>> verdict postponed. deferred until november. you are watching al jazeera with me, david foster. these are the other stories we are covering in the next 30 minutes. no end yemen's intelligence chief attack a stand-off continues. continuing airstrikes against isil. a fresh assault against fightners syria.

democracy stand-off, dozens of students protesters are arresting after trying to storm the government's headquarters. >> a verdict in the trial of it hose any bubaric. a packed court was expecting a ruling on charges related to the murders of protesters in the between uprising. instead, the judge surprised the courtroom by announcing that he needs more time to consider his decision. osama binj.aba reports. >> the man who led e for dick aids, for the death of peaceful protesters, abuse of power and profiteering. but it's been postponed until next month.

>> translator: the court has decided to postpone the case to the 29ths of november. >> the documentary was shown in court which highlighted the 160,000 pages the prosecution has to go through. mubarak, former interior ministry, six of his assistants and businessmen are accused of ordering the killing of protesters. the case began in 2011. the trial has been divisive from the beginning. mubarak supporters oppose the only leader many had known for years the those who oppose mubarak had little faith in the judicial system. >> to i don't trust the army. why did it take so long for the army to arrest him? >> 2012, hosni mubarak was sentenced to life for failing to protect protesters. the chief prosecute, accused him

of engineering his success of his son and putting his interests ahead of the nation. the sentence was later overturned and a retrial ordered. last march, a fact finding schmidt created by the president at the time, mohammed morsi concluded police were responsible for the killing of almost 900 anti-government protesters like this unarmed man shot in alexandria. the economy accused mubarak of giving direct orders to kill contrary to the defense's argument that he wasn't aware of the killings. in august, 2013, mubarak was released from prison and put under house arrest. earlier this year, hosni mubarak was found guilty of stealing public funds. >> the court orders mohammed hosni mubarak to be sentenced for these three years. his lawyers say they have faith in the legal system. for many other egyptians like this man who waved his dead son's blood stained clothes

during mubarak's first day in court, justice has a completely different meaning. >> osama binjabi, al jazeera. >> senior associate at the carnegie middle east center told us the court's decision to delay the verdict was inevitable. >> reporter: there has been a buildup of criticism of the egyptian process over the past few years and accusations of high levels of politization of the process. >> i think this is the last gesture of many others that have happened over the past few months, decades, to say that this process is not politsized and that, in fact, was proper proceedings are going on. i mean the judge did not really needed to to go into this lengthy government as to why he needed to postpone and to talk about the 160,000 documents that

are available in this trial and so on and so forth. so, it's a way of saying local, domestic and international and to say actually due process is happening. we are not politsized. we have doing our job and we are doing it properly and the way we see fit. . >> in yemen, houthi rebels have attacked the house of the country's security chief. two people have been killed. last sunday, the rebels signed a peace deal to end weeks of unrest. >> has failed to stop the fighting. the houthis have seized control of sanaa. mohammed vall, not only have they seized large parts of the capitol, mohammed, but we understand they control them. why the need to attack the security chief's house? >> reporter: yeah. they tried to attack the security chief's house two days ago. they failed or at least there

was a compromise because they wanted some but over the attack found out yesterday they need a state in which they critside the houthis. and make sure what happened in sanaa, he described it as a coup under the disguise of a peace agreement. he is accused of having watched they were discredit cal during the last couple of days. the way they used their new found power inside sanaa and how they went about chasing their enemies in a manner.

and how they took is a roevening bens of these statements yesterday. we are in a climate where -- a climate of confusion because there are many players. some are invisible like the former president who is accused of having facilitated this takeover by the houthis even though we know he is a staunch enemy and has been fighting against them for two decades. but now, you know, everything is mixed up. the only certainty is that the people who have been targeted during the last few days are actually the up arisetion, 2011 uprising. >> thank you. >> those people behind the uprising are the losers in this situation in sanaa. >> mohammed vall, thank you.

united states military carried out more airstrikes targeting the isil in the eastern syria. explosions were heard in raqah province, a monitoring group said u.s. planes struck in hohmes. another is the cobane. where isil fighters have been closing in. stefanie dekker's near kobane on the turkish side of the border? >> literally outside of kobane. a couple of hundred meters away. we heard the sound of fighter jets in the sky for about 45 minutes. we also heard an explosion and a jet pulling away and saw the smoke more or less on the eastern flank. this is the report we have get from inside. kurdish fighters say there has been multipleplosions taking

place and in a village across from the turkish border a couple of kilometers east. we were there yesterday. we saw shelling. with told it was being held by isil. tas welcome development here we are told it was tension that sxwibl would be coming in, kurdish fighters were preparing. it is something being welcomed here and an interesting development. we heard from two sores inside that they were advised of these airstrikes in advance. quite how that has happened, we can't could firm so far, the kurdish fighters could pull back from some of the front lines where these airstrikes to take place. >> the secretary of defense said airstrikes alone will not be. he said a ground campaign is needed to. roslyn jordan has more from washington. ? >> with the u.s. military dropping bombs, pentagon officials say they don't know how long the air war will take.

from where they sit, it doesn't matter? >> the president gave me a mission: destroy isil. i will recommend to him what it takes to destroy isil. >> there are questions about whether the u.s.'s plan to train syrians to fight isil is realistic. 5,000 would be trained in the next year. critics say that's not enough. human rights say u.s. air raids in syria have killed civilians, not just isil fighters. the pentagon said it's investigating. >> it is first and arefo most the priority of our commanders who have responsibility for strikes to make sure, do everything they can to make sure there is no collateral damage. >> at the u.n., the iraqi president praised other countries for coming to his country's aide. >> the huge humanitarian and military support that we received from u.n. organizations, the united states, the eu and other

friendly states played a vital in assisting us to this obscure, tyrannical group. this confirmed we are not fighting terror alone. >> in kobane, kurdish residents don't think anyone is trying to protect them from isil. turkey has been called upon to help protect them and citizens. >> if a buffer zone might become a possibility but that's not part of our campaign plan presently. >> the plan right now says the u.s. schmitt to make sure isil has no safe haven. rosalind jordan, the pentagon. >> the iranian president says time's running out for negotiating a long-term deal on the country's nuclear program speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual u.n. general assembly. he offerarrested the latest rou talks and six world talks had been slow but positive.

>> regarding the nuclear issue, i must say this, like no time have i seen such seriousness in regards to solving this situation meaning i have been involved in negotiations for the last 12 years with the west, with european countries and then with the p 5 plus 1. today, there is absolutely serious intent flu words but words can't solve problems. we must show courage with the appropriate action. if we can do this, we will reach our goal. >> riot police have cleared the main government building in hong ko kong. protesters in the hours. it happened hours after dozens of students broke into the compound. some suffered minor injuries. thousands of people have gathered in support rob mcbride has the latest from hong kong. >> there are some riot police here other police are around at a time perimeter. they will occasionally move

these barricades. when they move the barricades around, it's a bit of a game of cat and mouse and the protesters, the word guys out amongst the demonstrators. they come out in force with chance to stay back. most of these are students who have been striking from classes all week. they have been joined today by ordinary hong kong people, also other students. many people turning up with bottles of water, with supplies, obviously preparing for something of a siege. others turning up with rolls of cling film. one of the things they use to product themselves against pepper spray over their eyes. it has to be said not that much pepper spray has been used but it has so far and the fear is if there are more violent clashes, it will be used a lot more if this continues. >> rob mcbride reporting this. stay with us if you can. we have this coming up: ♪ practicing faith.

some faced by christians in china. >> zjapanese fans get ready to welcome home their favorite son. ir favorite son.

