. >>> there are nine days to go until scotland vote on whether to break away there the united king dolllls show they are running neck and neck. the british government has offered scotland great ere u on themy if the referendum fails but finance minister says britain would not share the pound if separatists win the vote. >> i'll do everything that i can, and let's be frank, there's a lot that the political leaders disagree about, but there's one thing we all agree about passionately, and that is that our united king -- kingdom is better off staying together. we'll all have our own ways separately of talking about why we're better together, but one thing i'm sure we'll all say is it's up to the people in scotland to decide, but we want you to stay. >>> [ inaudible ]'s economy has turned its around. but more than half of spain's young people are still out of work. al jazeera's neve barker has more from madrid. >> reporter: in the spanish capitol, there are whispers of economic recovery. a hint of optimism is on the horizon. after years of financial woes, the government are raring to share

scotland voted for a stronger scottish parliament, backed by the strength and security of the united king dom. and i want to congratulate the no campaign for that, for showing that our nations really are better together. i also want to pay tribute to yes scotland for a well fought campaign and to say to those who voted for independence, we hear you. we now have a chance, a great opportunity, to change the way that british people are governed and change it for the better. political leaders on all sides of the debate now bear a heavy responsibility to come together and work constructively, to advance the interests of people in scotland as well as those in england, wales and northern ireland for each and every citizen of our united kingdom. to those in scotland skeptical of the constitutional promises that were made, let me say this. we have delivered on devolution under this government, and we will do so again in the next parl lachlt. the three pro-union parties have made commitments, clear commitments on further powers for the scottish parliament. we will ensure that those commitments are

. >> now it's time for the united king tom to come together and move forward. >> reporter: cameron thanked voters for standing with united kingdom. it's proving one of the themes of the campaign that scotland and united kingdom are better together. anne-marie? >> alphonso van marsh in london. thank you, alphonso. >>> president obama said he is pleased for the support to arm rebels. the house approved the measure wednesday. meanwhile isis released a new video. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. yeah, this video is a little bit difference than the others. the british journalist featured is promised to appear in an upcoming series as congress approves a big part of president obama's plan to keep u.s. boots off the ground there. plans to tackle isis militants on the ground in syria are now taking shachlt yesterday the senate followed the house and voted to give the president the authority to train and equip moderate syrian rebels. >> the strong bipartisan support for this new training effort shows america the world is united in confronting the th

. >>> and the votes weren't enough to tear apart the united king m kingdom.e fallout from scotland's failed independence vote. >>> france conducted its first air strike in iraq, destroying a logistics depot used by isis. it's the first of many operations according to the french president today. more than 30 people were killed after a series of bomb and mortar shell attacks in and around baghdad. a suicide bomber rammed his car into a security check point yesterday. then minutes later, mortar shells hit houses and a bus station. no media claim of responsibility, but car bombs and attacks against shiite civilians are common tactics used by isis militants. >>> in the meantime, new video from isis shows a captive british journalist who urges the west to give up its war against isis. nbc's jim maceda reports from london. >> hello -- >> reporter: the latest isis videoof yet another hostage. this has disturbed people given to what's happened to previous british and u.s. hostages paraded on video by isis. still, this video is very different in that isis this time isn

. >> in just another week scotland will vote on whether to break away from the united king doll. show rival campaigns for and against independence running neck-in-neck. >> jon: neck-in-neck, by the way the first two ingredients in hagis. scotland-- really, the ray rice tape, they can watch, that picture-- sauceage. scotland's big secession vote is the subject of our continuing coverage of-- it is not the british empire's proudest moment, once dominated half the globe. but if you lose scotland you're down to the one corner of ireland that doesn't hate you, and wales. territory with so few natural resources it needs to import fowl. of course there's got to be more-- (applause) there's got to be more at stake here than pride, yes. >> there is a lot of money at stake. most of the u.k.'s oil reserves are off scotland shores. scotland is the european union's largest oil producer and the british nuclear submarine fleet is headquartered in scotland. >> jon: oil rich with nuke-- i bet dic cheney just went where? what? what? huh? what? can i-- i can invade? so what-- what exactly are the f

