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she steps into the revolving door of justice >> she became legendary... >> the finer the store, the bigger the challenge >> al jazeera america presents the life and crimes of doris payne before voters go to polls. tighter security over fears isil fighters with western passports could enter the united states. new details about how pilot error may have played a part in causing that virgin galactic
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crash. >> today is the final day of campaigning before today's midterm elections. the biggest prize the control of the u.s. senate. if republicans take over most of the president's legislative agenda will be essentially dead. and getting senate approval for the president's judicial nominees will likely end as well. >> to take control of the u.s. senate, republicans need a net gain of six senate seats. one of the reasons the gop is favored is because democrats are seeking for more seats than republicans. the states in blue are currently held by democrats. the states in head, republicans. democrats have a lot more they have to defend. and keep in mind, three races for the seats of retiring
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democrats are not expected to be close. those should be easy republican pickups and that would take the gop's magic number down to three. and the remaining competitive races if you were to go with the final election polling, republicans would flip five more seats from blue to red. democrats could pick up seats in georgia, kentucky, and kansas, but the polling trend in those states is not clear. and if no one in georgia or louisiana gets above 50%, those states would head to a runoff, louisiana next month and georgia in january. >> so you normally get about 60% voter participation in a presidential cycle, 40% in a
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midterm cycle. you're watching turnout, aren't you? >> yes, we are. here's a hint, early voting turnout is exceeding a lot of people's expectations. it's helping the republicans in florida, the democrats in georgia and north carolina. it's helping republicans in iowa. so at least part of the problem is if there's a general trend towards everybody voting early but there's numbers that are going to be surprising. >> all right. thank you. appreciate it. we'll take a closer look at election forecasts today which show republicans poised to pick up a number of senate seats. the fight against isil. the battle over khobani has intensified. iraq kurds have joined the fight. >>reporter: the sound of coalition aircrafts flying above
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khobani continues. for several hours on monday, there appears to have been battles on the southwestern side of the town that's after kurdish coalition forces and iraqi forces and local syrian ypg forces opened up it seems another frontier to the southwest of khobani. on the eastern side, there were loud sounds of explosions coming from there as well as it appears that the tempo in this battle continues but it has gone on now for a month now. it's a small town and questions are being asked why it's taking so long to capture such a long time >> the department of homeland
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security announced tighter screenings for travellers from countries in the visa waiver program. there is growing concern isil fighters could use the program to enter the united states. give us some of the details about these new rules. >>reporter: we know the figure. some 15,000 of the 31,000 estimated isil fighters are foreign fighters. many of them from europe and elsewhere, countries that do not require a visa for its citizens to travel from europe, for example, to the united states. it's called the visa waiver program and it's meant for the citizens of those countries who are friendly to the united states. now the concern is since about 1,000 a month of those individuals are joining up with isil and other terrorist organizations, becoming radicalize, they could easily
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come back into their home countries and ultimately come to the united states and do us harm. so jay johnson announced a stepped up scrutiny for those people who apply to come to the united states. so if you have a dual passport, if you're a dual citizen, you have to declare that as well as any aliases you may have traveled under. >> so members of congress are calling for an end to the program entirely. any reaction from the white house to that? >>reporter: the white house has been against that and has been for quite some time. these are not new calls, tony. as you well know -- and this new step today comes on the heels of increased security, tightened measures on the part of homeland security. remember, they announceded in the wake of the attacks in ottawa in canada just two weeks ago, beefed up security at federal facilities around the country. >> all right. mike, appreciate. thank you.
