♪ . >> hi, everyone. this is al jazeera america. obama's pledge. >> the president informed his team he would like him to at least make preparations to at least accept 10,000 syrian refugees. >> as the crisis grows the president promises to take in 10,000 people from syria next year. is it enough? under atalk. >> donald trump is not a serious candidate. he is a gnars cyst.

>> slams donald trump, saying the candidate is no good for the party or the cub. money for nothing. and what it means to live on $2 a day. plus, sideman, from the alleman brothers to stepping out on his own, we talk to guitarist warren hayes. >> i played a lot of those as a kid, in bar bands but never on that level. about his life in music. ♪ . >> and we begin with a victory for president obama on the iran nuclear deal. supporters mustard enough votes today to block a resolution rejecting the agreement. that move makes it more likely that cook won't be able to derail the deal

before the september 17th deadline. mike is in washington, mike? >> well, good evening to you, jon. it appears the white house has pulled it off. beating off a challenge, and rising public opposition. now the iran deal appears to become law, just a week from today. >> this was the moment the white house has been waiting for. a majority of the senate, including all 54 republicans oppose the iran nuclear deal. their effort to move the debate forward fell short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. it is a major victory for president obama. over the last several deals i have heard colleague after colleague, saying this deal is flaws it isn't the best, it needs improve. since when did a bad option in the united states senate become the only option? in the quite senate. >> the upshot the deal is in the clear for now.

the science that underpinned this agreement gives me confidence that this is the best possible opportunity to eliminate the existential threat of an iranian weapon. >> thursday's vote came at the end of an intense lobbying effort. the white house launching a public and private campaign to sway members. >> while opponents mounted a multimillion dollars effort to pressure congress. at this august town hall at a synagogue in maryland. >> going to give you two numbers. voters were urged to call, both undecided through august. >> call the senator, call senator carden, and urge them to oppose this deal and tell them we need a better deal. >> thursday, he voted with the white house, why carden voted against the deal. suggests that public support is weakening. in july, 33% of the public

approved of the agreement, while 45% disapproved. now the rating has fallen 12%. sensing an issue that resonates with base voters republican candidates are taking up the fight, and conservatives in the how aren't giving up. seeing that the cause was lost in the senate, they hatch add new plan. alleging the white house has not shown all side agreements including iran and the atomic energy agency. republicans now threaten to sue the white house, arguing it hasn't made good on a promise to release all documents related to the deal before congress votes. that is an option that is very possible. >> the claim is miss leading, and thursday, the president spokesman dismissed it out of hand. >> we have been cleared that that documentation included all the documentation in the possession of the united states government.

and it had been provided to congress. >> but though it lives on as a political issue, for now, opponents in congress will have to regroup. the president supporters have won the day. >> the senate has spoken and they have spoken with a clearing voice, and declared the agreement will stand. september 17th a week from today again is when the deal goes into effect. but the i.a.e.a. has to clarify that they are abiding by the deal before they begin to lift the sangs. mike, thank you. >> now to a picture that puts the refugee crisis into focus. a little girl from syria waits with her family, to board a bus in munich. she is one of the lucky ones but her future is far from certain. the numbers are astonishing and today as europe struggles with this problem, president obama said america must do it's part. vowing to take in 10,000

syrian refugees next year. supporters praise the president while others say it is a drop in the bucket. >> in a cold rain, refugees soaked to the skin, cross from greece into mass done yeah. it is the next stop for thousands that have made a punishing journey, they are waiting to pack on to crowded buss and trains. their destination, unknown. >> no jacket, no gloves, nothing. we are asking for help. no answers. >> women and children screaming we are awe trade. >> even austria, an even more chaotic scene. police try to stop the flow that they say entered the country through hungary.

>> we expect a rise in people being picked up, also compared with today. and certainly believe that it is going to be 5,000 or 6,000 people daily, maybe even 7,000. >> those thousands among the more than 4 million registered refugees have fled four years of war there. many of them first head to turkey, lebanon, jordan, iraq, and egypt, before making their way to you. this week, germany pledged to accept more than 800,000 refugees by the end of this year. britain said it would take up to 20,000 over the next five years. and thursday, the united states aunderstand nod it would do more as well. one thing the united states can do is to begin to admit more syrian refugees into the united states. president obama said the u.s. would take in 10,000 stirrian refugees over the next year. until now, the u.s. has allowed only 1300 in.

