>> the u.s. increasing airstrikes on isil days before president obama goes to the u.n. seeking more help to destroy the group. >> new security plans for the white house, the secret service may want check points in public areas after u.s. veteran with a knife scaled the fence and made it to the front door. >> pennsylvania state police closing in on a suspect on the run for 10 days.

they found a weapon hidden in the woods. how soon until they find the man who ambushed two state troopers. >> massive climate change marches around the world. a half million people turned out ahead of a u.n. summit. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm michael leeds. >> airstrikes are headed up on the islamic state group. >> the president heads to the u.n. this week where he'll chair a security council meeting to gain support for his plan to degrade and destroy isil. mike viqueira is live in washington. good morning. what is president obama's primary objective at the u.n. this week? >> good morning to you. stephanie. in a phrase, coalition building, seeking to expand the existing coalition, some 40 to 50

countries and instituting travel bans against people who go to join the forces of isil. there have been other things on the agenda, maintaining unit against putin in the ukraine and what to do about ebola. >> after vowing an air campaign to destroy islamic state of iraq and the levant, president obama looks to disrupt the ability to grow its army with help from the united nations. >> president obama will convene a very unusual head of state summit on the issue of foreign terrorist fighters to try to stop the financing to terrorists in iraq and syria. >> a record number of heads of state will be at the u.n.'s general assembly this week, when president obama presides over the 15 member security council, he'll ask for a resolution punishing anyone to leave their

home country to join isil. there are 15,000 foreign fighters in iraq and syria from 80 countries. >> every country can contribute something to the effort and there's universal support, i think, for destroying and degrading this group. >> on the military front. france and the u.s. have launched airstrikes. when the ambassador to the u.n. asked if there were any partners to strike in syria. >> i will make you a prediction is that we will not do the airstrikes alone. >> power remind tight lipped on who the countries are. >> we're going to leave it to other nations to announce for themselves to announce their specific efforts with the coalition will be. >> ground fighting will be left to syrian rebels. >> the risk is that the united states begins getting involved in what maybe a very long term commitment to a messy civil war

inside syria. >> an unlikely alliance in a common enemy might be forming between the u.s. and iran. secretary of state john kerry met with his rareian counterpart in new york for talks on iran's nuclear program and the isil threat. >> they are the main threat in that part of the world. i cannot understand why we want to get iran involved. >> as far as president obama's plans on that last point, to neat with the president of iran, the white house will say there are no plans for a meeting at this time. when those leaders get together, 140 of them this week in new york, you never know who's going to be pulled aside on the margins or sidelines to have a brief and informal talk. >> you mentioned that the president is set to propose travel bans on recruited terrorists this week. tell us why that my not three with u.s. allies.

>> the problem is as old as the united nations itself. it would require each state, each nation to go back within its own legislature and change its own laws, and there are going to be cries of interference and meddling, but from the united nations including right here, that would meet with resistance. >> world leaders will address the ebola crisis at the u.n. general assembly this week. can we expect any major progress there? >> the u.n. general assembly opening typically stephanie does gather leaders. you have four days of speeches. president obama is going to queen a meeting on the ebola cries. the united states has taken unilateral steps, sending 3,000 military personnel to the region, many our different states and nations have taken steps, as well. we don't expect concrete action. liberia one of the most hardest hit countries had a trip

scheduled to new york to be part of this conference, the united nations general assembly open. he had to cancel that in order to stay home and deal with the crisis. >> thank you. >> there's an exodus taking place from turkey to syria. more than 130,000 kurdish syrians crossed into turkey, trying to escape the advance of isil. the u.s. said this could be one of the greatest flows of refugees since the syrian civil war began. nick schiffron is following this story from jerusalem. this is an unprecedented in flux of people in a very short amount of time. what's driving them to move in such large numbers at this point? >> as the u.s. moves into iraq. it has blunt the movement of isil, but in syria, isil is able to move free, it attempts to

ethnically cleanse the area. isil took over 60 villages in just 48 hours late last week, spark be the exodus. you have seen more than 130,000 syrian kurds leave their villages, literally leave everything behind. the reporters on that border are talking to people, describing leaving their homes in just a matter of minutes, being so terrified, sees murders, beheadings in these villages and they are get to go turkey, the closest border as they can as wickly as they can. >> how willing is turkey to accept these reef gees? we've seen clashes sometime ago. >> there have been clashes and turkey is very worried that some kurds will come in not because they're refugees, but because they want to fight inside turkey against the government.

turkey has nearly a million refugees, more than 100,000 coming in, it doesn't have the capacity to deal with all these people or camps of where to put them. many refugees are pretty much taking any building they can find, 2000 are living in a boarding school, but turkey is letting them in simply because the international community puts so much pressure on it to let them in. >> there's been reports that turkey officials are trying to stop kurds from going back into syria, turkish kurds from going back into syria. what can you tell us about those reports? >> basically, we have syrian kurds fleeing for their lives from isil. what is happening is some kurdish forces are staying behind inside syria to fight and they are being reinforced by their turk irallies.

in the town, local officials say those fighters reinforced by the fighters from turkey have been able to blunt isil's momentum, but isil has taken over 60 villages in the last few days. there is very little stopping them from over running wherever they want. >> coming up, we'll speak he with former u.s. ambassador about the isil fight and how president obama could turn to iran for help. >> an iraq war veteran accused of scaling the white house fence is due in court today. authorities say 42-year-old omar gonzalez ran all the way to the front door before he was stopped. his family said he suffers from ptsd and needs help, not prosecution. the secret service is tightening security outside the white house, speaking of screening visitors, including screening bags before they enter the area

near the mansion. an internal view is looking into why dogs weren't released. >> army officers are reported missing in cape cad massachusetts. they were doing an international training exercise and last seen at a shopping mall before they vanished. the national guard said they are not a threat to public safety. >> after months of dispute, having a has a new president. under a u.s. brokered deal, the former finance minister will take the top post. abdoing la abdoing la will choose the prime minister. jennifer glasse is live in kabul. secretary of state john kerry has praised the deal as an opportunity for stability in afghanistan. what more can you tell us about the deal and what's the reaction there? >> not only secretary kerry, we've even seen the international community trades

for this deal. it is a national unitedy government deal. in the last few minutes or so, we learned the inauguration will take place monday on the 29t 29th of september. afghans welcome any prospect of stability, but are mixed on what this all means. some of them -- many are relieve that had unless the political cries is over, many also believe, you know, if the political deal was going to determine how things were going to move forward that these men could have made this deal and spared afghanistan the type of paralysis it's seen, while the political in-fighting went on. >> the big question is with these new leaders, what does it mean for the stalled security agreement to keep the u.s. force there is? >> we understand that one of the very first things that he will do, right after he's inaugurated as president is sign that bilateral security agreement. there's really been no question

to the agreement would be sign, both candidates said they would, but a president needs to be in place to sign that agreement. that is expected to be signed immediately, paving the way for the american troops that president obama said he wanted to stay here in afghanistan with post 2014 when their mission ends, that agreement paves the way for them and for a nato agreement to allow a few thousand nato troops to remain post 2014. the afghan security forces need international support. they need train, they need equipment. they certainly need the money and that, those agreements will pave the way for that. >> jennifer glass live in kabul for us, thank you. >> thousands of university students took to the streets this morning in hong kong. it's the beginning of a week of protest over election restrictions. many students are boycotting classes. china won't allow open nominations to fill leadership roles in hong kong. a new survey finds that the

