show. thanks to my panel and thanks especially to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. we start with a fox news alert. a possible new front for the united states in the fight against isis. this as the pentagon is considering taking action now in syria, including possible air strikes, that after the terror group has virtually erased the border between iraq and syria and has become in the words of the obama administration, quote, an imminent threat to every interest we have. welcome to "america's news headquarters" on this saturday afternoon. i'm eric shaw. >> i'm molly line. patrick dempsey says the air strikes in iraq would not be enough to stop the terror group

and the key is going in ing in syria. >> if what general dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is saying, either is u.s. policy or foreshadows policy, then i think it's fair to say we have begun the third iraq war. >> molly heninberg is live with the latest. molly? >> hello, defense officials are making it clear that this terror group isis or isil is sophisticated, money and a haven in syria. >> this is beyond anything that we've seen so we must prepare for everything. the only way you do that is you take a cold, steely, hard look at it and get ready. >> at this point, the president has not ordered air strikes inside air area to go after isis terrorists, though the white house says there are, quote, some threats that have to be

dealt with. >> i don't want to get ahead of decisions the president hasn't been presented with specific military options outside of those that are carrying out the current missions in iraq. but we would certainly look at what is necessary in the long term to make sure we're protecting americans. >> critics of the president say they want to hear more from president obama, especially after the beheading of u.s. journalist james foley about what he intends to do about isis terrorists, including those who may be able to get inside the u.s. >> when you consider what isil has today, 20,000-plus fighters, 3,000 of them plus with american or european passports who can come and go as they wooant, the don't have to sneak across the mexican border. they can get in an airplane and land. >> if the president will develop a strategy, we'll support it. so far there's no strategy. >> the pentagon says it has not seen any indications yet that

isis terror cells have crossed the u.s./mexico border and are operating inside the u.s. >> molly, thank you. the united nations also calling for action, warning about potential massacre in northern syria. the u.n. said it, quote, seriously alarmed by the conditions in amili. according to new report, the city is under an isis siege. they don are running out of food and supplies. >> the latest chapter in the tensions breaking out again between the two enemies, the sunnis and the shiites. this coming after dozens of sunni worshippers were killed in a bombing attack in a mosque in central iraq, that after an assassination attempt on a shiite leader. connor is here with us. >> reporter: eric, we are seeing a rash of attacks across iraq

today. in baghdad at least 11 people were killed when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the intelligence headquarters, just another sign of how violent and chaotic the entire country has become since isis moved in from syria into iraq. meanwhile, a series of attacks rocked the northern city of kirkuk. at least 19 people were killed when three explosions went off across that oil-rich city. more than 100 people were injured. these attacks come just kwun one day after a massive explosion in a sunni mosque that killed more nan 60. we're seeing a rash of attacks across the entire country. all of this comes as the u.s. and other western countries are facing growing pressure to step up their attacks on isis. in recent days the united states has pounded the islamic militants in northern iraq. but the obama administration is considering expanding its military response there, and there are a lot of calls for the u.s. and western countries to do more. the obama administration considering those additional

options, saying they will not send any ground troops to iraq. most analysts say if the u.s. is going to hit isis, they're going to have to do it not only in iraq but also in their home turf of syria. but that's something that the u.s. has so far ruled out so there really are a few options for the united states to hit isis right now over than air strikes. they're trying to get both the kurdish fighters and army moving forward and hitting and taking out isis and of course to try to get that iraqi military up and running. but for more than a month now, u.s. advisers have been on the ground in baghdad trying to help that. we are not seeing much in the way of ground, molly and eric, where the iraqi military is really pushing back isis with any significant force. of course, part of the long-term effort there is to try to get the kurds and the baghdad-based iraqi military to really do the heavy lifting with u.s. and international air support. back to you. >> conor. in about ten minutes, we'll have

more about what we can do about isis, its triumphs, and how to stop them. now to ferguson, missouri, where tensions appear 0 to be subsiding after a third night of peaceful protests over the police killing of unarmed black teenager michael brown. garre garrett tenney is in st. louis where a rally was held in support of the officer. what are officer wilson's supporters saying? >> reporter: well, molly, i should note this is the first rally of its kind we've seen with sewers coming out for officer darren wilson. they're saying it's been two weeks of what they say is one-sided coverage of this case. they say they couldn't sit back any longer and wanted to come out and make their voices heard, that they stand with officer darren wilson and do so despite many of them receiving death threats, they say. >> we will not hide. we will no longer live in fear. we ask this question -- can justice ever obtained if one

side supporters are living in fear of speaking out? if you support darren wilson, make your voices heard. >> reporter: they also say wilson was justified in defending himself when he fatally shot michael brown two weeks ago. they believe that the evidence will show that as it continues to come out. an online fund-raising campaign has already raised more than $300,000 for officer wilson's family as well, and they are going to continue this rally, they say, all throughout today and tomorrow as well. molly? >> you've been there on the ground. how does last night's peaceful protest compare to what we've been seeing in the last week or so ago? >> reporter: well, i've got to tell you it's are really night and day what we saw last night versus what we saw a week ago and for much of the last two weeks. the protests were very peaceful. there was not a single arrest. the first time in nearly two weeks that's happened. but don't let that fool you.

