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>> ground breaking... >> they're firing canisters >> ... emmy award winning investigative series. landlords. . >> shoo. >> closing in on election day. republicans are gaining ground in the battle ground states. surprising numbers give democrats a reason to hope. coming up, a look at how tomorrow's elections could dip the balance in washington. >> i'm voting because i feel vote will count > many feel otherwise. getting them to the polls is a full-time pipe government crack down on the borders with i.s.i.l. and the ambitious plan to
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let people walk in the footsteps of gladiators in rome's colosseum. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris, today is the final day of campaigning before tomorrow's midterm elections. voters will determine the balance of power on capitol hill, and in state houses. the biggest prize is the control of the u.s. senate. if the republicans take over, most of president barack obama's legislature in his last term of office will be dead. and getting approval for official nominees will likely not happen. david shuster is here. >> we have early information about early balloting. and what it may mean. to take control of the senate. republicans need six senate
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seats. one of the reasons g.o.p. is favourite is democrats are defending more seats than republicans. here is the map of crucial races. blue - democrats, red, republicans. retiring seats are not expected to be cheese. -- not be close. taking the numbers down to three. in the final election polling, republicans would flip five more seats from blue to red. in two others, north carolina, and new hampshire the democrats with a slight lead. let's look at the democratic pick up. they could conceivably pick up kentucky, georgia and kansas, the polling in those states is not clear. if no one in georgia or louisiana gets above 50% they head to a run off. louisiana next month, georgia in january.
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both parties lining up donors and funny. a chance to control the senate hangs in the balance. the information - democrats steam -- seem to exceed expectations. republicans are getting more people out to vote in florida and iowa. track it how you want. it seems to suggest, for example, in iowa joni ernst is better and maybe charlie crisp picks up the governorship in florida, and kay hagan and michelle nunn stay what other races are you looking at for an early indication? >> new hampshire - where jean sha he is favoured. her -- sha here, her numbers over 50%. is it scott brown, a massachusetts senator is closers or if he pulls out, democrats
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are in trouble. >> is it really a race about dysfunction in washington, and unhappiness with the president. if that's the case, could voters go to the polls and electing more of what they say they hate? >> that's the thing. this has been a weak year or the incumbents. in this race, there's a lot of playout with the drag from president obama. >> that is real. >> yes, and there's an anti-leadership move, never mind the senate race. there's 12 incumbent governors in trouble. if have fail, that's the largest turn over. there's a move out there, and voters are angry, disappointed, and it seems like they'll take
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it out on those in the seats. >> when you are back, half an hour. let's do more. david shuster with us u senate democrats in southern states locked in tight campaigns. african-american voters could be key to holding on to the seats. randall pinkston from new orleans. african-american voters turned out in huge numbers during presidential election years. what do you hear about the midterm in louisiana. >> like most voters, african-americans tend not to show up for midterm elections. here is the thing. sent mary landrieu hopes that is not the case. she is a democrat. african-americans vote in heavy numbers for democrats, and if they don't show up in force, landrieu's career could be over
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>> reporter: campaigning since 1996, democratic senator mary landrieu car car -- carried on recipe for success. >> there's a plate call gum bow, the conservative north and moderate south. a gum bow of protest ants and catholi to enter the united
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states. mike viqueira is at the white house with the tapes. >> this is the latest in a series of steps for the homeland and jeh johnson to tighten security overseas before reaching the shores. there's a visa waiver programme, playing to close allies in europe, australia and elsewhere. citizens do not have to have a visa to come to the country. jeh johnson is announcing heightened security measures. they need to fill out a form online, and homeland security will be looking out for
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individuals with dual citizenship or more than one. they could more easily hide their travel. we have heard the statistic of the 31,000 i.s.i.l. fighters. 15,000, half of them, foreign fighters, many coming from these countries that are friendly to the united states. the homeland security department will be looking closely at who among the travellers who want to come from the countries to the united states have duel citizen shop. they'll be asked if they have aliases. securitiry will be beefed up at federal facilities. >> there's fear of people rejected from north america. a son was radicalized without his parent's knowledge. "america tonight"s mike viqueira is in washington. i understand that you talked to a mum who lost her child.