essentially bribing the voters to be part of the united king so many. this month, they're going to have to start looking at draft legislation, and start drawing up the details by next month. so by january, it's expected on the 25th of january, a draft bill will actually be published, the scotland bill, the politicians south of the border have been promising scotland powers, such as increased ability to raise taxation, and welfare reform. details of that remain very much open to question, because although the three main parties here, the conservatives and the labor and the democrats spoke at one voice in supporting the no campaign, opposed to independence in scotland. and they have very different visions as to exactly what the promises should be delivered. labor, for example, would like to see 15 pence in the pound, the tax raising ability of the scottish parliament. and the conservatives don't want to go that far. so there's a lot of horse trading and negotiations to go on before the final draft bill can be published. the pressure is on, because it's a

most of trying to reach the united king to him. tray a is now being called the north korea of africa. amnesty internationaling a significant 10,000 political prisoners are being held there in appalling conditions it's been likened to an open prison. he was a professional photographer in air tray a, he know works as a signal man on i french railways, he mass officially recognized as a refugees. he told us his elder brother was drowned attempting to reach the shores of europe. >> i would rather be in my own country with my own family, my own community and my own work, but i am happy i made it to frantz. that i didn't go missin missingd vanish at sea or in the desert, i am alive, that's good already. >> reporter: his first love is the camera. he has been documenting the plight of his fellow countrymen and women and their journey through europe. he described it all as a form of madness but he says his people have no rights, they are completely helpless. exile is their only hopeful david chater, al jazerra, nice. >>> australia's immigra

united king stands united. >> the people of scotland have spoken. >> that is it. scotland has voted no. >> the official that scotland has voted no to independence. >> a record breaking 86% turn out. >> 86% turn out. what does that say to americans about how engaged people can be when they want to in their democracy. hours after a terrifying isis beheading plot is thwarted, they voted for money to train the syrian opposition with an outspoken descent from an outspoken candidate. >> there were bad people on both sides. you need to stay the heck out of their civil war. sending arms to rebels in syria is a fool's errand and only make isis stronger. >> i'm andrea mitchell in washington. roger goodell is speaking out for the first time in the news conference at 3:00 to address the issues. and we are expecting to hear from president obama at any moment. an event on sexual assaults on college campuses. new rules. the national correspondent joins me now from new york. he has been silent. not seen since all of this first broke. it has been more than a week. >> that's right.

united king stands united. >> the people of scotland have spoken. >> that is it.

very much concerned with. >> professor, why should the united states of america care about the referendum in scotland? >> well, as professor king said, there is strategic reasons why the stat stoss quo would be favorable to adjustment foreign policy. we have to recognize that the united states is a nation of tremendous values, values of democracy, and this is an expression of democratic will by the scottish people hoover very strong ties to the united states, very strong ties. so i think on a more personal level, on a values level, i think the united states can still stand in great respect of whatever the outcome is. if it's a yes vote, i would think the united states should embrace that as an expression of democracy and also of forging look, we have one ally in the united kingdom. i think if the end result is we'd have two allies. the remainder of the united kingdom and scotland in the result if there is a yes vote. >> a brave new world of possible new international borders. thank you for your thoughts. thank you both for joining us on aljazeera america. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let's look at other events coming up in th

we will work with the united king dom a kingdom and a broad coalition to bring the per pet raetors ofus act to justice. isis releasing video that appears to show the beheading of british aid working david hanes. fox news confirming the national counter terrorism counter or ntct is examining the footage. the video very similar to previous videos but with some differences. lierk t like the others it runs about a minute and 45 seconds. the hostage is seen kneeling with his hands bound. previous videos begin with a clip of the president. this one begins with a clip of david cameron. joining us on the phone general jack keen. david cameron is under an emergency meeting right now, cobra is the emergency meeting in which he will rally when he feels that the country is on the verge of an emergency. he came out with a reaction very quickly before this video was officially verified which leads me to believe that david cameron knew of the beheading before it was released and was waiting for the video before they actually named the hostage who they knew was in custody. what's your take? >> well,

