>> hi, everyone, this is aljazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york. making the case, president obama makes his plans to take out islamic state. a former taliban insider said that he knows why. making changes, one month since police shot and killed michael brown, and why ferguson is pushing for reform. shining the light on domestic violence, the cost on

dollars and lives. destiny calling. the record-setting video game that cost half a billion-dollar to make, and what a former beatle has to do. >> a major address to the nation. joining us from the white house with more. libby. >> reporter: john, the white house says president obama told the most powerful members of congress that he doesn't need their support to move forward against the islamic state. in other words, he doesn't need congressional authorization, though the white house said that he would like to see a

vote of support coming from congress for unity. this comes as welcome news to some members of the senate on both sides of the aisle, with a politically charged vote eight weeks before the midterm election, but they want a say in what happens next. house speaker, john boehner, one of the four in the oval office with the president, expressing support for what mr. obama is outlining, and in the readout, he didn't mention the word strategy, but he laid out his plans. the republics are still critical of the president and what they say is a lack of strategy, john. >> the president met with nato leaders, and where do america's allies stand in this? >> the real audience for this week is the american public, as the president outlines his plans tonight. it will be the american people that he's speaking to and members of congress. amiens members will be watching to see how the american public

opinions, and john, a new poll out in washington d.c. shows that americans are hawkish on what to do against the islamic state. 70% said that they support airstrikes in iraq, and 65% say this they support them in syria, the real question after tonight, john, will the american feel that president obama is leading them in the right direction? a president who wants to wind down wars in what could be a prolonged campaign in the middle east. >> the president plans to stop the islamic state group, and strikes in syria, and it could deeply affect the three year civil war, and could potentially harm groups that the u.s. has tried to help. >> reporter: airstrikes against the islamic state could hurt the assad government. one of the syrian groups is the syrian army.

it has been losing ground. but the group is backed by countries like saudi arabia, and a lot of people around the world wanted to see the rebellion again. but it's the hardline groups that are growing here in green. it's part of aljazeera, and as their fighters take the isis ground, many fear that it will hurt the chances for a democratic syria. the kurds could help to anger america's ally, turkey, because the kurds in turkey have been fighting for independence. so it might cause problems at home. and this is why the situation there is so tricky. there are a lot of different groups, and a lot of interests and helping the kurds right now may be unavoidable. >> well, i think that he has to convince the public, as well as

the wash elites that he really does have a comprehensive strategy for addressing the isil problem, or the isis problem. and the polls that you cited indicate that the public is very concerned, and i think obviously egged on by the videos of the two american journalists being beheaded, and that has scared the american public in a way that other events taking place in syria and iraq in recent months did not. and i think there's going to be a clamoring for a comprehensive approach, but also assurance that this operation is not going to be a quagmire. >> john, today the president said syria is losing the problem gand aerogenesis is, and what did he mean by that. >> once we can fight isil on the ground in iraq and sirria or in the air, and the fighters in the u.s. or europe that

might some day return, the question is what's causing these people from a u.s. and europe to travel from the region and join up with groups like isis, and the message seems to be sent out on social media and other forms where intelligence experts say that it's the most sophisticated propaganda they have ever seen from an islamic radical or militant group. they have never seen anything on this scale or with this kind of sophistication, and the u.s. and other groups are struggling to be nimble enough to be combative. >> and, it's a sophisticate today group, but could the president be calling out the islamic state to a national audience? could that do more harm than about? >> i think it's very interesting. just about nine or ten months ago, the president referring to this group apparently, or others like it as jv or junior varsity, and now we have an

address to the nation in prime time about how the american public needs to rally its strengths in order to defeat this islamic state. and it's certainly a far cry from what we're hearing a few months ago and i think regardless of what the president said, it has to be something of a pr victory if nothing else to claim this kind of response from the u.s. government. >> do you think that it helps them recruit? >> i mean, i think it could contribute to that. and i wouldn't be surprised if it the next 24, 48 hours, we wouldn't be seeing them say we're the toughest guys on the block, and we have already heard from the u.s. intelligence official that's there could be an arms race or a competition from isis and al qaeda affiliated groups who are ready to claim the mantle of the islamic militant operation to be at the forefront of the efforts and carry out attacks in the coming