♪. >> you are watching al jazeera. an egyptian criminal court has postponed the verd exhibit in the retrial of former president hosni mubarak. the court is scheduled to reconvene in november. yemen, two people have been

killed when houthi rebels attacked the house of the security chief in the country. they have seized control of large parts of the capitol sanaa. the u.s. military carried out more airstrikes against the islamic state of iraq in lavant now eight mexican military officials are under investigation for allegedly killing people in an area controlled by drug gangs. the pictures in this report are graphic and some viewers may find them disturbing. rachel levine reports. >> these photographs show the aftermath of an alleged confrontation between mexican soldiers and gang members. blood stains the walls where the victims were titlesy shot. there are weapons that have been placed next to each body. among the victims, the graphic images of the victims were

supposedly taken hours after the incident in which one soldier was wounded and 22 civilians were killed. the photos were leaked to a mexican news agency and al jazeera cannot verify them. however, human rights groups investigating the case believe they are authentic and they support claims made by an eyewitness who said she saw soldiers shoot the victims after they had surrendered. >> we know there are survivors who say what happened was not a con frontation between the army and a criminal game but the summary execution. if that turns out to be true, then this will be one of the biggest military situations in recent years. >> seven soldiers and one officer had been detained. the military has been considered one of the most trusted instittulingsz in mexico. however, allegations of extra judicial killings, torture, and

human rights abuses have increased over the years as more and more soldiers are on the front lines with the drug cartel. on friday, the interior secretary promised a full investigation into the killings. >> questionable about the way members of the army conducted themselves. this will be the exception and not the rule because we have a great army. >> receipt reefrmdz mean military personnel accused of critingly crimes against civilians will be tried in civilian courts. previous attempts to hold a military accountable for its actions has failed. this case is most important one so far to test the reforms. it's not only mexico but the entire international community which will be watching to see if and how justice is served. rachel levin, al jazeera, mexico

city. >> two rivers polluted with coxic chimcals. 20,000 peel have been told so avoid the water. the spill is moving toward the united states. in sonora state. >> there are still more questions than answers surrounding the latest toxic spill at the buena vista copper mind in sonora. the government has started distributing compensation checks from a fund started by the mining company to some of the 22,000 people affected by the spills which have poured tens of thousands of cubic meters of toxic minerals and heavy metals into the sonora river. some say not all have received the checks meant to pay for immediate needs. they mistrust groupo mexico. seven towns have been affidavit by the polluted waters. farm versus had to discard products out of fear of contamination. while the mining company and the government had been distributing

drinking water and emergency supplies to residents, the latest spill has stoked fears that the situation is still not under control. state officials estimate the economic impact of the spill could reach as high as $150 million and concerns about the short and long-term effects on the health of area residents are high. meanwhile officials across the border in the united states are concerned that this latest spill slight contaminated the san pedro river which flows north into the state of arizona. harris whitbeck, al jazeera, sonora, mexico. >> an indian court found a powerful regional politician guilty in a corruption case filed 18 years ago. the chief minister of southern tamil state was found guilty of amassing we think above her known sources of income and is expected to be sentenced saturday. she joined after a successful career on tamil films.

thousands of afghan refugees in the central asian country oftagetageoftag tajikistan. many are now facing new difficulties. >> they are hopeful they will find a safe place to call home. in august, they traveled around 1,000 kilometers from jilaliabd to the tajikastan border? >> we want to be resettled in the next one or two months because we fear we are in danger here we believe the enemies can come to this country and threaten us. >> she and her family have joined a small but anxious group of afghan ref jeez. they came here because they were worried about safetyugees. they came here because they were worried about safety. >> the afghans that go to pakistan face security chal edges like tore temperature and

brib briber. the police also imprison them. >> around 4,000 afghan refugees live in tajakistan. many are desperate to be resettled in western countries. >> most cross the border with a valid visa. once here, many say life is far from easy. >> the family have lived on the fringes of tajik society for four years according to local laws, they are not allowed to get jobs, access the government education system or live in the capitol. life is really hard here my two younger daughters work in the local market and then they go to school and my older sons can't go to university here. >> at a time challenges that afghan refugees face here are similar to those that force around one million tajiks to leave the country every year. >> were you involved? >> the un 50i9 nations says it's

aware of additional pressures that they could place on this small i mpoverished country. >> we do not anticipate large scales of influksz of refugees. janua we know there could be an influx in flows. >> for those herections of refugees. we know there could be an influx in flows. >> for those here returning to afghanistan is not an option. many feel trapped in a place they never intended to call home. al jazeera, tajikistan. >> the daughter after a priest sentence today 12 years in jail has accused authorities of making up evidence against her father. the church leader was convicted two months ago. adrian brown reports from hanon provens in central china. >> they are arriving for a gathering that they know is against the law. but are still prepared to risk

arrest. because these christians because these christians refuse to recognize the supreme cease of chinese communist party in their church. the government can put us into prison, charge us with an illegal gathering. >> january shan shan became the church's spokeswoman after the pastor was sentenced to 12 years in july. he is her father, convicted of fraud and disturbing public order. this was the moment police came for him last november. the arrest was captured by surveillance cameras. it's the first time these pictures have been broadcast. they clearly show him being bundled away. his sister was jailed last month, accused of creating social disorder. >> i wish my father and aunt could be released soon and that we could be free to worship

openly. >> shanshan's sister is in the united states after being smuggled out of china with her husband and daughter two months ago. until last year, pastor jung's church had operated with official approval. this former theatre was the main place of worship in the area. last year, authorities ordered the demolition after a long-running dispute between jang and local authorities over land for a new building. in spite of the campaign, this group say they are not giving up. en bold ended by the growth of crist yaingsianity not just in this province but across the country. shinling was detained before christmas last year. the policemen told me to keep my distance from this church. but, you know, it's impossible.

they are all christians and have been friends for many years. the man in charge denied a campaign against christians. he said the pastor was a criminal and that the evidence of fraud against him had been overwhelming. there could be as many as 60 million chris in china as those who have lost faith in communism and capitalism look to place their faith elsewhere. >> it has been a big month for asian influence in the grand slam singles. and kouri gets ready to go back to japan, he could be having an impact beyond his achievements

it can be hard to escape the crowd. tennis courts are no exception. this club has 3,000 members with numbers set to go up after kori. >> he blooelz neishikori has given a boost of under achievering pool of talent. >> for fellow japanese who compare to foreign players isn't as big physically to beat bigger and stronger opponents and go all the way to the fields is real encouragement. if he can get there, i have the confidence i, too, can stand in that stage. >> for now, he competes in grand slams as a junior. his coach things attributes once seen as disadvantageous will help him stand up. >> as a japanese player, he doesn't have a strong physique but good technique and he uses

his head. because of that, he has the potential to become a player who can compete on the world stage. he had earned will $10 million this year thanks to japan's lucrative endorsement market. he returns hope for the japan open on monday with his stock at an all-time high. neishkouri's groundbreaking run, after his home coming here in tokyo, he will emlant and not be in a grand slam final but one one. his next chance comes until january. >> ishikouri, and the success of the men's game has become the center of attention over the women. my target for grand slam is two or three years. the players here have infinit

potential. >> the potential doesn't always lead to success. for asia, they have at least set the ball rolling. paul rys, al jazeera, tokyo. >> you can keep up-to-date with the news by going to aljazeera.com. >> that's aljazeera.com. azeera.com. american war planes continue to assault i.s.i.l. overnight. now three more countries are joining in the fight. a deadly accident in the heartland where a bus carrying a college softball team collides with a truck - killing four people. plus, protests in the streets of hong kong where students are clashing where riot police all in the name of

election reform. the ebola outbreak hits a grim milestone. >> good morning, welcome to "eva bee's jamboree." thank you for -- welcome to al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford. i.s.i.l. air strikes hid a stronghold in even syria, reportedly in raqqa. war planes struck areas in homs, coming as international coalition against i.s.i.l. is expanding. three countries said yes to military action, but only inside iraq. the u.k. agreed to join after lengthy debate in perimeter, and belgium is throwing its hat in the ring, pledging 6, f-16 planes, denmark is deploying 7. all three are holding back on direct intervention in syria. the u.s. says it needs more than air power to defeat i.s.i.l.

