor was that night in atlantic city and what the ravens had to do about it.

>> we had a meeting. it was not a long meeting, we came to the decision that we came to to release ray, and that's what we did. >> rice was two games away from completing his two game suspension. now based on this newly released tape, the suspense is indefinite. many are asking how much did the nfl and the ravens know. monday an nfl spokesman said no one in the league office had previously seen the tape, a point coach harbaugh reiterated from the ravens standpoint. >> it's something we saw for the first time today, all of us. >> tmz reported that the nfl does have access to the elevator video released monday. rice himself seemed to hint at this point at his press conference last july. >> i think roger goodell has everything that the court system has. >> reaction pouring in from around the country about monday's release of ray rice over a video that prompted his

release. we'll have that four in our next hour. >> thank you very much. how big is this problem, domestic violence is huge and often hidden across america. unin in r. in every four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. more than 1 million women are affected each year. they say that number could be higher. every minute, 20 women are beaten by their partners. men are now victims, too. it is the leading cause of homelessness among families. 2,000 americans die from domestic violence each year, 14% of all homicides. in young black women more likely to die at the hands of their partners than from everything else. >> just startling. coming up, we'll speak with former nfl agent about ray rice and get his take on the team's response. >> penn state students are celebrating after the ncaa rolled back its bans on the nittany lions being able to play

in the postseason stemming from the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal. the university has made improvements over the last two years. >> parents are not sure how bad things are going to get with hundreds of children coming down to thent row virus. >> this hasn't been seen much over the course of decades, so there's really no data on the strain. the c.d.c. has nothing to go off of. they are taking some of this enterovirus that has infected children and looking at it at the lab here in atlanta. so far, not a lot of data

collection on it. let's listen to parents. >> he was unresponsive, laying on the couch and couldn't speak to me, was turning white and had blue lips. >> it look like his heart was pumping out of his chest. immediately we took him to the emergency room. >> to go from a cold to being probably minutes away from death, that's kind of scary. >> there are 10 million to 15 million cases each year and over 100 strains, but this particular strain very rare and little known about it. >> so rare, but do we know why this particular strain is making the rounds? >> unfortunately, at this point, we do not. there is no information, not enough data yet. the c.d.c. is working to find exactly why this outbreak has collected right in the middle of

the country, actually, and a few actually in the state of georgia, though not a lot. they are expecting to see quite a few more as we get into those winter months. right now, no one really knows, del. >> this has parents concerned. no cure for the strain, just as common as the common cold. how do health officials hope to stop it? >> right now, old fashioned wash your hands, find a corner if you're a kid. if you are a parent with a child that has flu like symptoms or common cold symptoms, keep them home. that's what the c.d.c. and doctors say. don't risk it. keep them home and make sure their hands are clean and they're not wiping their nose on counter tops or kitchen tables or their desk or anything like that, so common sense practice from parents and kids in the months that lead ahead until they figure out what this is and get a treatment doctors can give out in offices across the

country. >> live in that he didn't this morning, thank you very much. >> home depot is confirming a massive hack on its payment systems. customers who shopped in the u.s. and canada could be affected. the breach may be tied to russian hackers. home depot is working to if i can their system. >> severe flooding turning deadly in the south and southwest and there are concerns it could get worse. >> erica pitzi has been tracking the story, phoenix breaking the record with a few inches of rain. >> three inches may not sound like much, but that's the amount the arizona capital usually getsar for july, august and september combined. the phoenix airport recorded 3.9 inches of rain, breaking the record set in 1933. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> the southwest still soaking from remnants of hurricane

norbert, the storm causing high water rescues from colorado to california. >> rivers going across the freeway within a matter of minutes. >> in nevada, there are flash flood a, an indian reservation evacuated. it is arizona that is bearing the brunt of the storms. >> it was up to my waist and i rolled my window down and got out. >> two people died in the flooding including a tucson woman in her car as it was swallowed by floodwaters 12 feet deep pinned against a bridge. >> that's not something we want everyone to go through. when these storms hit, the best thing we can ever do is pull aside, wait it out and let the storm pass. >> the governor declared a state of emergency monday as historic rainfall overwhelmed parts of arizona. record breaking rains closed highways and schools, while turning regular roads into raging rivers. the southwest was not the only area hit hard by floods.

in virginia, rushing waters forced the evacuation of a day care center. firefighters rescued dozens of children by boat. >> going back to arizona, it turns out monday was the rainiest single day in the history of phoenix, where weather records go back to 1895, you guys. >> thank you very much. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. how much rain is on the way? >> it's starting to wane and shift. the last couple of days, we've had the monsoon flow for the last couple of months enhanced by the tropical storm. we've had anywhere from california up through the four corners region. this is palm springs yesterday, you were dealing with this, as well. this area doesn't soak that in moisture particularly well, so it only takes a couple of inches to get flooding going. you can see, even this morning, dealing with some spotty rain showers to fire up more into the

afternoon hours. because of all the moisture yesterday, a little more on top of that, we have the flood watches, the darker greens from california up to colorado, a couple isolated areas, the red here in colorado, they are the warnings, that means you are dealing with it now. watch for that during the course of the day. sometimes there's not good drainage when the rain comes down. still watching for this in arizona, pretty well saturated, will add to the problem. the core of the shifting is in colorado, so it could be a rough commute in place like denver. this has kept temperatures blow average, 92 for today, we get back into average territory once the moisture starts to wind back down. that's not the only temperature story, a big cold front. i'll have more on that coming up. [ laughter ] >> nicole mitchell, thanks a lot. >> there is a new report out on the downing of that passenger flight over eastern ukraine. >> lisa stark is live in

washington. >> investigators say makes air flight 17 broke up in midair over eastern ukraine after hit by high energy objects. details ahead. >> there is dramatic video of an amusement park disaster. a roller coaster catching fire, now there are questions about just how it happened. >> a giant flooded creator in the middle of a road creates this whirlpool. we'll tell you what caused it. >> 244 billion is our big number of the day. >> why many americans are not doing enough to save for college. college. @

>> today's big number, $244 billion. >> that is how much americans have put away in college savings accounts, the savings plans networks say contributions have increased in the last few years, americans saving many for college every year. >> the average account has just over $20,000 in it. that's not enough to pay for one year at most public colleges. >> ukraine's president visiting

forces in mariupol monday, petroshenco promising a deal. officials want to see if the ceasefire holds. >> dutch investigators have released initial report into what brought down malaysian airlines flight 17, crashing in july killing all onboard. lisa stark is in washington. good morning. you have covered aviation for a long time. what do you make of this first report. >> dutch investigators don't say it outright, but everything they found is consistent with a missile strike on this jetliner. investigators do say the malaysian jet broke up in midair. it came down suddenly, and was brought down by something "external" to the aircraft. pictures released by investigators show holes in the cockpit area and the forward

fuselage. that could be caused by a missile that explodes right outside the jetliner and then sends shrapnel into the aircraft. according to the preliminary report released this morning, the damage appears to indicate that the aircraft was penetrated by a large number of high energy objects from outside the aircraft. investigators say the patterns of damage would not be expected from any nope failure of the aircraft, its engines or systems. this jet was flying at 33,000 feet over eastern ukraine when it came out of the sky in mid july. it was during fighting between the ukrainian government and a russian backed separatists. separatists have denied firing a missile at the aircraft. stephanie, the u.s. has accused them of shooting down the plane with a russian made missile. the investigation continues. >> that was suspected from the