there are still very high tensions in the area. even earlier today, a supporter of michael brown was here and was yelling at police officers here, asking them why is it that they haven't shot y'all. so the tensions are still very high. but protests remain peaceful and police say in large part that's working with community leaders here on the ground with the protesters to keep the peace as well as the visit of attorney general eric holder on wednesday did a lot with protesters here to make them feel like their voices were being heard. not just here locally but all the way in washington at the white house as well molly? >> garrett, thank you so much there in the ferguson community we've seen on the news in the recent weeks. well, thankfully the two americans infected with ebola, they've beaten the fatal disease. but the deadliest ever outbreak only grows in africa. the united nations saying the death toll has sadly actually been underestimated. coming up, we'll tell you why.

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test rocket exploding midflight over texas. the rocket was automatically detonated due to an internal problem. a statement released by spacex confirmed there were no injuries. republican incumbents are weathering the storm in this year's primaries, fending off 0 a barrage of challenges from tea party candidates. that is giving some republican leaders hope that in november just three months from now they can regain control of the u.s. senate from the democrats. is that possible? what could tip it? zbroin jo joining us, guy benson and former national finance director for the dnc david mercer. david and guy, welcome. guy, i'll start with you. the republicans only need six seats to recapture the senate. do you think they can do it? >> do i. i think that there's a very plausible path to at least six seats net for the republicans in the senate. i would also caution republicans against overconfidence. and cockiness or complacency

because it's going to take hard work to get there. just a brief thumbnail sketch, eric, as you said, you need to net six. there are two republican-held seats currently in play. republicans need to hold both of those. then they need to go in and win a couple more, obviously. there are four seats that are in heavily republican states that voted for mitt romney, then four other open seat that's are currently held by democrats. republicans have to take three of those remaining eight if they also get the ones where they are leading very comfortably like in montana, south dakota, west virginia. so there will be gains for republicans this year. the question is, are they going to get to that magic number. >> david, do you think they'll get to 0 that magic number? and what if they do? >> i would say no and that's because republicans have no jobs plan. they have no health care plan. and they have no plan for americans coming out of the challenges that we were faced

with once obama came into office in 2008. and to guy's point, if i might add a little history, the republicans since ronald reagan have not won three incumbent seats. they may have won the lincoln seat in arkansas in 2010 along with fine gold's seat, but they haven't won three. they need to knock off three incumbents if they want to see the majority in the senate. i don't see them doing it, especially when they don't have a platform for doing so. >> david, the republicans would say they do have a plan. what about those three incumbents, guy, that david mentions? what are the chances? >> well, we can get into a debate about who has plans, you know, whose policies are more popular with the american people. that's a political debate being fought out every day on the campaign trail. of the three seats where republicans have sizeable leads, those are open seats. in south dakota, in montana, in west virginia, they're expected to sweep those three.

then there are some other open seats like in iowa, like in michigan. so there's actually a decent path to get close to six without knocking off any incumbents. that is before we get to those vulnerable incumbents like mark pryor in arkansas, mary landrieu, kay hagen in north carolina, mark begich in alaska, then maybe shaheen in new hampshire, udall in colorado certainly. there are a lot of very vulnerable democratic incumbents tied to an unpopular president. >> if i might add, though, in michigan, what guy neglects to 0 tell your viewers is that the republicans haven't won a senate campaign in michigan in 20 years, so the odds of them winning the michigan race especially when the candidate won't even debate the democratic nominee, gary peters, is just showing you that they're running away from it and they don't -- they're not fighting hard enough nor do they have any plans for the american people by which they can argue that they deserve

to have the majority, let alone a senate seat or two. >> guy, what about the fact about the michigan race? does it matter? >> well, first of all, that will be of the many races that i listed, which i think i've listed ten already, if he wants to focus on the michigan race, that's fine. a number of recent polls have showed the race a statistical tie within the margin of error. it's definitely one of the stretch races for the gop. i wouldn't put that in the win column yet. but terry lynn lamb has raised a lot of money, she's been elected statewide twice as the secretary of state there. that's a place where democrats will have to fight very hard just to hold a seat they currently control. that was my point. >> eric, we're going to hold michigan, but we're also focused on, in particular, georgia and kentucky. recent polls show the

candidates, the democrat candidate in georgia, none up by seven points. we're in a red state and we also have near ties with the minority leader mcconnell in his own state of kentucky. so those two are in jeopardy, both red states, and both likely to turn on them and go blue. >> not likely. >> guy, last word. what did you just say? >> neither of those states are likely to turn blue. i think there's a better shot for democrats in kentucky. it's a close race. i think mcdonnell will pull it out. down in georgia, michelle nun has had the bottom fall out of her campaign. she's down seven, eight, nine points. that is a less competitive race than the michigan race david talked about. >> we're looking at different polls. >> we'll have to see what happened. guy saying six, maybe seven or eight. dave saying isn't going to happen. three months, we'll see.

