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and iraq. president obama said that the campaign could last years. airstrikes are not helping the fight against isil. many returning to the country to fight them. and dozens of world leaders take the stage at the united nations' general assembly. >> president obama is holding a special session of the united nations security council tonight. he is the only president to ever chair a session at the u.n. sc, and this is the second time for him to do it. you're looking at live pictures from the united nations security council, and earlier the council passed an international counter terrorism resolution in an effort to combat isil, and the surge of foreign fighters across the globe. mike viqueira has been with us all day. and break down the elements of

this resolution. >> an international coalition you saw a lot of head of state. it was a rare sight. the united states chairing in that capacity, and president obama brought this resolution, voted on it unanimously. and it would ban fighters for traveling for terror purposes. all the signatories to this is expected to ban laws. facilitating travel foreign fighters. it's legally enforceable. one of those leaders around the table is someone whose country is very intimately involved. dealt with the tragedy of this civil war king abdullah of

jordan. here's what he had to say about this fight. >> it's not an arab, muslim fight any more. it affects every delegate here and beyond. it is the fight of our times. success requires an united struggle backed up by strong resources. >> turkey, lebanon, jordan, aflood. that man's country, a 20% the equivalent of 20% of his country's population now is equal in the number of refugees settled over the syrian border. >> he said it's unsustainable. we need help. we need resources to cope with the flow of refugees. mike, talk to us about the president's speech, some strong words, and in some respects a bit out of character. not what we're used to hearing and the tone. >> you're absolutely right. you look at the major policy address. it was in may at west point. you may recall. >> yes. >> there was an emphasis of the

need for international diplomacy, and war was a last resort. but today a bellicose starkly warning of the consequences and issuing of very sternly worded warning against isil itself. >> the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. >> what was even more remarkable about this speech is that the president went on, not only to chide but admonished some of the neighboring states, these arab countries, five of whom are in this military coalition now and says its time for the world, especially muslim communities to forcefully reject it. >> absolutely. mike viqueira here. and we appreciate it. thank you. u.s. central command has announced that saudi arabian at the e.a.e. attacked syria to

conduct 13 new airstrikes against oil refineries in the east. earlier i spoke with former u.s. ambassador theodore kou kotouff . >> i think it could lead one to believe that they felt they needed a lot more time. but time was of the essence. they didn't have time, and it's a good thing that they struck when they did because we're seeing a horrific new refugee crisis in the kurdish areas in northeast syria, and turkey is having to host perhaps another 140,000 to 150,000 refugees. >> what are your thoughts on

what seems to be pretty extraordinary effort to bring together this coalition of 40 is the number mike viqueira, the number is up to 50 nations involved in this coalition to take on isil. >> right. >> and the fact that you have five arab states that are participating. we can talk about whether it's robust in terms of participation, and if you would like more, but there are five arab nations who are involved, and making statements about their involvement. >> you know, it's a bit of a cliché, but i think we have once again seen that the u.s. is the indispensable nation. none of this happens without u.s. leadership, and it is a rather extraordinary feat to get five conservative arab monarchies to not only back the u.s. but to be part of a coalition taking part in warfare against isil. because it won't be popular with

all of their people, and it leaves them even more open to terrorism than they were before. so it's a good first step. but as many pundits have pointed out the real question is who is going to do the fighting on the ground? the united states has made it clear while we may have advisers and intelligence people helping some of the forces that are allied with us, we're not going to lead the ground fight. we're not going to lead even the significant part of the ground fight. >> turkey's president slammed the security council and the international community. he said their inaction has allowed terrorism, particularly that of isil to gain ground. >> inertia of the international community despite the policies of violence towards the violation has prepared the ground for al-qaeda to eye merge in syria and grows stronger under the name of isil.