>> i think it is important to bear in mind there's a lot more to dealing with the problem than just resettling we talks about this before. we don't expect that to change at all going forward. >> even with the sun stepping up the refugees will have a long wait, each one can take up to two years as u.s. screeners investigate anyone who may be a criminal or ties to groups like isil. >> the director of the refugee protection program at the nonprofit organization. human rights first, she is in our studio tonight, eleanor, welcome. is it a drop in the bucket? >> absolutely. the number is simply too low. given the size and scale of this crisis. >> how many people should the quite. >> the united states should be looking much more ambitiously, about resettling 100,000 this year. and how would that take the

pressure off the rest of the world? >> it would be a tremendous help to the countries surrounding syria. like jordan, for example, and turkey. they are just hosting hundreds of thousands turkey has nearly 2 million refugees right now. and the conditions are deteriorating severely, within syria, as well as in the cubs neighboring. can you talk about how this would work? they come to the united states and then what? >> sure, they come the the quite, and they are resettled. in communities across the country. that will welcome them. >> how long does that take? >> the whole process is much too slow. >> two years right? >> it can take up to two years. much too slow. >> what do people do in the meantime. >> . >> people are waiting in dire conditions. the children don't have access to education, adults can't work to support their children. and benefits are being cut because the humanitarian aid appeals have not been met.

they have only been met at 37%. >> the united states says it is the country that is donating the most to this situation. so does it get points for that? >> absolutely. is u.s. gets yesterday for leading in aid, but they need to do more on that as well. money is not a substitute for hosting refugees. >> i am not sure there's an answer to this, but we have been covering this story for the last couple of years. and there's -- why has it taken so long to get a response? >> i think people for a long time just thought maybe it would resolve itself, but we are the fifth year into this wear. people have been struggling to survive for ages. this is really the defining challenge. >> are these people ever going to go back. >> this is the largest refugee crieses since word war two. it has to be taken seriously. some would like to go back, but many realize there's nothing to go back to.

their country has been decimated and they can't survive and rebuild their lives. >> so you know the argument on the other side, a lot of these people could be, or some could be dangerous. that their interest is not resetting in the quite, not in being a refugee, but hurting the united states. attacking the united states. or europe. what do you say to that? >> you know i have met many of these people. i have been to the urban areas. many syrian americans have families who have been living now in dire conditions for a long time. the u.s. program is very secure. there are many kinds of background checks, multiple interviews, in fact, refugees are vetted more strongly than any other population, i think those concerns are overblown. >> russia has confirmed that it is now flying arms and

humanitarian aid into syria. as reports say that troops are fighting alongside the military. moscow won't talk about that, instead foreign minister has this message for the u.s. and it's partners. >> we have helped and will continue aiding the syrian government in equipping the arm with all that is necessary for it's of other sad events that have occurred in this region, because of an obsession by our western partners with the ideas of changing unwanted regimes. >> the u.s. opposes the russian military presence in syria, secretary of state jon kerry has warned lavrov that it could escalate the conflict there. >> the flag of palestine will soon join the famous row of flags outside the united nations here in new york. the general assembly approved to add flags from nonmember observer states.

the u.s. and israel were among eight countries that voted no. the move is largely symbolic. flood water froms the torrential rain in japan may force nearly 1 million people from their homes already 100,000 have fled. the worst of the flooding is north of tokyo. says radio active water again. says the rain is unprecedented. >> a former tennis pro is tackling by new york city police. coming up next. plus, the shocking number of american households. surviving on $2 a day. we talked with the author of an eye opening book. >> . >> men join the fight to stop rape on college campuses.

dollars worth of drugs every day - i liked it. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences... and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it.

another shooting in arizona today, which may be the work of a serial shooter. this time it was a delivery truck. less than two weeks ten other shootings have been reported on or near freeways in the phoenix area. no one has been seriously injured but a 13-year-old girl was cut by broken glass when a bullet shatter add windshield. authorities are offering a

$20,000 reward in the case. a judge has ruled that the six police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will stand trial in baltimore. protestors gathered outside the courthouse today. the defense has argued that the jurors from baltimore would be biased against the police. gray died after being injured in police custody that sparks riots. pro gun control groups are holding rallies across the country, to mark what they are calling national whatever it takes day. the phrase comes from andy parker, the father of that virginia reporter killed on live t.v. last month. parker has pledged to do whatever it takes to end gun violence after his daughter's death. he joined survivors and families of victims at a rally on capitol hill today. >> the overwhelming majority of americans agree with common sense reforms. but too many members of congress remain in the pocket of the gun lobby, and that has got to change.

