smiley. the conversation continues, and on twitter @ajconsiderthis and tweet me @amora tv. we'll see you next time. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. building stowrt. support. the u.s. searches for islamic state forces, and tries to get support to join the fight. justice for malala. for defying the taliban. personal foul. an nfl running back in trouble this time for striking his own child. uplifting videos, the youtube

video getting millions of hits helping families across america. >> the u.s. is pushing ahead tonight with plans to take out the islamic state group on many fronts. more air strikes on iraq today to keep fighters from the mosul dam and the city of erbil. the pentagon said the iraq campaign is about to enter a more aggressive phase. in syria more planes and drones, preparing for air strikes there. strikes could be launched from a range of bases and might start within weeks. secretary of state john kerry working to build a coalition guess the i.s. he was in turkey today, so far turkey has resisted joining but it is perfectly positioned to play a key role in this fight. cedric layton is a former air

force colonel and a former member from the joint chiefs of staff. he joins us from washington, d.c. welcome. >> good t to be with you. >> is the united states headed to war? >> well, it certainly looks like there's going to be some degree of conflict here. and i know the term war has caused a degree of consternation within the administration and they finally basically said that this is what we're doing against the islamic state. so i think the answer is, it will probably be some kind of a limited conflict. but for the people on the ground, the people that are actually dealing with the actual combat, it is war and it will seem like a war and it will actually be a war. >> why won't the administration call it war? >> well, they have had some i guess we'll call them linguistic difficulties with the term. they look at war from the standpoint of is this a major

world war ii like confrontation? or is it more like a police action or more like a counterterrorism operation? so when you look at what they've actually done and what we're actually going about doing it is in essence a very public version of a counterterrorism operation. and so in order to differentiate all the different types of conflict they tried to make it a non-war type of conflict. but there's no such thing really. and so from the linguistic perspective, it gets to be very difficult to explain that. and i think also, from a legal perspective, they wanted to avoid triggering such things as the war powers act, and the fact the president under the war powers act would have to notify congress and would have to actually have a resolution passed in order to commit troops or other forces into a combat operation or a combat situation. >> can this fight succeed without turkey? how important are the turks?

>> the turks are extremely important. this fight really can't succeed without them. when you look at the geography of the area, the fact that syria and iraq the northern parts of theetion countriethese countried through turkey in one way or the other. turkey is a critical player. the fact that turkey is showing a degree of luns i of reluctance united states has done so from a strictly military perspective, when you look at the beginning phases of operation iraqi freedom, you would say technically the u.s. was able to do things without turkey's help and turkey at that time also stopped providing support and actually prevented the u.s. from using turkish air space and

turkish land bases to conduct operations. it looks like the same type of thing is happened in turkey now. the reason for that is the turks are trying to get release of 45 of their consular officials that were taken captive of i.s. when i.s. took mosul so that is what keeping turks, one factor that is keeping the turks from doing this. >> what kind of things are needed -- some of these countries don't get along with each other. what kind of cooperation is needed for this coalition to work and how tough is it going to be for the u.s? >> the type of cooperation that is needed is actually multifaceted. first of all, their boots on the ground, that is absolutely what the obama administration wants. they wants to make sure that they have in essence what amount to other people doing the ground fighting for the u.s. and for the allies in the region. the other part of the

cooperation aspects that is really required is in the field of intelligence. so what you need are a bunch of nations that are working together using their intelligence services to gain as much information as possible and also disseminate as much information about the islamic state, about its fighters, where they're from who they are what they do and how they're actually operating. and that is going to be a critical element. because if they don't do that if they don't have that intelligence picture and it really would augment the technical intelligence piece that the u.s. can do fairly well, they will really have a difficulty in getting to the area that they need to from the standpoint of mission success, and being able to actually prosecute what the president outlined in his speech on wednesday night. >> colonel layton it's good to have you on the program, thank you very much. my pleasure john thanks for having me.

