that is it for today. i hope you enjoyed our show and learning to be more of a healthy you. see you next time. welcome to "america's news headquarters." i'm arthe lp neville. launching new air strikes overnight in an attempt to keep the border town of kobani from falling into the hands of the terror group there. the strategic town is right on the border with turkey, the united nations warning that thousands could die if isis wins that battle. and some 500 miles away in iraq, isis militants are inching closer to baghdad, launching attacks around the airports and area suburbs. but the state department is saying there is no need to be

concerned. peter joins us now live from washington with the update. peter? >> arthel, here's why isis has been trying so hard to take over kobani. that city in syria near the turkish border. if kobani falls to fighters, it will make travel between two of the other key syrian cities that they have taken over aleppo and raqqa a lot easier. today u.s. central command announced a fresh round of air strikes in support of kurdish fighters on the ground. four strikes to the north of kobani and two strikes to the south and experts say this american-led aerial assault hasn't been nearly active enough. >> we have not put them on defense and i think the level of effort on the part of the air strikes, i don't know the reasons behind it, i've been told the rules of engagement are too restrictive and i've been told that we don't have enough isr. that is to help identify targets. all i can say is just looking at

what you're looking at, come to the conclusion that our level of effort of air strikes is inadequate. >> in iraq, there have been 274 air strikes since august 8th, but isis continues advancing and is now apparently threatening the airport in baghdad. still, though, the state department says personnel on the ground are safe. >> we don't see an imminent threat to baghdad at this time. i know some speculation and they're pressed about this iraqi security forces in and around baghdad are strong and under constant assessment. the embassy remains open and we continue to conduct business. >> congressman adam kinsinger is warning if isis takes control of the baghdad airport supply lines will be cut off. >> peter, thank you very much, peter. word now that another massive online leak may be in the works. hackers apparently threatening to publish as many as 200,000 stolen photos and videos from

the popular photo messaging app snapchat, which were never meant to be published or shared in the first place. live in los angeles with the story. will, what's happening? >> hi, arthel. snapchat a very popular app with young adults and teenagers. lets them take pictures and send them to somebody else and supposed to delete those pictures after they've been viewed. been doing so well, in fact, that the company is trying to say that it has a value of $10 billion. but according to business insiders, snapchat user pictures, including a number of nude pics, started showing up on an online chat forum. the same site which had hacked celebrity pictures recently pop up. business insider reports say hackers have appeared to been collecting pictures and videos for years. it's been called the snapening. snapchat took to twitter confirming that we can confirm that snapchat's servers were

never breached and not the source of these leak. they were victimized by their use of third party apps to send and receive snaps, a practice we prohibit in ourterm of use. downloaded apps that let them store their pictures. bottom line any time you take a picture with app or smartphone, it could wind up in the wrong hands. >> anything you're going to send using the internet can probably be, probably be seen by somebody else. >> the moral, if you don't want compromising pictures out there, arthel, you probably shouldn't take compromising pictures in the first place. >> that is the bottom line, will, thank you very much. well, there are new steps in the massive effort to stop ebola from entering the u.s. today, especially trained workers are now checking the temperature of all travelers arriving from three west african countries. throughout the week next week

f four other airports across the u.s. are also set to implement the same ebola cdc guidelines. new jersey's newark liberty airport, washington dulles, chicago o'hare and hartsfield jackson in atlanta. meanwhile brian is lillanes has more. >> for all passengers traveling from guinea, liberia and sierra leone. the four other airports will begin their screenings come thursday. these airports cover all nearly 150 passengers that come into the u.s. every day. now, there are also no direct flights from these countries into the u.s. now, this is how the process works. when passengers arrive here, they are given a cdc fact sheet on ebola symptoms and escorted to a private screening room

where they're given a questionnaire and asked for their contact information. at that point their temperatures are taken with noncontact inf infrared thermometers the same being used in africa to screen passengers before they board a flight over there. >> if the traveler has a fever or other symptoms or has been exposed to ebola. customs and border protection will then refer that traveler to the centers of disease control for a health assessment. they will determine if the traveler can continue on or is taken to a hospital for further evaluation. >> but some public health experts tell us that these screenings aren't really that effective since ebola symptoms take about eight to ten days to start showing and also passengers can either lie on their questionnaire or take tylenol or other medications to mask their fevers. the cdc even admitted that these new safe guards that are being put in place at u.s. airports would not have stopped eric

duncan, the first ebola patient fr from liberia who ended up dying here in the united states. >> no matter how many of these procedures are put into place, we can't get the risks to zero. that will not be the case. but this additional layer should add a measure of security and assurance to the american public. >> it's important to remember that these pre-flight screening are continuing to happen in africa. 36,000 screenings over the last two months and not one case of ebola has been found. arthel. >> all right, bryan llenas, thanks a lot. a powerful typhoon is pounding japan with 85-mile-an-hour winds, turensh rains and a dangerous storm surge. power has already been knocked out to more than 17,000 homes and the u.s. military base there has been put on high alert. authorities are warning that the heavy rain will likely cause dangerous flooding and mudslides. now, this is the second typhoon to hit japan in a week.