>> airstrikes are not helping the fight against isil. many crossing back into syria to pick up arms and fight isil themselves. stephanie decker with more. >> reporter: these people are going back to syria. they are among more than 140,000 syrian kurds who came to turkey fearing isil's advance. >> i'm going back to fight. all of us here are going to get our weapons and fight isil. isil fighters are not human. we won't leave. >> reporter: many crossing back are from the kurdish towns just around 50 meters behind where we are now, but there are also others here who are returning to different villages that are around this area because of this threat from isil, but they say they have no choice but to return. >> i'm 70 years old, and i'm still alive. isil forced our entire village

to leave after they stole everything and beheaded some of the young men. we prefer to be killed at home. we won't come back to turkey. >> there have been reports of u.s.-led airstrikes on isil's positions. people here don't think it's making a difference. these images show kurdish fighters inside syria tribe to push isil or daesh as they're called. >> we will help them to fight daesh. >> even though there are families here crossing back into syria, the majority are men who say they're determined to protect their homes and their land. kurdish leaders have called for international help to confront isil. the people say no one is helping them. many civilians are taking matters in their own hands. they say they've been left with no other choice. stephanie decker, al jazeera, on

the turke turkey border. >> clearly from stephanie's reporting there, you've got a mixture of emotions and many of ththoughts. >> tanks has swept through 200 villages late last week. yes, we're seeing people that stephanie highlighted going back to syria perhaps visiting or leaving their wives here in turkey, and moving back to syria to fight. but they do not think that what they can do will be enough to

defeat isil. they don't think what the u.s. is doing is enough to defeat. there is a notion that isil is too strong to defeat so long as the rules of the game are what they are. the airstrikes are simply not close enough according to people we've spoken to. >> nick, what can you tell us about the targets struck in last night's action? >> yes, so this is according to the u.s. military. there was a target of eight vehicles right along the syrian iraqi border, a couple of vehicles west, that mirrors the targets we saw early on. all around baghdad, protecting baghdad and two isil positions in northern iraq, and you look at those, and you think eight vehicles here, two vehicles

there, that doesn't sound that big, and the fact is it's not. there are u.s. pilots at war in syria in iraq. that is a huge development in the united states. but on the ground a couple dozen airstrikes here and there is not going to erase months of work that isil has done both militarily and also politically on the ground, laying the groundwork for their advance. as the u.s. said it will take a long time. as the guests before said there needs to be syrian troops or rather opposition troops inside of syria on the ground to take on isil, and right now there are enough and they're not ready and they don't have the weapons that they need. >> the details that you have, the syrian kurds are going to head back into syria to defend their homeland property. what about those refugees who decide to stay in turkey? what's next for them? >> it's a very uncertain future.

turkey has nearly a million official refugees. 1.3, 1.4 million already at a breaking point. we saw stories of people sleeping in garages. i saw that south of where i'm at right now. then you have 100,000 syrian kurds arrive in the quickest exodus that we've seen since the syrian civil war began three and a half years ago. these people are sleeping anywhere they can. we've seen dozen of families in a mosque, 500 people living in a wedding hall this afternoon. these people have very little. the turkish government is trying to help handing out food and medical supplies, but so many people, so quickly, with so few family members here they need help. no state is able to do that let alone a state that already was challenged by a number of syrian

refugees. >> appreciate it. nick schifrin near the turkey-syrian border. thank you. many people already inside syria are also against the airstrikes and are taking to the streets to protest. here is our report. [ protesting ] >> reporter: god promised us victory. obama promised us defeat. this is what syrians in the northwestern province of idlib want to tell the world. they took to the streets to protest against the u.s.-led military campaign against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. it's not because they support isil. these people say they don't trust the administration. obama, our revolution is an islamic one. we want an islamic state. that's what they chanted. >> we condemn the airstrikes against the syrian people. the coalition is with the regime, and they're not just targeting isil.

