>> u.s. airstrikes pound isil targets in syria with a coalition of arab nations. new details about how it happened and the imminent threat the u.s. said it had to takeout. >> a shootout in israel leave two dead, suspects in the kidnappings and murders of two israeli teens that sparked the latest conflict in gaza.

>> protestors try to block wall street ahead of today's united nations meeting on climate change. some say big business holds the key to fixing the environment. >> the church intensifies or the armed gunman accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers. we are live in the poke co mountains with the fear many people there are feeling. >> we have confirmed new details this morning on u.s. airstrikes inside syria. the u.s. and coalition of arab nations using fighter jets and armed drones targeting training camp, and headquarters. >> the u.s. military went after al-qaeda linked fighters near aleppo. >> there is as growing cries along the turkish border. 130,000 syrian kurds crossing that border. thousands more may follow. they're trying to escape islamic

state of iraq and the levant. we are live in washington this morning. as the u.s. takes the fight into syria, what are we hearing out of the upon the gone? >> >> defense department officials say the decision to launch strikes was made yesterday. this is expected to be the beginning of a very long and difficult campaign against isil. >> these new images appear to show part of an overnight air assault in syria by the u.s. and at least five arab partners, including saudi arabia and jordan. during his address to the nation early they are month, the president revealed what the mission would look like. air power, fighter jets, bombers

and tomahawk missiles joined by sunni majority countries are crucial. >> the isil threat actually will only be defeated from within the arab and muslim world. they have to reject it. >> don't expect a shock and awe type campaign says one decorated veteran involved in the 2003u.s. led invasion in iraq. instead, the strikes inside the city with isil's stronghold, hit 14 targets, weapons depot he is and training facilities in what maybe the beginning of prolonged american-led attacks on the group. >> the president and coalition allies realize that this is the first strike, but there are going to be many, many more nights, weeks, perhaps months of these type of strikes. >> while the u.s. did not seek

syrian penalty's bashar al assad permission to strike the country, the envoy was informed the strikes were coming. >> the strike comes at president obama prepares to preside over a session of the u.n. general assembly on wednesday. he will ask for passage of a resolution that would punish anyone leaving their home country to join isil. the president will push for international sanctions to clamp down on the sunni group's assets and money sources. del. >> another disturbing story coming up, isil not the only target of airstrikes. the u.s. going after al-qaeda in syria. what do we know about this attack? >> the al-qaeda group in syria is known as the group of al-qaeda veterans, there to set up training camps and the like. that's what the u.s. military went after. these strikes were launched only by u.s. military strikes taking out facilities and training

camps. they try to recruit westerners to launch attacks on airliners and also western targets. >> after weeks of diplomacy, a coalition of arab countries are participating. >> who is involved and what are they doing? >> there are five partner nations involved in the syria airstrikes and they are all arab countries. u.s. military officials say jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain and united arab emirates are playing an active role in the strikes against syria. those countries providing intelligence to war planes and other military hardware. qatar is also said to be involved in a more supportive role. the details of how all these countries is participating is something we expect to learn later today.

47 couple hawk cruise missiles were fired from the nearby red sea and persian gulf. we are seeing some of those in action in this video that came in overnight. up until now, the u.s. had not used this type of weapon. each tomahawk is 18 feet long, carrying a 1,000-pound warhead. they're used to hit stationery targets with precision. beyond the missiles were fighter jets, bombers and drones from the coalition, as well, all of the aircraft involved in the attacks returned to their bases safely. >> why is the makeup of these specific arab countries so important in this coalition? >> saudi arabia and jordan and the majority of the people in those two countries are sunni. this coalition shows the united was able to include those governments to join against the soon any militants of isil. >> overnight, isil releasing another video of british hostage

john kently. in the video, he warns of another vietnam if u.s. strikes on isil continue. the video was reds shortly after the pentagon confirmed the strikes in syria. >> isil's advance into northern syria forcing an unprecedented number of syrian kurds to leave their homes in just a matter of days. 130,000 crossing over into turkey. stephanie decker has our story from the border turkey shares with syria. >> we're on the turkey-syria border. there are people tuning in from that town, which really is only a couple of hundred meters away. we drove part it on our way here. it seemed quiet, but the stairs we're hearing is that there are random shellings around the town and sporadic gunfire. certainly the psychological wear fair that isil has been so effective in is certainly working here. hundreds crossing so far, and many come here and there was a

group of people sitting down here, just now saying why did we come? we don't know where to go from here, we should have stayed. that is really the humanitarian face of this, people streaming over, over 138,000 here just in the last couple of days. the u.s. is expecting more of them, but we are hearing when we talk about fighting on the other side of the border that the kurdish fighters have managed to push fighters back toward the east toward their stronghold. they also have taken back 10 villages. isil when it started this push in the last week or so, it managed to take around 60 villages around this area. the kurds staying defiant staying strong, but people will tell you they're very strong hard about the fact they know they will defeat isil but say they need weapons. they don't have enough heavy weaponry to compete with isil. >> president obama's speech at the u.n. on isil occurs tomorrow. today, he heads to the u.n. to

talk about another topic. >> he'll be talking about climate change. in less than an hour, the climate conference gets underway. >> it certainly does. it was a very exciting week here in new york. good morning, that summit kicks off at 8:00 a.m., about 50 minutes from now. leaders from around the globe are expected to speak, including british foreign minister david cameron and the presidents of france and south korea. president obama is slated to address the gathering just before 1:00 p.m. eastern time this afternoon, coming less than 24 hours after several massive protests over climate change here in new york city, where the u.n. -- >> a climate clash at the crossroads of capitalism. demonstrators gathering on wall street in new york city protesting what they believe to be the role of the financial word in climate change.

a city on nearby broadway, snarling traffic in manhattan's financial district, it didn't take long for the nypd to step in. more than 100 people were arrested. even the polar bear wound up in cuffs. it followed the largest rally in new york city history sunday when hundreds of thousands of people took total streets to advocate for a greener world. the white house, says president obama, stands with them. >> the president's pleased to see that there are citizens in this country who are willing to give voice to the concerns that they have about the causes of climate change. >> secretary of state john kerry spoke as a climate week event ahead of today's u.n. summit, walking the fight to preserve the planet and economic issue. >> it doesn't cost more to deal with climate change. it costs more to ignore it, and

to put our head in the sand and continue down this road of obfuscation and avoidance. >> secretary kerry proposed the mother of all financial markets, one based on clean, green energy. u.s. secretary ban ki-moon said it's a global issue. >> if we cannot swim together, we all will sink. we do not have planet b. >> now we have good news, bad news scenario. two notable absences, the presidents of china and india, two of the largest producers of greenhouse gases. they will be sending lower level diplomats in their place. it's ok, because one familiar face who will be there, the newly minted messenger of peace, the actor leonardo decaprio, so weave all been saved, think of

the titanic. >> i love when you're ironic. i don't know what pull has he with india and china. >> we saw all those images where you couldn't even see in china. >> we'll have live coverage of president obama's remarks at the u.n. climate conference today beginning around 12:50 eastern. >> palestinian leader demanding an international solution to end the conflict when he addresses the u.n. general friday, he says if the u.n. rejects his appeal, he will seek membership in the international criminal court, opening the door to war crimes charges against israel. >> a developing situation on israel's border with syria. the israeli air force says it shot down a syrian fighter jet overnight. nick schiffron is live in jerusalem for us. does this incident have any