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time for a quick check of the headlines. isis militants continuing to advance on kobani despite another round of air strikes overnight. in iraq, isis is launching attacks on the baghdad suburbs, but u.s. officials say it's a little more than harassment. part of the centers for disease control newest effort to stop ebola from entering our country, again, is going to into effect today. jfk airport in new york city becoming the first to start taking the temperatures of travelers from west africa.

and popular photo and video sharing app snapchat becoming the latest hacking target with cybercrooks now threatening to release a data base filled with more than 100,000 intimate pictures. snapchat is blaming third party apps. well, with less than a month to go until this year's crucial midterm elections, most analysts believe the republicans will retake the u.s. senate. the "new york times" latest analysis saying, "the republicans lead in enough races for them to win the senate." thanks to iowa and six states won by john mccain in 2008. joining me now is betsy, political writer for "washington examiner." hey, betsy. >> hi, arthel. >> what are the basics that are going to drive the senate races and why are they so important? >> well, it depends on who controls the senate for the last

two years president obama's presidency. so, a lot at stake here, particularly in terms who could be the next attorney general. a number of seats in play. six of these seats, as you mentioned, john mccain won in 2008 but currently held by democrats. if republicans can win enough back, it's possible they will be able to pull off a majority. some key seats to key an eye on, iowa, as you mentioned, louisiana, arkansas is going to be very interesting, alaska is going to be very interesting. it's a big hodgepodge of races, any of which could be the exciting factor on who decides the senate. >> considering everything you just said, betsy, who comes out on top on some of the competitive races that you mentioned, louisiana, iowa, et cetera. does it mean the gop candidate is guaranteed to win? >> it doesn't. it's going to be tricky for republicans and, of course, last-minute revelations and breaking news stories that candidates might not have been prepared for. a late-breaking scandal and any of those can hurt republican candidates. we've seen this in south dakota

where former governor mike rounds who is the republican frontrunner is really struggling. he's kind of treading water trying to fight back allegations about an immigration scandal that happened while he was in office. certainly remains to be seen and republicans can't rest on their laurels right now. a long fight to election day. >> as you know, if anybody, either side can find a scandal on their opponent, they'll find it right now. >> absolutely. >> so, when will we know the outcome? are you predicting any runoffs? >> i think, actually two runoffs are pretty likely. which is unfortunate for those of us getting any sort of election fatigue. if we look at, for instance, louisiana. a good likelihood that mary landrieu will get to that 50% plus one that they need on election day. that runoff wouldn't happen until december and then really the worse-case scenario is in georgia where if nobody wins that open seat, democrat michelle nunn is facing republican purdue, they wouldn't

have that runoff until january. depending on how votes go on election night, it is not possible who controls the senate. >> you mention louisiana and georgia and possible runoff in those two states there. by the time it's all said and done when it comes for those voters to go back to the polls, they may be worn out by that time. >> without a doubt. turnout in runoff elections are very low. a lot of people don't realize a runoff election is going on. staffers are tired, candidates are tired and those are even harder to poll and predict. >> let's talk about the overall picture, betsy. what does it mean for americans if the dems maintain control of the senate or if the republicans regain control of the senate? >> if republicans regain control of the senate, it's going it be that much harder for the president. tu push through his aagenda. more likely have legislation passed. historically speaking wrote about this and now it shows that one party controls congress, but

another party controls the white house, more things often get done because everyone realizes that they have to buckle down and they have to roll up their sleeves and they have to get things done before the presidential election rolls around and they all get in trouble. if republicans take it back, it's possible we'll see more legislation get passed and also possible that the gridlock we have gotten used to will continue. >> you mention that word gridlock, i think everybody is over it and at some point it will hurt both parties if they do nothing. >> yeah. sure thing. thaths that's always something that parties need to bear in mind. issues on partisan consensus for mandatory and minimum sentencing reform, parties got too scared to hold votes because as that issue was moving through earlier this year, we were talking about it a lot in january and february. as it got closer and closer to mid-term election day, lawmakers got scared off and didn't want to vote on it. it's crazy how these things don't get voted on because people are so worried about nasty attack ads. >> at some point the voters who are rehiring these guys and

ladies are like, okay, listen, you're not going to show me your resume and show me what you got and you want me to rehire you for the job, they'll get tired of that, too. anyway, betsy, good to see you. >> you, too. >> betsy woodruff. and a rough week on wall street probably heard us report about that. october is usually a rocky time for stocks, but this time may be different. find out how long-term instability could impact your retirement savings. we'll talk about that, next. man: i know the name of eight princesses. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there.