majority of those in hong kong are against the government choosing nominees for the election. a quarter of those swayed are considering leaving hong kong because of it. >> protestors across the globe hoping to impact climate change. 2500 marches taking place from new york to london and berlin this weekend. >> these marches were designed to get a lot of attention by taking place in the largest cities of the world prior to this adjustment meeting. do the organizers feel they've meet their goal. >> that's what happened with climate change, it happens so slowly. did it snow more last winter? is it hotter this summer than it was last summer. they say the turnout topped 100 million people from around the world from religious leaders to actors, all hope to go catch the ear of world leaders before,

they warn, it could be too late. >> it's been called the people's climate marsh, activists holding demonstrates around the world this sunday ahead of the u.n. assembly in new york. in new york, the biggest protest, more than 400,000 people demanding action on climate change. >> i think that we need to put caps on carbon emissions. we need to not track, we need to be less dependent on no one renewable oil and other resources. >> calling for signs in a cleaner planet in london. in france, calling for a clean future with more renewable energy. >> in germany, 10,000 protested global warming. in rio, the christ the redeemer statue was awash in green

lights. al gore walked with the united nations secretary general, ban ki-moon. >> there is no time to lose. if we do not take action now, we will have to pay much more. >> more than 120 world leaders will meet at the summit. speakers will include president obama and the actor leonardo decaprio, the u.n.'s messenger for peace. >> nothing's going to happen this week in new york at the numb. the biggest action is on the streets, the climate change movement coming of age, demonstrating that it is a profound concern for people. >> people willing to push for change. >> we're at a unique point in history when we can tackle this problem and get ahead of it, rather than wait another 15 years and let it overtake us.

>> the secretary of state john kerry weighing in, saying the world needs to take notice right now, because it could stretch far into the future. >> see how long the momentum lasts within the marches, as well. >> a very diverse crowd yesterday. >> absolutely. >> a rookee nypd officer was killed when a policeman heading to the climate change rally crashed. nine officers were in the vehicle, most not wearing seatbelts. they were slated to provide security for the marsh. 25-year-old mike williams was ejected from the van. the other injuries were injured but survived. >> closing in on a survivorrist who attacked pennsylvania state troopers nearly two weeks ago. >> the search seems to be intense filing. >> eric frein is accused that

willing one trooper and wounding another in pennsylvania. search teams found the assault rifle and two am mission clips hidden under brush near the scene of the ambush. investigators are not sure if it's the same weapon used in the attack or whether he intentionally stashed it there, possibly planning to use it at a later date. meanwhile, the mountains region is packed with heavily armed police and agents dressed in camouflage, stopping cars at check points. putting neighborhoods on lockdown and canceling school for thousands of kids again. >> up until now, his advantage has been that this is busy back yard and he knows this rugged terrain. our tactical operations people now also know his back yard, the area he once felt safe in. we are pushing him hard.

he is no longer safe and i am confident that he will be apprehended. >> trooper alex douglas is in critical condition with a gunshot wound approximate the pelvis. a trooper was laid to rest. he is considered armed and dangerous, the public should remain vigilant. >> the mayor and city council in ferguson, missouri are kicking off town meetings trying to smooth misperceptions since the shooting death of michael brown. brown's parents called for the justice department to take over all aspects of the investigation. his mother vowing to keep speaking up for her son. >> he was an average teenager, he didn't deserve that. he meant something to me. >> that's right. >> amen. [ applause ] >> i won't stop fighting for my son, ever, until i get what is deserve'd, and that's justice.

>> thursday, brown's parents will travel to washington, d.c. and take part in a rally for their son. >> residents in ferguson are taking on police by equipping themselves with body cameras. the police department started using the devices last month and the ferguson's police chief said he's ok with residents recording what his force is doing. >> just the idea of private citizens if filming the police doing their jobs, i don't see anything wrong with that that. it happens all the time. >> the group we cop watch wants people to better understand their civil rights and hold officers accountable for inappropriate behavior. >> one week after hurricane edeal battered mexico, the body of a michigan woman was found. she lived on a yacht off the coast. her partner paul white house is still missing. he was on the ship when the hurricane hit. three otherwise died as a result of storm. >> third small homes and

buildings have been destroyed by a raging wildfire. light rain and cooler temperatures gave firefighters a boost on sunday, battling flames in the rugged terrain 60 miles east of sacramento. >> we have a storm system that's moved itself in. it's two fold. it helps us in the aspect that it lowers the fire intensity antactivity, but on the other hand makes our visibility and some other things more difficult. >> firefighters from as far away as alaska and florida be pitching in to help contain the flames. so far, flames have dumped more fire retardant on these flames than any other in california history. >> this is the king fire. this one's getting a lot of attention because of its proximity to reno and houses threatened, but up and down the west coast, we have 14 large uncontained fires now. not all of those got the

beneficial rain. you can see how widespread that smoke plume is. when you take in all the different fires, really, from central california northward through washington state, having respiratory problems and things of that nature because of all the smoke. we're looking at california, very dry now. the rain that was mentioned, there was a little bit in this area with the low pressure area and more that will come in northward, but we are not talking about a lot of relief. we still have the heat, fresno, 94 today, that dries out the vegetation into the area. the other problem that we'll have, even seattle slightly above average, this will get the moisture. ahead of that next system, it will pick up the wind. before the moisture, winds could be a problem with some of these storms. >> that's the worst thing you want to see for a fire, additional winds. thank you. >> taking on hefty issues during the united nations general assembly this week.

>> working on a nuclear agreement with iran. we have a look at tehran's role during these meetings. >> a fraternity in wisconsin suspended, members stand accused of systematically going after women at parties. >> hundreds of thousands of people flee to go higher ground in china, after the typhoon that slammed taiwan heads for the eastern part of that country. >> $25 billion, it's the big number of the day. >> why alibaba stock sale was one for the record books. >> only on al jazeera america.

>> today's big number is $25 billion. that's the money raised in the alibaba stock i.p.o. >> it is the largest initial public offering in history. stock in the chinese he commerce giant started trading friday. it soared, raising $21.8 billion, as it climbed 38% from its initial price. >> investors sold an additional 48 million shares. it starts trading this morning at $94 a share. >> some of the world's biggest

challenges are on the agenda of the u.n. general assembly when week. heads of state will tack the isil, ukraine, ebola. military assistance will be south to defeat isil. the u.s. has been bombing iraq but stayed away from bombing syria. thomas pickering holds the title of career ambassador having served for russia, and israel at the u.n. we are pleased to be joined by him this morning. thanks for your time. president obama will be speaking at the u.n. general assembly this week. what should be his priority when he gives that speech? >> thanks, stephanie. i think that one of his key priorities will be to see if he can continue to consolidate the kind of strength he needs, particularly from the arabic

speaking world and the effort to degrade isil so it's no longer an important factor. he will chair a security council meeting wednesday afternoon, the focus of dealing with one aspect of the strategy, how to deal with foreign fighters who are going in to support isil and coming back to parts of the world where they have what are clear, clean passports, if i could phrase it that way, to be sleepers or otherwise later to disrupt or attack or use their capacities to be part of isil's campaign, swinging it from iraq around to the world. the president will speak tomorrow, usually we speak second. he will have the climate change summit. he'll be there for that. that's an important issue. there were public marchs over

the weekend. >> right. >> ukraine is high on the agenda and bringing people together to deal with ukraine. >> yeah, there are so many -- i hate to interrupt, but i do want to stay focused on isil and these foreign fighters that he's trying to stem the flow of. do you think any resolution would be effective in a foreign standpoint being able to fight isil. >> i think it will. it will be a resolution which will be mandatory, that is it will under their commitment to the u.n. be required of every state to implement. it will require regular reports to the united nations. it will obviously facilitate coordination. i believe it can get through the security council. i heard last night that some of the people who might be reluctant are in fact going to join on this one, because they know the danger of the particular issue involved. it will involve making a crime,

