control. i'm antonio mora. those stories and more, straight ahead. >> we are at war with i.s.i.l. the same way we're at war with

allies. a conflict some members of the obama administration but not all have begun to call a war.

secretary of state john kerry

around the globe, we are at war with i.s.i.l. >> for more on the president's strategy to degrade and defeat the islamic state, i'm joined by

involvement will be, the pentagon had recommended that small contingents of u.s. special forces be sent in to work with iraqi forces and coordinate air strikes, but

i.s. in iraq and syria. there was reports of a drone that was a week ago over syria looking what was going on there in the area where they took over a military base. so why when so many analysts had

of energy put forth. the presidential just announced it this week that he's ordered this more intensive air campaign inside iraq and i can tell you

support we're giving. the estimate is certainly valuable estimate but not going to change the direction of the u.s. military. >> to make those forces more capable, the president is

this is going to cost us? >> we are assessing costs on this every single day. we've offered estimates so far,

the costs are constantly being refined. right now we are conducting

surge. currently a security fellow, a former planner of what was a successful military campaign. do you think the president's strategy of air strikes and

with i.s.i.s, they're keeping an eye on iran, in iraq in syria and in lebanon. >> in talking about the coalition a little bit more, it really has been a struggle to get people to sign

off the foreign fighters and money going to i.s.i.l. i.s.i.s. , it has its own sources of both, but inside

and you're right. some of these moderates aren't very moderate and at the very least they work with groups that are much more extreme.

more allies we can get into this and get a more acknowledged international legitimacy as to this campaign. >> it's a complicated situation and we'll have to wait and see when the full campaign does begin. douglas

cycle of violence that have killed half a million mountain middle east since 2003.

by taking one against the other we're doing two things, one, 18thing the

because of bureaucratic incompetence, ineptness et cetera, it wasn't acted on. even if you look at the 9/11

people in three years. -- 200,000 people in three years. i think we're just diagnose to add more violence and just for lack of a better description going to stir the pot further

government in baghdad to reform. you don't just back them up as we're doing with an air force. by doing that we're further pushing the dispossessed and disenfranchised sunnis closer to

have a more cooperative solution with governments in the region as well as local groups in the region, to go after these terror groups and not allow these terror groups to conflate

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unity government. j hamas and the palestinian authority insisted they were speakingings in one voice. this is what the chief

good to have you on the show. what's going on here with these kinds of divisions and contradictions what hope is there for peace moving forward? >> well, i think that the peace track is a little bit parallel to the reconciliation track

sights on assuming that role. >> abbas also accused hamas leaders of lying, when they ordered the killing of three

is running gaza, if a poll were taken tomorrow, hamas would trounce abbas in gaza if not the

have to be dominant. >> i agree that the victory in all of historical palestine or

rather than nothing and that's a very dangerous situation for

everybody to find themselves in. i think entire international community and even israel needs to think carefully about that >> "world health organization" is warning that we could see thousands of new cases every week in the near future. there is concern that the number of sick, to make matters worse, have been understated.

why are things still getting worse instead of better? >> well, to answer that question, antonio, we have to look at the early days of the epidemic in a few months ago. we're hearing now that the response then was too little and too late. we're hearing this from aid organizations who say we could have done more in the crucial time of the course of the epidemic. the reason why this outbreak has got son big and spread so far geographically is because we didn't do enough in the early days. >> and in liberia there is not a bed available to treat new patients and liberia is facing a serious threat to its national existence. ebola is devouring everything in its path. reports are that there are $25 250 doctors for 4 million people

in that country. >> experts on the ground fighting this disease are already saying it isn't enough. they said it was great that the u.s. military would add this week but they have pledged one ebola treatment center with 25 beds and that's into the enough. i spoke with a man here in dallas who said he had to plead with his family back home to leave liberia's capitol and seek refuge in a smaller village. he told me they said to him, there was no ebola here. they were in denial. >> they have people moving everywhere, and that could make matters even worse. another fear that was raised in a "new york times" op-ed piece is that the virus is mutating at an unprecedented rate, and the biggest concern is that it could become airborne.

there is evidence that some stains of ebola in animals has transmuted that way. >> we really have to deal with the facts. ebola is spread through direct contact with infected bodies. there has been no evidence of air importan airborne transmission by humans. it's people infecting each other and that's why it's spreading with such speed. >> a doctor was given a transfusion of blood from dr dr. brantley, can these transfusions from survivors who have developed antibodies be effective.

