more bombs announced today, and this new strategy inside iraq, and we should have the president visit central command tomorrow to hear what they have to say about the developing plan. >> okay, mike, help me this this one. job if this gets at it, but i know you know it will, this seems to be a difficult need toll thread. how does the u.s. get the opposition, namely, the free syrian army, to

carry out this new mission? this is something we have been talking about. picked up by a number of senators. john boehner the speaker of the house. also taking issue with this idea that the free syrian army tony which after all the president disparaged as a group of farmingers, always been a fantasy to arm these folks, now all of a sudden they are the link pin of this policy. today they announced that as many as 5,000 will be trained. on saudi territory, but tony, lit take a year. and eight months before the first ones are the first trainees of mission fighter wills be ready to enter the battlefield. the theater of operation inside syria. so a lot of contingencies here, a lot of open questions yes the bombing campaign is expended in iraq. who will take that fight on the ground, they say knife thousand won't be

nearly enough. >> . >> today's armed service hearing was interrupted four different times by protestors. >> please leave the room now, we are asking you nicely. called for the return of all u.s. troops it is well known for it's opposition to american operations abroad. in other news, nascar driver tony stewart's fate will be in the happens of a grand jury, it was announced today that a grand jury will decide whether he will face chargers in the death of a fellow driver. stewart hit and killed ward last month during a dirt track race in new york state. he died of community force trauma, stewart has not been charged, he says he will continue to provide his full cooperation, coming up, new information that the hacking attack at home depot could cost customers billions in

fraudulent charges. and a push to support an urban farming initiative in san francisco, that some say goes too far.

okay, let's look at wall street for the day. one day before the federal reserve make -- that's a big jump to reach a new high. the s&p 500 gained about 15 points. on the day, the recent credit card breach at home depot can mean up to $3 billion in fraudulent charges. credit protect company says the attack could effect more than 60 million customers. the hackers are thought to have sold customer information on the black market. it isests mated they made about $50 million off of that sale. the city of san francisco is making a bold push to support urban farming but housing advocates are pushing back. they say a new tax break

is just too gentlemen of the jury rouse. >> in the middle of san francisco, sits a wee farm. with a dozen highs and up to 1 million bees. run by volunteers who plant flowers that produce honey for the neighborhood. >> this was an old lot, id hat never been developed i don't think there was plans because it has a billboard on it the owners want to make sure it is viz reasonable the freeway. >> now, this lot owner and other interested landowners have an extra incentive for sending up community gardens. a gnaw tack break. someone paying $10,000 would now just pay about $100. their property assessed as farmland, another part of the sweet deal, urban farms must sell or donate produce or act as a teaching site. >> this legislation, would help encouraging and insent those property owners to think about turning a corner of the

city that salt lake blighted and vacant. turning it into an urban garden, a little urban oasis. >> san francisco is not the only city to have passed a law encouraging farms. places across the country, have coming up with incentives to turn their empty lot like this one int more productive. >> however, some wonder if they can use any space for anything other than housing. >> the median home price is around $1 million in san francisco. the median rents are between $3,504,000. this is a crisis. let's use every bit of land as smartly as we can. but there are few empty lots and odd have karates have no illusion about how many plots can sprout up. we are not necessarily naive to think we can feed ourself in a city

like san francisco, but how much can we do. >> still, the efforts can make a difference. this urban farm serves those living below the poverty line-up the. >> during the year, it will provide over 1,000 pounds of food, that gets given away to people that need fresh produce, who otherwise have no means to acquire that food. advocates help their success will help more cities to join the movement. san francisco. >> coming up, president obama just told the nation that ebola is a global security threat, we will take a closer look at that threat, and how the u.s. will get involved in a new plan to fight the virus.

speaking from the vcv, at the top of the hour, he layed out a new plan to combat the virus. >> the reality is that this epidemic going to get worse before it gets better, but right now, the world's still has an opportunity to save countless lives. right now. the world has the responsibility to act. to step up, and to do more. the united states of america -- >> jonathan bets has a closer look at how the impact is effecting the region. >> this is the did hiest impact ever, and it is taking it's toll. the world health organization said 5,000 people have been infected since march, that spread over five countries of ginny, sierra leone, liberia, and nigeria. nearly half of those have died close to 2500 people. now the hardest hit country is liberia. even though the virus was

first spotted in ginny. 1300 people have died. most of the cases are in ginny, liberia, all meet, on the border region. doctor, as always good to see you. >> hi, tony. >> i want to start with your thoughts on the president's speech, a couple of the high points here, the president saying that this -- establishing a couple of things, first of all that this is a national security priority for america, and that the president assessment is that extremely low. that's where he places the assessment, and if it does, he says the country is ready to deal with it. >> what he has done is a very bold initiative.