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dramatic video out of turkey to show you showing fishermen pulling bodies out of the water after a boat capsized off the coast of istanbul. more than 20 bodies were found and more than a dozen are still unaccounted for. >>reporter: it must have been a terrifying end to what would have been a long and perilous journey. >> we went sailing around 8:30. even before wecast the net, a warning came from the radio from another fisherman. he'd seen a corpse in the sea. as we sailed further, we also saw dead bodies. it was impossible not to see them. there were dead bodies everywhere. they had life vests on. they were stiff when we picked them up and it was clear they had frozen to death and not drowned. >>reporter: the boat put out a
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distress call around dawn on monday just over 5 kilometers off the istanbul coast. so far this year, an estimated 1,200 migrants have died crossing the black sea or the mediterranean to europe. that's according to the international organization for migration. turkey is a common route for illegal migrants from africa and the middle east trying to make it to the european union but the boats they use are often overcrowded and it's difficult to survive if you're capsized into these icety waters. much of baghdad spent the die on high alert. because it is a holy day for shiite muslims, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converge there creating major security problems for iraqi forces. >>reporter: sunday, a parked
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mini van exploded on this street in baghdad. tents have been set up here to greet muslims who arrive monday night. >> two men got out of the van and came into the tent here, drank tea, and ate biscuits before saying they were going to do some shopping. the van exploded moments afterwards. in 2013, the focus for the commemoration reached record levels with some 7 million visiting over the period. across baghdad, preparations are underway for the thousands who will be on the streets. and despite the danger from attack, many are ready to brave whatever may come. >> those isil rats are trying to infest us with fear and hatred
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just like al quaeda did. i'm not scared to be here at all. >>reporter: his words are common here, nothing will stop the people from coming here and showing their love. there are fears there will be attacks across iraq. it is commemorated monday night until tuesday morning and this street will be packed full with the faithful. the government says it's an unprecedented security information and are hoping this day will pass safely. food and drinks are an important part of this celebration. politics also play a role. this year it's not just the old enemies, it's new ones like isil whose fighters are on three sides of the capital. in ukraine, rebel leaders,
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two regions in the east, have won enough votes to remain in p power. ukraine says the election is ill ill legitimate. >>reporter: he promises after that, he would kick start theeg. >>reporter: he promises after that, he would kick start the economy. they have not been paid in months. the economy is at a stand still and they are hoping that change will come with his words sooner rather than later. >> we hope that there will be agreements with russia. the main thing is for enterprises to get money so
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there's work for the people. >>reporter: the vote would allow, quote, the revolutiona revolutionaries that started this up rising here in the east to become legitimate leaders but recognition is a huge issue. so far, only moscow indicated it would recognize the results of these elections and then as all these challenges, they were here before the election, they are here after the election, and they can only become bigger if he doesn't tackle them immediately. the african union is urging military leaders to hand power back to the civilian government. the army has been in power since friday. protests initially erupted when the former president tried to change the constitution to extend his rule. military leaders are now speaking with diplomats about a new government.
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>>reporter: here in the headquarters of the former president's political party just days ago, protesters broke in and set this on fire. all that's left on the floor is rubble and ash and the remains of office equipment and documents. the president fled to a neighboring country and now a military officer says he's in control and will oversee the transition transition back to civilian rule. many people though are anxious about the possibility of military rule the nurse fighting an ebola quarantine has reached a deal with the state of maine. she will be allowed to travel freely but must monitor her health and report symptoms. it will remain in effect until november 10th when the 21-day incubation period is over. preliminary tests in north carolina show no ebola for a patient who had recently
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traveleded to liberia and a fifth doctor has died in sierra leone. ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in that country than just two months ago. the world health organization says ebola has killed more than 6,000 people there investigators are trying to figure out what happened to cause virgin galactic's spaceship two to explode. >>reporter: investigators say spaceship two came apart in the air. and not because of any explosion. the ntsb has examined the wreckage and looked at instrument data from the plane and video from inside the cockpit. the engine and fuel tanks were found intact. instead, a key system on the plane seen here in a test flight
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in 2011 deployed early just before spaceship two came apart. that system is designed to slow the plane's descent. it is called feathering. the tail sections move into a vertical position to slow the vehicle. investigators say unlike in this test, the co-pilot last week moved the lever to unlock the feathering system too early and then for some unknown reason, the feathers actually moved up right without either pilot commanding that to happen. >> the feathers moved into the deploy position and two seconds later, we saw an explosion. >>reporter: he said nothing is being ruled in or out from pilot error to mechanical error to training. the co-pilot died in the accident. the pilot, seen here in 2011, is
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still hospitalized. investigators have not had a chance to interview him. this morning on the today's show, virgin galactics, richard branson, said they will learn from the investigation and continue on. >> absolutely it's worth the risks. i mean, our program is about many different things. first of all, it's about giving the millions of people who would like to go to space the chance to go to space. >>reporter: that chance has been substantially delayed. the ntsb says it could take up to a year to complete its investigation. a new report says flight restrictions imposed over ferguson, missouri during mass protests were an attempt to keep the media away. the restrictions were aimed at keeping news helicopters in showing the violence that broke out following the death of michael brown. earlier officials with the st. louis county police department
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said those restrictions had nothing to do with the press. the chief of police is expected to address this report at a news conference at the top of the hour. we'll have details as soon as we get them how groups are using technology to get young voters to the polls tomorrow. plus, it's move-in day in the new world trade center building. tomorrow, 7:00 eastern. on al jazeera america.