weeks to prove that they're the biggest groups on the block >> so the president suggested a need for a counter narrative to defeat theigs is. and talk more on what that looks like. >> well, this is an area where the u.s. and other western governments have struggled to putting that together. initially, there was a lot of projection of the fact that muslims are treated well in the united states, and there are a lot of prosperous muslims here that are able to practice their religion freely. and it doesn't seem that that message is persuading people to turn away from groups like isis or al qaeda, and you have them issuing messages on twitter and youtube, trying to put out what they're putting out, largely saying that they're not that helpful to muslims, that they carry out techs in mosques, that a lot of their tactics are

unnecessarily brutal and excessive, and many of their victims turn out to be members of other muslim groups, and that's a lot of the messaging that you see out of the u.s. state department in the last few months, much of it using isis' own videos, much of it brutal. >> we'll watch tomorrow. and john, thank you. we will watch president obama's address to the nation on the islamic state, and what the u.s. plans to do about it. our coverage begins 8 p.m. eastern and 5:00 pacific time. by one estimate, 5,000 people from 74 countries have joined the islamic state. and the question is why? a muslim from toronto he said that he recruited jihadi groups after 9/11, and a spiritual adviser talked him out of it. and he became an informer for canadian intelligence. welcome. how did you get involved in

this, and why were you? >> i became self radicalized. and this is common for many individuals. some may be because of the family background they come in, and they may be exposed to a lot of political ideology, or they convert to islam or somebody they meet in college or high school, whatever it is, and they take on the political ideology. for me, i didn't have any politics until i met the taliban in 2005, and they had taken over the country, and that was my political catalyst. and i became a supporter of the jihad cause. >> how do you make that leap from joining a political ideology to joining the jihad? >> it really comes down to two factors, it's extremist

ideology and foreign policy. it's a grieveness ideology, and if the gravyiances aren't there, it doesn't have the tracks. so the grievances are u.s. foreign policy in the middle east and interventions and coups, and supporting tie ran call governments, there's a list of grievances, but the only way to overcome it is by violence, and that's the only it willtive they propose to you, and that's where you get caught. >> so you were a retrutter and how did you do that? >> we would go to mosques and conferences, and we would look for certain people, more religious, so they had beards and were wearing robes, or even converts. who might be isolated from their parents, and were more likely to join us in our

circle. >> is there a natural conflict between religion and war? >> not all. i think that it's just violence. this is where the grievance has tracks, and where you say they're invading your lands, you can justify retaliation and defense. but in th in the case of for exe killing a journalist, you can't justify that, even with the most extreme versions of jihadi thinking. >> how did you get out? >> i went to syria, and i studied two years in islamic studies. i learned mostly from the life of the prophet mohammed that this way is completely unislamic. jihad has ethics, it's a legitimate war tradition, but it has limits and rules, and that's what these people are

not following. >> obviously, there's disagreement on those rules. you decided to help the canadian government, right? why? >> i became an operative, confidential human sources, and my job was to identify the operation, and i volunteered. when i came back from syria, and i was happy to help out. so i volunteered with the service, and i basically just phoned them up. they knew about me and my background, and i explained to them about the journey that i was on now, and it was good for me to exonerate people as well, it's not just about catching people for no reason, but it's about letting people off who have been falsely accused and i

did a little bit of both. >> maybe people find it difficult to understand, how you can go from being a self radicalized muslim to working in intelligence for the canadian government. those seem so far apart. >> there were moments of doubt, especially after studying, that these interpretations that i was clinging to about many times taken out of context, and did not reflect the historical circumstances of the time. and so once i was informed of that, and educated of that, i realized how, and i felt bad. i needed to fix what i had done. >> how difficult do you think it would be for others to get

outside of that radical thinking? >> it's not that difficult. most people who become radicalized never become terrorized. there's a reason for that. but a lot of them become disillusioned, and they may be busy in life, and they might be radicalized because they have a job, and then they have a job, and it's okay, so it can go so many ways, depending on the personal circumstances of individuals. >> is it about poverty? >> what is poverty? it's a lack of opportunity. there's corruption as well. and you can see how people become antegovernment and want to retaliate. but in the western context, poverty is not a factor. you're looking at identity. who am i supposed to be? what kind of muslim am i supposed to be in the west? identity, sense of belonging, angry males, they need to feel that they're part of a group, part of a tribe, and especially

those who come from a violent background, a validation of what they're feeling. >> it's good to have you on the program. and thanks for explaining this to us. >> one of syria's most influential rebels has been killed. he was head of the group called arar hasham. he was one of the 45 people who died when a bomb exploded. and 27 other leaders from his group were killed. >> this is a group in the region, and they have taken out that many of the leadership. and i think they have done a lot of damage with the people who make the decisions in the group. but this group came into syria now, and escorted them. and one of the two main