very beginning and this seems to confirm that. is there any indication about the time frame in which this all happened? >> it happened very, very quickly. according to investigators, there was no distress call, no apparent alarm in the cock pits, no warnings in the cockpit that anything was going wrong. we do know that the crew acknowledged from ukrainian air traffic controllers a turn. they were told to turn. they acknowledged that. when controllers tried to contact them four seconds later, there was no response from the cockpit. three seconds after that, the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder quit. we have a picture of the plane flying through the air and suddenly heading toward the ground. >> very suddenly. now that they've released this initial report, what's next, lisa? >> ditch investigators and other investigators really need to get back on the scene. they've had only a few preliminary looks because of all the fighting of course in that

area. we should mention this isn't just about wreckage. it's about the nearly 300 people who lost their lives. we don't know how many bodies have been recovered, how many people identified. this morning, the malaysian prime minister said they need full access to that site to get those human remains. they need to get back on the ground there. dutch investigators want to do that and expect to wrap up a final report on this disaster within about one year. >> thank you. lisa stark for us in washington. >> it has been one month since michael brown was fatally shot by a police officer in ferguson, missouri, lead to go days of violent protest, the city is making changes, setting up a review board to advice the police department. they plan changes to the municipal court system accused of unfairly targeting african-americans. >> a senate committee hearing testimony on arming the police, specifically how small town

forces equipped with military style quilt. some arms are coming from the pentagon, the pentagon conducting its own review of the programs. >> authorities eight high humidity and scattered showers are helping cake that wildfire which has burned four square miles of timber land. dozens of people were forced to evacuate from yosemite's half dome rock over the weekend. >> nicole mitchell is smiling, saying a huge storm system is going to bring big temperature swings across the country. >> what have we got, nicole. >> look at you throwing me under the bus this morning. a lot of people are not going to be excited about this. we've got a lot of 70's saw the ward, 50's and 60's northward. not uncommon this time of year, billings, 53. we had a high of 89 degrees. that will be about as close as we get to the warm side today, so ahead of the front, 80's and 90 said, but a strong system brewing in the midwest is going

to bring strong storms. we'll have more on that detail coming up. behind that, 20-30 degrees cooler, even in some cases, 40 degrees cooler if you add up two days. billings yesterday at 89, today we might get into the mid 50's from where we are now, tomorrow in the 40's, so that's almost a 40-degree drop in just a couple days. ahead of that, still quite warm. memphis at 92 and the as the system moves along, bringing this chance for showers and storms, look what that temperature does for minneapolis. i would say welcome to fall, but we're not there. >> it's football weather. i threw you under the tailgate bus. how does that sound? >> ok, del. >> president obama taking his case to congress today. >> what is it going to take to gain support to fight the islamic state group? we have a perspective. >> days without power in michigan after power is knocked out to thousands. bisi onile-ere is live in

detroit with what's being done. >> a huge fire is forces hundreds from their homes in brazil. it spread so fast, a lot of them lost everything. >> a young boy washing his hands in a river makes an incredible find. the ancient weapon he discovered.

>> you're looking live at capitol hill, president obama is getting ready to sell his strategy to deal with the islamic state group to congress today. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ray rice getting walking papers after videos show him punching his fiancee in the place. >> forced to live in poverty, a disabled woman challenging federal rules saying she and others like her can't save for their future. >> ahead, we look at apple's big announcement today, including its latest iphone and other new production. >> flood warnings i in effect in

parts of the southwest. at least two died near phoenix. we he received four inches of rain in a few hours. big changes in ferguson, one month after the shooting death of michael brown at the hands of police. the city council has a new board to make suggestions to the police. >> president obama today meets with top congressional leaders trying to build support for his plans for dealing with the islamic state. tomorrow the president will address the nation and is sending secretary of state john kerry to saudi arabia to win over support there. >> brad blakeman is a former aid to president george w. bush and joins is live this morning. good morning. the republican senators have been calling for tough action for quite some time, so on the republican side, it is time for the party to put up or shut up? >> it depends what the president's strategy is.

just last week, he said he didn't have a strategy. the republicans are wait to go hear what the president is offering the american people to keep us safe. if the plan is of a scope and strategy and time table and most importantly, are we doing this alone, do we have allies, what is the cost of it? republicans are receptive to the president's action to keep the american people safe, provided that it makes sense to do so at this time, and not a go it alone strategy -- >> the arguments when the president said he didn't have a specific strategy, which really drew an awful lot of criticism on capitol hill and some say rightfully so, the call was to do something. now it's do something and let's be specific about the something we are going to do. >> that's right. we have to be smart and make sure what we are doing is going to actually solve the problem for america and allies. just doing something is not good

enough. i was disappointed with republicans when they said that. that's not what we should be doing when we commit troops and assets to the american treasury and more importantly, if there are troops involved. there has to be a well thought out strategy that not only talks about the end game, but also talks about the future beyond what we may do in a short term. >> on the democratic side, if the president wants congressional buy-in, doesn't he need to listen to the republican leadership? >> he absolutely should. look at the poll that you just reported on your program earlier, over 70% of the american people feel strikes should be done. that shows that there's broad support for some action to be taken. the president would be well served in getting republicans' bipartisan report for action. >> 2014 is an election year. are there election year implications with regard to

handling i.s. and could that hurt republicans? >> the president has been political certainly in his decision on stalling immigration. we hope that the president isn't going to be political in his decision to keep america safe and go after isis. >> if congress fails to act, should the president go it alone? >> well, it depends what the congress is asked to do. certainly i believe the president has the inherent power to act to keep america safe in and of itself under his executive authority. the question is will the president do that. it should be unnecessary for the president to do that. the mission should be defined and we should have bipartisan support to keep america safe. >> as always, thanks very much. >> the u.s. government can't confirm al shabab's claims that four americans are among the victims of its latest bomb

attacks in somalia. 12 were killed when a suicide bomber targeted troops near mogadishu. the attack comes after a u.s. air strike killed the rebel group's leader. >> in chile, 10 people were injured after a bomb exploded in santiago. the device was left in a trash can near vendor stalls. no one has claimed responsibility. >> also in chile, police are investigating the death of a kentucky woman. her family said she was found dead inside her apartment. she taught english there. the college said her death could be a homicide. >> a fourth american infected with ebola is now headed back to the u.s. for treatment. this comes as the world health organization issues a warning that it expects the virus to increase exponentially in west africa. the u.s. and u.k. are sending troops to help set up-icelation centers. let's turn to robert ray outside emery hospital in atlanta. this new patient will be

arriving there today. what's in store for him? >> the new patient will arrive here in the next couple hours, we're told by emery university hospital officials. we are told that this person is coming from sierra low i don't even in west africa. they will arrive at dobbins air force base and just like the other two patients, dr. brantley and nance writebol, will be put in an ambulance and coming here to the hospital. as far as what's in store for the patient? , that patient will not receive the experimental serum zmapp. they ran out. the doses are out. this patient will go into an isolation unit here. the monitors will be -- the vitals will be monitored. there will be possibly an experimental blood serum from a person who has already been treated for ebola and survived.

