military families, how do they get to war zones, you can find us on twitter @ajconsiderthis or tweet me @amoratv. we'll see you next time. >> hello everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in new york. john seigenthaler has the night off. fighting i.s.i.l. president obama vows no u.s. combat troops. the republican controlled house backs a key part of his strategy. decision time - scotland's independence vote hours away, and still too close to call. a killing in utah in the

wake. death of michael brown. new questions as another black man is shot to death by police. plus the fine print. a bookstore owner taking on amazon and risking just about everything. we begin with washington's plans to take on the islamic state of iraq and levant. the house voted this afternoon to train and arm syrian rebels, and president obama pledged again not to send american combat troops back to iraq. secretary of state john kerry set the scene when testifying before congress. the pentagon warned air strikes may not be enough. mike viqueira has more from the white house. >> reporter: president obama in tampa at the military's central

command, to go over war plans with top commanders, and before a cheering crowd, repeat the pledge he made time and again since announcing the new strategy. >> i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> instead, the plan calls for iraqi and syrian opposition forces to take the fight to i.s.i.l. on the ground. many are skeptical. including republican senators, who grilled secretary of state john kerry at a hearing. >> i hope you add a plan to will convince us that you are serious about doing what you said you would do to the american people and i.s.i.l., because you haven't done it until now. >> i really find it somewhat surprising for you to suggest that as the president of the united states talks to the nation and commits to take strikes to deal with i.s.i.l., as we have come back from a week of serious meetings with nations around the world, all of whom are committed to this, that you

sit there and suggest that it's not serious. >> reporter: kerry deflected questions about the coalition and the role neighbouring arab nations will play. others insisted the president must come to congress for a vote before going forward with an expanded campaign. the house passed a measure, giving the president the authority he needs to move forward on one element - $500 million to arm and train the rebels. despite misgivings, a majority of republicans backed president obama. >> i will not vote tore something i know will not work. >> i reject the calls for a perfect strategy from a perfect president from a perfect outcome in syria. it's not possible given the circumstances we face, due to inaction. >> top national security officials were on capitol hill, and they briefed members of congress on america's biggest

threats, including i.s.i.l., and recruiting efforts on u.s. soil. lisa stark has more from washington. >> lawmakers were told the terrorism threat was more complex and diverse. that group, including the islamic state of iraq and levant are using the internet to recruit and teach others. >> reporter: it is videos like this, i.s.i.l.'s online propaganda tape that worries those assigned to protect the homeland. in this tape i.s.i.l. threaten troops sent to iraq. americans at home are attracted by this and other appeals. >> this one from i.s.i.s., a glossy, in english - it's what i call my wall street journal op ed, what they call ji highlighted cool. >> the fear is lone wafl attacks in the united states -- wolf attacks, in the united states,

like the boston bombing. >> it's not necessary to meet someone in al qaeda to get training and inspiration to conduct a terrorist attack in the united states. someone can do it in their pyjamas in their base: >> the fbi charged a rochester new york man with attempting to it's i.s.i.l. he has been on the radar of the fbi since 2013. a naturalized u.s. citizens from yemen, he was arrested in june, before buying two handguns and silencers. he was plotting to kill army veterans who fought in iraq. fbi director james kony indicated these are the hardest threats to detect. >> they are home-grown violent extremists who can get all the poison and training to kill americans, in a way that is hard to spot, from the time they emerge from the basement and

kill innocent americans. >> reporter: the threat from i.s.i.l. is one of many concerns. in written testimony they flagged al qaeda and the arabian peninsula as the biggest threat. the group in yemen has been trying to pull off an airline attack. global terrorism splintered into so many groups, that they are vying for dominance. >> the groups are in competition with one another for fundraising, recruitment, and a way to compete is to show that you are the biggest and baddest group out there, that could put america in the cross hearse. >> you will not be the leader in the global jihad without striking america. lawmakers were told destructing the troop was challenge, and they were adept at changing tactics as need be. >> another hot topic at the meeting was cyber security, it

was called an evil layer cake from all levels, from former governments to predators. the fbi says it remains a top priority. >> lisa stark reporting. friday be tuned in for a special report "fighting i.s.i.l.", an indepth look at the effort to stop the spread of violence in iraq and syria. that is friday, 8:00pm eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific. >> in three hours scotland will go to the polls to vote on whether to cut ties with the u.k. the scottish government says the 300-year-old union is no longer useful, and an independent scotsman would be one of the world's richest countries. the latest poll is too close to call. a turn out is expected. facebook says there has been more than 10 million interactions on the topic. british prime minister david cameron has been working hard