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only one in four young people is expected to vote.
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groups like rock the vote are hoping to raise that number by turning to new technology. >> they're trying new methods. millenials make up about a fifth of voters in the united states. they are reaching out to more 18 and 31 year olds to get out to vote. these groups are changing the way of reaching out to them. >> get up and vote. >> 24 years ago, rock the vote got madonna to rap to young people on mtv. >> today the group is spreading the same message with different celebrities on youtube. >> i'm turning out to vote. >> the internet is now the main source of news for millenialses
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and almost all of them use cellphones. meaning the ways like rock the group reach them is changing with a focus on twitter, facebook, and websites like rockthevote.com. >> we developed the online registration tool. >> the league of young voters combines technology with contacts by netting millenials to sign cards promising to vote and then they get text reminders like this. >> sometimes we'll take a picture of the card and say, hello, remember you said that you would vote on november 4th? here's a reminder. here's your signature. >>reporter: young people can also register on the league's website which offers details about the candidates and the issues. the challenge is that even when young people are connected through technology, they're often detached from politics. a new harvard survey predicts
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that only one in four young americans plans to vote this year which is about the same in the last midterm elections. but the league of young voters predicts technology will help get at least 85% of the people they're in touch with to the polls. the league sent a text a few days ago encourage him to study the ballot. >> they caught me in my environment. >>reporter: the main reasons young people give for not votering are those of the general population, many lack confidence in politics.
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the fines come following a two-year investigation. today stocks were mixed thanks to mixed economic reports and falling oil prices. it is a new beginning at the world trade center. condenaste became the first tenant today 13 years after the world trade center attacks. here's more on that story. >>reporter: good afternoon. despite the death, destruction, and heartache of 13 years ago, the building behind me has not only been built on hallowed ground admittedly and at times
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it seemed against all the odds, today it's finally opened for business as well. more than 2,300 employees from the publishing company condenaste taking over 24 floors and becoming the anchor tenant of 1 world trade center. the top three floors are devoted to an interactive observation deck. sleek new office space. also a gleaming reminder of the day that forever changed new york and the world. it comes after more than a decade of debate and legal battles over reconstruction of the site and the 9/11 memorial that sits in the shadows. new yorkers we spoke to had some mixed feelings. >> yeah, well, always in the back of our minds.
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but, you know, you can't let that affect your life. you have to live your life and carry on. >> would you consider taking a job in the tower there? >> no. >> can you tell me why? >> i don't know. maybe fear. i can't work in any of those buildings. i don't mind working around it, but not in it. >>reporter: security was tight as people showed up for work this morning in what essentially is a modern day fortress. >> despite condenaste moving in today and over the next couple of months, the building is still 40% unleased. the observation deck is 400 feet in the air. when visitors come, they will see state of the art interactive digital displays costing $32 for people to get in unless you
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worked at the trade centers 13 years ago as a first responder. then it is free. and the project manager from the building says that the view from up there will be like something from google earth. next in power politics, how early voting could impact tomorrow's elections. plus, the controversial new video attacking how attractive one candidate is. and a race that is crucial to both sides. and after walking on a high wire between two sky scrapers, did you see this? blind folded. no nets? he's already announcing his next stunt.
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one day until the midterm elections and more than 18 million americans have now voted early. wow. all right. here's more on that. i understand there are a few surprises here. >> there are. two crucial senate races that could determine who takes control over the u.s. senate are in georgia and north carolina.
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republicans are trying to turn north carolina from blue to red. democrats are trying to flip georgia from red to blue. in georgia the percentage of early ballotscast by african american voters now stands at 33.1%, a larger share than the 2012 presidential election and 14% higher than the african american vote in the 2010 midterms. this appears to be promising news for democratic candidate michelle nunn. the democratic get out to vote operation appears to have a similar story to tell in north carolina. take a look at the number of registered democrats as a whole versus registered republicans as a whole in north carolina. in north carolina, 1.5 million early ballots. registered democrats make up for 47.6% of the ballots. 20% of the early voters are
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independents. again, this could be a boost for democratic incumbent kay hagan. given that democrats are defending more seats overall, analysts are predicting the gop will most likely get the seats they need to take control of the senate. but joe biden expects a different outcome >> i predict we're going to keep the senate. i've been in 67 races all told and i don't get the feeling that the odds makers get it. >> in iowa, democratic constitutionman bruce braley the holding off joedi ernst.
