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it's a race against time to keep a key town on the syrian/turkish border from falling to isis. kurdish fighters are doing what they can to fight the islamic state, but it hasn't been enough to stop the isis advance. we're live on the syrian/turkish border and you'll hear from a kurdish leader who will tell us how the kurdish soldiers are coping. >> 1,000 kilometer border with isis. they're fighting in six to eight different areas. they're holding, and they push back a little, but they're outgunned and overmatched by isis. also, a brand-new effort under way at this hour to keep the ebola out of the u.s.
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taking the temperature of hundreds of passengers arriving from west african nations that are struggling with the deadly disease. screenings under way right now at jfk airport in new york. we'll get a live report and talk with a local cdc critic who said much more needs to be done. opening up a window on history. a massive document from bill clinton's presidency now released to the public. and revealing new info on some of his most controversial and challenging captures from his years at the white house. what we're learning about a white house run for another clinton who wants the title. interesting stuff. you won't believe what an odd request was all about. this is america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital right now. and we begin with the fox news alert. isis on the move this hour in iraq and syria.
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in the anbar province a few miles from baghdad, iraqi government forces are struggling to hold back the islam terrorists. on the syrian border, kobani seems to be on the brink of falling into the control of isis forces, this despite kurdish fighters and support of u.s. air strikes that has done nothing to stop isis from advancing. glen joins us now from the ground at the turkish/syrian border. greg? >> reporter: uma, things are sounding pretty dire here today. one of our best sources saying that the syrian town of kabani could fall to the isis terrorists in just a couple of days. there is some amateur video out purporting to show isis fighters inside kobani. we can't confirm it's a real thing, but if accurate it gives a face to the savagery. the terrorists are having no problem getting resupplied and reinforced. there are more fighters and more heavy arms flowing into the
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place, we are told. the kurdish defenders say they're getting neither. we're told there is fighting on all sides of the town, including right in the very center. centcom just a short time ago confirmed to us that they have launched five more air strikes in and around kobani, but the word inside is that they are not enough. and maybe they are too late. remember, in just a week before isis entered the town, when they were right out in the open, when we were watching tanks and vehicles, there were barely any air strikes. now, also, as we've been watching all week, the tanks of the turkish military on the other side of the border are in position, but they're doing nothing either. turkey seems like it does not want to get involved. it is reported today they've agreed to train some 2,000 moderate syrian rebels to help in the isis fight, but that is a long-term thing. finally, it is thought hundreds if not thousands of civilians remain trapped inside of that
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syrian town of kobani, and that's sparking a fear of massacre. a number of refugees here in turkey who have fled isis is up to 200,000. remember, they have come here in the last couple of days. it is a human tragedy that is unfolding by the minute. back to you, uma. >> greg, thank you very much for the update. a dire situation indeed. now, at this hour, as greg just reported, kurdish forces are doing what they can to stop the isis forces from getting deeper into the border town of kobani, and also fighting isis in iraq. the iraqi military is struggling to protect anbar province, which is a gateway to the capital city of baghdad. joining us now, a key player of the kyrgyzstan regional government. thank you for joining us. >> good to be back. >> we're hearing the united nations is predicting that thousands of people will be massacred as soon as isis takes complete control of kobani.