that may occur. we don't know whether this is a female or male until that patient arrives. officials told us when they get the consent of that person after he or she goes into the isolation unit, they can put out the name, the age, where the person is from, whether an aid worker, a doctor, so some details, we won't know until that patient arrives in atlanta. >> ebola experts gathered at a medical conference in washington yesterday. what did they have to say about their homes for dealing with this epidemic. >> that conference was focused on some of the trials, the experimental vaccine trials that are going on, and also international aid. they're hoping that more international groups come together to try and fight this and stop it from spreading, but let's listen to what one of the doctors said yesterday. >> i'm myself certainly hoping that, you know, this is the last

large heartbreak, because in the future in terms of ebola here at least, we will have options to add to all the tools that we already have. i think it can only help bring the next one under control even more rapidly. >> a lot to learn right now, as these doctors met in washington and they're really hope to go amp up more boots on the ground over in west africa and the studies to be more intense in the u.s. and around the world. >> robert ray live for us in atlanta, thank you. >> tennessee authorities have found the body of a 20-year-old nursing student missing since 2011. the remains were found over the weekend in the woods near her home. two men have been indicted for her kidnapping and murder. >> a couple in indiana faces charges for kidnapping add locking a woman in their cage in a mobile home. they pleaded not guilty in court on monday. the victim was reported missing

in july. she was found when another man entered the mobile home. >> it may have been a shark attack at a popular australian tourist spot and claimed the life of a 50-year-old man. it happened as the man surfed on australia's east coast. the man died after being bitten in the leg. witnesses spotted a shark in the water. >> he sustained severe injuries to his right leg. we are still waiting to have that checked. the victim's family are being notified. unfortunately, his wife was on the beach at the time. >> police are praisedding the efforts of a man who spotted the surfer, jumped in the water and tried to bring him back to the beach. the wounds are being looked at to determine the type of shark. >> residents are bracing for another round of high winds by tomorrow night which could lead to more power outages, a storm took out thousands of power lines throughout southeastern michigan, leaving 300 if he

didn't 5,000 people without power. bisi onile-ere is in detroit. has there been any relief for people there since the friday storm? >> good morning, stephanie with that yes, there has been nearly four days after the storm and power has been restored to all but 60,000 customers. the damage from the storm was one of the worst ever seen, toppled trees and power lines. crews from out of town have been helping and working around the clock to restore power. it was so bad that yesterday, dozens of schools were closed. i'm told that some of them will reopen today. this was something that they didn't think would be so bad, it took them by surprise. it could still be one more day before everyone is back on the grid. >> our customers are extremely patient for the first 48 hours,

but we get into the third day of a storm event like this, we recognize that we're racing against the customer's expectations and our expectations to do it as fast as we can, but safety is a really important piece. >> taking safety seriously in this situation, the metro area may not be out of the woods yet. weather forecasters are predicting another round of severe weather, that that's headed our way, so that could get in the way of efforts to restore energy. stephanie. >> there's another thing going on in detroit. in an hour, testimony, as you know resumes in the bankruptcy case there. what are we expecting today on that front? >> yeah, that's right, stephanie. financial analyst is expected to resume her testimony and expected to talk about how detroit's population and revenue will continue to decline over the next couple of years.

we're also expected to hear from detroit's police chief and possibly the fire commissioner. >> ok, bisi onile-ere in detroit, thank you. >> there's a new study that claims symptoms of autism maybe reduced or eliminated if infants undergo intense therapy by the age of three. working with babies between six months and nine months, by the time those babies turned three, five of them showing no symptoms at all, a sixth showing mild symptoms. >> millions of americans say it's unfair federal law prohibits them from saving for their futures. >> they are disabled but want the same opportunities as everyone else. >> from an early able, sarah has been defying expect i is as, she was born with down's syndrome. >> what do you want people to know about you? >> i'm a good person. i like to help people.

i have a good heart. >> she has college credits, works at a law firm, is on several boards of directors and is a gifted public speaker, but this woman, who has worked so hard to overcome limitations is now blocked by limits imposed on her by federal regulations. >> sarah can't save more than $2,000. if she earns more than $700 a month, she will lose disability benefits and her health insurance, so she cannot get a raise or work full time. sarah like every other develop mentally person in the united states is legally obliged to be poor. >> good morning. my name is sarah. i am 31 years old from pennsylvania, and happen to have down's syndrome. >> now, she is on a mission. >> i am excited to share my

story today. >> testifying before a senate committee hearing in washington, d.c. in july, sarah is close to doing what others could not. >> this is the fair and right thing to do. >> persuading congress to pass legislation to address this long standing disparity for people with disabilities. >> what did you want those senators to know, the people listening to you, what was the message? >> i want to tell them that people with disabilities and different kinds of disabilities and people with down syndrome have the right to live on their own. >> the bill, known as the able act, short or achieving a better life experience will allow people with disabilities and their families to create tax exempt savings accounts up to $100,000. >> the able act has 300 that 80 supporters in the house, and 74 in the senate. in july, the house ways and means committee passed the bill

unanimously. it could become law as early at september. >> i want people to know that i'm just like you. i can do whatever i put my mind and heart to. >> sheila macvicar, moscow, pends. >> the able act is scheduled for a final vote in the house or senate, advocates like sarah want it passed by the spring to mark the 21st affairs of the americans with bats act. >> hundreds of families in brazil left homeless by a fire. residents scrambled to get out. it took fire crews hours to put it out. >> a florida pilot is speaking out after surviving a freefall into the ocean. brian haggerty was wrapping up a two hour flight over the weekend, just 500 feet above miami beach when it lost power. >> i tried to restart the engine and then it was obvious that

that wasn't going to happen, so i braced for impact. i feel fortunate, but i'm sad about losing the airplane. flying 48 years, i never scratched an airplane. >> one witness jumped on a jet ski and raced to the sinking plane. haggerty had already climbed out a window on to the wing. >> in los angeles, a fire taking down part of a roller coaster at the six flags magic mountain monday, the blaze breaking out on the roller coaster. it was not an operation that has been shut down for the last 36 months. the park was closed at the time of the fire. no injuries were reported. >> the cleanup continues hours after that incredible water main break in southern california caused a massive 40-foot sinkhole. water gushed from a damaged section of the street in the san fernando valley flooding homes. crews don't know what caused the rupture in the water line. >> let's look at other stories caught up in our global net this morning. in florida, a 14-year-old is arrested and charged with arson

and two counts have attempted murder. she was obsessed with the slender man. police say that she set fire to her family's home with her mother and brother inside. she frequents the slender man sites, creepy pasta and soul eater. she soaked a blanket and towel with rum and bleach and lit them on fire in the garage. slender man is that phenomenon that so many kids are obsessed with, because he looks so creepy. >> two girls are on trial for stabbing another girl that were allegedly inspired by slender man, as well. >> panera bread are the latest business asking customers not to bring guns into their restaurants. the daily news reports that that chain wants customers to feel comfortable in their establishments. that follows starbucks, target and chipotle encouraging their customers not to bring offense. >> they are not taking a stance on pro or anti guns, simply saying it's not the place to

have the guns at that particular time. >> a boy stumbled across a sword from the down of civilization. he found it stoop to go wash his hands in the river. he and his father are going to be given a reward. the soared is 10 inches, designed, it is a practical and decorative sword. they believe it was likely used for civil ceremonies more than anything else, not necessarily to kill anybody. >> dates back to the first chinese dynasty, so it's really old. >> i came in the second chinese dynasty, so i don't remember a sword like that. >> ray rice kicked out of the nfl after that new video surfaced showing what really happened inside that elevator altercation with his wave. >> what the nfl really new and when they knew it. >> scientists digging in the dirt say they've uncovered something exciting about when life on earth first existed. the details are just ahead in today's discoveries. >> they thought they had a

burglar. a thief caught on camera, this guy, very big, very furry.