>> reporter: with more u.s. strikes on target in iraq, and i.s.i.l. operated tanks in syria, and another round of attacks from french fighter jets... ..the pentagon warned this is just the beginning of the fight against i.s.i.l. >> sustaining a broad economic and military campaign will require a long-term commitment from the united states, and all of our partners and allies. this will not be an easy or brief effort. we are at the beginning, not the end of the effort to degrade and destroy i.s.i.l. >> secretary of defense chuck hagel, and joint chief of staff talked to the media on friday, saying it would take more time and manpower. general martin dempsey said he would recommend boots on the ground if necessary. >> if you suggest i may recommend we need a large ground

force to counter-i.s.i.l., the answer is yes. the ideal force is a force comprised of iraqis and kurds and moderate syrian opposition. >> reporter: also needed - more money. >> we are going to require addition additional funding from congress as we go forward. >> chuck hagel confirmed the operation to defeat i.s.i.l. is costing $7 million-$10 million a day, the money coming from the pentagon's overseas contingency fund. next year they said they'd need more, and are working with congress on a number. >> the defense leader says the u.s. is doing everything in its power to limit civilian casualties, saying so far they have no reports of civilian deaths, but they'll be inevitable.

>> a syrian human rights organization said there has been casualties, reportedly five civilians killed when forces struck an oil refinery. >> great britain says that air strikes against oil are in iraq could begin as early as today. british officials are deploying six jets. military officials will be on the ground training the army. britain's intervention comes after a repress of support from the iraqi government. imran khan joins us from baghdad. good morning to you. the air strikes could begin any minute from britain, what are you hearing. well, what we are hearing is that the iraqis are welcoming the idea that britain is getting involved. the tornado aircraft system is a closed support system, backing up iraqi and kurdish forces,

going in and clearing forces after air strikes. the bruts experienced the -- brits experienced the tornados with missions, and they were attacked and lost four due to iraqi air defense systems. i.s.i.l. don't have the air defense systems, so this will be seen as a force multiplier. brits and americans gel. there's a lot of cooperation. this will be seen as useful. it may be six aircraft. but they'll be key. >> the brits and the men's coming together. what is the response from the ricky officials -- iraqi officials? >> well, iraqi officials generally welcomed everything that is coming on at the moment, saying the more support they get is of critical importance, but they are worried about what happened in syria. it's not enough to knock out i.s.i.l. in iraq. they have the ground forces to

do that, but in syria we are not seeing that. we don't see many i.s.i.l. casualties in syria and an separation costing about $6 million a day. we are not seeing the kind of levels of i.s.i.l. in syria. raqqa, the main point that they are hitting, the iraqis are worried without the ground force, this could be a long and protracted campaign. they are looking to the future, wondering what the deal is for the future. >> you mention the future. i want to peak at the past. a few weeks ago when we spoke, there was a sense that i.s.i.l. would hit baghdad. what changed that? >> well, what's changed that is i.s.i.l. are not in the position where they were before the air strikes made a dent in the ability to get supplies and convoys from syria and into iraq, disrupting supply lines that they had within the cities

they controlled, and they are melting into the background. baghdad has been hit. there has been a number of car bombs two off. that's likely to continue. has i.s.i.l. been degraded. it's early to dell. with baghdad -- early to tell. with baghdad, it's a city that looks like it is in lockdown, it was in lockdown before. baghdad is the target and the key for i.s.i.l. if they take baghdad, and it's a target, that sends a message, it's unlikely they have the capability with the air strikes going on to take the city. >> imran khan, joining us live from baghdad. thank you for being with us. tensions running high for a second day as student activists are clashing with riot police in hong kong. you are watching as police tried to hold back the hundreds of students trying to push through

the barricade. 100 protesters broke through and stormed a government compound. dozens hurt, others arrested. they are protesting china's refusal to allow reforms in the region. soon we may know more about how government drones are used in the united states. according to "the washington post", president obama may order federal agencies to disclose where they fly drobs and what they -- drones and what they do with the data. the mandate would not apply to military and intelligence operations overseas. >> the justice department is calling on police in ferguson, missouri to regulate their behaviour. in a letter on friday, the d.o.j. said that officers should stop wearing bracelets showing solidarity with officer darren wilson, the police officer that shot and killed unarmed teen michael brown. the bracelet reinforce the an us

versus them mentality that many believe exists. brown's shooting in august led to days of racial unrest. four died after a semi-truck crashed into a school bus. the two collided in oklahoma. it was carrying softball players from north texas college when the semi drifted across the median. 16 were injured the the accident is under investigation. in tennessee, 13 juveniles escaped from a juvenile detention center, from the woodland hills detention system. six of the juveniles are in custody, seven are at large. >> 32 juveniles escaped from the same facility last month. a federal investigation is under way in oklahoma after the beheading of a woman inside a food plant. this man, who was recently fired

from the planned, beheaded a woman, and stabbed another before the plant manager shot him. co-worker claimed that nolan tried to convince them to convert to islam. he's in hospital awaiting charges. it appears he chose his victims at random. president obama calls for the world to do more to fight the ebola outbreak, coming as the world health organization put the death toll at more than 3,000 in west africa. most are in liberia, where 150 died in the past two days alone. sierra leone quarantined 2 million in an effort to curb the spread. and then there's guinea, where the outbreak began. >> reporter: for months the ebola virus has been spreading across west africa. now the number of people it killed reached more than 3,000. it's such a global threat na the united nations -- that the

united nations security council devoted a session from to this week. fresh from chairing that meeting on thursday, u.s. president obama reiterated the danger. >> no nation can meet the challenges on its own. no one is that isolated any more. oceans don't protect you, walls don't protect you. and that means all of us as nations and as an international community need to do more to keep our people safe. >> reporter: the outbreak is believed to have started in guinea. its president told the united nations general assembly the effect on his country has been devastating. >> translation: the ebola reminds us of a vital need to contain and overcome the disease. we need to combat the irrational panic. ebola is highly serious, it can healed and is not necessarily a death sentence. >> the challenge is daunting, home to 11.5 million.

