see you next time. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. a new offensive, the u.s. strikes new i.s.i.l. targets in iraq and washington announces a new plan to stop americans from joining the group. request more victims of gm's starters. and facing americans tonight under review, ray rice's plan to get back on the playing field and the nfl's response to the

outrage expressed by female fans. we begin with new developments in the fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. u.s. air strikes in iraq have taken a strategic turn. for the first time, strikes are directly supporting iraqi forces fighting i.s.i.l. previous strikes were directed towards u.s. personnel. syria and iran were missing from the table. iran is against i.s.i.l. but won't join the u.s. military coalition. a new plan to arm syrian fighters against i.s.i.l. the plan was requested by the president and would be by the state department to train and equip forces.

tony, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> let me start with the strikes. we've seen them close to baghdad now. where might they strike next? >> you're going to have to look at a comprehensive campaign. anywhere i.s.i.l. is, personally i would have started a strike in syria the moment the president said the statement. you've got to look at it as a campaign and both from the command and control aspect and the safe havens that we think they're trying to form. >> is it the middle east that they're not going into syria now or -- >> i think there's an equation being worked behind the scenes. the question is will we help assad by striking i.s.i.s. in syria. there's a real divide behind the scenes now john, do our actions actually support assad should we take them? based on what president said last year about the red line. certainly there's a consternation behind the lines.

assad may be helped to stabilize his position and stay in power. >> the united states has been here before. yes, sir. >> you support our armed rebels. >> we do. >> you don't know what happens to those arms if they decide to do something else or taken over. >> no matter how you vet them, this is vexing problem. you may be a moderate today, you may not be a moderate tomorrow. of course if you are not a moderate, the oarl guy who is no -- otherguy who is not a mody take your weapons. the fact that it was surround he by other components and now there is no free syrian army to speak of. >> so is it realistic for united states to consider and to actually arm the free syrian army? >> we don't think so. take the military forces that we have invested in the jordannians, the saudis and the turks, there are officers up there we are professionalizing in these militaries.

we should rely on task forces of those force he before we consider arming rebels. >> not in syria at the peak peae talks that some syrians may be involved in the air strikes. how do you bring all these sides together or cu? >> you have -- or can you? >> you have to be very careful. whatever the biggest threat is first, i.s.i.s, i.s.i.l, whatever it is, john we just talked about syria. the question becomes do we support the idea of helping syria throw off i.s.i.s. and strengthen their hand or do we not or take the possibility that i.s.i.s. becomes stronger. >> some of these countries are against i.s.i.l. but they don't want to be with the united states. >> right. >> is that the dilemma that the united states had? >> that's right. the dilemma that you saw in paris today how far people will come to join the coalition.

the other thing to be aware of here is the british haven't fully signed on to the coalition. they're waiting for british and that hasn't been done. >> i'd like to get your opinion. that we've got these videos the horrible beheadings the horrific scenes and everyone is horrified and terrorized by it. but why does i.s.i.l. put those up? i can't quite understand what the value of it is, i mean, if -- was there some strategic crazy strategic value? >> there actually is. it's a recruiting tool. we saw this in afghanistan. they would do these videos trying to though prowess. this is the strong horse versus the weak horse. there is a great deal of symbolism about signing on with the strong horse. this is their call to arms john. when you see this this is actually a recruiting tool.

the other thing it's meant to do is what it's doing to us, terrorizing us. something we clearly want to stand up against as quick as possible. >> tony schaeffer, always great to have you on the program. thank you very much tony. americans say, the justice department are launching a program to find recruits in the u.s. before they sign up. jonathan betz has that story. >> the message is just as chilling as the voice. >> my name is abu ramera, from america. >> reporter: an american proudly joining the fight in syria. to stop them before it's too late, the u.s. attorney general launched a new fight. >> we have established processes for detecting american extremists who attempt to join abroad. >> to encourage more people to come forward if they think someone is becoming radicalized.

