>> welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. president obama prepares to layout his plan to the american people on how to defeat the islamic state. it comes as secretary of state visit john kerry rallies support. and in ferguson, missouri, people marching on the highway, calling for the governor to appoint a special prosecutor to the michael brown case.

>> so we're just few hours away from president obama's address to the nation. he will unveil his strategy to dismantle the islamic state group in iraq and syria. the president told leaders yesterday that he has the authority he needs to take action against i.s. americans back him up as well. 61% of americans say acting against the islamic state is in the national interest. the president plans to ask lawmakers to approve $500 million in lethal aid to syrian rebels. what more do we know that the president is going to say tonight. >> it's time for the united states military and the coalition partners to go on offense against the islamic state group. a couple of reasons for that, tony. the galvanizing event of augus august 19th, the video of the first on-tape murder of american

journalist james foley followedly james sotloff ha galvanized the opinions of americans and lawmakers as well. further they wanted a more inclusive government and they wanted nouri al-maliki to go. the president has been preparing for this speech all day. he met with his national security council team discussing the speech in the situation room in the west wing. up above a little bit later in the oval office a telephone call with one of those key allies the arab portion of this coalition, king abdullah of saudi arabia. he has been on the phone with key members and the president is expected to announce expanded airstrikes, and more significantly not paying attention to any border that has

been obliterated between iraq and syria, carrying those sir strikes into syria, taking the fight to the islamic state there. he promised no american combat boots on the ground. >> mike, president obama told congressional leaders that he has the authorization to implement his strategy. and will congress take action on their own. >> this may not surprise you but congress has been all over the map on this. they really don't want to vote as do most rank and file on th on the controversial action. many feel that the president has the authority dating back to 9:00 when the authorization of military force was passed back then. one key element here tony that is very much up in the air. if the president is to army the syrian rebels what they call the moderate vetted opposition in syria, that's what they want to do, he is going to have to have a vote in congress to authorize

overt military aid to those rebels. we understand that a vote on that--a request was put forward by the president, and now congressional leaders announcing that they're going to consider it as a push back vote until next week where that is likely to be considered. >> there are a ton of questions there on funding in providing lethal assistance to the vetted moderate opposition. the president said he wants to build a coalition to take action against the islamic state group. what is the latest on that front? >> it's another key element. we heard secretary kerry turn up in baghdad, vowed to work with the newly formed iraqi government. this is an ongoing tour in the gulf reason for secretary kerry trying to build a coalition. there have those who have visited the region. we saw president obama visit on the phone with king abdullah

today. they want buy in from the regional states including sunni muslim-led states in the administration. >> the islamic state group has grown dramatically since gaining a foot hold this year. the hard line stretches through syria and through iraq. the u.s. has conducted 154 airstrikes against the islamic state. the aerial campaign has helped push back fighters. i spoke with the republican senator mark kirk, and i asked him about his threat assessment to the islamic state and to that region. >> i think our view for most americans the beheading of people on the internet is a very personally felt thing, that when we see fellow citizens beheaded with a kitchen knife, that is a level of barbarickism that helps

americans support the president going to war against isis. >> senator, isis has been barbaric for some time now, and you know that president assad has been killing his own people for years now. congress did not seem eager to get involved with images of assad gassing his own people. is this a different way. >> this iarabs killing arabs is not news for americans. but beheading of americans is a big deal for us. if there is one single action that will stiffen our backbone to go kick their butt, that's it. >> do you believe that airstrikes in syria support the

brutal dictator that is bashar al-assad? do you believe that to be a fact? >> i actually think the airstrikes that are currently under way, it's kind of like an airshow over kurdistan over five a day is not going to change the military situation in iraq. the president needs to hear that. >> president obama says he doesn't need more congressional sign-off to do what he's apparently going to announce this evening. do you think he needs more congressional approval. >> in general it's better to get the vote of the congress. that involves the american people if this is going to be an usual long and expensive blood which conflict, which they all are. you need t to have the support of the american people. there is nothing more lethal than the american people involved in a conflict like when we took on japan and germany

