>> i raise serious concern that right at the heart of our communities we have people plan to go conduct random direction. >> a suspected isil plot to attack innocent people on the streets. >> u.s. lawmakers voting to

support the president's plan to stop the group. >> the decision for the scots, what it could mean for america. >> another nfl player charged with domestic violence. >> thousands of homes threatened in california by a raging wildfire. in another part of the state, residents pick up the pieces after flames devastate their small town. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> an isil plot to carry out public executions in australia have been foiled. police raided homes in 27 cities. isil telling its followers there to kill australians just to prove that they could. >> australia has joined the u.s. coalition against islamic state of iraq and the levant. the senate is expected to sign

off on that fight. this operation in australia really unprecedented for them. >> it most certainly was. australian officials left absolutely nothing to chance, because they feared a number of citizens believed to be fighting with isil were planning to murder australian citizens in broad daylight. >> massive predawn raised in australia after authorities received in that's isil members inside australia have been urged to carry out a public beheading. >> exhortations were coming from an australian who is apparently quite senior in isil to conduct demonstration killings here in this country. >> more than 800 heavily armed police raided more than a dozen homes. it's being called the largest

counter terrorism operation in australian history. >> 15 people have been detained at this stage and there is one person that has been charged with serious terrorism-related offenses. >> police wouldn't talk about specifics but did say there was a serious risk from a terrorist attack. >> the violence was to be perpetrated on a member of the public on the streets, and that certainly at this stage was at a very high level. >> the raid comes days after australia raised its national terror threat to high for the first time, citing the likelihood of attacks. >> there are at least 60 australians that we know of who are serving with isil and other terror groups in the middle east. they are, i regret to say, networks of people here in this country, who despite living here, despite enjoying the australian way of life, they would do us harm. >> the australian prime minister speaking there. this morning, it is reported

that a man believed to be australia's most senior isil member called for the random killings so they could be released to the public. >> that concern about lone wolf attacks. >> a rochester new york man accused of recruiting for isil is also accused of purchasing hand guns and silencers and plotting to kill returning u.s. troops. tracking down americans who support isil is not an easy task. >> the radicalization of individuals is a major concerned and priority for the f.b.i., so just looking at someone's nationality is not going to give us indicators of their motivation and drive. that's what makes this such a challenging problem. >> prosecutors say he tried to convince three people to travel overseas to fight or isil.

his attorney said he is pleading not guilty to the charges. >> let's go live to libby casey in washington. the senate today is taking up the president's plan to arm and equip rebels. it passed the house wednesday with bipartisan support. are we talking a political victory or politics at the water's edge? >> this is indeed a political victory or president obama, but not one that came without struggle and dissension from some members who are his typical supporters. >> the amendment is adopted. >> in a rare bipartisan win delivered mostly by republicans, president obama cleared a political hurdle in battling islamic state of iraq and the levant. the house passed authorization to arm modern rebels. >> i believe this is the best of the bad options we face. >> the president asked for $500 million. that will come from the pentagon

budget until december, setting up another debate over whether syrian rebels are the answer to fighting isil on the ground. >> let's see how that's worked in the past when american trained and equipped individuals. this is an american tank in the possession of isis when the i rack keys cut and ran. >> if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. we will find you eventually. >> before thanking members of congress at their annual picnic, president obama was in tampa meeting with military commanders. he reiterated to troops the pledge he made since vowing to destroy isil. >> i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> that promise coming a day after the joint chiefs chairman

left the ground troops option open, an option iraq's prime minister says will not happen. >> the only contribution the american forces or coalition is going to help us with is from the sky. >> secretary of state john kerry heads back to capitol hill for another day of hearings. he will testify about the 40 nations he says are joining the fight against isil, but how remains to be seen. >> whatar ran sunni country is going to be putting boots on the ground in syria? >> no country is talking about it and we don't think it's a good idea right now. >> somewhat limited votes happening this week set up another battle in december. between now and then, a lot of lobbying from the administration will happen, also eyes on what's exactly happening in iraq and syria. members will head home soon to campaign for mid terms and listen to voters about how they feel about the president's strategy. >> as president obama vows to not employ any u.s. combat

troops on the ground, secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel defending his plan on capitol hill. what can we expect in today's hearings? >> this week we've been seeing testimony from top members of the president's cabinet along the lines of both defense and diplomacy, two prongs of the strategy. today we'll see both come together on capitol hill. you can expect a continued conversation about the coalition. that secretary of state says they're working on building, and a lot of focus on the question of boots on the ground, whether limiting the white house by saying it's off the table and whether or not some in the military believes it still should be something to be considered. del. >> libby casey in washington. a reminder, we'll talk to special agent in charge robert mcfadden about isil here in the u.s. >> boko haram is blamed for a

shootout at a teachers college in northern nigeria. 13 died, dozens more were hurt. most victims were killed inside a lecture hall when two gunman opened fire. police returned fire, killing one gunman, a second died when the explosives vest he was wearing detonated. >> lawyers for boston marathon bombs suspect dzhokar tsarnaev are due back in court today. they want to move his trial outside of boston. the trial is expected to begin in november. >> poroshenko addressing the congress to ask for help for pro-russian separatists fighting in his country. >> it's an historic day in scotland, polls open, voters deciding whether to split from the united kingdom. we could know before the end of the day if the union that's lasted since 1707 will come to

an end. julie is live in edinborough. what kind of turnout have you seen so far? >> the predictions for turnout have been huge, looking at potentially 85% or more. given that the last time people voted in scotland to put somebody in power, we are talking about 50%. that will give you an idea of how gal vannized people feel. you joined me here. we have the sign of the piper there in the background, the whole city when we woke up was shrouded in mist. we thought that was an interesting metaphor for voting day, given that we won't have a clear picture of the city or the way scotland will vote until the morning. when you wake up in the morning, you will definitely know what scotland has decided. we're at various polling stations. it's a carnival atmosphere, people coming with neighbors, joining hands to come in and

vote. in a couple of places, there was kilt wearing and singing and people bringing children. in western scotland, the pattern was again the same. we heard that in one polling station, at least a quarter of all the people that they have on their register had already voted in the first hour and a half. we know that turnout is going to be huge, perhaps even unprecedented as a vote of its kind over the past hundred years. what we won't know of course until tomorrow is exactly what decisions the scottish people ever made. >> i know the polling, julie, has been really tight. do we have any in tell from the latest polls on how this might go? >> we don't at the moment, stephanie. traditionally, this is a day when people are voting that we don't really focus on polls but we will find to get some results through the nights and that's going to give us some idea, although the large populations

of the big cities are the figures that will come in last. we genuinely won't know until perhaps 6:30, 7:30 local time tomorrow morning. one thing that's been very interesting is that we've got a very engaged population here. if we do in fact have a very high turnout, it genuinely could go either way. >> julie live for us in a cloudy and unclear edinborough this morning. thank you so much. >> coming up, we'll speak with a former u.s. ambassador on what this vote could mean for the u.s. >> attorney general eric holder set to announce a new initiative to police communities they serve. police officer darren wilson spending four hours testifying before a grand jury. the prosecutor promises to release the testimony if wilson is not indicted. >> a border patrol will soon test body cameras at its

training academy. the associated press saying the commissioner announced a new plan to a group of act visits, many of them calling for accountability by law enforcement. still not clear whether those cameras will be introduced in the field. >> another nfl player charged with domestic abuse. >> he's an arizona cardinals running back. another headache for the nfl. >> absolutely. the arrest of jonathan dwyer was part of the nfl's problems. >> jonathan dwyer is in trouble for two july incidents involving his 18-month-old child and the child's 27-year-old mother. >> has he admitted involvement in the incidents, however, has denied allegations of physical assault. >> the arizona cardinals promptly deactivated dwyer, banning him from team