working together in cities across the country to spot potential recruits. >> we can work with them to identify threats before they emerge, to disrupt home grown terrorists and to parenthesis ad would be sproinl potential extr. >> already a french i.s.i.l. fighter is suspected of killing four at a jewish museum earlier this year. and over the weekend in both germany and indonesia possible i.s.i.l. suspects made news with court appearances and arrests. the u.s. government believes at least 100 americans have joined the fight in syria including monar moamar abu sala. both have died. but many others have still been

fighting and tracking them can be difficult especially when they slip into syria. >> my brothers living in the west. >> which is now the u.s. is now focusing on stopping them before they leave. jonathan betz, al jazeera, new york. >> so this week congress will debate how to tackle the i.s.i.l. threat and mike viqueria has that part of the story. >> well good evening to you john. there are still a lot of unanswered questions about what the coalition will look like and who will be the basis of it. the ground troops who will go into syria. if the united states military and others in that coalition succeed in driving back i.s.i.l. forces from their syrian strong holds. there is a key debate, coming up in the house of representatives, that is with whether or not the united states can overtly supply the syrian rebels with ail military training in saudi training. a stark development. secretary of state john kerry working to build that coalition he has key testimony in the

howpts anhouse of representative senate, where many of the details will be revealed. meanwhile the public as the congress starts their debate on whether or not to authorize the arming of those rebels squarely behind the president and it is bipartisan support. a pew research poll says 64% of republicans and 60% of democrats support the president's plan for expanded air strikes. the only difference is: whether or not that they go farr enough, those air -- far enough, those awr strikes in going against i.s.i.l. 66% of republicans worry it doesn't go far enough and conversely 54% of democrats worry that it will go too far. another key meeting to look forward to. the president travels next week to the united nations general assembly in new york where he will convene a meeting of the security council, try to do more coalition-building and meanwhile tomorrow here at the white house he meets with general john

allen, a retired marine general, in the fight in afghanistan, he will take charge of the diplomatic campaign in the region. john. >> the situation has grown and expected to continue rising. the switch caused gm vehicles to sunlt stall which cut off the power steering. bisi onile-ere has more. >> the details are in a report that was released by the attorney overseeing the auto maker's victim compensation fund. compared to gm, feinberg is also taking more evidence into consideration. gm says it's receiving claims every day since this process began. >> just six weeks into accepting applications, attorney ken feinberg so far has received 445 claims. he reports that 31 are eligible

for compensation. of those, 19 are for deaths. that figure is higher than the 13 deaths gm initially linked to the faulty ignition switch defect that led to the massive recall and congressional hearings. since the fund is accepting claims until december 31st, that number is expected to rise. feinberg did not identify the victims or offer details about their claims. but families who have lost loved ones will receive at least $1 million. feinberg talked about the difficulty investigating some of these claims. >> the age of the accidents, you see here, we're reconstructing accidents that occurred ten years ago. the car is gone. the black botch data is missing. -- black box data is missing. we have to use circle evidence to reconstruct the accident to -- circumstantial evidence to

reconstruct the accident. to reach out for evidence. >> the number of death claims right now is 50% higher than originally revealed by gm. gm released a statement sairg, "we -- saying, "we have preferablpreviously said that kn feinberg will determine the number of victims. what is more important that we are doing the right thing for those who lost loved ones and for those who suffered." >> any victim or family who accepts money waives their right to sue gm the auto maker who is at the center of several federal investigations, has estimate they'd it will cost four and $600 million to settle claims. however gm has not put a limit on the amount it will spend for compensation. bisi onile-ere lngz ne, al jazew york. >> now we head out west.

wildfires are facing thousands to leave their homes. firefighters are fighting the acclimation in southern california. continued hot dry weather complicating the situation. there have been almost 5,000 wildfires in california this year. now we talk about hurricane odile, it has been down graded into a tropical storm after slamming into the baja california. it's one of the strongest storms to ever hit that peninsula. and meteorologist kevin corriveau is more on that, kevin. >> that's right john it actually ties hurricane olivia in 1967. that is how long it's been since a hurricane of this magnitude hit baja california. as it was making landfall on cabo san lucas, 125 mile-per-hour sustained winds as a category 3 storm when it hit

landfall here. many thousands of people in shelters, a lot of tourists in shelters as well. the storm is predicted to bring about 20 more inches of rain to baja california. the other big problem with this storm is going to be as it makes its way to the north. but last week if you remember we were dealing with hurricane norbert. norbert brought with it a record amount of rain for phoenix, arizona a little more than five and a quarter inches of rain. a tropical storm is going to be making its way to the north and northeast as otropical depression. we still think we're going to be seeing incredible amount of rain with this storm as well. rain into parts of arizona. we'll be watching this very carefully in the next two or three days. across this area still five to eight inches of rain locally is expected and that means john flash flooding.

