>> great to have you with us. ahead this hour, scotland decides its fate. >> i want it to be an independent country. >> definitely no, no, no. because we're better as a team. >> emotional moments on both sides of the historic referendum. we will have complete coverage of the last man campaign push and what lies ahead regardless of the result. >> plus, the fight against isis. the iraqi army says it's making gains in a new offensive against the terror group and the u.s. congress gets one step closer to approving more help for rebels inside syria.

>> busy hour ahead. another bad day, another bad week for the nfl. twl's a manhunt under way for a cop killer in pennsylvania. we have all of that to get to. and of course, the vote in scott land is our big story. >> exactly. let's start with that. we are just an hour away from what could be one of the most important votes in modern european history. scotland will decide whether to remain a part of the united kingdom or become an independent country. >> this is the poll of polls. it's by the independent research center scot send. 48% say yes, 52% say no. that means the undecided voters hold the key. >> close to 4.3 million scots are registered to vote. anyone 16 and older is eligible now. that's new. and as many as 600,000 scotts say they still have not made up their mind.

>> i am still undecided. but at the moment, it's just the uncertainty of what holds -- you know, what scotland got in store for everyone. it's what -- it's worrying, but it's such a huge decision to make. and we all need to take our vote very, very seriously. so i really don't know what i'm going to do. >> gordon brown himself a scott emerged as leader of the no campaign. >> and others call the referendum an opportunity of a lifetime. >> this is not their flag, their country, their culture, their streets. this is everyone's flag, everyone's country, everyone's culture, and everyone's streets. we who vote no love scotland and love our country.

if the vote goes against us, i pledge to accept that result with dignity and with respect for the people. but if the vote is yes, i have no doubt whatsoever that there will cease to be a no campaign and a yes campaign. there shall be a team scotland to take this nation forward. >> polls will oech at 2k7 a.m. that's less than an hour from now. there are restrictions for the media once that begins. no opinion polls, discussions or analysis of the referendum is allowed during voting hours. suck it up for the next 54 minutes. >> and polls will close at 10:00 p.m. local time. then the 32 counsels will send the paper ballots to eddenedenbh

will they will be counted and read allowed. then the final results will be announced. >> much has focused on the economic impact of that decision. >> but a yes vote would haver is. >> serious implications for the military future for the united kingdom and its royal on the world stage. >> scotland has been a base for the nuclear defense for decades. a frontline against the ussr during the cold war. at the heart of this defense is a $55 billion a year budget, and the try tan submarine fleet. these are four submarines carrying trident warheads. they're based in the west of scotland. but now prospects of an independent scotland are raising kwon serns about the uk's defense capabilities. that's because the leader of the scottish national party says he wants the nuclear submarine fleet packed up and gone from scottish waters if they gain

independence. >> in the event of a no vote, the uk government would be in dilemma to the nuclear force. a new generation of submarines would probably require some new infrastructure work in scotland to be able to support them prop properly. and i think if it was a private business, then it would be seeking to minimize its risk and look at opportunities to relocate that base in england. >> it's a concern of seeing military figures, too. in an open letter, 14 armored chiefs say breaking up britain would, quote, weaken us all. a yes vote, say british defense chiefs would also cost billions of dollars and threaten more than 12,000 jobs. that are 5,000 military and 4,000 civilian workers in scotland. moving them would take years and cost billions of dollars in

training. >> our assessment based on experience in scotland already is that it might take around 12 or 13 years to build a new base in the southwest of england. new bases, and it would cost something in the order of 3 billion or 4 billion pounds at today's prices. >> whether it's the cost or the jobs, one thing is clear. the uk will face an uncertain and testing times if it does have to move trident. and scotland 4r6 to reapply to nato and train and recruit military personnel. and that, many argue, could take decades and leave both vulnerable to attacks. eva suarez, cnn, london. >> most people in the united kingdom agree, no matter what the outcome of today's referendum on scottish independence, the u can will never be the same again. >> absolutely. british political leards have promised scotland more power in deciding such things like taxes as well as spending issues ..