connection with the u.s. airstrikes beginning in syria? >> yes, stephanie, dell, good morning. we don't know if this jet flew from israel to syria in response to those airstrikes. it flew into israel, 2500 feet, almost immediately released in the hours after the u.s. airstrikes ended. there does seem to be a timing connection to that, given that this hasn't happened in more than 25 years. the jet came in, like i said, 2500 feet, half a mile into israel, almost immediately a patriot missile fired at the jet, destroyed the jet. the pilot and co pilot were able to evacuate, got back to syria, but clearly a worrying moment for israel and the region on the northern israeli border with syria. >> i want to pivot to another major story in israel, the army killed two palestinians that were suspected of murdering those three israeli teenagers in

june. what led up to this? >> military officials say they have been hunting are two those two palestinians 16 june, since the death of the teenagers. last week, they located them in a house in the occupied west bank. they did surveillance. they decided to move in special forces, breaching the outer wall of that compound. the israeli military said those palestinians fired immediately on to the forces who fired back, one killed immediately, the other went back into the house. that's when israeli soldiers threw grenades where they thought that other person would be and still haven't gotten his body back to confirm that he is dead. something that israel has really wanted, some kind of revenge for the deaths of those three israeli teenagers back in june. they've been hunting for these

two palestinians for quite a while. >> nick, thank you. three afghan army officers are in u.s. custody, picked up at the canadian border after disappearing from a training exercise on cape cod. they presented themselves to officials at niagara falls. it's not clear why they left the base. >> we're learning about the man who jumped the fence at the white house. he was an iraq war veteran. he had 800 rounds of ammunition in his car, a machete and hatchets. he has been ordered held until october 1. >> a man is accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers and crews have spent days searching for eric frein. the hunt focuses on what state officials say are a handful of credible tips they've received from the public. >> i always believe there's progress. troopers are out there very actively, the f.b.i.'s out there

very actively. i feel confident that we should be able to on tha apprehend this individual. i'm very positive about that. >> a lot of neighborhoods are still on lockdown, but some schools have reopened for the week and later this hour, we'll talk to a school official on why she's asked students to return and what security measures are in place while the manhunt continues. >> firefighters in northern california are gaining ground, slowly on that massive fire burning near sacramento. the king fire is burning homes, fog like smoke has forced schools to cancel classes. it's hampering the attempts to fight the fire from the air. >> a storm for fire crews could bring relief. >> this is a situation where the rain brings good news. let's turn to the rainmaker. >> i don't know that i want that title all the time, heading out to the west coast, we talked about the king fire.

anywhere from central california through or gone, washington, there's 12 or over a doesn't different large fire conditions going on near the king homes. any of this region could use the rain. a big system is going to bring big rain over the next couple days. ahead of it, there's that flow. that's our concern. by the time we get into wednesday and thursday, some big areas of rain. i mentioned that flow. what that is doing as we get to the west coast, ahead of that, a tight pressure gradient funnels the winds. he especially if you're in areas, mountains where the winds funnel, winds would fan the flames anywhere that's having a fire because it still is dry. as the moisture comes in, this is wednesday and into thursday, widespread, three or four-inch, someplace more. if it's in a burn area, flash flooding is a risk. >> nicole, thank you very much.

>> straight ahead, much more on the u.s. led strikes against syria, including reaction from jordan, one of the arab nations involved in the coalition. >> we're going to be talking about the u.s. military strategy with a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. >> hundreds of newborn babies may have been exposed to tuberculosis. we'll hear from a doctor about how easily it spreads. >> an ordinary ride taking a very scary turn on a bus when a passenger attacks the driver. >> four million 800,000. that's our big number of the day.

>> today's big number is 10,800,000. that's how many syrians need humanitarian aid, including health care, food and clean water. >> the latest number showing 6.4 million people have been displaced from their homes inside the country. another 3 million have been forced to flee syria altogether.

>> new details on that overnight bombing of isil targets in syria, the pentagon saying fighter jets, bombers, drones and cruise missiles were fired. the u.s. was joined by several arab partners and went after several al-qaeda targets near aleppo. jordan is a partner in the attacks. what role did they play in these airstrikes? >> as soon as we heard about the airstrikes in northern syria, the jordan government wasn't shy at all to confirm that it is part of this global coalition against isil and that it's also played a military role. at the beginning, we thought that maybe the jordanian army allowed the u.s. army to use military bases in jordan, but were surprised to find out a government official confirmed that jordan sent its own air

force, fighter jets to the province, carrying out airstrikes there. according to the officials, these jets returned safely to their basis in jordan this morning. >> how is news of jordan's participation in these u.s.-led airstrikes playing on the ground where you are? >> people are divided here. there are knows who say this isn't our war, we shouldn'ting dragged into it. there are those who say this is our war and isil is a threat to jordan, and jordan could become an isil target, why wait for isil fighters to get so close to jordan's borders or even launch an attack on jordan, we should

go and attack isil and crack down on isil before it becomes an actual threat to jordan. there are many mixed feelings here, divisions among the jordanian people, saying that jordan should probably not be playing this controversial military role in the region, especially carrying out attacks on another arab country. >> on that note, what if anything have we heard from jordan's government concerning the airstrikes? >> it confirmed that it is part of this military operation and jordan will continue to strike isil targets in the region and even surprisingly carry out attacks on other so-called

terrorist groups. >> thank you very much. >> retired air force colonel sedric layton is a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. >> you decapitate the organization, in this case, isis and you make it really useless from a tactical perspective, that's the goal. the question is will we achieve that goal at this point. >> what needs to happen concurrently on the ground with syrian rebels there? would you expect those operations are also underway? >> she should be underway. the question is how much we can

coordinate with syrian rebels. if the coordination is going the way it should, there would be a lot of spotting of targets on the ground, active on the ground where the rebels would take advantage of the airstrikes and actually be able to exploit that and probably gain a victory over isis forces on the ground at this point. >> how would the u.s. have come up with this target list without the help of the assad government. >> well, there's a lot of -- there are a lot of ways in which you can gather intelligence. they would have had in essence non-cooperative intelligence targets in the jargon of the business, meaning they would be able to go after intelligence entity's without them knowing that we are looking and it is them, so use imagery, signals intelligence, other forms of intelligence to gather that data and then you find out what's real and what isn't real and then develop your target list base said on that. >> from a military standpoint and it's clear from a political

standpoint how it helps to have arab partners in the coalition, from a military standpoint, how does it help to have saudi arabia, jordan and u.a.e. involved? >> it helps because it in essence spreads the risk and spreads the wealth from a military standpoint. it allows us to use their resources and them to use our resources to achieve a goal that we've agreed upon, so the fact that there is a coalition like this from a military standpoint makes it a lot more likely that we will succeed and we will succeed basically on arab terms, which is an important ingredient in the middle east from a military standpoint as well as a political standpoint. >> the pentagon says that on its own with its own strikes, it targeted al-qaeda's affiliates. did the u.s. strike two birds with one stone in these strikes? >> yes.

most definitely. in fact, there are some reports that jordan may have also gone in and struck other targets that are similar. both countries were using this opportunity to do the two strikes with one stone in essence. it appears to have worked from a disruptive standpoint at least at this point. >> we'll have more in the next half hour. >> fascinating way to usher in the first day of fall, but that's what it is. let's check our forecast with nicole. good morning. >> let's start with where fall is not coming in the best way. this is a look at flooding, texas is where we have been

dealing with this overnight, kind of a band of moisture, new mexico through texas is one of our features that's starting to wind down. you can see this western edge of the state causing a couple of problems. the broad picture out here, we have the system into the northwest, mostly beneficial, a couple of problems, i'll talk about that later on. a little disturbance in the midwest. overall, the midwest, the northeast drive the next days and a little disturbed weather off the southeast, so more moisture there. i mentioned the rain in texas that is dying down. in the meantime, watch for some of those flooding areas this morning, and then we'll be drying out pretty significantly. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> throughout this morning, we're going to be talking about the extent of the damage done by airstrikes in syria. >> we'll have the latest on the intense military campaign against isil. >> trying to change the misconceptions in ferguson. town officials bring together

the citizens and the city. >> the owner of the baltimore ravens answering tough questions about the ray rice scandal.

