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i love - there's so many i love. i love - there's so many i love. carasara, hitchcock, kubr. carasara, hitchcock, kubr. >> >> -- -- kubrich. kubrich. >> great to have you here. >> great to have you here. look forward to what you are look forward to what you are back next. back next. m. night shyamalan on his book m. night shyamalan on his book and movie career, i'll ali and movie career, i'll ali velshi, thanks for joining velshi, thanks for joining >> this is news news live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> i got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter, and i'm sorry for that. >> the nfl commissioner apologizes for what he calls the wrong call and it won't happen again. scotland vote kno no on
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independence, and the united kingdom has a lot of promises to keep, and alibaba, can it keep that going. >> i got it wrong. commissioner goodell said he got it wrong and promised not to make the same mistakes. michael yves joins us. >> the press conference that was highly anticipated was a big letdown. many were left wanting by nfl commissioner roger goodell. goodell apologized for getting it wrong when he came to the ray
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rice situation and promised to get it right. when it came to the link which the nfl obtained video and that someone had seen that video prior to the commissioner's tw two-game suspension of rice, goodell was repeatedly evasive. >> we had not seen that second tape until roughly ten days ago. and that was not consistent with what he said. >> what did he say? >> the one issue with this is this is now a matter of appeal. as you know the nfl p.a. has appealed this. this is a matter that will be taken up in appeals. >> reporter: that was an example of the commissioner refusing to give specifics of what he saw insid from the inside of that elevator and he was told when they met. it has caused for some to call
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for his resignation, although according to goodell none of those were the 32 team owners. >> have you considered resigning at any point throughout this? >> i have not. i'm focusing on doing my job. i believe i have had the support of the owners, that has been clear to me. obviously they expect us to do a better on. as i said to several, i don't like to let down anybody. >> if the 32 owners had a vote today about whether or not you should keep your job, what do you think the results would be? >> that's a hypothetical of which i can't deal. >> reporter: this is the first time we've heard from the commission center two weeks, but nothing really changed, no news, no indication were hi from him what he's going to do. he did not give any inclination that his leadership on these
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issues is going to be better than it has been over the last several months. that's why so many are callin questio questioning his credibility and calling for his job. >> the baltimore ravens invited fans to trade in their ray rice jerseys for the jersey of their choice. it was one exchange per fan. if the team runs out of jerseys, trade-ins will continue tomorrow. the plan to arm and train moderate syrian rebels. a special u.n. security council meeting on the islamic state in iraq and the levant otherwise known as isil. secretary of state kerry spoke
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with the u.n. the u.s. received some help on the military front. fill us in on that. >> well, you know, tony, this is the third time that the u.s. and the president in congress has asked for action in iraq. the last time, you recall, france was not participating, and there were people who went on strikes against french fries. general dempsey recalling that france was the u.s. first ally and will be there again. secretary kerry listed the atrocities that isil had committed against muslims and others westerners calling isil a cancer. >> it must be comprehensive and
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include close collaboration across multiple lines of effort. it's about taking out an entire network decimating and discrediting a militant cult masquerading as a religious movement. the fact is there is a role for every country in the world to play, including iran. >> reporter: kerry said more than 50 nations so far have committed more than $1 billion in military and humanitarian aid in the fight against isil. >> now, randall, congress approved money for arming and training some of the vetted mo moderate opposition, that's the word we're hearing. what has the white house done to push back against concerns? >> reporter: as you pointed out, there are many concerns on part because it is an unwieldily coalition, 50 different nations
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that often don't agree on anything or cooperate, but susan rice is insisting that this will work. >> it will be unified. it will be cohesive, and it will be under one single command authority. and so i'm quite encouraged that we will have a number of countries participate in various different ways. >> reporter: well, fingers crossed on so many fronts on that as we all wait to see the development of the coalition and the action they're able to take pointing out that congress did provide the president a comfortable margin supporting the resolution for action in iraq against isil. >> randall pinkston for us, thank you. earlier i spoke with former secretary of defense william cohen, and it was a fascinating conversation. i asked him for his reaction to the u.s. strategy to defeat isil. >> the president has indicated that he's going to authorize and
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plan for--seek authorization and plan for a limited footprint on the ground, so to speak, in the region. no, quote, no combat boots on the ground. that's a mistake in saying we have combat boots on the ground. they're not assigned to combat missions but nonetheless they're not hush puppies. they'll have to fight their way out of that if necessary. we have to be a bit more forward leaning as far as the public is concerned saying we'll have 1700 of our troops there. they will be there in, quotes, an advisory role. >> help me understand the hair splitting from the chairman of joint chiefs, what the president is saying, life and limited footprint, but you're right,
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they're in combat boots. explain to me the hair splitting what the president is trying to communicate to the american public. >> the president's strategy has been one of disengagement in the region. disengage from iraq, down size in degree and disengage from afghanistan. do not engage in syria. do not engage in ukraine. there has been a turning inward on th the part of the american people. after 1 trillion-dollar in iraq. after 1 trillion-dollar in afghanistan. but the problem is you can't walk away from the world because the world does not walk away from you. we have to engage, and when we are not, bad things happen. the president has been successful in saying to the american people, i'm doing what you want. i'm getting you out of there. ironically or i should say