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what are you hearing from your forces on the ground there? >> if you recall, uma, what's happened in senjar is unfolding in front of our eyes. we need to step up the efforts and assist these people fighting this extremism, this cancer brought to the people by isis. today there are four fronts, kobani, kirkuk, and romabdi. this is proven to be the mobility for this organization, how effective they are in mobilizing rather quickly between two different countries. >> how are the air strikes helping, or not at this point? >> this organization, this terrorist organization has really adapted to the air strikes. now they're blending in with the population. they're not moving in in large convoys as they used to. they're not moving in large pieces of heavy artillery as
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they used to, they're now moving piece by piece. it's making it a lot more difficult for the air strikes to be as effective as they used to be. this is where we have to step up, the army, and kurdish forces in the kurdish region in syria. i think it's been proven these guys can fight isis. >> that's a big problem right now. as i understand it, the kurdish forces there are still struggling because they don't have the heavy equipment that they need, the military equipment to stop isis there. because isis has that equipment at its disposal. is it true that in some cases, only 5% of the kurdish forces there have helmets? what happened? >> i think you're dead on. this is the frustrating part for us. everybody says that the kurdish forces are competent, and there's a will to carry the fight. when we requested for these large military equipment to be on the equal footing or better to defeat isis, defeat and
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ultimately destroy isis, we've only received light equipment. we've been very grateful for the air strikes, though they're limited, they've been extremely helpful in certain areas. but to defeat isis, we need heavy military equipment. 5% of the peshmerga forces have helmets. >> the promises were made, particularly after the white house decided to get into this situation and say they were going to rely on the kurdish fighters there. and were going to support them. so last time around we spoke, it was the iraqi government that stood in your way of getting the equipment, because the maliki government was in place. supposedly the new government is moderate and more helpful. but that doesn't seem to be the case at this point. >> unfortunately we've not seen -- >> is this government still holding up the equipment that your forces need? >> there are still obstacles in place where every piece of equipment has to go to baghdad to be inspected, which if approved it makes it to the
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persshmerga forces up north. in the meantime, the peshmerga forces have gone on the offensive, despite being in lack of equipment. but there is manpower and the will to carry the fight. every time the peshmerga takes back a village, they are coming up against this heavily booby-trapped towns and villages. they have no equipment in defusing some of these ieds. >> what happens when you talk to the u.s. officials about getting this equipment right now? we are up against it right now at this point. time is of the essence. >> indeed. there's plenty of equipment available out there. there's plenty in kuwait, and afghanistan. but it's not getting to us. it's not difficult to get it there. i don't know where the disconnect is. i don't know where there's will or lack of will to provide this.
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>> you're saying this situation didn't need to happen this way? the way that kobani is at this point, if you had the equipment, and the necessary hardware, that you have been expecting? >> you're absolutely right. this could have been prevented. kobani is not going to be the last area that isis will attack. we can prevent other atrocities in other towns that will eventually fall. if kobani falls, it will be a victo victory. we have to make sure kobani doesn't fall and other areas are taken back. >> what about the morale of the fighters on the ground there, knowing that they really are outnumbered at this point? >> the air strikes is where the morale of these fighters is really kept. hopeful they'll increase the air strikes. anytime there are air strikes that takes place, the peshmerga
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fighters is really up. but we need to increase that. there's capability to increase that. we need to provide the heavy military equipment. you cannot fight a tank with an ak-47 or rpg. that doesn't pierce a tank that has a 50 cal on it. it takes anything in front of it by 2 kilometers. >> again, though, before i leave you, the question is, who is in charge here to make the decision to get this equipment into the kurdish forces' hands at this point? >> well, there's a u.s.-led coalition. >> what is stopping that from happening, i guess? have you been able to determine that yet? >> that's the question we have not found the answer to. again, we're grateful for the air strikes. anytime they strike, the peshmerga forces were able to take advantage of the air strikes to go after isis. but it's not an easy fight. it continues to get worse. the humanitarian crisis
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continues to worsen. we're a few weeks away from winter. it just gets worse and worse from here. the international community needs to step up, provide the military equipment needed to defeat isis. we also need to continue to put pressure on baghdad to make sure there's political reconciliation. >> it's great to have you here today. thank you so much for updating us. we wish you all the best. we know it's a very tough situation you're dealing with. >> it's a pleasure to be back. if kobani falls to isis, will president obama be pressured into sending u.s. ground troops? send your tweets @umapemmaraju. we'll read your thoughts later on in the show. turning now to the threats to the homeland. investigators are still asking for the public's help to determine if this hooded man from an isis propaganda video is an american or a canadian due to his accent. which appears to be north american. the fbi is asking for the
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public's help to identify this man. joining us now to talk more about the americans abroad fighting alongside the terrorists, and the recruitment effort under way, the director of jihad watch. great to have you here today. >> thank you for having me on, uma. >> let's talk about what the fbi has been doing over the last few days, asking for the public's help in trying to identify this individual. what can you tell us about what you know so far, about that effort? are people coming forward with information? >> no, there has not been any notable response to the fbi's request. which is interesting in light of the fact that american muslim groups have actually advised muslims in mosques not to talk to the fbi, not to cooperate. the california chapter of the hamas linked council of american relations actually distributed posters a few years back saying, don't talk to the fbi. it's not really surprising that there hasn't been a level of