>> all right kevin, thank you. in just a mere three days scotland will vote on an historic measure, breaking away from the united kingdom, that could alter geopolitics dramatically. lawrence lee reports. >> if there was ever a nuclear war this place would be in the middle of it. sheltered by low mountains in deep lakes known as lochs in scotland is the u.k.'s nuclear defense. you can just make out the shape of one of the submarines in dock under constant patrol. a plank of any plond political parties but the peace camp at the base here, many don't buy that story and certainly don't want nuclear weapons on their land. >> the broad consensus in scotland has been against nuclear weapons for quite some time and that's reflected in the

anti-nuclear stance. that's the reason it has come down to a yes-no vote on the question of nuclear weapons in some regard. >> reporter: the u.k. government doesn't have the nuclear weapons here just because it's scotland. it's because the lochs are so deep that the craft can get out to sea quickly and disappear off the continental shelf. nomp elsnowhere else off the cof the u.k. is there such a good place to hide, an independent scotland would face if it tried to go it alone. but this is what all the politicians fear losing for themselves because the dread fear in westminster is if the independent scotland requests a withdrawal of the u.k. nuclear fleet. then the future of this place is a huge bargaining ship.

>> the scotland wanted to force the u.k. to remove its nuclear weapons its could simply cut off the support, it could cut off any typed of spowrp for -- type of support for regulatory aspects of it. it could make sure the collide is filled with any type of fishing boat. it could make it very, very difficult. >> lots and lots of scots. the scottish government wants its own standing army outside u.k. forces. many in the military establishment believe scottish solsoldiers would rather stay exactly where they are now. >> scotland forms the backbone of british army. we recruit more per capita than anyplace else in the u.k. we always have, we always will. without scotland would a union

of england, wales and northern ireland look well, a bit small, a country that can't keep itself together, a bit weak. lawrence lee, al jazeera, scottd land. >> the medal po posthumously gin to donald scott, and bennie adkins who ran through enemy fire to rescue fellow soldiers. >> you served with valor, you made us proud and your service is with us for eternity. no matter how long it takes, no matter how many years go by we will continue to express our gratitude for your extraordinary service . >> adkins talked about the honor and his experiences with our lisa stark. >> we met command sergeant major

bennie adkins. it's been nearly a half a century since that battle he has been honored for. he says he feels humbled. >> this is for other 16 americans who were with me in that battle. >> drafted in 1956 at age of 22 after dropping out of college. >> i didn't know it if you dropped out of college you went to the top of the draft list so -- >> but he found the army suited him and he reenlisted with the special forces. by that time adkins was married with children. he headed off to vietnam, second of three tours, a large viet kong division attacked his camp. >> this attack was a constant for 38 hours. >> reporter: it was a fierce

fight. adkins was blown out of the compound twice. >> i helped with a great soldier, staff sanch sergeant w. >> hall was over half of the americans that died. those who survived escaped into the jungle. >> i was fortunate enough to have a little short range radio and the antenna was shot off this radio, so i used my body by standing in water, and was able to communicate with an aircraft. >> but the helicopter coming to pick them up was shot down and as night fell the viet kong closed down. >> all at once we could hear some noise and kind of see some eyes moving around us there in the jungle and that night, a tiger stopped us.