working with a strategic partnership and getting support from friendly governments including the united king united states of america and china, but we want to emphasize that clearly we certainly need to do more. this is the community must do more at this time. >> lewis brown thank you so much for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you for having me. >> indian army and airforce rescued hundreds stranded by flooding in kashmir, more than a thousand flood victims made it to relief camps but many more are still stranded with 2 1/2 villages submerged. 200 people killed and trying to bring thousands of people trapped in flooded village's to safety and kamal sent this from pakistan's province. >> reporter: the situation in the southern part of panjab is now precarious and they are trying to save the road links which will help rescue teams go in the affected area and they are using helicopters and boats. but as we can see the situation is now worsening in the south as the water goes through the towns and when water is receding in those parts of the country the water is posing a serious threat to other

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decisions which will distract the british government and the issue about powers for other parts of the united king will be a huge distraction from foreign policy issues. >> in the european union, there's another uncertainty. if conservatives win the next british election, could there be another referendum which could take the u.k. out of the eu in three years time. but perhaps there is one silver lining. while many countries may have found it incomprehensible that the scots were able to hold the vote, it does show british democracy is alive and well. >> it's pretty remarkable that the state can say we're not going to compel part of what's been our country and perhaps didn't want to remain part of our country and we won't compel them to do so and we'll allow the democratic process. to do that you have to have a country have enormous confidence in its democratic constitution. >> reporter: there are testing times ahead. a balance needs to be struck between political reform and corrosive instability and the rest of the world will be watching closely. >> scots are truly an international people. over th

and the united king dom to really act and intervine. >> how should think intervene in we have a prominenten all the other leaders have been saying this must have a non-militaryistic outcome. >> i think we need to understand, this is an issue now with global security. why? 20 years ago, ukraine became independent. and when it became independent, it had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world. it has a nuclear arsenal bigger than china, france, and the united kingdom combined. and they got assurances from the united states, and russia that its integrity would be preserved. and this was signed by the president of russia. and now when russia has violated the sovereignty of an independent state of independent ukraine, now assurances must be given to them. otherwise the whole issue of kbroebl security and nuclear proliferation has been thrown out the window. this is of massive impact now in terms of global security. so the u.s. and u.k. should really sit down, and there are meetings, the nato summit taking place in the u.k. on wednesday. and i think these issues must be addressed, and th

. >>> in the united king doll, a single mother reached out. she needed some medication. broke down. needed the medicine. what did she do? she posted on facebook on a group saying, help, i need someone to help bring me some medication. a manchester university student saw the posting normally throughout to help sell bicycles and motorcycles. jumps on his motorcycle. zooms off. picks up her medication. drives it to her house. total strangers. he saved the day. >> the power of social media. who knew. we're hearing more of these stories about people helping. >> now he's got a job at -- as delivery man apparently. >>> speaking of a job as delivery man, can you imagine police showing up with your cheese pizza you ordered from pizza hut? it happened in portland. when the pizza hut driver got injured in a crash, these two guys, michael filbert and royce curtis from the portland police department, they brought the pizza to the man. he took a picture. and he sent it in to the spokesperson at the police department. >> that's one time you want to get pulled over. just make sure extra

scotland tallies a historic vote on whether to leave the united king dom. >>> france launches its firston isis overnight while congress votes to send them into syria. >> what went wrong after takeoff. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i apologize for being so emotional, but i'm so proud

. >>> vote is in and scotland will remain a part of the united king dome. shortly after hearing the news he announced today he will step down from office in have november. was leading force behind the movement to separate but despite falling short in the vote he says there is a silver lining in this loss. >> we now have the opportunity to hold west minister's feet to the fire on the vow they have made to have further power. this places scotland in a very strong position. >> in all, about 85 percent of the registered voters turnout to the polls yesterday. >>> well, still ahead here on "eyewitness news" an "eyewitness news" exclusive, frightening images of children approaching drivers at rush hour, one local man called police but when that didn't solve the problem he called the cbs-3 i team, see what happened next coming up. >>> the obama administration is launching a new program to combat sexual assault on college campuses, we will tell you what it means for students. >>> and a big question right now how safe is the cloud, with recent hackings and data breac