demonstrators to vote antigun officials out of office. former tennis star james blake spoke out today after he was slammed to the ground by a plain closed officer and handcuffed on the street yesterday. he was outside a man tan happen hotel waiting for a ride to the u.s. open. the nypd says blake was miss taken for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation. police say he thinks the case is about unnecessary police force, use not race. >> it shouldn't have happened and it's something that we'll do with the police, and find out what they have to say interimly. and hopefully there is video of it and people can see what happened. >> after watching a video of the take down, the police commissioner offered an apology to blake. >> i am interesting in

speaking to mr. blake, and hope to ex-hear back from him, it should not have happened. and the department denies race was a factor in the detention. the white officer tackled blake has been placed on modified duty and stripped of his gun and badge. the new york governor wants to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour for all workers. it is currently $8.75. the jump would make it the high nest the country. that extra money mean as lot for people at the bottom of the pay scale which numbers are added? >> there's math home work, baseball, and dirty dishes. >> is it bad enough i am gone eight hours a day, and then to pick up another shift afterwards that's a total of 15 hours. >> she works tirelessly,

trying to support a family of five in los angeles on $30,000 a year, working as a security guard. half her paycheck, goes to paying rent on this small one bedroom part. >> i don't think we took inning out for dinner. >> in her kitchen the never ending question of what to feed her family. >> what do you think you will bull out of the freezer? >> uhm, i have to thinkability a it. >> anderson is one of an estimated 1 million living in poverty. to put that into perspective, according to the mayor's office, if l.a.'s poor were their own city, it would be the 10th largest in america. and the third larger in california. >> probably going to the field already? >> anderson has it better than most. she earned a little more than minimum wage, but still barely gets by. in the city of l.a., minimum wageworkers earn $9 an hour. the mayor wants to raise it

to $13.25 by 2017. in subsequent years it would be indexed to keep pace with inflation. raising the minimum wage is not without controversy. because small business owners that can't afford to pay a higher wage, will be forced to close. >> they do have the support of a number of raise the wage coalitions as well as u.s. labor secretary thomas perez. recently in los angeles to push for a higher men mum wage. >> when you talk about raising the minimum wage being good for business, what do you think there's resistence to it? why do you think we haven't raised the minimum wage, let's talk specifically here in los angeles sooner? >> well, i mean, you look at polling and the majority of businesses support increasing the minimum wage. >> if it does not go up, what do you think will happen to the people that you are talking about that are working 40, 50, 60 hours and still have to go to a food

pantry? >> we don't have a society where people work a full time job, and are living in poverty, that's not who we are. >> making a little bit more every hour, what kind of difference would that mean for you and your family? >> making a little bit more, would be a lot, because i would haven't to work so hard. i could still be able to be professional, take care of my responsibilities, at work, and then come home and show my kids that i'm there for them, and i can take care of them besides the necessities. kathryn eden is a sociology professor, and co awe this of $2 a day, living on almost nothing in america. kathryn, welcome, it is good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> what did you learn when you wrote this book, how can anybody live on 2-dollar as day? >> well, let's start with

welfare reform. the landmark change to our system that we saw in 1996. since then, there has been a rise in the number of households with children living under $2 per person per day of about 130%. currently about 1.5 million families with 3.1 million children live under the $2 a day threshold, in any given month. over the course of the year, about 3.4 million children live for at least three months in this condition. so how do you make ends meet? it is very difficult. we do have a safety net here, we have a rich private charitable sector, we do have food statutes which is really the live line. but not all get it only about half get it at any given time. we do have healthcare for most americans who are poor. >> but it is a struggle to survive.