activities. he was one of three nfl players deactivated wednesday in the wake of domestic abuse allegations. superstar adrian peterson was banned from the minnesota vikings as he faces child abuse charges, after he was cleared to play sunday originally. >> we made a mistake and we needed to get this right. >> some players continue to defend peterson's right to use whipping as a means of disciplining his kids. >> i was raised, it's the same thing, man. you know, if adrien wasn't in the lime light, i don't think this would be coming up at all. >> peterson's mother told the houston chronicle that she had disciplined adrian as a boy with her hand, branchion and even belts. when you whip those you love, she said, it's not about abuse, but love. >> greg hardy in north carolina

is taking voluntary leave as he appeals his july conviction for abusing and threatening to kill his exgirlfriend. in atlanta, attorney gloria allred presented the case of another child of adrian peterson. >> i now believe that commissioner goodell should resign and that the nfl should adopt the suggestion for a fair process in order to protect victims of violence by nfl players. >> jew the suggestion says that the league should investigate all domestic violence and abuse claims regardless of the outcome in the legal systems. >> the enterovirus has now spread to new jersey,

connecticut and new york city. the c.d.c. said there are confirmed cases in 16 states now. hundreds of children have been hospitalized, but no one has died from the virus. >> the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting today on the ebola outbreak in central africa. ban ki-moon says the u.s. must take action to save people. the virus has killed 2500 people. doctors in louisiana say the man who got sick onboard a liberian cargo ship is being treated for malaria, not ebola. >> there is as massive wildfire burning in california threatenings 2,000 homes east of sacramento. 2000 firefighters are on the front lines. forty square miles have burned, colorado is declaring a state of emergency. >> the town of weed, california is trying to pick up the piece he is after almost the entire town has been wiped out.

>> we're seeing destroyed cars like this across town and even melted pieces of metal. people tell us that the fire swept through in just a few hours, in some places a few minute, that's how little time people had to evacuate.

>> hot and dry conditions from california's worst drought in a century have turned this into one mighty fire season. fire was spotting well ahead of itself, and that dry vegetation is just igniting very ready and easily, so three years of drought, everything is ready to burn. >> some 6500 firefighters are battling 11 major wildfires in the state. strong winds this week have only made battling the flames more difficult. for firefighters, they just hope that in the next few days, the wind will let up. aljazeera, california. >> two churches, a community center, the town library burned to the ground. we will be joined live from weed at 8:00 a.m. >> police are stepping up patrols to prevent looting after

hurricane odile. authorities have stopped short of impose ago curfew but say anyone on the streets after dark will be questioned in los with that cabos. >> it has turned into a major hurricane. >> definitely. because it was so strong hitting that far north, it brought more moisture tran the tropical systems brought last week. >> everything through the southwest, that is the core of where we have the remnants of this system. it's now not a formed circulation. i kind of put an x where that is. what we're going to look at today is just south of tucson, a lot of heavy rain including the overnight periods. a little dark here, but definitely high water, a lot of those gullies fill quickly.

some areas will see three inches of rain easily and more as the system spreads. as the system that moved, more of the moisture which has been on the east side is spreading into new mexico and texas for the course of the day. that's going to be our focal point. again, many places, easily two to four inches of rain with all of this. we've got the flood watches up through these areas. we've had a couple of flood warnings for el paso, watch for that. texas is actually very dry, so some of this moisture is beneficial. they're getting it from both sides, because the gulf has a little moisture there, as well. >> concerns rising this morning about isil attacking around the world. >> that led to raised and arrests in australia. we'll talk about the possibility of isil operating outside syria and iraq. >> in syria, dramatic rescue caught on camera, a little boy trapped in the rubble from a bombing in his countries civil war.

>> a fire on the tarmac. what went up in flames at the philadelphia international airport. >> $97 billion is the big number of the day. >> we'll tell you why the feds maybe losing out on money that they are owed.

>> today's big number is $97 billion. that's the money that the feds haven't been able to collect despite judgments in their favor. >> the justice department has won billions in civil cases, but only collected 22% of that. >> it comes to $8.1 billion. the justice democratic said some of those debts can't be collected. >> authorities are warning of a possible isil plot to carry out public executions. >> that sparked raised in australia overnight, isil members rounded up suspected of plan to go behead australian citizens. >> the terror alert was raised this week in australia.

dozens of australian citizens are currently fighting in iraq and syria. we have a former special agent in charge of ncis. thanks for being with us. we have heard threats like this in the post 9/11 world. some of them end up being debunked. how seriously should web taking these threats? >> it is a concern. what was announced in the last 24 hours was the first that we're aware of from the official media wing of isis or isil. in the past few weeks, there have been social media vague threats, as well as the execution videos of the american journalists and british citizen, where again, they were general more directed threats. this is the first time from the official media wing concerning, particularly if isil is going to take a play out of al-qaeda's

playbook. al-qaeda typically follows its public announcements and threats. >> you say when they make a threat, they mean it and also want to carry out on that threat to maintain their credibility, so we have to take this seriously. >> absolutely. al-qaeda typically followed up on a threat. whether isil is parroting al-qaeda remains to be seen, but nonetheless, it has to be taken seriously. >> isil and al-qaeda were once one and the same. is there talk about those groups rein nighing? >> that split was a very serious mitt, a very public wh humiliatn of al-qaeda leadership. they are vying to be the leader of the worldwide vanguard of this extremist type threat.

>> homeland secretary jay johnson spoke about a tug of war between isil and al-qaeda saying these groups of in competition with one another for fundraising and recruitment. one way is to show you're the biggest and baddest group out there. are they also vying for media attention and what should the media be doing to prevent this? >> that's a part of the dilemma. you've answered the first part of your question, absolutely. that's the core of terrorism, in still fear and get the word out there. in this case, vying in a very public realm as to who is preeminent. that kind of competition is intuitive and very logical as director comey of the f.b.i. mentioned, as well. we're in that period now, as to will either or both groups try to carry this out, but as far as the worldwide international threat, al-qaeda, that is its --

>> we should point out. they posted a video on the web yesterday and it was quickly taken down. thanks for being with us. >> let's bring back niche mitch for the forecast. >> we are dealing with a couple different elements this morning. we mentioned the moisture in the southwest. if you follow the trail of clouds, that's a boundary through the west coast. the accident is the focal point for the moisture. this is the next three days. today, tomorrow, then it starts to wind down with the remnants of odile. by then, we're start to go deal with another system heading through the midwest. in the meantime, we have fallish temperatures, still a couple of days to go before the official start, temperatures such as 68 today running in chicago running blow average. back to you guys. >> president obama really going out of his way to clarify confusion. >> repeating his stance that there will be no boots on the ground in iraq.

we'll speak to a former assistant defense secretary about whether the president can achieve his goals without combat troops. >> new details about the man accused of that deadly ambush against pennsylvania state police, the massive manhunt trying to find him and the hobby that could help him survive on the run. >> one day from one of the biggest i.p.o.'s of the year, chinese alibaba is about to go public. what it is promising to do to be different from ebay and amazon. >> it could be the death for the death themed restaurant in london, one of the stories caught up in other global net this morning.