>> time now for were you ever today's discoveries. swelling. >> gists finding new evidence of how long life existed on earth say they spotted soil in india with oxygen levels high enough for early life forms to breathe. >> it dates back 3.2 billion years, meaning life go ahead have existed 60 million years earlier than scientists previously thought. >> what type of life could live in those conditions? animals and plants didn't evolve until years later. >> ray rice is out of a job and the nfl, cut and suspended indefinitely by the league, this after that new footage showing rice knocking out his then

fiancee unconscious. the incident has sparked a new discussion over domestic violence. >> when people get into a discussion about why she stays, it deflects from the greater issue, which is why does he beat her. on average, it takes a victim of domestic violence seven times, that's the average, seven times to leave an abuser. >> the nfl notified teams that a contract with ray rice would not be approved or take effect until he is rein stated by the league office. >> a former sports agent joins us. the nfl requested all the video of the incident. how are we only now hearing the nfl's reaction, and after it shows up on tmz.

did they have the video or didn't they? >> that's the big question. i don't know that we'll know that for quite some time. >> do you think they would have the video. >> you almost think they would have had to, because the prosecutors should have had this video. if fmz were the only ones to have it, you have to question why. >> ray rice himself seems to suggest in a press conference that goodell had everything and access to everything. how bad does this look for the nfl, if it did have this video, only responding now that it's been made viral and public. >> this is a very difficult situation for the nfl. they're charged with an underreaction to this, now they probably overreacted or overreacted, reacted after something that came out that was more damning, which may get them in legal trouble with rice at this point. there's probably a middle ground somewhere here, but it has undermind a lot of credibility the league has put forward on this issue. >> the nfl said there's a six game suspension instead of the two game suspension that rice

got. is that enough? why not have a zero tolerance policy against beating women? >> everyone should have that. let's start with that. there's no defense of that, but these are complicate cases and rice pled guilty to a case that had no criminal sanction to it, it would, punk his reward at the end, so he would be sort of a first time offender in this case. you don't want to throw the book and ban everyone for life on a first offense, the league couldn't operate under those circumstances. >> what about nfl players that are still playing, those that face felony charges, that have been convicted of charges? that's what a columnist at "u.s.a. today" asks this morning, ray mcdonald of the 49ers charged with domestic violence. a player from the carolina panthers guilty of assault. there's no video of these guys beating someone, but yet the facts are known. >> that's the inconsistency, rice took a plea that involved no criminal sanction, mcdonald

faces charges and hardy has been found guilty but now appealing under a twist of north carolina law. the other two are playing and rice isn't. on some level at least from the judicial system's eyes, he's the least culpable. >> what does this mean for ray rice's $4 million contract. >> there's a loophole in the league's deal because he wasn't on the roster of game one he is not a vested veteran. the ravens have been able to use that not to pay him. i suspect he is shopping for lawyers to fight for the money he is owed this year. >> that decision will affect the women that is now his wife. >> absolutely. >> janaye palmer. >> >> think where she's being victimized, had to go through this several times. she was the victim and now this is money from her family taken from her on some level, too. it's a very difficult situation. these cases enormously complex. >> robert bolland, thanks a lot.

>> back to you. >> something a little more leant. on top of the tennis world, winning last night. it was the first grand slam title for the 25-year-old. he was banned last year after every tested positive for stimulants. he this ha denied wrongdoing. >> you're guaranteed a breath taking view in costa rica when the festival of whales and dolphins kick off. they migrate to have their babies. if you're lucky, you might spot one. hey yogi, a seattle area family was surprised to find a black bear on their home security video. at first they thought they had a prowler who the tipped over the garbage can. the bear raided the garbage can for a little take out and what about boo boo, too. >> i love the accent. we have to bring in nicole

mitchell. we have on going discussions about what to do when you encounter a bear. i camp a lot, so i've dealt with them since i was little. >> don't wrestle one like nicole did. >> i chased one and got our food back. don't do that at home. i did get the food back, but still. >> we are seeing a potent system brewing in the midsection of the country. also the rain in the southeast is moving out. this improved in the southeast, but look at this really brew up, so areas of flooding, easily places like iowa through wisconsin today, two or three inches, isolated spots even more. this moves into the great lakes tomorrow. as we continue out with this, this is the core of the rain, could be strong storms, wind and hail the primary threat with that, anywhere from nebraska through iowa. again up into maybe even wisconsin for the day today. i mentioned the temperature drops with this, not as extreme as it gets to the midwest, but

parts of the north, just out of the rockies like i was saying, montana, 30 or 40-degree drop. some moisture that lingers into the day tomorrow, it's still summer, you could see a little snow mix in, in places like billings by tomorrow night. isn't that crazy? we just had the air conditioning on with 90-degree temperatures. >> i'm not going to go there nicole. >> not ready for this. >> i it was like a scene out ofa movie, but very real. thousands of chimney sweeps healed gathering in the small town in italy. it's the 33rd year they held the get together and 30,000 visitors take part in the festivities. they do stuff like that. i wish i had ash to rub in your face. >> straight ahead, police forces armed like the military. >> we'll take you inside an expo

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of him assaulting his fiancee, the questions facing the league over the 10. >> slenderman at the center of a new crime, a 14-year-old girl accused of trying to kill her family by setting her home on fire. why police say she did it. >> it is a huge day in the tech world, apple preparing to debut its latest damage get while people await a date with destiny. the most preordered video game in history. >> today, president obama hosting that crucial meeting at the white house set to discuss with congressional leaders that new plan to take on the islamic state group. it comes one day ahead of when the president plans to address the nation. >> in baghdad, iraqi lawmakers are putting together a new government with changes demanded by the white house and could be critical in the i i.s. group

fight. how important is today's meeting with top congressional leaders? >> certainly congress is divided. it's not just the usually party divisions across the aisle. it's within the parties, as well. democrats want to back up the president, there are many insisting has he to come to congress for express permission, a vote on authorization to go forward with the expansion of this fight against the islamic state group. same with republicans, divided within the party, as well. the president is going to get behind closed doors. 3:15 on the east here in washington in the building behind me in the west wing. the president is going to be conferring with the so-called big four leaders are the congress, house and senate, republican and democrats. is it. >> if the president doesn't like what he hears, can he use his executive powers to launch the new operation as he's been doing? >> it's an inning question.

there's a lot of talk about executive powers these days. the president is talking about using the pen to get around gridlock in congress. there is agreement among many members of congress, certainly the white house that the president already has the authorization that he needs. that comes from a vote that the conditioning took just three days after the september 11 attacks back in 2001. that's called the authorization for the use a of military force. a lot of people think the president already has that authorization. there's a poll out today that speaks to public opinion and the way it is shifting. people talk about a war weary american public, but 71% of americans polled support airstrikes in iraq, up 16% from three weeks ago. more significantly, 65% of those pod support expanding airstrikes into syria. that is the most contentious issue and that is what the president is expected to tackle

and layout before the public in his speech tomorrow. >> along with efforts at home, what is the administration doing oversea to say drum up support for president obama's plan? >> this is another key point. the white house has insisted that they're not going to go it alone. they say time and time again, there will be no american combat troops on the ground in iraq or syria. what is the answer there? a coalition of international forces, not just nato. the president is fresh off that summit in wales. key regional allies, sunni led nations around the gulf in the middle east. secretary kerry will be consulting with the saudi government, the jordanian government. chuck hagel is in the region, as well as the president's top counter terrorism advisor lisa man co all traveling to the region to build a coalition to expand operations against the islamic state group. >> mike viqueira, thank you.