>> i think it's patriotic to vote no because it's in the best interest of scotland. and i think the one thing that some slightly resented is the idea that the smp capture the whole of scotland. it's a national thing and you're unpatriotic if you don't support them. i reject that completely. >> how has the no campaign been in your view? should it have been any different? should it have done things differently? >> we tended to attack the yes campaign on money matter, which is fine. but we know that divorce is an expensive business. and i argued from the beginning, if it's the right thing to do, then what does the cost matter? the fact is i think it's the wrong thing to do. that message did not come across clearly until right at the end. >> in the last few days, we've had this vow but your successor in the liberal party, by the labor leader, by the prime minister david cameron, a vow to give scotland much more power if

they vote no. so two questions, obviously the smp says this smacks as panic and it's nothing more than a bribe. what do you make of that? >> it's much more than that. it's true if there wasn't a long drawnout campaign, maybe we would haven't had that vow. but the fact is the vow is correct and i think it's very important, not just to see more powers in the scottish parliament, but we look at the knock on the fence for the rest of the united kingdom. this involves wales, northern ire land, england. my own view is that there's a tremendous opportunity to modernize the house of commons, to change the house of lords, unelected house of lords into much more of a federal senate elected by the component parts of the uk. the ramifications of this are enormous. and i'm not absolutely certain that three party leaders have quite grasped the significance of it. >> i was going to ask you, already there's a backlash. people are saying how could you

have made this vow? you're basically giving away so much autonomy. you're even saying that more money per head will be spent on scottish people than on english people. >> i understand the reason for the backlash, andhis is why i say that i don't think you can just transfer more power to the scottish parliament without looking at the implications for the rest of the uk. and i'm very keen to do that. i really do think there's a chance to modernize the whole british constitution, which isn't written on any piece of paper, but maybe it's time it was. >> we know from all sorts of reporting that there are divisions within families. there are husbands and wives that are voting yes or no. in your own family apparently. how is this possible? >> by three children, two are no and one is yes. and they're not just passing voters, they're very strong on the subject. so the only way to keep calm is for the family not to discus it. >> good advice there. and cnn is the place to be for the very latest on the historic

referendum. the polls close at 10:00 p.m. local time tonight. and that's when our special coverage begins. >> plenty more on that when we come back. but before that, we will have the latest often the release of the isis propaganda machine. this is a video which is coming out. we'll look at the sinister message behind the hollywood-like production values. >> plus, a show of force in australia against terror suspects. the chilling plot police say they are trying to stop. first the cookie at check-in....

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>> another u.s. house has voted to support obama's plan to support syrian rebels against isis. >> it reflects concerns that the weapons and training could one day be used against the u.s. the senate is expected to vote on the measure later today. the president's plan will work says john kerry. >> the combat will be done by the moderate opposition which serves as the current best counterweight in syria to extremists like isil.

the opposition will get stronger and that will be critickricritcr efforts to bring about a political solution to address the crisis in syria once and for all. >> and once again, president obama is repeating his pledge that there will be no american boots on the ground in iraq. >> i want to be clear that american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. 4 they will support iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. as your commander-in-chief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq.

>> the iranian president says isis is defying islam by slaughtering innocent people. >> and he's denounced the beheadings of three western captives as offensive to all. but mr. rouhani has also denounced u.s. efforts to build a coalition to defeat isis is, quote, ridiculous. he spoke with nbc news. listen. >> translator: how calm they are doing only air strikes? are americans afraid of getting casualties on the ground in iraq? are they afraid of their soldiers being killed in the fight they claim is against terrorism. if they want to use plane and if they want to use unmanned plane so that nobody is injured from the american, is it really possible fight terrorism without any hardship, without any sacrifi sacrifice? >> well, isis has released a