>> is there a rise in the number of people who are as you call them, $2 a day poor? >> yes, we about 130%. >> why is that? >> well, the changes really are threefold. first of all, you have the end of the welfare entitlement, trading for a temporary system, that doesn't work very well any more. we have a lot of evidence that it is just not penetrating poor families in the way that it shouted. second, the bad jobs of the past are much worse than they used to be so many families among the $2 a day are hanging on to the edge of work on a badly degraded labor market. where work just doesn't work any more for many poor families. and then you have a housing crisis, an affordable housing crisis where rents are completely decoupled from

wages. so millions are living in situations where they are paying well over 50% of their rent, and for our families, continue housing instability is a consequence and a cause. >> how do we fix it? >> well, it is interesting when you talk to folks who are in this condition, we spent four years following 18 of these families in different locations across the country, what they say is they want to work. they see themselves as workers. they desperately want to contribute to society, they want to be part of the main stream. the welfare reform bill was called the personal responsible and work opportunity act. they want to embrace work and contribute. yet, what the united states has not done is follows through on work opportunities. and we simply don't have enough jobs and enough good jobs and family friendly jobs to go around, so families are

selling plasma, they are selling food stamps. sometimes they are selling sex, and no family should have to do that when they are willing to work. >> continues to be a very seous problem, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> coming up next, more discontext witness the republican party. >> donald trump is an a narcissistic and an ego maniac. >> the mug slinging continues and at the center, donald trump. >> and a medical wake up call, diabetes on the rise and everybody is at risk.

hi, everyone. this is al jazeera america. taking on trump. he is courting attention and controversy, but now his rivals are saying enough. >> we cannot send this narcissistic, we cannot nominate this ego maniac. >> mean streets. >> i think they are more secure now. >> for many kids in chicago, staying in school isn't the problem, it's making it to class. tonight a closer look at the city's safe passage program. >> and out of control. >> it's not just sugar that causes diabetes.

it's the weight that is generally associated with it. >> no sugar coating the diabetic epidemic, and the demand to find a solution. >> today on the republican side more name calling and insults and don is right in the middle of it, again. this time it was the governor of louisiana. who slammed trump calling him a carnival act and saying the g.o.p. is flirting with disaster. david shyster has more. >> g.o.p. presidential candidate and louisiana governor, bobby ginndal. >> standing at the bottom of most republican polls on thursday at the national press club, g.o.p. presidential candidate tries a new tactic. >> donald trump is not a serious candidate. he is a narcissistic. he is an ego maniac, the only thing he believes in is himself. >> the louisiana governor

compared him to kim kardashian. >> but just because a lot of people watching kim kardashian, we wouldn't put him in the white house either. he went on to call him insecure, weak, and dangerous. >> i want to say what everybody is thinking about him, but afraid to say it. >> his exasperation comes as the latest polls suggest trump's nation lead is growing. >> thank you very much. a survey found trump with 32% ben carson with 19, and jeb bush with nine. among remember women voters trump has gained 13 points in a month, rising from 20% in august to 33% now. trump's rivals have tried attacking him before. >> just stop being a jack ass. you don't have to run for p t and be the world's biggest jackass. >> i found the card.

i wrote the number down, i don't know if it is the right number, let's try it. >> he recently questioned his faith. >> go back and look at his views on bo abortion, now he gets on very low key, frankly, he looks like he makes bush look like the energizer bunny. >> following a string of attacks, trump criticized her looks. quote, look at that face would anyone vote for that, can you imagine that the face of the next president. question again on c.n.n. >> the statement of carlie, i am talking about her persona, her persona is not going to be president. >> ginnedle calls him generally entertaining, but says it is the billionaires policy approach that is most alarming. >> he is shallow, there is no substance. he doesn't know anything about policy, he makes it up on the fly. >> his respond, i only respond to people that register more than 1% of the polls. never thought he had a

chance, and i've been proven right. classic trump, and a knew feisty campaign that hen't cos to dominate. joining us from atlanta, our political correct tor. jason, you know we have focused in the news business on polls, over the last 20 years but never have i ever seen so much focus on polls and donald trump using them constantly, but never talks about substance. when are these candidates going to talk about substance? >> when they decide that they are going to run to win instead of running to not lose. i mean it's been fascinating to me how often you have seen the republican -- you have 17 people, they have brilliant minds working with them, but none of them seem to know how to run a campaign. none of them seem to understand what you are supposed to do when there is a front rubber. rub runner. >> give them some advice.