the movement of people to support that particular organization, and organizations like it, so it will extend the scope of legal action against terrorists. i think it's a good step. it will not be a perfect step, not all 194 members of the u.n. will necessarily be equally enthusiastic about doing it and ma maybe not -- >> you're also -- >> go ahead, stephanie. >> you're an expert on iran. it is going to have nuclear talks but does it need to reexamine that label, given iran's influence when it comes to battling isil in iraq and syria? >> we need to keep upper most in mind u.s. interests. number one is to complete to comprehensive nuclear agreement, building the biggest fire wall we can between eight ruin and

any effort to make a nuclear weapon. number two, closely additionallied with it is to ensure we and iran are both committed against isil, are not taking steps which are not coherent, concurrent and complimentary. we have made it very clear, we are not going to set some kind of cooperation pact with iran in place, certainly in my view, with it would be inappropriate to do that before we see whether in fact the nuclear agreement can be reached. what is important is we are both working with the iraqi government. indeed, iran helped us to move out prime minister maliki and mr. abaddi as the new prime minister. he is committed to dealing with his sunni majority -- >> i wish we had more time. we'll to have leave it there for now. we'll have you back when you are

able. former u.s. ambassador to the united nation, thank you, sir. >> time to get a check of the forecast, meteorologist nicole mitchell is back with us. >> a major cold front moved through the country over the weekend. temperatures in the east coast dropping easily 10 degrees as we go through the next couple days. one of our concerns is those temperatures could be cool enough, you might see isolated areas with frost. fall officially starts tonight. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> an emotional plea from a missile university of virginia student. >> if you saw hanna, somebody did, please, please, please, if you have anything, however insignificant you think it may be, call the police. >> who police are now looking for and why they want to find a man seen with hanna graham before she vanished. >> did the baltimore ravens lie

when they found out ray rice hit his fiancee. we weigh in on the league's latest troubles. >> surviving a shark attack. one florida surfer gets away after a bite. why he's not afraid to get back in the water. >> a faster way to get to space, the elevator one company wants to build. it's one story caught in our global net.

>> the border crossing between syria and turkey, a mass exodus, more than 130,000 syrian refugees are fleeing violence at the hands of isil. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ray rice is appealing his nfl suspension. this morning, there are details of what the league and his team may have known about the assault on his fiancee. >> gas facing a new crisis, more than a month after fighting with israel stopped, there isn't enough housing and rebuilding could take months.

>> the death of joan rivers raising questions about v.i.p. treatment and if it's putting people at risk. we're not just talking about celebrities. >> let's look at our top stairs. demonstrations around the world hoping to impact climate change. the event is days before a u.n. meeting on the issue. 400,000 people, including politicians and celebrities took to the streets of new york city. >> president obama heads to the u.n. this week to pitch his isil plan as 140,000 syrian kurds are forced into turkey in just a matter of days. the u.n. said this is the biggest flow of refugees since the syrian civil war began. >> an accused white house intruder is due in court, 42-year-old omar gonzalez jumped the fence and ran to the front door. he is an iraq war veteran. his family says he suffers from ptsd. mike viqueira is back with us from washington.

in addition to gonzalez, another man was arrested for in truthing on white house grounds, driving up to the gates saturday, refuse to go leave. that's two security breaches in just a matter of days. what is the secret service respond? >> this is a remarkable situation. the incident, the second incident you described where an individual drove up to the perimeter gate, those aren't all that unusual. we get scares of tourists leaving their bags along the fence every day. this situation with gonzalez has raised alarms, getting all the way inside the north portico should not have happened. the first family were on their way to camp david. the steps up to the residence where the obama's live, just inside that door where he penetrated. in the short term, we have the director of the secret service

promising an internal investigation and letting it be known they are considering other steps that they have not wanted to take over the course of the last several years to expand the perimeter around the white house. that's going to be problematic for a number of reasons. pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house used to be open to car traffic. it wasn't that long ago until after the oklahoma city bomb, they shut that down. now they're considering taking further steps for security around the white house. >> is there any way to really lock it down, all the areas around the white house? >> two problems here. number one is perception. there was talk about putting barbed wire around the fence. people don't want to see that, sending the prong message to americans anded world. you can walk into lafayette park and see tourists from around the word snapping pictures. it's an amazing an interesting scene. the other problem is jurisdiction. this gets into the classic

washington bureaucracy. you will until the fence is the secret service's responsibility, the sidewalk the park service and their police force. in an abandoned pennsylvania avenue to traffic, it is the metro police's responsibility. across the street into lafayette park, you're back to the park service and their police service, so a lot of coordination has to go in and not all sides are going to agree to the best steps. >> mike, thank you. >> after a violent weekend, an overnight agreement between rebels and government forces in yemen. under the deal, there will be a new government. the minority shia rebel group will nominate a prime minister in the coming days. this comes hours after yemen's prime minister quit. >> indirect peace talks are set to resume between israel and the palestinian this week, coming more than a month after the conflict ended. >> the fighting left more than 2100 palestinians and 72

israelis dead. it destroyed thousands of believes, leading to a serious shortage of housing. >> this used to be their home. they stayed in a u.n. school during the war, but they had a leave when the school was being prepared for students to return. >> i was so shocked when we returned here. we are worried about winter. i spent years building my apartment for my family, it was destroyed in seconds. >> he doesn't have the money to rent an apartment. there is no electricity or running water here. he prefers to stay where his house once stood. >> across the road, core gated iron cabins being constructed with money donated from two foreign aid organizations. each has a tiny kitchen, a bathroom and two rooms. 100 have been built so far, nowhere near enough for the tens

of thousands of people left homeless in this neighborhood alone. families who apply are assessed on a case by case basis. >> i'm not optimistic about getting a car van. if i do get one, it means i probably won't get a house for a long time. >> it's been a month since the ceasefire began and there is no sign of rebuilding going on across gas. the people feel completely neglected by their government and the international community. there's very little hope that their lives will change anytime soon. >> getting building materials into gas has been delayed for weeks because israel said hamas may use them to rebuild tunnels. the u.n. said an agreement with israel and the palestinian government has been reached over monetary how building terse will be used. that deal is not only dependent on israel, but unity among the factions of the palestinian government. >> there will be no

reconstruction if the national consensus government is not in gaza. if there is no reconstruction, there will be no stability. >> the war has left 100,000 people in gaza with nowhere to live. >> everybody, i think, is concerned with peace in gaza and to achieve this peace here is to reconstruct the demolished houses. >> he has no idea when he will have a home for his family again. he and tens of thousands of palestinians like him have little choice but to seek shelter wherever they can. >> the negotiations in cairo set to begin tomorrow will focus on reopening borders to get building materials and humanitarian aid into gaza. they'll talk about restoring the airport and sea port to operations. >> sierra leone lifted a lockdown as the couple deals with the ebola virus. 6 million residents were order to stay indoors this weekend

while volunteers scoured the villages for the sick and dead. dozens of people were identified with infections. 100 bodies were recovered. >> police in virginia are looking for a man possibly connected to missing college student hanna graham. jesse matthew is wanted for speeding away after questioned in the case. police believe he bought graham drinks the night she disappeared. her parents are pleading for information. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. i'm certain with everybody in this room and those watching, knows that what happened to hanna could happen to their child. >> police have received 900 tips in the case. >> a fraternity in wisconsin has been suspended, accused of systematically drugging girls at parties. members at the university of