>> that's a controversial issue this week, and there is no proven evidence that these blood transfusions will help. the thinking behind it is that a person who survived ebola has antibodies in their blood, fanned we give that blood to somebody suffering with ebola it gives them a fighting chance. we've tried this out in the 90's when there were outbreaks before, but there is no proof that it actually works. doctors are saying why are we advocating something that may or may not work. on the other hand, the "world health organization" said that fear is fueling this epidemic, and offering this as a potential treatment may allay some people's fears. >> and do something and not sitting back hoping that some experimental treatments are going to work. there is movement towards a vaccine and other possible treatments that could be infected. >> that's right. there is, and we started fast tracking.

even if it passes early trials it won't be available for early months. and with the zmapp treatment, that may not be available until mid or next we're. already this outbreak is spreading so quickly, take something many lives. the treatments and vaccines are too far in the future to have an impact on this outbreak. >> there are calls for the united nations to take control with large amounts of effort. thank you. to see what is trending on the web. >> reporter: north carolina families say facebook rejected a photo of their sick son because it was too graphic. hudson was born on july 18th. they learned that their baby boy needed a new heart. following the difficult news the family set up a facebook page to raise money for the medical bills. the page has gotten 23,000 likes

in five weeks. on september fourth hudson's father paid to boost this photo of his son. facebook rejected the the picture saying, quote: it went on to say sends, car crashes, dead and dismemoriered bodies, ghosts, zombies are not allowed. >> to say that my son elicits a negative response, it hurt. >> reporter: bond said he was surprised because he had successfully boosted three or four similar photos of hudson prior to that one. he tried to contact the company but did not get a response until a week later. on wednesday a facebook official called bond and apologized. he said the rep told him it was an automated error and offered

the family $10,000 on facebook ad money. they should reconsider the wording of those automated messages. >> a woman whose joy of parenting turned into a frightening struggle with a mentally ill son. it brings a debate on kids with developmental disorders. and a concert for an idea that sparked tens of millions of dollars. an

on the edge of eighteen only on all jazeera america

>> every expectant parent fervently hopes that their child will be normal, but for millions of parents having a child with mental illness or a developmental disorder readily changes the definition of what normal is. a first-hand account of the fear and stigma and challenges that come with being a parent of a child with special needs. a woman wrote a gut-wrenching call for help saying i'm adam lanz's mother.

and she found herself in the middle of a passionate debate of mental illness. she wrote a book called "the price of say lens": a mom's perspective on mental illness." >> when new town happened you were one of millions of parents who thought, oh my god, could that have been my child there by the grace of god go i. just three days before your son lashed out violently. there had been other incidents in the past with him. he's only 13 years old at that point. >> right. >> why did you feel compelled to write? >> it's interesting to me, antonio, you said there are millions of other families who felt that way. i thought i was the only measure in the world who was feeling what i felt. and in many senses when i wrote those words. when i wrote "i'm adam lanza's mother" i was sending a message to myself. i was admitting for the first time i don't know what to do. i don't know how to get help for my son. i love this child, but i'm

afraid. and i'm afraid of what the future holds for him, for my other children, for myself. >> if must have been so hard. what you road was so powerful. no wonder it went viral. but there was some backlash. there was some saying that you were harming your son by writing about this. now you're writing this book in part because of that backlash, because of the fact that you said you had been writing about his struggle with cancer you would have gotten no backlash, but because of the stigma of mental illness people responded in that way. is that something that we're still facing when helping families and children with that problem. >> i see stigma as a huge barrier not only as access to care because parents feel stigmatized. i was afraid to admit to myself how big the problem was that my family was facing. when i wrote that blog, the backlash was immediate, and a lot of people talked about privacy. i took those concerns seriously.