>> well, first and foremost, keep it to the debate. if i were scott walker, if i werend rand paul, or chris christie, any time somebody asked me about trump, i would say you want to know what i hear about trump, wait until the next debate. >> in the meantime, donald trump takes all the air out of the room, he completely dominates the media, and as he says his poll numbers continue to go up. just sitting around waiting for the next debate, is that enough? >> well, jon, it's got to be at this particular point. look, the fact is as well as trump labs to be doing, you still have to remember that all you have to do is win one place. all you have to do is win in iowa, so rather than fighting with him in the press on a regular basis, which is what a lot are wasting their time doing, they should be spending their time knocking on doors. interacting with caucus goers. there are still a chance that

a lot cut win in iowa and not fight in the press where they can't win the battle. >> and they are fighting in the press. name calling ego maniac, narcissistic, stupid, which we have heard over and over again from donald trump. i don't know how the republican -- bobby may have a point here, is to bal trump taking the republican party down to the lowest common denominator? the lowest it has ever been before? >> i don't think it's the lowist it has been before. you have warren hardy. >> but i think -- if you look at it, bobby calling trump an ego maniac, he is going to pull out his arm trying to punch up so bad. this is a desperate attempt by an insignificant candidate to get some attention, and it is an example of bad strategy. all he is doing is representing a core part of the republican constituency

that everyone likes to pretend isn't there. the kind of constituency that doesn't care if you say things are that racist, as long as you are enganging when you do it. live t.v. >> yeah, rather than pretending he is not real, they should try to explain why they are an alternative. >> unfortunately we will be talking about this again, good to see you, thank you. >> for the dels senator bernie sanders is making a move on hillary clinton. they are now tied in iowa, sappedders leads clinton by one point. so it's a statistical tie, 41-40% in the quinnipiac poll. and vice president joe biden who is thinking about a run, got 12%. ray suarez is going to have more oen that story tonight on inside story, at 11:30 eastern time. there's a big push to clear a backlog of untested rape kits. those kits include dna

evidence. they are currently an estimated 70,000 of these kits nationwide. the efforts being led by the vice president who drafted the violence against women act, when he was in the senate, and today, he called dna evidence that can be collected an essential tool in modern crime fighting. >> it takes serial rapist off the streets so that every woman in every community is safer. because these serial rapists are not wondering the streets. it reduces the total number of victims when we do it. but the second thin it does, is sets women free. who have been victimized. >> new york district attorney cyrus vance called the new funding the single largest contribution for an ending the country's backlog. the justice department and new york city district attorney are putting up $80 million to pay for it.

turning now to a crisis that continues to make headlines the latest concerns about sexual assault on campus. one out of every five federal government mall students will be the victim of a sex crimes. tonight one student led programs that focusing solely on men. do you have any ideas you want to throw in. >> at least twice a month, dozens of young men on the campus get together to talk about sexual assault. >> we want to do this to raise awareness, and shed a positive light on our chapters. >> they represent different fraternities but collectively they are known as mars. so what does mars stand for? >> mars stands for men against rape. >> why he joins the group last year. >> i guess last fall, i had a

friend came up to me and told me that she was sexually assaulted and that was when i knew i wasn't educated on the resources and how to handle as a survivor. >> the obama administration called sexual assault on college campus as nationwide problem. according to a survey by the washington post in the kizer family foundation, one in five college women say they have been sexually assaulted. and last year, a washington post analysis of federal campus crime data shows that indiana university bloomington, have the fourth highest number of forcible sex offenses in 2012. >> they have been going up, i think it tells us, me, that people are more comfortable reporting. and that's part of the issue, is that we want sexual assault reporting. >> why is it such an issue? sexual assault? >> i think you have a lot of young people together.

many living away from home for the first time. i think we live in a highly sexualized culture. i think media playing an incredible important role. i think alcohol plays an incredibly important role. so you have an environment that be where a lot of things come together to make it an environment where sexual assault can occur. >> i.u. says that it is increasing it's campus wide effort to combat sexual violence. earlier this year, the university adopted a new policy on sexual misconduct. which outlined the definition of consent. it stresses kit be given, but it can also be withdrawn at any time. >> you are at a party, you notice your friend joe talking to lucy. >> as part of the culture of care, the university encouraging students to train their peers on how to intervene if they see something wrong. students say this is the moe visible change.