simultaneously and crushed them both. >> senate leaders are preparing authorization for the united states military to train militant troops to take on the islamic state. would you support such a piece of legislation? >> i think that's a wise way to go to support people who are willing to fight for their own freedom in syria. the republicans in the senate have lined up pretty squarely behind that proposition. >> do you worry--so the president is making an argument, right, that expanding airstrikes in iraq, which he did on monday in western anbar province, and adding targets ms. syria to the target list, do you agree with that strategy? some are suggesting that if you launch more airstrikes in anbar, what you're doing is you're sending a signal to the sunn

sunnies. >> if there is one place that we understand that is the starting of the anbar province under the successful surge under president obama. >> the senator also co-chaired a caucus earlier today on islam aniraq and syria. they're warning that these people could use what they've learned for attacks here at home. lisa stark is live from washington. this was a big discussion on capitol hill today. >> they're called foreign fighters. it was before a sub committee of a house homeland security committee, and lawmakers were told this war in syria has proven to be an unprecedented

draw for foreigners who have come in to join in on the fight. >> this is what worries officials. radicalized american citizens. a 22-year-old florida man who denounced the u.s. and joined a group fighting the syrian government, and then pulled off a suicide-bombing there. there are an estimated 12,000 foreign fight necessary syria. several thousand hold a western passport, including 100 americans. individuals who might find it easy to slip into the u.s. terrorists could be just one visa-free flight away from arriving from the united states bringing with them their skills and their training and ideology and their commitment to killing americans. >> the biggest concern is with the islamic state group. a homeland security official who say there is no evidence that the group has any imminent plans

to attack the u.s. the group and it's effective social media campaign poses a real threat. >> the concern is that that game will be quite appealing to individuals who would seek to radicalize, whether they're over in europe or here in the homeland, and they could conduct an attack on their own at any time. >> in britain the government announced that it soon will begin revoking passports to citizen who is have begun a fight in syria. there is pressure on the u.s. to follow suit. >> we need to revoke the passport and keep them from reentering the united states when we know who they are. >> does the u.s. has the authority to revoke passports and we're concerned about the over 100 americans who are in the foreign fighter rank. >> but can they even track american fighters overseas? that florida man in syria was able to return to the u.s. for a

few months before heading back to syria to carry out his attack. >> when i ask if we have a high degree of confidence that these people are over there, i'm not always satisfied with the answer. the honest answer is that we don't. >> officials testified that they're working hand in hand with western allies and others to share information, to try to identify foreign fighters before they get into the u.s. one lawmaker warned them to act quickly that time is of the essence. >> and lawmakers today also said part of the problem is that the u.s. simply does not have good intelligence right now on the ground in syria. that intelligence would obviously help them keep track of and identify any foreign fighters. >> lisa stark for us in washington. thank you. secretary of state john kerry continues his tour of the region to build up support for battling the islamic state group.

earlier he landed in jordan, a long time ally. secretary kerry is scheduled to meet jordan. jordan has been an important player in the syrian crisis. 600,000 refugees live there. the syrian group named a new leader today after an explosion on tuesday killed dozens of its commanders. it took to youtube. it is one of the most effective anti-assad fighting forces in syria. thousands are forced to leave their adopted home. refugees have been facing increased threats since the kidnapping of lebanese soldiers by syrian soldiers in august. this is our report. >> reporter: she walks around the remains of what used to be her home. all we wanted was security, she

says. the mother of five describes how lebanese men drive by, shot at the refugee camp. through rocks and threatened to burn the camp if the 600 refugee who is lived here didn't pack their things and go away. so the refugees packed their tents. their water tanks and what little theft and went on the road. it's not safe for us any more. neither amongst the sunnies nor shias. we have nowhere to go. thousands of syrian refugees are on the run again. this time in lebanon. they escaped the violence in syria looking for safety here. but now they are being ordered to leave by their lebanese hos hosts. all over lebanon there are similar scenes. what sparked th the backlash is the kidnappings of more than 25 lebanese soldiers and police officers by syrian fighters. the kidnappings happened in the

town after the syrian fighters took control of the lebanese border town for five days. the soldiers' families have started a campaign to get them released. here a sit-in in the capitol. what happened highlights and intensifies dormant hostilities towards the growing number of refugees in lebanon. with so many lebanese blaming the syrian refugees in their country with sectarian security tension. in some areas refugees were beaten. in others they were warned to leave in days. there are calls to close the borders. >> we can't tell who's who. if they're just refugees hiding amongst them. just like he will nusra, they use them like human shields. you want them to leave. but then you feel bad about the women and children.