deciding its future, millions of voters are casting ballots on whether to remain a part of the united kingtomorrow we will have more on what could soon be an end to the century's old relationship. >>> there are disturbing new clues to the disappearance of a university of virginia student, surveillance video shows her being followed, we will have details next. >>> i'm jessica dean with the look at the top stories, man suspect of murdering a pennsylvania state trooper has been placed on the fbi most wanted list. a $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to at rest of eric frein. that announcement comes just hours after his allege victim corporal brian dick son was laid to rest. >>> woman is hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times at an employment agency on broad street in south philadelphia. authorities say despite the her injuries would the man walked to a hospital across the street for help. >>> and police say they have a lot of work to do before they have a clear picture of how a same sex couple was attack in center city one week ago. jim ken

he said he would have been heartbroken if our united king dom had broken up m he had justify and said to the critics, why did you give them the choice of the referendum. he said i am a democrat. the snp were in charge. it was only right to give them their chance. and now that it's happened there is no dispute, no re-run. they have clearly spoken. and the scottish people have spoken to stay within the united ki kingdom. he then set out a list of what vows and promises he and the other party leaders will keep. he talked about moving on to promise and to keep the promise of those devolved powers that perhaps swung the vote to the no campaign in the very last week to ten days of this. he talked about drawing up legislation by january to talk about other issues by november. he talked about tax and spending and all the other funding issues. he also talked about giving the other constituent component parts, all of brittain's four nations or united kingdom's four nations to have more power, including wales, including the northern ireland to be able to fu function. becky anderson is right ther

king is the latest of companies to merge with a foreign firm - on paper. they operate in the u.s., but doing the inversion, they take advantage of lower tax rates outside the united states. burger king denies this deal is about denying uncle sam its due. it's merging with tim hortons , is says to open business visitas. it allows money to be transferred without paying u.s. taxes op income generated abroad. it's important for a company like burger king that plans to expand overseas. burger king will use the extra money to purchase assets and pay out stock dividends to shareholders. controversy or not, america is going to see companies like burger king, that choose to ditch uncle sam. and a lot of companies we think of as being gint essentially -- equipment essentially american are -- quintessentially american are anything but. many corporations moved their addresses abroad. some have high profile names you may know. many moving to bermuda and kayman islands where there's no corporate income tax. one is pricewaterhousecoopers, moving its corporate address to bermuda. before entering bankruptcy and acquired by warren buffet's company, fruit of the loom moved its corp

scotland tesalli a historic vote on whether to leave the united king dom. >>> france launches its firstisis overnight while congress votes to send them into syria. >> what went wrong after takeoff. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i apologize for being so emotional, but i'm so proud

. >> would have ended country's 307 year partnership with the united king dong. scott lan's first minister had hoped lead his country to independence. >> i accept that to the people, and i call on all of scotland to follow suit. >> now, he must unite a country deeply divided by this two year long independence campaign david cameron saidel follow through with promises to deliver more political power to scotland. >> now it is time for our united kingdom to come together and to move forward. >> voters were standing with the united kingdom n london, alphonso van marsh, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> arm and train moderate syrian reb tolls fight isis militants now goes to president obama to sign into law. the senate has approved the presidential request a day after the house did the same. the congressional action came as isis released yet another video showing british journalist being held captive. >>> developing right now, pennsylvania state police have reopened roads in monroe county, as the hunt continues for the man who killed a state trooper and wounded

left to cast their ballots but who's counting in this historic referendum on independence from the united kingthan four million people are registered to vote today. david: ashley webster joins us live from the scottish capitol of edinburgh. ashley, we wondered how long will it take to count the votes? >> it will take them a while as you mentioned, guys. the polls closing in about 35 minutes. 9:20 local time in the evening. once the 10:00 hour comes around, the real work begins. the voter turnout estimates 85 to 90% is really quite remarkable. everybody wanting to cast their ballot today and apparently they have. the question which way does it go. we have to wait a while before we get the final results. the latest estimates from election scotland who monitor this, sometime between 6:30, and 7:30 friday morning local type, after midnight on the east coast by which time results will start coming in within five to six hours after the polls close but there is a long way to go yet. as we said before, obviously too close to call going on. although there is a sense that the no vote may have pulled awa