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paradoxically the american people are not giving him credit for that, saying they don't like his leadership. seeing that we have a diminished role, even when we have a diminished role, they don't like the consequences with the at the headings, he is walking the line, and now he's saying we have to go back in. we're not going back in in a major way, and we'll train and equip those in syria and iraq. the fly in the ointment in this case is the new prime minister of iraq. the question is he's there because his predecessor had a non-inclusive government. the sunnies rebelled against that. they were pushed out of the army. they have no position in government, so they joined up with isil. he now has an opportunity to bring some of those back in and pull them away from isil. so far he has not done it. so far he has not made any steps to indicate that. so the question becomes how successful can this be with the
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same iraqi military with the same kind of non-inclusion on the part of the government having the united states in western powers come in with their power to do what? you cannot take isil down. you can degrade them, but you can't defeat them by shear air power alone. it requires to be on the ground. you can't be on the ground unless you have an inclusive government. those are the kinds of issues that the president is faced with. >> what is america's core interest in launching this strategy? the core interest in iraq. >> right now isis does not pose an immediate threat to us. left unchecked and continue to grow and to stir the revolution as such in that region it could very well become a safe-haven with the types of attacks launched in 9/11, and prior to 9/11. there is a long-term threat to the united states. if you have an ingrain of isil
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establishment, an isis state as much where you can grow all of this activity, and then potentially launch attacks against the west, either in europe or in the united states. the american people have been persuaded. assuming that to be the case what is the role of our allies. the role of our western allies to be sure. it can't be just western countries. it can't be just the white man's burden syndrome where we in the west. we christians in the west, so to speak, are going to launch a crusade against another muslim country. this is something that we have to address. that's why it's very important. arab countries be involved in a visible way. we need to know and show the american people that this is not our fight princ principle. we need to make this something that is not sectarian. it is not religious. it is based on the security
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needs of the countries in the region and the global economic system. >> and join us tonight for a special report on isil. it's impact and u.s. efforts to form coalition. "fighting isil" appears at 8:00 p.m. eastern on al jazeera america. the family of the c.i.a. contractor killed in the attack on the ben goose di bengahzi consulate. four men's including ambassador was killed in the attack. calling the vote an energic exercise of democracy, and independence could have been bad news for the so-called special relationship for the u.k.
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but independence may still be in scotland's future. >> reporter: despite the no-vote when the lights came up no scotland it marked a new dawn. a movement that began on the streets ended in the resignation of the man who led the campaign for independence. >> for me as leader my time is nearly over. but for scotland the campaign continues and the dream shall never die. >> reporter: a bitter moment for campaigners who believe he still has a job to do. >> we need our first minister more now than ever before because i'm not entirely sure we can trust the westminster party to stand up for interest and to follow through on for the scottish people. >> reporter: the british prime minister still faces demands to deliver on promises he made during the campaign. >> scotland voted for a stronger
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scottish parliament backed by the strength and security of the united kingdom. i want to congratulate the no campaign for that. for showing people that our nations are really better. >> reporter: and the scottish people are already making demands of their own. >> if we can be trusted to vote for independence, i don't see why we can't be trusted for general elections. >> would you vote on this again? will it come up again welcome. >> hopefully. >> what was it like putting your mark in the box for the first time. >> it was enormous to be trusted with something as big as that. 7 scotland's referendum has sparked a national conversation in the united kingdom and it has
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inspired countless people around the world and reminded them that they, too, can demand change from their own politicians. >> prime minister david cameron promised scots new powers on taxes and welfare if they chose to stay with the u.k. but it has put a strain on cameron support within his own party. >> reporter: the decision-making process as to how to deliver the promises that the politicians in england gave to the no-campaigners to persuade them to cast their vote in opposition to an independent scotland, that will have to continue, and it will have to continue at a very fast pace. already there will be a process which will provide some kind of draft legislation by january. the process will finish by november and it's a hugely accelerated process. they'll have to work out between
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the three main political parties here in england the conservatives, the labour party and liberal democrats as to how to fulfill the promises regarding taxation, spending and welfare. they promised scotland that they would have more--that the scots would have more control over those three things. but each party has different visions of how much control to give scotland, and to add to the mix the unhappiness resulting from this referendum in other places such as wales. wales believes it is shortchanged by the london government by some £300 million per year. the question mark is how to keep the welsh happy as well they see scotland getting a bigger piece of the pie, and is it de-evolution just for the english regions. a man who many believe has an
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eye on the prime minister job, he wants to see england having more control over the amount that it offend its taxation spending. this may have resulted in the no-vote of independence of scotland but it will raise more questions in the months to come. >> scotland's decision did not stop lay makers in spain's catalona's region to push for its own movement. madrid said its vote is illegal and the prime minister will call for any of its leaders. coming up, the other side of the college sexual assault story suspects suing colleges because they say they're not getting a fair shake. roxana saberi has that for us. also alibaba the stock goes on sale for the first time and immediately jumps more than 30%. ali velshi from real money 8
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"real money" cuts through the hype. that's next.