>> like this man and his seven children. >> i'm left with no choice but to go back to syria despite the violence. it is probably safer there now then here. >> some lebanese have criticized the violence against the syrian refugees. what are we guilty with? it's not fair. look at our children. it's not fair. a criminal is a criminal, but we have nothing to do with these criminals. we just don't. >> stay with al jazeera america for complete coverage of president obama's speech throughout the evening. and special coverage 9:00 p.m. eastern time with the rise of i.s. in missouri an act of civil disobedience, you're looking at live pictures in ferguson, missouri, where protests on i i-70. try to take a look at these

pictures. you see a huge law enforcement presence. from this shot we don't know to what effect the protest is having an impact on traffic there. there is a lot of law enforcement there, that is for sure. brown, as you know, the unarmed plaqu black teenageer fatally shot by a white police officers. the demonstration so far as far as we understand has been peaceful. demonstrators began the march south of ferguson. the highway was shut down and it was organized by attorney and activist erik vikers. he comes after the heated city council meeting calling for reform. have a look. >> the people here, they do not represent us. the police do not represent us. >> this was the first since brown's death.

hundreds showed up at the meeting caller for the arrest of officers darren wilson. and detroit reaches a deal to ge get out of bankruptcy, but first the city has to have iit approved. and we look at the apple pay system and whether it lives up to security claims.

>> one of detroit's creditors has a 400 million-dollar claim. bisi onile-ere with the details. >> reporter: bond insurance dilute hundreds of millions of dollars. the company was one of the city's biggest challenger up until now in this deal.

they would receive 26% of what is owed and also extend the company it leads on a tunnel that connects to the u.s. in canada. it would give the city enough time to hammer out this deal and possibly other deals. this is a big win for the city of detroit, however it's the bankruptcy judge who has the final say on whether the restructuring plan is fair and feasible. >> okay, for some disabled children playgrounds are not fun despite playground meeting the minimum standards by the americans with disabilities acts, some disabled children can't use them. now parents are taking action. america tonight's adam may met with some of them who are building their own playgrounds. >> lucas loves the playground. but the playground is not always

his best friend. >> i'm stuck. someone help. >> the four-year-old boy with spina bifida does not have use of his legs, and a playground like this one can be filled with obstacles. >> it's frustrating to me and probably for frustrating for me than it is for him, just watching him watch other kids quickly get up and move from one thing to the next. but he doesn't have that yet. >> what might surprise you this playground in minneapolis is new and meets the minimum standards of the americans with disabili disabilities act or ada. even though children in wheelchairs like lucas can't easily wheel up to the main play structure. >> what do you think about the american with disabilities act. >> it's a great thing. i'm happy that it exists.

vault that have w we have as a result we've seen growth, but we still have a long way to go. >> 20 miles away from minneapolis a separate entrance to keep children from wandering off, and play areas for children with different physical and mental abilities. what makes this playground even more special, how it was built. it wasn't cheap, and pocatello is not a wealthy area. >> how much money did you raise to build that playground? >> $575,000. >> did you get any state tax dollars? >> no. >> any federal tax dollars? >> nope. we got some grants from some different foundations. the rest of it was grass root fundraisers, lemonade stands. >> thousands of families in

pocatello donated money, and then volunteered to help build it. there is nothing like this playground for hundreds of miles. fully inclusive playgrounds are still a rarity, and for the roughly 7 million children and youth with developmental disabilities far from reality. >> what do you want for lucas? >> i want lucas to be happy, and he is. i want him to be able to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it. it's pretty simple. yeah, i think it is. >> but building a playground won't be simple and could take years. time lost for lucas. adam may, al jazeera, minneapolis, minnesota. >> president obama hopes to rally support for an international coalition against

the islamic state tonight. for more on that angle of the story, let's turn to real mone money's.ali velshi. >> in all the violence sweeping the middle east one of the biggest weapons is money. there is libya, th the latest violence that rocked gaza. saudi arabia, qatar have been accused of funding groups. now, tony, al jazeera's parent company is based in qatar and is funded in part by that country's government. >> reporter: unlike its neighbors, especially saudi arabian qatar continues to be a major supporter of the arab spring up risings.