posters with information on university resources can now be found in bathroom stalls throughout campus. i can go into a bathroom in even school and i will say an paper that say do you or someone you know have any experience with sexual misconduct, here are the resources available. i don't remember seeing that before. >> senior lindsay jones reported that she was raped in 2013. the man she accused was never charged. still, she says programs like mars have the potential to make a difference. >> i like that focus, i think it is a better direction, than teaching women here is how to not get violated i guess it's bet tore teach men how to -- understand what consentfully means. i think kit be a gray area for anybody, of any gender, it can be something easily miss understood. >> it is helping a new line

of communication. >> it is the perfect opportunity to have these discussions where these guys who you call your brothers feel confidentble talking to you about it, and you are constantly being educated and the reason why we join is to become better men, so why not have these conversations. >> and most important thing is to end the taboo of sexual assault. al jazeera, blooming topp indiana. >> and now to chicago, where walking to school can be a dangerous trip. so the city started the safe passage program to protect the children. but the $17 million program may be in jeopardy because of the financial crisis. in chicago tens of thousands of kids head back to school, with an extra set of eyes. she has worn the bright yellow vest for three years. >> i think they are more secure now, they have walk and see us.

these kids live on the south side, each day they walk through the toughest gang territories in the city. englewood is one of the most violent neighborhoods. over the last year, there have been 15 murders. the $17.8 million annual safety program aimed at protecting kids is called safe passage, and provides oversight to 75,000 students at 140 schools. they are charging with observing and reporting any criminal activity, they do not engang, but notify police. >> i am glad to see it come back every year, if they can expand money, yes, they should. >> with the city facing a gaping budget hole some question whether or not the program is sustainable in the long run, and whether or not this is the best way to spend money given the financial

crumping. >> the safe passage has been in order, you never see any kids haven't been get hurt coming to school, or going home from school. so yeah, i think it is money well spent. although i think 17 million may be too much. they can use it toward something else. >> after some 50 schools were closed the city ranked up the number of guards and routs mostly on the south and west side. >> when kids go to school, and come out of school, i want them to have their studies and their safety. >> the district says safe passage has boosted attendance by 7%, and while there is no official statistics on the program success, the university of chicago crime lab called it 20/13/2014 school year, the safest on record if one parent complains about drug activity, you will see the whole block full of police, they take it serious too.

>> for many having them shepharded to school each day is worth the cost. >> we do what we have to do to make sure our area is clear. yeah, we watch. they call us nosey neighbors. >> chicago. >> now to some health news, some startling new numbers on diabetes. the study indicates more than half of all-americans either have the disease, or a condition that leads to to it. even more concerning a large percentage of people don't even know they have it. >> the prevalence of diabetes is high, and a lot of this undiagnosed. >> a national wake up call as a new report in the journal of the american medical association shows half of all-americans have diabetes or symptoms that can lead to it. >> this suggests we needed greater emphasis on screening people. >> diabetes is a major cause of death in the u.s., it increases risk of heart

disease and stroke. the u.s. spends more than $245 billion every year to treat the disease. and there are fears the problem will get were. >> the myths that are out there, one if you eat too much sugar that will cause diabetes. well, it isn't the sugar that causes diabetes. it is the weight gain that generally is associated with diagnostics. >> after looking at data compiled by national surveys federal researchers found one third of caucasians with diabetes did not know they had the condition. >> compare that to 37% of african-americans, and 49% of his panics. >> however, the number that surprised scientists was among asian americans. more than half with diabetes don't know they have it. it is the first time undiagnosed diabetes has been measured. >> this is our occurring despite the fact that their b.m.i. is low, relatively low, at 25, compared to the

29 we find in the general population. >> testing for diabeteses is simple, a quick blood test, the hard part is getting more people into the doctor's office. al jazeera. a physician and assisted professor we welcome here in our studio, good to see you. >> nice to see you again. so address the asian statistic there, the? why? any sense? >> we think it might be related to their body weight, or body mass index. it is hard to separate in the study the weight from the fact that they are asian. so a lot of them tended to be thinner, now because diabetes is associated with obesity, a lot of times somebody that is overweight comes to the doctors office, they are more likely to get screened for diabetes. but if someone is much thinner they may or may not get the same test, because people will think they are low risk. >> does this happen suddenly? or does it -- is it happen over time? >> it takes time. so to develop diabetes it is

hard to dell when that transition happens. because question don't know the exact cause. really it has a lot to do with let's say auto inmovement disease where the body attacksist. so it attacks the pancreas and causing some dysfunction. now the maintain case of this is that when you get diabetes it isn't just the high blood sugar, it is the fact that it effects your whole body. you can see problems in the heart, kidney failure. >> but if you see that by that point, you already have blood sugar that is high. >> of course. >> are there any other signs other than the blood sugar test, that tell you you may be on your way? >> there's not a good test. in terms of blood sugar, that's the first sign we have. they get very thirsty, or have to go to the bathroom a lot, but again that's tied to