it is rich in mineral deposits, half its population lives in poverty. the government spends $67 per person per year on health, meaning there's 1,100 doctors in the whole country, and there are high rates of malnutrition, malaria and h.i.v. christopher gibson. many -- h.i.v. many scientists are pinning their hopes on a safe for a vaccine to treat ebola. there are signs that the weight may be over. >> we may use some of the vaccines in affected countries in - at the beginning, the very beginning of next year, in january. >> by then, the virus is projected to have infected many tens of thousands of people. north korea's state media says leader kim jong un is suffering major discomfort. there are reports that he may

have gout. kim has not been seen in public for three weeks and had a noticeable limp when walking - just like there. he failed to attend a government meeting on thursday, the first time he has been absent since becoming leader in 2011. bill and hillary clinton are grandparents. chelsea clinton sent out a tweet confirming she gave birth on friday. the tweet reed: -- reads: both the former president and former secretary of state re-tweeted their daughter's announcement. >> time for a check on the national forecast. for that we turn to esteemed meteorologist dave warren. >> we are talking about the flooding across india and the south-west. happening in the nearby portions of india. they have seen 200mm of rain fall. normally double or triple that,

and that is the rain coming down. the waters are receding and a number of people being killed, and landslides. good news is we are seeing the flooding water recede, but the damage has been done. 200%. rain fall coming in the last week. it was focussed over the nearby section of india. here is the satellite showing the big area of rain over the same area. now we are talking about flash flooding across the south-west. it's over in nevada, the four corners region, but it's not just flash flooding, but tornado that could start to spin up. we'll look at that later in the complete forecast. stay tuned. new anti-islamic ads are hitting the streets. the woman behind them says they are educational. some fear it could invite violence. the postal carrier that failed to deliver. why authorities made sure it was

a priority to make sure his letters and parcels were lost in the mile. and a main erupted in california, spilling millions of gallons of water into the streets. don't go anywhere.

is century's old watermain burst, 96 gallons flowing out per minute. crews turned off the water and are trying to clean up the mess. last month a similar break flooded the campus of u.c.l.a. welcome back to "eva bee's jamboree." thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford. a controversial ad campaign critics say is designed to

instill hate. on friday bill growth quit pim coe, after turning it into a $2 million jewinger naught. his relationship with management and staff deteriorated. earlier in year top deputy stepped down and other executives threatened to leave over lis belligerent behaviour. wall street's relationship with the government is under scrutiny. a new report focuses on former federal reserve employee carmen, assigned to a team overseeing goldman saks. she recorded hours of conversation, noticing how much sway the bank had over government regulators. one of those recordings you hear a colleague referring to a goldman deal to help spanish bank that was struggling as legal but not quite proper.

>> there you had it. it was called shady. and other recordings revealed push backs from higher up. when goldman's operations were questioned. she was fired and filed suit. it was thrown out. she is appealing. >> a controversial ad campaign will hit the new york subways and bus, featuring images from james foley's execution, and describes the presence of a jihadi threat in america. as roxana saberi reports, the ads are sparking criticism and debate across the state. >> reporter: hitler sitting with

a muslim leader, one of six ads that millions of new yorkers will see next week. the group american freedom defense initiative behind the ads says the campaign tells truths about islam. muslim american organizations say it's full of lies. >> these sorts of advertisements are misinformation trying to poison the minds of the public in order to get you to hate muslims. >> reports of hate crimes against muslim new yorkers are up. there has been twice as many crimes. one reason is i.s.i.l.'s beheadings of american journalist james foley, and steven sotloff. the director of the american organization says a man in brooklyn threw is trash can at you. >> he wanted to cut my effing head off to see how my people would feel about it. i'm worried the ads could create more hatred crimes.

>> reporter: similar posters went up in washington d.c., boston and new york still. pamela gealea her is behind the headlines. >> this is a profreedom campaign. >> gealer's budget is bigger, reportedly $100,000, and the campaign broader with posters plastered on 100 city buses and two subway entrances. one ad takes aim at the palestinian group hamas, designated by the u.s. as a terrorist organization and likens it to care, a group advocating muslim-american heights. >> there's no correlation. she's trying to create hatred to anything. >> politicians in new york denounced the campaign, but the city's mass transit authority says it can't do much against the viewpoint ads, other than

have disclaimers saying it doesn't remembered reviews. we review every viewpoint, but a series of rulings make it clear our hands are tied. >> we believe that ms gealer has a right to post the ad, but we have the right to call her a bigot, and a hateful person using propaganda to insight violence and hatred against muslims. >> the metropolitan transportation authority did reject an ad referring to muslim killing jews. gealer is suing the npa. >> a man with horn implants in his forehead has been convicted of murdering three men. >> i'll see you in hell. remember that. every one of you. >> all right, that was the defendant yelling at the massachusetts jurors. look at the photo. he has two rows of horns on his

forehead and a tattoo 666. he's the third man convicted as part of a murder case in 2011, and he will be sentenced on monday. >> a montana teacher has been resentenced in a 2013 rape of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself. 55-year-old stacy dean rambold will send 10 years in prison. his original sentence of one month sparked outrage. the original judge censured saying the teen shared responsibility because she appeared older than she was. an scale artist - a tribute to freedom at a notorious prison. stay tuned.

check out the meetiors shooting across the show. a photographer captured it whilst filming the milky way t happens when comet debris passes through the earth's atmosphere and immediately burns up, causing the streaks of bright light. good morning, welcome to "eva bee's jamboree." thank -- al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. a notorious prison becomes an art gallery. first, the forecast with dave

warren. what is on tap? >> rare event out west. there's tornado risks issued for parts of nevada and arizona. not uncommon, but rare to see this happening. areas of low pressure pulling in a lot of moisture, scenes like this coming out of vague as, a lot of -- vegas, a lot of rain. the risk showing an area of low pressure. more scenes of that, and a change in wind direction. upper level window going out of the south-west, the lower coming out of the south, changing wind direction leading to the risk this afternoon and this morning. >> thank you. some new yorkers have not been getting their male in brooklyn -- mail in brooklyn, now they know why. the mailman has been harding it. 40,000 letters found inside

joseph riccardo's car and apart: he faces prison time. postal workers will try to deliver the mail dating back to 2005. an exhibit extolling freedom opening at america's notorious prison. alcatraz will house contemporaneous chinese art from an artist that nose about fighting for -- knows about fighting for freedom. >> reporter: they say no one successfully escaped alcatraz. for the inmates freedom was a dream. it is poetic for an art suggestion about creativity expression and freedom. some viewable only plough paps of broken -- panes of broken prison glass, some against the prison walls. >> the works are beautifully made, resplendent. colourful. i think people from all walks of

life will find something compelling about them. >> chinese activist artist calls if "at large", and planned it remotely, in ab stentia, his own freedom curtailed by the chinese government. he cannot leave china, he could not escape to alcatraz. some of the installations were designed in china and assembled in the united states. decorating the old prison factory floor, a million lego blocks, portraits of political prisoners and exiles around the world. the artist sat in gaol for his own outspokenenness and nose what it feels like. he has given visitors the opportunity to speak truth to power. he has addressed postcards. most will not reach the recipients, but serve as reminders to government of their human rights record.

>> alcatraz is administered by the national parks service, meaning that the u.s. government had to grant permission to build the exhibit. that may not sit well with china. >> he has battled the authorities. when we interviewed him in beijing in 2009, fighting for freedom had become a major part of his art. >> you really have to show your ournal, and show - and to express your -- courage and to express your cautiousness and communicate with others. >> he wants his works not just by art works and those in china. over a million tourists visit alcatraz every year. >> the typical visitor probably doesn't expected a visitor. we want them to have a

transformative experience that when they leave the island, they are a different person. >> reporter: cell block a is an institution stay tuned. an invitation to sit behind bars and listen to poetry and music. echos of a tibetan song of freedom inside what was once america's infamous prison. keep it here, i'm morgan radford, and i'm back with you in one minute for the 8 o'clock hour of al jazeera america.

joining the fight - three more nations sign on to battle i.s.i.l. as a new round of american air strikes rains fire overnight. chaos in hong kong. the fight for democracy pitting students against police. plus, saturated on the sunset strip. the watermain break shutting

down part of the tinsel town for hours. a potential link between breast cancer and your skirt size. medical research that is making the connection good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm morgan radford. the military campaign against i.s.i.l. is growing this morning. western powers signing on to defeat the rebel group in iraq. great britain says that air strikes could begin as early as today, after the parliament agreed to join the u.s.-led fight on friday. belgium and denmark agreeing to help. the u.s. continuing a bombardment in eastern syria. pentagon officials warn that air scribings alo -- air strikes al will not defeat the fighters, grouped forces may be feed the.