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evidence that russian troops are in ukraine. they're continuing their attacks on ukrainian troops from both sides of the border. meanwhile the ukrainian president is scheduled to meet with russian president vladimir putin on wednesday. who has the upper hand? >> at this point i think vladimir putin still has the upper hand in this relationship. he seems to be continuing a pattern of opportunistic aggression with regard to ukraine. we don't know all the details about what this convoy is but it seems undeniable that russia is operating on both sides of the border and continuing to violate the sovereignty of ukraine with impunity. at the same time the ukrainian government seems to have had the upper hand in controlling it's territory in the rebel controlled areas. so this seems to be a putin move to seek advantage prior to this meeting with the ukrainian president.

>> well it seems clear that moscow is not afraid to use military assets to give separatists weapons according to the efforts we're seeing from various sources, nato. but some estimates say there's 20,000 russian troops amassed there on the border. angela merkel was advocating for a political solution. is that possible? >> well, it's good that the german chancellor is there. it's important for the european powers to show solidarity for fellow european countries against this kind of aggression from russia. there's other european countries that feel at risk. it's less clear what they have in mind to do to provide ukraine with the capacity to with stand this. she's talking about border security as an issue. that's an issue that the united states and germany don't have a lot of credibility to offer a solution to others about given our experience since 9-11 and our debate in the united states at the moment. but the ukrainians need the capability to stop this kind of a convoy and arming and

resupplying of rebels and they need pressure on the russians to pull back those troops. >> the united nations reports that 2,000 people have been killed in this conflict. now winter is drawing closer. what does that mean for the ukrainian people? >> i presume it would mean a less permissive environment for them to operate in. it's one where russia may have some advantages but really i think this has gone on a long time and it's hard to sustain international attention on this crisis. there's a lot else going on in the world but we need to be able to support our allies to have the capacity to take care of things in their own part of the world. that's where the europeans need to step up. >> how much does vladimir putin's personality play into all of this? >> would play an assessment and guessing game in that regard. everything we're seeing so far is consistent with the notion of

a leader who is shaky at home needing to get support but also a clever, deliberate, patient agressor. so we need the same response to bolster allies. >> thank you stephen. >> thank you molly. >> in ferguson protests on both sides. up next the rally in support of officer darren wilson. we'll have a live report on that gathering plus the latest on the investigation and the con tshoo of michael brown. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500,

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the obama administration considering expanding u.s. air strikes to another country. this as pressure grows on the administration to take more aggressive action against radical islamic killers of isis hitting them at their home in syria to stop their continuing march against the west. hello everyone and welcome to america's news headquaters. >> the white house also making strong remarks saying the u.s. needs no invitation to rescue it's citizens that are in imminent danger. isis threatens to kill a second american journalist after the savage execution of james foley.

>> reporter: that no invitation needed is the special forces raid that attempted to rescue foley and other u.s. hostages, those were the first u.s. boots on the ground in the syrian civil war and the critics blasted the decision to make the raid public and the white house said news agencies were going to anyway. still they want a more aggressive fight against the islamic state and isis. >> part of that is going to have to be a number of additional american forces in iraq. not for combat purposes but to help the iraqis in this conflict. if they're going to take back this territory they are going to have to have a lot of american help. and second of all it's not a matter of stopping isis. we have to defeat isis and we have to take them out with whatever means possible. >> the pressure on the president not just coming from the usual

sources. the chairman of the joints chiefs of staff said eventually isis will have to be defeated in syria and the complication there is that using u.s. air strikes to support syrian rebels also helps bashar al assad. meanwhile the u.s. continues the air strikes in iraq that isis blamed for foley's murder but administration officials continue to push the iraqis to end the political divide between shia and sunni muslims. we cannot want that more than iraqis do. unless iraq can do this no outside intervention will matter nor will it continue indefinitely. a warning that the u.s. won't continue to prop up iraq's government if it continues to exacerbate the divide and the u.s. is prepared to help iraq move toward a federal system that gets power away from baghdad. he suggested something like that when he was running for president in 2008.