conservative groups who came out in 2012, the bigger one and more well-known one, they were very much part of the fighting force that took the battle and they didn't have the right weapons or ammunitions, and these groups started making inroads into the front line. in syria's capital, a new government push to take back a rebel stronghold. inside of the regime's defensive, inside of damascus. >> syrian state television shows the government's latest push to recapture the eastern disc of damascus, it was taken by the government last year. it's hundreds of meters away from the city center. and now there has been an

unprecedented campaign by the syrian government to clear it. the regime said that the airforce is carrying out up to 20 airstrikes a day. the destruction is extensive. heavy weapons are used while army sources advance in different parts. rebels are in the area. >> they cleared a number of

buildings and soldiers. it's just like the war. >> the military chief said that the syrian rebels have agreed to have 45 peace keepers on the front, and they plan to release they will in days without any convictions or demands. they were taken captive august 28th. and they are demanding to be taken off of the terrorism list. up next, what the u.s. is

doing, it's spreading like wildfire, and the immigration crisis through the eyes of children. how deportation has ripped their families apart.

>> a fourth american infected with ebola is now being treated, and the virus still continues to plague the people of west africa. so far, there have been 4300 ebola cases in the region, and 2300 people have died. almost half of the deaths are in the last few weeks. robert ray has more from atlanta on the outbreak and the latest american worker >> reporter: a fourth american aid worker infected with the deadly ebola virus landed in atlanta taken to university hospital. >> we're doing what we did with all of the patients, and based on the patient's condition, we'll decide what they are.

>> reporter: unlike the others who survived, this patient will not receive the experimental drug. because there are no doses left. >> it's hard to make an assessment of the medication's affect based on the patient. >> on monday, an emergency conference in washington d.c. brought ebola experts together in the wake of the world health organization's prediction of new west african cases in the coming weeks. >> they can replicate the spread to wide areas. and different countries. >> this is the worst ebola outbreak in history. owner 2200 have died. and the numbers keep rising. public health officials are concerned about the lack of resources, infrastructure, doctors and aid workers on the ground in west africa. >> we'll be gesticulate on what

can happen. but if you look at the past, this has never happened. >> congress is considering an obama administration request for more funding, and while there's a vaccine in phase one, clinical trials, there's the feeling that time is running out, prompting an urgent call to action by the united nations and the west african leaders. >> the disease identified in the remote areas of our country, including the capital, monrovia. it has now spreading like wildfire. and the already weak infrastructure of the countries has been overwhelmed. >> on tuesday, the u.s. announced that it will be building isolated treatment centers to assist in liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. >> the white house has delayed

any executive action on the border crisis until after the midterm election. today, 30 children went to capitol hill to say that the crisis is tearing their families apart. >> reporter: these are some of the faces behind the heated immigration debate. children, all american citizens, who have lost a parent to deportation. a parent who was an undocumented immigrant. they held an emotional news conference on capitol hill to tell their stories. >> my father was deported two years ago just o'just for not having a license. it has been hard for me because i had to be like a father for my siblings. i don't like seeing my baby sister, two years old, it asking, where's my father? >> an estimated 150,000 children, who are u.s. citizens, had a parent deported since 2012 alone. >> all across america, we have

11 million families suffering, and justice cannot wait. >> lawmakers support changes in the immigration law, including florida congressman, joe garcia say there are consequences to inaction. >> those whose lives have been turned around and upside down, and their families destroyed by the administration's deportation. >> president obama did issue an executive order, to allow those brought here illegally as children to stay in the country now, but that does not apply to undocumented parents. now, the white house says it will not take further action on immigration until after the november election. this issue is viewed as a political minefield. but for these children, it's not political, but criminal. eight-year-old jason garcia has not seen his father for some two years. his mom tells him to pray for his dad.

>> i want my dad to come home. >> jason does not know when that day will come. aljazeera, washington. >> and coming up next, ferguson missouri, one month after the shooting death of michael brown, his family makes a new plea for justice. and scotland's push for independence. why the leaders in the uk are getting very nervous.