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>> i don't care if she's good looking. or is nice. mr. rogers? but if she votes like michelle bachmann, she's wrong for the state of iowa. >> this morning she went onto fox news and said she was offended. >> i believe if my name was john senator harkens would not have said those things. he has generated headlines with his blunt style.
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>> big tax in marty o'mali. big spending marty o'malley. and in two days, big loser marty o'malley. >> last week he yelled at a heckler in new jersey. watch. >> until that time, sit down and shut up. >> what do you think? is that the right demeanor for someone getting ready to run for president? >> you know, i think this bully demeanor may go over well in certain places but i can't imagine -- i grew up in the south, we're a little bit more polite, and i think there's there's people that want a little bit more politeness. >> there he is calling him a bully. >> that's good stuff. michael shore is with us. how are you?
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>> how are you. >> did you have a good weekend? >> yes. >> did you get good rest? >> no, i did not. no 49er fan got rest yesterday. >> is there anything empirecal to support joe biden? >> first of all, he said he went into 67 states. there's only 36 senators up. but that's his role, to be the cheerleader for the party and here's what happens in politics. you're joe biden and going into halls full of people that are so excited and you can't imagine your candidate is going to lose so you get skewed as to what you watch. but that is his role. he knows what's going on. he does. he sees the polls, looks at them every morning before you see them. >> he's also got a massive get out to vote operation that democrats are counting on more than republicans.
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if the democrats turn out in the numbers they've been dreaming about, i suppose anything is possible but can they keep people excited. >> you gave us a bunch of numbers there on early voting. talk to me about turnout. we started this at the top of the program. give me more on the importance of turnout. >> what they measure so far is they have registered voters and you can tell who is turning out early based on information provided to the state and so far, democrats are doing well with their early voting efforts both in georgia and north carolina. the problem democrats have is that republican early voting is also up. significantly in florida and iowa. so you take from that, okay, maybe the democrats do have a chance in north carolina. maybe there's a chance they can make it competitive in georgia. then you look at florida. iowa. there's been a lot of republican
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enthusiasm. it can cut both ways. >> and one thing in georgia, there are people that speculate and that's what all of this is about, that the early voting numbers that are so high for democrats, part of that is due to the voter id effort and people don't want to bother with the polls and send it in. >> so what are people in this midterm election cycle votering for? that cuts to issues. what are they voting for? one of the things you were talking about in our meetings is the so-called women's issues in this election cycle. we were talking about pay equity, reproduction rights, minimum wage. so the people who are going to the polls to vote, what issues are driving them. >> i don't think it's clear what particular issues are driving women. i think folks would say this this is much more of an election about what you're voting against. in kentucky, barack obama is not
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on the ballot but he might as well be. allison grimes trying to make this about who do you hate more. same thing in georgia and in race after race where it's an anti-washington antileadership fury that is out there. >> is this an election driven by fear, anger, or anger and then fear? >> i think that it's both. that's a cop out answer. but the truth is when you look at the fear, you saw the republicans trying to make isil an issue. >> there was an ad on the air in georgia where the republicans are accusing the president of allowing ebola into the country and here comes isis. >> that is where the fear comes in to play. you heard a congresswoman from tennessee talking about how the borders themselves should be
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sealed because of ebola. boom. right there. two issues. she got immigration and ebola. so it's this tactic they're using, wisely so, because in that part of the country, these issues have played before. >> but democrats have seen this coming before. >> democrats are also using it. they're basically out there saying if you don't vote for democrats then your right to choose will be taken away. not exactly but the idea that washington might come to a stand still which is the other fear democrats are putting out there, washington is already at a stand still. can it get much worse? that's essentially given that there's such a small pool of voters likely tocast a ballot here, the people voting essentially are voting for more of what they say they hate. >> well, that's what -- throw your arms up in the air every time. the power of incumbency is a mystery when you look at the same numbers that says congress
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has a 12% approval rating. so why is it so powerful and that never makes sense to anyone who watches politics. >> what we're trying to do in our coverage is drive down on issues given some of the other dynamics, minimum wage. can i share this? this is from the cbo, a minimum wage increase of $10.10, would improve the incomes of over 16 million low-wage workers. 56% of whom are women. while disemploying a pal tri half million. you would think that's where people are angry and frustrated about the million. you would think that's where people are angry and frustrated about the economy. you would think that would be an
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issue to bring people to the polls. >> i think that's right. democrats have tried to push this in certain races, for example, like in iowa. there have also been some races where democrats have bet on women in other ways. frequents, utah where it's -- for example, utah, where it's all about women's rights. again, in each campaign, candidates are trying to figure out what's the best way to create the divide, this wedge. >> the wedge. the commercials, you've watched a ton of them. at this point, doesn't it feel as though the ads are really targeted at either extreme of the parties? and isn't that just the most magnificent suppression device you can ever imagine from keeping them from getting involved? >> that is the key with negative
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ads, suppress the vote of those who might vote for your opponent. >> and it energizes the base. the people that love those negative ads are the base of whatever party you're going to. >> and it gets us back to fear and anger. where we started. >> you don't have to fear or be angry about how to watch election night tomorrow night at 5:30. we have a great half hour special. it's not live. we go through 45 different races. we're better than joe biden. >> tomorrow night, 5:30. which hours to watch, what to watch for, and how you can plan your evening based around poll closings. >> all right. gentlemen, appreciate it. see you back here at 6:00.