making emotional appeals for scotland to stay. cameron joked saying assassination would be a welcome release from his campaigning. cameron would be the first prime minister to lose a portion of the union since david lord george lost ireland in 1921. andrew ross is a professor of social and cultural analysis at new york university, born and raised in scotland, educated at the university of aberdeen before emigrating to the united states and told me you are an american citizen, sometimes feeling a bit more scottish than american, depending, i suppose. if you were able to vote - and you can't, because you are not living in scotland - what would your vote be? >> i would be on the yes side. i always have been pro-independence. i don't have the vote, but i have been following things closely. i have a lot of friends and family living in scotland. over the last several weeks or

so, i have detected a momentum towards the yes side of the vote. even among people on the no side for a long time. >> what do you attribute the switch to, because when cameron approved - embraced the permission to continue with the referendum, the thought was that scotland would be a part of the u.k. forever. what happened. >> well, there are many factors involved. i would say that people began to realise that their vote was going to count for something. and this happens rarely in elections. national referendum are difficult to predict, because every vote counts. and every vote will count tomorrow. it's particularly give to predict. vote counting in the sense in which this is - this - a reel change can occur, it is rare in

our democratic elections these days. >> now, it is apparently permissible for 16-year-olds to vote in this referendum. ordinarily they are not allowed to vote in elections. why the dropping of the voting age for this event? >> well there was a lot of to and fro offer who would be allowed to vote. whether scots who have not been resident, scots who hadn't been resident for longer. opening up the franchise to younger people, i think, was the right thing to do. they are largely the people who have been most affected in the decades to come by the vote. >> the question could be raised whether they have the judgment to make such a decision. >> yes. >> you could raise the question, and it has been raised. there are people on the other

end of the age scale whose fact ulties could be questioned also. >> okay. let's stay away from the age think. a personal deal. someone pointed out at the age of 16 you can serve in the military. if you can join the military, you should be able to vote. let's talk about the economy. what currency would scotland use. the u.k. is saying you can't use the pound as official currency, if you breakaway. >> some of those things have to be decided if there's a positive vote for independents. there's a great economic debate. they have been overplayed in the debate. especially by the no campaign. they have been used as threats. there's a lot of fear-mongering going on about participation loss of the pound, the burden of taking on a large share of the national debt, the erosion of

resource revenue from oil resources and so on and so forth. real attempts to instill fear in the population, which have not worked for the most part. is it not true that some of those issues are real issues that may turn out to be true. they are real issues, and if you stay in the u.k. economic issues affect the population. growing class polarization, there's an enormous amount of inequality in the u.k. the government is cutting social services and programs these affect the quality of life. it goes both ways. in a few hours, we will know what your homeland decides to do when they go to the polls and makes their decision. andrew ross, thank you for

sharing your insights tonight on al jazeera america. >> a team of german private detectives is trying to find out who shot down malaysia airlines flight 17, and are offering what could be the biggest bounty in history. the passenger plane crashed killing 298 people on board. the u.s. and europe suspect pro-russia fighters. it has not been proven. whoever is putting up the boundary is remaining secret. even detectives don't know who is offering the ward. >> the centers for disease control made a shift from west africa. three crew members are ill. the c.d.c. is making sure they are not infected with ebola. jonathan martin joins us live from new orleans, what are they doing with the sick crew members, is there an indication at this point whether they do, in fact, have ebola?

>> well, we don't know the answer to that just yet, but we know the three crew members are being treated and evaluated at the hospital behind us. one of the patients, crew members, is in critical condition, and the other two have a minor sickness. as far as specifics, we don't have word on that. this raised a lot of concern for the c.d.c. because the ship originated in africa, making several stops, including at the democratic republic of congo, an area where that has had an outbreak of ebola. out of an abundance of caution. the c.d.c. met the ship as it made its way to the area, treating it as patients, in hazmat suits. the c.d.c. does not believe that they are looking at cases of