>> the enemy could see the tiger, too. it kept them at bay. long enough for a rescue. >> they treated mo me for 18 boy wounds. so most of them was mortar and hand grenade shrapnel. >> for his valor adkins has received a chestful of awards. >> we don't do this for medals. we do this for love of country and love of our way of life. >> i'm proud as i ask be of him. i couldn't be any prouder. >> reporter: did you think during this whole period that you were not going to get home? >> never. never. >> reporter: adkins credits his special forces training for giving him the mental strength he needed. >> feel proud of my service, yes. i'm just 80. and i wanted to see if i can reenlist. >> reporter: (laughing) you're

ready to join up again? >> that's right. >> right now he'll have to settle for a tribute from a grateful nation. lisa stark, al jazeera. >> ray rice is trying to get his job back with the nfl. plus, the pope performance a mass wedding at the vatican. some say i do, they didn't think they could do so in the past. edge of eighteen growing up fast... >> my quest is to find me, and me is not here... >> fighting for a better future >> if you gonna go to college, you gonna end up dead on the streets... >> life changing moments >> i had never been bullied, everyone hates me... >> 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

>> a 93-year-old former nazi has been charged with 100 counts of murder. stolen from inmates who were killed. a prosecutor said he helicopter the regime benefit financially and nazi guard he has denied committing any atrocities himself. pope francis challenged catholic tradition this weekend by marrying 20 couples. it was unlike any other ceremony performed by a pontiff. >> si si si.

>> by uniting these couples pope francis broke a a taboo. uniting those who lived together before marriage. challenging tradition and changing the church's image. last year he criticized the church for being obsessed for issues like abortion, birth control and gay marriage. >> that was a shocker, especially by american bishops who had been obsessed by these issues. some is of the bishops are confused, some of the clergy are confused and this is going to limit the influence he has. >> more than 8 in 10 catholics view the pontiff favorably. most say that change is for the better. >> he's trying to reach people where they're at. the church never wants to preclude people from her

membership. >> the changes began soon after the pope was elected 18 months ago. with his emphasis on simplicity. he shunned the papal apartments to live in this boarding house for visiting liquorics and cler. >> inside the santa marta i work i rest i visit other people. >> kissed the feet of inmates at an italian juvenile detention center. change of tone, showing the catholic church is less concerned about sin and sex and more concerned about compassion. >> he wants the church to be intreasing people and telling people about god's love. he's rebranding us. >> some say the pope's actions don't go far enough. others want him to let women become ordained as priests.

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>> this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. coming up ray rice plans to fight back against his suspension with the nfl. does he have legal grounds to be reinstated? plus why people in louisiana are afraid to drink their water. we'll tell you what's contaminating their taps. and get ready for more freezing temperatures and learn why we're going to have to turn up the heat. >> former nfl running back ray

rice ask expected to appeal his suspension. a week ago he was released by the ravens and suspended indefinitely by the league. that after a video surfaced of him punching his then fiancee in an elevator. michael eaves has more on the appeal and the controversies that's plaguing the nfl. >> rice says while the allegations are alarming he believes they deserve going through the legal process. he has until midnight tomorrow night to file an appeal of his indefinite suspension but he north the nfl have made any statement concerning the appeal. the commissioner continued his efforts on monday to address the nfl's evolving domestic violence protocols. one day after banners flew over two different nfl stadiums demanding roger goodell's

resignation, goodell said that lisa freel, jane randall and rita split will help shape the nfl's programs relating to domestic violence and sexual assault. freel was head of the swam crimes prosecuting office for more than adade. randall is the head of no more and smith is former executive director of the national coalition against domestic violence. goodell says while freel will be related to all domestic violence related decisions, the nfl will oversee and improved training and education programs for all league personnel. the nfl has yet to issue any punishment for two other domestic violence incidents regarding san francisco friernss

mcdonald, and reinstated adrian petersen today, after the nfl suspended him for child abuse. he whipped his four-year-old son with a switch resulting in welts and scars on his legs. to be clear we take very seriously any matter that involves the welfare of a child. at this time however we believe this is a matter of due process, and we should allow the legal system to proceed so we can come to the most effective conclusions and then determine the appropriate course of action. we are trying to do the right thing. this is a difficult path to navigate. regarding the judgment of how a parent disciplines his child. >> now that petersen has been reinstated he will be allowed to practice this week and is expected to play in sunday's game when the vikings travel to

new orleans to face the saints. petersen released hits own statement on sunday apologizing for disciplining his son. saying in part i didn't expect the nfl would be the deciding factor over how i discipline my son. >> ariva martin. welcome. >> hi john. >> how does that work? >> i think one of the things that is happening in this whole nfl debacle is attaching their standards to a critical standard. the nfl has the ability to enact policies and to enforce those policies and those policies don't have to be tied to any penal codes or the judicial process. so we know in a criminal matter there is going to be a standard of beyond reasonable doubt. that is an incredibly high