>> this is aljazeera america, and i'm john seigenthaler. coming up, washington looks at several programs to provide police with -- . >> . >> ray rice's wife speaks out on her husband's defense, the staggering cost of domestic violence. and th the big apple, the bg news. could iphone technologies

jeopardize your online security? one month ago today, a ferguson, missouri police officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager. michael brown's death sparked weeks of protests and tensions in that city, questions about the issue of race. today, michael brown's parents, alongside of community leaders called for the arrest of darren wilson, who killed their son. over the weekend, witnesses talked about michael brown surrendering while he was shot. and the family's attorney said that that should be more than enough for the arrest. >> because now we have two additional non-connected, non-affiliated witnesses who now confirm that mike brown jr. had his hands up before darren wilson emptied his weapon into

his body, we feel at this point that the normal process and normal steps should be taken, that darren wilson should be arrested, booked, fingerprinted and photographed. at that point, we should then wait and see what the grand jury does with the rest of the charges. that step cannot be skipped. >> tonight, the ferguson city council is meeting to talk about the relationship between the police. and lawmakers plan to call a review board to talk about community relations. to many, the response of police in ferguson looked like a war zone, and today, prompted by the midges, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took aim at a program that gives the police sure muss military gear. >> reporter: the criticism is

coming from both sides of the spectrum. >> the militarization of police is something that has gotten so far out of control, we have allowed it to descend on our civil liberties. >> in ferguson, missouri, looking more like a war zone in a st. louis suburb has the people asking about a program they signed off on years ago, the 1033 program, provides law enforcement with armored cars and grenade launch,. >> the program is a way of providing excess equipment from the military to get some of the money back, and provide law enforcement with what they have. >> congress created the program more than 20 years ago, so the police had more tools to fight armed drug gangs and deal with natural disasters. it expanded afte after the

september 11th attacks. >> anybody who claims that we're not going to have high-powered weaponry in the united states has not been paying attention to the reality of police officers, so there's a time and a place for every one of these tools. >> reporter: the pentagon has transferred $5 billion in equipment over the years, and now congress is asking if it spiraled out of control. >> while this hearing may reveal many strong arguments, and this skim is for police officers in certain situations, i'm confident that the militarizing of police are not consistent with peaceful exercise of first amendment rights, free speech and free assembly. >> georgia representative wants the georgia official it's to not s. right now, the local

police go directly to the defense depart. >> if the local police have a need for military equipment, there's no provision in my legislation from them acquiring it through their normal budgeting process. you go through your governing authority, and you say we need this kind of equipment, that governing authority may up of people elected by the citizens, can make that decision. >> reporter: the debate is still in its early stages, and members are grappling with just how much to change a program, intended to protect america's communities. the white house is reviewing it too, but there's no public deadline on its signing. aljazeera. >> today, rice's wife, jen a, responded to a video that showed herring punched in the face. she defended her husband, and

she said that it feels like a horrible nightmare. no one knows the pain that the media and the unwanted options has caused my family. to relive what we regret every day is a horrible thing. vice president biden said that violence against women, mike said that the nfl did the right thing, but indefinitely suspending rice, violence against women must be stopped. >> this is the ugliest form of violence that exists. and there's a tragic history. about how women in our society are treated and how they're abused. >> he estimated that the domestic violence worldwide costs the global economy more than $8 trillion every year, and according to a report to

the united nations, that type of interpersonal violence costs more people than wars, and it injuries 82 million children. they suffer violent discipline thaat home. so we have this study x. is it says that violence at home costs more lives than war, and it causes the u.n. to pay attention. is this something that has been historically overlooked? >> absolutely not. the u.n. privatizes the issue of violence against women as one of the key issues that not only is important for the economy, we talked about the costs, but it's also an issue of human rights, because it's

the manifestation of one of the most brutal forms of discrimination and inequality. and it is also an issue of superiority in conflict situations, violence against women that's unfounded. so this is something that we have been privatizing, and we have a campaign, violence against women. and we have 15 days of violence every november, and we are also setting out programs on the ground for prevention, protection, for persecution. >> and still it's an enormous problem. >> an enormous problem >> so where is the problem the worst? >> it's every day. every day. it's a global problem. and different types, different forms of violence, domestic violence, you mentioned.

one in three women. one-third, and sometimes it's 7 in ten. >> we tried to talk about this, and of course trills of dollars, but does that tell the whole story? >> there are all kinds of consequences, first of all, the consequences for women who suffer the pain, the psychological damage, the physical, the health consequences, infects the families, and it infects the children, and the communities. and those are the things that are not often talked about. but also, the economic costs, of lost income, of people not being able to go to office or to work on account of the fact

that they have been victims of violence. so all of this has enormous costs, and social costs, and costs for the economy. >> we talked about syria and iraq today. and what effect does war have on when we talk about violence against women? >> they say that women are the most endangered in periods of war, even more than soldiers. >> why? >> because they become the targets, they're seen as more vulnerable, they are taken away from safe environments, and also, they are seen as weapons of war. >> the u.n. krites the need for more women in power to combat this problem, but here in the united states, there are numerous leaders condemning