suspected of lacing drinks. >> the ravens will respond to new allegations in the ray rice scandal. espn claims the team knew rice hit his fiancee and worked to cover it up. it alleges rice on the advice of team executives told nfl commissioner roger goodell that he had struck his wife. goodell insisted he never knew what happened inside that elevator until he saw a surveillance tape earlier this month. we've got he said, he said, they said, they said. the facts are always in the middle somewhere, robert. how damns is this report from espn? >> it certainly casts the ravens in a bad light, that they tried to do damage control on behalf of rice, but that's not really the worst of it. the worst is their damage

control undermines commissioner goodell in his claim that he didn't have access to this video or knowledge of what happened or that rice was evasive with him or less than truthful. i think it really hurts goodell most. it doesn't cast baltimore in a great light who did strike his wife. it takes away goodell's correct have his claims. >> from the start, there's been calls of a conspiracy with goodell and now the ravens. this report alleges maybe favoritism displayed by goodell towards the owner of the ravens. if this is true, how can roger goodell withstand the scandal and stay in his position? >> it makes it harder. the only scenario that takes goodell out of his job is that he was caught in a lie. i did adds to the perception that there's cover up and insider relationships, they were both at the augusta national

country club, but didn't see each other. >> we spoke the day roger goodell held his press conference in new york city. the report came out of the after that. anytime the nfl tries to get ahold of this, something else happens to them. >> that's actually really a shocking thing. the nfl is very much in control of its own cycles and news. you had to know there would be a look at the club and what it knew and when. that is not necessarily helpful. it looks bad to have the club support rice, but isn't a terrible thing if they said this is a plier we know and want to do the best for him. they don't seem to have liability in that area, other than the perception. it's goodell who keeps painting himself book into a corner. >> you still believe he will

stay in his position? >> it may be a change of perception or attitude for the league. >> in russia, residents afar 25 story high rise all made it to safety before the building went up in flames. the fire grew quickly, sending black smoke into the area a likely caused burning plastic on the balconies. >> a surfer walked away from a shark attack. several people reported seeing sharks sunday morning. >> i looked down and next thing i know, i'm getting pulled bay shark, and it was dive dragging me around. i got free from him, paddled in and came over here to the

hospital. >> he said this won't keep him from getting back in the water. this is the eighth shark bite of the year. >> let's look at some of the other stories caught in our global net. in london, the government has taken down posters, they told women which side to walk on during a parade. >> this was put on by an orthodox jewish group. this was only for those jews that were marching in the parade. some people look the signs the wrong way. >> don't get stuck on this elevator. this could be the fastest way to get to space. a japanese company is looking at running an elevate 60,000 miles into the sky. it's thanks to carbon nano tech cooling, which can build to go that distance. it will be 20 years before the

technology makes the step. >> it should be cleaner to get to space. if it's that tall, doesn't it prevent other issues. >> i feel like there's all sorts of questions. >> a little scary. in new york city, a librarian challenged kids to read a lot of books this summer. they did and she wound up in this tub. it's not the first time she's come up with unique ways to get kids to read. >> kids need a little silly. >> absolutely. 6,000 books, i believe they read. >> a u.v. veteran suffering from ptsd gets too close for comfort at the white house. >> we'll look at post traumatic stress and whether enough is being down give the military the help they need he. >> we're in orbit with mars,

guys. >> traveling to mars. what it's going to do now that it has rendezvoused with the red planet. >> super thin threats as powerful as a diamond. how researchers made it in the lab and its potential uses. that's all ahead. on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america

>> it's time for one of today's discoveries, scientists may have found new way to harness the power of diamonds. researchers created diamond nano threads in the lab. >> they are said to be stronger and stiffer than today's strong effort polymers, made from a long strand of carbon atoms with a structure like diamonds.

>> lighter, more fuel efficient cars to tables are applicantses. >> omar gonzalez is the iraq war veteran authorities say scaled the white house fence, outran secret service agents and got to the front door of the white house. his family says he has post traumatic stress disorder and needs help. >> we are joined by the founder of the wish project. mr. o'brien, thank you for being with us. having lived with ptsd yourself, when you see his behavior, what goes through your mind? >> i wonder how many times has he out to help and how many times has that help not worked for him. >> what challenges have you faced living with ptsd, was it difficult to seek help and identify? >> the hardest part is not seeking the help. a lot of times, these veterans

come home and seek help and it fails the first or second time, which makes them lose hope. a lot of times when you seek help, it's pretty embarrassing just to get help the first time and when it doesn't work makes you lose hope in getting help. >> when you suffered from ptsd and perhaps continue to suffer, did you do something that you look back on and think what was i thinking? >> there's times, i mean when i would race on the highway and put other people's lives added risk. times where i'd get upset with relationships that i had. there are many things i wonder what was i thinking. >> do you feel when you came back from wart there were enough treatment options available to you? >> >> i do feel there's enough treatment options. the hardest part is figuring out which one to do. there's many different ways, forced therapy, music, counseling, you have to figure

out which works for you. >> why have you decided to share your story? >> the main reason is because i wanted other veterans to understand they are not alone, and it's such a quiet thing to do, so no one really talks about it. i wanted to say hey, you're not the only one suffering with it, it's ok to suffer. >> andrew o'brien, an iraq veteran and founder of the wish project. thanks for your time this morning. >> american spacecraft is orbiting mars. it slipped into orbit around the planet after a 442 million-mile journey. that trip took more than 10 months. late sunday, the craft fired thruster to say slow down, allowing it to sink up with the rotation of mars. >> all i can say at this point is we're in orbit with mars, guys, and we've taken 11 years to get here, and now we get to do the science that we've been planning for all this time.

>> jake ward has more on the mission that's going where no man has gone before. >> during its mission here, it's going to be doing a very delicate and dangerous dance around mars. it's only 77 miles above the planet. if you were standing on the surface, you would be able to see it with our own eyes. being that low, when it's at its furthest point during the year long mission, it's going to take beautiful ultra violent images of the whole big ball. if the mission goes well, we'll know exactly what happened to the upper atmosphere of mars, what time and sun have done to it, how gas escaped off the planet and learn what happened to the water scientists believe once covered a huge portion of the planet's surface. it's going to give us somence of not only what it would take to live on mars, but what the

university and sun might do to our own planet when we are all ghosts here, billions of years from now. >> crews celebrated as it made orbit. in 1999, a mix up between metrics and inches caused a burn up of the rover when it got too close to mars. >> what i'm showing is a little unearthly, buffeting by the tropical storm that made kind of a grazing blow to taiwan, but not just the wind and the waves, but some water just really turned up and bubble's. not looking too pleasant there. i want to emphasize, that is from a tropical storm, that never made it to a typhoon category, still grazing by china. the other tropical storm we've been watching in the eastern pacific, a few clouds for cover.

that is diminishing. our next rain system into the northwest, where we actually need it with the fires is a little bit better news. >> nicole, thank you. >> a mountain lion causes chaos, setting off a three hour chase near salt lake city. that eventually led to her capture. officials shot it with a tranquilizer dart. the animal will be released further away from people in the wild. >> a birthday surprise for a world war ii veteran. jerry rigs got a flight back in time as he turned 91 this weekend, a ride aboard a b29 bomber, the same plane he flew over europe. his son, john, said he could barely keep is a secret the week before. >> this is the only flying b29 in the world. i thought it would just be a great present for him.