standard. but an nfl league team does not have to have that same standard. they are playing loose with the language when they talk about the due process, because lots of employers have policies that they enforce on a daily basis that have nothing to do with criminal due process. >> from a legal standpoint did the nfl just let this kind of get out of control? >> well, you know, when we talk legally what's happening here these players have contracts. and in those contracts are personal conduct or some call them morality clauses which basically say you have to adhere to a particular code of conduct. so the question is the enforcement of those contractual provisions. the players go into it willingly, they know what the contract provides and when there's a violation the league hasn't been consistent with how it treats the violation of its own contracts. >> adrian peterson says he is not a child abuser. he has been indicted.

what is your take? >> in the state of texas persons are allowed to use corporal punishment but if it goes to far, someone can be indicted like mr. petersen. as a child advocate i think a policy of no hitting is best across the board. because where do you draw the line? some parents say spank with an open hand and some say a couple of spanks with a switch is okay. but it's all violent. anyone who thinks a 6'1", 220 pound man should be hitting a child, that isn't right john. >> he's planning to appeal his suspension, ray rice, how is he going to argue this? >> something we should expect to hear is the issue of consistency. so again, the question is, was there a violation of the personal conduct clause in ray

rice's contract with his team? and then if it was violated how have those violations been treated in the past? and i think ray is going to have lots of evidence to show that there are many players who have not been suspended indefinitely or forever put out of the league for conduct very similar to his. >> i mean is it -- is there any way to compare adrian rice and -- i mean adrian petersen and ray rice or not? >> well, i think they both are very, very serious cases both involving domestic violence. but for me adrian peterson is worse. involving a very young child. ray rice's wife is an adult. but when you are a child you don't get ochoose how they cloak the term glin. i'm more disturbed about what happened to this four-year-old child and not seeing people speak up for had child so --

>> and adrian petersen gets to play. >> he's plagues and ray rice is suspended indefinitely. something seems to be out of balance with the nfl in terms of how they impose discipline and the consistency or lack thereof of that discipline. >> all right riva martin as always it's great to see you. >> thanks john. . >> rights groups are holding protests. kristin saloomey reports from new york. >> women's rights groups say that del has to go. since rice's video punching his fiancee now his wife. >> public outreach, given that's what it took i think it's pretty clear that we need somebody other than roger goodell in charge of a major american institution like the nfl.

>> reporter: goodell is now dealing with two other players accused of domestic abuse and accusations about the fact that he lied about not seeing the video prior to the suspension. then there's push back from women fans who account for 40% of the audience in stadiums and on television. >> there is no lie, how they spin this how they control this how they move forward is going to be really important. but in the short term this really damages the league's integrity, credibility, with women. >> roger goodell may be losing face with the public but he remains incredibly popular with the owners of the 32 attempts that fund the league, headquarters here behind me in new york and the salary and bonus package of the commissioner. in recent times, at least three team owners have come out publicly and expressed their unwavering support.

kristin saloomey, have al jazeera, new york. focuses raising awareness about sexual violence on campus. this research shows at a one in five women will be assaulted during their college years. the campaign is called it's on us and hope is to encourage more men to join the fight. the white house says men don't speak out enough when it comes to violence against women. for city of detroit climbing out of bankruptcy has been an uphill battle. in a big development the city settled today with one big creditor but it's still doing battle with another. jonathan betz has more on that story, jonathan. >> yes john this has been one of the biggest roadblocks for detroit, as it tries convince the court and its creditors of trying to climb out of bankruptcy. >> droit has detroit -- detrois a plan.