>> reporter: al nusra is al-qaeda's branch. the group ordered their fighters to leave their bases in anticipation of more attacks. the u.s. did say they did attack khorasan which is a part of al nusra. there were many who asked if the military campaign would help the syrian regime militarily. now many rebel commanders say that's exactly what it will do. >> reporter: the movement was the first free syrian army brigade to react which received anti-tank missiles from the u.s. it said that the coalition strikes did not undermine syria's sovereignty but will make the government stronger. what opposition fighters want are weapons and airstrikes to

target positions. they plan to train and army rebels but it's not clear who they will be. >> the free syrian army is not enough mature. if we talk about the organization like isla islamic front, they are united. but there are many questions if some of them may join isis. >> there is that possibility. already anti-american protests are spreading. these people don't necessarily support isil, but many do support al nusra and if the u.s. and it's coalition do not expand to included the assad regime, they'll increase their protest on the ground. >> earlier today we learned of a

video showing a french citizen being beheaded. president françois hollande said he will do what he can do. >> today i'm speaking to you with a particularly high level of emotion because one of my compatriots has been assassina assassinated by a group linked to daesh. he was a man full of enthusiasm. he loved the outdoors and the mountains. he thought he would be able to pursue his passion moving in to algeria. he was abducted, and he was beheaded. >> the group says he was killed in response to french air spice in iraq. the 55-year-old from nice was from in algeria for a hiking

trip. in the past algerians have been known for random kidnappings. a legal battle lasting a decade, charged with plotting attacks on jordanians and americans, but his acquittal is now being seen as a statement against isil. we have more now. >> reporter: well, he is now a free man. he has been acquitted of all charge for lack of evidence in the particular case we heard about today he was charged with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against jordanians new year's eve celebrations in the year 2000. he was found not guilty and acquitted of charges for conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against foreign targets inside jordan in 1998, including the american school. now, before this trial in

jordan, and before he was deported from the u.k. to jordan in july 2013, he was actually sentenced to life in prison in abstentia, but he faced a retrial as soon as he arrived in jordan. we're talking about a man who was in the u.k. on political asylum where the government there spent almost a decade trying to extradite him to jordan because the secret service saw him as a threat because of his jihadist views, and some described him as a truly dangerous individual. this is very significant because jordan is fully engaged in a war against isil to try to defeat it, and even sending its fighters to shell isil targets. it's concerned not only about its borders but threats from within. isil sympathizers inside jordan, and this man is influential to

his followers and has openly criticized isil. those who try to promote isil will come under a heavy crackdown by the government. nisreen el-shamayleh for us. >> one m mcdonald franchise is giving a signing bonus and handing out bonuses for employees who get good grades in school. and tony stewart faces a grand jury in the death of a fellow driver.

>> sales of new homes in the united states jumped in the month of august. i want to know more about this. this is according to new government figures.

ali velshi joins us with more. >> reporter: you would be forgiven if you're a little confused about where the housing market is going. we get news that this is slowing down and that's the message it's been for a hundred years and interest rates are up and then down. new construction is important. i'll tell you why in a minute, but more than half a million newly built single family homes were sold in august, that's an 18% jump from july. that's the biggest one-month jump since 1992. as a percentage. it's a 33% jump compared to us of last year. now the level of sales in august is the highest since may of 2008 back when america was in recession. these new monthly home figures often get revised. either way this is a big, big bright spot in an otherwise sort of sideways housing market. >> i wonder why this might mean for the wider housing market. >> most homes, tony, are existing homes. back at the height of the housing boom about 12% or 15%

were new homes, now it's down to 8%. existing home sales were down in august compared to last year 5.5%. so that's a bit of a concern. i will tell you while new homes are such a small part of the equation, new homes create new jobs. and existing homes create jobs for a lawyer and real estate agent. new homes is new appliances, carpenters, contractors it's a bigger deal. the economics benefits of new home sales are felt much more widely than basic existing homes. you know, we can't jump on one number, but it is kind of remarkable. my thesis, and no proof of this, people have seen interest rates going up and have made certain decisions to say, i've seen those forever lows in mortgages, let me lock it in. >> what else are you working on