>> thank you very much. the pentagon blaming china for a dangerous midair encounter in the south china seas. a chinese fighter jet made several passes by a u.s. patrol aircraft coming within 50 feet within an american plane and performing a barrel roll within close range. it's the latest of a series of near misses between chinese and american ships and planes in the area. the administration has filed a formal complaint with china. >> turning to ferguson, missouri now, you know it's been two weeks since the shooting of 18-year-old michael brown and for the third night in a row last night there's relative calm in ferguson and no reports of any more violence in that city. this is the investigation into that contentious shooting. the grand jury has been meeting this week and into the next as the police officer that was at the center of that investigation, officer darren wilson, well, he's receiving support today at a rally in

nearby st. louis. mike is in ferguson, missouri with the latest. what's the latest on the ground there where you are at now. >> reporter: the latest on the ground right now is that there's brutal heat here. that generally keeps the streets pretty much empty but there's one organized rally taking place at the moment. you can take you to live pictures as it's just getting underway. this is an ncaa youth rally. it's just getting underway. they have some adults in there and very young people. they're going to march about 2.5 miles. it's interesting to note with this rally underway that police are providing traffic security at the front end and back end of this particular rally. >> and meanwhile, mike, while that rally is going on earlier today there was another rally in support of the officer. >> yeah, and we don't often see the supporters of officer darren wilson come out in public but they did hold the rally at a bar in south st. louis today. they're raising money for the family of dr. wilson quite

possibly for a legal defense fund in the event that he's charged. they're in general trying to show support for law enforcement as a whole and they're reluctant to use their names for fear of an angry backlash. >> we are exclusively here to support darren wilson and we have no desire to engage in the negativity and hate which has paralyzed his ability to pursue justice. many of us received death threats against ourselves and our families. >> reporter: one of the websites raising money for officer wilson hit it's limit so they had to switch over to another online fund-raising engine. all through their facebook pages. the two largest facebook pages supporting officer wilson have combined totals of well over 100,000 likes or supporters. a woman did interject herself into this demonstration complaining bitterly that the pro-officer wilson event wasn't

broken up by police. but the ones involving the rioting and looting. the ones at the pro-officer wilson did not engage in that. >> thank you very much. >> thousands are taking part in a march against alleged police brutality in new york city. the marchers are walking behind banners that say not go back. march for justice. it's to remember eric garner who died while being arrested by the police last month. the rally began in staten island and is being led by reverend al sharpton as well as family of eric garner. >> for more on this check out fox news sunday tomorrow. the guest will include dr. carson as well as the founder and president of rainbow push coalition jesse jackson with his views on the shooting, the investigation and the aftermath. body cameras could soon be

standard piece of all police uniforms. departments across the country are giving their officers cameras to wear that record video and audio while they're at work. the nation's third largest force, the lapd is testing them out. we're joined live from los angeles with this. >> you know molly that's exactly something that ferguson police department this week said they would like to see because here in l.a. they're learning just how effective they are. take a look. >> there's no better evidence than video and audio. it just compliments your record and just solidifies your case. >> cameras are a welcomed piece of equipment as they patrol l.a.'s skid row. >> you might need the record in so you turn it on. >> lapd is the largest force in the country to use them. they pushed for the department still haunted by incidents like

rodney king. and there's a study involving the california p.d. found complaints fell 88%. and abuse of force dropped by almost two-thirds in one year. lapd already found a reduction in the latter and as far as complaints it speeds up the investigation process. >> it also helps the officers in terms of recollection of what happened in an event so they can be accurate when they complete their reports or go to testify. >> you can see the lenses right there. >> the aclu is working with the doj and law enforcement agencies around the countries to establish strict privacy and video access policies. they want most of the video to be stored and then later deleted to never see the light of day. >> unless particular video is flagged and video is flagged because there's been an accusation of wrong doing or unprofessional conduct against an officer or flagged by the police because it's contained evidence of wrong doing.

>> the lapd is working out how exactly policy-wise it would release the footage in the event of any particular incident but it's something they're going to workout soon and it could be perhaps weeks or months when we start seeing the cameras on the streets of los angeles. >> very timely. thank you. we appreciate it. >> molly egypt is now calling for an open ended cease fire urging israel and hamas to return to peace negotiations. meanwhile hamas is supporting a palestinian bid to join the international criminal court. that could eck pose israel as well as hamas to potential war crime investigations. live in gaza city with the latest on that. >> the hostilities continue here again tonight. there's been more than 11,000 buildings heavily damaged or destroyed in gaza over the past seven weeks. today israeli fighter jets took out the tallest.

a 12-story apartment building in downtown gaza city leveled by two missiles fired by fighter jets early today. the two missiles collapsaused t building to collapse. the building contained a hamas military operations room. at least 22 people were wounded and that included 11 children. with 48 apartments the causalities could have been higher but a warning missile was fired at the roof five minutes before the building was leveled. other homes were destroyed with 1 people killed. they were pounding targets here in response to the rockets being launched toward israel. hamas fired 100 rockets every day this week since tuesday when it broke the most recent cease fire. that's 500 rockets this week. almost 4,000 total. most falling in open areas. but 677 of them intercepted by the iron dome. but yesterday one of them hit in southern israel landing in a parking lot damaging some cars

