. >> you can sake general abdul-fattah el-sisi in milk, plain or crunchy. some want him to be the next president. the head of the armed forces is attracting a cult following. >> so many are happy to serve a strong man. we have that culture, if general abdul-fattah el-sisi comes to power, without the political training, i am worried he'll fall into that trap. >> there are at least five separate campaigns calling for general abdul-fattah el-sisi to run for president. this is a country that has been controlled by the military for almost 60 years. the only interruption was the year-long presidency of the democratically elected mohamed morsi, who was deposed by the military at the beginning of july. not everyone wants general abdul-fattah el-sisi to replace him. >> translation: who in the political arena is suitable to be president? who can people trust to hand over the country. this is not the time to experiment with new political leaders, it will lead to the loss of our country. >> the growing admiration for general abdul-fattah el-sisi reminds some of al-masa

. >> reporter: and so began an unexpected life for abdul and his family.o years, he's been living at this nursing home in tampa. it's one of the handful in the state that care for, quote, medically fragile and complex children. he says the staff at the nursing home i initially provided excellent acute care and his son improved dramatically. but then the physical, occupation and speech therapies stopped. >> i felt very bad. i was in a state of loss really. i didn't know what to do. i was looking for a solution anywhere. >> reporter: the department of justice, or d.o.j. is stepping in to assist families such as these. it's suing the state of florida for discriminating against the kids and violating the americans with disabilities act. there are 186 children requiring intense medical care, housed in nursing homes. 3,000 are considered at risk for being sent to one. critics say it's the result of a reduction in community-based services. such as at-home care or group homes. >> these people do not have voices. that's why they are an easy target. >> reporter: mat

mohammad abdul said, well, sure, islam science. in fast most of -- many science was much richer in this world than the middle ages than it was in europe. there's nothing really wrong with it. it's been corrupted throughout for centuries. we need return to a original purer form of that in order advance again. they don't believe the early generations from which the world salafi emerges have an answer for their future. for them, it is about copying europe. how do you deal with the question of islam? from idea of social darwinism. they get the idea that religion is problematic in public sphere. we can't even attempt to modernize religion, we have seen what happened with abdul when he tried to do that and the battles he faced from traditionalist with the attempt of modernization. islam, in a sense is something better left untouched unless it explodes or it will explode our face. from social darwinism they get the idea the world has to change in the future. who will talk about those issues anyway fifty years' time? when we look at the de

. >>> one of the leaders of the pakistan taliban has been released, abdul ghani baradar, a good friend of the taliban spiritual leader mullah omar. but baradar may have lost his influence. >> i think he's important in a are symbolic sense rather than the substantive i think. once you're taken pruz ner new leadership takes over, and once the new leadership takes over it becomes difficult for them to reenter and at the same time there are doubts about his health as well. so one does not know exactly what sort of a role he would play. but none the lest i think he is from the point of view of pakistan, i think it's a very good move and also it's a good move from the point of view of pakistan's attitude towards the peace process. pakistan has been very cooperative, very supportive. these are efforts that they have been looking for, pakistan has already released more than 30 prisoners and he is one of the top ones. and that is why pakistan in the initial stages was very hesitant to release him because they didn't know exactly what would be the impact of this release. would they join the insu

professor adi sematar from the university of minnesota, we appreciate both of you being here, abdul, i want to begin with you and the kind of recruitment effort that is made by al shabaab among these young somalis, it's not just wrap videos, this is really cool you say, you're hearing more than that? >> like these recruiters, are actually targeting disenfranchised, who have flunked out of school, criminal record, can't get a job, they can't get financial aid per se. >> but it is not simply that, it is really that they are encouraging a mission. >> exactly. and their mission has a message of a better life, of religious justification. in a sense of national your duty to your country. >> that is might be hard for americans to follow this sort of thing. professor i want to talk to you for a minute about that motivation and what is happening here. do you ski recruitment taking place in the community there, in minneapolis and what is the longer term implication for the united states in this relationship? >> i think it's important to note, that there are a large number of young somalis who

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. >> it was the start of a new life for 15-year-old abdul. the native egyptian had only been here for eight months when he was in a car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury. >> we have not are healed yet. >> for the last two years he has been living at this nursing home in tampa. it cares for medically fragile and complex children. provided excellent acute care and his son improved dramatically. then the physical, occupational and speech therapy stopped. >> i felt very bad. i was in a state of loss, really. i didn't know what to do. i was looking for submission anywhere. >> the department of justice or doj is stepping in to assist families like the gassers, it's suing the state of florida for violating the americans with disabilities act. there are 186 children housed in nursing home, 3,000 are considered at risk of being sent to one. it is because of the reduction of community based care. >> these people do not have voices. that's why they're an egg target. >> matt deits represents the gassers and nine other families. he says