he is putting a lot of resources, medical care, they are going to build hospitals, they are going to train local people. principally, i want to know, why it has taken so long to establish some of these items. it just seems that it is taking the world -- probably longer than necessary to ramp up the kind of response that the president is talks about here. if you agree, if not, i want to know why it is taking so long. the president wants to establish a military command center, you heard him say that, to handle logistics. he wants to build an air bridge to get help to, the infected people, and to also get humanitarian aid into these impacted areas as well. a staging area. to get health workers in

and out of the effected areas more quickly. and then training areas. and then he wants to accomplish new isolation areas for the infected to better contain the outbreak, what are your thoughts on these particular items going forward, and how necessary they are. and why it's taken to this point for not only for america to get involved in this level, but for the rest of the world to rach up in the way that the president is outlying that need is at the moment here? tony, you have described a comprehensive program that hits on every element. providing not only the medical care, but a public health response. it's taken us a while, because we anticipated that the world health organization would take the lead. >> absolutely. >> and they are epidemic response capability has been degraded substantially because of budgetary cuts.

it is like we had ask orchestra ready to play, but no conductor. so i think the united states, the president are stepping into that role. they are coordinated an international response. and this is something that we out to be proud of. but there won't be a quick fix, this will take some time. >> does the w. h.o. drop the bomb. -- ball on this outbreak, in not identifying early on, or early enough, the potential spread of this, before it reached an epidemic level? and not saying to the world, loud and clear, we need help? and a lot of it. >> i think we are all surprised that the world health organization hasn't been more assertively involved and earlier. yeah, i think that's true uh. but now the word is out,

and the troops are gathering. >> what about a vaccine? how we can get something that is workable and mass producetive the extent necessary to handle this? well, my fingers are crossed, they are working on that. we might have a vaccine available, that looks as though it might work. by the end of this year, but still ramping up all the manufacturing capacity, and then getting a vaccine in the field, that also will take some time. was they are working on that, and also working on drugs to treat the infection, once the infection occurs. so prevention, and treatment, both hands working. >> and doctor, look, the president said this is really encouraging, that dr. kent brantley, one of the americans to contract ebola, well enough to visit the president at the white house. tell me specifically what

worked on dr. brantley? was it the z map, was it just the level of care that is available in the united states. >> well, my good friends at emery said it is the comprehensive supportive level of care, that they are able to provide in their institution, and incidentally, that any hospital such as hours here at vanderbilt would be able to provide should such a patient come to us uh. we have that capacity, and in some way we have to get elements of that over in after ca, so we can move the needle on the mortality rate, to what is now 50%, to something that is lower than that. great to talk to you, vanderbilt university, always a pleasure, sir, thank you. >> thank you. >> in today's power politics seven weeks until the congressional midterm elections and house republicans are now supporting obama administration bills really? they previously opposed?

david, what is happening in a full moon or something? >> you read the script perfectly. the house republican leadership has made it clear they want to avoided any drag to washington to function. there are poised chartner the next year, though many of the g. o.f. hate it and the house republicans are moving to get president obama the money, and authority he wants to arm and train syrian rebels in their plight against isil. i trafficly think the president's request is a sound one, there's not reason not to do what the president asked us to do. >> stop the press. john boehner said the strategy is a sound one. ratcheting down washington grid lock or at least not making it worse will help the g. o.

p. speaking of help, senator rand paul republican senator trying to boost his chances after the 2016 republican presidential nomination, adjusting some of the foreign policy. a year ago after series used chemicals on his own people, now he supports military action in iraq and syria, against islamic state. >> all i have been saying for five years is i am not an isolationist, i look at every individual instance of whether or not we need to be involved, i look at it reluctantly, i don't want tock involved in war, but i do look and see when american interests are threatens. >> and his home state of connecticut, minority leader is trying to fend off a very top midterm challenge from democratic senate candidate. the a rep group is now spending $1 million this week alone, on ads linking ads to president obama on immigration reform. >> their plan, citizen

ship for millions who broke the law. food stamps unemployment, even medicare, obama and grimes, two liberals for amnesty, too liberal for us. >> it is a rough add, that reenforced a familiar seen. they want undeserving people to have things for free, in that play book, there's long been the charge that republicans want to shred the social safety net protecting seniors. here is the latest ad from the arkansas senate race. >> cotton voted to cut social security benefits and raise the retirement age to 70. on medicare, cotton voted to reare place wit a voucher, and make seniors pay thousands more. we can't trust tom cotton to protect seniors. >> not protecting seniors also a theme that is being picked up by democrats in the louisiana senate race. >> my friends andry keeping a real close eye on bill cassidy. >> congressman cassidy