ebola. they issued a statement, i'll put it up from the c.d.c.: c.d.c. believes the chaps is exceedingly -- chance is exceedingly low when we are looking at ebola. and are evaluating this. there has been speculation as to whether it's malaria, ebola, but the tests happening now should likely reveal that and we'll know overnight, because they have been here for a few hours. >> do you know whether the ship was allowed to dock at the normal port or whether it was held offshore at the port of new orleans. >> well, the ship, again, as i said, made its way down to mississippi. it was supposed to dock at the port of new orleans. they stopped it short, here in an area outside of new orleans, at bell chase. we understand the ship will

stack docked overnight and the other crew members, 15 others on board who were not sick, they been evaluated and likely allowed to go. >> jonathan martin reporting live from new orleans on a ship that arrived from africa. three crew members are ill. they are being evaluated to see if they have ebola. >> firefighters battling a fire, the fire has burnt through nearly 28,000 acres outside sacramento, and is only 5% contained and is not alone. another fire swept through the town, destroying 100 homes. melissa chan joins us live tonight. >> the good news is the latest information we have is the fire is 60% contained. an improvement from 25%.

with wildfire season in california, it's a rare case. usually the flames go through forests, you don't see so many homes destroyed. >> the fire devastated the tiny timber town of weed as it swept through. whole blocks are gone. with a population of 3,000, the impact is huge. >> i mean, it was devastating. the people across the street, they were told to get out now, all they have is the clothes on their back, and children's backs, and she was over here saying "my home is just destroyed." >> reporter: the fire brought down the lumbar mill, the second-largest employer for people in the area. it's not clear when it will get back online. >> i feel bad for the people ta will be out of work for a long time. it's an economically depressed area anyway. >> reporter: we see destroyed cars across down and melted pieces of metal. people tell us that the fire

swept through in a few hours. in some places a few minutes, that's how little time people had to evacuate. hot and dry conditions from california's worst drought turned this into one mighty fire season. >> the fire was spotting well ahead of itself. that dry vegetation is just igniting readily and easily. so three years of drought, everything is ready to burn. >> 65-00 firefighters are battling 11 major wild fears. strong winds made battling the flames difficult. for firefighters, they hope in the next few days the wind will let up. well, what is interesting about the situation is that firefighters tell us that it is dangerous here. chemicals could be up in the air. the flames have passed through. that will be a problem for

residents, and it will be some time before residents can get through and go through the rubble of what is left of their homes. >> well obviously some rain would be nice. the remnants of hurricane odile are hitting the u.s., but not taking the rain to california, threatening to bring rain falls, however, to the states where it is, running through the south-west. kevin corriveau is here with more. >> that's right, it would be nice if it was out here towards the west a bit more. it's arizona, and new mexico that are seeing the bankrupt of what is left of tropical storm odile. look at the video. people were filling sandbags to prevent flooding across the region, we are looking at a lot of watches and advisories across that area. now, we do have some areas that have been - the warnings have been dropped - that is it nevada and western arizona. most of the rain, the threat

will be through the south-eastern part of arizona, and over here towards southern new mexico. silver city and other areas - we'll watch you over the next 24 hours as the rain makes it way a little over here towards the east. we'll see improvement towards the west. things will clear up. spotty showers by the time we get to friday. as we go towards saturday, most of the rain will be isolated and we are going to be getting out of that situation. the other storm down towards mexico, we don't think it will be a problem for the sworn part of the united states. thank you. coming up next - another police department under the microscope after a deadly shooting. plus, betting on books. why one man thinks the chapter on independent stores is not closed just yet.

>> a firsthand look at the ongoing battle against the isil threat. >> bombs are cracking off in the distance... >> this is a booby trap in the islamic state >> ...a sniper around the corner here... >> from the front lines, josh rushing reports, on al jazeera america nowadays the literary well is filled with kindles, and e-books, so much so that independent book stores are becoming a footnote. companies like amazon make it difficult for them to complete.