>> this is lower manhattan in new york city, the wall street charging bull near the financial heart of the city, wall street. welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in this half hour, we're going to talk about wall street and those bulls. alibaba set to become one of the

largest i.p.o.'s ever. >> voters in scotland casting ballots for independence, but is going it alone without the u.k. really viable? ahead in our next hour, the questions surround ago police involved shooting where the police say the suspect was armed with a sword. >> first a look at hour top stories. california firefighters are getting the upper hand on at least one wildfire in the small town of weed. it is now 60% contained, but not before destroying 100 homes there. >> the king fire near sacramento continues to rage, 2,000 homes are threatened. >> overnight raids in australia aimed at stopping an isil plot. authorities say isil followers were plotting public executions of random people. 15 people were arrested during the raised in sydney and brisbane. >> the senate will vote today on

whether to arm isil fighters. the president will not put u.s. combat troops on the ground. he said it's up to baghdad to fight its own battles. >> good morning to you. iraq's new prime minister does not want u.s. combat troops on the ground. what else is he saying about military involvement in his country? >> he praised the effectiveness of u.s. airstrikes, but when it came to boots on the ground, he said iraq not only doesn't want american boots on the ground, they don't need it, he said. he wants syria to be part of this battlefield. he doesn't want isil fighters to go back to syria, resupply with impunity and come back and attack in iraq. he wants to make this an iraqi led strike. it shows the independence streak and struggle to try to build a coalition to negotiate a line

down the middle. this is what he had to say. >> we are not giving any blank check to the coalition to hit any target in iraq. every target that is hit must be -- all we ask for -- we haven't given a blank check. >>al abadi said it was puzzling of coalition members meeting in syria and the iran excluded in that. he said inclusiveness is the only way to proceed. he is not just talking about iran, he is talking about syria on the other side, as well. >> iraq's parliament is having a hard time filling two key

positions in the government, including minister of defense. tuesday, parliament rejecteddal abadi's preferred candidate. what is causing the delay? >> that was a bit of a bloody nose for the new prime minister. today they were supposed to vote again and weren't able to. the reason is that by agreement, the defense position would go to a sunni, the interior position to a shia. he chose his own party for the interior position. other groups don't like that. that shows the difficulty of putting together a cabinet while negotiating the various factors here in iraq. the fact that he hasn't been able to do that today is not a good thing for him. if he cannot do that in the coming days, it's going to make him look like a weak prime minister in his early days here. >> john, thank you. >> let's go to a senior fellow in the center of american

progress, assent session tear of defense during the reagan administration. he joins us from washington, d.c. the president had this to say yesterday talking to the troops: >> as your commander-in-chief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another iraq ground war. we cannot do for the iraqis what they must do for themselves. >> that said, the iraqis say they want more military aid, but the weapons we gave them the last time are now in the hands of isil, so is it a good strategy? >> well, i think if you can have an inclusive government, then the iraqi military forces and sunni components will fight and not abandon their weapons. we spent $25 billion training iraqi security forces, but the way al-maliki ruled led the sunnis say they would prefer

isis to him, so the forces put their weapons down. if you have the inclusive government and you also now have about 1500 americans there to make sure that they go to the forces who are loyal to iraq. it should come out better this time. >> this seems to be a major bone of contention, several senators yesterday expressing concerns that the arab nations aren't taking the lead. there were more than 3,000 fighters jets in the saudi budget. the saudi defense spending is 10th in terms of military spending. look at all of the armments that the saudi's have. why aren't the arab nations taking the lead? >> the arab nations want to be -- make sure that the united states is going to be in there and stay the course. they also are -- they are actually on all sides of the issue, as the new prime minister of iraq was talking about, why don't you have iran.

well, that is a shia nation and the sunni's don't like that, so they are treading somewhat carefully. i think you have to be honest about it. a lot of those countries are playing both sides against the middle. i mean, if you take a look at the fact how did isis start? so many of the sunni companies didn't like assad, they were putting weapons there and not worrying about where they would go, leading to the extremist groups coming in and congress -- >> if isis hasn't beheaded two americans, would web talking about launching military action in iraq? >> well, no, we actually started military action in iraq before the beheadings. what i think that changed, the american people now support military action in syria, because remember, that the president went in in the first part of august to rescue the

yazidis trapped on the mountain. the $500 million to trade the syrian rebel forces, the so-called moderates passed the house yesterday. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> tune in tomorrow for an aljazeera special report on the international efforts against isil, fighting isil, here on aljazeera america. >> video uploaded to a social media site appears to show the rescue of a young boy in syria. he was buried in the rebel of a building that activists say was bombed by syrian government aircraft. we see him being brought out there as video recorded in an aleppo suburb. the boy's cries, you can hear them on the recording. more than 190,000 people have

been killed since the fighting began in syria more than three years ago. >> a reminder that though we may not pay attention to that war as much as the cries in iraq, it continues. >> that is happening every day. >> every day. >> this morning in pennsylvania, hundreds will gather from the funeral of a state trooper ambushed along with another officer. he is still on the run. >> the hunt continues this morning. a lot of people in that search area on edge. >> you've got school districts canceling classes and families locking themselves inside their homes as ordered by law enforcement. 200 officers are involved in the search. new pictures reds of the suspect who they say is on a mission to kill again. >> these pictures just released to the public show accused killer eric frayn in military uniform holding a large rifle. the 31-year-old belonged to a military simulation group where

members reenact cold war battles playing the role of eastern european soldiers. >> in his current frame of mind, he appears to have assumed that role in real life. >> he is considered armed and dangerous, a self taught survivalist who has talked about committing mass murder. police say he ambushed two troopers, killing one and injuring the other. as for a motive, they say he has a long standing grudge with law enforcement and the government in general. >> frayn has engaged in a personal battle with law enforcement. gathering in one place, canine officers did several seems of the area to ensure everyone's safety. >> it is a very difficult time now for everyone. brian was a very devoted man in every aspect of his life and had two young boys. >> the community is on edge as the massive manhunt continues. families locking themselves indoors, remaining vigilant. >> i have my gun loaded, ready

to go in case i have any problems. >> local school officials are doing their part, entire districts canceling classes, keeping 10,000 kids at home. >> i think that was the best decision made. i believe that with this person on the loose, that everybody is not safe. >> trying to calm the public overnight, police deliver a personal message to the accused killer. >> in the event you're listening to this broadcast while cowering in some cold, damp hiding place, i want you to know one thing, eric. we are coming for you. >> police say frayn recently altered his appearance shaving the sides of his head, something investigators say was his mental preparation to commit the crime, which they call a cowardly act. >>

>> hanna gram has been missing, and seen walking outside a bar. she doesn't go into the bar. minutes later, the camera catch her running, then walking toward a mal. she has not been seen giants a tarmac on the airport is actually he a car that burst into flames. firefighters put it out, no one was injured. the cause is being investigated. >> we are one day away from the world's largest e commerce company going public. alibaba will start trading on wall street tomorrow and could be the largest i.p.o. ever. >> we've been talking about this for months, all the buzz this week on wall street it's a very exciting moment. the stock actually sets its i.p.o. price today and trades tomorrow. i worked as a securities dealer. my contacts in hong kong and wall street are very excited

about this company. it's hot despite broader concerns. last year, sails exceeded $248 billion, more than amazon and ebay combined and still has the potential to grow. before the big day, alley ba ba has been trying to clean up the site and crack down on counterfeit goods. >> marching toward the initial public offering, it is declaring war on counterfeit sellers and talking about the risks to the on line giants bottom line. while it did not comment for this report citing federal law that limits what a company can say before a public offering. the words counterfeit and verses of the word fraud appear 20 times each in documents. alibaba says:

