and automobiles, people that drive with each other and in automated cars. >> you can sweet me. see you next time. joot hi everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york. on the hunt - the fbi asks for help in identifying american i.s.i.l. fighters as the group moves closer to capturing a syrian border town. accountability on wall street. charges of collusion may be levelled against america's biggest banks. will justice be served? plus america votes - 2014 - our special report on the mid term elections. tonight we focus on health care

and veterans. we begin with a fight against i.s.i.l. the u.s. launched a sustained air strikes against the group. most hit northern syria fear the town of kobani, on the boarder with turkey. fighters say strikes were helpful. should have come harder and sooner. here in the u.s., an effort to find americans in i.s.i.l. the federal bureau of investigation started a social media campaign to enlist the public's help. well, on tuesday afternoon the fbi went public, asking the public to identify a terrorist who prosecutors in a propaganda video. this individual is asked. he is throughout the video speaking with a northern american absent, and appears in

front of several individuals digging a home, and they are near raqqa, known to be a stronghold of i.s.i.s., and the individuals are digging their grave, he says. it's chilling. the fbi has released a portion of it in an effort to get people to come forward to see if they can identify who the terrorist is. the fbi releasing a small portion, which was more than one hour long. in doing so they are asking for the public to help identify who the individual is, with the plea no piece of information is too small. >> mike viqueira, thank you. >> back to the fighting in syria. kurdish fighters say u.s. air strikes stall the advance of fighters in kobani. the battle is not done. we'll keep the strike coming, bernard smith has word from southern turkey. >> reporter: from across the border in turkey, it's clear,

because the battle is more intense fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant reached consensus to the east. >> since then, kiddish fighters have been taking on i.s.i.l. street-by-street, building by building. the kurds are motivated and determined. i.s.i.l. is more accustomed to sweeping through areas by soldiers with little appetite to bite. >> u.s. air strikes hit i.s.i.l. position, and the kurds say they are not enough on their own. they want turkey to private weapons. the president thinks kobani will fall to i.s.i.l. recep tayyip erdogan says a grouped operation is needed to defend the up to -- ground operation is needed to defend town, but turkey will not do it alone of. >> the problem is we can't solve it with air strikes alone.

we need a no-fly zone, a secure fly zone and the training of moderate syrian rebels. >> there are some free syrian army groups fighting alongside the kurds. the video posted online by an f.s.a. group. recep tayyip erdogan wants the kurd to join with the f.s.a. to fight abanes syrian -- against syrian president bashar al-assad, and i.s.i.l. kurd protested along the border, there has been similar protests elsewhere in turkey. the president believes the bashar al-assad regime in syria is part of the problem. the united states showed littlen thuse yax. for now, it looks -- little enthusiasm. it looks for now that all the kurdish fighters in kobani can expect is u.s. air strikes to help stop i.s.i.l. being in the

town. >> criticism about the white house strategy is coming from the former secretary of defense, and c.i.a. director. leon panetta told the n.b.c. "today" show that the u.s. should have kept a preps in iraq, that could have ensured something like i.s.i.l. may not have developed. and warned air strikes will not be enough. >> you need boots on the ground to imbed and train forces. in syria, what we'd like to do is have the opposition forces be the boots on the ground. if that is not enough, if the military says we have to do more, the president ought to be open to that. >> in his book panetta criticizes the president for not seeking approval for strikes on i.s.i.l. panetta resigned as secretary of defense last year. >> moving to ebola, 4,000 troops are being sent to africa on a

750 million mission to fight the spread of the disease. the fed says they'll help to build medical centers in liberia. several steps will be taken to keep the troops safe. president obama mentioned plans to increase screenings against airports. in dallas the first man diagnosed is in critical condition, and is being given an experimental drug. we have more from dallas. >> when duncan was admitted to the hospital on september 28th, doctors say he was communicating and asking for food. family members that visited him, seeing him inside the hospital, they say that he is not doing well. he is unresponsive and fighting for his life. >> the mother of ebola patient thomas eric duncan, joined by civil rights leader jesse jackson says her son is waging a fierce battle much. >> he is a good person. we came to visit, to see my sop.