scotland tesalli a historic vote on whether to leave the united king dom. >>> france launches its first attacks on isis overnight while congress votes to send them into syria. >> what went wrong after takeoff. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i apologize for being so emotional, but i'm so proud to be a scot. >> scotland and britain remain united. >> voters have rejected a hotly contested vote for independence. >> imagine what this place would have been like if you had won? >> it would have been the biggest party in the world. >> peolic in california have a suspect in custody accused of deliberatelyet sting that wildfire east of sacramento. >> the ran is sending flooding into texas. >> a man who killed a police officer in pennsylvania now intensifies. >> eric frein is now on the fbi's ten mostte wand list while schools close down. >>> france has conducted its first air strike in iraq. >> congress cleared the way for president obama's plan to train and equip moderate syrian rebels to fight isis. >> we have to put boots on the

more likely than not on thursday, this has been like a near-death experience, not just for the united king come as a country but especially for the government. and i would say particularly for the conservative party, because although the conservative party would gain marginally in terms of electoral tactics by getting rid of scotland with the 40 mps, it is a conservative party. and the idea of a conservative-led government presided over the breakup of the united kingdom is an incredibly traumatic experience for the conservatives. therefore, if we can stay with cameron, the concessions he's made already on the diva max proposition to give scotland total fiscal freedom is really going to undercut the austerity program to get re-elected. so i think the chances of getting re-elected have substantially gone down between now and the may election. >> i feel more worried than the implications for the u.k. than the rest of the eu. the yearning for independence in belgium and parts of italy, should we be looking at a big rethink of europe overall? >> i think we should. the only reason i didn't menti

king is buying tim hortons. >> this news instantly sparked outrage in the united states. ing would have joined the growing list of u.s. companies moving overseas to do what? avoid paying taxes. >> but you know what? we've got to see something in this country to keep businesses here and not have punitive taxes that prohibit people from having businesses here. >> but why have a news organizations cared much about this issue before? joining us from new york is charlie gasparino. doesz of companies have done something like this, charlie. why did it take burger king to put this on the front page? >> well, i mean, corporate inversions have been going on for a while. i think there's a conflict of factors. number one, it's the latest one, but also the obama administration has been stepping up its rhetoric, essentially, saying that it wants to kill these things, basically make a massive penalty if you do one of these corporate inversions. i will say this. this is a fascinating story from the media standpoint for two reasons. number one, it was the outrage leading up to it, but then

carmichael speaks before king criticizing the war in vietnam and criticizing violences that is happening in the united states and connects the war in vietnam to the civil rights and black power movements domestically. ma dr. king speaks after that and they meet ever the speech is over and stokely teases king and this gives you a great portrait of their relationship. king ask stokely to go to church to him and he said i am out here doing the work of the people. dr. king says i really want you to come to my church tomorrow because i am giving my full speech against the war in vietnam. and stokely replies he is going to be there and in the front row of the pew and there is great footage of the speech april 30th, 1967 and after he makes the speech and vows to study war no more the person who is leading the standing ovation is stokely carmichael and he has the dark shades on, of course. and he is doing his thing. but it is stokely carmichael. when we think about stokely carmichael and what he represents and why he is so important -- he is not just appear activist for radical democracy. after becoming a bla

it is a remarkable accomplishment no allies involved in the united states. pete king who is against isis says the coalition is a plus diplomatically because isis cannot claim that american infidels are attacking them. >> this is not a religious war. they will claim it is but the sighs sis argument it strengthens the u.s. and puts us in a better position diplomatically. i would have supported the attack whether or not we had the coalition support but the fact that we have it is a plus. >> there is enormous limb country that is part of nato it will play a role in the fight of isis. turkey. it is a sympathetic access. turkey gets involved it could greatly reduce the capability of isis. >> all of the countries around isis would be engaged it would be a legitimate muslim anti ice lis coalition perhaps led by the united states but everybody in the neighborhood is against isis. some are describing this coalition as significant indeed but it still requires very heavy lifting particularly determining who will lead the way on the ground? will american boots be on the ground som