but shrapnel flew through a family's window and hit a 4-year-old boy in the head killing him. while they're calling on both sides to turn to the peace talks and the negotiating table hamas chose a different path encouraging the palestinian authority leader to go to the international criminal court and pursue war crimes against israel. but that would open hamas up to its own possible prosecution. eric. >> we can still hear the ever present drones right above your head. that's right? >> yeah. the drones have been flying day and night since we got here. we also hear regular fighter jets. we're hearing outgoing missels and the fighter jets as well around the clock. >> thanks so much. molly. heavy rain leaving parts of chicago suburbs under water. the national weather service says as much as 5.5 inches of rain fell in some areas flooding basements and yards and

stranding cars. two school districts cancelled classes and service on some commuter trains was also susp d suspended. some parts of the ohio valley could see rain again today and part of the northwest could see heavy thunderstorms with the possibility of tornadoes. there were also tornado warnings for two counts in idaho. eric. >> molly you know it's summer and that means congress is on vacation. did you feel it? did you know it? notice anything different in your life? well, they'll be back at work after labor day and with the midterm elections just a few months away do you think they'll get anything done? plus there are now new warnings that financial data like credit card information, bank information, well it may have been stolen again. they say computer systems of more than 1,000 stores could have been hacked. coming up we'll tell you how to see if someone bad has your info. have you heard about former olympic great michael phelps? he's been swimming in his first competition since he came out of

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involved in an foreign exchange program. no word yet on what caused that crash. airline pilots are threatening to go on strike in a union battle over pay and early retirement benefits. they call the demands incomprehensible. germany's biggest airline was grounded in a strike in december. >> michael phelps winning a gold medal in australia. his first since going into retirement after a historic performance at the london olympics. >> congress will be coming back from its summer break to tackle a full agenda from the veteran's administration to targeting immigration reform not to mention the budget. there's another threatened possibility of, yeah, another government shutdown and a budget crisis in october. but with the midterm elections fast approaching how likely do you actually think congress really, really, really would actually get anything done.

national review magazine joins us now. john, what if they don't come back. >> many people would think that's a good thing. but they are going to come back for only a few weeks between middle of september and when they depart for congressional campaigning in october. i don't think they'll get much done because they looked at the results around the country. even though most incumbents won they did so but by small margins and they're nervous. >> you don't want incumbents being nervous. that means they're not looking at potentially the problems of the country. they're looking at the re-election i think. >> some would say that's all they ever look at but i won't go that far. >> look at immigration. you have the crisis in the southern border and other news events that drown that out. there were heartbreaking scenes of the young people there and we

have the battle over the funding for that but realistically what if anything can be done, certainly not within a few weeks of congress being together. >> i think they're going to set the table for an immigration debate next year after they're safely past the voters. the house may pass things like expanding visa programs because we do need skilled workers and the visa quotas for that are small but harry reid's senate tends to sit on legislation and not do anything. i don't think anything will be done. as for border patrol they're going to pass funding but that takes months to get to the border. >> that's not going to really solve the problem. >> no, we do real a need comprehensive immigration reform. not a bill. i think the days of 2000 page bills in which you discover that you have to pass it before you find out what's in it, those are over. but we do need to address enforcement. very strong on enforcement and we also have to have a work visa

program so people can come here to work but not necessarily stay forever. >> and the president talks about or the white house talks about a potential executive order that could give legal status to illegals. and in a couple of weeks when congress is there. >> that may precipitate a crisis. most legal scholars say that goes way beyond any powers he has. i think the democratic senators are up for re-election in states like north carolina, arkansas, go through the list. they'll be nervous about this. they're screaming at the top of their lungs when they go to the white house don't do this because this will complicate our election and guarantee that you, barrack obama will have a republican senate to deal with. >> you're making it sound like a real life house of cards down there. >> well, you read the stories the last week. the democrats in congress often have two words for president obama's aid who is are in charge of relations with congress and they're not happy birthday. >> you've been around a long time. can this ever be broken?

you mention harry reed and him bottling up many of the bills and not getting action. the republicans in the house that's where the bills go to die. how can we break through this? we want something done but it doesn't seem to be happening in d.c.? >> this is why we have elections. while it's true most of the time the voters opt for divided government there's times when they don't. barrack obama won a victory in 2008 and they did get obamacare through better or worse and they did get a lot of spending through. stimulus. so the log jam broke. in 2016, the republicans are on the table and they take both houses of congress in the white house you'll see the log jam break. you'll see action. but, again, americans are so suspicious of government and so suspicious of politicians of both parties that they tend to often opt for divided government because they say, well, they may not do any good but at least they won't get together and combine the legislation that could make things worse. there's an old saying in