it's something he has to do. when he came, he didn't know he was sick. >> thomas eric duncan is in critical condition, he's on a ventilator, refusing kidney dialysis. liver function declined and he's being treated with an experimental drug. the c.d.c. says it continues to monitor 48 people who may have been in contact with duncan, while he was infectious. >> as of today none are sick or has a fever. we'll watch that closely. >> c.d.c. director says the agency is responding to president obama's request to review screening procedures at the u.s. ports of entry and will announce changes in the coming days. the c.d.c. reports making head way in several communities.

c.d.c. trained workers screened 36,000 air traffickers leaving west africa. >> of those 77 had either fever, in the case of 74, or symptoms that made us take them off the line in the case of the other three. that's about one per 500 travellers. as far as we know, none of the 77 people had ebola. >> in dallas, the hospital that sent duncan home from the emergency room remains under scrutiny. administrators say duncan's central history has been overlooked at a hearing before the texas sn at committee - other hospitals have learnt from the mistake. >> nothing will compare with the heightened emergency, nothing will compare, because folks can think "that could happen to me."

at the hospital with duncan is isolated and fighting for his life family members ask for prayers and compassion. the hospital changed its storey three times as to why it sent duncan away, back home with antibiotics. we were told that duncan didn't share with doctors. then we were told me gave the indication, and finally we have been told the system has been fine all along. it leaves the question unanswered. that's why the lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of this. >> in spain health officials want to find out how a nurse contracted ebola, the first and contracted it outside of wafa. the nurse, her husband and two volunteers have been guaranteed.

there's frustration over the amount of the information released. >> reporter: information, reassurance, apps. that's what the hospital staff demanded. and for those in the front line, it's the staff that need it the most. >> we don't know the bills, so everybody said that we are uncomfortable, how it happened. we are worried. we ask them to work very hard. >> reporter: perhaps most worrying is the hospital authorities insist this every precaution is taken. the procedures that are used in the hospital are the same as those in the other hospital. using the same recommendation. the same type of supervision. >> in addition to the infected

nurse, more than 20 of the contact outside of the hospital are being closely monitored. in addition to that 30 staff are being watched. with an incubation period of 21 days, it's a long process. the repatriation is saying the missionaries is widely crit sift before the work fell feel. they suffered austerity. some say it was not up to standard. others believe the repatriation was unnecessary. >> i think it was not a good area to bring back home the doctors from africa. because they could be treated locally with effectiveness and

humanity. >> a fifth u.s. citizen arrived at a treatment hospital. a tv cameraman, ashoka mukpo was covering an outbreak in liberia, it has been operating at full capacity since september. it sits at around 50%. the virus killed about 3,500, and infected 7,500. the world health organisation described further european cases as unavoidablement tonight, more scrutiny on wall street. that's according to the "new york times." the justice department is looking at banks to see if they ricked the price of foreign currencies. they may include traders. joining me is a business

strategist and founder of tara daldal group. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> what were they accused of doing? >> basically what they are accused of doing is rigging liner, committing crowd and libor, the london interbank offer tri rate. >> how significant is the investigation. ? >> it is huge. it's one of the biggest cases of financial fraud history. for background, this is not the beginning. there has been ongoing investigations. we have seen governments around the world investigating this libor scandal, and people, banks, fined for the scandal. record amounts of money. as we peel back the layers of onion on this, it's really starting to stink. we are starting to see that this is more widespread and worse than what was affected. >> how could it affect consumers?