it doles out cash to political factions and armed insurgents. it has played the role of peacemaker as well as arms supplier. making it hard to define it's ultimate goals. the largest u.s. air base in the middle east along with the forward headquarters of the u.s. central demand responsible for military operations in afghanistan, at the same time qatar hosts exiled leaders of the afghan taliban. in syria qatar aims to unseat the regime of bashar al-assad. that's a goal that the united states endorses. but qatar's methods have drawn intense global criticism. that's because it's directed at support not just to groups opposed politically to the syrian regime, but critics say to armed islamic extremists. >> it is clear that qatar has supported some of the more hard line groups. >> reporter: tony, the question about qatar is whether the

benefits of friendships outweigh the risks of pursue it's own agenda which at times conflicts with what the west and united states is looking for. >> ali, is one of those arrested line groups the islamic state? >> qatar said it does not support the islamic state and, in fact, calls themselves criminals. it denies supporting any of the terrorist groups but said it works with other nation including u.s. britain, germany france to support opposition. exactly what the president is going to ask congress to do. one of those groups is an islamic faction that took a big hit bombing the groups leaders and killed most of them. >> all right, ali velshi. coming up at the top of the hour. thank you. president obama's speech is a critical one. both for foreign policy and the effects it will have politically. we'll have a look at potential implications at plans to defeat

i.s. a 12-year-old boy attacked by an alligator and survives. we'll hear from him.

>> returning to our top stories we're learning more about what president obama intends to say tonight when he outlines the plan to dismantle the islamic

state in iraq and syria. the president will deliver that speech in two and a half hours from now. mike viqueira joins us from the white house. the white house released a couple of excerpts of the president's speech. maybe share those with us. >> reporter: i certainly will. two and a half hours before the president takes the grand hall behind me on what they call the state floor of the white house. the white house releasing excerpts from that speech. the first one reads at follows. the president will say i can announce that the president will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. the objective is clear. we'll degrade and ultimately destroy isil through a comprehensive and sustained counter terrorism strategy. the president emphasizing once again as white house officials continue to do over the last seller days that this will be a coalition including many state state-led. and he says it will not involve

american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. this country terrorism campaign will be waged through steady relentless effort against isil wherever they exist using our air power and our support for partners. those sorts of strikes, drone strikes, commando raids have been going on for several years in places like yemen and somalia. congress is not expected to vote on any further authorization. >> the question is always what is going to be the national interest being pursued here. the national interest. mike viqueira at the white house. thank you. president obama's speech comes on the eve of the 9/11 anniversaries.

david shuster joins us with more on this. >> reporter: on top of the speech the president will be delivering remarks at the pen gone tomorrow morning hoppering those who died on 9/11. the white house is attempting to disconnect the two events but it may be natural for americans to link them and feel caught up in a familiar storm. 13 years ago president george w. bush was in florida drumming up support for his education reform plan, then came 9/11. and for years afterwards president push marked the anniversary with a primetime speech to the nation. >> on this solemn night i have asked for some of your time to discuss the nature of the threat still before us. what we're doing to protect our nation, and the building of a more hopeful middle east that holds the key to peace in america. >> president obama has continued linking the symbolism of 9/11 to potential threats against america. exactly a year ago tonight in primetime we spoke specifically about pension military action

against syria. >> if we fail to act, the assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapons. as the ban against these weapons rose others will not think twice about using them. over time our troops would face the prospect of chemical warfare on the battlefield, and it could be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and to use them to attack civilians. >> at the time a year ago tonight the american public did not want another intervention of any kind in the middle east. the issue became moot when assad agreed to give up his chemical weapons and let the united nations take them away and destroy them. this year the public has a renewed appetite for action. according to an nbc wall street journey polled two-thirds of americans say it is in the nation's interest to military tearily confront the islamic state, and 34% of the americans say they would support the use