>> how is it playing in baghdad? we are in erbil. the obama administration welcomes the formation of that new government in iraq, calling it a milestone. homes are that more inclusive government will help the fight against the islamic state group. >> it's crucial that they did come to some arrangement in the early hours this morning in baghdad to form some sort of unity government. as far as what's happening on the ground is concerned, if they haven't, it would have put more pressure as to how the iraqi government forces and shia militia have peshmerga managing to keep a unified stance against the is state fighters. at the end of the day, it is very difficult unified stance. it seems fractures in areas it looked like they were fighting hand-in-hand. if the messages come from the position tuitions that we can't

even agree in baghdad on a political level, it would not bode well out on the battle grounds. >> is this the unity government that the iraqis have been waiting for? >> if you look at the two groups that were really crucial to being within this new government, you look at the kurds, they really have very skeptical opinion. they've given it three months. they said we'll come and join in, but still have very, very strict expect is as from this government. they really want to make sure that they got a percentage of the government funds, the coughers, so that they can decentralize and spend that money however they want. they want money from the huge oil and gas reserves here. they are quite pleased to see the new oil ministry somebody

sympathetic to their cause but want baghdad to back the peshmerga with weapons and money. many are fighting within the peshmerga have no salaries, because the money is not coming from baghdad. the soon any arabs have been quite quiet with regard to who got the key government roles. we don't know if that's because they are not happy with it or not very unified or they are happy and not speaking out. it looks at the moment they are hanging this unity together, but a lot of people are very skeptical that it will lost long. >> thank you very much. coming up in 15 minutes, we'll talk to lute colonel michael kay about the push to fight the islamic state group. >> nfl star ray rice has been sacked by the baltimore ravens and suspended by the league. >> many are asking how could the

nfl not have seen that video of rice hitting his fiancee. >> as shocked as every day people were to see the new video, it's getting very strong reaction inside of nfl locker rooms. >> the release by t.m.z. of video showing ray rice punches his then fiancee in the face drew strong condemneddation from people in the league both inside the locker room. >> i it was a deplorable act. he made a terrible error in judgment. >> and in other locker rooms. >> if that was going on in this locker room, i wouldn't be friends with the guy or talk to the guy. >> even president obama felt compelled to weigh in, saying hitting a woman is not something a real man does and that's true whether or not an act of violence happens in the public eye or far too often behind closed doors. >> news a the ravens released rice for hitting his now wife was met with approval league

wide. >> i think they handled it the right way and it definitely should send a message to other guys and maybe even people just in the regular world, just, you know, just knowing that this is not acceptable. >> you don't want anybody to do that not world. it shouldn't happen anywhere. as far as him being one of our colleagues, that's, you know, may no longer be a thing. you can't act like that. >> many ask how much did the nfl and the ravens know. monday an nfl spokesman said no one in the league office had previously see a tape, coach harbaugh reiterating from the ravens standpoint. >> something we saw for the first time today, all of us. >> tmz reports that the nfl had access to the elevator video released monday. rice hinted at this at his apologetic press conference last july. >> i think roger goodell has everything that the court system has. >> reaction to rice's release even came from north of the

border. the canadian football league will honor the nfl suspension. rice will not be welcome to play there, either. >> it does not get easier to watch that video. thank you. >> there is that severe respiratory illness spreading across the u.s., cases now reported in a dozen states. hundreds have children have been sent to the hospital. robert ray is live in atlanta. enterovirus pretty common. why is this particular strain so dangerous. >> it is common. there are over 100 strains of enterovirus and 10 million-15 million cases across the country each year. this particular strain was original nateed in 1962 in california. scientists, including the c.d.c. haven't seen it much over the past decade, so there's really no data and way of trying to create immunity for kids all the

way from babies to high school students. that's making a lot of parents around the country really concerned. >> i've been an i.c.u. physician for 15 years and have never seen this before. >> thousands of sick children being rushed to emergency rooms across the nation, a rare and potentially life threatening illness spreading as the school year gets underway. >> he was unresponsive. he was lying on the couch, and couldn't speak to me, was turning white and had blue lips. >> health officials suspect it's enterovirus 68, a cousin of the common cold, diagnosed in the 1960's and not detected until just a few years ago again. now it has doctors scrambling and parents panicking. >> we were hysterical.

>> it felt like you were gasping for air. >> hospitals are filling up fast. the denver children's hospital saw more than 900 pediatric patients with similar symptoms in just over two weeks. nearly 100 of them were admitted. a handful wound up in the intensive care unit. >> he was coughing, had a runny nose. within eight to 10 hour time period, it went from a cold to him not being able to breathe. >> what's different about this is the unusual number of case and the none usual severity of infection over a very short period of time. >> doctors say the virus could soon be seen in every state but most kids will recover in about a week and that common sense techniques, like hand washing are the best way to prevent it from spreading. >> some parents are going to be very anxious because their children are hospitalized, but the vast makerty are going to get completely better and better rapidly.

>> you can imagine how stressful this has got to be for parents. even more like pediatricians and scientists studying this, they don't know how to stop this at this point. like we've heard. it comes off as the common cold and could turn into something much more serious. >> robert, i think freaked out is the way some parents are looking at this. we thank you very much. robert ray, live in atlanta, thanks. >> muslim cleric is set to be sentenced in new york city today on terrorism charges. he was found guilty of setting up a terrorist training camp in seattle and facilitating the kidnapping of tourists in yemen that he faces a life sentence. >> ukraine's president pledging to deal a crushing defeat to pro-russian rebels if they vital the ceasefire agreement. both sides accuse the other of violating the truce with shelling. >> new sanctions on russia are now on hold. e.u. officials want to wait and see if the ceasefire holds first. the new sanctions would expand

the number of russian businesses barred from raising new money in european markets. >> home depot confirming its payment systems were hacked. it is a security breach larger than hit target last year. >> anyone who shopped from april onward could be affected. >> home depot first got word of suspicious activity last week. it launched an investigation with banks, i.t. firms and the secret service. it told customers there might be a problem. >> usually they ask me if i want a home depot credit card. she didn't do that today. >> the company confirmed that its payment system was breached. at risk are shoppers who paid with credit and debit cards at u.s. and canadian stores as far back as april. home depot c.e.o. expressed regret over the hack, saying we apologize for the frustration and anxiety this causes our customers and no customers will be responsible for fraudulent