>> it doesn't directly affect consumers, which is why we haven't seen as much information about this out there. what it does affect, it can affect consumers if you have a pension. that's an area where you could be affected. car loops, student loans. the ribber rate is a benchmark. others use the benchmark to courtroom their rates if it's manipulated, you could pay more for a loan. or the pension should have been higher, now it's not. >> some suggested since 2008, that the sop executives have been able to skate by. do you think the justice department will put pressure on the midlevel executives. that's how it can work. you try to get the lower tear people.

you bring charms against them. in the hopes that they'll tell on the people at the top. they think of vast resources, people that are superwell connected. if you want to bring charges agips them. you better approve so they are accurate. it's easier to put pressure on the top if you go to the other folks, no one want to go to gaol. >> the question is how long has this been going on. i mean, could government officials use these cases to open investigations into the financial collapse? >> that's right. they are looking at connections between what is happening, what they are investigating now, and tying them to things that happened during the financial crisis, and because you can't go back and relitigate things litigated. they have paid a lot of fines. but if you find that they have

committed other fraud through libor, connected to the financial crisis, you can go back and re-address some of those issues. >> how is wall street responding to this? >> as you can imagine, they are not happy. they are saying "this is the attorney-general, attorney general eric holder coming after us, trying a witch hunt, and are making different allegations. we do know the problem is not just this. it is another camp of the banks doing bad things. if a young kid is on the street and snatches a purse, they go to gaol. these executives got away with so much for so long. they are saying that could have been going on for over 10 years. this is a long-standing pattern of behaviour on the part of the banks. we have to put pressure on them. >> we'll watch this unfold.

>> good to see you. >> thank you. a victory for gay marriage advocates in two states. bans and idaho and nevada ruled unconsis usual. the state ban in nevada has to be overturned before it will be legal. ebola is getting attention, a different virus is spreading. what you need to know about a dangerous and potentially deadly strain. at the bottom of the hours, "america votes 2014", how health care is shipping the midterms. -- shaping the midterms.

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app air tanker used to fight wildfires crashed. going down in a fire at yosemite national park, it happened near the arch rock entrance. crews have not made it to the site. no information about injuries has been released. the entero virus d68 is spreading across the united states. hundreds have been sickened std officials believed it caused the death of a child. >> reporter: for the waller family everything changed. >> he was put to sleep that night. >> eli's was the first death

linked with entero virus. the illness infected more than 600 people in 44 states and d.c. all were children. the c.d.c. says kids and teens are at greater risk since most have not built up immunity. adults can get it too, but are unlikely to show serious symptoms. >> for the kids with asthma, the virus can make breathing more difficult. it has many worried about sending kids to school. doctors say the greater threat is the flue. each we are thousands have been killed, more than 100 last year. for most, it will not be more than a cough and a runny nose.

>> many of us will get it and experience it. entero virus is common this time of year. there's more than 100 different kinds. the u.s. is seeing more cases of the d68 strain than unusual. >> we have not seen this crop up in decades. it's been overcrowding emergency democrats and i.c.u.s, and now it is taking a life of a child in jersey, the c.d.c. is working in a backlog. authorities catch the numbers. it doesn't necessarily see the situation getting worse. >> come election day, for states will vote there's a minimum wage, one is arkansas, one of the lowest. both candidates support an increase, the ballot proposing

hike of $2. democrat mike ross accused his challenger of flip flopping on the issue. in virginia, the federal court ruled the map unconstitutional. the current boarder unfairly lumped districts. the state has until april, meaning the decision will not apply to the midterm election. mikar sure is our political contributor, and we are happy to have him in the studio. >> how big an issue is the minimum wage? >> it's an issue to bring voters out. the republicans, what they have done, smartly so. the representative who is running, challenging mark prior. they said they were for the minimum wage. it neutralizes something that

developments hoped would get a lot of their base out. they were for it and center candidates are. >> let's talk about virginia, because the decision sounds unfair. that it won't be applied to the mid term. it's unfair, but the reason it won't be applied to the midterm, it wouldn't matter. even next time when they fibbing the problem. it's the republican legislature that will decide the borders. bobby scott's district right now, that they are saying is unfairly, too many black voters. it's basically a black strict. frank retire, a congressman from virginia, he has an open district that the republicans will walk into, that spurred this. >> how does it effect the midterms? >> it won't affect the midterms, warner, there's nothing in play