mohammed atta and abdul amari had made their connection. they're now seated in 8d and 8g.ey would be joined by three more. the plane made its ascent. american airlines 11 emerged as a blip on the faa's air traffic control systems. >> 1-1 thousand to 1-4 thousand. >> terry biggio was overseeing flight operations for the faa's boston center. >> normal routine day. we were working the morning push, and we were set up for a routine day. >> had he spent the last weekend celebrating his 4 th birthday with his family in the city. >> spent a weekend in manhattan, and that was my son's first visit to the world trade center sfwloosh you went as a terrorist. >> we went so the south tower, and i had him stick his toes up to the building and look straight up the building into the sky and get that sense of vertigo that you can only get in a city like new york. >> mccormick and biggio would face the biggest challenges of their careers. >> american airlines flight 11, a blip on terry bigfw io's radar screens was climbing through 26,000 feet and would make its last transmission to air traf

. >> reporter: as the chaos unfolded at the westgate mall, abdul haji got a text message from his brother inside, the mall was under attack. haji, the son of kenya's form her security minister, who had taught him how to use a gun, raced to the building to help. >> the number of dead people we saw, the number of injured people we saw, the number of people who were just lying down bleeding, you know, helplessness, this whole thing, it can not just be my mother. >> haji searched for survivors while crossing crossfire, he noticed an american family taking cover under a mall kiosk and motioned them toward him. >> they kept asking -- >> just started running and id said it was very, very brave of the little girl. >> this photo captured the moment when a little girl from north carolina ran to the kenyan man hoping to lead her to safety. portia's mother and four siblings made it out alive soon after, haji said the whole event was a blur. >> w we had no concept of time when we were there. all the time you are just looking out, you know, looking for shooter, getting people out of the danger, so ther

have zam boagna zamboagnazamboagna moro rio hondo ltcol zag aleaala zag articleaala ramon sar sarn abdul sahrinabdul sahrin liberation front nur misuari cz cz awaits china's youngest generation will come of age in an ever changing society. >> >>> welcome to al jazeera. i'm morgan radford. here are the top stories. congress returns from recess and president obama is making his case for a military strike against syria. last night the president had dinner with a group of republican senators and next up will make his case directly to the american people in a prime-time speech tuesday night. secretary of state john kerry is in london meeting with u.k. foreign minister william hague trying to rally support against syria from u.s. allies and europe. >> bashar al-assad is reportedly denying knowledge of the kepon attack -- kepon attack

abdul ghani baradar, is one of four men who founded the taliban movement in afghanistan in 1994. >>> the most powerful typhoon of the year, severe typhoon usagi is headed to taiwan. expected to be dedicated to a category 1 hurricane. the winds are incredibly strong at 110 miles per hour. al jazeera's graial jazeera's cs live. >> u.s.s. bonhommi richard pulled out ahead of the typhoon, this storm said to be the most powerful on the planet this year. six miles wide and winds gusting to 180 miles per hour. it formed in the pacific earlier in the week and tracked west northwest through luzon strait that separates the philippines and taiwan. 100 people were moved from shoreline areas. waves as big as buildings smashed the coastline. flights and ferry services were cancelled, forcing thousands of people to leave their home. china's southern coast is being prepared for worst, 23,000 fishing boats returned to port. but the storm has hong kong a major asian financial center in its sights. 1979 is the last time a storm of this size scored a direct hit. storm surge caused major ghaj to thdamage

abdul malik was born one month before his father died in a shootout with police officers. for other militants died with him they all wore suicide belts and carried a whole stash of explosives. he was a good man and i became attached to him. he wasn't rude or anything he was a good man and always kind to everybody he tried to help people he did this for these people and that for those people. understood fios good men to fail would he was on the federal wanted list he was eventually found guilty of taking part in several crimes which included killing servicemen and police officers and if the cia is not yet ready to tell him about his father. i don't know i don't even think about it i can tell my baby about his father when he grows up a little when he's three or four when children start understanding these things. lost two of sons in one night bokes were policeman. it was in two thousand and four when armed terrorists attacked police checkpoints and throughout the republic and in the city of night. this is all that has left from my sons and husband these are my boys and my hu

they're shocked at the supreme court sentenced to death islamic opposition leader abdul. he was found guilty of crimes against humanity during the war of independence with pakistan four decades ago. supporters that the charges were politically motivated and he called for forty four forty eight hour nationwide strike from wednesday to denounce the ruling. pleas hunting for a man who shot dead four people have found the charred remains of the killer after storming a farmhouse thirty five year old man shot two police officers and a paramedic early in truth in the gunmen then fled in a stolen police car to a farm building to the west of vienna taking another officer hostage then barricaded himself in the basement building that officer was later found dead near the farm. christianity's a central place in british culture is looking increasingly under threat with church attendance numbers in constant decline meanwhile the nation's second largest religion islam is growing faster than ever with some studies suggesting it's on the way to becoming the dominant faith artie's polly bo