charges to accounts. the company is not yet sure how much customer data was stolen. if it started in april, the hack would have come during home depots busy spring shopping season. almost all stores in north america are affected, including nearly 2,000 in the u.s. the company said shoppers in mexico and on line are probably safe as are customers debit pin numbers. over the past year, hackers have stolen information from millions of consumers. target was hit right before the holidays, costing that retailer $150 million so far. since then, p.f. change, super value and other retailers have been hacked. analysts say american stores are easy targets. >> the united states has the least secure credit card system in the world. we still rely on magnetic strips that contain information and not computer chips in cards. >> those cards are widely used

in europe, but not the united states. home depot plans to introduce chip technology at all u.s. stores by year's end. >> initial research suggesting the same malware that hit target hit home depot. home depot's hack may have been on for five months. >> a flash blood warning for most of the southern arizona, a day after record rainfall hit phoenix. it turned highways into small lakes and sent rescuers scrambling to get drivers out of cars. the governor declared a state of emergency. >> does this mean now that they are seeing some relief from the drought in those areas? >> we are seeing some, through the four corners region, part of that extreme southeastern california where we would love to see the moisture central california that extreme drought area with all the agriculture that really needs the rain, that's not where this is ending up.

we do have drought all the way to texas. there is help. that's the good side, the bad side is the plumbing. here's that moisture plume. was enhanced by the tropical moisture. tomorrow more dry air moves in. we are going to see a little bit of a reduction. anywhere from california through colorado now, we are seeing that. that included yesterday, even parts of vegas. if you were out at harrahs, this is what it looks like, so people trying to get through it here. vegas itself supported about .3, but around the area, some places, two, three, four in isolated spots if you fell under one of those storms. for today, there's a little more into parts of colorado. it's kept temperatures cooler, phoenix running 10 degrees blow average because of the moisture. >> nicole mitchell, thanks. >> investigators releasing their first report into the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17.

we have exactly what they are saying. >> secretary of state john kerry meeting with middle east allies rallying support against the islamic state group. former u.k. military advisor colonel michael kay weighs in on whether the plan risks history repeating itself. >> a unique natural event captured on camera. that's one part volcano. it's also one part tornado. that video and the others captured by citizen journalists around the world.

>> time for a look at videos captured by citizen journalists around the world. 14 people were hurt in chile after a strong explosion rocked a transit station. it's similar to bombings carried out by local anarchist groups. >> getting a helping hand in the form of cooler weather in yosemite. that cattage shows smoke billowing from a blaze. >> a rather unusual phenomenon in iceland's volcano. a company monitoring eruptions

capturing a large dust devil forming near an active part of the volcano. it create add volcanic tornado. >> i don't know which is cooler. >> up next, we talk about how crucial that new iraqi government is going to be for the government to fight the islamic state group. >> the malaysia airlines flight 17, dump investigators revealing more information about what brought down the crash, killing all onboard. lisa stark is in washington for us. you've been pouring over this report. it seems to confirm that malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down. >> it does. investigators don't say that outright, but everything found so far is consistent with a missile strike against this aircraft. they paint a picture of a jumbo jet flying along fine and

suddenly broke apart in midair, brought about by something external in the plane. they released photos of the wreckage that show holes in the fuselage. those could be caused by a missile that explodes outside the aircraft, sending shrapnel into the metal. it appears the aircraft was brought down by a large number of high energy objects from outside this aircraft. this morning, we heard from the chairman of the dutch safety board. >> our main conclusion is that the flight mh17 broken down in the air because of large damage to the aircraft caused by high energy objects penetrating the aircraft from outside. that's our main conclusion. >> now investigators say the damage pattern does not indicate that anything was wrong with the aircraft systems or engines. that jet was flying at 33,000 feet over eastern

ukraine. obviously an area where there was a lot of conflict between the ukrainian government and russian backed separatists. separatists are blamed for bringing down the plane, something they deny. >> was there anything in the report that surprised you? >> not surprising, but it was sobering to see how fast everything happened, there was no distress call, no indication of problem. pilots were given directions from controllers to make a turn. four seconds later, they got no answer and all of the recorders shut off three seconds after that. really we have a plane flying through the air normally and suddenly breaking apart. >> lisa stark for us in washington, thank you. >> as we have been reporting, president obama set to meet with congressional leaders today to talk about his plan to take on the islamic state group. the president says it does not involve u.s. boots on the

ground, but changes in baghdad, he says could lead to more military cooperation between iraq and the u.s. >> lt. colonel michael kay is a fortune affairs reporter and joins us. thanks for being with us. you've spent time in iraq and on duty for the air force. secretary of state john kerry will be trying to build a coalition to defeat i.s. how difficult will his job be and who are the key players that need to be part of that coalition? >> it is incredibly complex and will be difficult. the key is finding a fusion between military activity that occurs and having some sort of coherent and collaborative foreign policy that backs it up. we know there is no coherent foreign policy in that region at the moment and what worries me is we are going to go head first

into military involvement. >> the anti war sentiment in the united states and in britain have been high. is that changing and do you believe that the u.k. would support boots on the ground? >> i believe boots on the ground are not something we should entertain. there are key clues in contemporary history that we need to look at. we need to look at the secondary consequences of when we arm the militia. we need to look at what happens when we deal a devastating blow of air power in afghanistan in ridding al-qaeda, then goes across the border into pakistan, no foreign policy to deal with that. that's where osama bin laden was. we need to look at what happens when we invade a country without a post conflict plan, it becomes

sackous and groups move in. >> can you talk about reconstruction and political solutions without saudi arabia? >> no, you cannot. you have to engage saudi arabia. you have to speak to russia and china and get their acquiescence from the united nations security council. there has to abu.n. security council resolution an occur i can't. if we take away isis from this conversation, the problem of syria still exists. it will exist unless assad is dealt with in some way, whether we work with him on the threat or against him on the threat, and that hasn't been addressed. there is no doubt we have the

military capability to neutralize isis in syria. with what we need to do is consider the consequences of the vacuum left when they do that. >> important perspective. thanks so much. >> there is that storm system we've talked about. it is bringing tons of rain across the country and cooler temperatures, as well. let's check in with nicole mitchell. >> i am just the messenger on this one, i don't control it. moving across the country, storms to the midwest. i'll have more on that coming up. a temperature change is dramatic. billings at 52. we are not going to get much warmer today, a front dropping temperatures from 90 into the 50s. 20-30 degrees cooler. if you get to tomorrow's forecast in the 40's, that means from yesterday at almost 90 to

tomorrow in the 40's, over a 40-degree drop. still very warm ahead of all of this, but we are going to feel this change. places like minneapolis go from the 70's into the 50's as this moves through. it's going to be a little bit of an adjustment for a lot of folks. >> the world health organization issuing a new warning over the ebola crisis, while the c.d.c. tells parents to be on alert for a repair respiratory illness. infectious disease specialist weighs in on what needs to be done to stop the spread. >> a 14-year-old girl facing attempted murder and arson charges after trying to kill her family to please the slenderman. we have more on the latest case involving this fictional horror figure. >> apple could shake up the tech word today, unveiling a new iphone. >> a look at our images of the day, two buffaloes going head-to-head in china. each of them weighing a ton. >> thousands are residents

attending this annual event, featuring 100 of the massive beasts. it's considered barbaric by some, but a local he tradition in that part of china.