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cooperation that one would expect, or that one would need from muslim groups in the united states. the american muslims are joining the islamic state despite condemnations of that group, from muslim leaders in the u.s., in larger numbers than we ever saw with islam groups like al qaeda and others, it seems as if the claim that they have restored the caliphate is extraordinarily appealing. that has not been addressed by authorities, or by muslim leaders in the u.s. >> now, if the situations continue to unfold as we've been reporting, and kobani falls, that will only encourage more people here in this country to perhaps join the fight. >> oh, absolutely. the caliphate is a make right proposition. if the islamic state is able to take kobani and continue to consolidate control over a territory that is actually larger right now than the size
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of the united kingdom, then they're going to attract still more muslims from the united states, from canada, from western europe. because the idea of the caliphate is that he's the -- the caliph is the successor of muhammad and leader of the muslims. this is a claim that is proven by the reality of the wielding political power. the longer the islamic state exists and the more territory it's able to keep and hold, the more muslims from outside its environes is going to attract. >> you said the muslims who have gone to join the islamic army are not notably poor or marginalized, that this is more about religion, and this is something that is paramount in terms of their quest to be part of this. >> oh, absolutely. the restoration of the caliphate is the fundamental aspiration of all the jihad groups around the world. al qaeda, boko haran, all of
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them. they've claimed to have done so, to have succeeded in realizing this goal. and so it's not that it's the poor and the marginalized that they're appealing to, it's to the educated and devout muslims. this is why when barack obama says the islamic state has nothing to do with islam, it's so very damaging and misleading. instead he should be calling on muslim groups in the united states to confront this understanding of islam, not just with condemnations, but with active programs to teach against it. in mosques to the islamic schools. but that is not being done. >> at this point, from what you've been able to determine, you feel that there are a number of americans that are hoping to join the fight at this point, and travel overseas? >> oh, no doubt about it, absolutely. we know that there are as many as 100 who have already gone. and this idea is so appealing, that we're going to see many more.
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unless and until there are active efforts, and programs and mosques in islamic schools to explain to young muslims why they should reject this understanding of islam. then this is going to be a steady stream. as it was with the somali muslims in minneapolis going to join al shabaab. they were going to fight in somalia. this is an appeal that has shown itself to have power with converts to islam, from american backgrounds, as well as from people from ethnic muslim backgrounds, people from immigration backgrounds from pakistan and iraq and so on. we have seen both of these groups going to the islamic state already and it's just going to keep on. >> robert spencer, always a pleasure. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. now, to the major effort to keep ebola from spreading in this country. passengers arriving from ebola-stricken nations to new york's jfk international
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airport, now getting another security check before heading through customs. the cdc's new guidelines requiring thermal screenings today at jfk, and plans to expand to more airports next week, brian is joining us now from jfk airport with the very latest on this effort under way right now. brian? >> reporter: good afternoon, uma. well, the first ebola-enhanced screenings began at 5:00 a.m. here at jfk international airport, for all passengers traveling from the affected west african nations. screenings at dulles, newark and atlanta international airports will begin thursday. nearly all of the 150 passengers that come to the u.s. every day from guinea, liberia, and sierra leone travel through those five airports. this is how the screening works. the passengers are first given a cdc fact sheet on ebola symptoms. then they are escorted into a private screening area where they complete a questionnaire. and they're asked to give their contact information.
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next, u.s. coast guard corpsmen take the temperatures of the passengers using a noncontact infrared thermometer. then it's determined if they have a fever or signs of ebola, or if they've been in contact with someone with the virus. they're put in a quarantine room where it's determined if they need medical attention or put in isolation. >> this new entry screening procedure is just one part of a multi-layered approach. already, there are 100% of the travelers leaving the three affected countries are being screened on exit. with risk-based questionnaires, asking about exposure, asking about symptoms, and taking temperatures. >> reporter: but some say these screenings aren't effective. because really, the symptoms take eight to ten days to show in people, and they also say that people can lie on their questionnaires, or even try to
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mask their fevers before boarding a flight. >> additional screening might pick up a few extra people who might have been missed the first time around, or might have come down with symptoms while they were in flight. and it wasn't noticed. but the value added is small, but maybe it's reassuring to some people. >> reporter: the cdc has estimated that these new screening procedures would not have stopped thomas eric duncan from boarding a flight from liberia to the u.s. and subsequently becoming the first person to die of ebola in this country. uma? >> brian, thank you very much for the update from jfk airport in new york city. well, will the airport screenings be able to keep more ebola cases out of the u.s., or does much more need to be done? the man in the hazmat suit there, as you can see on your screen, said the cdc needs to do much, much more. he will be joining us in just a few moments. up next, a super typhoon