>> alibaba says in 2013 it took down over 100 million hyper links. it collaborated with the chinese government on 77 vests in which members of 51 criminal groups suspected of dealing with black market goods were arrested. >> doing business on our platform a better experience. >> employees are part of an intellectual property protection team. a canning man tells aljazeera: >> alibaba stresses it is doing more by attacking counter fitters on the buy and sell side, setting up a $30 million

plus reimbursement fund for shoppers who unknowingly purchase knock offs, to independent legal proceeds from fake and introducing a three strike you're out policy to offenders. the group is funded by local brands to protect their intellectual property rights. >> after removed from the site, it can be contested a understand absent court action, alibaba will put them back on the site. >> most of the offenders chinese, but a growing number are based in other countries, including the united states and uganda. >> we reached out to amazon, ebay and facebook rewarding sales of counterfeit goods

through its website. each made clear it does not tolerate and has a policy to catch and deter offenders. >> let's look at other stories caught in our global net. what's in a name? a lot when it comes to telling the difference between a mardi gras group and islamic state of iraq and the levant, which we refer to as isil here as aljazeera but also referred to as isis. a ladies organization called the national order of isis wants to change its acronym because of the group's safety. there were members shopping wearing they're isis tee shirts that were accosted. isis is the egyptian goddess of friendship and love. unfortunately, they had already made their mardi gras shirts for this year. >> a death row themed restaurant could kick the bucket before it opens, the creator facing backlash on line for exploit be

executed prisoners on their website. this is how they tell you what you'll be eating. these are photos of inmates that were actually on death row with what they ate before they died. next to the photos, it says eat like it's your last meal on earth. they are considering their next steps. there is no death penalty -- >> you've got to wonder between this and the urban outfitters policy. >> it was dumb. >> lithuanian friends got creative to get the government's attention to address road conditions. the photos they took mock the pothole problem. another one of a man fishing, a woman washing her closed in the hole. you could have done this on any new york city street. >> they had enough time to take all of these photos, which tells you there must not be that much

traffic on that road. >> a vote for independence underway in scotland. >> we'll speak with a former u.s. ambassador. >> why dinosaurs have an out of this world connection to tree that is grow on earth today. the incredible journey continues... on the edge of eighteen only on all jazeera america

>> they don't wanna see what's really going on >> break though investigative documentary series america's war workers only on al jazeera america >> it's time now for were you ever today's discovery. that meteor that wiped out dinosaurs affect plant life. >> 66 million years ago, the farrests were made up of evergreen plants. after that hit, that changed. >> that discovery was based on 1,000 fossilized plant leaves.

>> a 300 year bond between scotland and england could end today. scotland is voting on independence. >> we catch up with scots here in the u.s. who are keeping a close eye on the vote. >> 3200 miles away, the donaldsons who cast their votes are keeping close watch on their home team and the results of thursday's vote on scotland's independence. >> we voted to keep the united kingdom. it has been a success. >> 300 odd years ago, which side was your family on? >> good question. >> a few barstools away, malcolm boyd is interested in the referendum. >> are you deciding who you're going to vote for? >> i can't vote. i'm not a resident of scotland. >> if he could vote, it would be

yes, for scotland to leave. >> i think scotland should be an independent country. i think scottish people can make decisions far better for themselves than by people in london. >> boyd agrees. >> i would be pro union and the therefore voting no if i was based purely on my upbringing, but i've changed particularly since moving to america, actually, where i think that i've seen a lot of the ambition that this country has, a lot of independence, the autonomy. >> are americans very interested in the referendum, especially americans of scottish ancestry? >> hugely interested. there's been a lot of following in social media, a lot of writings on both sides of the fence. >> show me your clan's homeland. >> the bains of a set of the

mckie's. the mckies are up there right there. we would call them mckays. >> you would. >> because of his position, baines can't offer an opinion, but hopes voters in his ancestral homeland willis to the queen's advice. >> think before you vote. emotion is one thing, but reality is another thing. >> i'm pleads to be joined by former u.s. ambassador, an expert on the legalities of self determination and scotland's independence movement, a professor of international law at northern university and joins us from chicago. do you view this as an example of democracy at its best? >> yes, i actually do. if you're looking for the gold standard in how self

determination should be expressed by a people, i think the scottish example sets the bar. it's for 40 years now, there's been an evolutionary process in scotland that we call devolution as well as a scottish national party that has continued to gain ground in a peaceful democratic way with intellectual fervor, a lot of research, a lot of information provided to voters so that we've arrived at a moment now for a referendum on independence that have been extremely well prepared within a democratic process, so you can't really fault scott land at all for having sort of taken any short cuts here. >> if scotland does vote for independence, what are the greatest near term issues they face? >> well, of course, the first is

the economy, and there's a tremendous debate about that. i think one of the things that is missing in that debate is that the negative conditions about a breakup of the united kingdom and how that might be damaging to the scottish economy, first of all are counted by many economists who predict otherwise as usual and secondly, they seem to ignore that there will be a negotiating process for 18 months. >> right. >> after this vote, if there's a yes vote. it will actually be in the interest of london to negotiate cooperatively. they'll want a strong scottish economy along with a strong british economy joined together ultimately in the long term for the prosperity of both countries. it makes no sense for the british negotiators to go into those negotiations with the intention of ditching the scottish economy. that's of no long-term benefit to the english.

>> having been vested in this since you wrote your senior thesis at harvard, do you have a prediction how this turns out? >> i think the ground game has been so impressive with respect to the yes vote and the enthusiasm of so many voters for it, as well as this preparatory period, i think, you know one might see a very slim margin tilting for the yes vote, and you may in fact by this time tomorrow see the yes vote having prevailed. it not be surprised at all if it prevails tomorrow. >> and then the real work begins and we'd love to have you back to talk about that when it does. thank you so much for your expertise this morning. we will have team coverage on the vote at the top of the hour, including a report from on the ground in edinborough. >> in palm springs, a baby nearly washed away in a flood. the parents now share an

incredible survival story. this water knocked down the wall of their house. their 1-year-old child was swept about 200 feet away. >> we really thought that we lost him. >> my friend busted the living room window, came in through here and he pointed out, he said dude, your son's over there. i saw him, his head sticking out mud, ran out, picked him up. >> the family lost everything. the red cross is helping them rebuild. >> nicole mitchell is back with your forecast. >> the flooding story was the remnants of odile causing that moisture. we have another hurricane now impacting mexico. this has been a very busy season. hurricane polo headed into unfavorable conditions and so not likely to cause as many problems, look at how many storms we've had this season, 17 in the eastern pacific, we're only up to the e storms versus the p storms in the atlantic, so

it's been very busy here. >> a school yard fight taking shape in texas over a series of new textbooks. we are live in dallas to explain why some say these educational tools are not accurate. >> the nfl facing yet another scandal, the cardinals running back jonathan dwyer arrested on domestic violence charges. out of control >> what's at stake here? >> there's approximately 360 homes... >> but now experts say they can predict how a blaze might spread >> this has been in a fire, now we gotta get the data out of it >> playing with fire... >> you guys are working just to save lives... >> i hope so... >> tech know every saturday go where science meets humanity >> sharks like affection >> spot on... >> don't try this at home... >> tech know, only on al jazeera america

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in the islamic state >> ...a sniper around the corner here... >> from the front lines, josh rushing reports, on al jazeera america >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >> history is being made in scotland, citizens make their voices heard over whether the country should separate from the united kingdom. >> isil attack foiled, australian authorities say they stopped an attack planned on citizens there.