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>> christine, a mum in calgary, alberta told us a story of her son damien, and told us important things how young people like her son are drawn to radical religion. >> reporter: growing up in calgary, damien was bright - into school, sports, cars and star wars. as a teenager things started to change. >> i think he was trying to find where he fits, and it was difficult. he'd struggle. >> reporter: at 16 he dropped out of school, became reclusive and depressed. counselling didn't help. >> the day after his 17th birthday he attempted to take his own life. >> reporter: soon after he converted it islam. she was relieved. >> when he converted to islam he found peace within him, and he was - i could see that i could
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relax. >> reporter: for three years he seemed happy, working, as peace. he moved to a new apartment, and that brought him to this downtown mosque. >> there was more agitation within him. he started talking about 9/11 conspiracy theories. he started talking about other things, and the wars they had there. there is damien raiding the fridge. >> reporter: this is the last video of her son, drifting around the edges of a family halloween party. he travelled in the next month to the middle east and said he was studying linguistics. instead, he went to fight alongside extremists in algeria, joining al-nusra. >> i don't buy that he said he
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was going to be radicalized. >> in the area of social media, there's a lot of focus on the internet. and jemaah al-nusra and i.s.i.l. spend money on recruitment videos. this 40 year veteran in police believes the internet alone doesn't create would-be terrorists. >> you need someone pulling the strings, guiding, encouraging, guiding them into indoctrination. >> have you found that person or people in your city? >> no. we know they are there, we are told they are there. >> the process of becoming radicalized, ending up as a foreign fighter is, in many ways, no different to the past membership in a gang or involvement in drugs, recognising alienation and early intervention are the keys.
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calgary is working to identify a programme to identify at-risk young people in danger of going off the rails. more tonight in "america tonight", 9:00 eastern. >> the nurse fighting an ebola quarantine has reached a deal with the state of maine. kasi hickox will be allowed to travel freely, but must monitor her health for symptoms. that will remain through november 10th, when the 21 day incubation period is over. in north carolina, tests show no evidence of ebola for a patient travelling to liberia. that patient was taken to hospital after running a fever. the patient is in isolation. and in sierra leone, a fifth doctor died of the virus. the african government initiative reports ebola is spreading nine times faster in that country than two months ago. the world health organisation says ebola killed more than 600
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there. coming up. a report suggests police in ferguson mississippi asked for a no-fly zone to keep the media from showing the protest. police respond. also, investigators are piecing together what caused a virgin galactic spaceship to crash, and it looks like pilot error may have played a role.
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the st louis county police department denies a report that flight restrictions over ferguson, missouri were intended to keep news helicopters away from the area. a new report by the associated press says it was an attempt to keep the media away from a violent street protest following the death of michael brown. an hour ago the police chief said there was no evidence to show people were shooting at helicopters and the restrictions were about safety. >> i'd like to underscore the fact that the f.a.a. started this conversation with the police department because of the number of shots fired. this was reported. we have air crews that talk
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about seeing muzzled flashes. it's always all about safety. that's the bottom line on this. we don't have the ability to preclude people for any other reason. had we wanted to move the media from the arena, we would have started this on the ground. >> audio recordings obtained by the associated request which discussed air space - investigators are trying to see what caused spaceshiptwo crashing into the mojave desert, a key piece of equipment may have been deployed too early. >> reporter: investigators aspaceshiptwo came apart in the air, not because of explosion. the n.t.s.b. examined the writteningage and looked at video from the plane and in the cockpit. focus was on the rocket engine, running on a mix.
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the engine and fuel tanks were found intact. a key system on the plane, here in a test flight in 2007 deployed early, before spaceshiptwo came apart. that system is designed to slow the plane's descent. it is called feathering. >> extending the feather. >> the tail sections move into a vertical position to slow the vehicle. investigators say unlike in this test the copilot moved the lefer to unlock the feathering system too early, and to some unknown reason the feathers moved upright without either commanding it to happen. >> the feathers moved into deployment and two seconds later we saw disintegration. that's the fact. we'll look at the analysis. nothing is being ruled in or out
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from pilot area, training. mike alsbry. the pilot peter siebold is hospitalized. investigators have not had a chance to interview him. this morning on "today" show, virgin galactic founder richard branson said they'll learn from the investigation and continue on. >> absolutely it's worth the rick. our programme is -- worth the risk. our programme is about many different things. it's about giving millions of people who would like to go to space, a chance to go to space. >> reporter: that chance has been delayed. it could take the n.t.s.b. up to a year to complete the investigation. we have told you about a lot of issues voters are deciding on tomorrow. one of the big ones in arkansas, whether to end a ban on alcohol sales in a lot of state
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counties, a prohibition that is in place now. "real money" ali velshi joins us. good to see you, first of all. tell us about this measure. >> i didn't know about this. half of arkansas is try. there are 10 states with counties with prohibition law, country control, evenly split. 37 counties try, 38 wet. the measure in arkansas legalizes the sale, manufacture, transportation of alcohol statewide. it was interesting that a state is debating the sale of alcohol at a time when others are talking about making marijuana legal. polls indicate the measure in arkansas, believe it or not, is likely to fail. a recent poll found 54% are against the amendment. 40% support it. most of the state's dry countries border on a wet one. the wet side is home to a large number of liquor stores, serving
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drinkers from the wrong side of the line. if the counties are wet, renews will dry up. i'll talk to an owner, get his take on it. he doesn't want it. he's going fine with having the folks from the dry counties coming over the line. what an interesting development. >> one of the issues i can't wait to hear you weigh in on, we are talking about it a lot in our moments on this programme, is income and equality, inequality. can i read you something from the c.b.o.? >> absolutely. >> a federal minimum wage of 10.10 would improve the incomes of over 16 million low income wage workers, 16% of whom who are women. this is a huge issue, i can't wait for you to talk about - particularly at a time when so many are upset over the pays of recovery.