>> reporter: with the military dropping bombs on i.s.i.l. targets in iraq and syria. pentagon officials say they do not know how long the war will take. from br they sit, it doesn't -- from where they sit, it doesn't matter. >> the president gave me a mission - destroy i.s.i.l. i'll recommend to him what it will take to do that. >> there are questions whether training militants to fight is realistic. 5,000 will be trained in the next year. critics say it's not enough u.n. right groups say civilians have also been kill. >> the aaron penny is investigating. >> it's first and foremost the priority of the commanders who have responsibility for strikes, to make sure - do everything they can to make sure there is no collateral damage. at the u.n., the iraqi president praised other countries for coming to their aid.

>> translation: the huge humanitarian and human tri report we received from e.u., united states, and other states played a vital role in assisting us facing up to the group. it confirmed to our people that we are not fighting terror. >> kurdish residents don't think anyone is trying to protect them from i.s.i.l. turkey is calling for a buffer zone to protect them and its own citizens. the u.s. is not rushing to endorse the idea. >> a buffer zone may be a possibility. it's not part of the plan presently. >> the plan now, says the u.s. military, is to make sure i.s.i.l. has no safe haven. imran khan joins us live from baghdad. the us-led coalition continues to grow. how is the news that even more countries, belgium, the u.k., denmark - how is the news that

they are joining this alliance been received there? >> officially it's welcomed. the iraqis said the coalition like this is needed, the iraqi army is in need of an upgrade and help is crucial. i have been speaking to an iraqi parliamentarian and he cast doubt on why it is that the "ights members -- coalition members, the new ones, are joining to strike i.s.i.l. only in iraq. what you said is the problems cuts across two problems - syria and iraq. that's where the concentration needs to be. they are worried a lot of countries coming on board, but syria is left alone to the u.s. and a lot of arab states, and they are wondering why it is. why the international coalition is more unified in attacking syria and iraq. >> give me a hypothetical. what is the best case scenario from the air strikes, and on the

flipside are there unforeseen costs that we are not seeing yet. >> well, the best case scenario is obvious. what you do is disrupt i.s.i.l. from setting up their safe havens, disrupt the supply lines, making them weak and don't give them the ability to come out of the strongholds and attack other cities. that is what we see in iraq. the problem is you don't get rid of i.s.i.l. they are in motorcyclual -- mosul, on places on the syria border and are in vast numbers. >> they are costing 16 million. how long do you keep this up without putting in ground troops, well trained ground troops and special forces to get rid of them. that is really the circumstances, the unfore scene circumstances. you are effectively dividing the country, and turning areas

controlled by i.s.i.l. into no-go areas. and there are civilians in the areas. how do you supply them, get ad, water. what do i.s.i.l. then do. do they take the civilian population hostage, is effectively what you are doing. do they start killing civilians. there's a lot of questions asked as to how you do this with air strikes, you need the ground forces. >> speaking of the grouped troops and civilians living in the border towns, we know na forces in the north are engaged at staving off i.s.i.s. what about the central army in bag dad? >> well, the central army is doing the best they can in terms of the equipment and the types of training it has. there are 1600 u.s. advisors taking a look at what the iraqi army need and the tactics it needs to beat i.s.i.l. they have not been deployed in large numbers.

that is what the iraqi people are looking for. they say they have the anbar province, where capitol hill is in charge of downs. large parts the iraqi army needs to go in and clear the towns, and needs the support it has not got now. that's not to say it will not change of the the americans are here, in an advise christopher gibson capacity, drones are flying own -- advisory capacity. drones are flying around. the iraqi army is in a wait and see mode. let's see how the air strikes fare and what the iraqi army can do in the center and out to the borders with syria. >> wait and see we will. imran khan joining us live. thank you for being with us. >> as imrap mentioned yil -- imran khan mentioned i.s.i.l. fighter are moving closer to a town on the border. kurds blame the government for failing to protect them and helping i.s.i.l. tuckey denies these -- turkey

denies the accusations. stefanie dekker reports from na border between the two countries. >> these people are turkish kurd. the anger is growing. i.s.i.l. positions in syria are not far, and they are moving in towards the turkish town of kobani. they made their way west to deliver the message. >> translation: i.s.i.l. is shelling our people. we will sacrifice our blood for kobani. the turkish government will not let us go and fight. they are helping i.s.i.l., they want kobani to fall. >> military reinforcements are brought in. hundreds of kurds are approaching the entrance to protest turkey not doing enough to stop i.s.i.l. they sing kurdish patriotic songs. [ singing ] >> translation: i.s.i.l.'s presence is not independent from

the government's policies. if they hadn't opened the border for i.s.i.l., they would not have gotten this close. if anything happens to kobani, we'll make hell. >> an hour and a half away there were diplomatic efforts by the u.s. to bring together a coalition of groups inside syria to fight i.s.i.l. we are told that includes the free syrian army, syrian christians and kurdish groups. when we asked that means training and fighting people, this is the army we have. >> we hope the army of the vetted groups is faster and kicker, and hope to use the day when we use bashar al-assad in the past tense. >> the al nusra front and others are not welcome. the u.s. wants to focus on moderate groups, and their ability to confront illinois is debatable. it doesn't include i.c.g. the group battling i.s.i.l.

turkey's violent history with the kurd is reluctant to see kurdish armed with weapons that could be pointed at them, they fear that will cause them to fight for more rights and an islamic state. over 150,000 syrian kurds have escaped across the border, renewing tensions between turkey and its kurds. >> in 10 minutes we'll talk to a former member of the joints chiefs of staff. retired air force colonel cedric kirby joins us to discuss i.s.i.l. you are watching chaos on the streets of hong kong, where pro-democracy protesters are clashing with police. officers tried to hold back hundreds of students who

eventually stormed the main government compound. 29 were hurt, dozens arrested, and rob was there for all the action. >> there has been chaotic scenes in central hong kong with the first major act of civil disobedience in this campaign. it came at government headquarters, at the end of what was a peaceful rally. it's been a weak of protests by students striking from the university campuses, joined today by secondary school students. there was a rally. at the end a couple of hundred protesters broke away, broke through the barriers and occupied the main courtyard in front of the area. pepper spray was used. a number of arrests were made, including main organizers. there has been a couple of injuries, a couple of ambulances have taken people away from the scope, and a tense standoff ever since. the protest is up to a couple of

thousands, they have been trying to block exits, trying to stop the police from taking away protesters who managed to get inside, stop them being taken away from the scene. this occupies central campaign was not meant to start until object the 1st, a major holiday in a few days time. this is it starting to feel like it's the start of a campaign tonight. angry protesters in ukraine's capital tossed another politician into the trash. fed up with corruption, punishing any law-maker supporting viktor yanukovych. it's going viral with the hashtag trash bucket challenge. three have been thrown into the dumpster. the current president, petro porashenko, they want him to sign a bill forcing any members of parliament that work under viktor yanukovych, to quit. president obama is not