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some people in maine may have trouble voting tomorrow. utility officials in maine say there's no guarantee that all the polling sites will have electricity by election day. thousands of voters are expected to be in the date after a powerful weekend storm. right now more than 100,000 homes and businesses don't have power after more than a foot of snow fell on some areas. don't forget to join al jazeera america tomorrow night at 5:30 for a complete roundup of election results and in-depth analysis. coverage begins at 5:30 and 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
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in marysville, washington, hundreds of people showed their support for kids returning to school after a freshman opened fire on his classmates. he killed three students before killing himself. police have not revealed a motive for the shooting multiple arrests in that hit-and-run crash outside racks racks that killed three teenagers on halloween. twin sisters and their friend were killed when they were trick-or-treating. police arrested five people sunday but did not give any other details. a damaged suv was found a short distance from where the accident occurred boston is saying good-bye to their former mayor who died of cancer last month ten months after leaving office. he had an 82% approval rating when he left office. bill clinton was among those who
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attended the funeral. one of the hosts of car talk passed away from complications of alzheimer's. he brought expertise and humor to the show. he worked as a mechanic for years after graduating from mit and the family of britney maynard hopes to carry on her legacy. she was diagnosed earlier this year with terminal brain cancer. she moved from california to oregon after the diagnosis because oregon is one of the only five states that allows doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients and just one day after an incredible stunt in chicago, the dare devil is already talking about his next adventure. last night, he walked a wire between two sky scrapers braving
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high winds and cold temperatures. when he got to the other side, he put on a blindfold and walked across again. >> seven generations and 1,200 years, it's in my blood. definitely challenging mentally. it was very, very draining. that's why once it was go time, there was no time to think about it. basically i told myself i'm going to torture you for about two minutes but i know you can do it. i jumped on that cable and here i am this morning. >> and for his next trip, he'll try to recreate a walk by his great grandfather including two head stands on the wire. >> so he's balancing himself on a wire between two sky scrapers. >> blind folded. >> and i can't balance a checkbook. >> i can't even walk straight. >> all right. appreciate it. coming up next, we'll talk to the president of the syrian
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coalition. why he says the u.s. does not have a clear goal for operations in syria.
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as the united states issues air strikes against the islamic state. we sat down with the president of the syrian coalition.
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he says the u.s. lacks a clear goal for the country. nick, he said a lot in your interview. is he optimistic about the u.s. strategy for syria? >>reporter: tony, i would say he's skeptical about the u.s. policy for syria and very critical. he like so many people here near the syrian border weather in turkey or jordon or lebanon, very critical of the u.s. policy in syria. he specifically criticizes those u.s. air strikes you just mentioned, the targets and whether they're coordinated or not with the syrian rebels and also the training program for the moderate syrian rebels that will be fighting both isil and the syrian regime on the ground in syria and he's worried the u.s. policy is not really helping those refugees in fixing the country's vast humanitarian crisis. >> you're talking about almost half the population of syria out
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of their homes. these people need help. we have the winter coming soon and the people really will suffer. people will die of the cold. we have to move fast. >>reporter: is president obama's strategy for syria working? >> i think -- i hope that our american friends can listen more to us. >>reporter: so far, has that strategy worked? >> right now, there is no -- to be honest -- there is no strategy as you can see it. there is only the air strikes. since there's only air strikes really it's not -- the united states should care about the same issues in kobani.