bisi onile-ere explains. >> amazon started out as an online book store? -- in 1994. and they expanded into a retailer for everything and anything. it changed the face of the company and reshaped the book industry. since amazon was created, the number of in dependent book stores dropped by 50%. seller major booksellers have gone out of business or closed down stores. the proportions of books sold through independent book stores is less than 10% of total sales. one factor is the electronic book industry, a category which amazon controlled 55%. what gives them an advantage? the company receives large discounts from publishers, upwards of 60%. when you consider the rising numbers of customers ditching

physical stores, it's difficult for individual stores to compete. there's the addition of labour, amazon employs 14 workers for $10 million of revenue. >> for one new york book lover expanding the two book stores into a chain of book stores seems like the only way to fight back. chris owns two book culture stores and plans to open a third in manhattan, the new location costing $35,000 a month. he has cleaned out his retirement savings to pay for the lease. i must arriving you - isn't that risky? >> yes, t it's a big risk. we feel it's something we have to do. >> you have the experience of owning two other stores. what has been the growth in sales - steady, increasing, how would you ... >> we have seen a couple of

different places in the market. college sales are down, there's a change in the academy leading to more resources being used online and digital form at, but books themselves, trade books, novels and nonfiction are secure and rising. >> everybody in new york nose this, you are in columbia university, teachers college, and other schools can get up and down broadway to the location. previously what percentage of the sales would you say came from the college craft? >> well, i think over half. furthermore, people came from all over new york and other universities to visit the store, and because of amazon, that has changed. >> so down from half to... >> the percentage is not strong, so much as over all top-line sales have shrunk.

>> barnes and nobels. >> struggling too. >> why is it that an independent book store is better able to withstand the challenges than a barnes and nobel. >> well, a barnes and noble is the same model as amazon, they are retailers, they are not necessarily evolving doing different retail. i feel the damage is done to the industry by discounters, and the reason independent bookstores have trouble is the giant retailers discount the hell out of the profit and there's no room in the marketplace. >> who are your clients? >> readers, neighbours, friends, families, young people, people looking to get children engaged in books. >> how do you attract them to your store. >> a book store is attractive, a wonderful place to send an afternoon or browse in the

evening, especially in a city like new york and manhattan, it's a wonderful place. all you have to do is build the bookstore and people come. >> i assumed you are an experienced retailer, that you must have a backup for the $35,000 of rent that you play. what is your backup plan? >> after books? we don't have a backup. we are giving everything to books. this city is the home and foundation of publishing in america, it's a huge cultural treasure. we are going to do everything we can to keep the books part of the landscape of new york, the upper west side and the culture. we live here, we are raising our children and will enjoy the city and rise up the litry culture as much as we can. >> are you walking on a book about that thing. >> i may have a book about this

whole struggle. it will be a ways off. >> maybe it will be made into a movie, and we'll talk about your movie instead of "he's got mail." >> tom hanks and meg ryan. >> but a book store na eventually didn't make it - hopefully that is not your fate. >> next - another n.f.l. player was arrested, accused of assaulting a woman and a minor. plus, policing the police. the father of a shooting victim's mission for an independent investigation.

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welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston. coming up, a new investigation into a deadly police shooting. was it motivated by race much plus, the arizona cardinals are down a running back. jonathan dwyer was arrested,

accused of assault. and just hours until scotland votes on independence. what americans are saying about possible succession. in utah, 22-year-old dorrian hunt was killed by police after allegedly charging an officer with a saw one week ago. witnesses say it was nothing more than a small souvenir sword, and an independent autopsy shows that the shot that killed hunt was from behind. now the family is saying hunt was shot because he's black. allen schauffler is live in seattle with more on this. this case seems to be raising a lot of questions. >> certainly does. plenty of questions about what happened, and why. darian hunt's funeral is scheduled for tomorrow, with

family and law enforcement looking for answers. >> a memorial grows where dorrian hunt died. shot by police officers after carrying a sword in a strip mall in saratoga springs. susan hunt accuses police of shooting her son because of his race - his father is black. and describes her first conversation with officers the day he died. >> they said to me "he's brown, he has an afro." the investigation was taken before by a utah county task force. common protocol. the deputy attorney tells us witnesses saw hunt lunch at the officers, and he sees no evidence showing race was a motivator. >> we are not going into the investigation with preconceived ideas. we are going with an open mind

and want to find out the facts with the evidence. >> the hunt family commissioned an autopsy. the attorney says they won't release the results, but the autopsy shows that dar yen hunt was shot in the back. the bullet that killed him went into the middle of his back, bouncing around in his chest cavity, he did not have an exit wound. >> some witnesses, like the woman that took this picture support that claim. >> he had turned and ran away from the police officers. >> utah county investigators say it could take six weeks to complete their report, six weeks of wondering for dorrian hunt's mother what happened that da, and why. >> why from the time i saw the pictures of you standing by him with his hands to his side, is he ending up seconds later with a bullet in him. if he's running from all the eyewitnesss why did you have to put in more bullets.