the russian toronto is feeling the brunt of the sanctions. financing bans against moscow over the crisis in ukraine. banking and oil are among the industries targeted. the russian ru rubel's value has dropped 10%. ten men in custody all belonging to the taliban. police say the men had been planning 22 other murders when they were apprehend. jonathaapprehended. jonathan betz is here to explain. >> 12 of them in 2012 they tried to kill the teen who stood up against the taliban so girls could go to school. two years after a shooting that

shocked the world, pakistan today said the gunman did not get away. >> this gang compriseof a total of ten terrorists. >> he hathey have the gang who d to kill molela yowsefsai. targeted the teen. >> the entire gang involved in the lime of malala have been busted. >> a bullet hit malala's head outincredibly, the teenager survived and thrived. >> one child, one teacher, one book. and one pen. can change the world. >> she's now 17. and has already been nominated for the nobel peace prize, been

named time's most influential people. yet in her home country mallala is the inspiration of too few girls. more than five million kids and most are girls. three out of four pakistani girls can not read or write. most have no access to education. and begin working at a very young age. >> translator: mallala is the daughter of our soil. i hope she brings attention to this. >> pressing issues like terrorism and the economy. it spends seven times more on its military than on education yet pakistan's leaders say the taliban is being pushed out. and schools are being rebuilt. >> you should always believe in

yourself. >> yet for every success, too many struggle unrecognized and uneducated. mallala is now studying in britain but cannot return to pakistan because of threats against her and her family. >> thank you, jonathan. oscar pistorius, was convicted of manslaughter. >> freedom hanging in the balance. first the gauntlet of journalists and cameras. >> on count 1, section 51.1 of the criminal law, amendment, 105 of 1997. the accused of found not guilty, and is discharged. instead he is found guilty of

culpable homicide. >> reporter: the paralympian and olympia, steenkamp's father listened passively. but oscar pistorius's father did comment. >> we would like to say we areography for the judge finding him not guilty of murder. >> a man who feels vulnerable on a stump and a country with a brutally high rate of violent crime who thought there was an intruder in his bathroom. >> oscar was in risk of being shot and killed and therefore he was acting in self defense.

at the same time, he had not have the intention to commit murder. >> the athlete had hero status in south africa. shattered when he shot his girlfriend on valentine's day last year. many were shocked that he was let off that murder charge. his knowledge how small that toilet cubicle was, he should have realized by shooting into four times he could have killed whoever was on the other side of the door. the case being on circle evidence, not guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. a dramatic trial captivated mills. the constituency only hinges on the extenting now, october 13th. controversial verdict will be debated many years to come. tanya page, al jazeera,

pretoria, south africa. nfl has been under fire for its handling of domestic abuse. now another player is indicted for child endangerment. jessica taff is here. >> a warrant was issued for the vikings running back adrian petersen. it is a fluid situation, but the pictures of peterson's four-year-old son, the lacerations are from a stick that petersen allegedly grabbed and hit the child repeatedly with, for punishment for hitting another child. the child flew home to his mother in minnesota where she took him to see a doctor. in response, the player's

attorney said, adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son. he used the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child growing up in east texas. adrian has never hidden from what happened. adrian will address the charges with the same respect and responsiveness. it is important that adrian never intended to harm his son, he deeply regrets the unintentional injury. when the arrest warrant was issued, the vikings deactivated their superstar player immediately. he will not be playing this weekend at all. >> there are other players that will be playing this weekend that are not necessarily in similar trouble but could be in trouble. >> that's true. the vikings acted very swiftly with this but the case in carolina the panthers defensive

lineman gred -- greg hardy, they say they are going to let due process take its course. >> jessica thank you so much. college coach charlie strong was teaching his players to respect everyone on and off the field. >> i have been your age.ne airi. you have not been my age. you ought to listen to me because i can help you. >> reporter: and players who reject his help lose their places on the team. strong has suspended four players and dismissed eight this season . he has five core values for his players. honesty, no drugs, no stealing,