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since 2011. so what does that mean for your 401(k)? dominic is a financial advisor and president and cio of diversified private wealth advisors. good to see you. >> good afternoon. how you doing? >> i'm well. what caused the volatility and how long will this last? >> well, we primarily it's wins coming from offshore. we got pretty negative news coming out of europe and also the far east, japan and china. that negative news kind of affected us. so europe not doing well. germany, which really was the kingpin of pulling the rest of europe is slowing down and maying going backwards. asia, japan particularly, gdp number got lowered to less than 1%. so all this kind of negative economic news from abroad is affecting our markets and our ability to grow going forward. >> yeah. it's definitely an entangled web

that is weaving here. let's talk about this, the portfolios that took a major hit, what should those stock holders do and i started out saying what, does this do to your 401(k). >> well, looking at the markets in general as you've reported, the numbers are pretty horrible. what we got to look at is this is short-term phenomena or different wins coming down the road that make us or should force us to change our current allocation. so when we're looking particularly at the u.s. economy, which is the number one economy in the world, yeah, we're not growing as aggressively as we would want to be. but we are growing and generally speak, we're a healthy economy. so be very careful about reacting and moving your portfolio around and then finding out that a month or two down the road, this rallies back to the upside. >> very good advice. let's talk about this, is there a sector of the investment world that benefits from volatility?

>> in this case the way we rebalanced our portfolios, we are overweighting the value space, large dividend paying stocks. we're clearly staying away from small caps and emerging markets. look at the u.s. economy. there is a lot of positives here. i'll give you one particular, energy. we've watched the price of gasoline plummet. that puts extra money into the consumers' pocket, just in time for christmas. that alone could add $75 billion into the consumer's pocket. that same energy makes costs for manufacturers go lower, improving margins. that same energy a lower cost to europeans and that could help their economy. so it's a huge booster and could be a very pleasant surprise in the fourth quarter. be very careful about getting out of the stock market in a panic and buying bonds that right now i think are overvalued and then finding out that 30 days down the road, 60 days down

the road, this market rebounds. you get caught on the shore end of the stick. >> that is good news. we're always happy when people such as yourself come on and give us good news about the economy. how does that pan out in terms of jobs? we may see more jobs around this holiday season, middle eastern your typical -- more than your typical part-time jobs? >> great question. so the latest job number that we got -- again, here is the u.s. was really positive. again, it could be stronger, but it shows a trend where we are creating more jobs. more jobs means more money in our pocket. more hours worked means more money in our pocket. when americans have more money in their pocket, they spend it. they love to spend it, again, improving our economic numbers. so it's going to be a thing of a snowball coming down the hill. it's going to get bigger and big as we g. that's another positive at why i think if we get through the midterm elections, i think

this market could rebound and be more positive by december 31. >> i like the way you speak. dominic, thank you very much. >> you have a great day. >> you, too. u.s. airways apologizing today after refusing to allow first sergeant albert moral to hang up his medal filled jacket. fellow passengers were outraged and say a flight attendant told the army ranger the coat closet was only for first class passengers. >> i asked if she would just hang his coat up out of goodwill and she kept saying that it was against company policy. at that time i offered to trade seats with sergeant moral and she was not enthusiastic about that idea. >> sergeant morrow reportedly turned down offers from the other passengers to take their first class seats. the company has since apologized and says it's investigating all of this.

seven new jersey teens facing sex crimes charges. the high school students are all being charged after an investigation that canceled a football team's season. according to the prosecutor's office, the suspects attacked four students on separate occasions often holding them against their will and touching them in a sexual manner. governor chris christi out on the allegations, calling them extraordinarily disturbing. >> if it's true, if that kind of conduct could be permitted in high school athletic program or anywhere else in our state, for that matter, is absolutely unacceptable. >> right now the students arrested are waiting to find out if they'll be held in detention center or leased to theirbers parents. stick around. "the five" isters up thanks to angie's list, now it is. we've made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. buy their services directly at angieslist.com no more calling around. no more hassles.

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