>> you're looking at the border crossing between jair and turkey, a mass exodus taking place, more than 130,000 syrian refugees fleeing violence at the hands of isil. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead, a t.b. scare in texas, hundreds of newborns potentially exposed. what officials are doing to protect those children. >> school shut down in pennsylvania while police looked for an armed gunman accused of ambushing two state troopers. we'll speak with a school official who says it's now safe to bring her students back to class. >> detroit's water woes, a

hearing that could leave hundreds unable to use their taps. >> climbs change is on the agenda at the u.n., a summit underway there in a half hour, the president set to address the gathering this afternoon. he will talk about the steps to fight climate change. >> israeli has killed the two suspects involved in the deaths of those three israeli teens. it happened during a gunfight in the west bank. israeli forces have been searching for those suspects since june. >> the fight against isil taken into syria. new airstrikes focusing on isil fighters. storage facilities and a command center, and the u.s. hit an al-qaeda position near aleppo. randall, we're hearing more this morning from the pentagon about why it went after those al-qaeda-linked groups. >> well, dell, last night, we

know from cent com that they were going to go after a separate group of extremists, the al-qaeda linked made up of hardened al-qaeda veterans. we knew the u.s. was going after them specifically. this morning, the spokesman for the pentagon said that the reason they went after them is because there was active plotting and eminent threat against the u.s. homeland. the people who were part that have plot, according to the admiral were eliminated. the tares included command and control structures of the al-qaeda-linked group, also a munitions manufacturing facility. apparently, they have also been trying to recruit westerners to talk airliners and to talk attacks in western nations, especially the u.s.

>> can you tell us who was involved in those strikes inside syria? >> the u.s. was leading the way. there were also significantly, the participation of several arab countries, including jordan, the united arab republic among others, either participating with air assets for supporting the targets that were launched by the u.s. against isil rebels and outside aleppo as well as in their home base. all of this designed to take out, according to president obama, degrade and destroy isil over time. >> on the subject of the president, all this happening as he is set to arrive in new york for the general assembly. talk about the timing of this offensive. is it designed to send a message to the international community? >> well, it may appear that it was designed to send a message to the international community, but in point of fact, what we were told by defense officials yesterday is that the decision to launch the strike was made by

military commanders. the target packages had to be identified. there had been intelligence gathering done, and so the decision was made yesterday by those military commanders to launch the attack con grantly, whether it was deliberate or not, we can't say. the united had more than 50 governments and organizations onboard as part of the coalition as of last week, so there will be additional efforts to get more support at the u.n. >> randall, thank you very much. >> taking a look at our global net, there's quite a range of international reaction to the syria strikes. russia, today's headline reads eight civilians including three

kids killed in u.s. led strikes on syria. russia obviously not a neutral party, a supporter of the assad regime. >> tehran's headlines that the u.s. is using isil to benefit the arms industry, the coalition not including iran, and not egypt as of yet, secretary of state john kerry saying the door remains open for tehran to get involved and there are back door diplomatic talks. >> saudi arabia reporting is on the back foot, at last the west recognizes isil is not islamic. >> osama bin laden's son-in-law will be sentenced after being convicted of terrorism charges. he could facing life in prison for his role at al-qaeda spokesman following the 9/11 attacks. his lawyer wants no more than 15 years in prison. >> back here in the u.s., city leaders in ferguson, missouri opening up last night over the

shooting of michael brown. churches around town were packed for the first in a series of community meetings. residents were given an opportunity to do something they have not yet been able to. diane he is at her brook is in ferguson. you tried to attend last night's meeting, but the audience was tightly regulated. can you tell us why? >> good morning, stephanie. this meeting last night was billed as a public hearing for the residents of ferguson. if you showed up at the door and didn't have identification indicating that you lived in town, you were not allowed in. >> residents lined up outside this ferguson church last night, wait to go get inside to hear what officials had to see about the police shooting of unarmed teen michael brown. only residents were allowed in, others, even journalists were barred. here is what happened when i tried to get in. >> we were under the impression --

>> i was turned away. the city's goal was to dispel misconceptions about the police department and city council. some residents were happy with how the meeting went. >> it was about healing. it was about getting along, and people were actually asking their own personal questions about what was going to be done about the unrest and the per attention people have of ferguson. >> this was great. it was just our community. we need to heal and move forward. >> last night's meeting was the first of a half dozen that are going on between now and the end of october. they're being organized by the city of ferguson and the department of justice. >> last night's meeting, although you weren't able to go in seems like a far cry from

last week when the overall angry tone of protests there. does that mean the meeting is calming down. >> it's sort of hard to say. last night was one meeting. i think the meeting you are talking about was a city council open a couple of weeks ago to pretty much everybody. we are seeing fewer protests in the area now. it's hard to say if it's calmed down based on one meeting. there is a city council meeting tonight, so it will be interesting to see what happens there. >> diane he is at her brook live in ferguson missouri. >> there could 20,000 more case of ebola by november if efforts aren't stepped up to battle the disease. sierra leone is bracing for new cases this morning. a three day nicewide shut down ended there. the government is setting up tents as temporary clinics. today in liberia, ambulances are racing to fill the largest treatment center which just opened over the weekend. it's being run by the u.s.o. and

ugandan doctors. there is an experimental treatment to be used on most patients. the treatment works by preventing the virus from replicating. the drug was given to a doctor who contracted the virus and is improving. >> there is a major health scare for parents in texas. a health care worker may have exposed 700 infants to do burke closes. the worker tested positive in august and could have posed a risk or months. some parents wonder why so much time passed before they were told about it. >> it's been over a year and now being brought to the attention. >> that worker has been placed on administrative leave. more than 40 hospital employees may have been exposed to t.b., an airborne bacteria. we are joined by an infectious disease specialist, also the

former director of the t.b. control in new york city. how does it happen that we are talking about do burke closes in the 21st century. >> our world is more interconnected. while we don't have a lot of t.b. in this country, throughout the world, it remains a significant killer. over a million die from the disease every year. >> what are the symptoms of t.b. and how does it spread? >> t.b. in duties will cause cough, fever, night sweats, weight loss. in a baby, it's not so easy to diagnose. a baby might not be gaining weight appropriate or not feeding appropriately. in terms of how it spreads, it's airborne, so when you cough, sing, speak, you release droplets into the air and then the person sitting next to you can inhale those droplets with the t.b. and then that spreads in your body.