>> it was great. >> the b29 was in oklahoma city for ceremonies, marking the formation of the world war ii bomber groups. >> one woman in las vegas is turning the tables on taggers. every night she patrols the neighborhood, shining a light on those spraying graffiti. she wants to teach respect. >> i see kids that don't have anything else better to do, or they're coming home to an empty house, no food, nobody, so they step out the door and find their friends and they start doing this. >> she hopes others see her story and she wants her neighbor to say join in the fight. sometimes it is about citizens just deciding to take ownership of their own community and that's what she's doing. >> they can be more areas than the police can't in those communities. >> back to court in the battle to whether to turn off the taps to some detroit residents. bisi onile-ere has more with the

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with before she vanished offer the face of the earth. >> a person of interest for are a missing university of virginia student. police want to find him. >> new questions in the death of joan rivers. was she treated differently because she was a celebrity and did that cause a mistake in her medical care. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> u.s. airstrikes against isil are intensifying in iraq this morning. the pentagon carried out five since friday, hitting around vehicles, check points and guard posts. >> this as president obama puts together his pitch before the u.n. security council this week, share ago meeting trying to build an international coalition to destroy isil. we are following the latest from washington. what is the president going to propose wednesday? >> of the 31,000, the estimated

number of isis fighters in iraq and syria, half of them, 15,000 are foreign born. the president wants to institute a travel ban back to these countries from the conflict region back to these countries. the corn certain is they could go back and foment in their own countries. >> top law enforcement officials testified sometimes in the case of americans, they let them back into the countries and watch them closely to get a better

idea of some of the terrorist networks operating here. >> the u.s. is going ahead with continuing targeting isil in iraq. when might we see similar strikes on isil in syria? >> that is a big question, and a question that a lot of people are asking for members of congress to outside military experts, many of whom are raising doubts about the president's viability when it comes to jair and relying on the so-called free syrian army, to be trained in saudi arabia, a process that's going to take a year to get the first installment in to carry a proxy fight against isil inside its syrian stronghold. two thirds are in that area right now. the coalition that is forming, a little short on details. a lot of people were asking who is going to contribute what. the white house is withholding that information, still developing those plans, there are political sensitivities, particularly when it comes to nations in the sunni ledflations

to carry that fight. the united ambassador to the united nations described the coalition this way and the bombing runs that might take place in syria. >> i will make you a prediction, george, wimp is that we will not do the airstrikes alone. we are going to leave it to other nations to announce their specific commitments to the coalition. >> the united states has repeatedly said they will carry out airstrikes in syria. they are already going on in iraq, intentionally being very vying. >> i'd like to you stick around for a minute, because white house security has a major topic this morning. an iraq war veteran is due back in court today, the secret service said he jumped the white house fence and made it to the front door with a knife. >> the secret service is under fire for the security brief. we have more. a lot of eyeballs on the secret service now. >> there really are, because

42-year-old omar gonzalez will face charges for entering a restrict building carrying a deadly weapon, the white house. he spent 13 years in the army, including time in iraq. his family said he suffers ptsd. he jumped over the fence he on to the white house lawn friday night and managed to run all the way to the unlocked front door before he was finally tackled by the secret service inside the building. the veteran was carrying with him a three and a half inch folding knife. the president and his daughters, as you can see, had just left on marine one for camp david. mr. obama said he has full confidence in the secret service. otherwise are not so sure. >> anyone witness especially in the days of isis and we're concerned with terrorist attacks, someone could actually get into the white house without being stopped is inexcusable. >> as a result of the breach, the secret service is now considering screening tourists

before they enter the public areas in front of the white house. this would include checking bags for explosives and establishing check points along pennsylvania avenue from the white house. of course, this is the point. secret service, it's a fortress, the white house. make no mistake, it is, but they don't want to make it look like that, because they want tourists that come and enjoy it. they want to have folks have those experiences, but incidents like this which happen regularly are causing them to rethink. >> let's bring back mike viqueira. you cover the white house. what's been your experience with security? >> if it's a fortress, it was thought to be impregnable. this individual was able to actually go inside the white

house to the north port co. the stairwell goes to where the president and his family lives. it's quite a shocking development, really. other questions outlined that are raised, there are attack docks, we see them regularly patrolling the north lawn. we see emergency personnel sort of hanging out in the bushing behind trees on many occasions. why didn't they respond quickly. they did not bring the man down from gunfire. he wasn't armed or carrying a backpack. he was carrying a short knife in his pocket, more to the point, why weren't the dogs deployed. they are trained to act as missiles, unleashed to take down an individual in just such a surgery. a lot of questions being asked. why was that door open? why was the uniform secret service person who's there at

all times not able to stop that individual before he came through that door? >> thank you both. >> an unprecedented flow of reef gees in just a matter of days, 130,000 syrian kurds crossed into turkey since thursday. >> it's in an attempt to save themselves from isil. the group has been advancing, killing dozens of kurds. we report. >> for many months, kurdish fighters have been resisting isil in the far north aleppo province. they've been outgunned. they say isil has acquired more powerful weapons, including tanks. like many others, he and his family have arrived in turkey. he doesn't plan to stay long. >> i've brought my family here to put them in a secure place. i want to go back to fight against isil and liberate the territory they have captured. they are our lands.

>> most do want to stay, but face an uncertain future. >> my husband is ill and my children small. they are thirsty and hungry. we fled brutality. this is no way to live. where can we go? it's been three days we've been waiting. >> people with friends and relatives in turkey will stay with them. those who don't have family here, they are stuck in the middle of nowhere. >> thousands more refugees who were wait fog cross into turkey have now done so, after the border was reopened monday. more than 100,000 have arrived in turkey in the last three days. >> our primary effort is to connect these people to their extended family members where they want to live, most of them. if we can't locate anyone they know, we transfer them to the refugee camps. >> the u.n. said the exodus into

turkey is one of the biggest since syria's war began three years ago and the turkish government is struggling to cope. >> before this latest in flux, there are more than a million syrian refugees in turkey. >> turkey is clamping down, closing border crossings. >> the dispute over afghanistan's presidency comes to an end. under a u.s. brokered deal, former fibs minister will lead the company. abdullah abdullah will decide who gets a role similar to prime minister. john kerry said the deal promised to unite the country. what was his role in hammering out the deal and what does this deal mean for afghanistan as a whole? >> secretary kerry has been very engaged in this deal. he's made 30 phone calls to the candidates during the election dispute pros and he's been here

in kabul twice, mediating disputes between the two men, getting them to finally agree to a unity government. that weeks and weeks ago now, that government deal only signs here yesterday in kabul. for afghanistan, many afghans are relieved, they hope that the end of this political crisis will mean at the end of uncertainty, the economy has been really in the doldrums and really total stagnation here. they hope that it will help the delicate security situation. actually, we did have a taliban statement today, the taliban saying because of as he can at her kerry's involvement and the u.n. ambassador's involvement here. they call the new government a sham government, saying they don't recognize it and will continue their fight against the new afghan government, so one bit of bad news as afghanistan emerges from this political crisis. >> the biggest question has to

do with the stalled bilateral security agreement. what effect would this new government have on that issue going forward? >> we understand that one of the first things the new president will do after his inauguration on monday is sign that bilateral security agreement. that paves the way for the nearly 10,000 u.s. troops that president obama would like to remain here in afghanistan after the end of this year, would allow them to remain. it paves the way for a nato agreement, allowing force to say remain to support those afghan security forces, 350,000 of them, fight ago very, very hard fight against taliban fighters around the country right now. >> this agreement a long time coming. jennifer glasse, thank you. >> in pakistan, tens of thousands gather to support the leader. it was the first time the

movement mobilized outside the countries capital, islamabad. >> an overnight agreement in yemen for a new government. the minority shia rebel group will nominate a prime minister. the u.n. brokered deal comes hours after yemen's prime minister quit. >> secretary of state john kerry met with iran's prime minister sunday, talking for more than an hour about iran's nuclear program and the rice of isil. more talks are expected on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly meetings. >> state police in virginia named a person of interest in the case of a missing college student. >> the student's parents plea for help. the search for this young woman is going into its second full week. >> absolutely. as you can imagine, that's far too long for the parents of the student. she disappeared 10 days ago and no one seems to know what happened. police seem to know someone that