comprehensive settlement has been reached with the city. the groundwork for that deal laid last week. >> a lot of creative constructive thought went into it to unlock value where that value otherwise wasn't necessarily readily participat participate -- apparent. >> some was likely a leverage on the windsor tunnel. the company will still take a hit on the debt it's owed. city workers have agreed to take a hit too. this summer they approved the 5% pension cut set out on detroit free structuring strategy, aside from hedge funds and individuals there's only one big creditor still blocking the city's plan. financial guarantee insurance company says that plan is unfair to creditors and wants to tap the city's art collection to pay creditors. >> detroit is going down a checklist, all right, is the plan in the best interest of

crorgs, is the plan feasible, does the plan discriminate unfairly against assenting creditors? >> it wants to send the city of detroit back to the drawing board. so the fcc has said, hold the trial and allow the city to regroup. the judge has nixed that deal. it's still calling for the city to sell its art to settle its debt john. unclear, detroit is trying to reach deals with all of its creditors to speed up the process and then hopefully avoid appeals and that is why today's agreement is so significant. >> all right jonathan betz, jonathan thank you. edward snowden has another option for refuge tonight. the government of switzerland has offered the government whistle blower safe haven. last month russia granted

snowden asylum for three more years. a brain eating amoeba has been found in the tap water of a couple of louisiana parishes. jonathan martin has the story. >> residents of the parish are desperate for answers. more than 12,000 people can be affected by the tainted drinking water. at a community meeting last week parish leaders tried calm their fears. >> we apologize for the all the actions or inactions that led to this emergency and the resultant cautions. but we are committed to make sure the water is safe now and in the future. >> parish leaders said they took immediate action when they were notified. the water is being treated with a 60 day chlorine burn. be a process that would make the water safe to drink.

but community leaders are knot buying. >> we want to get to the bottom of a lot of things, number one getting the water correct. number 2 taking care of those who are accountable for this. >> denise showed off a bottle of tap water that officials say is safe for consumption. >> would you drink the one to the left or to the right? >> she took her concerns to erin brockovich. >> erin is in the state of nevada this evening. >> health officials say the amoeba enters through nose. blamed for death of a four-year-old boy in another louisiana parish. jonathan martin, al jazeera, la plasse, louisiana. u.n. security council will meet thursday to discuss the

outbreak of ebola. world health organization says the death toll has grown to more than 2200 people. ebola cases spread across west africa, liberia? sierra leone and nigeria. president obama is expected to outline a plan to address the outbreak. the pentagon has already announced a 25 bed hospital that opened in liberia. coming up our picture of the day. plus remember that polar vortex that hit last winter that caused brutally cold temperatures? a new study claims why it's happening and will continue to happen. happen.

>> as the moisture continues towards the swernt united states, california unfortunately will not be getting any of that rain we expect in the next couple of days. they are in a heat wave and as well as ten major wildfires are burning in the state. we do have excessive heat warnings. temperatures are well above average for this time of year. tomorrow los angeles 96° again another day in the mid 90s. on wednesday that comes down to about 93. it's really not until the end of the week we have a cold front coming in off the pacific. temperatures come back down on

friday to 81. normally your high would be about 83° here. well last week at the end of the week remember we were seeing some snow up here across the northern plains. temperatures about 33°, 32 there, while those temperatures are coming back up take a look at those for rapid city, 77° going up to about 80° as we go towards wednesday and this is going to be the trend over the next couple of days. a big warmup for many locations here. detroit you're still going to be cool. that's a look at your national weather, your news is next.

>> urban outfitters is apologizing to kent state ohio for selling a sweatshirt with a blood like spatter. students immediately connected it to a massacre where four students were killed by the national guard. a statement by the retailer says

urban outfitters sincerely apologizes for any offense our vintage kent state tee shirt could have caused. the new york daily news reports that a former marine is accused of assaulting a pregnant pakistani woman and her family. he told the newspaper it was really scary. he wasn't fighting with anyone else, he wouldn't leave us alone. linda sarsar joins us again in our studio, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> you were talk ugh about a situation involving yourself, when you were accosted buy man who threatened you. now this. do you see a direct relationship to what's going on with i.s.i.l. and the rise in hate crimes. >> absolutely. i mean the incident that you talk about in marine park

brooklyn happened only four days after my incident and you had this ex-marine actually tell police officers, i'm not the enemy, they're the terrorists, i killed 14 people. i see a direction correlation with what's happening with i.s.i.s. i'm watching some different elected officials and others kind of propagating this idea that we should be wary of muslims or muslim americans living amongst us in america. that's problematic right now. >> similar to after 9/11? >> similar after 9/11 and to be with you 13 years later, the status of the muslim american community is a lot worse than after 9/11. >> a study about american toads towards airbus and muslims and own 27% of americans have a favorable view of muslim americans. >> that's basically one out of four people, that's very