>> so if i am a parent of one of those 700 infants that were exposed to t.b. at that hospital in el paso. how concerned should i be at this point in time? >> if the child is growing appropriately and seems to be doing ok, the concern is less. there are different forms of t.b., so you have sort of a hibernating form of t.b., which is not causing disease. most likely that's what we're dealing with in these cases, since no one seems to have developed symptoms so far. >> infants, how -- what is the risk involving tuberculosis in infants? >> infants have an immature immune system, not fully developed, so they are not as well able to fight off infection as an adult would. if a baby is exposed, they are more likely to develop symptoms. >> if some of those 700 infants manage to test positive for tuberculosis, what happens next?

>> then they would start treatment. treatment is typically for six to nine months, depending on the particular form of t.b. then if -- that's with four different medications, four different antibiotics. if they've just been exposed, you are talking about taking one antibiotic to get rid of the hyper nateing form of tuberculosis. >> i thought children were vaccinated. >> not for t.b. routinely. there is a vaccination used in other parts of the world. we don't use it here, in part, because it's not really effective. >> coming up, we'll get an update live from texas about what is being done to protect the children there. >> police in virginia stepping up their search for a man connected with the missing university of virginia student. jeffery leroy matthew worked at the university hanna graham

attended. police have issued a warrant for his arrest. >> a louisiana judge has ruled the state's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. the judge ruled in favor of an out of state same-sex couple. earlier this month, a federal judge in new orleans ruled in favor of that state's same-sex marriage ban. >> a college in connecticut wants its fraternities to go co-ed. wesleyan's president ordered both men and women to be accepted. a petition was signed after a student said she was raped at a frat party. >> los angeles fire officials have now contained that massive blaze on a dock. over 100 firefighters have been fighting it, battling it land air and the water. that fire burned through 150 feet of docks. >> a los angeles city bus driver attacked bay passenger all caught on tape. the woman started kicking and screaming at the driver when she

tried to board the bus yesterday afternoon. you can see other riders rushing to help. one person tried to throw her off the bus. she lashed out at him, as well. the suspect was taken to the hospital with a broken arm. >> the owner of the baltimore ravens is disputing a report that says his team knew all about that video that showed ray rice against him. >> at the same time, he admitted on monday he really didn't want to know. john henry smith is here with more. >> good morning. he came out swinging, as calls cells for him to be held accountable. an espn report critical of the ravens is said to have come from a very biased set of sources. >> while the ravens owner denied his management team had any knowledge of the details of the ray rice incident earlier than they've let on, he also said

they could have and should have pressed hard tore get their hands on the now in famous video. >> there is no excuse for me to have not demanded that video, except i wasn't concerned or interested enough to demand it. >> he is in damage control mode after an espn report alleging that ravens management had the video of rice's punch to his fiancee's head within hours of the incident. he called the report's sources into question. >> it's ray's attorney, it's ray's agent and it's ray's friends, and they are building a case for reinstatement. the best way to build a case for reinstatement is to make everybody else look like they're lying. >> one story surfaced that he promised to hire rice to work for the team at some point in the future. >> that story was manufactured to try and tie my promise to take care of him down the road

as hush money. >> forbes magazine among others speculated that the nfl could force the team to be sold. >> that would be interesting. if they force me to sell, then i guess i'll sell. >> while he seems ready if he has to fall on his sword. he doesn't think any ravens employee should have to do likewise. >> my organization did theirer job. nobody is losing their job here. >> >> we'll be talking about the suspected cop killer on the run. the latest for the search for eric frein. >> how the hunt for one of america's most wanted is impacting schools and students in the area. >> a simple dietary supplement for expectant moms that may help

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>> president obama is expected to speak this morning on the latest military action against isil in syria. he'll be making the address from the white house at 10:20 eastern. aljazeera america will carry it live. >> we want to go live to former member of the joint chiefs of staff eric layton. it would be widely anticipated that the president will be talking about the fact that the u.s. was part of these airstrikes but also this was a coalition of arab nations, as well. how significant is that development? >> it's very, very significant,

because what it shows is our ability to work very well with some significant military powers in the middle east. when you look at the capabilities of saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain, qatar and the u.a.e., it becomes very clear that there is a significant element of support for the u.s. within the arab world and other nation that have not yet participated, but who indicated that they would participate, and probably doing something behind the scenes like for example, egypt. so there is a significant i think leverage that the president can gain from this. >> if you would, tell us about the fact that this arab coalition lessened the chance of blow back against the united states, because those opposed to the military strikes have now have to consider actions against the arab nations, as well. >> yes. the blow back that could be anticipated in an operation like this is particularly bad when it's a unilateral operation.

we saw some of that in 2003 after we invaded iraq. you know, things started moving in that direction where you had various groups within iraq all of a sudden claim a mantel of political legitimacy within their tribal grouping or other groupings. in this case, you don't have that, because you have all these nations working together. in essence, they're saying we want to preserve the order that exists now, the political and economic order in the middle east and don't want isis to disrupt that order. the united states is sporting them, they are supporting the united states and at the moment, it's mutually beneficial to although nations involved. >> the united states taking action against the other terrorist organization group. the director of national intelligence saying they were as much a danger to the u.s. as

isil. >> they are alleged to have plotted against u.s. interests in europe or the united states. it's unclear at the moment exactly how they were working this, but it was very clear to the planners involved at cent com and the pentagon that they were actively targeting us and they really didn't have as much of a concern as to how the syrian civil war was going. they were using syria as a base of opportunity for them. they were in other lawless territory. core san took advantage of that and we took advantage that we were going after isil in this case. >> thank you for being with us again. >> the hunt intensifies for the man wanted in the shooting of

two pennsylvania state troopers. officials are honing in on eric frein, who is hiding out in the poke knows. schools have been closed. some campuses are reopening this week. >> last week, you made the decision to close school for three days because frein was still on the loose. yesterday the school was open. what was behind that decision? >> we've been in daily contact with the pennsylvania state police and officials rewarding the search for the suspect. it's ban difficult time for our community. last week, last tuesday, when it was released that the vehicle he had been using was about two miles from our elementary campus, we made the decision to close. since then, we've been updated

daily, and based on information we received sunday, we felt that if we could open with heightened security measures. >> how was it yesterday? was there full attendance, were there assurances for the parents and the students? >> we normally run in the mid 90's percent for attendance, yesterday we were down to 70% attendance. we told parents that they would be excused absences, because we feel each parent has to make that decision, whether they felt it was safe to send their children to school. it was a good day, but again, a difficult day for the community. >> you kind of alluded to this, because the troopers, the one that was injured antone killed in this case were quite close to your community, right? >> yes, our school district is rural, 327 square miles, and we are not served by a police department. we depend entirely on our pennsylvania state police. they are wonderful, wonderful partners. they are here anytime we call.

they are friendly with our children, and just incredibly supportive. they are not only our law enforcement officers, they are our friends. >> and what is being done as far as additional security measures this week as this guy is still on the loose? >> we have a comprehensive e.o.p., emergency operation plan which is reviewed by the police and e.m.a. officials et cetera. we do have armed officers in our school, very highly qualified, skilled gentleman in each of our buildings. in addition, we partnered with the state police and our local holly police department to just be on campus and provide us additional support. >> we wish you and your students the best for this week. we do hope that soon they will feel safe. assistant superintendent of the area school district, thank you so much for your time. >> let's get a quick check of

your forecast with nicole mitchell. >> some of that brisk weather in parts of pennsylvania for example into the 30's in some cases and all around the great lakes, a lot of 50's and 40s. as we hone in more, more of these 40s, a couple of isolated 30s and see you get in here. it is the first case of fall. this region in the 70's, 80's sawed ward. i queried you guys on facebook what your favorite things are, a lot of guys like the cooler weather. getting a break out the sweaters as fall comes in. >> time now for one of today's discoveries, a new medical link to autism and iron supplements. researchers say moms who took the vitamin while pregnant were less likely to have a child with autism. >> as many as 50 women take i-to battle meme i can't. doctors say it plays a critical role in early brain development. >> ahead, hundreds of infants in texas at risk after exposed to