no guns. and treating women with respect. >> it's relevant to society. we should respect women. and i think it's a good sign that charlie strong has long held that as one of his five core values. if you don't do that you are not going to be part of his program. >> reporter: last friday against brigham young university, texas lost 41-7. >> you get frustrated because you look at a talented group of players that you have to suspend that could really be helping this football team. >> the loss to byu was a humiliating defeat. >> certainly we want to play better than that. >> steve patterson hosts the most are respected college football program in history with a $175 million budget. and here surrounded by evidence of texas's athletic success it's

impossible to ignore the pressure to win. at the end of the day, what matters most? is it the ethics, the wins, or somewhere in the middle? >> with us we've always been about winning with integrity. if we can't win with integrity it doesn't make much sense to us. >> the reaction to strong's no nonsense coaching have been positive. >> a lot of them are great guys. i think there there are some of them that you know their egos can get in the way sometimes so they can think i can do whatever i want. and that they might not have to state the consequences. and you know he's letting them thiknow this is not case. so this is good. >> mean while, the director of the texas alumni club, reports a record $850 million in -- donats the past year. >> not one single phone call

like athat they broke the rules. >> tough love will result in a tougher team in the long run, one that will win he says both on and off the field. heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera, austin, texas. >> the general manager of the atlanta hawks baseball team took an indefinite leave of action. public uproar started when the hawks executive described a black player as having a little african in him. california's drought has crippled many communities. last night we told you about east porterville, where residents have been without th water for months. and seville, the water is unsa unsafe. jennifer london tells you what. >> this is what the running

water looks like. a leaky pvc pipe. >> that's our drinking water. >> that's only what you can see. hundreds of feet below ground nitrates have left the underground aquifer contaminated. unsafe water sources have become a staple of life here. for residents like becky. that murky water came from her kitchen faucet in august. >> people shouldn't have to live like i do. >> nitrates are linked with kidney disease and cancer. >> working with a group trying to clean up the water. >> part of the issues with seville, for years the water system owner was not doing their job effectively. >> reporter: in 2009, tulare county officials took over but

the broken water system continued to limp along. the united nations has also taken notice. a u.n. report on unsafe drinking water found tulare county in california faces many drinking water violations and houses in total are devoting approximately 20% of their income to water and sanitation. and while the state's historic drought has made the crisis worse, in seville it's actually helped. this summer the community finally got a new well. >> for the last two weeks they have had running water for the first time reliably in years. >> why did it take the drought for the county to take action? >> we were ready to take action. we had the solution. what really was the difference here was the state and federal funding. >> reporter: still the new well hasn't solved all of the water problem. leaky pipes from an aging infrastructure could lead to continued contamination. this is the first time eric has

seen this burst pipe. >> why hasn't the county fixed this? >> we were just fixing on friday, we are making repairs as we need to as we go. >> many residents say they still won't drink the water. >> i feel it's unsafe because it's bad infrastructure. the pressure has exposed a lot of the bad pipes. you know, we have water leaks everywhere. if there's walker in our canal all that water will seep into our tap water. >> reporter: so you see the outside of this pipe the corrosion is just peeling off. just in really large chunks. so imagine this on the inside of this pipe, if you can sort of see it and imagine water flowing here and the water pressure just forcing all of this through some of these pipes. so we just took this hose with this pipe and poured it in here, and that's what came out of this pipe. >> right, exactly. >> so that's what would come out

of your faucet into yurk drinkindrinking -- your drinkin. seville's water problem is so severcane even a new 500 foot well can't fix it. how can this be happening at home? >> near los angeles, all these movie stars, people fundraising for third world countries and building wells and thinking god don't they know that we're here, we're in their backyard? we should be able to just turn on our tap water and live like everybody else in america. >> jennifer london, al jazeera, seville, california. >> and coming up next, riding in elevators may not seem like anything special but for some it's the quality of life. what's a different mission for nasa astronauts, they're

going under the sea. >> tough realities... >> we chicago ch-iraq, because we have more killings... >> life changing moments... >> shut the camera.... >> from oscar winning director, alex gibney, a hard hitting look at the real issues facing american teens. the incredible journey continues... on the edge of eighteen only on all jazeera america