slickly produced video warning of the carnage it wants to inflict on the united states. >> the video is called "flames of war" and tom foreman tells us it appears to be the terrorists' response to the speech by barack obama last week. >> reporter: the video is slick, fast and precisely the kind of packaging we come to expect from isis. about a minute long, it suggested the terrorist group would ravage u.s. ground troops. but this one show ascii explosion and this one showing fighters on a corner are repeated as if they have limited clips. and time and again, walls of fire are visually imposed on images of americans. that's a message to analysts who studies propaganda at george washington university. >> they are trying to project a power that they arguably do not have. >> without underplaying the real threat, that is likely true. the isis army pushes shocking videos of beheadings and videos

like this one showing a syrian jet they claim to have shot down. but that does not mean they could handle a head-on battle with coalition forces. so what is the goal? >> where you know, two try to recruit and radicalize others to their cause, notably werners. it's also intended to signal fear to the audiences they're trying to communicate to, in this case, the united states. and it's also being used to fundraise and to ultimately try to insight some of our own home grown jihadist threats. >> and there is one other big goal in releasing a video such as this, getting people to share it on the internet. spreading the message to audiences far beyond the reach of isis. >> in military terms, that process is a force multiplier, transforming what well could be a cheap movie made by one person with a laptop into something more menacing. tom forman, cnn, washington.

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>> terrible weather in the southwestern part of the states. the remnants of hurricane odile. and also in california, those wildfires continue to rage. >> let's turn to our meteorologist again who's been covering all of this. what's happening and what's the outlook. >> the outlook is not good. we're not going to be talking about whether there's going to be improving conditions here in dramatic fashion. the king fire has been making headlines. but the weed fire in northern california as well has wiped out structur structures. let's show you what's happening to el dorado. 13,000 acre, now we're up to 28,000. and the reason for that, we've had gusty winds in the overnight

hours. in fact, firefighters have only gotten to 5% which is where we were yesterday. sob vously no progress there. and 2400 structures are now at risk as a result of very dry conditions. the fires are jumping the canyons. the weather conditions have not helped. this upper low is going to bring a little moisture here. but you see the storm kind of firing there. we could have some lightning storms that will last a couple of days. that will be about it. all the action as far as the real moisture is down to the south and west. bart of that activity in southern california, let's show you what happened as a result of that. we had some issues. that's the unluckiest palm tree in the world getting struck by lightning. this is why we get into trouble in california with these storms that come in.

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quick update pa polo. it's going to be moving further away. i don't think the impacts are going to be as great. still some hateful where they don't need it. we'll continue with tropical in the philippines next. another pro football player in the u.s. is making headlines for domestic violence. runback jonathan dwyer was arrested at the arizona karl practice facility on wednesday. police say they're investigating two allegations of abuse last july involving a 27-year-old woman and an 18-month-old child. the cardinals deactivated dwyer in the wake of the arrest. >> meantime, greg hardy is taking leave with pay to focus on his legal matters. the leave was approved by nfl commissioner roger goodell. the judge convicted hardy of domestic violence against a then girlfriend last july. but he's been granted a jury trial, which is scheduled for november. >> adrian peterson is on the

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>> let's check the headlines for you this hour. the polls open up in scotland in about half an hour for a referendum that could change the face of modern day europe. voters will decide whether to remain a part of the united kingdom or become an independent country. polls show a slight lead to those opposed to independence. >> iraq's defense ministry say troops have pushed back isis militants. it's part of an offensive launched wednesday to retake territory. around three key cities where isis fighters have become entrenched over the past three months. >> police say gunmen stormed a college in nigeria, killing at least 15 people. dozens more were wounded. there's no immediate claim of

responsibility. but it's known to be a stronghold for boka haram islamists. >> let's take a look at the top story. scotland's landmark vote on independence. >> polls open less than 30 minutes from now. and when that happens, cnn and other media will be under reporting restrictions. we won't be able to show campaign video or report on the polls. but the final tally shows a raceway too close to call. the undecided voters, who make up an estimated 8% of the scottish electorate will tep the balance here. >> those restrictions for cnn international aren't necessarily the same for cnn usa. many brits are calling today a day of destiny. it could bring some very dark hours for the uk. that possibility has not been lost on the british prime minister. >> everyone who cares about our united kingdom is nervous.