mincing words when he says the world is simply not doing enough to fight the ebola crisis. >> it is unacceptable if because of lack of preparedness and planning and global coordination, people are dying. when they don't have to. so we have to do better. at a global health summit the president said the u.s. has taken the lead, but cannot do it alone. the world health organisation says more than 3,000 people have been killed by ebola so mar. >> the justice department is calling on police in ferguson, missouri to watch not only what they do, but what they wear. in a letter on friday the d.o.j. said officers should stop wearing bracelets showing solidarity with officer darren wilson. the officer that shot and killed unarmed teen michael brown. the letter goes on to say "the im darren wilson brace let's

reinforces us versus them mentality that many believe exists", michael brown's shooting in august led to days of unrest. 13 juveniles escaped a youth detention center, at the woodland hill youth development center much the group overpowered a guard, bit six of those juveniles are in custody. seven are at large. last month 32 juveniles escaped from the exact same facility. a man charged with abducting a university student is it behind bars. jessie matthews was extradited from texas, where he was arrested. he is held without bond and is expected to appear in court. 18-year-old hannah gram has been missing since september 13th. at least four people died after a semi-truck crashed into a school bus, colliding in

murray county oklahoma. where the bus carried softball players from north central texas college when the semi drifted across the median, hitting it head op. 15 were injured. the accident is under investigation. >> they are in the midst of an epic drought. northern california got a sliver of relief in an unexpected way. dave warren is here with a look at the weather. what is happening? >> unexpected with a form of hail coming down. the big storm brought much-needed rain, too much to some areas, but is moving across parts of the south-west, leading to severe weather. look at the hail coming down in california, rainbow, we see that with the storms. here is the hail coming down, not a large amount, not big, but a good amount to coat the ground. you she that a lot, and the -- e sue they a lot, and the air is cold enough. it's leading to severe weather, and with the low over nevada to

the south and east of that, you get a lot of moisture from the south. the challenge in wind direction, upper level wind from the south-west, at the surface, the change in wind direction leaves the storms to rotate. there's a penalty of severe weather, with tornado and more flash flooding. strong storms led the flooding yesterday. it's over the same area. we'll see the risks for severe weather today. it's an extreme storm watch. flooding and the penalty of storms is what we can see today. not uncommon, very uncommon, but not impossible. the area averaging about two tornados christopher gibson a year. thank you. dave, speaking of solicitors of hope, bill and hillary clinton are grandparents. chelsea sending out a tweet confirming she gave birth to a baby girl on friday, reading:

both the former president and the former secretary of state re-tweeted their daughter's announcement. it's been called a war on truth. the shocking number of journalists kidnapped or killed in syria. why the perpetrators are rarp brought to -- rarely brought to justice. we talk to retired general cedric leighton about the u.s. joining. iphones are said to be too secure. you may disagree. eyes in the sky - watching every move you make. what president obama is about to do that could change the way drones are used by the united states' government. stay tuned.

another big mess in los angeles, thanks to a broken watermain. this one a century hold pipe running along the famed sunset boulevard in west hollywood. shimano is here to explain it. what is going on in the city of angels. >> it's an ongoing problem. the infrastructure in los angeles continues to age. last year alone there were 1,000

watermain breaks, an average of three per day. this is the scene in west hollywood yesterday, and water cascading down the street. officials say at the peak, 9600 gallons of water. crews turned off the water and are cleaning up the mess. scenes like this of water gushing down the streets in west hollywood, or the flooding on the u.c.l.a. campus prompted calls for action. the ageing infrastructure of pipes, highway, sidewalks and the water system is a growing concern. los angeles officials do not have a plan for financing the facelift because of budget concerns and cutbacks. officials estimated na the necessary -- that the necessary repairs would cost $8 billion, and the city's annual budget is around 8 million. maintenance is deferred and the cost of the infrastructure has been passed on to the people of

l.a. research shows that drivers in los angeles spend on average 832 a year for repairs related to bad roads, which is the highest in the nation. many of l.a.'s water main pipes are nearly 100 years old, the age most recommend that pipes be replaced. the question is fix it now or later, because the problem is not going away. >> it's crazy to shut down sunset in both directions. traffic is it pretty much gridlocked. >> luckily at the hotel we've had no damage at the property. neither of us had damage. we have a full house in our hotel, and a full house in the restaurant. at this point, until we open up, it creates a loss of business. >> affecting a loss of businesses and profits, and according to l.a. department of water and power. watermain breaks average three per day. >> a lot going on in california.

from hail to the watermain breaks. >> unbelievable. >> catalonia's president called for an independent referendum to decide if the region will succeed from spain. the vote is expected to take place on november 9th, and the spanish government says the referendum is illegal. it will hold a cabinet meeting in madrid. the announcement coming a little more than a week before scotland rejected it's succession. a long with a diplomatic welcome, a court summons was issued against narendra modi, for a role in 2002's religious riot in india. a civil rights group is offering $10,000 to anyone that can deliver the court summons to him. child expert say low-income children have a chance of being developmentally demand and it's apparent by the age of two. we spoke to the c.e.o. and

president of save the children in "talk to al jazeera". . >> in the u.s. right now, in rural areas of the united states, which is a place where save the children works primarily, one in four kids are living under the poverty line, 25% of our children are living under the poverty line. nationally it's one in five. it's a real issue. we actually do report every year doing state of the world. this was our 15th year. when we started the u.s. was in the top 10. it was about four. the u.s. is 31st in the state of the world. >> you can see all of ali's interview with caroline meyers, and his conversation with jim young kim, bank president, on "talk to al jazeera" this afternoon. >> from abject poverty to medical stories - one including cancer and the skirt size of a woman. here to talk about that is

infectious disease specialist dr gowner. thank you for joining us. first off new studies show women that went up a skirt size every decade had a 33% greater risk of breast cancer. why skirt size? >> skirt size measures how much fat you are carrying. weigh talk about the pear and apple shape figure. a larger skirt size talks about more weight around the waist. when you carry weight there. it's more metapollicly active. it's likely to secrete eostrogen. >> that is what, with links to cancer. >> it's a female hormone. post menopausal women who have higher levels of eostrogen, including carrying extra fat are at higher risk for breast cancer. >> what about critics that say

dress sizes have changed, but also those who say look, it relies on an accurate memory, that a woman would have to know what size she was when she was 26. >> at the same time, what they are looking at is how much is your sirt size changing -- skirt size changing over a decade. one thing i talk about with patient is obesity and they say "i'm big boned", this is an easy way for a woman to keep track of her weight, and this is the kind of weight that is important in terms of her health. >> i want to talk to you about another study that came out, finding that taking prenatal iron may lower your child's risk of autism. what is it about the properties of iron related to autism. >> iron helps and is an important compensate when you develop a brain, a nervous system, immune system, and the

nervous system and immune system are important in terms of development of autism. there's disfunction, and you are more likely to develop autism. it's an important component of red blood cells and it transports oxygen to the tissues, carbon dioxide away from the tissues. when you don't have iron, the basic functions are impaired. >> moving from iron to anti- before i let you go, i have to ask you about a study related to other areas. increased risks for alzhiemer's have been linked to anxiety pills. >> zhan ex, adda van, val yam, clodo van are the main ones, and there's a risk beyond three months of alzhiemer's, and there's other reasons that these medications are something that we should be careful with.