>> astronauts are going underwater to prepare for outer space, u.s., canada and european

space agencies are in training as aquanauts. in simulated space conditions. jake ward has the details. >> john, great simulation of things like being weightless. you can achieve neutral buoyancy. you can actually feel what it's like to float around in space. for many astronauts that's their first experience of it. but it's also a great psychological test. it prepares them for what it's like to be confined together in a really cramped environment. we interviewed commander randy bresnick about what the psychological implications are being down there today. >> that is the important part of the mission, aside from the exploration part. how do we all get along? spaceship for nine months all in one little tin can together.

how to get along and resolve differences and make dinner together and enjoy each other's company before getting to mars. >> earlier long term confinement experiments has resulted in fist fights and unwanted kisses, all kinds of things can fall apart. these space agencies are trying to get out ahead of that kind of trouble. you can realize how braver and upbeat they are than normal people. here is how commander bresnick responded to what is like to be stuck down there. >> you visit only for a few minutes because of the problem of decompression, but when you're living here in saturation you get to enjoy it and watch it as it really is and that's a neat thing to help you prepare for going to space because space is completely foreign as well,

equally if not more beautiful than here in the ocean. >> that goes to show that they are really screened well, superhuman geniuses, being part of a space program so it really reflects well on the whole program that they are handling these seven days as well as they are. >> jake ward, thank you. coming up, the cost of college, is it worth it, why some students are choosing an alternate route. plus toronto rob ford is giving up his election but another ford could still win the mayor's race @jvé

>> this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york and coming up: u.s. is working to build a coalition to fight the islamic state group but on the ground in iraq it's anything but a coalition. different factions are fighting. righting elevators, it's not just for fun, it's also helping people with disabilities. and the music of mayor hawthorne, coming up in our friday arts. secretary of state kerry is in turkey tonight. he's trying to convince leaders

to join the fight against the islamic state group. and while he makes the diplomatic push u.s. military planes are making strikes on i.s. targets. in iraq, more strikes, pentagon says the strikes are about to intensifying. meant to help groups that are already fighting the i.s. sue turton is in iraq with the problems they face. >> a shia checkpoint in an arab sunni area, north of amelie. we have been told that this group is looting and torturing, after residents have allowed islamic state fighters to hide out. nine days earlier, the fighters welcomed us into the town. they have fought against the iraqi army and the peshmerga. today is very different, we are told to pull over, militia men,

aim rifles rocket grenades and ak .47s right at us. they are also peshmerga fighters, but it's very clear that the shia fighters make the decisions here, and they are very reluctant to allow us to go through. we are trying to get through a village that they flattened and torched, that used to have israelis in it. >> they eventually let us through. we arrive in the village, it's deserted. the peshmerga has a position close by but they are now pulling out, leaving the militia in total control. the commander says they respect the house they have set up in. >> we are giving our lives to

unite iraq, others are not doing that, particularly the badr organization. this is not acceptable. >> reporter: the peshmerga has gone house to house, dismanipulate ling the devices. they even found devices left under a toilet seat. they tell us the shia fighters beheaded an arab sunni resident and put the footage online. this was a message of revenge for protecting the enreply. >> translator: when we witnessed that it made us angry. we told them if it lapse again we will fight you. it's not acceptable. we ordered them to stop and they prosmsed to do so -- promised to do so. >> reporter: but the shia militia don't take orders from

them. this man took this video, he's given orders in iranian farsi. as president barack obama announces an expansion of air strikes, he risks the shia militia of taking more and more of sunni country. it will do little to twin hearts and minds of the sunni in this part of the country. sue tu tur turton, al jazeera, . >> we felt america become stronger more resilient and more united. bill, you are right, americorps