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the white launched a new campaign. focusing on young men and how to prevent violence and involves several new videos like this one featuring celebrities and sports stars. >> it's on us to stop sexual assault. >> to get in the way before it happens. >> to get a friend home safe. >> to not blame the victim. >> it's on us. >> look out for each other. >> to not look the other way. >> so as part of this new effort the justice department will give more than $6 million to 18 colleges to prevent and tackle sexual assault. colleges have been facing criticism that they ar they are aren't cracking down on sexual assault. now they're accused of sexual misconduct. those students say they're not getting a chance to defend themselves. >> tony, we reported a lot on women who say their colleges
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haven't done enough to punish the men who assaulted them, but now dozens of men are suing their colleges. they claim their universities ignored their rights to due process and punished them unfairly. >> they threw me right off without looking into the matter at all. >> reporter: this young man said that he was a sophomore here at the university of massachusetts amherst when he heard that the college was investigating him through sexual misconduct. he said that student invited him to the room and asked him to bring a condon. >> i asked every step of the way for permission to stake off her shirt, bra, do certain things. to everything she said yes. >> reporter: two months later he was called before a student conduct board. in the end decided the school decided he was guilty and expelled him from the school. >> i did nothing to deserve that kind of harsh condescending treatment. >> reporter: the student is one
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of dozens of men suing colleges. from duke to northwestern and university of michigan. in this law enforcement the amherst student said his college showed a bias against males, withheld information he needed for his defense and didn't let him have a lawyer. the lawyer he now has says colleges are trying to prove they're tough on rape motivated in part by investigations launched by the department of education in how 80 universities are handling sexual assault complaints. >> there is an assumption of guilt that any young man faces on college campuses today. the process is broken. >> reporter: women rights advocates say the accuse should have their rights observed, too. but with one in five women assaulted on campus many more guilty men are going unpunished than innocent men are being punished unfairly. >> it is so rare and the evidence tends to be
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overwhelming that i think it is troubling that a lot of these young men are now banding together and suing. >> reporter: the university of massachusetts amherst told me it did not comment on pending litigation but said that due process is important to the college and board members get training to investigate complaints. the attorneys defending some of the men saying one of of the complaints will go to trial next year. >> most americans have not heard of the chinese company alibaba. but today the largest e-commerce firm pulled off the largest initial opening.