for the show tonight? >> we're looking at robots. as talented as guys like me and you think we are, a robot could do our jobs, and not even a difficult robot without the hair. stay in that job as long as you can. keep those robots outside of the door. >> so necessary, ali velshi coming up on al jazeera america. take care, ali. while most fast food workers are real people not robots, right? most fast to do people around the country are demanding higher pay. one mcdon't's in midland, texas, are offering sign-on bonus and cash incentives for some of its employees. heidi zhou castro has more. >> oil so soaked into midland's economy it's painted on the calls. in its driving business at a

local mcdonald's. >> hello? >> how are you doing? >> jeremiah je jensen was 16 when this mcdonald's snatched him up a year ago. oil fields can offer twice the pay, but jensen has been wiping tables without complaint. >> you get a bonus. >> $300 for good grades. jensen's boss pays student employees $40 for an a. $20 for a b, and $10 for a b. a straight-a student can make 900 a year on top of his wage. >> it helps the community. >> that's refreshing in this big world. >> it is. >> knowing they care for you to

work here makes you feel good. >> this is not just corporate charity. it's supply and demand. the population here has grown by 13,000 since 2010, and the service industry has struggled to keep up. >> they're having to offer things they haven't in the past to make it attractive to potential employees. >> at the mcdonald's that means an occasional $1,000 hiring bonus and a mcshutting to drive students to and from home. >> is anyone making above minimum wage in midland? >> if they are, i have not been made aware of it. >> but not all consequences of the boom have been good for workers. the average monthly rent has doubled. >> when you see a "for lease" sign, you don't see it the next day. someone has snatched it up. >> but affordable housing is not

on this senior's mind. he has something else on his mind, a charger. >> how close are you? >> i'm $2,000 away. >> he hopes to get closer by putting more hours behind the counter and mustering up an a in calculous. heidi zhou castro. >> a former army officer with experience in afghanistan tells us what is needed. >> and a fire at a memorial for michael brown.

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address the problem of foreign fighters. world powers agree that stopping the flow of these fighters is key to dismantling isil. president obama led the push saying isil's strength comes from its recruiting success. >> estimating more than 15,000 foreign fighters for more than 80 nations have traveled to syria in recent years. many join terrorist organizations such as al-qaeda's affiliate al nusra and isil, across syria and iraq. >> british prime minister david cameron talking about the fact that many young people are drawn to isil. >> one of the most disturbing aspects is how this conflict is sucking in our own young people from modern prosperous societies, and a throa threat to security has been greater than it's ever been, and i pay

tribute to president obama for taking on this issue. it is an issue that effects us all, but let me say from my own country it is 500 of these fanatics have gone to syria and iraq. and the shocking murders of james foley, teach sotloff and david haynes by a fighter with an apparent british accent und underlines the sinister nature of this threat. >> weeks of airstrikes have failed to change things, and kurdish fighters on the ground say more help is needed to loosen isil's grip on iraq. >> reporter: this town has been flattened by u.s. fighter jets in air attacks, and even now we can hear more fighter jets in the sky looking for more targets. the local paper are saying either these buildings were completely flattened by here's

aerial attacks or fighters who pushed out as peshmerga has pushed in. the only building still standing is the mosque. right of the mosque is a police station completely flattened. the kilometer of this stretch of road all of these buildings, because of their proximity to the town zuma. we were just down there at the operating base, and they say they think isil are fighting so hard for this area because it's a oil-rich area. there are oil fields they want to take a back. the peshmerga say they can't take the area because when they have gone in in the past the isil fighters blow themselves up. they're hoping that there will be more airstrikes on zuma and they're absolutely sure there are no longer civilians there and they're calling on the u.s