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in the spirit of friend scholarship scotts are set to vote tomorrow to end their union with the united king dom. >> that's tight, actually. thomas, take usa today. >> a few poll says that panama ramplgs first on the list of global well being. the index is considering how citizens feel about different aspects of their lives, including finances, social connections and whether they feel a sense of purpose, rounding out the top five are, costa rica. >> what? >> we have denmark, and brazil. >> i can't believe sweden. it's 8th. >> united state ranks 12ings right behind trinidad and tobego. the baltimore sun the orioles beat the blue jays. listen to this song [ music playing ] ♪ magic, magic, magic ♪ >> did you see, he opened his show danceing and sing tag song? >> a little back story on the song. >> it's way too early these days. >> are those jazz hands? >> it's a very different show. it's a good show. >> you know, i'm done, mcmanus says, we are going in a different direction. he says it so swiftly. >> this was a song they produced back in the ''80s. listen to this thing. >> my daughter is excite

refer endum is a political union stretching back to 1707 when scott land and england united and the ancient term king of scots fell into disuse. if the country votes yes, there is no cunning in its future. what it may have, however, in an australian-born media mogul of scottish ancestry named numbmurdoch is a new king maker. our global village voices now on the coverage of the scottish refer errandsum. >> there has been a lot of media coverage. it's been bordering on hysteria. i am sick of reading all that goes with it. what we need are the actual ramifications for ourselves as individuals and for the revert of the u.k. in the case of scottish independence. also, i have found news outlets have been load loathe to either sides making it offputting for anyone to come in with a balanced point of view. >> i wish there had been a stronger coverage from the outset. in the last two weeks, obviously there has been a drive towards it about that capitalizes on the end, that last momentum. social media has been slave for both camps, but i do feel that there should have been more from the powerhouses. >> back in

are heading to the polls today to cast votes on whether their country should breakway from the united king done and end their 305-year-old political union. we'll bring you live nonstop coverage of the results courtesy of the bbc, leading up to the final announcement which is expected late tonight. about 1:30 a.m. eastern. the head of the world's largest banks and the nation's top mortgage lender says he's optimistic about the economy, but struggling in the housing market is due to in part to rising student debt and people waiting longer to get married. wells fargo c.e.o. john stumpf spoke about that in the financial services and banking industry. this is the national press club, about an hour. >> good afternoon, and welcome. my name is myron belkine. adjunct professor at the george washington university school of media and public affairs. and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this, while fostering a free pre

and professor sheffer could we get you to weigh in, why should the united states care about the referendum in scotland? >> as professor kingaid, there are strategic reasons why the status quo would be favorable to u.s. foreign policy. but i think we also have to recognize that the united states is a nation of tremendous values, values of democracy, and this is an expression of democratic will by the scottish people who have very strong ties to the united states. very strong ties. and so i think on a more sort of personal level, on a values level, i think the united states can still stand in great respect of whatever the outcome is on september 18th. if it is a yes vote i would think the united states should embrace that. as an expression of democracy, and forging, we have one ally in the united kingdom, the result is we would have two allies, the remainder of united kingdom and scotland. >> thank you for your thoughts, david sheffer, and from washington, d.c, charles king, professor of international affairs at government at georgetown university. thank you both for joining us on al jazeera america. >> thank you. >> thank y

michael, in terms of what this poses as a direct threat to the united states, we heard from saudi king abdullah that said within a month they would be in europe and two months in the united states. how do you read that. >> i think that's a general warning from the king that he wants the u.s. and west to be more involved. that's largely what he's been saying less publicly over the last two years. i don't think we should built them up to say they are 10 feet tall. there are more than 1,000 westerners fighting in syria who have western passports and can travel easily to turkey and western europe and united states. isil and other groups had a clear and strategic intent to strike the west. we know they have some technology that would help them do that. all of that adds up and says to me as a counterterrorism guy, we have to be on the offense because we're not going to catch all of them just playing defense. and that's why i think being passive at this point for too long really does start to increase the risk. >> let's say the u.s. government becomes more aggressive and there's a coalition o