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>> now that the u.s. senate is in recess democrats in the chamber are quietly celebrating. they believe senate majority leader harry reid outwha outmaneuvered. >> reporter: this is one of the powers when you're part of the majority of the u.s. senate. you get to control what issues are considered and what issues
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are not considered. harry reid tightened his grip on key issues the senate did not consider legislation to change the tax code, makes adjustments to obamacare, or revise immigration reform. the senate passed an immigration a year ago, and instead of addressing it again in small pieces we avoided the topic all together and urged the president not to take any executive action until later this year. in recent weeks we did force the senate to consider legislation that has no chance of passing the republican-led house p the student loan assistance, the debate on increasing the minimum wage and contraception access. those will effect candidates, none of those senators want
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their races decided on president obama's agenda. by avoiding anything that even reminds voters of the healthcare law or immigration reform or bringing up the issues that republicans are uncomfortable with like pay equity reid has managed to help democrats localize their races. again elections are usually determined by the candidates are able to push their voters to care about, and kudos to harry reid for how he ran the floor. even republicans grudgingly acknowledged that reid's control has been tough for the g.o.p. >> oh, this is tough. we're going to get to today's power politics. we go to dave levinthall. what is your view that democratic senator harry reid is
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protecting some political votes. >> if the roles were switched they would be doing the exact same thing. this is election season and no one wants to give their opposition a sledgehammer to beat them up with. legislators, the last thing they like to do is legislate. they're trying to do everything they possibly can to win the election and re-election, this is a critical time, too. there is a handful of senate race that are truly going to be the ones that determine the republicans control the senate or whether the democrats control the senate. republicans get it. they control all of congress, and. >> wait a minute. so the senate adjourns without changes to obamacare, to immigration, taxes. i get that if you're a vulnerable democrat, you probably are thanking the senate
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majority leader right now. but has the country--the country been denied meaningful discussions on important issues? without question. and immigration is the shining example of the issue that has seen perhaps a year ago to be a forgone conclusion that something was going to happen, that there was going to be some compromise struck in the senate. the house stalled and the senate didn't want to take it up again. the thing is, though, the name president obama. president barack obama is poison to democrats right now. he's not campaigning for them. you never see him at campaigning events in public. all the democrats have this over their heads, the last thing they want to do is to have barack obama in anyway, shape or form associated with them for fear that independents and undecided voters would stay away, stay
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home or vote against them and for their opponent. >> do the republicans have themselves to blame for not finding a way to frame up what the republicans are calling the stone walling in a way that resonates? they have not been able to seemingly craft a narrative on this question. well, they get the blame for that. >> well, after beating up barack obama, well, who do you go to? do you try to beat up harry read? is harry reid rereid really a household name? >> it is a no. so the democrats have been very effective or at least they think they've been effective in demonizing the cooke brothers, the billionaire industrialists who have pumped millions of dollars, through non-profit groups, be that as it may,
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republicans have struggled to find that foil during this election season if you put the president aside. now the president is the president, but he's not running for re-election. that's a big thing. >> dave, that's good stuff. senior reporter for the center for public integrity joining us from austin. good to see you. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> 16 months before the 2016 primary, wow, and the political world is buzzing how over a few senators just handled a big vote in many cases on fighting isil, and david shuster is here for that. >> the foreign policy division are now getting clear. yesterday florida senator marco rubio has been advocating a more hawk issues of america military might and he voted for the training and equipping of opposition groups.
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and kentucky's rand paul is another republican in the group who voted no. paul has a reputation as an isolationist. he argued that helping the unpredictable syrian rebels is wrong. >> intervention when both sides are evil is a mistake. intervention that destabilizes the middle east is a mistake. and yet here we are again wading into a safely war. >> paul also pledged he would never send more u.s. troops into the middle east. that's a promise that could come back to hurt him in 2016 perhaps in a general election debate. senator elizabeth warren said she's not running, but she voted against the measure. quote, i do not want america to be dragged into another ground war in the middle east, and it's time for those nations in the region who are most effected by
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the rising of isis to step up and take a leading role in this fight. it's a stark contrast to hillary clinton who said she would help arm and train the syrian rebels even sooner. warren is positioning herself in case she decides to run. 46 days until the midterm, and democrat chad taylor did what was necessary to have his name removed from a november ballot. this moves the race closer to the match up. throughout the country senate campaign ads involved unusual props. in alaska where mark begich was fighting off dan sullivan,
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sullivan attacks begich professional snow michaeler. >> i know something about a snow machine. that's why i had a good laugh when i saw mark begich acting like he could ride one. >> he votes with obama, and his d.c. friends, not alaska. >> i think it's the only time you'll see a guy wear a baseball cap backwards. mitch mcconnell holding back allison grimes. grimes' latest ad features her grandmother's talking about her grandfather's costly illness. >> no more vacations. no retirement. just existing. >> senator mcconnell voted over and over so raise senior's medicare costs.
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i'll never do that. >> the ad was a little grim and that does not work. the most traditional is direct and scary. michelle nunn and businessman david purdue who is trying to get voters focused on immigration. >> michelle nunn's own plan as she funded organizations linked to terrorists. she's for amnesty while terrorism experts say our border break crown could provide an entry for groups like isis. >> she's for terrorists. as you know for a negative ad to work it has to be believable and a lot of folks think that ad is over the top. a. the latest attack. candidate stewart mills was caught on camera for being vain. >> it costs a lot to get this look. lucky for stewart mills iii he inherited millions and a job with a six-figure salary. but that's not enough for mills.