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>> this is capitol hill. top lawmakers head to the white house today as president obama makes his case for action and congressional funding to battle the islamic state group. ahead in our next half hour, are police being equipped more like armies? a senate hearing today asks that question in wake of the protests in ferguson, missouri. we go inside an expo showcasing the powerful weapons, now in some police arsenals. >> half a billion dollars, that's not the budget of a hollywood blockbuster, it's the price tag for the new video game destiny, the most expensive game

ever is expected to earn big bucks, as well. >> president obama hosting lawmakers in the white house today making the case for more u.s. involvement fighting the islamic state group. the president lays out his plan to the american people tomorrow. iraq has formed that unity government. >> flood warnings in effect in parts of the southwest today after heavy rains sent parts of arizona and nevada. two people died near phoenix, some receiving more than four-inches of rain in two hours. the fallout from the new video showing former nfl player ray rice, former player ray rice hitting his fiancee. he was cut and then suspended by the league in definitely. the nfl faces questions over when it first saw that video. >> a fourth american infected with ebola is now heading back to the u.s. for treatment. this at international health officials warn the virus is

getting much worse. there have been 3700 cases of ebola and 2,000 deaths. robert ray is outside emery hospital in atlanta. this new patient, we don't know if it's a man or woman, will arrive today. can we expect the treatment to be different than the other two americans treated there? >> this patient should arrive in the next half hour. that's according to emery university hospital finishes. the treatment will be virtually the same. they're going to monitor the vitals of the patient, make sure that the organs working properly, make sure this patient is hydrated. this patient will not receive the experimental serum zmapp. the doses have run out. the bio pharmaceutical l.l.c. is trying to make mr. but it won't

come up soon. they are going to monitor the patient in an isolation unit and make sure they have a good fighting chance to make sure that they fight off ebola. >> to be clear, you reported that it wasn't clear whether zmapp helped those two other americans heal. do we know about getting american troops to africa to the ebola zone? >> we have heard that american troops, along with british forces will be headed over to west africa at some point soon to build isolation unit, big tents that can hold some of the people infected with ebola, get them into a facility where they can be monitored, just like they would be here in atlanta or nebraska where the third ebola patient is being treated now. that's the issue over there. the fact that there's no infrastructure, no place for these people that are in effected to get the proper treatment. at some point soon, u.s. troops

and british troops will be building massive tents i understand west africa. >> as for west africa, doctors are scrambling to get any sort of treatment on the ground. what is the progress on cook seen and drug testing? >> there is little treatment now beyond monitoring vitals. the facilities in west africa are lacking. the new vaccine trial started outside washington at the national institute of health. that is being injected into human beings. it's a trial, that they are expecting results by the end of the year. as far as zmapp, we are not sure that has helped the ebola patients, the two here at emery. they are trying create more treatments. they are also looking into a blood serum, perhaps injecting the blood of someone who's had ebola and now through it and

better, that that will create the blood in the other person who has ebola to fight off the infection. lots of things moving now and just the hope that they can get treatment or vaccine in the near future, steph. >> robert ray live for us at the atlanta hospital, expecting that patient in about half an hour. >> we want to go to a doctor, a senior necessarily low at fordham university, and infectious disease specialist. you have been on the ground in africa. now we're hearing u.s. soldiers going there. i hear parents saying i'm concerned about my daughter or son. how concerned should they be about the soldiers? they are not doctors going into these ebola zones. >> i think the odds of catching ebola if you are a well trained military personnel as part of a response are low. that is not my main concern. it reflects the severity and scale of the outbreak. we've seen this grow exponentially in liberia, 40% of

the cases have occurred in the last 21 days. that's how was it's moving. >> are doctors down playing the severity of this outbreak? think about it, we're seeing now doctors infected with ebola. is it worse than we think it is? >> i think there's a very difficult story to tell. one story is in the u.s., you don't have to worry. there's not going to be an outbreak in the u.s. we have to really worry about west africa. it's not just a humanitarian crisis. this will destroy the region, the economy and topple governments and cripple health care systems. that goes to regional stat and speaks to our lack of ability to control viral deceased. >> what does it say that each time an american is infected, they fly them back to the united states, but havens africans dying from the disease? >> i think we should be spending

much more money on the response in west africa. if you think repay the reating, it is tens of thousands of dollars to get that plane in the air. that's thousands and thousands of dollars. the hospital we're sending over from the u.s., the field hospital is 50 beds and $25 million. >> why are we seeing so much of the enterovirus? some sky schools are the petri dish. >> what's interesting about viral disease, you'll ask questions and i'll have to say i don't know quickly. it seems the school year, the start of the school year is probably responsible, kids touch each other, don't wash hands and schools are incubators. why this virus at this time and place we don't know, but it's probably climate, it thrives in slightly cooler air and the

start of the school year. there's lots of other things as well. the vaccine, no cure, wash your hands, if you're wheezy, go to the hospital. >> tennessee authorities have found the body of holly bobo. her ray means were located near her home. she has been missing since 2011. two men were indicted for her kidnapping and murder. >> months after allegedly inspiring the brutal stabbing of a teenager in wisconsin, the fictional horror character slenderman is linked to another crime. a florida teen set her family house on fire. >> this is a weird story, and only apparently getting weirder, because now police in florida say the 14-year-old girl allegedly set fire to her family's home because slenderman

told her to do it. she said to have soaked a bed sheet and a towel and rum and lit it in the garage. her family was asleep at the time of the blaze but able to escape the flames. the girl, who is said to have been upset about being disciplined just before bedtime is charged with arson and attempted murder. the 14-year-old has been actively reading and writing about slenderman, a pure evil paranormal figure who stalks and kills children, originating on the internet in 2009 and has become an urban legend among horror fans. in may, two girls in wisconsin stabbed their classmate 19 times after luring her into the woods on the pretext of playing a game, but secretly to be a sacrifice for slenderman. the 12-year-old victim survived, her attackers charged with

attempted murder. >> in june, a 13-year-old girl in ohio stabbed her mother in the kitchen in their home because she had become obsessed with slenderman. this is a good time to remind everyone that slender man is not real, he is a fictional character. >> it was hard to describe what slender man is. this is worrying everyone about the i am pact of media on children. >> you just don't know what your children are looking at when they are on line. >> you say they are spying on them, sometimes it is good to watch them. thank you very much. >> ferguson, missouri is making changes one month after a police officer shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown. the city is setting up a citizenry view board and promising changes to ferguson's municipal court system, saying low income african-americans have been targeted. >> a is not committee is set to

hear testimony about how police are equipped. some forces including in ferguson have military type weapons you see here, some arms coming from the pentagon, ears using homeland security funds. >> a lot of police officers gathered in oakland, california this part week for a convention showing off all shorts of new law enforcement tools. >> melissa chan paid a visit to urban shield and found out those who work to keep us safer insist they need all the help they can get. >> it's an expo that attracts law enforcement agencies from cruise the country. urban shield also attracts the military. the army, navy and marine corps are here. you can, of course, try out the hardware. >> it's like a very expensive paint ball toy you have. >> it's a replica of an actual weapon. >> here the line is blurred

between the police and military. officers tell us for good reason. >> the crux of the matter is in the world and in the united states, we keep having what i walnut cases with the sole intent of killing people. >> we are not rolling down the street. we have these type of vehicles, the only time we bring them out is for barricaded suspects to provide cover for us. >> in the post ferguson period, a lot of people are talking about the militarization of police. do you think there is concern there? >> it's a function of perspective. what people perceive is having to meet an evolving and different mission. one thing you'll never find anybody involved in law enforcement doing is monday morning quarterbacking any mission. >> we could not find anyone to say what went wrong in ferguson or even acknowledge it was a problem.