>> residents in california are picking up the pieces after a wildfire destroyed the community. a new blaze threatens thousands more homes. >> apple rolling out its new operating system with a software thank that could keep authorities from getting to your data. >> in scotland, voters are voting on independence. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. 4 million scots casting ballots today on whether scotland should break away drop the u.k. after more than 300 years together. >> the last poll showing it is too close to call. we are in edinborough this morning. >> on a misty morning, this is the historic parliament where decisions about scotland's future were taken over 300 years ago. a few meters up the road is a polling station where thousands of voters registered here will

mark those ballot papers to decide whether scotland should become independent or not. that turnout is going to be brisk. 97% of the population have registered to vote. 4.2 million people are on that register. 300,000 of those people have been added since the last time scotland voted to put somebody in power. interestingly, a hundred thousand of those added their names in the past month. we'll get results trickling through the night and just before breakfast, aren't 6:30 or 730 local time, we will start to find out what scotland has decided. >> it's not just the people on the other side of the atlantic who are passionate about today's independence vote. it could have a huge effect worldwide. >> in the case of a yes vote, what happens to this 300 year bond? >> i wonder why you ask me to do

this story. >> we could have a very, very messy divers between the old union and what we will have in the future. there will be working parties formed in westminster and edinborough and they will look at issues like the pound. a lot of scots people hope to keep the pound, but it's not clear whether the bank of england would be happy to act as a lender of last resort to a newly independent scotland, so that's a very big issue. how could the country join the euro, the euro may not be a smooth path for that. scattish debt, how much of the total u.k. debt would scotland take on? it would have to take some of it on, because it ran some of it up. there are pensionsancy pat ports and access to embassies, all of this will need to be discussed.

>> it is going to have a huge impact on the relationship between the united states and the u.k. >> the united states, i think like a lot of countries in the world, didn't pay much attention to this in my the last couple of months when it became clear that the yes campaign have run such a fantastic campaign, there's a good chance they may win this. >> it doesn't want economic stability in the euro zone at this time, particularly with the zone doing badly. they don't want any kind of economic threat coming out of what has been their main allies. there's the issue of the nuclear submarines kept in scotland. the united states want britain to be a nuclear country. if scotland goes independent, these weapons are kept in scotland, because the lockion are so deep, you can get the submarines in and out without being seen. scotland says we don't want

them, they'll have to go. >> they have 18 months to figure it out. thank you so much. >> in australia, police say they foiled a possible isil plot there. hundreds of heavily armed officers raided more than a dozen homes in two cities. they say isil told followers to kill australians just to prove that they could. >> networks are people here in the country who despite living here, despite enjoying the australian way of life, they would do us harm, and it's very important that our police and security organizations be one step ahead of them. >> australia just one country that joint the coalition against islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> the president seeks more support for the fight against isil. >> the president is holding a strategy session in florida on

wednesday while top officials got grilled on capitol hill. >> president obama in tampa at the military's u.s. central command to go over war plans with top commanders. then before a cheering crowd, repeat the pledge he's made time and time again since announcing his new strategy. >> i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> the plan calls for iraqi and syrian opposition forces to take the fight to isil on the ground. many are skeptical, including republican senators who grilled secretary of state john kerry at an often contentious hearing. >> i hope you'll add a plan to convince us that you are serious about doing the things you said you were going to do to the american people and to us about isil, because you haven't done it now. >> i really find that somewhat surprising for you to suggest that as the president of the

united states talks to the nation, as we have come back from a week of very serious meetings of nations around the world, all of whom are committed to this, that you sit there and suggest that it's not serious. >> kerry deflected questions about the coalition and the specific role neighboring arab nations will play. others insisted the president must come to congress to vote before expanding a military campaign. >> the house passed the measure giving the president the authority he needs to move forward on $500 million to arm and train the syrian rebels. democrats voted narrowly in support, despite misgivings, a significant majority of republicans backed president obama. >> i will not vote for something i know will not work. >> i reject those calls for a perfect strategy from a perfect president for a perfect outcome in syria. that's simply not possible, given the circumstances we now face due to our previous

inaction. >> let's go to libby casey live in washington. after passing the house in a rare bipartisan vote today, the senate takes up the plan. is there enough support in the senate for it to pass? >> it sure likes like there is, del. we expect passage later today. that is despite the fact that there is dissension also from some democrats, like senator from alaska, who is not going to vote for it. a democratic control connecticut said frankly i am too concerned that the rebels could turn into extremists, that we can't vet them and they could turn against u.s. forces. despite that dissension, washington leadership supported and we expect it to get through and it goes to the president. >> we spend time talking about what the u.s. will do in iraq, but forget it is a sovereign nation. the president is getting help from the new iraqi prime minister who says there will be

no use of u.s. ground forces in iraq fighting isil. is that going to make it easier testify before the house armed services committee hearings? >> it may reassure congress to hear that the leadership of iraq is on the same page as the white house. congress are focusing on the voices of the president and his military advisors, and those carry more weight. the comments we heard earlier this week from the jointly chiefs chairman that he would advise the president to put boots on the ground if the situation wanted, that he could see a window at some point where there would be u.s. forces there, playing an advisory role or directing airstrikes. that speaks louder than anything out of iraq, especially because there was recently a power vacuum in the government leadership there. they will maybe get a little bit of an easier ride today, but you will still see members of congress pressing them on how exactly the military is advicing the president.

>> using the president's own words, it is a mess out there. ukraine's president in washington today for a meeting with president obama. it looks like he does not want to go home empty handed. what does he want out of today's meeting? >> he's going to take the message to the white house that he feels ukraine needs more support in the way of money and military might. that may get an easier reception in congress. the white house has given $60 million to ukraine in non-lethal aid, body armor, military reactions, things like that. they are looking for far more. there is a committee putting forth legislation that would give more aid to ukraine. it's not risen to the top of the priority list and will not happen before mid term elections. photos in the oval office with the president will speak volume

overseas. >> coming up in 10 minutes, we'll talk with retired army major mike lyons whether the plan to stop isil is going to work. >> in madrid, representatives from libya and other countries rejected military intervention to restore stability there. libyan he authorities say foreign intervention always results in disaster. >> attorney general eric holder will announce new plan to improve relations between the police and the communities they serve. the officer who shot michael brown in missouri went before a grand jury. he testified for four hours. the st. louis post dispatch said the prosecutor promises to release the testimony if wilson is not indicted. >> it seems each day there is another scandal in the nfl. this time, it is the arizona

cardinals running back on monday charged with abuse. >> we have the latest. league officials have to be wondering what is going on. >> september has certainly been a life-changing month for the nfl. it began with ray rice and snowballed with the scrutiny on greg hardy and adrian peterson. now the arrest of jonathan dwyer puts another face on the league's domestic abuse problem. phoenix police arrested the cardinals running back wednesday charging him for two july incidents involving his son and the child's mother. the arizona cardinals promptly deactivated dwyer and band him from all team activities. he was one of three nfl players deactivate said wednesday in the wake of domestic abuse allegations. the carolina panthers greg hardy is on the exempt list. the team says he is taking volunteer leave as he appeals the conviction for abusion and threatening to kill his exgirlfriend. >> before both of those occurrences wednesday, the

minnesota vikings bandaid pete as he faces child abuse charges. the decision comes details after he was originally cleared to play sunday. the team owner explained the change of heart. >> we made a mistake, and we needed to get this right. we embrace our role in the community, and the responsibilities that go with it. it is important to always listen to our fans, the community and our sponsors. >> meanwhile, adrian peterson's mother spoke out in defense of her son's use of corporal punishment. she said she disciplined adrian as a boy with her hand, branches and even bets. when you whip those you love, she says, it's not about abuse, it's love. >> that's why it's such a complicated issue. >> very complicated, john thanks. >> a new surveillance video in

the search for university of virginia student missing five days. she can be seen walking outside a bar, minutes later running and walking toward a mal. she has not been spotted since. >> homes are threatened east of sacramento because of a wildfire. smaller structures also said to be in jeopardy. firefighters are battling the king fire. forty square miles have burned. it is 5% contained. california's governor declaring a state of emergency. >> further north in weed, california, the small town was nearly wiped out by another wildfire. the flames there spread so quickly that some residents only had minutes to escape. we are live in weed this morning. so many people have lost their homes. do they all have places to go? >> we understand that there's a shelter outside of town for those who have lost their homes.