like many people who blog about mental illness, i blogged anonymously. the decision to put my name on that story came after a difficult conversation with a friend who convinced me that until people actually own those stories they are not real. i made that decision. i knowing the repercussions now i'm not sure i would have made the same decision. >> i know as you were saying you tried to manage your son's condition. you didn't know what to do half the time. you couldn't get a clear diagnosis. that's something that millions of parents do face. they can't figure out what the problem was. >> that's what i learned. when i september that tr cry for help, i heard an echo back that said that's my story. all of a sudden i'm connected to this broader problem, and i still didn't have solutions. what every parent wants when their child is suffering is a solution. >> our system seems to be very reactive. it's fear-based. things happen after the fact.

and one really shocking thing that happened is the best ray for you to get help is for your son to go to jail. get him in a jail because then people would pay attention and then you might get resources to help. >> it's not just that they would pay attention. in my state and many states the only way to access care mental healthcare is to through the criminal justice system. i think this is a moral problem for our entire nation. the three largest mental healthcare facilities in the united states are rykers island in new york, cook county jail. >> you talk about school pipeline but very little talk about mental illness. >> we treat adults with mental ill innocence jail, the school and prison pipeline is something that we were living in my own life.

when i researched the book it was still the most shocking thing to me even though i had experienced it personally. it was shocking that we would take children who are essentially sick, who have behavioral symptoms of brain disease, and we would choose to treat them in prison. what are the ramifications for our society? >> since you wrote this things have changed dramatically for you, your child, who is diagnosed as being bipolar which sometimes psychiatrists don't like to diagnose children with but the medication has helped him greatly. i know he read your he i essay. that's one of the most heartbreaking things you talk about. you are scared of him when he turns violent. his siblings are afraid of him when he turns violent. then he talked about his feelings. >> it's hard for me to stress. this young man is such an exceptional human being. he struggles so hard like many

people do. he struggles so hard to be good. he wants people to know that he is not a bad can i. we talked about it at great lengths. like any family mental illness is a whole family problem. we were talking about it at a dinner table the other night. that's what he said to us. he said if you were afraid, how do you think i felt losing control like that, hurting people i love? it's a really good point. for him, finding that diagnosis was life-changing. i think that's the process of book that i described. i needed answers. i needed solutions. so i went out and looked for solutions. it's not just a book complaining about the system that we have, which there are plenty of negative things to say, but it's looking at some of the things that communities are doing right for children and saying how can we incorporate those things to make every child's life better. >> that's great that you've written this book. >> thank you. >> and calling attention to a very important issue. i wish you and your son the best of luck. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> the book again is "the price

of silence: a mom's perspective on mental illness ochoa. illness." coming up, when teenagers say they're overstressed, chances are they're not just complaining. first, willie nelson and pals are all set for this weekend's annual farm aid concert. we'll look for the answer to the cause next in our data dive. how it sees again >> after decades in the dark, >> i couldn't get around on my own >> a miraculous bionic eye... >> i'm seeing flashes >> great >> tech know, every saturday go

>> today's data dive goes to some concerts. this year's farm aid takes place in raleigh, north carolina. willie nelson's all day music and food festival has raised more than $45 million for mark's farmers since it began in 1985. it's the longest running benefit concert series in the u.s. the idea for farm aid started at live aid which raised more than $200 million for famine aid in ethiopia in 1958. bob dylan suggested that some of that money should be spent in the u.s. >> willie nelson, neil young and john mellencamp were backstage. and in six weeks they raised a concert that raised more than $9 million for america's farme

farmers. dylan was among those who remembered. there was held in austria for widows and orphans in austria, and these kinds of concerts have become more popular. several post 9/11 benefits have raised $230 million. the television event stand up to cancer raised $21 million in the last six years. good music for good causes. being a teenager is more stressful than ever. the consequences of overscheduling and increased pressures in high school.