they are addictive, and in the elderly have been shown to increase the risk of falls. in the elderly we need to be careful about prescribing the medications, and there are others, different glass, but we don't know could the medications have var risks -- similar risks. that needs to be studied. >> there hasn't been a causal relationship. how reliable is a study like this in the first place? >> there's an association. it's like when we - in the early days. smoinging and luck cancer. you see the association, and over time scientists look at mechanisms, we are not there yet. >> thank you so much. freedom of the press at risk all around the world. why the job of informing the public has become one of the most dangerous. if you think this convict 's mug

shot is ugly, wait until you hear what happened when the jury handed down their verdict.

good morning to you. welcome back to "al jazeera america". i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories. the u.s. launched another round of air strikes against i.s.i.l. overnight. the force reportedly carried out the attacks in the eastern syrian city of raqqa. the war planes struck areas in homs. the strikes come as international coalition against i.s.i.l. is expanding. >> pro-democracy protesters clash with police in hong kong where nearly 30 were injured, when students pushed through the barricades, storming a government building. dozens were arrested, and a

civil disobedience campaign is protesting a refusal of democratic reforms. >> the world health organisation says the death toll from the ebola outbreak is more than 3,000. most of the those deaths are in liberia, where 150 died in just the past two days alone. president obama again on prd said the -- friday said the world has not done enough to help west africa. >> soon we may know more about how government drones are used within the united states. according to "the washington post," president obama may order federal agencies to disclose where they fly drones, and what they do with the surveillance data. drafts of the order have been distributed. the mandate would not apply to military and intelligence operation. >> the federal bureau of investigation is slamming apple and google for creating encrypted smartphone data, mean law enforcement can't access data without a coward order.

>> reporter: when tim cook announced a privacy policy with the new iphones, he changed an age-old relationship. over 50 years ago in his last address to the nation, dwight eisenhower warned against... u the military industrial complex. >> reporter: warning that a partnership might join industries. he was right. a thriving industry exists connecting military contractors, north, makers of jets, tank, weaponry, but a new guard of consumer technology joined the complex. google took a stance of outrage against revelations of edward snowden that the n.s.a. took the information to snoop on

everybody. apple has been visited by the army, adapting ipods, ipads and apple computers for use in the field. if you cabinet arrested the first thing that -- get arrested the first thing law enforcement would love to see is its phones. apple has made the new iphone encrypted so law enforcement cannot take information without the user's passcode. in a public statement the federal bureau of investigation director condemned the company to hamper la enforcements ability to look through a phone. it's possible for them to grab information from the cloud, put there by the companies that make the apps. apple doesn't control that. let's be clear, apple is not a political organization, they are in the business of selling phones. it may be a ploy to entice people, promising to keep their stuff out of the hands of the government. if it's true, it's an historical milestone, an age-old

relationship between business and the military is showing ware. in a case between apple and the fbi, a crack appeared in the military industrial complex. and in june the supreme court christopher gibson ruled that the police -- supreme court ruled that the police need a search warrant before looking through a phone. an expressive report focused on federal reserve employee carmen sigara, assigned to a team overlooking gacks christopher gibson. in 2012 she -- goldman saks, and she recorded hours of conversation in 2012, when she noticed how many sway the bank had over government regulators, in one report you here a deal to a spanish group as legal, but not quite proper.

. >> ordinary recordings push backs when sgara questioned goldman's provisions. she was fired in 2013 and filed a lawsuit. it was thrown out. she is appealing. a major shake-up at pacific investment management company. bill gross quit pim coe opting to join janice capital. he turned pim coe into a $2 million jugger naught after cofounding in 1971. his relationship with the management and staff deteriorated. other executives threatened to leave over his bellager ept behaviour. >> a man with morn implants in

his forehead has been convicted of murdering three men. he has been convicted of murdering three men. >> i'll see you in he. >> he was yelling at the jurors after the verdict was red. >> there are two rows of horns on the forehead implanted along with the tattoo 666. the third man convicted as part of the murder case in 2011. he'll be sentenced on monday. >> speaking of juries, a montana teacher will spend the next 10 years in prison for the rape of a 14-year-old girl who killed hers. stacy dean ram boll was sentenced to one month, sparking a nation-wide outrage. the sentence was not only overturned but centered in part because the teen shared responsibility because she appeared older than she was. >> the justice department has

been representing feg christopher gibson's police -- ferguson's police chief for letting law enforcement officers where bracelets in support of darren wilson, the police officer that shot and killed michael brown. diane eastabrook has the story. >> so doubt date. >> it's 7am, and the start of a very long day. on the drive to school, the 17-year-old chats with his mum, about the upcoming homecoming dance. >> i decided to take the one on the 19th. >> okay. >> harpens is senior and on the honour role of a nearly all-black school, where roughly a third of the students don't graduate. often not by joys. >> last year was a bad year for us. we lost a numb rouse amount of

students. we had some murdered before. this is crazy. >> things have gotten crazier lately. the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen by a white police officer triggered sometimes violent protests. he went to one demonstration. >> i was set that a gi was kill. i wouldn't have let myself get into that predicament. >> running on the cross-country team keeps him out of focus. he rub runs in the afternoon. >> if i'm upset i go running. >> reporter: visiting his father in prison reminds him how easily life can go wrong. does it motivate you to not be in that same position? >> yes. almost every time he tells me "i never want to see you in the position i'm in.

i don't want to see a day with you here with me. i never want that." >> reporter: trouble finds black teens. he goes to a college preparatory cas one evening a week -- class one evening a week. one night whilst waiting for a bus, he was involved in a fight and police showed up with handcuffs. >> i seen his fist hitting me in the face and she knees me and slammed me on the ground. i'm like "why are you doing this?" >> reporter: it's been 12 hours since he started his day, weary, he listens to a lecture about filling out college applications. >> most schools are nonprofit... >> and hopes his efforts will pay off. >> i'll be the first in my family to go to college. >> and maybe make a difference. and his community. al jazeera series "edge of 18' takes a closer look at problems facing american teens. you cap watch the latest en --

can wash the latest episode tonight. >> translation: we in iraq are determined to cleanse our land from i.s.i.s., and would like to stress to you that eliminating terrorism in iraq is an important step in the direction of protecting the world and ridding the world from this danger are. >> that is ricky president speaking at the u.n. praising great britain, belgium. >> you are looking at the border between syria and turkey, where thousands of refugees are fleei fleeing i.s.i.l. worry joined by the colonel from washington d.c. the headlines show that three european nations joined the

coalition to defeat i.s.i.l., none of which are prepared to take the fight behind iraq. why is itti difficult to get th to fight in syria. >> part of them is they are recognising international boundaries. they are between iraq and a hard place. if they don't recognise the international boundary, they will find themselves really seeing something against the whole way in which we manage nation states. they can't do that. from a military tactical pertelentive. it makes sense to go in and after i.s.i.l. targets. they have the politics down, but don't have the tactics down, and a strategy down from a military perspective. it means it will be difficult to destroy i.s.i.l., like president obama says he wants to do if the nations don't help us to go into

the syrian air space. tactically they are between a rock and a hard place. >> the answer is yes, there has to be a ground compensate to the campaign against i.s.i.l. and syria. the path to develop that is the syrian moderate opposition, and i am confident that we can establish the training if we do it right, rite, not fast. >> is the general's confidence mispoliced. how long would it take -- miss placed. how long would it take to train thousands of the opposition forces? >> if you want to train them well, do it right, it should have started well over a year ago, just from a pure pipeline trading pipeline per spent if. you have language barriers, literacy issues, trust issues.