consistently prioritizes tax cuts for millionaires while cutting social security. >> and the georgia senate race, democratic candidate is running a competitive campaign against republican david purdue, and she is now focusing voters, particularly women, on a sex discrimination lawsuit, while purdue was the e. of dollar general. >> and the company was forced to pay a settlement of over $18 million. if david purdue didn't do right by women at his company, why would he do right by georgia. >> have to love the scary music. in political ads this has been the year of the inadamant objects. we have seen commercials features guns, drones, cannons, cars, and a woodchipper. to name a few. now we have one that makes it's point by featuring an inhaler. watch. >> moms always prepared. but what if she had to prepare for terri lynn land. land ignores climate science, she even opposes

a plan that would protect clean air for out gear lakes region. meaning more smog, mercury, industrial carbon pollution. terri lynn land's plan, let polluters pollute. >> a mask and an inhaler, that's the first for a 2014 campaign. >> i will be a true believer that we're at least ending grid lock for the midterms when you come here one day and tell me that we have an agreement on the minimum wage. >> that won't happen. >> other news making headlines across the country. >> tony, a st. louis grand jury now had until january to decide whether to charge officer darren wilson for the death of michael brown. wilson is the white police officer who fatally shot the unarmed black teen last month. it was due to expire about a week ago, it has now been extended into

january 7th. the parents of a woman killed in the 2012 movie theater shooting are suing four online retailers. those stores sold ammunition, and tier gas used in the attacks. the lawsuit alleges the retailers failed to screen shooter who was accused of killing 12 people holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder charges. almost one dozen wild fires are burning today. more than 1,000 residents to evacuate near the northern border. hundreds are also working to control fires near sacramento and yosemite. i am thankful my children are alive. >> combined with a heat waive have contributed to the recent wave.

wayreceipt left is being auctioned off on ebay. it made headlines when a viral image of it shows the nfl player left his serve ear 20 cents tip. the asking price for the recent is nearly $100,000 now, proceeds will go to the restaurant staff, tony mccoy says the service was bad, so he left that tip, now that receipt is worth $99,000. >> i was about to say something really nice about him, after his game last night when he beat the colts. but to heck with that, you kidding me? oh my goodness. >> service really bad, but his autograph is worth a lot. >> yeah. >> all right. the number of people without health insurance is dropping. a look at what is behind that, and new numbers show the number of people surviving cancer has tripled in the last four decades.

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so the number of americans without health insurance is dropping. more than 4 million americans have insurance. wait for it since 1997. roxanne, obviously the affordable care act has to be a part of it, if not a big part of it. >> it is likely the case. and these are the first numbers when the affordable care act extended coverage to millions of people. it is one run more americans are getting insured. >> for full health coverage, and dental. >> the obama administration has used ads like this to convince americans to send up for the affordable care act,

and says 8 million have enrolled so far. while some of them already had insurance, the increase accounts for at least some of the crop in the number of uninsures americans. according to the c.d.c., earlier last year, there were 35 million americans without health insurance. that's a drop of almost 4 million, but there are other reasons behind the change. the biggest drops were among adults 18 to 25, people considered poor, and african americans. still, as in previous years racial minorities were less likely to be ensured. uninsured. >> that's because almost half the people who signed up up for the affordable care act, got their cards after the survey was done. >> the affordable care act has meant i can

continue to be in a transition period. try different things. >> in the next open enrollment period starts in november. i asked one of the authors if it meant that the affordable care act is working she said it's for other people to decide, not the c.d.c. >> meanwhile, up to 500,000 people who signed up for the affordable care act, may be dropped or pay more, more than 100,000 people may be cut for not verifying their citizen ship or immigration status. which is a key ryement for eligibility. and the new information on the days show, the number of cancer survivors in the united states has tripled over the last 40 years. according to the american association of cancer research, one in 22 americans are a cancer survivor. the report credits better tools to study the structure of cancer

cells. who has more on this. good to see you. >> a pleasure. sounds like amazing progress. what are the other factors in. >> i think it is very exciting news uh. we are learning more about how cancer works how it attacks us. so if you think about normally, if you get injuries let's say you have a cut or something else, our body is able to regenerate. so we can replace those cells. what happens in cancer is that one of those cells one of our own cells actually basically gets damaged and goes rogue, so it starts multiplying not to repair a damaged cell, or damaged area, but just to kind of take over. so it has got our own genetic materials and then it has damage let's say from toxins and the environment. smokes pollution a variety of things and that's what causing it to