u.s.-led coalition to come in and bomb zuma. >> we are speaking to a senior army adviser from 2006 to 2008. helping with civilian operatio operations. >> the u.s. ground troops going to be necessary--i'm talking about fighting on the ground to defeat isil militarily in iraq and syria? >> i think at the end of the day we're going to have put some u.s. forces on the ground to aassist the capabilities that the kurds are bringing to the front as well as the iraqi security forces and the syrian free army that we're trying to build. and what we're talking about when you look at boots on the ground, special forces embedded in these organizations at the tactical level where the

fighting is taking place. as the last report just mentioned when the isil are inside buildings, there are special forces that can talk to aircraft to bring ordinance on the table to secure those areas. without ground forces out there, you can't do that. we need to bring intelligence. we need to bring our logistical capacity, and make certain that the forces that the forces we're asking to fight have the capabilities necessary to be successful, we can't do that without boots on the ground in combat role. >> what is your opinion? the president has said he's dead set against that notion. >> there are two things taking place. on one hand the president said don't worry we're not going to be an occupying force. but what he said to the american public is that we're not going to be put boots on the ground. there is something in the middle

that the president has been unwilling to admit that has to be done. but over time what we've seen are the necessities of what is happening in iraq have drawn the president to go further and further. we've now got somewhere in the middle of 1700 forces down to the brigade levels. that will probably have to go up and get more tactical. at this point again, we have the strategic objectives, but the resources the president is making available will make it unable to achieve them. >> maybe the president does not believe that the ground troops should be there, and calibrating the operation this way. talk to us about the political side of this ledge der. prime minister haider al abadi missed a great opportunity to update the world on efforts to create a true unity government. do you think he'll follow

through on building a more inclusive government? >> i believe he's going to try to follow through. we have to be careful as we watch this unfold that there are diametrically opposed people in iraq today. the degree that al abadi is willing to address grievances from the sunni to pull them away from any type of compromise they have with isil is going to be disenfranchising from kurds, and pushing kurds towards independence. there are no easy solutions. it's going to take compromise. but fear and mistrust govern everything in iraqi government. it will be difficult to pull off. >> do you feel that your efforts in the fighting days, and the efforts of the u.s. military have gone to waste when you look at what is happening in iraq and

the isil threat in that country and in syria? >> well, to be--i was a civilian adviser in iraq, but let me just put it from the standpoint of those soldiers that i stay in contact with that sacrificed so much, i think many of them feel that we had got to the point i in 2011 where iraq was on the cusp, and what was needed was another three to five years of limited assistance to make certain that the iraqi security forces could build the capacity of gaps we knew that they had. gaps in intelligence, logistics, maintenance, training, and most of all the ability to call in close air support. but the other thing that the u.s. forces did while there, it acted as a moderating impact on prime minister nouri al-maliki's desire to alienate the sunni. when we look back, it was a terrible policy error not to

find some way of maintaining a residual fort beyond 2011. >> i think you would gray that both sides bear responsibility for that policy error, right? the iraqis. >> absolutely. >> rick, it's a pleasure to talk with you. rick brennan with the rand corporation joining us from washington. the "world health organization" calls ebola the greatest peace-time challenge the u.s. has ever faced. 6,000 people have contracted the virus an and a vaccine might be able by the end of the year. by that time more than a million people could have ebola. to prevent ebola from spreading beyond africa, leaders have restricted trade there. but that has brought trade to a halt. >> broke and stranded in southern senegal, this man is

from guinea. he shares this small hut. they all came here to make money digging gold. but the ebola outbreak abruptly brought their work to a halt. >> we do not have enough money to leave. the police don't want us to go down in the mine any more. they're arresting some of our friends who went digging. they're making random checks on us. >> the u.n. estimates there are tens of thousands of west african migrants who work in west senegal's informal gold mines. they have closed off the border and applied strict restrictions on the trade. only those who are able to comply with the safety standards are able loud to operate. but few are able to abide by these standards. >> many believe that government is using the' bow the ebola

outbreak as an excuse to close the mine down. >> reporter: authorities say they'll allocate more land to them. >> really, ebola as of today had a direct impact on their business. our concerns not just all the health issues, but the health, safety and management issues. but in recent times the government have made concerted effort, and we are working with them to make sure that they are safe. >> last year the government received close to $23 million in revenue from taranga gold but receives no revenue from informal mining. some believe that authorities are using ebola to chase them away. this year this, too, will be sold off to a big company. despite restrictions they continue to dig. there might be just enough gold to buy a ticket out of here. >> let's get you caught up on other news across america today.