>> the man leading the investigation, tim taylor, tells us that they have video from several videos, they are going through that to see if any of na shows the actual shooting. also, the lawyer for the family tells us that they are deep in grief and processing this. it's not clear whether they'll here a public statement from them. >> have the officers been questioned yet? >> we understand from the man leading the investigation, tim taylor, that one of the two officers questioned at length yesterday, the interview with the second officer set for tomorrow, and both on paid administrative leave. >> thank you allen schauffler. >> cornerry areva martin joins us from los angeles. you have been following the case. from what you have learnt so far, what stands out for you as

being the most troubling issue? >> a couple of things. one, we are hearing about a sword that carrian had at the time that he was shot. we are also hearing that the police may have changed their story. first there was an account that he lunged at the police station, now there were two locations involved in the shooting, that he was at a bank location first, and maybe there was a lunge motion made at that location, but he travelled from the bank and ended up being shot in front of a restaurant. and there's not clear evidence as to whether there was a lunging motion made at the time he was shot in front of the second location. there are inconsistencies happening to how the police are reporting what happened. we are hearing from independent hearing witnesses that they were there at the time. that darion was running away from the police officers. so a lot to be learnt as to whether he lunged at the

officers or was shot when running away. >> one question and it has to be asked - what is the possible explains for him having a sword in the first place. >> and that will be an important question the the family said it was like a toy almost that you buy at a souvenir store or a gift shop. the police described it as a 3-foot long object,way 2-foot long medal blade. they call it a dangerous weapon, and that's why the police responded in the way he did. they used the weapon, either a sword, to lunge. >> then again we have a picture of him seemingly smiling and conversing with the police officers. do you know at what point that was taken in the encounter? >> that's a good question. we know one of the witnesses at the scene took that picture and apparently sent it to dorrian's mum before the shooting.

it appears he was having a calm and composed discussion with the officers, and that's why you hear the mum saying how could we go from this conversation that is so composed to my son shot what appears to be six times, and according to the autopsy report, six times in the back. >> with ferguson, and now this shooting, and at least two that i know about, two others, maybe more in the past couple of months, what does this say about policing in america? >> it raises a lot of questions about whether these cases, there has been four or five, whether it's time for the police to examine how they are policing, particularly as it relates to white officers and african american men. there was a study saying between 2005 and 2012, two black men were killed every week by white police officers. because there's a white officer and a black person shot, that doesn't mean they are racially

motivated. it razes questions -- raises questions about whether there's preconceived stereotypes or something motivating police when they approach formula 1 -- african american men. the utah shooting is one of many, the shooting of michael brown touched off a lot of protests. in many cases the people investigating is the police itself. mun father is making its his submission to change that. >> reporter: tell me about it. >> 20-year-old kid, had flaws, promise. that is the last picture. bandaging his younger brother's knee. they were playing basket ball. the younger brother was crying. nice picture. i snapped it. that was the last photo i took of him. >> reporter: on the night of

november 7th, 2004, michael bell junior was stopped by kenosha police while driving a vehicle. captured on the camera, the situation escalated. michael bell senior showed me what he says happened next. >> michael was bent over the car this way, with his hands behind his back. an officer holding him in a bear hug. the officer started screaming "he's got my gun." >> reporter: this police re-enactment shows their version of events. as retired military pilot familiar with investigative procedure, he expected an indepth accident investigation would sort out the facts. >> how did it go down? >> it was a sham. >> within 48 hours i get a call from the reporter at the local newspaper, and he said the police held a review panel and cleared themselves of wrongdoing, the shooting is

justified. >> he vowed then to fight for a change. >> if the police officer takes a life, let's make sure the department involved doesn't investigate itself. >> we have to fire back message wise. >> he began to gather a team, all whom experienced violence at the hands of wisconsin plus. without the support from the wisconsin police unions, there was little chance it would become law. it reached out. >> we contacted the director of the state's largest police accession. he said if you take down your billboards i will help you craft a bill that you suggest, and let's see if we can run it across the legislator. >> we begin a dialogue beginning to this day. with the backing the bill was signed by the governor. >> it felt like i accomplished