we want to have the best of the both worlds, successful economy, the growing number of jobs we see today. the scottish unemployment rate at 6% is lower than the unemployment rate than london and show what a success the scottish economy is. the success of that combined with the ability of scots if they vote no to have more powers and more say hoefr how to run their own affairs in scott land. >> there are tight knit communities along the border. >> new burdens could be placed on businesses. and families and their land could also experience a split. >> brothers tom and scott neal a farm these lands in england. >> one quarter of the field is in scotland, three-quarters in england. theoretical theoretically, there may be a

fence across this valley, a border fence. both fear independence could break their business. tom's farmhouse is in england so he won't get a vote. even though most of his border farm business is in scotland. >> robert cereals come to england, and then some of it back to scotland again. >> all the malt and barley we grow on the farm goes across the border into our malt shops to produce whiskey. to go to distillers in scotland and in england. and further afeel. so i don't know what it's going to mean to us. >> one thing it might mean is passports just to visit each other. >> my two sons are educated across the border to england. they might not passports to go

to school. >> how about if you want to visit robert? >> my daughter is educated in scotland, so she might need a passport to go to school every day. >> it's not just the neal family who is struggling to see what it would mean for cross-border business, there are others struggling with the same in this area. and perhaps none more than this barrier city. these walls were built to keep the scots out. it changed hands between england and scotland 13 times before finally becoming english more than five centuries ago. today the tranquil river belies the region's bloody past, but in this english town market, passions are being stirred. >> scottish butcher steven morrison crosses the border to sell his scottish meat. he will vote no.

>> i don't know the effect in terms of buying and selling. >> across the street, a scot who runs a tourist shop tloois on the tourist trade. for him, a yes vote. no worry about currency and borders. i. >> do believe in an independent scotland. >> back across the border, last-minute yes campaigners trying to alie concerns. if they do get their way, all the issues, border, currency will be hammered out in the months before independence takes effect. but by some set friday, businesses along this once restive border will already better know their future. and today's vote might just draw on the largest electric rat ever in scotland.

the country is home to 5.3 million people and about 80%, more than 4.3 million have registered to vote. an any registered voter age 16 or older who is a resident in scotland is into it 8ed to cast a ballot. and never before have 16 and 17-year-olds been allowed to vote. and voters don't have to be british citizens. commonwealth, irish and eu citizens who live in scotland and are registered to vote can actually go to the polls. months ago, few imagined a vote this close. the suspensionful, and this emotional. andrew blick is a lecturer in politics in contemporary history from kings college london. and he joins me from the british. we keep talking about the undecided voters in this, estimated around 8% now. what are they waiting to hear that will help them decide, given the british politicians have now offered major perks, military leaders are warning of security concerns if they leave

the uk. all this while the yes vote still has to answer on vulnerabilities like, what, currency they'll use, how long it will take them to join the eu and nato. and a whole lot of other uncertainties. so it just seems extraordinary. explain that to us to have viewers right across. >> i think they are very much excluded from the normal political processes. some of the pollings suggest that support for independence is coming from the bottom of society. and maybe some of the undecided people are people who really feel that they're not getting that much out of the existing system. if they are told the existing system may fall apart, i think they think well, what are we going to get out of it? i think there's a dimension of that and also that there's not necessarily trust. when people are told that we're going to give you these various concessions if you remain within the union, and all these things

will go wrong if you leigh the union. people don't necessarily fully believe that. and they might reasonably ask, why is it that all these concessions come in the last week or so of the k578 pain. why didn't they come out earlier? >> how is this going to affect life in scotland if voters choose to break away from the uk. what would life be like in an independent scotland? >> well, in terms of the way the yes campaign presented things, they very much tried to emphasize that there will be continuity. you'll keep the things you want. you'll even keep the monarchy for the time being. there's been an emphasis by the yes campaign on the fact that things will be stable, but what we're offering you is more control over your own affairs and they set out a program for how they will go about developing a new written constitution for an independent scotland. so that's that side of the debate.