washington, there's a stupid party and evil party. don't pass legislation supported by both because it will be stupid and evil. >> thank you so much as always. >> thank you. >> an oklahoma city police officer has been arrested and is being held on a $5 million bond. he is accused of committing a series of sexual assaults while on duty. with the latest on thiz disturbing charges, brian from our new york newsroom. >> well, the officer is accused of sexually assaulting seven women over a five month period between february and june of this year. the 27-year-old would stop women for traffic stops or as they walked through the neighborhood during his late patrols from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. he would then assault his victims in the back of his patrol car or in different locations. in at least one instance he raped a woman. police began investigating after a woman complained in june that he sexually assaulted her during

a traffic stop. all seven of his victims are black women ranging from 34 to 58 years old. this was the reaction from one when she identified him as her attacker. >> oh my god. i was frantic. i was devastated. i think that's him. that's him. that's all i could say. that's him. my hands started shaking. all i could do was turn my head to keep the tears away. >> police say they're not sure if the attacks were race related. the ncaa and other african american community leaders are calling for a thorough investigation. the oklahoma city police chief says the charges are disturbing emphasizing that 99.9% of his officers are trustworthy. >> officers take it very personally and it angers us that one of our people, one of our

officers that people trust to keep them safe is doing just the opposite. >> there could be more victims in this case. he's in the county jail facing nine charges including rape, sexual battery, and indecent exposure. he faces up to life in prison. molly. >> brian, thank you very much. we appreciate it. eric. well, molly in ferguson there were protests on both sides. today protests for the officer involved in the shooting as well as those that were calling for justice. you're looking live at an ncaa rally that is now going on in ferguson. one of many in this case. this as the grand jury will be meeting again this next week. y latest on the situation there coming up in our newscast.

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a teen's crutches may have caused a ferris wheel cab to tip over. a 16-year-old girl boarded that ride with crutches which could have lodged in a way that caused the cab to tip. >> a large brush fire burning in hawaii. at least 20 homes have been evacuated. more than 100 firefighters now battling the flames. >> kevin love is teaming up with lebron james in cleveland. this after love's team the minnesota timberwolves made a blockbuster trade with the cavaliers and philadelphia 76 experts say the deal of love and lebron instantly makes the cavaliers a favorite for the nba title. well, molly, it's been a main stay of our flighting fleet for year. the military cargo plane. it's flown from the vietnam war to the current crisis in iraq but now in it's 60th year of

production, it may have saved the life of an engineer working on it. >> from combat in vietnam to the humanitarian air drops it remakes a workhorse for the u.s. military. this one on display was the last c-130 as it fell to communist forces in 1975. 452 people packed into that single plane, including a 24-year-old from the south vietnam air force. >> lucky for me that it had a little bit more space in the back. so i jump in and everybody jump in and a few minutes after that the door closed and we taxi out and depart. >> grateful for his flight to freedom, he now works for the company that builds the c-130. >> this is where we build the front of the airplane. >> the lockheed martin engineer

leads the development of systems for the c-130 protecting the aircraft that once protected him. >> i feel attached to the airplane. i feel magnificent machines. and it will be in my mind forever. >> the c-130 made it's first flight on august 23, 1954. the same day he celebrated his 4th birthday. >> it shocked me when i research about c-130. i said what? same day as my birthday? my goodness. >> 60 years later the c-130 is still in production with more than 2100 of these aircraft delivered to 21 countries. >> over the years they increased the capabilities by giving it more power. making it more state of the art. >> over 60 years of service the c-130 pushed boundaries becoming

the largest and heaviest plane to land on an aircraft carrier. conservative estimates suggest this c-130 was at least 10,000 pounds overweight when it carried him and 400 others to safety years ago. in marietta georgia, fox news. all right. well, tensions cooling in ferguson after another night of peaceful protests over the fatal shooting of michael brown by an officer that's been identified as darren wilson. this as a grand jury hears evidence from a forensic pathologist on how the 18-year-old died. the grand jury will decide whether to diet wilson. let's discuss the investigation with lance, the author of the book when cops kill. he's also the principle of the law firm. thank you for joining me today. >> thank you for having me. >> we've seen relative calm in recent days and prior to that we saw nights of real chaos and danger.

is the tender box still there? is there potential for more unrest? >> there absolutely is. i understand the funeral is going to be monday. keep in mind that hopefully some of these officers are getting some rest. behind the scenes from what we're seeing there's officer that have probably been on 12 plus hour shifts since august 9th. it's taking a toll on the law enforcement community as well. >> you know, this is an officer-involved shooting. does that make this case fundamentally different in certain ways? >> it does in several ways. there's a great deal of investigation that goes on in these cases but the focus of the grand jury is going to be whether or not the officer was justified in using deadly force against michael brown. that incorporates a lot of different elements but at the heart of it is the question of what actions were seen of michael brown and what lenses did the officer have? they have to be viewed under the law in light of a reasonable officer under the circumstances. not a reasonable citizen under the circumstances. >> what layers does it add to

the investigation, the fact that the community has been protesting and has been so actively involved in calling for justice and watching this unfold minute by minute? >> certainly not on this scale but i represented officer involved in shootings before where there was community up roar about the shooting. the problem is the focus of the investigation, the prosecutorial investigation and homicide investigation and administrative investigation have to be done in a vacuum. the grand jury has to have the ability to meet. they have to have the ability to consider evidence. all the evidence. and have an opportunity to render a verdict or determination of probable cause in this case that is free from outside interference. we owe it to the community and this officer that has a presumption of innocence. >> something else here is there's this dual federal investigation underway. a third autopsy being done. a civil rights investigation. what does that mean in this case? >> the federal charges are a little different.