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to sea. ever since there have been calls to ban all travel to west africa. the problem with that approach is that it makes it extremely difficult to respond to the outbreak. it makes it hard to get health workers in, because they can't get out. >> that's from cdc director tom frieden this week, fending off calls for a travel ban, saying he released new screening guidelines to keep travelers from safe from ebola. dr. gill mobley said the cdc isn't being honest with americans by the threat posed by ebola and that they need to do much more. he joins us now. great to have you here today, doctor. >> thank you, uma, for allowing me to get this message out. >> let me talk first about your concerns about what is taking place with the screenings at this point. are you satisfied that the screenings are going to be set up at a number of airports
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around the country, that they'll have an impact? >> we need to be increasing the vigilance and increase screening. 1 million people right now on the continent of africa are quarantined with ebola. 10,000 fly out every single day on 35 nonstops around the world. dr. brantley said this is spreading even as we speak. >> with the efforts that are under way in the u.s., at least, do you think that it's going to do enough to try to raise awareness and to try to stop the spread here in this country by screening passengers at this point? >> if we can stop one case, it will make a profound difference. it took the dallas health department one hour to be overloaded with attacks, and the cdc two weeks later still flying in plane loads of patients. one person screened could make all the difference in the world. yes, this will make a difference. we were asleep at the wheels for not having the protocols well in
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place before this moment. >> why are you raising concerns that the cdc needs to do more than it has to this point, that you feel that the public needs to have more information about this virus? >> the cdc says that they've been planning for seven months. you think they would have figured out what to do with the 55 gallons of hazardous waste outside emory. what about duncan's urine and blood for a week. i made a single call to action in the atlanta airports, they said fever screening wouldn't work and they're not going to do it. thank god they're doing it today. >> i know, we have the video of you all suited up in the hazmat suit as you went through the atlanta airport because you were really upset about what was happening there. you felt more needed to be done to keep people safe in our country. >> yes, ma'am. we absolutely need to think outside the box.
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mankind is threatened if this epidemic turns into a pandemic. number one, keep ebola out of the hospitals. don't make a bad situation worse. when we arrive at a scene of a shooting, we're going to allow the guy to bleed to death in the street, if it's not secured by law enforcement. we cannot afford to put highly trained personnel in the facilities at risk. this means fever evaluation centers, fever triage centers away from the hospitals. ebola treatment centers away from the hospitals. if clusters start, we're not going to have ventilators, we're not going to have vaso depressors, we'll be lucky to have i.v.s and fluids. do like the state of connecticut does, they've instituted a state of emergency. we need to call out the national guards and reserves. we need to think outside the box, and for christ's sake, stop all non-essential travel to west africa. we don't have to stop the
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flights. use the military to get the military and personnel in and out. >> doctor, thank you for joining us today. we appreciate it. i know you'll follow this closely, as are we. >> thanks. a clinton library document dump, what the files reveal about the former president's relationship with monica lewinsky, and much more. a bombshell report that the obama white house may have tried to cover up any involvement in the secret service's prostitution scandal. i will speak with former white house press secretary ari fleischer. stay with us. >> what you really have is just horrendous white house unethical behavior. that's why the media is supposed to protect us from the abuse of power. that would be abuse of power. ♪
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allegations or conduct by the white house advance team or white house staff. >> that from former white house press secretary jay carney, back in 2012, denying any white house involvement in the secret service scandal in cartagena, colombia. but the "washington post" has been reporting that's just not true. the report alleges that not only is there evidence of a white house aide actually having a prostitute in his room, but then investigators felt pressure not to follow up, because of the potential political fallout during an election year. i spoke with ari fleischer, former press secretary for george w. bush, about the new allegations. >> i was shocked. i read that story like it was a page-turner. frankly, my first three questions were, where's the beef? then you read what they said was the evidence of it. here's what the scandal is, three sources told the "washington post" reporter that the independent investigator for the ig, the inspector general,
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said he was told to delay his research until after the election, because they knew it was embarrassing. that's the scandal. the white house cannot and should not dictate how investigations go. >> for people looking at this from the outside, they may say, that's just politics as usual. you know, people want to play down anything that might be potentially embarrassing in an election year, or scandalous, so to speak. >> it is politics as usual to play things down in the election year. but the media protects us from any change to the rules to manipulate processes, to put pressure on inspector generals so they don't do their report in the manner that they want to do their report. it's akin to interference in a law enforcement action. no white house should be allowed to get away with that. the white house press corps and the amount of coverage this has gotten is minimal. that's what shocks me about this whole thing. it's less about prostitution, has a lot more to do with
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whether or not the white house put their thumbs on what should be a law enforcement investigation. >> but in terms of the press secretary, jay carney at the time, you know, saying, really, unequivocally, that there was no direct white house connection. that was made clear several times. what does this do now to credibility of the white house? here's yet another situation where they say one thing, and then there's a different outcome, a different result. >> you know, there's a he said/she said. this is a he said/they said. the young person in question here, he's denying it. that's important. but when you have a they, all this body of evidence that contradicts it, it starts to make people question the white house story. same thing on leon panetta, robert gates, all the books that are coming out where the white house says one thing, other people say another. benghazi, dealing with the video, and what's happening now, too, is the white house has totally lost the control of the issue agenda in advance of the midterm elections.