of ground troops. the political problem for mr. obama is that americans have lost faith on his ability to lead on foreign policy. just 32% say they had approved of mr. obama's handling of policy. it's clear tonight to explain the action for defeating the islamic state, and give people reasons to believe that it could work. and. >> david, you're back in a moment. thank you. in an arei asked why the american public has recently become more supportive of taking action against the islamic state group. >> this group isis is not simply sort of appeared out of thin air. they have been around for some time. in many ways they're just a rebranding of al-qaeda and

iraq: they were brought into the consciousness and headlines in a very significant way, but also i think this swift success that they've had in iraq taking fallujah, taking mosul, threatening even baghdad as they did weeks ago, and i think it has really brought this to the fore. and it's not just a matter of getting public attention, but it also seems to have gotten policymakers and inintellectual analysts. >> the president said he does not need approval from congress. should he seek it? >> first, we we don't yet know what he intends to do. and it depends on what he intends to do. >> but michael, you would agree that all of the signs indicate that the president, everything we've been watching for the last week and a half, two weeks indicates that the president is leading towards expanding this operation into syria? >> i think that's right. i think we'll hear that he intends to engage in airstrikes

in syria, and we'll also hear that he does not need congressional authority to do that, and most if not all are willing to concede that. the question is that all he intends to do in syria? is he intending to do more, in which case opinions may differ. there are several questions. one is funding. he'll need congressional funding. second is there is the question of buy-in. he's talked about this. he'll want some level of congressional support even if it's not a formal vote. >> al jazeera america has complete coverage throughout the night of president obama's speech and coverage of the rice of i.s. the speech comes 55 days before the fall term elections, and the u.s. senate has taken a bizarre twist in kansas. david is back with those stories

and more. >> the republican secretary of state in kansas has ruled that democratic senate candidate chad taylorer who announced last week that he was withdrawing from the race will still have his name appear on the ballot. but taylor abou is determined to clear the field. taylor is taking action. taylor is now decided to sue the secretary of state in order to try to get off the ballot. he's suing to get out of the race. the ruling could end up determining control of the u.s. senate because incumbent roberts radio lose against orman but with win a three-way race with taylor the democrat in. again, a republican loss of the kansas senate seat would be hu huge. in colorado the senate race in that state now features an apology. over the weekend senator mark udall appeared in a debate and tried to urge caution in our the united states deals with the

islamic state when he invoked the two journalists that the islamic state beheaded. >> i can tell that you james foley and stephen sotloff would tell us don't be impulsive. come up with a plan to knock isil back. >> republican cory gardner said it was outrageous that the senator would put words in the mouths of dead americans. udall agrees. he said i should not have invoked the names of james foley or stephen sotloff. he said it was inappropriate and he apologizes. he said the intent was to urge caution in this campaign. susan collins is welcoming this ad from a gay rights political action committee. >> she's part of the solution, someone who puts people ahead of

politics. that's what we need more of in washington. that's susan collins. >> and in oregon republicans senate candidate monica wehby with her own ad ad showing support for gay rights, and their support for her. >> i know she'll fight for every oregon family, including mine. >> i'm monica wehby, and i approve this message. >> now to senat a hard hitting message blasting president obama and mcdonnell's democratic challenger. >> when so many in washington can't do the job shouldn't kentucky have a senator who can? obama needs allison grimes. kentucky needs mitch mcconnel mcconnell. >> here is the weirdest ad.

it's called "angry dan." >> dan malloy is angry. his failed policies are hurting connecticut. why is he taking it out on others? false attacks on tom folly, bullying teachers, dan a malloy's arrogance and aggression has hurt people. tom foley has a plan to fix connecticut. >> you see him playing with children. classic. >> getting a tattoo, the greek translates to come and get them used by gun rights activists and some members of the tea party. now he'll have it for the rest of his life. that's today's power politics. >> thank you. the nfl says it did not see a violent video of former ravens running back ray rice punching his then fiancé.