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>> president obama will make a case for action in climate change in the wake of angry citizens calling for big changes to protect the earth. >> a tuberculosis scare in texas, hundreds of parents told their children may have been exposed. more on the hospital worker that may have put them in danger. >> going after training camps and isil headquarters. >> we have team coverage this morning. we are live in baghdad. >> we start with washington. the u.s. is now on the offensive in syria and isil appears not to

be the only target. the pentagon making clear it felt it had to go after an al-qaeda linked group there. >> the al-qaeda linked group is made up of al-qaeda veterans who were close to osama bin laden and was actually plotting an eminent attack against western interests, including possible attacks on u.s. soil. they went after them. the strike carried out against them was only conducted by the u.s. while a coalition of nations targeted isil in syria. >> these new images unverified by aljazeera appear to show part of an overnight air assault in syria by the u.s. and at least five arab partners, including saudi arabia and jordan. that air power, says the

pentagon, amidst american fighter jets and tomahawk missiles joined by soon any majority countries. >> don't expect a shock and awe type campaign says one decorated veteran involved in the 2003u.s. led invasion in iraq. >> 14 targets were hit, including weapons depose and training facilities in the beginning of a prolonged american led attacks. while the u.s. did not seek as herian president bashar al assad's permission to strike inside his country, the envoy was informed the strikes were coming. >> the strike comes as president obama prepares to preside over a

session of the u.n. general assembly on wednesday. he will ask for passage of a resolution that would punish anyone leaving their home country to join isil. the president will push for international sanctions to clamp down on the sunni group's assets and money sources. >> he is in a much stronger position standing up and saying we as part of the world community are taking the fight to isil inside syria. in many ways, it's a great recruiting tool to expand his own coalition. >> president obama will also use the occasion to further enlist countries in the fight against isil, which the adding says is different than any threat we've seen before. >> they have access to funding that al-qaeda never had. they're begin to go set themselves up as an organized entity to rule this swath of territory, wimp is a threat to the region. >> defense officials say the air campaign is certainly important and will continue, but the ground forces ultimately will be needed to defeat and eliminate isil. the u.s. has authorized and the pot signed legislation setting

aside $500 million to train moderate syrian rebels. that's going to take months. the obama administration hopes that nations in the region will put boots on the ground to take on isil. >> that's the next big question. randall, we're also hearing the president will address the nation about these strikes, right? >> yeah, about 10:30, before he leaves the white house for the united nations to deal with climate change, the president is expected to talk about the launching of the airstrikes in syria. we expect him to complement all of the members of the coalition, but especially the arab nations, jordan and saudi arabia, sunni majority nations. that will prove to the world that the u.s. is not engaged in a war against muslims but that in fact it is a coalition of nations, including sunni nations that are trying to deal with the extremists, the isil group that slaughtered thousands and recently. ized beheadings of the american reporter and british aid worker

with that stephanie. >> randall pinkston for us in washington, thank you. >> throughout the morning, we have tracked this story throughout the world. how will targeting isil inside syria now affect iraq? >> hopefully in a positive way. analysts say there is only one way to stop isil and that is tarting in syria, cutting off their supply routes, where the attacks were overnight. they have the vast majority of the forces here in iraq. things are changed here for the iraqis. they are worried about reprisal attacks here. the iraqi army will become so

much more important now that we see some deterioration of isil in syria. that means they can go closer to the border with syria. as much as they welcome airstrikes, they are opening other opportunities which the iraqis need. >> they say it should have happened a long time ago. this international unity government is fragile. they haven't filled the key posts. the coalition is slightly shaky.

a key cleric has already said these airstrikes are an infringement of sovereign territory, and we do not need them, we can defeat isil on their own. he said if there are u.s. boots on the ground, they will be forced to fight u.s. forces. there may be a position if there are ever u.s. boots on the ground to help the iraqi government, other parts of the iraqi government have publicly said we want to fight them. it's a fragile coalition, but not unified completely. >> u.s. airstrikes have been ongoing in iraq in several strongholds of isil for weeks now. how effective have they be? >> they have been vastly effective, three key real success stories. the sinjar mountains where the yazidis were, they freed them. the mosul dam they took back.

there's a key difference between what's going on in iraq with the airstrikes and syria. the biggest difference are the ground troops. once those airstrikes happen, they are able to go in and clear the ground there. that hasn't happened in syria. the syrian rebels don't have that kind of capability. that's a real disconnect between what's going on in iraq and syria. >> putting it all in perspective for us, thank you very much. >> iraq didn't take part in these syria attacks but a coalition of other arab countries did. >> we have tracked that story. this was a very diverse group. >> absolutely, showing that this was not just a western operation. five partner nations participating in the airstrikes and they are all arab countries. u.s. military officials say jordan, bahrain and the u.a.e. are playing an active role against the stronghold in syria. they could be providing intelligence to war planes and other military hardware.

qatar is also said to be involved, but in a more supportive role. the details of exactly how all of these countries are participating is something we expect to learn later today. as for the attack itself, 47 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired in the nearby red sea and persian gulf. we are seeing some of those missiles in action in this video that just came in this morning. up nothing now, the u.s. had not yet used this kind of weapon in the fight against isil in iraq. each tomahawk is powerful. 18 feet long, carrying a 1,000-pound warhead, used to hit stationery targets with precision. beyond the missiles were several fighter jets, bombers and drones, as well. all of the aircraft involved in the attacks are now safely back to base. >> explain why the makeup of these particular arab nations are so significant for this arab nation. >> two of america's most important allies are saws rain and jordan. the people in those countries are sunni.

this coalition shows that the united states was able to recruit sunni led government to join the fight against the sunni militants of isil. >> thank you very much. >> the israeli air force says it has shot down a syrian fighter jet overnight, marking the first such incident in at least a quarter century. nick schiffron is in jerusalem. you've been following this situation this morning. how and why did this happen? >> we don't know exactly why the jet entered style air space about half a mile. it's the first time since the early 80's that this has happened, so perhaps no coincidence that it happened in the hours after this first round of u.s. airstrikes happened. israeli military officials saying that that jet entered quickly, was targeted by a patriot missile system, actually an anti missile system, but shoots down jets. the pilot and co pilot managed to escape before the jet was

shot down and got back into syrian air space. israeli officials saying that we don't think that they don't think it's going to happen again, but clearly a real worry of any kind of instability will add to the instability allege all of syria's borders. is there likely to be a response from damascus? >> no. israel has constantly said that any kind of firing into israel is responsible -- is the responsibility of the syrian government rather than any opposition group and israel has constantly fired at government positions inside of syria whenever there's a stray mortar or any of kind of stray shot from syria into israel. the syrian government has never responded, so there is no expectation of any major response. >> let's turn to this other story happening. israel overnight says it killed two palestinians, those that were suspected of murdering these three israeli teenagers in june, these were the two men