my mission >> reporter: he would be happy? >> yes. tonight the n.f.l. is dealing with more allegations of abuse. jonathan wire of the arizona cardinals under arrest on domestic violence charges, breaking on the same day two other n.f.l. teams benched players. michael eaves is here to walk us through the developments. >> the development probably seem never ending. let's start with dwyer. before the locker room being opened to the media, he was pulled away to answer questions in relation to altercations with his wife in late july. he was arrested on aggravated assault charges. the team deactivated him for the game. then the carolina panthers greg hardy, asked to leave the practice facilities, as he

appeals his domestic violence case. after benching him the team decided to police him on the n.f.l. exempt list, barring him with pay from team-related activities, a move the panthers made after the minnesota vikings did the same thing to aideryian peterson, facing child abuse charges in texas. the team spoke publicly, apologising for how it's been handled up to this point. >> to be clear, we have a strong stance regarding the protection and welfare of children. and we want to be sure we get this right. >> that was the overriding sentiment expressed between team owner ziggy and mark wilt, as to why they placed peter sop on the n.f.l. exempt list, barring him until the child abuse case is

resolved. >> adrian is unselfish, saw all of the light coming on this, and he felt from his side that by him stepping back, it would give our football team an opportunity to focus on football. >> peterson was indicted last week for reckless or negligent injury to a child, after he whipped his son with a switch leaving bruises and welts. after deactivating him, the team re-ipp stated him on monday, changing course two days later. they said they did not succumb to outside pressure in coming to the decision. >> the minnesota vikings initiated the process. this is a decision made by the vibings, the ownership, and we went to the league telling them this is what we want to do. >> there's a lot of good going on in the organization. we are proud of it. we are disappointed when off the

field matters don't go the proper way. we are trying to do the right thing. >> peterson's next scheduled court date is october 8th, unless he has the matter resolved at an earlier date. the attorney says it could be months before peterson's case goes to trial and subsequent punishments could be ride raping. >> the mental state is that he did so with criminal, or recklessly. punishable up to two years or a $10,000 fine. probation is an option for those with no criminal record. >> now that the status has been tied to the legal process, there's no timetable for return. he could miss the season if the legal process takes that long. as far as money is confirmed, he'll collect his n.f.l. salary.

two companies. nike and castro motor oil suspended contracts with peter sop, potentially costing him millions in future earnings. a federal judge? alabama is under arrest, charged with assaulting his wife. u.s. distribute judge mark fuller is accused of beating up his wife at a hotel in atlanta. now some lawmakers are calling for him to resign. he has a life-time appointment, he should be let go following the domestic abuse charges. fuller accepted a plea deal that clears his record if he go to counsel aring. >> we learnt that the toronto major is battling cancer. rob ford was admitted to hospital after a time your was discovered. it was rare, but doctors are optimistic. last friday ford withdrew his bid for re-election in the

toronto mayoral race. texas artist willie baronet spent the last 20 years buying handmade science from homeless people, using them as part of an art project "we are all homeless." it's his way of connecting to the homeless and showing the world humanity within all of us. this is his story. >> the purpose of "we are all homeless" is really about raising awareness and compassion as it relates to homelessness. in the beginning it was tempting for me to lump them together, and think it was me and them, and now i realise it's just us. one of the questions that i asked all of them was what does home mean to you? >> home represents to me, now, the grey area. the streets. >> i would ask him a little about their story, and

oftentimes they were very happy to share not just their story, but the experience they had being on the streets. >> what was it like to leave and come here? >> i would typically approach them alone, walk up to them and ask if they want to sell their sign. >> how much do you want to stand them for? >> 100. [ laughs ] >> i've bought between 850 and 900 signs since i began to buy the signs in 1993. a soup in portland... >> these are all handwritten up. >> there was a piece of cardboard that had two eyes and a mouth, and the guy holding it had drawn a mr bringles moustache large. >> if you guys have seep mr bringle, let me know. >> there was a woman i met in detroit.

her name as sherl. hope to sell her sign. >> i don't believe if. god loves me. >> i don't think i'll forget meeting her and how affectionate she was, and completing trusting of us. so many are afraid to see the people as human being. we are all the same, we have challenges and gifts, and it's really rewarding to me, when i take that moment and connect with the humanity in that other person. it's not difficult for me to imagine that, you know, if circumstances were different for me and a lot of friends and family, that i could be on the streets, connecting with the person as a fellow human being, it's important to be seen, heard and validated. >> he continues to collect signs from the homeless and is working on a film - signs of

humanity,following him as he travels through the country buying signs. >> our picture of the day is next. the vote on scotland's independence is too close to call, even among scottish americans living in the u.s.