essentially it's an intentional deprivation of civil rights under color of law. so the question in that case is going to be very different than what the grand jury is considering. on the federal level a federal grand jury or the prosecutors would be determining whether or not officer wilson intentionally destroyed the constitutional rights, civil rights, attacked the civil rights of michael brown without a lawful justification using his uniform and his badge as the vehicle to do that. it is an extremely high burden. especially if there is some evidence that the shooting was justified based on the officers actions and the suspect actions in this case michael brown. >> your thoughts on when the grand jury comes to some sort of conclusion or decision, that being announced. what can be done at that point? whether or not there's an indictment? >> there's a great deal of work being done behind the scenes. we see people meeting in churches. we saw captain johnson going down and meeting with people

down the street. either way people have to be prepared for whatever the decision is. we're hearing a lot more about the condition of the officer and if the grand jury is looking at the condition of the officer and what opportunities and he had to repel an attack by michael brown after being injured this could wind up being viewed as a justifiable shooting by officer wilson. >> and finally, how does the community move forward? is there a step toward healing that can be taken here? >> there is. there's been a great deal of community outreach but the process has to be protected. at some point, ten years from now, 20 years from now. people are going to look back on this and they have to know that the grand jury met. the grand jury heard all the evidence. the grand jury was able to weigh this witness against that witness and in many cases the grand jury actually hears from the officer. now i don't know if that's happening. i don't know if officer wilson is able to testify, but many times a grand jury hears from the officer, him or herself.

they want to know exactly what was going on in their heads subjectively to understand why they made the decision to use deadly force and that's critical to their analysis. >> all right. we really appreciate your insight. we've been trying to get thoughts from all different sides and angles on this. we appreciate your input. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> well, molly, yeah, it's happening again. now they say more than 1,000 newest retailers could be infected with the software in their cash register computers. that according to the department of homeland security. it believes the malware can allow them to steal financial data. it found infected computers in more than 50 ups stores earlier this month. ups said the hackers may have taken names, addresses, e-mail addresses and payment card information. the government is urging businesses of all sizes across the country to scan their computers for this malware known as back off. you can always keep an eagle eye

on your credit card statements to make sure that you're not taken. >> continuing our report on isis as it threatens to kill yet another american journalist after the horrific murder of james foley. now president obama is considering air strikes against the terrorist killers in syria. can that stop the radical group and potentially turn the tide against their actions. have you heard about the volcano in iceland? now it's effecting the country's air traffic. ♪

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a spike in seismic activity prompting iceland to declare a no fly zone around one of its volcanoes. it's erupting beneath the ice of

the country's largest glacier and it's not clear when or if it will shoot up into the air. an he rumps years ago and another volcano produced a massive cloud cancelling more than 100,000 flights. >> molly u.s. air strikes against isis can now expand to another country. the obama administration considering targeting the militant group in syria. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says that the home base of isis in syria will have to deal with that home base at some point. this of course after isis shocked the world with it's brutal and barbaric beheading of james foley. fred, how do we kill them before they kill us? >> eric, it's good to be here. we're now seeing what an evil group that isis is and we're facing the reality that it's not going to be destroyed by limited

air strikes in northern iraq limited to humanitarian missions and protecting u.s. lives. we're going to need a massive military campaign. the head of the joint chiefs of staff said we'll have to go into syria. we need to do more than that. maybe we can roll back isis in iraq but to defeat isis in syria we're either going to have to send in troops or we're going to have to work with the sere juan army. we're not going to defeat isis just with air strikes in syria. >> well, you're talking about a massive campaign. what's the chances of that? let's take a look at what the wall street journal in that brutal and blunt editorial said. so what will you do mr. president? the lesson of the last century is that the coalition of the willing forms only when america leads. the main reason that isis has advance sod far has been the u.s. failure to act against it. mr. obama's refuse to intervene in syria created a breeding ground for jihadists and his

total withdrawal from iraq in 2011 create add say vacuum. disorder is spreading while he is the world's leader. isis is marching while he is commander and chief. you have been in the top executive offices of this country. what are the chances of a massive military response and a huge coalition of the willing which is apparently needed to stop them? >> first of all i agree with the journal that an absence of american leadership lead to a power vacuum that caused the rise of isis. i think there's an opening for the president to meet with senior leaders of congress, democrats and republicans to get their backing for a significant escalation in an attack on isis. this will force the president to go back on the no boots on the ground promise. we will not bomb in syria. the u.s. should never say what it won't do. everything should be on the table. given what we have seen isis do. it taunted the united states with this foley be heading video