>> kids often complain about how there'sful high school is, but do they have a point? the new documentary series "edge of 18" tracks more than a dozen high school seniors who document their struggles who face a broad range of issues including ove overscheduling. stress for a teenager who is

handling a packed schedule of school, studying, dance class and other activities. >> it's a crazy hectic time. >> we run n dance and get out. of course, i'm going to the airport with my dance clothes on. what is new. >> so it's 2:00 in the morning, and i'm just trying to finish some school work. i'm so dead right now. >> angela is one of the teens featured in the series, and she joins us from salt lake city, utah. and wendy walsh joins us from los angeles, california. the "edge of 18" on al jazeera at 9:00 p.m. i want to start with you, angela, and what we just saw you dealing with. this crazy hectic schedule.

it was especially bad when you were auditioning for college but your schedule is jam packed. how difficult was it? >> it was a super difficult time for me. senior year is already a really hectic time with colleges, school work, trying to keep the best grades, getting involved in everything, and on top of that i had to continue rehearsing for ballet, and i had auditions to go to. between all that it was a very stressful time for me and very difficult. >> in reality angela's schedule is really isn't all that unusual. i called my high school senior and she launched into this five-minute monologue beginning at 5:30 in the morning. she has to take the act tomorrow and she's pulling her hair out. the idea is we're overscheduling our kids. >> we're pushing them harder than we have in a while.

my child did a petition around the school for reduced home work and we're at a home work high very much like we had when russia launched sputnik. now we're worried about competing with the chinese. the truth is by ninth grade kids are handed college applications and told you have four years to fill it in, go for it. they're not told what really brings people happiness. that's the problem. >> this is happening in ninth grade, you have college applications. it's happening at younger and younger ages for kids among sports, music, dance, volunteering, and you mentioned home work. much more home work than i ever had. what kinds of long-lasting effects does it have? >> it can lead to anxiety and depression but more than anything there is this sense of self and what is the definition of happiness. if we believe the myth of american capitalist that the definition of success is only monetary or only some job title, then children will believe that

and that they're not worthwhile. >> it's a really important social. >> my social life was put to the side. i would go home at 8:00. i would not be able to eat with my family. i couldn't hang out with my friends if they were to hang out on a weekday or sometimes weekend. i definitely missed out on those crucial moments. >> a lot of stress has to do with getting into college. let's look at another clip from the next episode where you hear back from the university of arizona. >> after careful consideration of your audition, we regret we

will not be able to offer acceptance to the bsa program. i really wanted to go to u of a. >> you don't know about others, yet. >> no, but i didn't get into u of a. >> don't worry about it. >> i really felt for you. i got to watch an advanced episode. you put ten years of work into this. you were rejected from one of your top choices. did you begin to doubt your future? >> completely. at that point i took that rejection letter so personally. i thought, i'm not good enough for this. who thinks i will be? after that i was really unsure of my future. that was a really scary time for me. >> i can see that it effects you now listening to that. wendy, throughout the series we see other kids who talk about giving up on college, on going to college because of the

pressure. a "boston globe" article mentioned hear shard's dea harvard's dean of admission said he's concerned about the overachievement to try to get into schools. the sense of self. he worries that kids don't get a chance to develop broadly as human beings. >> they're asked what their marriage is going to be by ninth grade. now, you have to figure out who you are, and if you're a dancer at the age of 14, like you were, angela, you should just proceed and that should be your only choice. i want to tell you, angela, you can be anything you want to be from this age forward. anything you can imagine you can create. if you can imagine it, you can be it. and the keys to happiness, the things that will bring resilience from the times you feel rejected in a moment are your really solid foundations of friend ships.

not facebook friends, instagram friends but real friends who you get together to share the good and the bad, the joys and the sorrows. that's what we need more in our country. >> i urge people to watch the episode this weekend. it's terrific. wendy, thanks. >> thanks, antonio. >> "edge of 18". this week on al jazeera america. the so son of hamas who turned his back on extremism. and the world remembers the glory days of martin luther king's fight for civil rights. but that's a far cry from the final year of his life when he was ostracized by even his supporters: the conversation continues on our website at consider this.

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