has changed the life of the nation. we're not here to celebrate what's already achieved, we're here to rededicate our sestles to the work that-- ou ourselveso the work that lies ahead. tonight, the rising cost of higher education, it is leaving many students to wonder, is it worth it? allen schauffler has more. >> challenges aren't exactly new but they are daunting and not very pleasant for those facing them in the current economic environment. we took a look at two different young people asking themselves that question: is college worth it? and dealing with it in two different ways. >> it's going to excavate a little more this way. >> 18-year-old avery huchison,

tackling a difficult question. and 39-year-old jill,. >> unfortunately we will not be moving forward with our candidacy at this time. >> avery is an apprentice in a four year state approved program. jill with a fresh master's degree wants help with arts management. school wasn't cheap. >> you're in debt $70,000. >> yes i am. >> how does that feel? >> terrifying. >> avery tried college for a year but it didn't take. >> what are your college buddies doing at this time? >> partying and having a good tile. >> as a journeyman he could earn $60,000 a year. more with skill and experience. >> i'm making money, they're working on a career too but not making money while doing it. they have to pay off those debts they get.

>> america's student debt top 3 trillion. stagnant wages. 70% of american students with four year college degrees graduate with debt. the level of that debt is $29,000 on average. study after study shows their earning potential is much higher than for those without a degree. dr. bill zumeta researches and teaches the economics of education. >> here is another big number. $300,000. what does that mean? >> the 300,000 is a conservative estimate of the gains from getting a college degree, compared to a high school diploma, minus the -- all the costs of going to college. however costly it is to go to college there is every reason to believe it pays off. >> jill certainly hopes so. she's glad she got the education but those grad school loans come

due in january. greater long term earning potential than undergraduate degrees but he also emphasizes college and its costs are not agood fit for everyone. >> some postsecondary education for most, is the way i term it. >> reporter: so this is avery's postsecondary education. all the pipe hauling, part sorting appliance sorting and ditch digging he figures ending up with a head start in adult life. >> you're always going to need plumbers and the same goes for other professions. >> at some point everybody needs a plumber. >> exactly. >> dr. zumeta emphasizes, college isn't for everybody. apprenticeship programs like avery, the one mistake everybody says in this field not to make, don't borrow a lot of money, go

to college and get out without a degree. allen schauffler, al jazeera. >> look at how 15 high school seniors are getting ready for the next phase of their lives, at the top of the next hour. imagine average up to 1 million hits on youtube in a month. in this week's first person report, why is he shooting these videos and who's watching? >> my name is andrew reems, i live in roanoke virginia. i have an interesting hobby. i love riding on elevators. on my youtube channel, i go around the country, documenting various elevators. i'm averaging about 1.2 million hits on youtube. i myself have a form of autism

called asbeger's syndrome and many of the people who watch my video i are those with my affliction. why i originally started videotaping is kind of to channel my obsession or fixation in a healthy way and then when i started taking this to the internet i was able to connect with other people that have the same fixation and the same condition that i have. i hear from my viewers a lot. nice leveling. >> and i'd say three quarters of the contact i get are actually from some of my viewers' parents who are thanking me for what i do, telling me their autistic son feelings like they have a place they can-- feels like they have a place they can go now and connect. they'll sit and watch my videos.