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>> perception is everything, of course. do you think that the cumulus effect that we're talking about, the effect it has in terms of the public, do you think the public simply says, we simply can't trust this administration anymore? >> it wears you down. that's what it does. it wears down your goodwill and popularity and credibility, and all of that has happened to the president in the last couple of years. signs his re-elect, he's lost credibility with the american people. and democrats are running away from him in large numbers. so it's a real problem. and no white house wants to go through with this. second terms are tough. they need to hone in on a laser beam by the three sources. if that is true, what you really have is horrendous white house unethical behavior that could not, should not be allowed. the media should be in an uproar about this. >> you've been in that hot seat as a press secretary. we're hearing, as you pointed
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out earlier, people like leon panetta and robert gates who came out with their own memoirs, while a sitting president remains in office during challenging times. some people are trying to characterize this as extreme disloyalty. how do you see this? >> well, i think they're doing their duty to history. after i left the white house, numerous books came out about george w. bush. you could have made the loyalty charge, and the time has sped up. people no longer wait for presidents to leave office the way it used to be, and prior to nixon. everybody writes memoirs while they're in office. i did the same with george w. bush while he was in office. you can explain what took place in the administration, but don't betray a private conversation. the reason i say that is, it's not healthy for the country. presidents are so guarded, they will no longer say what is on their mind. presidents need to let their hair down and express
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frustration, they need to say things they don't mean. >> thanks to ari fleischer for that interview. after the break, we will time travel to the '90s. wow, already so many years ago. documents from the clinton library revealing fascinating new details about some of the clinton administration's biggest scandals. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. and later, we'll switch gears in a big way. you'll meet a former nfl player teaming up to help children. tim green is trying to prove to them that exercise and reading are not usually exclusive. stay with us. my name's louis, and i quit smoking with chantix. i had tried to do it in the past. i hadn't been successful. quitting smoking this time was different because i talked to my doctor and i... i got a prescription for chantix. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking.
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welcome back, everybody. well, new documents from the clinton administration now revealed the clinton library
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releasing thousands of pages yesterday covering topics from the former president's relationship with intern monica lewinsky, to an apology from a former msnbc anchor. molly has been digging through the files and she joins us now with what she found. molly? >> uma, only one e-mail from monica lewinsky was released in the latest batch of papers from the clinton presidential library. most were withheld, the library said for reasons of, quote, personal privacy. in the e-mail from march 1996, lewinsky asks if she can hang this picture of the president signing a telecom bill in her shared white house office. we know now she and the president were well into their affair by then, that led to his impeachment. another e-mail a few weeks later from the white house deputy personnel director showed clinton aides trying to get lewinsky transferred to the pentagon. patsy thomason wrote that, we're trying to make this happen for
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monica. we've not finalized the deal but working toward that end. our direction is to make sure she has a job in an agency. there are also several papers related to the whitewater real estate and fraud investigation. hillary clinton's legal work during that time. one unsigned memo meant to prep the president for his march 24th, 1994, press conference urging him to stick up for his wife. defend hrc, hillary rodham clinton, stress her accomplishments as a lawyer and doing public service work, her career that has exemplified highest ethical standards and integrity. other papers released shows hillary clinton's frustration with the clinton administration's ability to defend the first couple. in one note she writes, quote, yet another meeting that goes nowhere. another useless conversation. uma? >> all right, molly, thank you very much. very interesting. all right. coming up, reading, and
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welcome back, everybody. well, do you want to go to welc. do you want to go to space? nasa is collecting names for first test flight. you sign up and your name goes on a microchip can flies on the orion, your name will also be on future space flights as well, including missions to mars. nasa is exploring for all of humanity and want everyone to be involved in this mission and you can bet that i plan to sign up for sure. all right, millions of children in america still struggling with two issues, obesity and low literacy skills. a professional football player turned best selling author teaming up with the nfl to address both of these challenging issues. tim green, the author of first team is promoting the importance