but the other side of the debate obvious obviously there are a lot of uncertainties in there. i'm sure it will be challenging for an independent scotland, at least in an official period. and there are uncertainties overthings like what happens with european union membership? can scotland join immediately? can it be fast tracked? does it have to get to the back of the queue? all these things remain unresolved. and of course, there are issues around defense, those kinds of matters. other things i'm talking about here are also relevant to the remaining uk. there's uncertain at that end of the scale as well. >> yeah. of course, the currency, the possibility of a long delay, perhaps a five-year delay joining the eu. a whole lot of things. oil revenue. as outsiders you look and say okay, all the politicians are rallying, racing to scotland say

weerg going to do all of these things for you. you'll have more power with tax, more power with spending and with health. at this point, you could say is scotland has been given a lot on a platter. and you say take it and run with it. but you say trust factor is an issue here? >> you're right. a lot has been offered. when the idea of holding a referendum first came in, the independence unit had the idea of three-option referendum. one being status quo. option two being divo max and option three being full independence. david cameron, the full prime minister didn't want to option that option two divo max option. but in a way what's come about by default as the pro union politicians have been panicking in the last few weeks, what's come about is they're, in fact, offering divo max. they're offering an option two

so the scots are getting it anyway, even though they were going to be denied it. that's the strange way in which things have panned out in these panicking times. >> whether they take advantage of it, that is the question. 8% undecided. we'll see what they do. be sure to stay tuned as scots head to the polls. we'll have coverage after s polls close at 10:00 p.m. london time. >> they do get a long time to vote. we'll take a short break. when we come back, ukraine's president delivers a personal thank you to canada. we'll tell you what he told canada's parliament. >> plus, history could be made friday on the new york stock exchange when chinese ecommerce giant alibaba goes public. but should you buy?

welcome back. ukraine's president is thanking the canadians for their support, also asking for more loans, free trade as well as intelligence sharing. >> he appeared in ottawa one day after signing a landmark partnership agreement with the european union bloc. in an interview with the cbc, he explained why ukraine's parliament decided to grand

special status to pro russian rebel-held donetsk. >> there's no semiautonomy status. we are not trading or putting anything which would be dangerous to control independence. this is just for three years. the power and right of the people, the municipality to elect their leaders. because we hate the idea to speak with they electric the real people who will be represented the people of lonetsk and luhansk. that will be the point of the discussion, what will be the way how we normalize the life in the region and how we deescalate the conflict. without the election in a democratic country, it's simply not exist any other way. >> rebels have been staging a week-long counteroffensive in

eastern ukraine. poroshenko travels to washington next where he will address a joint session of congress. >> a cyclone is dumping heavy rains on a water logged philippines. our meteorologist ivan cabrera has all the details on this. >> we have our next tropal cyclone here. and terrific amounts of moisture coming in with this one as well. not going to barrel through and head west like the last storm, but nevertheless, the effects here for the philippines, i think this will mainly be a rain situation despite the fact that this will eventually become a typhoon by the time that happens. should be to your north. here's one of our computer model forecasts. kind of yesterday, missing it to the north. now perhaps making landfall in the extreme northern part of luzan there. that remains to be seen as far as the land fall potential.

the mountainous terrain should prevent the storm from explode into a significant typhoon. but eventually there lab brief window where we could have rapid intensification. 42 to 48 to 72-hour forecast. the entire japanese island may get raked by significant wind and rain over the next two days. that's our next typhoon coming in here. our western most track will be the worst not only for the philippines but the rest here in terms of very heavy hateful. sometimes these things hook out. i think this time around it's not going to do that too far to the east. maining we will have major impacts here for tie twan and d yeah pan.