they're going to have to come up with strategies. some of these homes are completely destroyed. i'm standing in front of what was a church. it's early morning now, pretty dark. behind me, you can see it's just the foundation, concrete foundation and metal is all that's left. the fire just turned anything that was wood into ash. here's what one church member had to say: >> the house up there is no big deal, you know, it can be rebuilt, but this is my family church, you know. it's much more endearing to me. >> this is a very small town. the town of weed is a population of 3,000, so we have a situation where over 100 buildings have been destroyed. the damage is absolutely terrible. >> there's also economic stress for the people i understand. we understand that one of the area's largest employers was also destroyed. >> one of the largest employers

in this area is a lumber mill. that's tinder box standing in the way of the fire, so it was damaged and not completely destroyed. the good news is from what we understand, and this is preliminary information, the lumber milked be back up in operation in a few months. in the interim, what will these people do. it's a very economically depressed area, so it's going to be tough tort town of weed. >> it is a mess down sought. police in mexico looking for looters in the aftermath of hurricane odile. retailers have become targets. authorities stopping short of imposing a curfew but say anyone on the streets after dark is going to be stopped and questioned. >> hard to tell whether they're stealing out of need or it is a real crime. >> the raiments of hurricane odile causing problems in the u.s. >> nicole mitchell is keeping on

eye on the super soaker. >> this was a strong storm making landfall, catching energy moving north dakota ward. we were just talking about the fire situation in california. as all of this moved along, a little moisture got into southern california, another system bringing moisture to northern california, where we have drought, unfortunately no relief. more of the moisture today is going to be located in new mexico, shifting into texas, although overnight, arizona was certainly getting pounded by this, some areas reporting heavy rain, easily three inches, as this continues its track, more of the same is what we expect. you see this core over new mexico, two to four inches, isolated spots even more as you end up under a heavy downpour. that's the big picture. it will continue to move into texas. want to mention here that we have that boundary that's going to keep the other side of texas wet, but, a lot of places very

slow start with significant plugged in some areas. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> the u.s. senate set to decide today whether to green light the president's plan to arm syrian rebels to fight isil. retired army sergeant mike lyons joins us to talk about whether forces will be needed on the ground to stop isil. >> ebola fears putting health officials in louisiana on high alert after a crew member fell ill after being in africa. >> a daring escape, that and other videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world. @jvé

>> turning to the videos captured by citizen journalists around the world, a fire near oregon is called the 36 pit fire and burned 3500-acres of land. it started saturday and forced the national forest to be closed. >> in death valley, california, this fighter jet doing training

missions. it was at very low altitudes. >> a teenager in england getting a bravery award. he saw a man break free from police custody and run. he tackles him to the ground. officers called the boy heroic for his actions. >> we'll talk to mike lyons to talk about the battle plans with isil. >> the c.d.c. said a crew member had malaria and another died before docking in louisiana, but nobody onboard has ebola. we are live outside the hospital in louisiana where the crew member is being treated. how many other people are sick? >> >> good morning, stephanie, right now, a total of three are sick, include that go one crew member you talked about who is in critical condition. overnight, we know that

particular person tested positive for malaria. the other two others are said to have some minor or some mild sickness. what those symptoms are, that information hasn't been released. the situation caused concern and put the c.d.c. on high alert. this particular ship originated in africa around liberia and made several port stops, including at the democratic republican of congress, an area that has seen the big outbreak with this ebola virus. the c.d.c. when hearing a crew member was very, very sick met the boat at the dock here and to treat this as an emergency situation, really bringing this person by ambulance in haz-mat suits, crew members brought here to the hospital. we found out late last night the person tested positive for malaria. this was one crew member who embarked a few days before that who died from malaria.

>> doctor want kent brantley said in an interview that he believed he initially had malaria when it was ebola. what is the status of the boat? will it be moved today? >> right now, the boat is under quarantine not far from here in bell chase. the boat initially was going to go to the port of new orleans, not far from here. they stopped here because apparently the shipping company has a relationship with this particular hospital, one of the doctors here, so we understand the boat will make its journey to its final destination, which was going to be the port of new orleans. from there, we are not exactly sure what will happen. >> thanks, jonathan. >> president obama says he's standing by his vow that u.s. ground forces won't be involved in the fight against isil in iraq, that as the prime minister said he won't welcome cam both

troops on the ground in his country. the american airstrikes are hitting their targets at iraq's request. major lions, in australia, 800 officers involved with raised, 15 people detained. it shows that basically when you get involved in this coalition, you become a target of isil. >> no question. it shows that they're spreading they have this reach because of their social media outreach that their tentacles now, a staunch ally like australia with the united states. we've got to be prepared here in the united states now there are other warnings about attacks in las vegas and times square. this is the beginning of this pros just like al-qaeda 13 years ago. >> let's go back to iraq's prime minister and what he said, that there will be no u.s. combat

forces on the ground. could the attitude pose a problem down the road if iraq's ground forces are not able to do the job. >> i thought this is comments were really directed toward the coalition and he was drawing a very clear line, bright line with regard to ground troops. he wants to establish legitimacy there, he needs this way to be a leader. we need that kind of strong person inside iraq. the question is how long for the forces to get up to speed. he's animate about not having boots there. >> what is already on the ground? i heard yesterday that there appear to be soldiers on the ground inside syria. >> there's definitely u.s. soldiers, troops on the ground inside iraq. here's the deal. when you deploy u.s. soldiers, it's one of three ways, they train other soldiers, they work with alongside them with map to say show them the way or the third way is aligning in combat

with them. the president keeps talking about that third way. >> combat troops. >> exactly. the other two are not in the battle at all, they can protect themselves, but they're not involved in actual combat operations. that's what the president is talking about. >> does it worry you that we are not hearing more specifics on the number of these moderate vetted syrian troops in syria? >> that's almost a separate mission. we don't know whether those syrian troops will fight isil or the assad government. those are separate, two lanes that the armed forces have to deal with now. >> >> they are fighting rains and flooding and fires.

good morning, nicole. >> we are seeing our biggest area of rainfall, shifting from arizona into new mexico, today two to four-inches widespread. more of this is getting into the accident. the next couple of days still dealing with that system before the moisture starts wane in that another system by the time we get toward the weekend will be moving through the midwest and into the great lakes. with all of this going on, a couple systems moved through the central portion of the country, dropping temperatures, feeling more like fall. i think a lot of people like it. >> wildfires in northern california causing complete devastation. the town of weed has seen more than 100 homes burned to the ground. we'll speak with a responder on the front lines of the fire this

morning. >> some in texas raising a red flag over new textbooks they say offers false information. we are live in dallas with the lessons that these books are teaching. >> a young man shot and killed by police in utah after allegedly charging them with a weapon. his family says race was the motivating factor in his death. >> a look at images of the day, decision day in scotland as voters head to the polls. >> their decision leading to intense last minute campaigning from both sides and in the days leading up to this historic decision. decision. >> 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