become cancer. over the past several decades we have made a lot more advances in terms of what causes that to ham. that's really good news, not only are more people surviving my understanding here, is that they are not in as much pain during the treatment. of their particular cancer. >> in general we have a lot of advances to treat pain, and we also have a change in the mix. so in general, in terms of our strategies if you think about things three different areas where we can address cancer. in terms of prevention, also look at once the person has developed cancer before it spreads can we intervene. and then can we do something to treat that. at each of those levels we can address it. the state trying to prevent cancer, now people are are more aware of smoking, yet there's also a lot more done with

sun screen and other strategies so a lot of people may avoided developing cancer in the first place, and then if you think about the other things the colonoscopy or pap smears people may have cancer but it isn't dangerous at that point, or might not be. and then finally when people have the dangerous cancers those are the ones that are more likely to be painful, mt. likely to cause symptoms we can also use these newer drugs and technology to try to address that. colonoscopy, thank you for mentioning that. is there still a bit of a problem with cancer becoming a resistence to new treatments? researchers still somewhat playing a cat and mouse game when it comes to an actual cure? they are still like human cells in some sense, so just like our cells may

try to adapt, they try to do the same thing, and overcome it, so they do find ways to get around let's say chemotherapy or other things. but i am still pretty optimistic, this is a big advance over the past several decades. >> it is great to here that kind of optimism, but do you think we will ever be a proper cure for cancer. >> it is hard to make an across the board statement, although they do have certain things in common, there are different factors that lead to specific cancers. there's specific genetic damages. specific toxins family history, so i don't know that we will have a cure for everything, but it might become more of a survivable disease. a chronic condition like heart disease. >> great to see you. >> what a pleasure. >> thank you. come on down and visit me on the set next time.

>> will do. >> a pack of cigarettes in new york city. taxed higher than anywhere else, but it's not stopping people from lighting up, more than 1 million new yorkers are smokers and 20/13/16% of adult new yorkers smoked that is up from 14% just a couple of years before the city health commissionser planning to launch an $830,000 campaign to help lower the number of smokers in new york. passengers onboard a flight, to stop two politician from boarding a plane. the story behind this going viral.

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boy, you have to love this story. angry passengers banned together, claiming their plane was delayed waiting for them to board. the video had gone viral. >> tony, passengers onboard the pakistan international airline flight told the two politician to get off the plane. take a look. travelers refuse to let a member of the national assembly there you see him, along with a pakistani senate onboard the plane after accusing them of delaying their flight, the passengers say they waited more than two hours inside the aircraft, because dr. rachelle and senator

ma leak were late to board. passenger reactions were also on camera here, take a look. i am sorry. i am not a minister any more. you are not a minister any more. >> we don't care. we don't care any more. we don't care any more. you people have to become humans. [laughter] >> tony, that plane left without those officials onboard. >> that's great. >> he went on to twitter to defend himself, saying he wasn't the reason, i am beneath ear v.i.p. nor ever i behave v. i. p., i travel economy class. >> you lose this one, buddy. >> he certainly did. according to so many people. online, now the airline say the delay was because of technical difficulties the passengers dispute that tony, and v. i. p. culture has been trending a lot of people congratulated those passengers especially the man that was filming all of this, he said

politician being thrown off the plane, maybe the nation is waking up. ins in appreciate it, thank you. >> nasa has just announced a new partnership to launches that announced a boeing with space ex. nasa ended it's program because of a budget issues. since then crews have hitchhiked rides with the rush are seans but it is not cheap. russia charges $70 million for each seat. nasa's administrator explained why this deal was a writtenner for everyone involved. by combining private sector, and unmatched expertise of nasa, we are not only better able to stretch the boundaries of the possibly, we are strengthening our economy and creating good jobs for our people. >> as president obama has said himself, and i quote, we will not only extend humanities reach, we will strengthen

americas leadership here on earth. so astronauts will rent space. and the contracts are worth nearly $7 billion. and that is all of our time thank you for being with us. see you back here at 6:00. inside story is next, on al jazeera america. >> thousands of casino workers in new jersey have lost their jobs as atlantic city continues to decline while next door in new york the state is ready to gamble on competing bids for massive new casinos. chasing gaming dollars. if you stick around i bet you learn something. it's "inside story."