and shows no sign of slowing down we need a significant change in policy and the president needs to get congressional by in for significant escalation. >> do you think that the american people will support u.s. troops? is that what you're talking about? back in iraq and potentially parts of syria that are now the islamic state. >> i think there will be significant opposition to such a step and it will be unpopular among the president's anti-war supporters. but presidents are in office to do the right thing for the american people. to use their political capital to advance american interests and i think the president is going to have to make a difficult step herement isis can't be defeated unless we make difficult choices. i don't think we should be working with the syrian government. that probably means we have to send troops on the ground. maybe just into syria to take out the forces. the reason is the free syrian army is too weak to defeat isis and without ground troops isis will probably use a human shield

and other tactics to defeat air strikes. >> you're talking about more than just special ops. >> we may be able to do it just with special ops but i don't think we can defeat isis unless we go into syria. unless we have some type of ground presence. maybe special ops forces. but if we don't do that it will continue to be an insurgency. maybe it will topple the assad government. >> is there anyway to see the success of the drones in other places. we had him in custody. we let him go and he's out there apparently calling the shots. can we drone him? how do we get him? or is the only way to put the final stake in the isis vampire is to do what you say? >> well, first of all, i don't know whether he is still alive. no one has seen him for about a month. we don't understand his leadership structure. how isis is organized. i assume he survived a battle

about a month ago when he was rumored to be severely injured and was evacuated to iraq but i don't think air strikes and drones are going to knock him out. we haven't destroyed al qaeda in yemen through air strikes. we knocked them back but this is still there. it's going to take air strikes coordinated with the kurds and iraqi army and some type of ground presence in syria. >> former senior cia analyst. he has known what he's talking about all these years. fred thank you so much for your very direct analysis. we of course have a lot more on this crisis and this threat of isis tomorrow. congressman mac thornberry is the vice chairman of the house armed services committee. and tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. right here on the fox newschannel. maria and mac thornberry.

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federal reserve chair janet yellen has a rather bleak warning, america's job market still isn't great in spite of a steady drop in unemployment, it's not enough to stabilize the economy. how do we get america thriving again? joining me is the president of diversified financial consultants. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> give us some ideas. what can be done to boost the economy at this point? >> well, first of all i'll start with saying yellen is looking at the unemployment number. though on the surface it looks good, 6.2%, when you dig into that number, you realize that the quality of the jobs we're creating, the pay that these people are getting is not very good. so she's looking at raising interest rates somewhere down the road and realizing you know what? >> if i raise them too high too

fast, it could push the economy into a recession and make the job situation even worse than it is right now. >> yellen gave a speech on friday and said the fed may be at risk of having to raise rates sooner and faster than expected. what could that mean for the economy now for all of us? >> well, this is a double-edged sword because they want to raise interest rates. think about the average american and the interest they're earning on a cd in i an bank or a pension fund and what they're earning for its participants. they want higher interest rates so people can earn more money. on the other hand, if it costs more to buy a house because of a mortgage or a car, that could push the economy downhill. so they're caught between a rock and hard place. but they're stuck now because they're not getting very much help from washington and all they have in their power is monetary policy. they need help from washington and fiscal policy. >> would a little bit of predictability help, a little insight from washington where things are going and where things are headed? >> that's a huge problem. i mean, you look at corporate

america out there holding literally trillions of dollars in the coffers. they would love to invest them back into the economy and love to build factors and hire people but there's all this uncertainty. we have a tax uncertainty. we have regulatory uncertainty, dodd-frank was passed years ago, half the rules still haven't been written. energy uncertainty. my god, we've got more energy in this country than we know what to do with and we don't have a clear concise u.s. policy how to gather energy, export it and help other countries, help ourselves. washington really needs to get out there and start working at this point. >> big meeting this week in jackson hole. yellen will be there. there will be international leaders from all over the world talking about money and aspects of that. what can we expect to hear out of that, do you think? >> the good news the u.s. is ahead of the rest of the world. the u.s. is growing somewhere around 2.5, 3% gdp. europe is kind of stuck in

neutral. what the u.s. does and how the u.s. grows and how fast it gross has a real impact on the rest of the world. it really col help the europeans a lot and if the european economy could be doing better, their import of u.s. goods could help us a lot. so clearly these financial heads are looking to coordinate their efforts and help world global growth all obviously in our perspective to help u.s. jobs. >> all right. thank you so much for joining us. the president of diversified financial consultants. thank you very much. >> that does it for us. thank you for watching. molly and i will be back at 6:00 p.m. two hours from now. >> absolutely. >> a healthy you and carol alt coming up next. of protein and calcium. choose our family's wholesome natural cheese snacks. sargento taste the real difference.

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