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he's running for congress to give millionaires like himself another big tax break. >> wealthy guys with long hair, i can see that would an problem. >> it's not fair to judge a man by the length of his hair. just a thought. david schuster, have a great weekend. it is friday. let's go to other news making headline around america. >> reporter: tragic murder-suicide in a small town in florida. a man shot his daughter and all six of her children at their home yesterday. he shot and killed himself when police arrived at the scene. officials say they're offering grief counseling for children at the school. >> they were happy-go-lucky. there was a kindergarten student, second grade and third grade and fifth grade.
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it's devastating. >> the oldest child killed was 11. the youngest just three months old. the county sheriff said that they weren't investigating. thwashington state in california has been hit with their first case of the d 658 virus. health officials say four children have the virus. it causes severe respiratory problems in children. three people have been convicted in connection with a salmonella that killed nine people. they were found guilty for knowingly shipping salmonell salmonella-laced peanut butter. the company's quality assurance
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manager was found guilty of obstruction. iin california a fire covers 120 square miles. >> michael: we have more on this later in the program. right now the flames are threatening at least two thousand homes in california. the drought has the entire state on alert for wildfires. los angeles county has firefighters that help. techno shows you how they do it. >> the call for the brushfire so we've got the sky trains and the troopers who are close behind. they're going to be dropping in the water. >> a pair of super scooper
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tankers arrived two weeks later to help los angeles county to combat wildfires. the aerial firefighting fleet is known for springing into action and it's ability to pick up water on the fly. >> both of these aircraft leave here with about 1,000 gallons on board. they're able to go straight to the fire without looking for a water supply. >> they can hold up to 1600 gallons of water and reach a fire in a matter of minutes. we went inside one of these fire fight be birds. >> if we got a call right now how long could we be up in the air? >> five to seven minutes from the call. >> another aircraft, the erik air crane.
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>> our tank is full of water, and it forces the product into the tank 45 seconds later we have a full tank and we're gone. >> reporter: with 75 miles of los angeles county coast line the fleet often uses ocean water to fight fighters replacing diminishing fresh water sources because of drought. california is contending with 12 wildfires. >> the way this is affected, the fuel, there is no break in fire season. that brings on some challenges for us. >> this year's fire season shapes up to be the most destructive in california. they have the most advanced technology on hand to fight the upcoming onslaught. on this week's "techknow" i'm reporting on what scientists are doing to monitor the fires and predict how they'll spread. i'm phil torres, al jazeera, van nuys, california. >> you can sigh more of "techknow's" special on
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wildfire. that's 7:30 eastern time and 4:30 pacific right here on al jazeera america. fivmonths after school girls were abducted in nigeria, we find out what is being done. and what goes on in teen's brains. we find out some surprising answers. @
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>> no noise, no clutter, >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. just real reporting. the new al jazeera the new al jazeera america mobile app, america mobile app, available for your apple and available for your apple and android mobile device. android mobile device. download it now download it now >> the chief of the "world health organization" said that the ebola outbreak is the biggest peacetime challenge the u.n. has ever faced. it is launching an unprecedented emergency response michigan michigan--mission. local villagers reportedly killed medical teams in order to
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stop the spread of the virus. it has been more than five months since more than 200 girls were taken from a school in north eastern nigeria. the islamist group boko haram claims that they have taken the girls. while some were able to escape, the rest have been held. and so far there has been no attempt to rescue them. >> over 200 school girls were kidnapped in northeastern nigeria the nigerian government and president goodluck jonathan have promised repeatedly that the girls would be returned safely to their families. but as the months have passed those promises have begun to ring hallow. the girls themselves are believed to be in an isolated part of nigeria near the border with cameroon.
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the government said it knows where the girls are being held, but it does not dare to mount a comman commando raid or any type of militant operation for fear the girls would be killed, the girls they're holding hostage. the campaign bring back our girls had worldwide followers, but that has not done a great deal in effecting a return of the girls to their families. nigerians were u upset when banner appeared in some cities with the play on words saying #bring back jonathan in 2015. that's a reference to the nigerian president goodluck jonathan who appears to be poised to run for president in the next year. the people of nigeria are waiting and hoping that the girls are returned eventually
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home. they're hoping that the government take decisive action against the boko haram, who has declared itself a caliphat perks. >> one of the girls who were able to escape is here in washington to speak about her ordeal. she talks about the night the boko haram fighters burst into her dormitory. >> they come in, and they have guns. we think maybe it's the security to come and guide us, but we don't know that it's boko haram. then they asked us to gather ourselves together and not to shout. if we shout or runaway they will kill us. >> coming up on al jazeera america. nfl commissioner roger goodell said he's sorry for how he has
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handled the ray rice case, but some people want more than apology. >> who made money on the indianapolis? indianapolis--ipo. we'll have all that and more on real money.