troubling. >> and you attribute that to? >> i attribute that with misinformation and for people -- for many of those people if you look at some other polls that think they've never met an arab or muslim, when people don't have relationships with people of other faith i think they get owatch fox news and get to believe everything they see on tv and get to associate that with people of the same faith. >> but that is case isn't it, they see or hear terrorist groups that talk about the muslim faith, that talk about killing in the name of god, in the name of the muslim faith and they don't understand that. you're not entirely surprised by this are you? >> i'm not entirely surprised but i can't understand why we don't do that when we see christian militia groups or buddhist terrorists killing muslims by the hundreds in places lime burma.

only in the places of people killing in the name of islam. >> maybe in the united states anyway was 9/11 and it was the 1993 bombing -- >> to be honest with you you're more likely as an american to be killed by lax gun laws and a shooter who walks into a movie theatre or a an institution. we have not seen a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 for 13 years now and we should be attributing that to the partnership with american muslims and with law enforcement and others. >> do you think could that partnership be better? >> absolutely i mean i think the partnership could be better if law enforcement wasn't conducting unwarranted surveillance of u muslims, and i think law enforcement needs to look at what that looks like and bring law enforcement back. >> is there something that the muslim community should do that

it's not doing now to help that partnership that you described? >> if you look at a lot of the failed plots, coming forward to law enforcement most often coming from the immediate family members themselves. i think the muslim community has done everything we can and we haven't seen mass scale terrorists coming out of institutions, many of them have been lone wolves. >> is there a fear in the public that other members of the muslim community would be afraid of them? >> i'm a new yorker, i was here on 9/11 i could have been in the world trade center and i could be dead now. in the best interest that our country is safe because our families would be impacted by another terrorist attack if it happened. >> when i ask you these questions i push back at you you sound frustrated. >> i'm frustrated. i'm an american, i'm born and raised here. for people to ask me what is my community doing about it? do we put that same

responsibility on other communities? i think our community is doing everything we can as americans and doing our civic responsibility to make sure we're weeding out terrorists in our community just as any other american would do. >> linda, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. it's not even fall and many areas are focusing on winter. research links global warming to long periods of deep cold. jake ward is in san francisco with details. >> john there was a lot of debate this past winter about how it could be that a planet that by all accounts is warming how could a planet produce the brutal cold that we experienced over the winter. scientists may have pinned that answer down or at least begun to. it is important to understand what a polar vortex really is. this term got bandied about over the winter, basically naming any cold front. let me lock it down a little

bit. a polar vortex is a big doughnut of cold air that circles the north pole and south pole. what is unusual is the polar vortex moved this year, brought temperatures down to as far as 40° below zero. it was a brutal winter. basically you should think of it as someone balancing on a pedestal and having fallen off. scientists determining that warm air is coming from oceans normally iced over. these researchers looked at the theberat thebering sea and thosg arms of cold air came down to hit us. now this could help to explain extreme weather during other seasons as well. it's pardon of a trend in

research towards investigating what are called blocking patterns, patterns that allow weather to stay stationary for long periods of time. they cause weather to sit in unusual places either like a heat wave in january in alaska for instance or heavy rains in germany over the summer that would otherwise blow right through that season. now scientists have had a sense of the correlation between global warming and this sort of unusual seasonal weather, they thought there might be a connection but this is one of the first times that anyone has really modeled a real causation between the two. >> jake ward, thank you very much. america's rudest drivers are from, drum roll: idaho. at least from a new poll from ensure.com. classifies the ones who honk, made make bad gestures and rev

their engines. wyoming, i don't know why, massachusetts. tw2,000 drivers around the couny were used in conducting this poll. this story blows me away. a small part of sidewalk that's clearly marked for people who want to text or talk on their phones while walking. they remain ironic and dangerous to use phones while on the move. now our picture of the day, tonight's freeze frame comes from portugal, where a crowd throws a rainbow of powder into the air, to celebrate the hindu celebration of the flowers. that's our broadcast. "america tonight" is next with joie chen. i'll see you back here tomorrow

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