that were killed. how long has israel been planning this operation? >> let's just put this in perspective. basically in june, you had a series of murders, includion these three israeli teenagers that helped lead to the gas war, the biggest war between israel and hamas which runs gas in years, so that really shows how important these incidents were in june. the one you talked about, three israeli teenagers in the occupied west bank kidnapped and murdered in june. the israel forces have been searching for the two men it says belong to hamas that carried out this murder about a week ago, according to israeli official who i spoke to just now, he said that these two men were found in hebron in the occupied west bank, took israel a couple of details for surveillance. they decided to go in overnight, as the special forces went in, they were fired upon and these

two men were killed. >> nick schiffron, thank you. >> coming up, mike lyons joining us with more on the u.s. strategy and how hard it is to target isil. >> palestinian leader abass demanding an international resolution to end israel occupation of palestinian territories. >> >> osama bin laden's son-in-law will be sentenced after being convicted of terrorism charges. he could facing life in prison for his role at al-qaeda spokesman following the 9/11 attacks. his lawyer wants no more than 15 years in prison. >> an iraqi war veteran was the white house intruder. he had 800 rounds of ammunition,

a machete and hatchets in his car. >> president obama is set to leave the white house in a few hours, heading to the united nations to address a global summit on climate change. >> that summit just getting underway. >> about 14 minutes ago, actually. just down the road from here at u.n. headquarters on the east side of manhattan, this climate change conference began to get underway with world leaders beginning to speak. these are live pictures coming in now. this is the secretary general of the united states nationses, ban ki-moon who by tradition always opens these key events. as the day goes on, global leaders will have their say, as well and so will president obama. he will depart the white house later this morning. he's slated to address this gathering that you're looking at right now around about 1:00 p.m. eastern time this afternoon, and

that is less than 24 hours after massive climate change protests here in new york city. thousands of people gathered on wall street monday to rally against what they believe to be the role of capitalism in climate change. there was a sit in on nearby broadway that snarled traffic on a busy monday afternoon in manhattan's financial district. it didn't take long for the nypd to step in. several clashes broke out, police and demonstrators clashed, hundreds were arrested. the largest marsh ever seen in new york history. secretary of state john kerry has been speaking at events beginning climate week. he spoke yesterday. he called climate change an economic issue. >> it doesn't cost more to deal with climate change, it costs more to ignore it and to put our head in the sand and continue down this road of obfuscation

and avoidance. >> leonardo decaprio will speak today. two notable absences, the president's have china and incident i can't, two of the world's leading producers of greenhouse gases will not be there. they are sending lower level delegations only. >> thank you very much. >> g.m. identified 21 deaths connected to the faulty ignition switch problem, up from 13. the family of those killed will be eligible for calendar

pennization. >> a hospital worker was diagnosed with tuberculosis. officials worry she may have spread the disease to newborns and infants. we have been following this story. we have live in dallas. how could this have happened? >> she was a nurse in the nursery department. she was diagnosed during a routine annual screening. >> he was hours old when he was exposed. his mother helpless to stop it, and not even realizing until almost a year later. >> i need some answers. >> jessica martinez gave birth last october at providence memorial hospital in el paso. sebastian is one of more than 700 patients mostly newborns who came into contact with a nursery worker who had active

tuberculosis. >> t.b. is a serious but treatable disease. >> tuberculosis is spread through coughing and sneezing. the bacteria melee dormant for months or years. 43 hospital employees were also exposed, none have tested positive so far. the concern is for the babies. like sebastian, he may have inhaled t.b. into their lungs. the bacteria can then spread to the kidney, spine and brain. >> even if he is not sick, it's the fear that he could be, and that i couldn't prevent it is what killed me inside. >> testing positive during a routine screening, the hospital worker is not with the hospital now. >> we do the best that is out there in terms of recommendations.

>> letters have gone out to the families of exposed patients and parents began rushing their young children back to the hospital for chest x-rays and skin tests. the el paso department of public health began screening them monday. so far, the department has not released any patient test results, but says it's working with the centers for disease control and prevention to contain the disease. >> those screenings for the children began at 7:00 a.m. yesterday. because it takes up to 48 hours for those skin tests to show results, it may not be until tomorrow that we get answers. >> those parents must be very anxious. is the hospital taking measures to make sure something like this doesn't happen again? >> it says that it is. it is releasing a statement yesterday, saying that we take our obligations to our patients, our employees and the community very seriously. we are taking action designed to prevent a further incident from

occurring. when i asked what measures are taken, they declined to respond. we do know some of these letters sent out to the 706 patients that may have been exposed, some have come back as return to sender, so the hospital is actively trying to contact those families. that's their first priority. they've set up a website lifting the nurse's actual work schedule from the past year. any babies born during these periods, they're family members are asked to get in touch with the hospital immediately. >> live for us in dallas, heidi, thank you. >> i thought i had some good news, relief on the way for crews fighting wildfires in california, but now we're finding out it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> one more day of that high fire danger. it's because of the same system that will bring the rain. already, you can see this is the smoke clouds pluming near the

tahoe area from part of the king fire. you can see this whispering along. that's that onshore flow ahead of the system. as we look at the satellite, we can already see that onshore flow bringing some moisture to the extreme northwest, but ahead of the system, still off in the pacific, high winds, winds 30, 40, terrain 50 miles per hour could drove the fires for today. into tomorrow, moisture movers in, same thing thursday. some places could get heavy rain with all of this, so watch for the potential for flood, all of that. >> thank you very much. >> the u.s. ramping up its fight against isil and shifting focus to syria. mike lyons is here to break down the military's latest moves and whether they'll yield results. >> a deal could be in the works to free those nigerian school girls that were kidnapped by boko haram. what the group wants in return if it lets the girls go home free he. >> hundreds of us sailors who cleaned up after

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>> taking the fight to syria, going after isil in four cities. the u.s. going after several al-qaeda targets near aleppo, the attacks coming in response to an eminent threat against the u.s. >> mike lyons joins us this morning. major, good to have you. >> when you bring the strategic weapons to the theater, they cause a higher level of destruction than what previously seen before even inside iraq. they went after likely buildings, taking them down, so any command and control structures or logistics facilities had a very higher attack rate based on these airstrikes. >> >> that map shows the cities hit by the airstrikes.

what are the significance of the cities targeted? aleppo was hit for a reason. >> that's where the goop is. command and control communications facilities. they must have good in tell. they're owl an the rivers, which is where the positions of isil are strongest at this point in time. their headquarters in raqqa is their center of gravity. >> raqqa is the center of gravity, this is the key place they were hit. >> their training camps, where in all likelihood large formation of troops could be forming. they've brought vehicles, they've captured hundred was tanks and moved them into syria. likely, they were targets. in most cases, good intelligence

was able to fix on those tares. >> the president is expected to speak at about 10:00 this morning. would you expect him to describe in more detail how successful the overnight mission was as far as tares hit, fighters killed? >> i think he will. i think he'll be specific. i also think this will be an opportunity to bring the coalition out front. the fact that you had other arab nations involved is very important here. judging by what's happening in the arab stations this morning, what they're saying about it in favor of it, this is not just an american coalition, only solely by americans at this point. i think it's very important. >> mike lyons, i get the feeling you're going to be a familiar face in the upcoming days and weeks. >> our correspondent in aman jordan stands by now. jordan is one of the partners involved in the airstrikes in syria. are they giving indication as to why they decided to take part?