ines is here with that. >> reporter: a grand jury in up state new york decided today that nascar driver tony stewart will not face criminal charge in the death of fellow kevin ward jr. 20-year-old ward got out of his car during a car race when stewart's car struck and killed him. toxicology reports reveal that ward was under the influence of marijuana from the night before. companies can keep the millions given to them by the bp settlement. the judge said the formula used to calculate the settlement was wrong, but bp settlement is still on the hook for it. when they made the deal they included a provision that said that the settlement could not be changed later. in philadelphia the three

people suspected in the attack of a gay couple turned themselves in. they surrendered to police today. they said two counts of aggravated assault charges and offense charges an. >> they were hiking when a 25-year-old pound granite boulder gave way. the boulder hit her on her head and foot, trapping her. her hiking partner is a trained paramedic and called for help. >> that was a relief. i felt like i was going to be taken care of. >> it took nearly nine hours before the search and rescue team hiked their way up. and because she had a broken foot they had to wait several more hours until daylight for the rescue chopper to arrive.

she's battered and bruised but is expected to make a full recovery. >> i can't believe her head. >> that had to be a glancing blow, but she's so fortunate. >> so lucky. >> thank you. coming up on al jazeera america hundreds of students protesting against new history standards. we'll find out what had them so fired up. also storms on the east coast. the drought in the west. jake ward has a look at the safest and most dangerous places to live in the united states as climate change takes hold.

>> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> president obama obama brought the shooting of a teenager and the protests that followed in ferguson, missouri, into the spotlight. the president talked about the situation surrounding the issue.

>> i know the world also took notice of small american city of ferguson, missouri, where a young man was killed in a community and divided. so yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions. like every country we continually wrestle with how to reconcile the vast changes brought by globalization and greater diversity with it was we hold near. >> the words come amid protesting in ferguson. protesters threw molotov cocktails at police. they looted businesses. and the site where michael brown was shot and killed was burned down last night.

now changes put more of an emphasis on american patriotism and less on civil disobedience. what is going on. roxana saberi spoke to some of those students. >> this is the fourth day that students have been protesting. they're worried because the school board is looking at a proposal to change how history is taught. the students say the proposal would show america mostly in a good light, but they say they also need to learn from the mistakes and turmoil the country has experienced. these colorado students are protesting against what they worry will be anti protest curriculum. hundreds of high school students are rallying against the school board propos proposal that would change the way schools would teach history. >> they would gear it towards patriotism and they really want no civil disobedience to be taught. >> reporter: the plan says lessons should present the most

current factual information accurately will you promote citizenship, patriotism, and respect for authority. it says materials should not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard for the law, but present positive aspects of the united states and it's heritage. >> we think censorship of history being all negative or positive. >> i respect their right to protest, but we want to make sure that kids are safe. but we want to hear what they have to say. >> part of the proposal might be changed but the conservative member behind it said on facebook no one is talking about getting rid of apus history. i'm just asking for us to take a deeper look. she said that the curriculum has a chapte emphasis on race, gender, class, ethnicity,

grievance and bashing. >> i felt like i could come to my own opinion that america is one of the best countries in the world. >> they said they'll keep publicizing their rallies by word of mouth and social media and then wait to hear what the board decides on tuesday. >> i spoke to the president of the district's parent-teacher association. she said another part of the proposal is aimed at censoring sex education for fifth graders. many are facing criticism for changes in their text books. >> thank you. just days after mars maven entered orbit, india's space program accomplished the same feat. they are the first country to put a satellite in space near