in virginia, when you look at what it will do come 2016, and why the legislature is important for democrats and republicans to hold, this is why. >> is there a solution to gerrymandering? >> yes, it will never be inacted. if you had an independent commission. it may be in charge from redistricting. it's a tough road. no one will say mellow to it. >> let's talk alaska and marijuana, it's a big issue, why is that happening? >> it's not sudden. the marijuana localisation - it targets states that are right for the legalization legislation. they put the measure on the ballot, and again... >> why alaska? >> right now they have had - they are a lip tarian state at heart and had lapse laws.

there was possession, minimal amounts, and like the ballot measure we walked about. you will see voters that don't ordinarily vote. it haed in washington and colorado. thermally helps. >> have you seen polls in alaska on this. >> there's no such thing as a reliable poll in alaska. it will probably pass. there's an offense to it. but i think in reaction to the polling - the pollsters in alaska, i wish you well. let's talk about the midterms. the clintons are popular. >> yes. >> usually for the can dates to bring in, and not the president. how much do they want the clintons. >> bill clinton is popular. >> not hillary.

>> it's not clear. there was a time, a woman, a female - that was the thing they'd do, now they are testing the waters. >> she's out in front of other possible candidates. >> doesn't mean if you waltz into kentucky that you bring voters out. people. bill clinton very popular. >> good to see you. we'll talk later. there's more about politics. america votes 2014 coming up next. the battle over the affordable care act. president obama works well. it's all in the name, and why some military bats may feel like a political football this

the issues in 2014, how involved somehow the government be in your health care. >> reporter: do you like obama care? is the government doing enough to take care of u.s. veterans. >> this is not an american

issuish u, democratic or republican. with midterms a month away, which party will control congress our social report. america votes 2014. hi, i'm john seigenthaler, voters have a lot to think about between now and november 4th. every tuesday we'll look at what happens to most americans. >> the big issue is health care. david shuster looks at the bitter debate over the affordable care act. >> we are done. signed into law four years ago, the official name is the patient protection and affordable care a act. >> aka obama care. from the beginning there was controversy. >> i wanted public options. >> men democrats said the president's plans did not go far enough.

obama care drew on ideas from a decade ago. >> we shouldo have a programme that pulls the plug. >> they were angry at the process used to pass the bill. >> can you say it was done openly. with transparency and accountability. without backroom deals and struck behind closed doors, hidden from the people. hell, no, you can't. >> moments after john boehner's plea. >> the bill is passed. >> and by all accounts it was a huge democratic legislative victory. president obama later made a promise. >> in fact, people who like their health insurance will be able to keep their health insurance. >> for some that turned out not to be true. before the health care law went into effect, republicans tried to return it. >> if obama care is implemented and enforced we'll never recover

from it. one led to a government sut down. the rise in health care costs slowed down. >> jonathan betz takes a look at the affordable care act. >> when obama care launched, the goal was for 7 million to line up. it turned out the site met and exceeded that number. there were a lot of americans without health insurance. more than 41 million. price is o cannes certain. the average is le to pay 348 million. without this, it depends on a lot of other factors like where you life. in some states premiums went down, barely moving up. in other states prices went up.

average premiums shooting up. in org gan, they dropped by 3%. there's a lot of ways to slice the numbers. some say it's a success, it will be years before the final verdict is in. >> kentucky is having one of the most successful roll outs in the country. it's the only southern state to set up an exchange. polls suggest most out there don't like obama care. >> libby casey joins us with more on that? >> of all the state kentucky had the second best enrolment, getting more people covered, $500,000 at that. despite that. kentuckians are not happy with obama care, because the president it's named after. franc is 62, his body is damaged from decades working as a