it will be a difficult effort to get the fighters trained, that are there, fighting the bashar al-assad regime. it will take them at least a year to get it done, and done right. general martin dempsey wants to do the job right, but the problem he'll run into is the operational reality on the ground. it makes it difficult to train these people in the time frame that he has. if we could overcome the language, literacy and trust issues, is it enough and should the forces be on the ground? well, these forces are on the ground because it's their country, and they are going to fight the bashar al-assad regime originally, and they find themselves fighting i.s.i.l., and other groups that they are not aligned with. they'll be there, and they'll be

the ones sufficient to carry out the mission. coordinating air strikes and targetting air strikes. i don't think so. they don't have the requisite skill sets that the u.s. military or the u.k. military or the saudi or qatari military have, that will create significant problems because if other nations don't put more skill suits on the ground, there'll be significant issues for possible civilian casualties, there'll be issues with other elements that will go wrong and for example, when you see them go on the syrian turkish border. >> the retired air force colonel, i think we'll lose you in a moment. thank you for joining us. you are looking at a u.s. fighter plane reviewing in mid air, happening last tuesday. which the colonel mentioned.

the video shows that kc, 135 strata tanker is the military equivalent to a boeing 737. it was part of the second strike package to hit i.s.i.l. targets. press freedom has been declining steadily around the world, not just because of risks involved in covering wars. government and rebel groups are cracking down on reporters more than before. as paul beban explains, journalists are scene as walking atms, easy target for kidnap and ransoms. >> reporter: during lebanon's civil wars in the '80s, journalists were held hostage for years. in cambodia they were detained during the rain of terror of the khmer rouge and in south and latin america they have been targeted by paramilitaries, drug gangs and governments. nothing in modern memory compares to syria. according to the committee to protect journalists.

of 227 journalist killed around the world since 2011, a third died in syria. it was the beheading of two journalists that brought the risks of reporting the syrian conflict into sharp focus. >> he was concerned. >> he knew it was getting more attention. >> james foley and steven sotloff were two of more journalists kidnapped in syria, 20 are missing. the reason you have not heard about them, is most are syrians, working as journalists or supporting international reporters. most of the international media pulled out, making it difficult to know what is really going on there. syria is not the only place where journalists are targeted. the committee to protect journalists created an impunity

index. from 2004 through last year, there are 13 countries where five journalists were murdered without a single perpetrator convicted. a third of murdered journalists are taken captive or tortured before they are killed. often are they captured or prosecuted? less than 5% of the time. >> when you are in a war zone, you know the threats. i think it's the areas that people are working in supposedly a normal environment that there's a sinister presence closing down. as journalists are dying and reporting from conflict zone dwindles. the other casualty is the truce. >> paul beban, al jazeera. >> the most recent report, the committee to protect journalists found that last year was one of the worst on record for journalists. several of our colleagues were detained, as well as in egypt. one of them, abdullah al-shami

spent almost a year in a prison cell for doing his job and spoke about how it felt to be behind bars for so long. >> it was like hell, if i could use this expression much there was always that constant fear of spending the rest of your life there. i remember for the first - the first day when we moved through the prison, and the cards locked up the -- guards locked up the doors of the cell. i thought this is it, i'll stay for a lifetime, 25-30 years of my life. it was painful to have that thought. >> our colleagues are in prison in cairo. correspondent peter greste, producers mohamed fadel fahmy and badr have been in gaol for 273 days now. charged with supporting the banned muslim brotherhood. al jazeera relates all charges and demands their immediate release. a lack of communication could lead to the spread of h.i.v.

those at risk are not talking to their doctors. we'll speak with an aids prevention athlete after the break. environmentalin soil - mother nature hard at work creating new land as we speak. an amazing show in the sky, some for folks in a special part of the country.

you're watching russia carrying out live fire military drills in the arctic. moscow wants to beef up its military preps by the end of this -- presence by the end of the year and is carrying out sea and air exercises. moscow and washington stopped cooperation in the arctic due to the ukranian crisis. a startling report shows how many gay and bisexual men are not open with the doctor. 47% never discussed the sexual

orientation, 56% say they have never been advised by the doctor to be tested. by the united states, a majority of h.i.v. infections occur among men who have sex with men. a new way to z express the spread is nevada. damon jacobs is a marriage and family therapist, a personal user of truvada and joins us. this is really interesting. you take the pill yourself. >> yes. >> you are quoted on the website saying for 20 years you were terrified you'd get h.i.v. but since the f.d.a. approved truvada, it changed your situation. >> it removed the fear, and i had no idea how much the fear was in sexual interactions i had. i grau up in the 1980s.

my images was rock hudson dying of aids. once we could prevent with a pill t made pa difference. >> why aren't more men on the pill. we look at studies. in the last two years, fewer than 2,000 prescriptions were filled, half by women. >> the f.d.a. can regulate the use of truvada, it can't regulate the stigma. the name, the attacks, shaming from friends and family and doctors is prevalent. >> what is the stigma? >> the stigma around being sexually active as a gay man. we are not there as a society where we have informed intelligent conversations. we are engaged with finger pointing, name calling. >> moving past the finger pointing. and out in new york where we are making it affordable.

how big is that. will it pick up across the country? >> it will pick up in areas where people are at high risk. areas of the u.s. where there's more prevalence. it makes sense on a financial level for cities to consider implementation. for various reasons people can't afford truvada. if you are h.i.v. christopher gibson positive, and you can't afford meds, there's national programs that can help. there's no assistance nationally for people seeking to use truvada. >> if it's covered by the states in terms of medical insurance, who can't afford it. >> people that fall into the gap between medicaid and private insurance. the affordable care act is not affordable for a lot of people in the urks and a lot of people that -- in the scpurks a lot of people with coverage. they cannot afford truvada. it makes the most sense for them. >> moving beyond the financial

aspect. what about critics that say they don't want to fund the drug. >> if they use the drug, it protects against the h.i.v. what about the other diseases. >> there's a few different questions. as you point out. h.i.v. is on the rise. if condoms work, and that message work, we wouldn't see 50,000 infections in the u.s. the con domes only is not working. that means people pay for the cost. >> it would be higher. >> it's much higher. >> it's three times higher than the cost of prevention. >> this will fall on a taxpayers' shoulders. it will make sense to spend money now to pay for treatment, versus prevention later. >> thank you so much. pleasure to have you with us. >> there was an amazing show in the sky if you live on the great lakes. dave warren is here with that. we are talking about the northern lights. we had the new moon, and the

skies were clear. when conditions are like, sites like this, beautiful site. this is what it looked like. you see the green hue in the sky, conditions were right, skies clear and new moon. beautiful sight like this. the further north you go, a better chance of seeing something like that. conditions are right. severe weather across the south-west. that area of low pressure pulling up moisture, creating conditions. favourable from creating tornado. severe storms not out of the question, but uncommon. >> there was a volcanic eruption in strl japan, erupting before noon. the 10,000 foot peak shot a plume of white smoke and ash into the sky. at least three people have been injured and several hikers are trapped on the mountain.

it last erupted in 2007. look at this dramatic video, captured by a hiker trapped on the mountain as it erupted. here it was engulfed. 150 hikers were in the area at the time of the explosion. then there's something happening. lava from a volcano moving closer to the residential areas. just this morning. there were 17 tremors reporting around it, and the strongest registered at 5.0. challenges produce 60,000 sulphur dioxide. tomorrow morning. returning to iraq 10 years after surfing. actor and marine benjamin goes back to a town he left. that's tomorrow 8am. that will do it for us in new york. i'm morgan radford.

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