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>>reporter: actually on the front lines. >> there's no coordination at all between the free syrian army and the command and control center which is doing the air strikes. but we are insisting that this should be developed as soon as possible. >>reporter: you've asked for training and weapons. the president has promised $500 million worth of training and weapons. have you received any more training or weapons in the last two months? >> the way it's being handled as it is. the program, it wod we don't provide the correct amount of assistance and help to these forces, then we are carrying the risk of losing these forces which are very good
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fighters on the ground against isis and the regime itself. we're not asking for boots on the ground or for anyone to fight our war. just the aid of supply and weapons and munitions. >> did he say anything about the assad regime? does he think that assad has taken advantage of the fact that the spotlight is no longer on his regime at the moment but rather on the islamic state? >>reporter: i think that's a criticism that he has and so many people have. we have been focused, the united states, has been focused on
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khobani. we focused on it because the media can sit across the border and watch it happen. in aleppo, those are the centers of the moderate syrian army who we need in order to fight isil. the syrian regime is going into these cities while we are focusing on isil in the north and absolutely pulmonarialing aleppo. those on the ground tell me aleppo is in fear of falling if we don't help and we haven't been helping. we have been focused on khobani. they are fighting against an al quaeda-linked group. they are now losing battles on all three fronts and there's a real risk those in syria and
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turkey believe they could fall and the revolution could actually fail. >> did you get details about what he would like the u.s. to do to help syrian refugees? >>reporter: it's one of the few places where people here praise what the u.s. has done. the u.s. has given more for syrian refugees than any other country in the world. but the problem is massive and it could get worse. some 300,000 people would become refugees if the regime pushes into ache poe and already this is the worst humanitarian crisis since world war two. we have not had to deal with this since then and frankly these refugees tell me as well as the syrian opposition that we're simply not doing enough despite the money given to them. >> thank you. the conflict in iraq and
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syria acleppo -- >>reporter: the student stopped studying here two months ago. his school has become a place of refuge for families fleeing from fighting in his native syria. they came here because there's little room in the camps. there are more than 400 schools like this in the northern iraqi kurdish region. >> i wish all these people could go back to their homes. i feel terribly sorry for their families, but i miss school. i want to complete my studies so i can go to university. desks have been filed up in the central courtyard to make space in the classrooms for family to
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speak. >> cutting their education is like cutting them from life. the situation is very difficult and it's terrible that my children cannot go to school. this is part of our suffering. >>reporter: there are around 50 families staying in this school and they came here around three months ago. the cruel irony is that the only children getting any form of education in this part of northern iraq are actually staying in the camps. around 37,000 syrian refugees are living in this camp. this is one of five schools for child refugees in the camp. over 1,600 children study here. >> it's traumatic for the kids in the higher grades because they need to finish their exams. >>reporter: the local government says it's struggling to build more camps so the schools can be opened again. >> if we finish the six camps
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which we have, we will have more than 20,000 units which is very good. >>reporter: with no sign of the war in iraq or syria ending soon, millions of children across both countries continue to have their studies either disrupted or stopped all together. and they have little chance at a decent education at all. up next, a look at how democrats and republicans are making a final push for voters on social media >> you've seen the polls and heard the projections. the republicans might win the senate. do you say so what? the answer is much more important than you think. we'll help you understand why live at the top of the hour.
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in the final push to the midterm elections tomorrow, republicans and democrats are using social media to get their message out. >> candidates are posting pictures of themselves and using social media for that final push. just today college republicans posted this youtube video. watch. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> because my future. >> because my future. >> because our future. >> depends on you. >> meanwhile, college democrats
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had posted this video on youtube, college students quoting republican candidates. watch this. >> i don't see education in the constitution. >> equal pay? let's enforce the laws on the books versus campaign gummics. >> for the federal government to set the minimum wage for all states is ridiculous. >> this is an important issue and i don't think we can say yes or no. >> also trending today on redit, a picture of bill clinton in arkansas photo bombing this right here. he was campaigning in arkansas for democrats and the little girl in the picture has a blue bow right here but is sad and cold and not happy to be there. >> a photo bomb from bubba. that's right. this has gone viral. >> it continues.
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just hours before the polls. all right. thank you. that is all the time for this news hour. tony harrison in new york city inside story is next with ray suarez. arez.