mechanic in the mine injury. >> reporter: you look like you are in pain. >> i'm all right. >> reporter: is that your back. >> yes. >> reporter: what does it feel like? >> it hurts. some days i can't get up. >> reporter: like others in eastern kentucky mining, he lost his job in 2012, making $90,000 a year. >> it says your position was eliminated. >> reporter: what is it like now? >> i'm ashamed to say it, i'm on $300 a month food stamps. >> reporter: losing help means losing health coverage, for a year he and his con were unemployed. then the health exchange started. he signed up for a plan. say the word bare here, dixon bristles, even though he's covered by it. >> reporter: do you like obama

care? >> i don't know how to answer that. don't say it. i do recall one patient. i don't want it. to even if it is free. >> the doctor works at the clofr fort clinic, treating about 70 patients a day. >> with connect, more are able to pay for the care, and new patients are seeing a during for the first time in years. >> do you feel like the patients understand what connected versus kenneth bae? >> they probably don't. i think some of them are happy to have insurance, and however they got it, they are happy about it. they don't look at the politics. the term is poison in kentucky. a poll found 67%, and surveyed

obama care. when asked about connect, 22% improved. it's in the bottom 10 states for obesity. here in mining country, a man life inspection si is 68. >> they are involved in rock falls and serious mining accidents and if they are not killed they are are devastating injuries. they are disabled. frank dixon says bureaucracy - he's frustrated that the politicians don't listen. >> i wouldn't want for them to come down here and sit and talk about it. i don't want to be a smartal ebbing or hateful. look, listen and see. >> it's a feeling he and others

will take to the crucial voters, when they decide between mitch mcconnell and alison lundergan grimes. views will shape who wins, and voters may not be able to get past the nick name obama care. >> mitch mcconnell pledged to repeal obama care, and carry it out route and branch. what about those happy with the coverage under connect. >> mitch mcconnell says they can keep it as to how. democrats say alison lundergan grimes should use it as an opening. some say she hasn't looked at the health care law enough, and there's room. it gets a lot of credit, but it could play a big role. you talked about cold being an issue in kentucky, when it comes to hare and obama care -- heath care and obama care, how much of this race is president

obama. >> both the issues - people talk about president obama and huh hoe don't like him -- and how they don't like him. a university of kentucky journalism professor said a lot feel like it's a last chance to cast a vote against president obama. mitch mcconnell is trying to use that. he's not that popular, and his dismroval rating is 52%. alison lundergan grimes is running against him. if she can thread the needle about populist ideas and policies without invoking the o word too much. polls suggest health care is an issue voter care about. how it impacts their vote is uncertain. mike viqueira is in washington. obama care - is it an issue nationwide? >> you know, it's interesting. in the mid term elections there's a hodges possibling of issues, none coming to the fore. there's no question that obama

care is an issue, largely one that hurts democrats. we have watched three senate debates in three races, and three attacks by the republican candidate in west virginia, virginia and georgia, attacking obama care. >> what is interesting about this, you don't see a full-throated response, some aspects need to be fitted. obviously low income states with high uninsured state defended obama care. we see obama care hitting on the fact that wal-mart will drop 30,000 employees from health care. something that they'll attribute. it's not the issue that it was in 2012 or 2010, the first-term

election. it's an issue that is out there and in the mix. up get the sense that democrats are running from president obama when it comes to midterms? >> well, there are a lot of democrats that don't want to see president obama in their state standing side by sigh. that is not a new story, it's no secret. he's unpopular on a host of issue bringing people to the fold. that is it. a lot of ambivalence towards obama care by democrats. the key is six years of a presidency is to get the base out. democrats have notoriously low turn out. they are looking for ways to get the base out. we thaw them on a pro-barack obama care add, it was a tentative foray. what prior is trying to do isnd confined a way to get the people to the polls.