incredential weather the last two kays. well over a foot of hateful across here. they're dealing with flood and standing water from the last system here. we taek you to europe where we have a blocking pattern here. a result of the very heavy hateful that's been falling there and also heavy amounts of rain, more than a month's worth in parts of spain. i'll leave you with pictures there. obviously you can see some mud and debris flow in serbia from all that heavy rain. lots going on there. >> ivan, thank you. >> china's internet commerce jienl could raise up to $22 billion when it begins trading

on the new york stock exchange friday. that would make it the largest ipo the world has ever seen. >> but some investors are shying away from that bullish position. because it's a chinese company, it's a complicated owner structure which is making some seasoned investors a lit wary. >> it will get a pop but it's fundamentally a political investment. >> my advice is to be very cautious and look at the fine print. and don't vet involved in these things. >> part of the reason this is so highly anticipated is the sheer scope of the company itself. it's the largest ecommerce company in the world's largest ecommerce market.

>> it could generate half a trillion dollar in sale next year. and as david mckenzie reveals, young shoppers are driving that number higher. >> like most chinese in their 20s, this woman loves to shop online. she brought them all on an online shopping platform. >> can you get anything? >> you can't get weapon. >> with millions of independent vendors, you can get just about anything else. fakes are a big problem, and they recently announced a crackdown. still they are dubious deals. >> if you love shopping it could

be a problem. >> everyone loves shopping. >> i hate shopping. >> in china, they're addicted to it. and all along the chain b, they're packing in the profits. most of their business is moving merchandise bought online. >> the biggest challenge is keeping up with growth. >> santa come once a year, while we work every day of the year to get these packages out. >> send them to 66 distribution centers across beijing. they can move more than a million packages to the capital. >> to go from factory to front door, delivery men hit the road. a migrant navigates the city of 11 million and his three wheeler, delivering the goods that make it run.

>> our job is rarely important. delivery men make it all happen in the internet age we live in. if we did not exist, it would make beijing a more crowded city. things would be inconsistent or worse. it's become how business and buying is done. david mckenzie, cnn beijing.

>>le pos indicate it's too close to call, but if you ask those placing bets on the outcome, there seems to be an obvious winner. >> we've now taken over 2.25 million pounds when we expected at the start to take about a quarter of that. but no has always been odds on

favorite. and yes, despite the fact that the media keep trying to tell everybody how close this race is, and the opinion polls suggest there's not a lot in it, as far as the gambles are concerned, no has pretty much past the post. it would cost us money. >> one businessman is paying 900,000 pounds if the vote is no. if he's right, he stands to win about 200,000 quid. >> and if he's wrong? i wish i had that extra money. all right, for those not into gambling, one bakery has a sweeter way for skots to have their say. customers can pick from three types of decorated cupcakes, one with a scottish flag, a question mark for undecided or union jack. those in favor of staying with the uk have bought the most. and that does it for this hour on cnn.

>> the polls open in scotland. we should mention once again starting at the top of the next hour, we will be under strict reporting conditions, which are all based on uk law. >> that means we cannot show you any campaign video or share opinions from either side that might sway voters on their way to cast a ballot. we will be able to bring you live pictures, though, of what's expected to be record turnout. >> but as we go to break, take a listen to what some scottish voters had to say about why they are voting yes or no at our open mike. >> hi from edinburgh. >> i'm voting yes for a government that can and will meet the needs of the scottish people. a. >> i'm supporting yes. because i believe over the last 40 years of scottish history, we

learned the westminster government just isn't going to reflect the needs and wants of the scottish people. >> i feel we're stronger together as a unified country. i don't have any trust. they don't seem to be able to give facts and figures that makes me feel it's a better thing to do. i'm 100% no. >> i think it's a waste of money, a waste of time. things seem to be working okay for everybody. >> i will be voting yes on thursday. because i believe the government will be brought for and has the power and will to attack ineequality and poverty. >> it's a very small country. i think it will do much better as part of the united kingdom. >> i've seen enormous changes, the jobs that have been lost to shipbuilding were devastated.

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. ♪ hello. a warm welcome to those watching in the u.s. and all around the world. i'm errol barnett. pleasure to have you with us on cnn. coming up, decision time for scotland. the polls open right now and voters must decide whether scotland should become an independent country. >> right now is a time for calm. we actually need to let people know that they are