the blood sugar itself. >> what about prediabetes? and is diabetes reversible? >> that's a good question. i don't know that we know the answer. but you can change your blood sugar a little bit. so if you lose weight, if you diabeteses is related to weight gain, than with diet and exercise you can lose weight and then perhaps loiter blood sugar. but in terms of complications that it causes are those reversible, that's harder to tell, i am not sure if that's a possible yet. and a cure in is science close to a cure. >> i think we still need to learn more about what is causing the problem. but science is advancing a lot in terms of a couple different things. so with diagnoses diabetes, there was a peek where a lot more people got diagnosed early on, so i that could athlete guest treatment. and then when you think about heart attacks and strokes we have had a lot more

advancementments in those area. dr. debbie always good to see you. >> wish i could say more happy stuff. >> we do too. but that's part of the deal here. all right, thank you. if you have ever listened to the alleman brothers or the grateful dead, then you probably have heard him play the guitar. +. >> coming up, my conversation with legendary musician warren hayes. after this.

could change the way we view human beings. >> it is a remarkable story. scientists unveil 15 partial skeletons of a previously

unknown species call homo naledi. it could be one of the earliest members of the human family 3, and the discovery is shedding light. the team that found the bones say there is much to be learns from this half ape half human creature. it walks on two legs and has long legs, in fact the feet are like you and i. but though they are standing next to us you would not think it was a human. it would have a tiny head, the size of my fist the dennation would be small, but very primitive, and they have high shoulders. >> in our next hour, what researchers say was the most stunning revelation about the bones and will also speak with an american peal len together who was one of the lead researchers. it is fascinating. so we are sticking around for it. >> now oour culture segment. a man that has been calling

the hardest working man in rock and roll. al men brothers, grateful dead, and he has built a life out of making music. i started singing at a really early age, and i think by the time i was 14, my dad knew i was serious. he would get a little nicer guitar, and afternoon, and he could tell thievesn't losing interest in it. ♪ one more silver dollar . >> you were young when you started playing with the al men brothers. >> 28. i was 26 when i started playing with dicky bets in a separate band. the al men brothers were broken up at that time. and i wrote a few songs for him and greg alleman. and when they reformed they asked me to join. you move been listening to them as a kid. >> absolutely. >> did you ever imagine that

you were listening to these guys play on the radio, and you mild end up playing with them? >> i don't think you could imagine something like that. i was so much younger and i grew up influenced by their music. >> give me an idea what it is like to play -- first of all, the al men brothers. 20 go on the road, and play with a legendary band like this, can you give us a sense of what that is like? >> well, the first time we reh hearsed it was overwhelming, because i had play add lot of those songs as a kid, and bar bands and garage bands but never on that level. playing with those guys it was quite amazing but then we started writing new material, and recording new material, and i was welcomed into the band right off the bat. >> you plays with a lot of big bands, did you set out to do this? this just happen. >> i think it was one step at a time.

like something comes along, you take advantage of it, and see where that leads. because there's no business model for being a musician. and you have to kind of go with your instincts. >> give me a sense of the difference between playing with al men brothers and the grateful dead? >> dicky bets once described us a the grateful dead wait around for the magic to happen, and the al men brothers force it to happen. they both have this amazing kind of approach to improvisation, the grateful dead is more layed back. al men brothers a little more intense. >> when you get on stage and get the huge reaction that the dead get, or the alleman brothers, what is that like? >> well, it's definitely an exciting feeling. i think the most important part of it to me is the fact that it makes you play beyond

your own capabilities. so the music can benefit from the energy in the crowd. >> you reach higher. >> absolutely. >> when you hear the crowd scream louder. >> yeah, and it isn't just the screaming and the volume of it, there's an energy that the audience brings that i think pushes you. >> and i think that's a little cerebral, but i think it is true. the right audience forces you to play better than you can play without them. >> you were doing this when you were a kid, did you imagine you would still be on the road, still be spending 200 day as year. >> well, i always imagined this was i was going to do, and i never got discouraged but you can never prepare yourself for what it is really like. one of the things i never imagined was that the same people would keep coming and sees you year after year after year. i have met so many people that have seen 50, 100, 200 shows.

what do they say? >> thanks for doing it. >> ♪ when the sky is shining right, feels like you have lost your way ♪. >> great to meet you, good luck, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> he has a new album, it is calls ashes and dust. antonio moore row is next.

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