this act. and women are in power in many cases, and yet we still see college campuses where there's sexual abuse of women, and even with women in power, why do we see -- >> we haven't reached the perfect place on empowerment or equality. and all forms of violence that happen, even in countries, and that's why it's such a universal problem, it happens because there's inequality and discrimination, and all violence stems from that. and it's just -- the u.s. has as much of it as india or any other country. >> we talk about education being important. and there's no question that education is important. but doesn't want system of justice in these countries have to change in order for this problem to be fixed? >> absolutely, we have to have good laws. you talk about domestic violence, and domestic violence

laws are only in 125 countries. and where it is recognized as a crime. in other countries, it's not even recognized as a crime. so you need good laws, and you need better implementation, and you need institutions that support victims and survivors of violence. so it's the system of fighting violence and preventing violence, and protecting women from violence. >> very important issue in our world today. thank you for being on the program. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. in just nine days, the people of scotland have the chance to vote on a historic referendum to leave the uk and become an independent nation, but leaders are trying to make scotland an offer they can't refuse. >> the palace of westminster has stood for 100 years as a

beacon of democracy. that's what they say in the west. but the scottish nationals have said that the uk elite have lost so much credibility that they want to strikeout by themselves. the failures and successes. so with nine days to go before this historic referendum, representatives in scotland came together to say okay, if you want more palaces, you can have them, but don't leave the united kingdom. >> we'll have the opportunity to end the politics of grievance and the people of scotland, rather than the politics of grievance to blame someone else. >> but the scottish nationalists have heard it all before. and they even agreed on what the scott's should be offered and they have all of the momentum in the opinion polls.

>> a great public health service, and they would give us the power to reenergize the economy. and all of the things that we can do next week. >> the appeals to the scott's from westminster, it's to say to them, we love scotland. scottish flag was raised above the prime minister's house, and it fell off. but if you want to know just how serious this is to the union, the prime minister, david cameron, he gave a speech on monday here in london. and he has canceled the prime minister's questions, and is instead having to travel to scotland, which he didn't want to do, to campaign there for defense of the union. it's very high stakes, but it's all hands to the pub. aljazeera, westminster in

london. >> joie chen is standing by to tell us what's coming up on "america tonight." >> good evening, john. on the program tonight, we'll continue our series, overcoming disability. and we'll look at what many americans take for granted, play grounds. even climbing the jungle gym can be a challenge. what that means to a kid like lucas, who wants to be like the other kids. >> it's frustrating for me, and more than him. just watching him watch other kids, quickly get up and move from one thing to the next, but he doesn't have that luxury, and sometimes it's found looking up and watching his friends kind of run away. >> in our series, overcoming disability, america tonight's adam may, a jungle gym for

life's challenges. >> joie, thank you. apple has revealed it's next gen race of technology. new i phones, and a watch that connects to it, and a new way to pay for things with science and technology. jake ward is in cupertino tonight. and tell us about these new products. >> well, john, the apple watch is certainly the headliner. the faithful gathered here behind me in cupertino to hopefully see a new category of product that we have been waiting for for years since the ipad. and they did see it. the i watch, it was a game changer, but the secret headliner of this event is called apple pay. it's a new system for connecting between your phone and a receiver at a point of sale in such a way that it allows you to basically engage in a contradict transaction without taking out your wallet.

it asks for an incredible amount of trust when apple has not exactly been gaining trust. >> so after the hack, can a technology like apple pay be trusted? what are the risks? >> well, the risks are to hear apple, pretty minimal. it's a system that allows your phone to pay for things, and it issues a one-time token that never is used again. gets it from the credit card company. and connects to the retailer and forms this one time handshake that is unique. if you lose your phone, you will not be losing your credit cards. but the thing to consider here, nfc, the communication system, it has been out for a while, but never had a road test like this. apple has more credit cards on file than amazon and ebay combined. so the shear number of people

that will be using it, and hackers are sharpening their knives all over the world to figure out how they're going to get your credit card data. and all of that rests on this new system. >> jake, how does this compare to other rollouts from apple? >> well, i mean, it's really a sight to behold. they have built an entire custom building from nothing to host this thing. when you're apple and you have $179 billion kicking around, you get to do that. and it was a sight to see. but what struck me, the amount that apple expects to be in your life. these phones will know where you are on the grid. and altitude. it has a barometer built into it, and knows when you're asleep, at home, and systems to start your car. this phone will do absolutely everything. it's a level of trust, the relationship for apple that's

setting the new bar. >> jake, thank you. it's one of the greatest maritime miss these in canada's history. two ships disappeared exploring the arctic more than 160 years ago, and one of the ships has been found just 40 feet below the water surface. >> the prime minister and self avowed canadian history buff, it was a big day for steven harper. in optua, he unveils a sonar image of a ship, one of them disappeared in 1885 serving for the northwest passage. >> more than a century, and this has been a great canadian story and mystery, and it has been the subject of scientists and historians and writers. and i think that we have a really important day in mapping together the history of our country.