>> the stream >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts it's your chance to join the conversation the stream, only on al jazeera america >> you're taking a live look at edinborough in scotland where residents are casting their ballot on whether the country should separate from the u.k. turnout we've heard reported has been stall larr this morning.

welcome to al jazeera america. ahead, apple making a bold security move not likely to sit well with the government. they plan to make it very difficult for authorities to get your data. >> the little dog reaching big heights, thanks to a daring jump with his owner. >> first a look at the top stories we're following this morning. there were overnight terror raised in australia aimed at stopping what police called an isil plot. authorities say. executions were planned of random people. 15 people picked up in those raised. >> voting in scotland right now will decide whether to stay with the united kingdom or secede. if supporters win, it will mark the end of a 300-year-old union. >> in california, firefighters getting the upper hand on a

wildfire, now 60% contained. it destroyed more than 100 homes. the king fire continues to burn. 2,000 homes there are threatened. >> toby johns is with the fresno fire department helping to battle the blaze, he is also the public information officer. how much of the fire is contained this morning? >> we are at 60% containment this morning. >> what are the challenges as far as weather conditions for the firefighters? >> right now, it's a very hot and dry windy conditions that we were working in yesterday. we got rain over the night and it's drizzling on and off this morning. the rain actually will help us as we control the hot spots within the perimeter of the fire. however, it will make for some complications with erosion and some of the runoff, because there's no vegetation left to stop that water. >> the fire spread extremely

quickly. have you seen this before? >> we have seen this before. in fact, every year, this is very similar to the antat a anna winds that people hear so much about in southern california. weed is actually the windiest spot of northern california. that's why they built the lumber mill here, because it dries out the lumber so well, but with that type of wind and the fire event we had, the wind was just fueling the spread of that fire, made it very hot and it spread quickly. >> that lumber yard is one of the main drivers of the economy in that town and it has burned down, as well as churches and homes. as first responders, what are you saying to the residents? how are they doing? >> the residents are incredibly resilient and those folks that lost their houses, i was impressed that despite that devastation, the good spirits

here in and the help this community is giving one another. people from neighboring communities are bringing by donations by the truckloads. it's incredible to see the support that people are receiving. >> this is just the beginning of fire season. what are your concerns going forward? it looks like it's going to be a rough one. when you talk about erosion, are you talking about the possibilities of mudslides now in that town. >> there's not a possibility of that. that's always an issue whenever there's a wildfire afterwards and we come through with efforts to mitigate that threat. we are not so concerned with mudslides today, however it's going to create mud and with all the rubble, it's going to turn some of that to sort of a mucky stuff, making searching and some of our job of damage assessment and debris removal a little more complicated, but we'll manage. >> we wish you and all the guys

out there good luck. thanks for joining us this morning. >> the first meeting on wednesday of a special house committee aimed at preventing attacks like the one that hit the u.s. diplomatic embassy in benghazi. >> even with this progress, it is essential for us to acknowledge that while we can do everything we can to reduce the risk, we can never eliminate it fully. >> an independent panel came up with 40 security recommendations following the attack on that diplomatic compound in libya. >> in syria, dozens of children are dead from a measles vaccine. not clear what went wrong. there are concerns the vaccine might not have been mixed properly or sabotaged. the u.n. has suspended the program in the region. >> thousands of syrians have

fled to iraq, thinking they would be safer. >> the rise of isil and now airstrikes putting all of that in question. we are along the occurian-iraqi border. >> about 100 meters of water separates iraq from syria, but it has taken this family a year to make the decision to cross. they fled after their home was burned down and tried settle in iraq. despite the war and threat of u.s. airstrikes, she is desperate to go home. >> we are scared of the airstrikes, but i miss my parents so much, i need to go home. this is my son, four months old and they've never seen him. >> this man is also going back. they left because her husband needed to see a doctor. he had a serious operation in damascus earlier this year. going back to see his surgeons

was too dangerous, so he he turned oh iraq, instead. this trickle of human traffic could soon be a flood. an exodus is happening from the main syrian base for the fighters from the group, islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> since the american president announced that the bombing campaign on iraq was to extend into syria, an enormous amount of people are now trying to leave the islamic strong hold and the obvious place for them to cross to safe haven is here. >> the occurred issue rebel group controls the northeastern corner of syria, but islamic state fighters are working hard to clear a direct supply line all the way to mosul, their strong hold in iraq. >> there's a huge battle in our

village, so we ran, leaving it deserted. the islamic state forces are strong and have big weapons. >> more ordinary people will suffer with airstrikes. >> i do not accept that this is right. it will kill normal people. the rich people will get out, the poor people will be underneath. >> they know an air assault is coming and they know what to expect. syrians have lived under a government aerial campaign for the past three years. it might be the international community's answer to the islamic state threat, but to them more civilian casualties and lives torn apart. >> there are nearly 200,000 syrian refugees in iraq. >> questions this morning over what students are taught in texas. the board of education is

debating textbooks that critics say are full of misleading information. we are live in dallas. how can the state make these changes? the state board of education paved the way for these changes four years ago when they approved a set of controversial curriculum standards for social studies many ever criticized as containing conservative political ideology, everything from playing up the role in christianity in the nation's founding to playing down the separation of church and state. the textbooks we're looking at today were written to meet those standards. a panel of independent academic reviewers say these textbooks contain flawed teachings. >> when texas middle and high school students open history books next year, they may find a passage describing historic black africans as belonging to the negro race. >> i wondered what they were thinking, what the authors were thinking. >> they may find a biography of

moses, comparing him to the founders of the united states. >> as if moses was the first american. >> david teaches religious studies at southern methodist universities in dallas. he was contracted by the liberal watchdog group texas freedom network to review the textbooks. >> the danger is that students will--texas students will not be able to get a clear picture of what the world is really like and what humanity is really like. >> the books are based on curriculum standards adopted by the texas board of education. these 15 board members are the high effort authority on what children learn in class, including the former president of an anti abortion pregnancy counseling center, a republican lobbyist and a sunday schoolteacher. the board has long been accused of elevating politics and religion over academics.

some of that criticism coming from fellow conservatives, the group calls texas history standards a politicized extortion of history filled with misrepresentations at every turn. other than activists are complaining about what they see as liberal bias in the same books. >> our concern is most of what we're hearing is people from texas freedom network and other groups that want to reduce mentions of christianity, down play christianity and essentially want to rewrite christianity out of history in a large way. >> those objections and dozens more were on display tuesday at an hour's long, often tense public hearing. the board won't vote to approve new books until november, but because national publishers cater materials to texas, the biggest buyer in the textbook world, those books may eventually make their way into classrooms around the country.