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>> the minimum wage was to get you through your first job, and now you have families surviving on it, airport workers et. the president wants $10.10. i have people on the show that tell me there should be no minimum wage, let the market dictate. i talk to ken hassett. economic advisor to mitt romney, and george w. bush. and his take. i'm happy to talk to everywhere about their opinion. i'm not sure about a market driven minimum wage. conservatives argue this is legislators telling the private sector thou do business. it would be the equivalent of putting a maximum on the price of gasoline. it's interesting. there are pleba sites. some states may see an increase. >> can't wait. top of the hour. "real money", here on al jazeera america more to come in power
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politics. including a video talking about a candidates appearance in a race crucial to both sides, and potential presidential candidates are taking shots at each other as they look forward to 2016 elections.
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in today's power politics, one day until midterm. more than 18 million americans have voted early. david shuster joins me with more on this, and a couple of surprises. >> yes, there are. two of the perhaps 11 or 12 crucial races that could determine which party takes control is in georgia, natural -- north carolina. democrats trying to flip georgia, turning from republican
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red to blue. early ballots cast by african-american stands at 33.1%, a larger share than the 2012 presidential election in georgia, and 13 higher than the african american portion in the 2010 midterms. it would appear to be promising news for michelle nunn, she and her party counting on a strong get up and vote base to get past prid -- david prideaux. it's a similar story in north carolina. look at the registered democrats to republicans. 1.15 early ballots. registered democrats 47.6% registered republicans 32%, and 20% of the early voters are independent. it may be a boost for democratic senator kay hagan, slightly
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ahead of thom tillis. given that democrats are defending more seats, it's predicted the g.o.p. will likely get the net gain. vice president joe biden, an eternal optimist told c.n.n. he expect a different outcome. >> i predict we'll keep the senate. >> reporter: you do. >> i've been in 66, 67 races. i don't get the feeling. >> in iowa, part of the democratic senate firewall, democratic congressman bruce braley is holding off joni ernst, who has run a strong race. the the winner takes over the seat from retiring democratic senator harkin, and a controversial video emerged about harkin suggesting joni ernst is attractive in nice. >> i got to thinking about that.
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i don't care if she's good looking as taylor swift or as nice as mrs. rogers, but if she votes like michele bachmann she's wrong for the state of iowa. >> this morning joni ernst went on fox channel and was offended. >> i believe in my name was john ernst, senator harkin would never have said those things. >> senator harkin apologised. a 2016 presidential candidate created headlines, campaigning in maryland. chris christie called the outgoing democratic governor martin o'mallee, lose ir much. >> big taxing marty o'malley, big spending marty o'malley, and
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in two days, big loser, marty o'mallee and anthony brown. >> last week chris christie yelled at a heckler. it was played on c.b.s. for another potential candidate rand paul. interesting reaction. watch. >> until that time sit down and shut up. [ cheering ] >> reporter: what do you think, is that the right meter for someone getting ready to run for president? >> i think the bully demeanour may go over well in certain places. i grew up in the south and we are yes ma'am, no sir and a little more polite. i think people want a little more of that. >> bully demeanour, people in new jersey engaging in bully demeanour. that's the power poll let's dive into the election. betina joins us from miami, a former director. good to see you, how are you? >> good and you, nice to see
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you. >> the former director of the hispanic outreach for the republican national committee. michael shure is with us, david shuster is here, and betina, let's start with you. let's talk about rand paul calling out chris christie. certainly a shot at his recent outburst. do you think we'll see more civility in the future? >> well, i think both of these men have different sometimes. you know, the senator from kentucky laid back, he's cool, he has that kind of demeanour, and governor chris christie is from new jersey. he has a blunt style. people of new jersey love it. he won with huge support. it's funny, we haven't finished the 2014 election, but are focussed on 2016. both of the men played big roles in the election. rand paul has been to 30 states
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during the midterm, and chris christie is the head of the republican's governor's association. we have a lot of races. he's in a 19-state tour. and both are playing a really big role in making sure republicans run during 2014. 2016 will be a little tougher. >> i want you to hear the guy's take on the next one, then i want your thoughts on it. rand paul touched on the idea that the g.o.p. is a broken branch. what do you think of it? is there something to it? >> most republicans would agree with rand paul on that. what he is doing is he's making that argument from inside, rather than from outside. the father who ran for president a couple of times made that art from outside. running as a republican, you have seen him campaign, cutting ads for the candidates considered mainstream republicans. he is saying it is a broken brand. >> broken how? >> is that the question?