>> well, basically jordanian officials have said that they -- the army here in jordan, the air force has sent its own fighter jets to raqqa. they are not willing to wait until they become an imminent threat to jordan. the ones in the coalition already feel that they could become the next targets of isil, so decided to take it in their own hands, trying to attack it and crack down on it with the help of the u.s. and other allies before they face problems at home and before there are attacks on jordanian soil and

other countries in the coalition. >> that is what the government says, but how is the news was participation going over among ordinary jordanians? >> people are very divided. that's what i can tell. you there are those who say that this is not our war, we should not be dragged into it, why are we doing this. this is only going to backfire. it's going to lead to retaliatory attacks on jordanian soil by isil sympathizers and there are those who say this is our war and we can't wait until attacks on jordan, so many mixed feelings and divisions even within the government itself. i think a stronger feeling that perhaps the government is doing the right thing. >> reporting from aman, jordan, thank you. >> there are reports to boko haram and nigeria are nearing a

deal to release the abducted school girls. 276 were abducted. several have escaped. that deal would involve the release of the girls in exchange for boko haram commanders being held in nigerian prisons. the government and boko haram have been holding secret talks since august. >> the u.s. ramping up its fight against isil, launching new airstrikes in syria. we have details of the new operation and what the u.s. is targeting. >> political action committees pumping big money into local elections across the country. why a state senator is looking to stop all of that inside green from influencing her state. >> a massive fire engulfing parts of a port in los angeles, forcing crews to battle by land, air and sea. >> our images of the day, kurds making the trek across syria's border, fleeing attacks from isil. >> 130,000 refugees have poured into turkey over the past three

days, as isil fighters continue their push throughouts syria. we'll have more on their exodus from their homeland.

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go where technology meets humanity... >> sharks like affection >> tech know, only on al jazeera america >> the u.n. climate conference taking part in new york city. this is the newly minute merge of peace, actor leonardo dicaprio speaking right now. we'll bring you president obama's comments this afternoon. >> ahead, authorities in pennsylvania are closing in on the man accused of ambushing two state troopers. much of the area remains in lockdown. >> climbs change underway now at the u.n. president obama set to address the gathering earlier this afternoon is going to talk about the steps the u.s. is take to go fight climate change. israel is saying it killed two suspects involved in the

abduction and deaths of three israeli teens. officials saying it happened overnight during a gunfight in the west bank. israeli forces have been searching since june. >> taking fight against isil into syria, targets supply die pose and command and control facilities. the u.s. hit al-qaeda near aleppo. randall pinkston is live in washington, d.c. we are hearing from the pentagon spokesman saying the u.s. went after al-qaeda targets inside syria for a specific reason. what was it? >> the pentagon expanded on a statement put out last night saying the united states has taken action to disrupt the eminent attack plotting against the united states and western interests. this morning, admiral kirby

saying they had a plan to strike on u.s. soil. we know that the group core son. the u.s. led include coalition partners from the gulf states, among them bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia, united arab

emirates and qatar, the owner of aljazeera. all of those nations are participating in the strikes, the majority sunni nations, taking on sunni extremists. this is important for the u.s. to show that it is not the west against isil, but in fact, many governments sharing religious views with those who have been perpetrating the attacks against thousands in syria and iraq. >> randall pinkston live in washington, d.c., thank you very much. >> isil's advance into northern syria forced an unprecedented number of kurds to leave their homes there. 130,000 of them crossed over into turkey in a matter of days. turkey had 437,000 before this latest in muscle. iraq hosts 200,014, jordan

618,000, egypt 139,000 and lebanon, more than a million syrian refugees. we are joined from the turkey, syria border. turkey's been clamping down on that border, closing crossings. are syrian kurds still managing to get into turkey at this stage? >> yes, they are. this is not an official point, they are coming through a steady stream. turkey tried to close down border crossings because they need to manage it, because there were so many people coming in that they wanted to vet who is coming in. there is concern about potentially fighters coming in from the different groups. they want to try to quell that. they coming in groups, they are then checked by police, by security forces if they are not carrying weapons and then get a health check. they come through the area on

buses or trucks. some stay with family, some stay in makeshift shelters. many who arrive here desperate, we saw two aljazeera ladies carried across. they were absolutely sobbing in tears. also young children, there was an incident earlier when people started pro testing on the other side that security forces used tear gas. it is tense. they do want to keep things under control. of course these people face extremely difficult situations, so we had babies carried across, it's an incredibly dangerous situation for these people. >> how is turkey handling this latest in flux? >> you are seeing to the tear gas and water cannons a little further away from here. that's about people protecting, because they want to go in, the men want to return to fight.

how turkey's handling it, it's incredibly difficult. they have 22 official refugee camps, building another two, opening in the next few days. there are over 800,000 registered refugees, but those who aren't registered. that's over a million already here. add to that, the 138,000 who have just crossed that yesterday and today more and more, so the u.n. says that they are making contingency plans for an extra 400,000 to cross here. >> stephanie decker on the turkey-syria border, covering the humanitarian angel of this crisis. >> the president of refugees international in erbil joins us. that is another area hosting thousands of refugees. this flood of refugees has been described as the largest and fastest since the syrian cries began. we saw images just a second ago. how can turkey handle this surge? >> well, 130,000 people over two

days, we haven't seen that since the beginning of the crisis. i think we have also to remember that a lot of the people who fled towards turkey had already been displaced. it was hosting lots of people who had been displaced within syria. this is not their first displacement. -- >> i am looking on -- go ahead. >> excuse me? >> i was looking at these images right now. these two elderly woman that were carried across the border in tears, a lot of these refugees also children. >> yes, women, children, old people. it seems that the population has evacuated it's most vulnerable members in front of the attack by isis, which is usually what men do when these things happen. to come back to your first question, i think turkey, we have to recognize that done extremely well by international standards to date.

the camps run at a very high standard at their own cost. they have allowed refugee to say merge within the population and they were getting more and more precise in registering them allowing them to access services, so they have done very well, but it comes at a tremendous cost to their treasury and to the cost of their relation with their own population who in the areas where these refugees concentrating is suffering, because there's a lot of pressure on services, on housing, on market prices, et cetera. >> also, turkey saying that its resources have been stretched thin. how dire is the situation and how long can the turkish government handle such massive numbers of refugees fleeing and crossing its borders? >> because turkey is a

deadlocked country, if we want it to keep its borders open, wimp it is doing, we need to find way to say provide turkey with the sort of assistance that will allow them to improve the services. turkey is a strong government. the humanitarian aid we give is necessary and welcome, but they need to be much stronger support so turkey can beef up the schooling system, the health care services and all of what these refugees will need and sharing with the national population. >> the president of refugees international joining us this morning, thank you very much. >> retired air force colonelly to know will talk with us more about these military strikes in syria. how long are we expecting these type of airstrikes at this pace that we saw last night to continue? >> i would say at least for the

next few days. generally speaking, we strike until we run out of targets. it depends on how thoroughly they vetted the targets and how much damage there is to the targets that have been struck already. once they do that assessment, that will determine how long this air campaign will lost. normally, i would expect at least for the next two, three days at a minimum. >> how have we seen this level of military airstrikes under this president at all, compare it for example to libya a few years ago. >> libya, i guess would be the closest thing to this. of course we had support from other nations in terms of the libyan conflict. i would say that this probably ranks a lot higher than that in terms of the number of sortes