it may have the opposite effect of getting others to the polls. >> thank you. >> in a month's time. when votes have been cast we'll learn if the republicans gained control of the senate. if they do, some may look to repeal. it's not that simple. she join us from washington. oo good to see you. mary, agnes. >> thank you for having me. >> is it possible that congress could reveal the affordable care act. >> it will be a big list. republicans need six votes. if the repeal bill pass, the president will veto it, and the isn't amount has not enough votes to override it. >> will they change it? >> they'll try. one thing that can happen is the

house can vote times to repeal a law. they have never seen a vote in the senate. if the senate were chromed by republicans, they'd bring the measures to the floor and vote for them, and send them to the president, forcing a lot of uncomfortable votes to the president. >> what about cutting funding for obama care. >> they could try. it would make an uncomfortable moment for the president. they'd have to get the bill. they would point out things like the amount of money spent on subsidies, given to people. they could talk about the comprehensive possess of the coverage, does it need to cover as much as it does, the expense of it and so on. >> we did a story on kentucky, where a resident kentucky is getting the care, looks the care, it's not called obama care in kentucky, but he doesn't like obama care. what do you think the biggest

success is of obama care, of the affordable care act, what it has been to date. >> proponents will point to the fact that 7.3 million signed up and paid for premiums, you have 8 million folks on the medicaid expansion. millions of adult children, up to 26 are on the parents health services plan, a lot of parents like that. you can't be discriminated if you have a pre-existing condition. there's no life-time caps on the coverage or annual caps. proponents, including democrats, are pointing to those saying these are the things that people like. >> how do the republicans walk that back? >> what they say is subsidies are not necessarily a bad idea. do you have to award them to family of four with income up to $92,000. maybe that's too generous.

>> this business about providing care for older children or those that have pre-existing conditions, can republicans walk that issue back. >> they accept the provisions and say they should stay. the difficulty is republicans want to get rid of the mandate. if you have a requirement that most buy coverage or pay a fine. if you get rid of that. only sick people enrol, not the healthy. the cost could increase. talking points may say one thing, but the mechanics, that's where it gets difficult. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next, it's a campaign add season, and a lot of focus on the ads, including veterans. we look at the voting blocks and the issue that matters to veterans. i look at the laws across the country, since the supreme

court struck down key parts of the voting rights act. pa

>> announcer: america votes 2014. they are some of the most sought-after voters, members of the american military, past and present. they have been featured in tens of thousands of ads. paul beban takes a look at the

clout of veterans in the face of america. >> america's 23 million military veterans find themselves in an unusual role. >> i hate saying that the issues are thrown around like a political football. >> that is what republicans and democrats are doing. from arkansas... >> and iraq and the cemetery. i was with the tomb leader. >> to alaska. the marine corp shaped who i am. integrity, honour and results. >> and everywhere in between candidates are flooding the air waves with adds. touting credentials, or attacking opponents. >> as congressman puts millionaires before veterans. >> the number of veteran-themed adds by organizations and candidates hit 42,000. >> one of the republicans core messages is the democratic

measure is incompetence, and the failure is an example of incompetence. and the democrats message is republicans cuts are taking money from people who matter. >> veterans are a relatively small sliz of the voting public. veterans issues may be influential. particularly in close contest, where they are looking to put daylight between themselves and president obama. >> in many of the states deciding control. president obama is unpopular. airing an add about how gassed, horrified someone is, how veterans have been treated, how disappointed they are, it's a terrific way to show you are close to veterans and distance you've from an unpopular president. kazzedy opposed wearing the

uniform. >> for them to claim they care for veterans is not true. it's not app american issue, or republican or democrat, it's something all americans need to think about. >> whether veterans like it or not, we are likely to see more ads focussed on them or their issues, before election day. >> how influentialal can members he. >> now, world war ii vettance defined what we assumed. world war ii veterans are the single largest group to fight on behalf of the united states. out of 42 million that fought. 16 million of them fought in world war ii. those numbers are beginning to change. of 23 million living service