i mean i've got owner e-mails from some of these parents saying, they'll pull up one of my videos and watch it 30 times in a row. they like the elevator experience so they get to do it through my video. >> now we'll go back down to the lower level. >> the whole thing i'm trying to convey to these people is, just because you have autism or some type of disability, it doesn't marine you can't lead a normal life. >> going up. >> dr. doreen grand prushe is the director of the center for autism and related disorders. as we saw andrew has asperger's syndrome. what is asperger's? it's called autism spectrum disorder and aspergers is very

similar to autism. but these individuals have very little delay in language, more so in the social arena. >> what do these individual yoats represent to you? >> -- videos represent to you? >> these individuals on the spectrum of autism generally have a type of excessive need for what's called stereotypical repetitive behavior. and when i look at these videos, they do show a certain way of looking at the world. you know, for instance, the elevator is going up floors and can you see the changing floors. and those types of things are stereotypical repetitive types of visions that some individuals with autism enjoy, they're calming in that way. >> they are comforting, people who have aspergers and helpful

to people with aspergers is that right? >> people with autism and aspergers i think they perceive the world in a very different way than we do. they have strengths that are quite different than ours, their visual input, as well as their auditory input, they hear and see things in a very different way. some of those things are going to be very intrusive for them. for instance, bright lights may be very upsetting. and some things will be pleasing to them. for instance, changing levels of an elevator. at the same time, they have a certain amount of anxiety, along -- you know because they are different, and it's very difficult for them to socially fit in. and any kind of repetitive compulsive behavior tends to be calming. tends to be reducing anxiety. so i think a lot of these behaviors are calming, because

the individual finds some sense of repetition, which is safety and security. >> talk about these videos. obviously they are getting lots of hits on youtube. and andrew is convinced that most of the people there are people who are either connected to folks who have autism or asperger's syndrome. do you believe that? >> yeah, i think it's entirely possible. i have to say i was kind of intrigued myself looking at them. from my perspective it's enjoyable because i love to see someone on the spectrum enjoying something so much and developing so much knowledge around it. and then actually turning it into such a terrific social venue for others to enjoy. so i can imagine that there are definitely of definitely people on there looking and just enjoying the fact that andrew is having such a great time with

it. >> right. >> but probably it's going to be more enjoyable for somebody who can see things the way he does and actually sort of enjoys the shadows and the movement and the repetition and all those features that normally we don't recognize. >> autism is often the face of a child but there are lots of autistic people who are adults. can you talk about your experience with autistic adults? >> certainly. yes, of course, there are many individuals who are adults with autism. and you can have a very wide range, you will have some who are relatively severely affected, and need complete care, 24 hour care. and then you have individuals who are extremely high functioning. and their most significant delay is, let's say, social skills. i have had patients who have gone through behavioral programs with me when they were children, and have grown up with some sort

of residual signs, which are aspergers and they have completed their degrees in college, master's degrees cam doctoral degrees, they are doing extremely well and if anything, they are having a little bit of a hard time fitting in socially. >> doctor, it's good to see you. thank you for explaining this to us, we appreciate it. thank you. >> now we turn the topic to rob ford. rob ford is not going to be reelected as the mayor of toronto. that's why he has withdrawn his name from the race. he has been recently diagnosed with a tumor. rob ray has the story. >> from his intoxicated rants exposed by the toronto star to

confessions of drug use. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >> after two months of rehab earlier this year, embattled mayor rob ford was still on track for a reelection run until now. ford was hospital idessed earlier this week after a tumor was discovered in his abdomen. friday he withdrew from the mayoral race, and released this statement. >> there's much work to be done and i can't give it my all at this point in time. but now his brother and campaign manager doug is going to try to keep it in the family. he's going to run in his place. >> i'll be running for mayor. >> who will appear on the ballot next month? >> i want to welcome doug ford to the mayor's race and wish him well. >> doug ford is no stranger to

scandal. a news report that he sold hashish, a allegation he denies. it is possible he could make use of some of the materials from his brother's campaign. for example, many of the signs read, ford for mayor, without a first name. however he would have to buy those signs from his brother to avoid campaign rules. ♪ lets get together and feel all right ♪ >> instead of running for reelection, the mayor will now run for a seat on the city council in the district he used to represent. it is also the position currently held by his brother doug. doctors at the hospital where rob ford is being treated say they won't be able to diagnose his condition until they know a

bit more about the tumor. those biopsy results are expected next week. >> paul, thanks. our picture of the day is coming up next. mayor hawthorne' hawthorne's mo. what influenced him, next.