but did the nfl actually already have in its possession a dvd of that confrontation? a law enforcement official tells the associated press the answer to that question is yes. the video was posted on monday, and shortly afterwards the ravens cut rice in the nfl suspended him indefinitely. joining us now is sports attorney xavier pope. good to talk to you. if the league had this video from inside the elevator in its possession since april, tell me how dramatically that changes the nfl story? >> tony, this completely changes the equation. number one, it changes the equation because it means that the nfl lied to the american public. roger goodell said that no one saw the nfl. he didn't say that he didn't see it. he said no one in the nfl saw it. even the lower level employee,

roger goodell was lying about that employee. that puts the job of roger goodell in total jeopardy, number one. number two, it also puts ray rice being suspended after the fact, now he has legal claim against the national football league because his suspension was based upon what he thought was the earlier video. but it turns out it was the entire evidence that the nfl had before it, and they choose to--they chose to change their policy, and then also suspend him after the fact. this makes the nfl not only lose roger goodell but hurts them from the legal perspective of ray rice as well. >> what we have here is law enforcement official saying to the associated press that i sent a copy of the video from inside of the elevator to an nfl executive? and then the other shoe here

that is dropping is that there is a voice mail recording of an nfl executive acknowledging se receipt of it? >> yes, coshed t according to associated press there is a woman's voice on the other end saying, you're right, it's terrible. it basically means that someone saw this video, and there were conversations-- >> xavier, that's where i want to stop you. acknowledgment of receipt of video is not acknowledgment of seeing the video. are we making a leap here to suggest that receive something equal to viewing it? or am i just sort of digging into the minutia a little bit much here. >> it's definitely my new shah minutia, but think about it this way, tony, if there was a

suspension policy which ended up changing the domestic violence policy you would think that the nfl would use that tape in order to suspend one of its players. >> i think you're right about that. i know we're splitting hairs but this is potentially a real bombshell with huge implications on this league if this story checks out. xavier pope. thank you very much. a young woman in colorado pleads guilty for trying to help the islamic state. we'll hear from another group who says he almost joined the jihadist group. and why some websites seems to be extra slow today. we'll be right back.

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>> a come come woman pleaded guilty to trying to help the islamic state in syria. 19-year-old shannon connolly intended to raise jihad. she wanted to marry a man she met online who claimed to be an is fighter. michael knight said he knows why there is such a lure since he was once tempted to join chechen fighters. we understand from national security personnel officials there are as many as 100 americans in syria fighting for the islamic state group. i should say the united states is a big country. maybe we should be surprised if there aren't more that we're aware of. can you help us understand why americans might want to take up this particular fight? >> i think it's interesting that when people join causes like

isis, we try to read their minds and imagine there is this jihadi mind that they all share, that we can unlock and decode their motivations. i would suggest that the reasons for people joining isis is as diverse and complex as people joining any army anywhere. why do people join the u.s. military? >> i think you're right about that. why were you thinking about fighting against the russians in chechnya. >> i was a young kid. it was my senior year of high school. i was studying at a mosque in islamabad. during this time i was really moved. i was overwhelmed by the images of suffering and devastations that i saw in the resistence to russia. for me it was compassion. my life is fleeting. i'm not going to be on this world for a long time, and what can i do with this temporary existence to make it a little

better for someone else? >> did you know any chechens at the time? >> no, this is strictly from me coming back from my classes, seeing the news and being touched by the suffering that people were experiencing there. >> you didn't do it, why? >> it was actually the scholars that i was under. this undermines the narrative of what people think is happening. it was the very traditionalist, very controversy scholars that i was under who said that the prophet muhammad said that the ink of the scholars is holier than the blood the martyrs, i was there to learn my religion and i would do better service as a scholar, intellectual, writer, than being another dead body. >> are you concerned that americans will continue to go, go to fight, and potentially bring back the skills they

learned and potentially launch attacks here in the states? >> i'm horrified by what americans might do in iraq wearing a variety of uniforms. >> that's interesting, what does that mean? >> it means that peopl people--americans who go to iraq on assignment from our government scare me as much as isis. i'm pretty much horrified by both sides. >> so your concern is that americans--so is it just americans going overseas in whatever uniforms causing problems? what is it exactly that you're saying? >> i'm just saying i'm not making a value judgment on a picker ac particular act of violence based on the uniform the person is wearing. >> any thoughts about americans going over and taking a risk and