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of healthy bodies and mind and joining us now to talk more about the program called play 60 read 20. great to have you here today. >> uma, thank you so much for having me. it's amazing how good news about the nfl doesn't travel as fast as bad news. >> i know, this is certainly a good news story and you are someone that's perfect for this, because you've written so many children's books and this particular effort right now is something that's close to your heart. >> well, it really is. and the books -- they are not really children's books, they are called middle grade novels, older elementary and middle school aged students, i started as kind of a mission of love because i love books and love reading. i was reading to my own kids and had best selling books and was asked to start writing for young readers and i found out in the last eight years since i've been writing this series, i traveled to over 800 schools all across the country and it's very
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uplifting because i meet these incredible educators and the common denominators with teachers and librarians and administrators is they are trying to get their kids to read. they are trying to get them to read every day 20 minutes a day and find that's really the break point. if kids read 20 minutes a day, they perform better in every academic subject and the other thing is they become a little bit more compassionate. >> when you combine the reading with the play and you convince youngsters that you can do both, i'm sure it makes quite an impression with these kids. >> it does. look, it's about balance. it's also about this concept that physical -- the nfl was brilliant, play 60, go out and have fun. read 20 is about that too. a lot of young people don't look at a book and say, this is work. but my mission is to have young people look at a book and they see maybe it has sports in there and got some action, good guy
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characters and girl characters and page turning books that are fun. and that's my message to kids, is that, look, read 20, it's going to do great things for you, but it's supposed to be enjoyable. i tell kids even with my books, go to the library, take out one of my books. if you don't love it after five chapters put it down. don't stop there. for each and every young person out there, there's a book they'll become engaged in and involved and turn pages until they get to the very end. >> that's really very encouraging and quite aspiring. what do you come away with with this process? what inspires you as you meet with the children? >> well, i was initially inspired because of my own love for reading and i had a dream of being an nfl player and i was very fortunate to be able to have a first round draft choice and play eight years and make a career out of football. all the way, my mom was a teacher and all the while, make
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sure you're reading, doing well in school. when i was a player, he i i went to law school and had all kinds of opportunities because of my education. so my love for books and reading ended up being really good for me. so i think the message is really important for athletes to get out to young kids and that is, look, go for your dream if you want to be an olympic athlete or professional athlete, work hard and go for it but make sure you take care of this. make sure you take care of your brain. that's what books do. they are weight lifting for your brain. you never think about being a great athlete without a training program and training day after day. i know to be the best student our kids can be, they need to pick up a book and they need to get weight lifting for their brain by reading. >> that's great advice. you are a true superstar, thank you for joining us today. >> very kind of you to have me on. i love your show. >> all the best to you.
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thank you very much. >> thank you. >> still ahead, your twitter responses and two years after being shot by the taliban for demanding a better education for young girls, malala youssis awa. . . i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label and it's automatic. we save time and money. time? money? time and money. awesome. awesome! awesome! awesome! awesome! (all) awesome! i love logistics.
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nights. the u.n. declared october 11th girls day to raise awareness for girls around the world. one of the most powerful voilss for young women is being praised around the world this weekend. after becoming the youngest person ever to win a nobel peace prize, ma plal la yousafzai was targeted by the taliban for insisting that girls have the same rights to an education as boy. she has since made a miraculous recovery and become an international sensation for add vo indication for girls education, she was at school in england when she received the big news. i've been asking all of you, if kobani falls to isis, joe says, no, obama will make a couple of comments at the fundraiser and few more empty buildings at night. if he isn't pressured to send in the troops, neither he nor those
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claiming to care for human lives actually care. thanks to all of you who weighed in with your thoughts today. that's going to do it for me in d.c. make it a great day. hello, everyone, happy saturday to you, welcome to america's news headquarters. >> topping the news this hour, part of the cdc newest strategy to help keep ebola from entering the u.s. is going into effect as we speak. jfk will be the first to check for sipz of the deadly virus among travelers beginning to enter the united states from africa. we have a live report. the president campaigned on a promise to close guantanamo bay and bring the prisoners here to the united states. well now a new report claims he's trying to get it done before he leaves office by going

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