>> there does exist a separate state sanctioned panel of textbook reviewers, as well, but of those, only four come from the academic world and they're given about a week to go over 100 plus textbooks. they're credit sides as having their first priority seeing whether these textbooks meet the standards, not whether or not they are factually correct. >> a new apple operating system is rolling out. if you download it, you'll notice the big change i guess not on your home screen, it's how apple is treating your personal information. >> some say this counters big brother. >> you can see why people say that. according to apple, this software upgrade makes it impossible for the company to turn over data from iphones or ipads to the government or police who have a search warrant. this comes in the wake of security issues following the i cloud celebrity hacking scandal. apple has altered its encryption

to keep anyone but the device's owner from accessing data. the c.e.o. said it even prevents apple from overriding your security settings to get to your data. he released a statement to customers that reads: >> apple can and will turn over data stored on your i cloud unless you specifically protect that in your settings. >> the parents of a mentally ill man fatally shot by two loss loss police officers have filed a wrongful death suit against the department. the 24-year-old was shot and killed last month, police accused of racial profiling and using excessive force. the parents allege the officers

knew their son was mentally ill. >> 22-year-old darien hunt was killed after he allegedly charged an officer with a sword. >> the killing is provoking outrage from his family. an independent autopsy shows that the shot that killed hunt was from behind. >> a memorial grows where darien hunt died, shot by police officers responding to reports of a a man carrying a sword at a strip mall south of salt lake city. susan hunt bluntly accuses police of shooting her son because of his race. his father is black. she describes her first conversation with officers the day darien died. >> i said what does he look like? you know what they said to me? he's brown and he has an afro. >> the investigation was immediately taken over by a utah county task force, common protocol in police shootings. the chief deputy attorney tells

us witnesses saw hunt lung at officers at some point before the shooting, and right now, he sees no evidence showing race was a motivator. >> we're not going into this investigation with any preconceived ideas. we're going with an open mind and want to find the facts and the evidence. >> the hunt family commissioned an independent autopsy. their attorney says they won't release the results publicly, but claims that autopsy shows hunt was shot in the back. >> the bullet that killed him actually went straight into the middle of his back and bounced around in his chest cavity. it did not have an exit wound. >> witnesses like the woman who took this picture just before the shooting support that claim. >> he had turned and was running away from the police officers. >> utah county investigators say it could take six weeks to complete their report. six weeks of wondering for darien hunt's mother what really happened that day and why. >> why from the time i saw the

pictures of you just standing by him with his hands to his side does he end up seconds later with a bullet in him? then if he's running from all the eyewitnesses, why you had to put in more bullets. >> the lead investigator are looking at video from nearby businesses to see if it shows the shooting. >> it is thursday, that means thursday night football, starting week three of the nfl season. >> with another player arrested on allegations of domestic abuse, the focus remains on anything but the game. we're going to speak with former minnesota vikings chris kluwe about the investigations. >> 3-d printers creating a 3-d car. >> our big quote, world leaders speaking out about the global fight against isil. >> they hate us for who we are and how we live.

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only on al jazeera america >> who said these people i regret to say do not hate us for what we do, they hate us for who we are and how we live. >> tony abbot talks about isil following a major raid there on supporters of the group. >> just ahead, getting a car from a 3-d printer. >> it's been a tough september for nfl, and continues with the arrest of arizona cardinals running back dwyer. he is deactivated and banned from all team activities. >> the mother of adrian peterson is defending her son's decision to discipline his son with a free branch. she said she disciplined adrien

with a hand, branching and belt, saying more than us disciplined our kids a little more than you meant sometimes. she said it's not about abuse, but love. chris kluwe is the former punter with the minnesota vikings. chris at first, you were critical of the way the team handled adrien's case. what is your take on it now? >> looks like the team is finally doing the right thing and giving adrian a chance to get educated on why what happened to him is so wrong and why doing it to another child is so wrong. it continues the cycle of abuse and violence that too often as you just said, the team involved in it don't recognize it. >> your history with the vikings is controversial. you recently settled after being cut from the team for being an

outspoken proponent of gay marriage and calling out a coach for homophobic slurs. is there a pervasive culture of being macho that allows for possibly abusive behavior, as well? >> i think one of the main difficulties that the nfl faces is that it instills an idea that because you are part of this huge corporation that makes so much money, that somehow you are shielded from it is consequences of your actions. that applies league wide. it's not just the players, it involves everyone. if the nfl truly wants to change, that's the culture that needs to be addressed is the idea that you can get away with whatever you want simply because you happen to be really good at football. >> you maintain it's not just that we're seeing these players being arrested, it's a pervasive idea inside the league that it's ok as long as you do what you should do on the field.

>> this is a part of a problem in society at large. look at the amount of wealthy well off people that get away with little to no punishment, simply because they have the resources to evade the justice system. there's a two tiered system injustice mainly in the u.s. and other countries where the rich skate on by and the poor do not. you're see that go play out in the nfl now. >> bad behavior in the nfl nothing threw. is the public partly to blame? >> it's port of societal issues that we are willing to overlook faults if the person happens to be very good as scoring touchdowns. >> i want to get to something a lot of people seem to be troubled by and that is the sponsors. are they upset because they are suspending deals with the nfl as

opposed to canceling them or are they playing p.r.? if they get out more, it's going to be more expensive to get back in. >> i think it's a mix of both. you're seeing them approach it very much from a business decision that it is we can get good p.r. now suspending these deals. it is the right thing to do, but we will be able to do it in a way that doesn't necessarily burn our bridges in the long term. if that's the case, i would rather they do what they're doing now, because at least now we are having a discussion about these issues. >> chris kluwe, thanks for being with us this morning. >> now for a positive story out of the nfl. two brothers showing that blood is thicker than football. once a lineman for the baltimore ravens, he has been suffering from kidney failure. his only hope for survival was a kidney transplant. his brother chris decided to quit the nfl to donate his kidney.

he had been playing for the pittsburgh steelers. >> we found that he needed a kidney transplant, we had to stop our careers. he had to stop his, i had to stop mine, and, you know, because his health was most important to us. >> doctors say the surgery was tough, the brothers have a lot of muscle and chris's kidney was very large, but the operation was a success. both say now their dream is to play in the nfl again. we need to make a quick editorial correction here. when we were talking about nfl running back jonathan dwyer's arrest we incorrectly showed video of mckay and we regret that error. >> when it comes to cutting edge technology, lead to printing takes the cake and local motors created the first lead to printed car. >> we take you on a tour have the facility that is really cutting edge. >> when we think about manufacturing, we think about what's called subtractive

manufacturing. i'm at a facility on the san francisco waterfront. this is the cutting edge of what are called routers, systems for carving away steel and plastic. the next generation of manufacturing is going to be what's called addative manufacturing. you know it as 3-d princing, exstatuting certain materials. this is printed in one go. it's actually a gear, a fully functioning moving mechanism. that is the low end of this whole huge revolution we're seeing in manufacturing. the news here is the creation of the full body work of a car. when you think about a car, you think the body can't be that hard to make. the average car has the pieces that go into the grill and

headlights, about 35 body pieces. each requires a whole unique custom made set of machines, tools and dyes, created specifically for that car. if you need to change any one part of that, all of that needs to be redone. you've got to negotiate with hundreds of people to make that happen. the experience here is to create a full body work for this car. in 48 hours, you can bang out a new design without having to redo everything in the meantime. lead to printing makes that possible, shhad rinking development time down. the laboratories is working with build fighter jet parts out of the same process. we're talking about a revolution in which you're going to see 3-d printing create full sized considers, fighter jets and even larger objects in the future. >> local motors c.e.o. said it will be veil in 2016 for between

$18,000 and $34,000. >> a lot of dogs just happy to sit on your lap, but this pup's big smile says it all. he's 13,000 feet in the air. his name is riley. his owner had a special harness made for the occasion. nathan making hundreds of jumps, this i guess the first time he look riley along. doggone it. >> let's get another check of your forecast with nicole mitchell. >> i think that's the extreme verse of the dog getting to hang its head out the car window, to the n ad degree. >> we have another hurricane impacting mexico. this one just off the coastline, you can see is not particularly well organized. not causing many problems for us. this could get close to cabo,

not making landfall. they are still trying to recover. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, full coverage of that historic vote in scotland, will they choose independence or stay part of the u.k.? that's tomorrow morning starting at 7:00.

>> welcome to the aljazeera news hour from doha. coming up, just hours after a u.n. envoy meets yemen's leader, rebels threaten to take control of the a airport. >> fiji's first democratic election in eight years. >> will they or