becoming propaganda tools for i.s. and could be more valuable as hostages for ran sam than fighters for their cause? >> i'm concerned that americans who latch on to that fit into a narrative that the media likes to latch on to. the nightmare image of what happens when someone becomes muslim. i would be concerned about supporting that narrative. >> what are your thoughts about the president saying all signs indicate that the president is going to announce expansion of operations in iraq and quite possibly targets in syria as well? >> i'm scared. this is a situation where--if our concern is the consequences of intervention, you know, we're at a point where there is no act that is not an intervention. fighting isis obviously will cause potentially as much devastation to the land as isis itself. but also to not intervene is

also an intervention itself and allow more destruction to continue. >> michael knight with us. appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> the new apple pay system has been used by hackers for years, so can it be a safer way to pay without having your information stolen? that's next.

>> the new iphone and watch unveiled by apple with what is called apple pay. hackers have been using it for years. al jazeera's science and technology correspondent jake ward joins us. >> reporter: it's important to understand the technology that will be accessing your money. at the heart of apple's new

apple pay system is a technology called nfc or near field communications. it sends private data by radio waves using little or no power across two inches. hackers have been using it in benign ways for years. one hacker used it in her fingernail. others use it to exchange money. since 2011 you could pay for parking in any of 30,000 parking meters in san francisco using an nfc enabled smart phone. it's not like apple is killing everybody by way application. if you're going to use the new iphone you're going to be making purchases. this is nfc's bay do you. apple said that payment also rely on a token system in which the phone gets an one-time code

from your card provider for each purchase. >> and the cashier doesn't get to see your name, credit card number or security code like they do today when you hand them a plastic card. >> reporter: retailers are about to upgrade their credit card registers for more convenient and safer mode of payment. this will create a new hacker subculture. the new apple watch will incorporate the pay technology which means that people won't have to dig into his pockets for a phone to buy something. the near number of transactions that apple is about to bring into the world will bring with it a new subculture of criminal. looking for weakness in the system, a weakness no one has found not yet. the security that i've spoken of

since released point not to the dangers of the individual transaction that someone might intercept with the cup of coffee with the phone but the risk of scanning the wrong sticker, perhaps a sticker that a criminal has attached to the point of sale and just hope that you would mistake for the right one, that you would beep that one with your phone and suddenly he would have access to your phone. that's the danger that we're looking at. we need a new credit card system. the credit cards are giving away everything with their magnetic strip. we need a new system. the question is whether it will be used. >> keeping internet content the same speed for all, ines back with that story. >> reporter: the protest is called internet slowdown. hundreds of companies and organizations and people are taking part in it. they're doing this by posting images of the loading icon

netflix tweeted this out. and tumblr has it on their page. and even moxilla is taking part. they're demonstrating what would happen if the internet were divided into two lanes of web, one faster than the other. according to the fcc companies would have to pay internet provider to show their content at a higher speed. they have been lobbying the fcc to do that saying they could use that money to improve broadband for all consumers, but others say that all the cost also come down to the consumer. >> they're selling off the internet with a few select corporations that they have business relationships with, and they're doing this against basically everyone's interest. from the largest tech companies to small activist groups and

people from across the political spectrum. everyone agrees this is a bad idea except a few ceos of a few corporation who is stand the most to gain. >> protesters are urging folks to call lawmakers and contact the fcc. they have comments for the public throughout this whole week. more than 60,000 phone calls have been made already today tony, more than 400,000 comments have been sent to the fcc. so if you want to say something to the government the fcc, the time to do it is now. >> all right, ines. thank you. a close call for a motorcyclist in brazil. have you seen this video yet? douglas avoided a collision with a truck by using a move that you usually see--did you see it there? those big bucket action movies. you can see the truck cutting across the road, and right across the path of the motorcyclist. the truck goes through the middle of the road. vierra jumps up, unhurt. one more reminder, stay with al jazeera america for complete

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