members, living veterans, 1.42 million are arriving. it's vietnam veterans that constitute the biggest group. over 7 million people. as the nature and numbers change, our assumptions about their political leanings will need to change with them. >> that's jacob ward recording. jessie is a retired marine corp gunnery sergeant and worked with a group. jessie, welcome. it's good to have you off your programme. >> thank you for inviting me. >> what do you think is the biggest issue that veterans care about? >> we have two issues, one is that the veterans group failed, anywhere from the back logs to getting claims addressed to executives that have been approach to have caused mismanagement within the v.a., and they will not fire them even

though a law was passed to allow them to fire executives. they announced today or yesterday that four executives have been fired and they have not fired the executives. one of them resigned and retired as of september 25th. seems business as usual with the v.a. where they protect the executive and do not make things better for veterans that need the care. >> v.a. is a big issue, but compensation in the military is a big issue. talk about that. >> absolutely. military pay has been frozen at 1% increase for 2014. the proposal is to take it up to 2017. that puts it at 1.8% less than what the average federal worker will be. meaning military workers cannot keep up with the cost of living. the military, including our guard and reserves. 25% of them are on food stamps.

it is hitting their pocket books that they are not able to keep up with the cost of living or the economy. >> there are other cuts in benefits. >> yes, there's proposals of 60% increase and cost at the commizaries. they are looking at out of packet expenses for the houseing, and proposals for tricare, allowances for coe pay costs to go up. they are looking at a sergeant, an e 5, and an o 3 captain having to pay $5,000 out of the pocket. they'll lose $5,000 between the pay, allowances and the benefit cuts or increases that they'll have to pay. >> we have seen thousands of ads directed to where candidates talk about the veterans. how do you think veterans see that? >> well, they have to pay closer attention and hold elected officials accountable. we have seen on both sides of

the fence various members of congress and senate that have been supportive. we have seen those that haven't lived up to their promise. elizabeth dohl accuse of not keeping up with the v.a. during her watch it was not adjusted either. there were a lot of problems in north carolina with the veterans administration. then there's wonderful elected officials like chuck schumer, they have supported getting military voters out there, and ballots, and ensuring that the active military has the ability to vote on time, and have it cast and counted on time. you have to look at senators and see what they promised. you can call and write the office. we have 22 million veterans. if they got out there and voted. it would make a difference. >> maybe the focus will make a

difference for veterans. >> i hope so. >> thank you for being with us. >> next - it's not just about who you are voting for, in some places it's about how you are voting. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america

>> announcer: america votes 2014. this year voters across the country will face new voting times, dates and rules. the changes are sparking lawsuits and controversy. supporters insist they are critical to protect elections. are they really needed? jonathan betz has more. >> unemployment is falling and wages are rising. one of the big campaign issues this year. >> these are my priorities, these are north carolina's priorities. >> it's not who to vote for, but how. some states are requiring ids,

slashing early voting and eliminating same-day registrationment all this a year offer the supreme court gutted the voting rights acts. north carolina is among the most controversial, requiring id at the polls. the law is backed by the governor. photo id is a part of the every day life. >> we need to cash a check. critics called it voter soup recs. as courts way in, change has caused confusion. >> it's a major step backward to allow early voting to go smect. >> supporters sist changes are reasonable. >> if you try to vote illegally, it may be possible that you get away with it. no one will no.

>> some suggest there's no problem to fix. a law professor found 31 credible voter frouds. >> people are abiding by the law. we don't have people coming to the polls, saying i'm going to vote even though i'm not eligible. >> ilvotes are not the problem. it's persuading voters to show up. >> in the months ahead, al jazeera america will be travelling to battle ground stakes. we are focussing on kentucky because the senate race is a contest between a veteran and a new candidate. >> libby casey joins us with what is on voters minds. >> we heart a lot of folks talking about an uncertain future.

we visited a football match to find out what teenager faced now that their parents' jobs were gone and hard times ahead. and what they were doing to revitalize coal country. they are starting businesses - tattoo parlours and cafes and creating tight-knit communities. it's an important issue for kentucky, but the senate race is being watched and funny is pouring in. we'll look at millions sent, including dark money. >> that's the special report.

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