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what is he saying? we understand the demographic challenge. >> in the most basic way that something can be broken. you have two side, you have a tea party side, an extreme side and then you have a band of moderate republicans, but republicans who are the typical old-school republican that we have seen since the regan years, and those type of republicans are at odds with the very extreme conservative republicans. he thinks he can bring them together. >> anything on that? >> i just want to say - far be it for me to defend the state of new jersey, when michael talks about extremism, we have to be careful we have people like christy, todd, whitman, esteemed, revered figures. the point that rand paul is making is the republican party can stand for stark policies, but has to dress them or put
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them in a digestible or likeable way. that's the issue chris christie may have. >> what are your thoughts of the idea of a broken brand, a republican house divided? >> we know the republican party needs to do better with voters across the spectrum. in 2012, it was a perfect example. this country is more diverse. the republican party can do more to address that. they have the - the rnc has people across the country immobilizing -- mobilizing voters, and rand paul is doing something interesting in reaching out to minority communities, he's been to berchly, ferguson, african american colleges, and talking about the different agendas, talking about economic empower. economic reform, criminal justice, and talking about policies. we talk a lot about, in the republican party, that you need to show up and talk about
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something. you can't just avoid the communities, if we want their vote. rand paul has down that. he won in his state a large amount of minority voters who won the majority of hispanic vote, and 21% of the african american vote. mitt romney won 24% of african american voters. both men are doing a lot to expand the party. they have two different way to do it. >> betina, what do you think about tomorrow night? the head wind, the tail winds. what kind of a night are you expecting? >> i think it will be a great night for republicans. you have two different sets of areas - the red states for the senate map - it's more pro republican, it's a good time tore the republicans to take over the senate. for the governor's race, it's blue and purple.
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it will be a great night for republican governors. they are outperforming the democrat governors, i'm excited. i know a lot of us - i talk to a lot of my friends at the r&d. we have iowa fever. we talk about joni ernst, that will be a big win. working in congress for a long time. we've been a big fan much cory gardner. what he has done to reach voters, especially hispanic voters - one of my passions - we'll see a great night for those two and the republican party. >> david, the numbers as you look at the balance of power in the state what is happening now. >> first the governors, i'm interested in what betina has. the information i have suggest that the republicans may lose a couple of governor races. the senate, yes, it's territory. >> if you average all the states
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up, president obama won about 66% of the vote compared to mitt romney's 53, 54 in 2012. it's a republican part of the country. >> we have known that for a while. >> michael, the last word? >> i understand why betina is excited about iowa. if the republicans won iowa, it would be the biggest story tomorrow. a lot of the other races are tough sledding for the democrats. but iowa, in and of itself would be a surprise. >> betina, good to see you, get on the plane and get up here. we want to see you tomorrow. >> great. >> can't wait. michael shure, david shuster, see you tomorrow a lot of voters are frustrated for the gridlock on capitol hill. if you share the frustrations, let us know. take a picture saying hashtag dear congress. tweet your photo with the hashtag dear congress or email
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it to us. "america tonight" will share your responses. don't forget to share "america tonight" for results and indepth coverage. coverage beginning at 5:30. a special edition af power politics. >> we'll run through the races, tell you what to look for and when. where the drought will happy, the drama. and there's a new show at 6 o'clock. >> you're the man. then we get started in earnest at seven. now a look at other stories making headlines. >> mairs, washington, hundreds showed support for children returning to the high school. it was closed since october 24th when a student opened fire. he killed three before killing himself. two boys are hospitalized. thousands of boston residents said goodbye to former mayor who died of cancer, 10 months after
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leaving office. he led boston for 20 yearsing making him the longest serving mayor. he had an 82% approval rating when he left office. former president bill clinton was among those that attended the f>al tom magmios. >> who hosted "car talk", passed away from complications of alzhiemer's. he brought expertise to those experiencing car trouble and brought expertise to the show as well the family of 29-year-old death with dignity advocate britney maynard hopes to carry on her legacy after she took her life. she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. oregon is one of five states allowing life-ending drugs. a day after nick walenda's
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stunt in chicago, he's talking about a next adventure. wallenda walked a wire between two skyscrapers braving high winds and cold temperatures. he put on a blindfold at the other side and walked across again. he talks about the mental toughness required for the stunt? >> seven generations in 200 years, it's in my blood. challenging mentally. it was training. that's why once it was go time, there was no time to think about it. i told myself "i'll torture you mentally for 2.5 minutes, but i know you'll make it safety to the other side because you are prepared." i jumped on the cable, here i am. >> for his next trip he recreate a walk his grandfather did, including two head stands on the wire. >> incredible. >> and he's talking at 100 miles an hour because the adrenaline pump is still on.