flown. we are looking at a multiplicity of targets, five cities under attack. that's significantly larger than most of the libyan operation was, so that is a significant difference. >> if one is standing in president bashar al assad's shoes this morning, what is he thinking about these strikes against islamic state? >> i think in many ways, he welcomes these strikes. the reason he welcomes them is this means he does not have to send his forces against the islamic state. that gives him some breathing room and he is looking to see what kind of advantage he can gain from these strikes. he will definitely maneuver to put his forces in positions that the islamic state has held up until now, and we can see, i think we can expect the syrian army to move in that direction. it will be interesting to see what he does and if he gets any warnings from the united states not to do what i just said. >> from a tactical perspective,

how important is it that there are ground troops that come in after these strikes to hold territory? how soon do we need to be asking those questions? >> we should be asking those questions immediately, and the types of ground forces that should be employed should be able to go in immediately after a strike. in essence, you use the airstrikes to soften the tarts, as they say and then move in and take advantage of the tactical situation and the tactical advantage you get as a result. hopefully, that's what's going to happen and who those ground forces are, that really depends. i think they are looking at the syrian rebels being able to do this. as if that's the case and the syrian rebels do this successfully, it will be of course a significant achievement from a military stand point. >> that remains the big question mark. colonel, thank you. >> a lot going on in this country as well as this morning. pennsylvania police closing in on the man accused of ambushing

two state troopers there. crews ever spent days searching densely wooded areas for eric frein. they received a handful of credible tips from the public. >> we are following up on tips we received. we believe they are very credible tips and yes, there is a lot of police activity. it's been on going through the night and we hope to resolve it in the near future and we'll know one way or the other. >> a lot of neighborhoods on lockdown, some schools have reopened for the week. >> police in virginia on the hunt for a man they believe may know the whereabouts of the missing college student. officers searched the home of jesse leroy matthew monday. he works at the university of virginia, and that's the school where hanna graham goes. police say he may have been the last person to see her before she disappeared last saturday. >> in washington state, rich donors targeting local elections trying to push through a green

initiative. >> one state senator is stepping in to prevent that from happening. >> if i was doorbelling in that, they would see me, wouldn't they? >> when january jumped into a special election for state senate, she noticed deep pocket support for her opponent. >> we kept wondering where all this money was coming from to hire all the people that were being hired, to do all the canvassing being done, flyers galore. t.v. galore. >> television ads like this one. >> river jan angel sponsored bills. >> that money coming from billionaire environmental activist tom styer. >> he put in a lot of money against you. >> yes, he did.

>> insley has held a series of meetings across the state highlighting environmental issues pledging to dramatically cut carbon emissions. he has met with styer to discuss climate change and local political races. republicans hold a one seat voting edge in a tenuous coalition with democrats who have jumped the aisle. he and his pack contributed more than half a million dollars, huge for such a race. >> do you welcome that help? >> you bet. i welcome anybody who's an optimist and an activist. i think mr. styer is both. >> it's happening at the state level, even in local he elections. >> peter at the non-partisan national institute on money and state politics said the amount of outside money flowing to local raises has jumped since

the 2010 citizens united supreme court ruling, wimp loosened restrictions on independent spending. >> if you're trying to affect policy change, sometimes the approach is more efficient and those raises are less expensive in general than a federal race is. >> january spent three quarter of a million dollars, most of the money raised outside her district. the governor has no concern about getting help from styer. >> oil and gas industry has a few dollars to rub together. they will get their message across. >> well funded competing messages coming to voters in this state and around the country. >> experts estimate up to $2 billion could be spent in outside money during this election season. this evening, aljazeera america will be taking a closer look at the issue of money in politics and many others impacting this

year's election. that's america votes, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. eastern. >> a gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional, the state judge ruling in favor of an out of state same-sex couple. early they are month, a federal judge ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, the ban there. 19 states and the district of columbia allow same-sex marriages. >> los angeles fire officials contained a massive blaze on a dock. 100 firefighters battled it. divers with hoses were deployed. the fire burned through 150 feet of dock. >> it has been a busy news morning. we almost target to point out that today is the first day of fall, but nicole mitchell has not. >> how could i forget that? you're already feeling the differences in the temperatures. i queried viewers, some of the favorite things about fall is the leaves, the beautiful views like in the great smoky mountains in tennessee where they're starting to tinge

colors. we'll have a live look at that. food, clothing, definitely on the list, as well. pulling out the fall sweaters, which you needed to do this morning, pittsburgh at 39 degrees, a lot of 40's around the region. that fall air is already in place and temperatures around the great lakes into the 70's today, more 80's southward and still a lot of 80's and 90's in parts of california and arizona. that next weather system is really going to cool things down. this is more of a typical fall storm, bringing beneficial moisture. in the meantime, we have to watch out for the high winds with the current fires. >> ask a guy, they'll tell you the beginning of football season. >> i got those answers, too. >> straight ahead, a u.s. led coalition taking on isil from the air, but what's the next step in the military campaign. could this eventually lead to american boots on the ground? >> we're going to talk about it with retired u.s. army major mike lyons joining us. >> it's time now for our big

quote. >> middle east allies rally around the u.s. one warning is: >> who's offering that critique on how to stop isil's terror, when we come back.

>> our big quote is from the egyptian presidential sisi. he said you need to pursue economic development, education and promotion of religious tolerance in the middle east. that he says is a better way to neutralize the group. >> we have been following the controversy and situation in syria. the initial round of airstrikes in syria killed 70 isil fighters. we want to go to retired army

major mike lyons. tell us what we don't know. what do we need to be asking, what happens next now that these airstrikes have happened? >> the next question is turkey, a border state in syria. what is their border role? we don't know what turkey gave up. turkey could be supporting that humanitarian mission on their border with syria, could have had forces there, could have been doing a lot more. we've got to get them involved. >> turkey is a nato partner. we should be talking about other western nations. the u.s. is the only western country in this coalition. when we were talking about the beheading videos, it was a british accent that was wielding that knife. where are the brits, the french in syria? >> they're not ready to commit to the military strikes inside syria. the french had the strike inside

iraq. they feel legally you're attacking a sovereign nation. the others don't feel he that way. it's going to take time to get the rest of the nations and nato onboard. >> we have been talking about going after isil targets inside syria. we are now going after isil targets inside syria. what happens next domestically in the united states? how hardened do we need to be for retaliation? >> the key is will. it becomes a battle of the wills. it will be a strike inside a target inside syria because we're still after them, the second, third level, isis commanders decided to do something. we've got to maintain and pursue this enemy until we're confident they don't present a threat to us. >> the president will speak today. what do you expect to hear from him as far as an explanation? >> i think he'll say this was

the right time. the intelligence was there. we struck at a time when we can maintain military surprise and also that arab coalition. it was important to get the arab nations onboard with us. >> perhaps we also hear that he believes it is legally justified. retired army major mike lyons, thanks so much. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, we'll have more on the fight against isil and the effect of these airstrikes in syria. >> president obama is set to chair the security council meeting at the u.n. tomorrow. we'll take a look at the plans he has, what he plans to say and how he'll win more international support in the fight. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> we're going to bring you live coverage of the president's comments on airstrikes in syria and also that al-qaeda threat. they are set for 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern. thanks for watching. atching.

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