does, but instead of naming him a suspect are calling him a person of interest in hopes he will lead them to hanna. >> for the first time since she went missing more than a week ago, her parents are speaking out. >> we need to find out what happened to man in a and make sure that it doesn't happen to anybody else. >> while they are still holding out hope, hanna's mother is visibly distraught, clutching one of her daughter's childhood toys. police ever not tracked down the college sophomore last seen on surveillance video in the early morning hours of saturday, september 13. now, they have a person of interest. 32-year-old jesse matthew. police believe he's the man in the white shirt seen walking with graham minutes before she disappeared. >> i believe jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth. >> matthew did show up at the police station over the weekend, but demanded a lawyer and never

spoke with investigators. he got into his car and drove away so quickly, the police issued an arrest warrant for reckless driving. they searched his apartment and car, waiting for forensic results. >> i hope and pray we might have an opportunity to talk with jesse matthew again, because i think he can help us find her. it's just that simple. >> what has not been simple is the search. for days, hundreds of volunteers scoured the area for clues. >> thanks for being here. let's find hanna. >> police need more, urging anyone who saw anything related to this case to call authorities. hanna's parents joined the push for help a w. an emotional plea of their own. >> did you see hanna? did anybody see hanna? who saw hanna? somebody did. >> police believe she first with jesse matthew at a restaurant late that night. a witness said when he saw them believe together, matthew had

his hand around her waist. that was the last time anyone saw her. >> police may be closing in on the survivalist they say ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers more than a week ago. they found an although rifle and two ammunition clips in the forest near the scene of the shooting. the region is crawling with heavily armed police and f.b.i. agents dressed in camouflage. 31-year-old eric frein has been on the run, accused of willing one trooper and wounding another in an attack at their barracks. >> up until now, his advantage has been that this is his back yard and he knows the terrain. our tactical operations people now also know his back yard, the area he once felt safe in. we are pushing him hard. he is no longer safe and i am confident that he will be away presented. >> trooper alex dog lass is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the pelvis.

police believe eric frein is armed and dangerous. >> demonstrations calling for action on climate change. more than 400,000 people took part in the new york city marsh alone. >> organizers hope they can make a statement to word leaders before it's too late. >> this is more than a marsh for climate action. organizers say it is a movement, and it's led by those on the front lines of climate change. >> coastal communities who are losing their neighborhoods to rising sea levels to groups who traveled from the southwest of the united states. >> the delegation we brought, we're being impacted by fossil fuel development. we have tracking going on, a history of you are rain yum mining and coal

country. >> former u.s. vice president and climate activist al gore attended along with ban ki-moon. there is a climate summit in new york tuesday. there are efforts underway to reach a binding international agreement by next year. >> nothing's going to happen this week in new york at the u.n. the big action is out on the streets. this is actually the climate change movement coming of age, demonstrating that it is a profound concern. this is the biggest political gathering about anything in the united states in many years. that's the message we need to get across. >> environmental activists have been down this road before. what's different is the broad coalition supporting them. they hope to create a

groundswell of public sport. >> thousands of people reflecting labor ooze evolving position on how climate conditions will impact the job and the economy. >> it's the only choice we have. if we don't combat climate change, you will mali our economy will be devastated. >> activists call for an agreement that will keep the rise in temperature two under two-degree he celsius by switching to 100% clean energy by 2015. they say we any of the act now or pay the price later. >> the people united will never be defeated! >> secretary of state john kerry weighed in sunday, saying the world needs to take notice now, because the implications of the climate crisis could stretch far into the future. >> more than 1700 patients and employees at a texas hospital have been exposed to t.b. an employee who worked in the

nursery in el paso tested positive. now the hospital is working with the health democratic to determine if in factuals and others were exposed. >> more than 30 homes and small buildings have been destroyed by a raging northern california wildfire. mother nature is finally helping in the fight with light rain and cooler temperatures. >> stormy weather across parts of the country are bringing tooler temperatures as fall officially arrives. >> officially tonight is when fall hails in, tomorrow our first full day. in the meantime, we had strong storms move through michigan over the course of the weekend, a lot of it was into saturday, some lingering into sunday morning. this is an ef1 with winds to 90 miles an hour, causing roof damage, no complete home destruction, but now that front has sunk well to the south, the rest of sunday was pretty quiet as this made its way through to

the east coast. behind all of this, still the lingering boundary through the south could be the firing spot for showers and storms. the wet weather is a potential slight risk for flooding. the cool air brought temperatures, chicago, new york, maybe not even getting out of the 60's through today. with more cold air overnight, could be some of the crispest air -- crispest air -- can't even say it. >> we know what you mean, though. >> by tomorrow morning. >> a war over water in detroit hitting to court today. bisi onile-ere has more on the battle to prevent the city from turning off the taps of residents who can't pay their bill. >> a packed bus crashes on the highway, the road conditions that may have played a part in that terrible accident. >> a volcano lighting up the nice sky in iceland, thanks to a

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>> time for a look at videos from our citizen journalists around the world. a group is claiming responsibility for a cairo bomb that killed two police officers, taking place in a busy part of downtown cairo near the foreign ministery. the group claims it is part of an attack against security forces. >> a storm turning up big waist in new zealand. winds are whipping 70 miles per hour. >> mother nature putting on quite a show in iceland, a helicopter filming a crack in the earth's crust which allowed a fountain of lava to squirt out. some reached 400 feet in some cases. >> the fight to keep the water on in detroit heads back to the courtroom today. >> the new york police department is mourning a rookie officer killed when his police van crashed. it happened sunday. the 25-year-old and eight others were heading to the climate change rally.

reports say most were not wearing seatbelts. the other officers were injured but survived. >> a second person has died after a tour bus overturned in delaware. all 50 people onboard, including the driver were hurt in the crash. the crash is under investigation. the road where it happened is known for being steep. >> in new jersey, the death of a student is under investigation. police say a 19-year-old student died early sunday after attending a small gathering at an off campus fraternity house. her death may have been alcohol related. >> a federal judge is set to hear from both sides in detroit's on going water fight. >> many residents at risk of having their water shut off will be testifying, along with public health officials. bisi onile-ere has been following the careless for months. she's outside the courtroom this morning. good morning to you. remind us again why these residents had their water services shut off.

>> good morning, michael. thousands of residents in the city have had their water shut off because they stopped paying their bill. this morning, bankruptcy judge steven rhodes is expected to hear from residents about the city's process. activists are asking the judge to intervene and stop the city from shutting service to these russ dents. a few weeks ago, the city after public outcry, the city actually stopped shutting water and implemented a payment program that was designed to help people pay their water bills. the city has since resumed shutting off water to customers who aren't paying their bills. this clearly has angered a lot of people. many activists will be out here today. they strongly feel that access to water is a human right. >> is there any indication how long it will take the judge to make a decision on this case?