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all right. see you later coming up on al jazeera america, the head of the syrian coalition stalks to al jazeera america -- talks to al jazeera america and has serious criticism for the plan against i.s.i.l. and the plans to turn rome's colosseum into a theatre again. t
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development... development... >> we have an exclusive story >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... tonight, and we go live... breaking news. the department of justice, the justice department is conducting a criminal investigation into jpmorgan chase, looking at the foreign exchange business. the bank confirmed the probe, saying losses from legal proceedings could be $6 billion as the u.s. launches air strikes against the islamic state, there are concerns over the u.s. strategy in syria, is nick schifrin sat with a person from the syrian coalition.
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representing those that want to the oust the bashar al-assad. it was said that the u.s. lacks a clear goal for the country. nick, is he optimistic about the u.s. strategy for the area? >> no, tony, he and a lot of people have a lot of criticism of the policy, saying the u.s. doesn't understand. and these are the people, and he represents the people not only fighting the regime, but who we need in order to fight i.s.i.l. his criticism is the u.s. air strikes are not working or targetting the right people and not coordinated. criticism is about the straining. the u.s. promised it's not fast enough and is worried that the strategy is not solving the country's humanitarian catastrophe, the worst crisis since 2002. >> we are talking about half the population of syria out of their
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homes, refugees in neighbouring countries or internally displaced in syria. all the people need help. we have the winter and people suffering. we see people, families dying of cold. we have to move fast. >> is president obama's strategy for syria working? >> if we work it in good faith and partnership, for sure it will work. we'll make sure it works. i hope our american friends can listen to us. >> so far, has that strategy worked? >> right now, there's no - to be honest. there's no strategy which you can see. it was air strikes. there's only air strikes. united states should care about the same issue, and values. we are talking about a new flow
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of refugees of more than 300,000 people. >> has there been coordination between the u.s. air force and military, air strikes on the drowned in syria, and the commanders who are actually on the front line. >> there's no coordination at all between the free syrian army, and command and control center which is doing the air strikes. we are insisting that this should be developed as soon as possible. >> you asked for training and weapons, president obama promised $500 million in training and weapons. have you received more training or weapons? >> the way it's handled now, the programme will be too late to achieve anything. we don't provide the correct amount of assistance and help to the forces. we'll lose the forces, which are good fighters on the ground.
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and against the regime. what we are asking for is the aid and supply of weapons and ammunitions and we'll do the fighting. if they listen to us, and they assist us in the way our strategy which we see fit and prove we can do, we can drive i.s.i.l. out of syria in a year. >> a couple of questions occur to me out of that. did he say anything about the bashar al-assad regime. does he think bashar al-assad is taking advantage of the fact that the spotlight is no longer on the regime, but the islamic state in syria? >> in 36 hours, over 36 hour period, the bashar al-assad regime launched about 220 air strikes outside of aleppo. the same number the u.s. launched in a month.