mars, and the first country to do it on its first try. >> helping these children to understand what is going on in outer space. by seeing hydrorockets in action here they're learning about india's mars orbit mission that is unfolding millions of kilometers away. it's the kind of encouragement james said didn't exist 20 years ago. >> when i was a kid i wanted to become an astronaut. but nobody told me how to do that. so i wanted to fill in that grab where i could tell a child who wants to become an astronaut what is the right processing to through. >> this is what he wants the next generation of indians to know. he says that india not only needs to invest in local innovation but workforce to support the development with

ambitious space program. >> to have this technology available, we need to have a younger generation who is doing this for us. so in the coming decades we should have those young generation becoming scientists and that is the area we're working. >> in november last year india launched it's very own mars orbior bitter. it was built at a fraction of nasa's mars mission. for millions of people india's homegrown space program is a source of pride. for the government it democrats straights the country's potential as a major player in the global space club. >> india's low-cost mars mission is proof that space exploration does not have to be expensive, and it's progress could encourage other countries to explore the universe without the constraints of astr

astronomical budgets. >> the latte salute is next, and that is with "real money with ali velshi." >> the cost of america going to war. it's way beyond the price of bombs and tanks. we'll tell you how the u.s. will be paying for decades to come and ways you might not expect. plus how you can act now before a robot comes along and steals your job. that and more coming up on real money.

>> immediate problems so immediate that americans should work them in their long-term plans. science and technology with jacob ward is here with more. how are people supposed to plan for climate change? >> well, tony, we all have dream of buying a home on the water, it's beautiful, quiet. but the science is telling us to think 20 to 50 years down the line before signing anything because the world is about to change radically. insure arers are already thinking about this. buying assault for the roads and plows for the road, and you as a smart homeowner should be thinking about this. the u.n. has made climate change the senato center. it climate change will push people down in their own countries. a report was issued about it. people have been forced to walk away from national disasters since 2008.

the philippines, china, india, bangladesh, vietnam, but number six, that's us. the united states over the last six years wildfires, hurricanes sandy and huge tornadoes in texas and oklahoma pus you had among the most displaced population in the world. climatologists are giving us a sense of where we should be looking to live, not where you want to retire. check out this map of natural disasters. the cost over $1 billion each within the past 30 years. these are not projections. these are disasters that happened. texas was hammered with 45 individual $1 billion disasters. lots of tornadoes and wildfires. and if you think about the climate change projections for the future, the assessment shows homes within four feet of th

problems. and hundreds of thousands of people hold mortgages in south mortgage an florida. go west. salt lake city, detroit by the end of the century. even alaska can see weather warm enough to grow new crops. and maybe even a swimming pool outside of balmy anchorage, alaska. >> not going to happen. twitter has been crazy. a video posted on the white house instagram account. >> yes, here's the video that has been trending since the white house hosted on instagram.

president obama getting off air force one is saluting with a white cup in his right hand. that spurred the latte salute. and criticism that the president is receiving from this is coming from the right. >> i get it. >> some people calling it shameful, disrespectful, but it was not long before dems posted this photo. president bush getting off with barney right here and he's doing a salute there. and the practice with the president returning a military salute was started by ronald reagan in 1981. before that it was not customary for a commander in chief to do so. a lot of people have been having fun with this posting, surprising pictures here. >> what is that? >> the proper way to so lieutenant an officers. and this is a picture of a woman

in sweat pants saying i'm tired of people mocking this nation. a lot of people have time on their hands. the funny thing is, we don't know what he was carrying in that cup. it could have been cup. it could have been tea. >> a lot of people have been bothered by it. my goodness, get a life. ali velshi is next on "real money" al jazeera america. >> everyone knows about isil, but what about the other target of america's airstrikes in syria? i'll look at a small band of fighters who could pose a big threat to the west. also the unscene cost of america's war. it's more than a price of tanks and guns. i'll explain how we'll pay here at home for decades to come. robots are