>> it's going to be very interesting, because this water issue has been brought up in bankruptcy court a number of times throughout the summer. i'm told that right now, it's really unclear on whether the bankruptcy judge even has the authority to intervene. it's going to be interesting to hear and see how things turn out today. from sources, i hear it's likely the judge will spend this day hearing from those who aren't happy with the city now. >> seems to be a lot of complicated issues within this water issue in detroit. >> remnants of hurricane odile are making a last stand. nicole mitchell has more. >> that moved into the southwest and migrated eastward over the weekend, so not dealing with that too much anymore. we also had watched another tropical storm get close to

cabo. it's the lowest level of tropical system. you can see a little bit of moisture funneling into the southwest. wean though it's not specifically odile, there may be hit or miss moisture for the next day or two. the next system into the west coast is for the northwest, more moisture coming in, really more into tuesday and wednesday. that is really needed rain, because we have fires all the way up to oregon and washington, as well. >> they can't wait for that rain. ok, thank you. >> president obama set to take his plan to fight isil to the world stage at the u.s. summit. former ambassador richard murphy is here with whether the president will gain allies to take the fight into syria. >> look at that! oh, my god! >> bystanders turning into hero, racing to the rescue after an s.u.v. overturns in a river. >> doctors to the stars, making less than stall larr medical decisions when it comes to their

celebrity clients. one doctor said joan rivers and others may have met their fate because of what he calls v.i.p. syndrome. >> hundreds of thousands taking part in this weekend's climate march in new york city. >> the crowds flooded the streets, demanding action on global warming. the marsh of the largest protest in history and the largest social demonstration of the past decade. >> whoa...code red.... >> dreaming big... >> i gotta make it happen... and i'm gonna make it happen... >> choices made.... >> i'm gonna lose anything left that i have of the mexican culture... >> fighting for their future... >> it is imperative that i get into college... it's my last chance to get out of here... >> the incredible journey continues... on the edge of eighteen

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tens of thousands looking for a fresh start after fleeing syria. the challenges they face starting new lives. >> residents in iraq are taking a unique approach to combat isil, ustion music. >> first a look at this morning's top stories. after months of dispute, afghanistan has a new president. under a u.s. broker's deal, former finance minister will take the top post. " opponent will choose who gets the job essentially of the country's prime minister. >> demonstrations around the world, hundreds of thousands rallying over climate change before a u.n. meeting on the issue. 400,000 took to the streets of new york city alone. >> more airstrikes against isil as syrian kurds cross the border into turkey. the u.n. said this is the biggest flow of refugees since the syrian civil war began.

we are in washington, d.c. there was a large protest against u.s. airstrikes over the weekend. the followers were a shia cleric. how concerned should the u.s. be? >> the first concern is this is an individual, this cleric with a long history of antagonizing the united states, going back to the invasion of iraq under the bush administration of 2003. fomenting unrest among his see he he i can't faction. the administration, they're new policy of expanded air strikes rest on cohesion and unity within iraq to put aside sectarian divisions that allowed isil to move in. the united states is trying to get the government to reach out to sunni factions and bring them back into the fold. this is something that perhaps

alarm's shia leaders. you've seen them come into the streets, not to mention it was many of these militia's called upon to take up arms and fight back isil as they advanced towards baghdad, so a complex situation here for voting for policy to try to push back these isil forces. >> 40 nations have signed on to help with the fight against isil, iran not one of them. is there any sense that that nation might get involved in this fight? >> the united states has not ruled out coordinating and cooperating with iran. that raises alarms in the united states. many feel as iran is a mortal enemy of the united states and cannot be trusted. others feel that as the united states leads the so-called p5 plus one talks on iran's nuclear program, that that could potentially interfere with those

negotiations, as wel so a great deal of concern as the u.s. tries to build that coalition, 40, now 50 strong, although the details are forthcoming about who's doing what. >> it will be interesting to see talks between iran and the u.n. this week. >> the former u.s. ambassador to syria joins us. other countries have been willing to launch airstrikes in syria. >> we're going to leave it to other nation to say announce their specific coalition assistance. >> if the u.s. cannot get other nations for airstrikes in syria, should the u.s. go it alone? >> you know what, we've got to get going. it's far broader than airstrikes. in fact, i don't know since i'm not part of the administration what the targeting would be of

this fast-moving, on the ground operation called isis. the mood right now is one of no question, exhilaration among the isis fighters because the greatest nation of the word is rallying the rest of the world against us, that must mean our message is getting through, we're here to purify the world -- >> they're feeling empowered by u.s. policy. >> oh, sure, right now, no question of that. >> how do we change that and roll them back in syria without airstrikes? >> well, it's a long road and i think when president obama is chairing the session at the security council this wednesday, it's part of building the momentum to criminalize the crossing of borders to join terrorist groups. there's a lot of work to be done with friends and allies in

turkey, saudi arabia to coordinate control so that the world will have a focus on a range of issues, including intelligence exchange, to constrain, degrade and eventually make this go away. >> there are a couple of elephants in the room that i see. first of all, bashar al assad. should the u.s. be working with him in some way to find a political solution in syria? >> i don't see how that can be done at least at this point in time. we're trying to encourage the sunni's of syria, the sunni's in iraq to pull back from the support that they are giving to the extremist group called isis. these are enemies of bashar al assad. the rebel groups are enemies of bashar al assad. we have to work with the rebels and i don't see the need to work

with bashar al assad. i don't see how we accomplish unitedding the sunnis to pull him away. >> there has been a chorus of criticism over the weekend, including from robert gates, obama's former defense secretary about obama saying he will not put u.s. combat troops in syria. do you believe the president has trapped himself by saying that? >> well, i think he in ruling out combat troops does not rule out the presence on the ground of american special forces add advising, training, right on the spot, so getting a more effective rebel force organized and at work is going to be a big job in itself. now will they need outside military side by side with them,

fighting that's not so sure. it's an incredibly difficult question and the president, yes, with respect to the votes that brought him back to office does not want to get america trapped in another middle east war. >> ambassador, always great to have you on the program, thank you. >> as we've been reporting, turkey is clamping down on its border with syria today as isil fighters drive tens of thousands to flee. more than 30,000 refugees crossed the border in the last few days. some refugees winding up very far from home, even being relocated to australia. >> this man never went to the gym when he lived in syria. in his new home in australia, working out is how he spends a big part of his day. >> i'm in australia on my own. i'm lonely.

the only place i can come and release my north korea is the gym. >> before the arab spring, he ran a shop, when bashar al assad's crack down began, he joined the resistance. he helped get video evidence out to syria of what the regime was doing. in 2011, that got him arrested. he was held and he said tortured for 20 days before he bribed guards to release him. within 48 hours, he left for lebanon. he applied for refugee status. that led this may to a new life in australia. he is grateful, but also lonely, waiting for an english course to begin, hope that go when he's better able to communicate, he'll find employment. right now, his days are pretty empty. >> i'm a refugee. i am grateful for the reception and generous assistance i've had here. >> he knows hundreds of thousands of fellow syrians

remain stuck in lebanon. with much fanfare, australia committed to take 4,000 more refugees from syria and iraq over the next year. refusing visas to those who arrive illegally by boat has freed up spaces for more deserving people who apply through the ancr. some say australia is still not doing enough. >> we set aside spaces for syrian refugees. compared to other countries, what we're doing appeals in comparison. >> he hopes members of his family will be able to join him as settled refugees. >> australia has been criticized for the way it treats asylum seekers who come by boat. coming through the back door can be more generous than those coming through official channels. >> the government says refugees

who want to come to australia will to have pass rigorous security checks. >> flames engulfed a 25 story high rise in southern siberia. witnesses say the fire started on one of the lower floors. it quickly spread along the vinyl siding on the outside of the believe. the to your which contains 120 apartments are evacuate'd and there are no reports of casualties. two of the five countries impacted by ebola have managed to stop the spread of the deceased. the worth health organization said outbreaks in senegal and nigeria seem to be contained. our countries have many active cases. it's so bad in liberia, one official warns the government could collapse. >> human rights abuses committed by rebels in the central african republic have been well documented. another group is getting close scrutiny. >> there are concerns about crimes carried out by