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absolutely. while we in the media, the u.s. has been focused on an obscure town called kobane, which everybody nose is an install rural area on the turkish border, the bashar al-assad regime has been using the emphasis on kobane, and used it to attack aleppo, and people in aleppo, the symbol, the heart of the revolution, the symbol in the heart of the people we are allied with, the bashar al-assad moved in to aleppo and they said this, and others said that, aleppo is at risk of falling to the regime. that would really drive a severe, severe blow for the u.s. strategy in syria, because the u.s. needs those groups that are, yes, fighting the regime, but to fight i.s.i.l., and they are very busy fighting the regime nick, this struck me. let me ask you this question. if struck me in the course of
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your conversation. what does he think of the stated u.s. policy in syria, which is to train up members of the free syrian army in some places, in some cases in saudi arabia, and then reintroduce them to the fight. does he have a view of that part of the stated u.s. strategy? >> both he and u.s. officials tell me that will take seven to eight months to graduate a single fighter. this is a $500 million class. president obama and everyone is putting a lot of effort and funny into it. the pentagon assures me that yes, it will happen. they need time. in the meantime not only do we see a huge barrage from the syrian regime, we are seeing our allies on the ground losing to al qaeda, losing to the regime, and losing to i.s.i.l., and
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there's new video of al qaeda grabbing u.s. weapons from the allies inside the country, and they say "look, we are trying to fight the regime and al qaeda, how do you expect us to fight i.s.i.l. - not possible." >> in your answer is part of what the u.s. officials are afraid of the idea na the al nusra front and others will take the weapons if supplied. nick schifrin, it is a good discussion. appreciate it. nick schifrin is in istanbul for us. with every election cycle politics is more involved in social media. we have an example. that is next. then it's "real money", with ali velshi. >> coming up on ali velshi, election day issue number one is the economy. i explain why people who rely on wages could vote differently to those counting on investments. and the perks and pay with getting elected to congress. all that and more in "real money".
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soon visitors to rome's
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colosseum may be able to stand in the same spot with gladiators stood. if the minister of culture is allowed to rebuild the floor, opening up the underground tunnels which have been exposed for a century. >> reporter: once upon a time this was the scene of epic battles, bloody entertainment and gladda torial conduct. today the colosseum is nothing more than a photo opportunity. not for long. in a tweet posted sunday night italy's culture minister championed the idea of replacing the colosseum's floor, a century after it was taken off. the idea was floated by an italian archeologist, who wrote in a magga seem that the -- magazine that the colosseum should go back to being a
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theatre. >> many come from all over the world to see it. what do the people want to see? they want to see a place where gladiators fought, where that took place. all they see now is a hole. let's rebuild the floor and restore it to 2,000 years ago. >> reporter: tourists like the idea and like some of their own. >> of course. commerce, tourism. >> yes, if they could have it, it would be cool. music shows or something. that would be nice. >> the opera, or something like that. that would be nice, perhaps. >> reporter: modern day gladiators support the plan, as long as they don't have to fight lions. >> translation: it's a good idea. the colosseum would go back to what it used to do. >> reporter: the brief by the
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cultural minister may be wishful thinking. if the colosseum is turned into a fully functional ampitheatre 1,000 years after it was built. this will go back to being the greatest arena in the world. that's exciting stuff. okay, in the final push to the midterms, republicans and democrats are using social media to get the report out. >> candidates are posting pictures of themselves, doing last minute campaigning. each group is using social media for a final push, and today college republicans tweeted "are you ready", linking to the youtube vid, watch. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> i'm ready. >> because my future. >> because my future. >> because our future... ..dependents on you. >> meanwhile college democrats posted their own video featuring
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college students quoting republican candidates. watch that. >> i don't see education in the constitution. >> equal pay, let's enforce the laws on the book versus campaign gimmicks. >> for the federal government to set the law in all 50 states is ridiculous. >> climate change is an important issue. i don't think we can say yes or no. >> here is an image trending today. bill clinton photo op. a little girl that doesn't look too happy. >> is she crying. >> she's very cold. she didn't want to be there. clinton was campaigning in arkansas over the weekend for senator mark prior. the little girl has a blue ribbon. posted on reddick, the user said it was cold. and she didn't want to be there. >> a republican group is asking users to submit a caption for the user. >> have any come in yet? never mind, i'm not sure i want
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to read or have you read them. all right. appreciate it. see you tomorrow. that is all of our time for this newshour. i'm tony harris. "real money" with ali velshi is next, if you would like the latest on anything we covered in the noose -- newshour, go to aljazeera.com. get ready america, the polls open in a matter of hours, and the economy is issue number one. i'll explain why people could vote differently than people who count on their investment portfolio. also to the victor go the spoils, i'm looking at the perks and pay to winning a seat in congress. and i'll tell you how alcohol sales could change the game for a lot of businesses in alabama. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