>> chilly stretch of weather coming in for the morning hours into the north central states. the dakotas, colorado and even central states. the cold air as we get into saturday night sunday morning will be working its way over the great lakes. temperatures dropping down about ten to 20° below the average. new york washington, d.c, boston it will be mainly on sunday whether we'll feel the cooler mornings as that cooler air mass moves over. it's already been a cool summer but our saturday is going to feel kind of like fall.

especially michigan to ohio. you'll get some sunshine into this cool system but a few showers working their way up to the northeast saturday night especially, as that system moves out and the sky is clear, we've got frost advisories, even into maine we have frost advisories coming in. southwest it's not the frost it's the heat. heat advisories and excessive heat for southern california, very warm here and the concerns are primarily for heat illness, as that temperature stretch is going saturday to monday. al jazeera news continues.

>> notice owe, soul, it is the term that critics use to describe the songs of mayer hawthorne. in friday arts segment, thomas drayton asked him when he knew music was his passion. >> when i was a little kid i would do michael jackson concerts for my family in my bedroom. i always knew i wanted to do something with music. >> you were a rapper though -- >> i was inner a rapper, everybody has attempted to rap here and there but that was never my goal. i really wanted to be a hip hop

dj though and a hip hop producer. that was how i began making soul music i was making hip hop beats and i couldn't afford to pay for the sample clearance, the classic soul records to flip and make beats out of it. i decided i could make my own soul music that i could sample for free. ♪ >> it's paid off for you. how do you describe your music, neosoul, is it retro? >> i said, i don't care what you call my music, as long as you call. if you want to call it, you kn know, afghan afghani psycho-fun, call it that.

>> ♪ ♪ >> take you through the song writing process because you actually write songs, love songs from a man's perspective. >> yeah, not always from a man's perspective. i am a firm believer you have to write what you know. if you are not writing from you, you know, from your own experience from your own view, people are going to know. it's not going to feel genuine. it's got to feel genuine, you know, people have got to believe it. >> do you ever write a song listen back to it, it takes on a whole different meaning? >> definitely, yes, all the time. that's the really cool things about music, those are the best records, the ones when you hear them initially and you might go, oh, i don't know about that. and then you listen again, it's the best thing you ever heard. >> you constantly evolve as an artist. your album last year you

released took on a whole different tone. >> it is my goal to always be evolving. all of my favorite artists like prince and outcast and the beatles, constantly evolved as artists and i think that's super-important. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> talk about detroit. still very close to your heart? >> so close. >> in fact a long time, one of your songs you wrote. >> i'm on my way to detroit in a couple of days to do a show. >> how does it feel to be back home? >> it's incredible. it's so cool to know that the city that you come from has got your back, you know? it's definitely the only place in the world i actually get nervous performing. >> really, why? >> you know what? i feel so strongly about that city. and it's so important to me to

know that i get support from those -- you know, the people that i love there, and you know, i don't know. maybe it's silly but, you know, i want be to make sure that i'm doing right by detroit. >> do you feel like you have to get back to detroit in a certain way? >> i want to, you know. i'm always trying to think of ways that i can. it's -- you know we need all the help we can get over there right now. >> jaded incorporated, a projects you are working on now. >> jaded incorporated is the hard side of mayer hawthorne. very much the opposite of what i normally do. it is verit is very sint synthe.

>> what about another rappal you bum? >> i did have kendrick lamar with me. >> you know you've made it when you have a burger named after you. >> the hawthorne burger. that's one of the best things about this job, i get to travel all over the world and eat the best food. >> mayer hawthorne thank you very much.

>> his next project, a techno group called tuxedo. >> francis scott key wrote the national anthem after the war of 1812. 15 stripes 15 stars just like the one that was flown during the war. that's our broadcast for tonight. we'll see you back next week, have a great weekend. i'm john siegenthaler, edge of eighteen is coming up next.

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