>> sir john of the royal navy, his ships were trapped in pack ice, and he and his 128 men tried to walk to safety, there was even talk of cannibalism. this is the first glimpse of the ship that they left behind. the wreckage is well preserved in the water. and the researchers used remote-controlled vehicles, giving credit to the breakthrough. they got a allow where to search from their colleagues on land who found them at an island nearby. government has been funding expeditions to search for the missing ships since 2008 and the mystery has gripped many canadians, and the expensive searches has helped them claim canada's icy waters. >> the technologies that were

utilized can be utilized elsewhere, and in fact, as we speak, we have two ice breakers using similar technologies up in the high arctic, and mapping out our shelf. >> for that, the exact site of the wreck is being kept vague to discourage treasure hunters, but there are more mysteries to solve. and canada's explorers will head north once again next summer. >> coming up next, it's not a movie, it's not a tv show. but it could be the entertainment event of the year, and why millions of people around the world are excited about it.

>> going evening, i'm meteorologist, kevin corriveau. and you can see the warnings, how extensive they were. in vegas, we looked at flash flood warnings, and this is what it looked like on the ground. 4 inches of rain fell across the county in just two areas, and we saw major problems in the area, it had a difficult time in the region, and we're still looking actually today at flood watches in the area right now. you can see flood advisories as well as flood warnings for parts of las vegas as well. but you can see most of that area has diminished it's warnings as most of the rain is beginning to move more to the west. more to the east. but what we're dealing with

this evening, the threat of tornadic activity in parts of iowa. and we have seen 3 inches of rainfall and we have active tornado warnings in parts of northern missouri as well. so we'll be watching this area very carefully. and also, the flood threat extends all the way toward the great lakes. we're going to be seeing much more rain as we go toward wednesday as well as across much of the ohio river valley. much more news coming up after this.

>> he has a date with destiny. it the destiny in question is a

video game. the date, the 9th day of the 9th month, it's worldwide release. >> it's a really rewarding game. and the guardians are pushing back the darkness, and everyone can relate to it. >> everybody that is in the gaming world. for them, the hype has been building for months. destiny comes from the company behind the smash hit, halo. it's trailers look like movies. paul mccartney wrote the music, and the budget of half a billion-dollars. >> they don't expect to make their money back, but expect to have several sequels over the next ten years. >> at a shopping center in sydney, the game debuted at

midnight. before that, the countdown. >> [ unintelligible ]. >> finally here, very happy. >> i woke up this morning at 9 a.m. and thought today is the day. >> what makes this game special? fans say that it's shoot 'um up like halo, with personalized characters like war craft. players worldwide, cooperating and competing. >> they can bond with the community and make friends, and that's what you're seeing with video games these days. >> some like to be around the community in consoles like this, even as they play. >> it's a community within the game that's most important. only when millions are playing

simultaneously, it's destined to be the most successful game ever. >> and coming up at 11:00 eastern time, my conference with the five men wrongly convicted in the rape and beating of a central park jogger. he'll talk about the 25 years of emotional ups and downs. and plus, she stands head and shoulders above other fashion models. a transgender woman and the message that she has for the world. that's 11:00 eastern time. beloved children's doctor, dr. seuss, hit the shelves today. the doctor's most famous characters, including the elephant and the grinch. the stories were originally published in redbook magazine in the 1950s. and charles cohen discovered the collection and had 25,000

hours of research on dr. seuss' life. in london, the last super moon of the year. the super moons occur when the moon is closer to the earth, and they appear larger and brighter. i'm john seigenthaler. @j

>> on "america tonight," on the line. the wary warrior tries to grow support for his bid to cut down islamic state fighters. can the president persuade the u.s. congress that he does have a plan now? against a growing terror threat? and how will mr. obama's own words undercut his attempt to lead the fight. also tonight, down on the farm, a new twist for animal rights activists. sheila macvicar is i