david haines was not a hos houmd name in the united states or ewe nighted king domg. try to make more captivity? did they try to turn him into an international hero? >> you know, i think with a lot of these hostages, the better it perhaps can be behind-the-scenes to negotiate with the hostage take eres, isis in this case, and try to win his freedom. and it's certain lif going to work for the french government. some of the french journalists were held in the same cells. so in keeping the names of the out media, trying to work quietly without pressure and attention for the situation very much appears to be what the british government was doing clearly when he was parade d hi name became much more well known. the police reached information that they had reached out and said we sent you a message. we haven't heard anything back. are you getting the message? >> so i think you went from a situation where . >> you guys are good to go. ♪searching with devotion ♪for a snack that isn't lame ♪but this... ♪takes my breath away narrator: these are the skater kid: whoa narrator: th

united states would no longer have a deterrent. it would simply be in the realm of conventional weaponry. king's that are real threats to the united states and potentially similar threats to russia. in terms of unilateral reductions, we are faced now -- because all machines have a lifespan the rockets we built during the cold war are coming to the end of there's. it is not a question of do we reduce but do we rebuild. we are now faced with a choice of if we could start it all over again would we build the arsenal? the answer is clearly no. it is a question of letting certain missiles go through the end of their lifespan, building new certain missiles that are sophisticated, and that is a different model than the cold war and a much more reduced force. him that is what we mean when we say reductions. him -- that is what we mean when we say reductions in not returning to those cold war levels. >> we will be able to develop the nuclear forces which will be able to penetrate any american defenses. if russia will feel unsecure -- unprepared. >> this is an area where transparency will be important. ru

his majesty the king visited tunisia weeks ago. unitedab emirates, saudia, and always with business community. not only major players in morocco, but also smes, young entrepreneurs and that have, that have interests in those, in those countries. lately, one back has been included, including the unmaterial -- i don't know how to say that in english, but unmaterial capital, and morocco has been ranked within the region, the highest fast growing country in terms of unmaterial. and our region has this specific, like tunisia for instance, that doesn't have many fossil energy or mauritania, and the unmaterial capital is, let's say it's going to be very important, because it is, it is based on cultural and on new type of innovation, research and so many other, so many other, so many other, let's say, component of our economy that cannot be measured in terms of gdp but that do have a lot, the community, the economic community, such as we were talking about research. morocco hasn't been known as being a country of innovation. but nowadays, we have

king sidesteps. there was no public support in the united states of america for doing that back then. and the president has to pay some attention to public opinion. peter king said he should lead. you give a speech and change public opinion. maybe you can but maybe you can't. and when obama was talking about syria in 2013, after assad gassed his people, there was no public support in america. you'll recall there was no public support in england. so it would have been hard to do then. it took those beheadings to galvanize american public opinion to what the president was. i bet you president king would have reacted similarly. >> to your point, you look at the polls and we look at trend lines as far as stories of the american people were engaged in. people got engaged after they saw the horrific images and the brutality. it's one thing to hear there's a brutal group moving through and killing people over there, and i think that's how sometimes people process international stories. and then you see the face of an american and other westerners being killed. >> it changed things dramaticall

malcolm x was about to petition the united nations and got dr. king to support that petition. and then malcolm x was killed two weeks later. so to have the first african-american president to do that is very significant. and then to have attorney general holder with his legacy, no other attorney general has been more outspoken on civil and human rights since bobby kennedy. and it was very significant for him to go to ferguson. we still have a long way to go to get rid of the special danger we face. >> liz brown, as an attorney, you watch that video and here is someone who is complying with the police order. the police asked him for license and registration. that's indied the car. he turns inside the car to get that and complying with the police order is what gets him shot. >> and not only was he complying physically, he was complying verbally. he referred to the police officer as sir. what did i do, sir? he put his hands up on the way down as he was falling to the ground after being shot. and the other interesting component to that videotape is the description the police offic