peacekeepers. >> reading out the names of missing people, on the list are two of his brothers, their wives and children. they were all staying at the home of one of his brothers, this man self declared rebel general maurice, and a leader of a christian armed group. when they first disappeared, he thought this is brother might be in prison. >> if he was in prison, i would have been able to take him coffee, cigarettes and food, but from the fourth of marsh until today, i've not heard his voice or seen him and that definitely means he's dead. >> in marsh, an african peace keeper was killed here. soldiers turned up at the rebel general's house. >> this is the last place the general and his family were seen

alive. witnesses say peacekeepers from congo based here took them away. the youngest person in the group was less than a year old. >> the african union replaced the contingent with these men. they are also from congo, but now under a u.n. mandate. their force commander won't comment on the incident and six months on, there's been no conclusive investigation. the u.n. says its new mission will be different. >> the united nations has a zero tolerance policy for any violation of any sort. that includes sexual behavior, but i think human rights in its globalty is something that we have to uphold. >> u.n. peacekeepers can only be

prosecuted in their own countries. >> if this mission continues to act with the impunity we saw, that will delegitimize the mission and negate all the work they're trying to do. they're here to protect civilians, not abuse them. >> this is where robert wants to bury his family. he says that their bodies will never be found, so he'll continue president obama mourn in private, until he has answers and justice. aljazeera, central african republic. >> according to the u.n., more than 5100 people have died in sectarian violence since december. >> an act of bravery when good samaritans jump into a river. >> go, just jump! >> oh, my god, look at that! >> three teen boys were inside the s.u.v., speeding on a highway in salt lake city. the young driver lost control, veered off the cliff into the

river below, landing upside down. more than a dozen by standers rushed to the rescue, quickly jumping into action. >> i don't think that i had any other thought than to jump in and try to save the people. >> the rescuers flipped the car to save the young driver. firefighters pried him free. he is in serious condition. >> the death of joan rivers raising new questions for celebrities getting medical care. >> v.i.p. status may not be the best prescription for the stars. >> how iraqis are turning to music to fight isil. >> a dire warning for mankind on planet earth. we are not on course for a safe world. >> the leader offering that grim outlook.

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>> who said we are not on course for a safe world? >> our big quote is from u.s. special envoy for climate change mary robinson, urging urgent action ahead of the u.n. summit. >> how some iraqis are using music as a weapon against isil. >> first, more about the surgery that led to the death of comedian joan rivers, including the doctor's name in the procedure room. >> some wonder if rivers was the victim in part of her own special status, getting celebrity teams that might have throwed a mistake. >> remembering joan rivers, the fashion police team say goodbye to a beloved host. >> nothing made me smile more than when she would crock herself up before she got to the punch line of a joke. >> as fans, family and friends continued to mourn the loss, joan rivers death is making ripples. the doctor who performed an

unauthorized biopsy has been id'd, doctors to the stores and rivers own personal physician. she accompanied her to find out why rivers' voice was hoarse. she was there as an observer while another doctor performed a medical procedure that required rivers to be sedated something she said she had to be careful will. >> i have an arrhythmic heart. when you undergo surgeries, your heart can go out of kilter. i'm always careful. >> the doctor wasn't cleared to work at the facility, but went ahead with the biopsy anyway. >> this does not mean any malpractice has been committed. this is a rule of that particular business. this man is medical director is head that have business and he's

apparently broken his own rule. >> dr. cohen has since resigned. investigators believe the surgery caused rivers' throat to swell, cutting off oxygen, roll in cardiac arrest. she was rushed to the hospital where she died a week later. >> joining us now is a board certified plastic surgeon. good morning, thanks for joining us today. you wrote recently an article for forbes about v.i.p. syndrome. we all know v.i.p. is very important person, but what is syndrome? >> it's basically when health care practitioners alter the way they practice medicine when treating v.i.p.s. in my view, it's pour medicine. >> you would think that v.i.p.'s with the money and the means and influence would get better treatment. you're saying they could be getting worse treatment? >> correct. doctors either through solicited or unsolicited actions from the

v.i.p. are altering the way they practice medicine, changing their routine. in medicine, routine is good, just like when mechanics run check lists, that's routine. when you alter that, you could end up with moor care. >> prior to joan rivers, michael jackson in los angeles, his doctor filling him with drugs constantly. are we looking at comparisons between two cases? >> i don't know the details of the joan rivers case. a few details have come out but we don't know until the investigation is over. what seems to be clear is that the physicians and the ancillary staff changed the way they normally do their routine. >> this was not a hospital where this procedure was being done. in los angeles, celebrities go to clinics and off hospital places for procedures, whether it's very serious medical care or elective surgery.

how different are these facilities in terms of care? >> they're not hospital with the same support staff and equipment. when you have a certain patient getting a certain procedure done, almost all the time, almost invariably, it's done in a safe way and these are done thousands of times a day across the country without robs. there is no issue because it wasn't a hospital. >> what effect will her death have on the medical profession as a whole when they deal with people of celebrity and influence. >> one would thing we will take lessons here. treating slip's has been going on for a long time. i'd like to think that we'd learned some lessons, but hopefully with discussions like this and perhaps more written materials, we'll do better. >> you would think with that much money and influence, the care would be better, but in some cases, as you say, it's less than that. thank you for coming in this

morning. >> thank you. >> the isil advance is iraq has thrust the country back into the spotlight but over the weekend, some of the countries best musicians marked national peace day with a performance aimed at unifying a fractured nation. >> this might be the least likely weapon iraq has deployed against isil. this is the iraqi national symphony. they begin with the national anthem, and iraqi officials say these concerts are crucial in the battle against isil, who have sworn to destroy anything that doesn't conform to the group's ideology, including music. a lot of people have come to watch the concert. some say that's a reflection of a desire for more events like this, despite the fear many have of leaving their neighborhoods and traveling in the streets. the attendance for the conductor is less than the ability just to

play. >> for many years, our music has been marginalized by officialdom and religious edicts for bidding music. this is a message to our audience that we can transcend war and give a moment of peace and tranquility. >> the challenges are many. an electricity blackout interrupts rehearsal and heat becomes stifling. it is crucial for the development and image of their country. >> it's very difficult because of what the world is going through in so many countries. i hope that this concert goes to other people and to be an example that even though he we're living in iraq, we are still doing concerts and people are still attending, people still care about music,

especially classical. that's the point, i guess. >> more concerts will require a big effort. since the american invasion and occupation, the art scene has declined. this building is in disrepair. under sadaam hussein, concerts sues this were common and well-attended. >> putting this concert on is a hopeful moment, a moment that they will want to grow into a bigger, more regular series of concerts and perhaps get back that name that iraq was called for centuries, the cradle of civilization. >> as iraqis try to revive their rich musical traditions, isil is removing them from schools. just last week, it was removed from the curriculum in mosul. iraq parents are refusing to send their kids to school. >> time to get a check of the market with nicole mitchell. give us good news.

>> fall is one of my favorites seasons. if you're like me, the good news is it officially starts tonight. it's 10:30 eastern time, that means 730 by the time we get to the west coast. the day and night are pretty much even and we lose date getting closer to winter, autumn here, swing r. spring in the southern hemisphere. we are feeling fallish temperatures with the cold front dropping. overnight tonight, definitely 50's, well into the south. you are going to feel that. not a lot of moisture left with this frontal boundary. there are scattered showers in places like the southeast. on facebook, people will post what their favorite thing about fall is. >> mine is carmel apples. >> i'm missing summer right now. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, a key meeting on climate change, will sunday's demonstrations impact a search

for a solution? that's tomorrow morning at 7:00. >> thanks for watching aljazeera america.

>> these are some of the stories we're looking at detail in the next 60 minutes. confronting isil kurdish fighters stayed they prevented prevent an steak, but thousands of people are still strike to escape