urban shield started eight years on the ground and has seen interests from bahrain, israel, singapore, brazil. >> the expo is just one part of your ban shield. the other half is training. we're going to see an assassination attempt on a dignitary. >> over 48 hours, scores of swat teams will go through this training event. it's this kind of tactical training that's been crucial. for example, in helping police prepare and respond to an event, such as last year's bombings at the boston marathon. the acquisition of military grade weapon, they tell us has done more good than harm. on the streets, the people don't buy that narrative. oakland especially has seen an odd host for urban shield. its police department placed on federal oversight following a corruption scandal. among the protestors, the

mothers of young men shot and killed by police. >> take your military tactics and get out of here! >> my son was cut up with a military weapon that when they go through the body tear your skin up. my son was ripped up. >> on this day, the activists win. over the weekend, the mayor announced that urban shield will not be held in the city next year. melissa chan, aljazeera, oakland, california. >> with scenes like that, you can figure out why urban shield organizers have not picked up a location for next year but are disappointed and will take their convention elsewhere. >> main street and wall street getting ready for apple's big announcement this morning. >> we will weigh in on what new gadgets we may see. >> a roller coaster going up in flames as crews race to save the structure.

>> pretty dramatic images, a wooden roller coaster in flames in california. the blaze broke out, nobody was hurt. the ride was shut down after 36 years in operation, the park was closed at the time of the fire. >> the video game set to hit store shelves today with a $500 million price tag. >> no, i will not be buying one. >> european regulators are asking google for more concessions. they want it to make changes to search algorithms. competitors say they are being squeezed out. >> it's big day in the tech world. later today, apple is he can specked to reveal a host of new gadgets, including a new iphone. >> it is likely to feature new

technologies. you might want to be careful when you use them. >> the new iphone is likely to have a number of improvements. amateur sleuths say the battery will last longer, the screen bigger and tougher and the processor more powerful. nfc is the new feature. it sends private data via radio waves across a distance of two inches. it's great for authentication. one easier painted an nfc chip into her fingernail lacquer. another let's him start his car. apple's plan seems to be to use the phone as an extension of your wallet. >> it's been in development since 2004. it's been in the landscape for a while. since 2011, you can pay for parking at any of 30,000 parking meters here using nfc smart

phone. >> nfc matters in this case, because apple has more credit card information on file than amazon and ebay combined thanks to itunes. you're going to be ready to use the new iphone to make purchases. the use of that technology brings up questions of trust. people already use phones to hold all kinds of intimate stuff, including photograph of their kids and romantic moments. apple took a credibility hit when several celebrities who deleted pics from the cloud found them out in the wild. >> your credit cards will be in the phone and make them accessible to hackers around you. >> hacking becomes more difficult, apple work, credit card companies making sure

everyone is comfortable with what they'll be releasing. >> any transaction you might make with cash, soda, gum, gas, will be yet another thing you'll to have trust apple to protect. >> let's get more on the new iphone with tim stevens, he had door at large for c net. he will be at the event today. great to have you. is the iphone six going to be a game-changer? >> i don't know that it's actually going to be a game-changer but will bring apple into the modern era. people are expecting bigger and bigger phones, apple getting onboard with two new phones today. on the android side, people want bigger phones and apple is going to give them too. >> are most users expected to download the new software or is

there enough changes to the hardware to trade in the old mod snell. >> we've seen that apples able to push updates quickly to a lot of users. most people do update. it will bring in new functionality to share calls between your desktop computer and your phone and other functionality people will want. the new phone will be bigger with better battery life and thinner. the mobile application is going to be easy to use. >> you're going to be at the event today. what you are expecting as far as surprises? >> >> we hope apple shows us the i watch or some sort of wearable device. we've waited for years for apple to unveil the smart watch area. we've seen samsung launching multiple smart watches over the past few months. it's time for apple to get onboard. we think we'll get a glimpse of the device today.

we expect the new i phones to ship next week. >> those new smart watches remind me of those old calculator watches. are they becoming a trend? are people wearing and using those? >> they are absolutely going to be a trend next year. right now too early. we've seen smart watches on the market from samsung and motorola. they have flaws. the screens are not easy to read in sunlight, the battery life is terrible. companies like pebble into interesting smart watches, on the simple side in terms of functionality. next year, we'll see them flood the market and prices drop, too. >> we'll see if apple gets in the game on that. have fun at the convention today. >> you said casio? i was thinking about texas instruments, too.

>> you remember them, right? >> i do. i had the first one. destiny game is hitting the she was today. >> steven has a date with destiny, the destiny is question is a video game, the date, the ninth day of the ninth month, its worldwide release. >> it's a really rewarding game, the classic good versus evil. the call to action is the guardian and the guardian pushing back the darkness. it's something it can relate to. >> everybody that is in the gaming world. for them, the hype has been building for months. destiny comes from halo. its on line trailers look like movies. paul mccartney wrote the music and the budget of half billion dollars was the highest ever for a game. >> $5 billion is a huge risk. they don't expect to make their money back just over this game.

they expect several sequels over the next 10 years. >> 3-2-1! >> at a shopping center in sydney, the game debuted at midnight, but before that was the countdown. the cake and the cue. >> then get the game, go home, sleep, wake up, continue playing. >> been waiting trying to pass the time by doing other things. finally here. >> i woke up at 9:00 a.m., i thought today is the day. >> what makes this game special, it blends the best of the first person shoot 'em up like halo with a personalized character building like world of warcraft. it's all set in a vast on line gaming space with players worldwide cooperating and competing. >> people don't have to come out at midnight to get the game, but they're here to bond with the community and make friends.

>> some like to be around the community in lounge like this even at they play. >> it is the community within the game that's most important to destiny. only when millions are playing simultaneously whether the decision will be made whether this is destined to become the most successful game ever. >> destiny costs more than the most expensive film ever made, avatar. that was $75 million cheaper to make than the video game. >> let's get another check of the weather. nicole mitchell is back with more of that. nicole. >> a new storm system out of the rockies has dramatic changes. we're starting to see moisture in the southeast. that will slowly ease up today. we had definite showers and thunderstorms yesterday. one area of improvement, a new area that we're watching. watch for that help rain, iowa through wisconsin. strong storms possible, and on the backside of all this, enough

cold air that by tomorrow night with some more moisture, montana could see a couple of flakes fly by. >> break out the sweaters. >> i know. it's still summer. >> a development in the ray rice story to share. his wife, breaking her silence, posting a message on infra gram reading: >> she goes on that is to take something away from the man she loves that she has worked so hard for to get t.v. ratings is terrible. >> coming up, more on that story and more on the president's plan to deal with the islamic state group in iraq and syria as he gets set to share the details with the american people. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> coming up in just two minutes from doha, those protests turning deadly in yemen. >> have a good day. we'll see you right back here

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