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>> i'm ali velshi, >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become the news has become this thing where you talk to this thing where you talk to experts about people, experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about to talk to people, about their stories. their stories. we are not meant to be your we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment.
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first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first we are ment to be your first choice for the news. choice for the news. >> neuroscience is tell us our assumption about scenes and their decision-making skills may be wrong. jacob ward joins us in san francisco. what do we know about the teenage brain and can we put that on television. >> what we do know is that the reckless, thoughtless behavior that we associate with their age is really connected to the developmental stage of their brain. but it turns out that when teenagers get into serious even criminal trouble the science may very well be the least of it.
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>> for felix lucero adolescence changed everything. >> i did pretty well if school up until about maybe eighth grade. it didn't take long. maybe within six, seven months. so at 16 i was convicted of second-degree murder. i was sentenced to 5 18 years to life in prison. >> reporter: teenagers are different from adulted i adults in many ways. perhaps the biggest difference is their brains. the way their brain grows. first comes the emotional centers. you've got a kid with very powerful feelings but no system yet to rein them in. >> reporter: essentially from bottom up, back to front. >> i feel like i remember as a
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teenager the highs being very high and the lows being these crashing lows. >> yes, i bet that's right. i think that's consistent with our sense of the reward circuit try. maturing, developing more quickly without breaks. >> reporter: adrian and jerry former juvenile offend necessary california are just emerging from that period in their lives. >> when you made a bad decision in your lives, how did you make it? >> i feel hurt, i don't think straight and do the first thing to react. >> reporter: designs can can can explaican--science can only explain so much. cognitive development, impulse control, those have no play when you're in the wrong car at the wrong time. >> reporter: when we see teenagers locked up in the
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justice system it often happens in groups. >> it's not that they had a choice and made the wrong one. >> right. >> they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: that's one of the things that really distinguishes being under 18 for being over 18. when you're under cycle you're much less able to control the environment you're living in. you can't control the street you live on. you can't control what school you go to. you don't control who your parents are. >> reporter: when i was younger it was hard to focus on one thing because i had a lot going on in my surroundings that people were dying around the corner where i live. little kids getting shot. >> reporter: in spite of their vulnerabilities to peer pressure, circumstance and their immature brains teenagers are some of the safest people to be around. between 1980 and 2012 juvenile crime of all sorts dropped. in that same time period the number of crimes committed by adults skyrocketed. here's the thing to consider. the courts convicted felix
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lucer lucero for being in the car. >> we were having a good time, i was with my girl. the next thing i know i see my boys robbing somebody from across the street. when you get caught up around them type of people, what else do you expect an officer to say. >> reporter: perhaps it's not the brain of the teenager that gets them in trouble. it's when and where they live and the assumptions we make about them. >> these are some of the stories that i got to do for al jazeera. teenage crime is at an all-time low. while i thought the science was going to some how explain why it's so hard to be a teenager these days, the science really only tells part of the story. >> jake ward for us in san francisco. thank you. you can catch much more on the teenager experience in our new series "edge of 18" this sunday
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at 9:00. roger goodell spoke today. >> reporter: the consensus we have seen is that goodell's comments were rehearsed and inseen sear and players were not impressed. darius butler said this, this press conference is pointless. and this dude is up here telling lies. it's unbelievable. sydney rice booed this man. he said i know people who got it wrong and don't have a job any more. you get zero yards on an incomplete pass. and goodell should acknowledge how badly he missed rice situation. fix it by relinquishing the role as sole arbiter in personal
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conduct issues. >> i think you have one more. >> chris kluwe, roger good favorite corporate sponsor--dodge. >> he seems to want to get buy-in from the players' union as well moving forward, but that's the question, where does this go from here. ines. thank you. have a good weekend. we'll see you next monday. ali velshi is next on "real money with ali velshi." . >> it is biggest ipo to hit wall street. but the average investor did not get a chance to make money of offalitoff alibaba, and