while we are watching what is happening to the south-west, we are watching what is happening in california, with the wildfires, in terms of the weather. we'll see a few showers coming in from the north, due to a frontal boundary, and it will bring moisture to some of the areas that are burning right now. the temperatures - we will see a break. we have seen record-breaking temperatures across the areas, los angeles into the 90s, form 85. the temperature going down to 81. this is average for this time of year. towards sacramento. 89. a little break in the weather in

terms of the wildfires. for the rest of the country, moisture making its way up to the north-east. what will happen is the moisture will be caught up with a cold front coming in. that will be enhancing the weather, specially the severe weather as we go to the weekend. kansas and oklahoma - a big threat to storms. as we go towards saturday, things will rumble through parts of missouri, as well as into arkansas. rain extending to the south-west. that is a look at the weather. thus is after this. -- news is after this.

. >> when it comes to cutting edge technology, 3d printing takes the cake. it allows printers to create anything, even a car. science technology explains. >> when we think about manufacturing, we think about sub tractive manufacturing. i'm at a facility run by autodeath. this is a cutting edge of what we call routers, a system for carving away steal and plastic. the next generation will be what is called additive manufacturing. you know it as 3d printing. it is extruding certain nearlies in complex forms in one go. here is an example. this is a single object printed in one go. layer by layer. it is actually a gear, it's a

fully functioning moving mechanism. it's the whole end of what we see in manufacturing. the news is the creation of the body work of a car. when you think about a car, you think it's not that hard to make. it turns out it is. the average car has a front ice piece, all the pieces that go in, there's about 35 pieces that goes into it. they require a unique custom-made set of machines, tools and dies. if you need to change part of that, the criminal, bumper or whatever, it needs to be redone. you have to negotiate with hundreds of people to make that happen. all of that, local motors, okay rimming national laboratory is to create a full body work. the idea in 48 hours you bang out a new design without having to do everything in the meantime

time. it makes it possible, shrinking development time, 3d printing. and the laboratories are working with lockheed mart join to build mighter shet parts. we are talking about a revolution. not just small pieces like this, but full-sized cars and fighter jets and objects in the future. >> archeologists in israel have more answers concerning a crescent-shaped stone figure that is 5,000 years old. it's 5,000 miles north-west of the sea of gala leah. it's 500 feet in legesds. archeologists -- in length. archeologists thought it was a wall, but now think it was a standing monument, a landmark. it's not just people in the u.k. passionate about the independence vote. in the new york city there's scots on both sides of the

issue. the first stop is the east side. >> the donaldsons who cast their votes are keeping close watch on the home team and the results of thursday's vote. >> it's to keep the u.k. it's been a success. >> 300-odd years ago. which side was your family on. >> that's a good question. >> a few bar stools away, malcolm is interested in the referendum. he, too, is from scotland, but lives in new york. >> reporter: have you decided how to vote? >> i can't vote, but i know who i'm supporting. >> reporter: you can't vote because... >> i'm not a resident in scotland. >> reporter: if he could vote, it would be yes, for scotland to leave the u.k. >> i think scotland should be an independent country, they can make decisions far better for themselves than can be made by others.

>> his business partner agrees, which for him is a big change of opinion. >> i would be pro union, voting no, if based on my upbringing. i have changed. particularly sense moving to america, actually, where i think i have seen a lot of ambitious, a lot of independence, the autonomy. >> are the americans interested in the ancestry. >> hugely interested in the following in the social media. a lot of writings on both sides of the fence. >> alan bain is chairperson of the scottish-american association. >> this banner is up here, the mckays. >> we would call them mc-kays. you would.

>> reporter: bain says he can't offer an opinion on the referendum, but hopes voters in his homeland will listen to the queen's advice. >> think before you vote. emotion is one thing, reality is another. >> we end with an image of edinburgh scotland, voting in the scottish referendum will begin in two hours. these are some of the ballot boxes delivered to 145 polling stations in edinburgh. "america tonight" is up next with joeie chen. ass

array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> on "america tonight": an internal battle? the president tries to calm worries about the u.s. role in iraq, contradicting his own top military advisor. >> the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. >> but the president is campaigning for his plan to put more fire power into the fightga