abdul, the most powerful tie 15 of the year, tie 15 usagi, typhoon expected to be down graded to a category 1 hurrica hurricane. al jazeera's craig gleason has the latest. >> u.s.s. bonhomme richard pulled out, 24 hours before the predicted arrival of supertournament usagi. 600 miles wide and wind speeds gusting to 180 miles per hour. it formed in the pacific earlier this week, and tracked west northwest through the luzon strait. 100 families were moved from islands as torrential rains caused flooding. electricity cut and village houses damaged. in taiwan waves as big as buildings smashed the coastline. flights and ferries were cancelled, forcing people to leave their homes. southern china coast is preparing for worst, 23,000 fishes boats returned to port. but the storm has hong kong a miernlmajor asian center in its. 100 people died and a storm surge caused major damage to the city. today major airlines warned against traveling on sunday and will hold flights in and out of hong kong. thousands are celebrating the mid autumn festival and the storm could cause trouble force those returning,

. >>> simon cowell's baby news nearly sent paula abdul to the e.r. >> i kind of choked.had to call the paramedic. >> the former "x-factor" judge joking on "so you think you can dance." >> babysit hearing? >> maybe he will finally pay me. >>> mare styles taken very seriously,ule he haddered to be dating the 2013 model taught caught on twitter checking out the book of moren in london, but sources say it is not that serious. ♪ >>> miley finally put some clothes on and this look is exactly why we came up with what's in fashion. cyrus in run done rocking every pants trend at lunch, skinny, cheer, flair, high waisted and suggestion seed dough straight up the side, letting the world know if she is going to wear clothes, she is going to do it on her own terms. online right now, who's telling miley to take a bath? that's up at extratv.com and >>> jimmy kimmel always does some of the best skits in the business and this week, "extra" was proud to be the subject of jimmy's latest spoof, "mucho" starring a man who all kimmel fans love, guillermo, the security guard. here is a clip. >

heads of bangladesh after the country's supreme court sentenced to death islamic opposition leader abdul there he was found guilty of crimes against humanity during the war of independence with pakistan four decades ago supporters assert the charges were politically motivated and called for forty eight hour nationwide protests from wednesday to denounce the ruling. christianity's a central place in british culture is looking increasingly under threat with church attendance numbers in constant decline meanwhile the country's second largest religion islam is growing faster than ever with some studies suggesting it's on the way to becoming the dominant faith artie's part of boyko has the story. i half of brits say they're christians but you wouldn't know it glancing at this london service in. the us the way. the new figures show that the u.k. is official religion is declining faster than was previously thought worship as a raging on for the first time ever fewer than half under the age of twenty five described themselves as christian the decline of churches in the u.k. is a long term it jus

abdul malik was born one month before his father died in a shootout with police officers. four other militants died with him they all wore suicide belts and carried a whole stash of explosives. he was a good man and i became attached to him. he wasn't rude or anything he was a good man and always kind to everybody he tried to help people he did this for these people and that for those people. understood feels good man. was on the federal wanted list he was eventually found guilty of taking part in several crimes which included killing servicemen and police officers and at the cia yet ready to tell us about his father. i don't know i don't even think about it i can tell my baby about his father when he grows up a little when he's three or four when children start understanding these things. lost two of us in one night both policeman. it was in two thousand and four when armed terrorists attacked police checkpoints and throughout the republic and in the city of now. this is all that has left from my sons and husband these are my boys and my husband . and. it was our youngest

weak in that whole that whole scene there and oil is also in there for our prince and for our king abdul it's very close very very easy line to take it from where they are to you know typical in on through the mediterranean so there's a lot of reasons they would like to in the us sort of amazing an amazing thing happen tony and thanks for joining me tonight thank you. coming up if you're the mayor of a small city then there's one thing you absolutely need to do to boost your city's economy kick out the big box stores more on that after the break. its technology innovation all the developments from around russia. that's huge you're covered. they're hunting down as terrorists they hide in the woods and prepared to become suicide bombers only them of those still believe these young men can be saved. no you've gotten so thin. the mothers won't sleep at night they'll follow their sons into the woods find them and return them to a peaceful life where they killed almost everybody. had been able to take him away from them maybe that was by chance. how does it feel to be a terrorist mother on the

weak in that whole that whole scene there and all is also in there for our prince and for our king abdul it's very close is a very very easy line to take it from where they are to you know to the gulf and in on through the mediterranean so there's a lot of reasons for this they would like to in the sort of amazing an amazing thing might happen tony and thanks for joining me tonight thank you. coming up if you're the mayor of a small city then there's one thing you absolutely need to do to boost your city's economy kick out the big box stores more on that after the break. it was a. very hard to take. to get people. that have facts that are take care. of. the people. but i think. everybody. that you know the press is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free. and open press is critical to our democracy versus us. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our press simak we've been a hydrogen lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding

bangladesh after the country's supreme court has sentenced to death and islam like opposition leader abdul quader mollah he was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the war of independence with pakistan about forty years ago all our supporters are said the charges were politically motivated and called for a forty six hour countrywide strike from one state to denounce the ruling. christianity is witnessing its best days in britain with statistics to show that the worshippers decrease in numbers and growth of age as as the popularity of islam soars nationwide and could pave the way for the religion to become the country's dominant number one as little as ten years artie's political report. i half of brits say they're christians but you wouldn't know it glancing at this london service. the. world. over new figures show that the u.k.'s official religion is declining faster than was previously thought worship as a raging and for the first time ever fewer than half under the age of twenty five described themselves as christian the decline of churches in the u.k. . it just ha

. >> reporter: local businessman b abdul haji came to the mall to help his brother. when he spotted the waltons he called to portia. >> i held my hands out, asked her to run and she just ran towards us. at that point i thought she was very, very brave. >> reporter: what do you say to her to convince her to go? we teach our kids not to go to strangers. >> i think she knew it was a chance to get out. >> reporter: you're a father of four yourself. >> she's the same age at my daughter. >> reporter: catherine and the girls got out and learned the boys had already escaped. haji and the waltons now share an intense bond. >> love him to death. you know, when we met him for the first time after this started, i put my arms around him and started crying. >> reporter: a family with a brave little girl and a stranger who came to the rescue. ron allen, nbc news, nairobi. >> incredible story. we are back in just a moment with the big announcement today about one of the most beloved figures of modern times. all ba, consider this: when the storms are this powerful, the batteries had

you know my name abdul angel. as american egyptian, i am here coming today on behalf of the young children who live around us. young children have become [speaker not understood] abused by their own parents and close relative. my ex-wife one of them. i've been shot in my mouth and i keep it in my earnest heart what happened to her when she was young, 14 year old. she becoming child abused by her parents and her brother. many other people who becoming victimized like her, they beginning to talk about it. they also write a book like you see here. [speaker not understood], she is not the first one. my ex-wife olivia [speaker not understood], she is not the last one. we should [speaker not understood] one of our supervisor, man or woman, to put the time to make a law or new law to protect these lovely children around us. ladies and gentlemen, i don't care if man or woman of you coming with law, to do something else, because i am going to see our and my friend the governor of california to do something else to protect

abdul is now worried about the reconstruction of his home before the coming winter. he does not have the resources and needs help. he said this is the worse disaster he has ever seen and wonders why it is taking so long to get much-needed help. even though i am just a few klum terekilometers from the main cer where all of the supplies are arriving, however the people in this adjoining area are still complaining that the government is too slow to get those relieved goods to where they are needed most. we take the people's complaints to the provincial chief minister who has been in the district for the past few days. here he was busy holding a meet on the ground how to get the aid to where it is needed most. >> no doubt we are facing great challenges. this is the first time in history there is this heart break in these areas. and first we try to rescue the people. some areas we are not still reach. but we are doing our best. >> reporter: it may have taken a few extra days, but help is finally beginning to arrive. the worst affected district of the province. the real ch

and thousands took to the streets across bangladesh after the country's supremes call sentence abdul qaida and islamised opposition leader to death he was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the nation's independence war against pakistan about forty years ago claims the verdict is politically motivated his supporters have had a forty five forty eight hour general strike on wednesday to denounce the ruling. the bolshoi theatre has ushered in a new season after a summer break and its artistic director has returned to work eight months after an acid attack that nearly blinded him so if elian has enjoyed dozens of operations to save his sight the incident exposed bitter rivalries inside the world of russian ballet and caused ripples worldwide with. the bolshoi theatre first. brady seems that the tough times for the bolshoi theater are finally over and it is completely ready to face it the new season especially after the artistic director is back at the how a man he was indeed a long awaited comeback with a mystery fell in looks margin allegan ten feet was also weari

country has seen unrest since this imprisoned court sentenced in islamist opposition leader to death abdul qadir moola was found guilty of crimes against humanity dating back to the war of independence from pakistan four decades ago his supporters say the case is politically motivated. now be back with more news in the headlines in about half an hour's time coming up next so it's pay to the bell and crosstalk. world. science technology innovation all the news developments around russia we've got the future covered. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refused to notice. faces change the world lights never. old picture. from around the globe. look to.

mohammed abdul, thank you very much for your insight. >> let's turn our attention to other world news and the stand off between philippines military. they have enter there had 14th day. it's opinion a tough couple of weeks as a multicultural city. >> he says his first public mass after.ing released by muslim reptists rebels it's made of of others like him. people also held hostage and used as human shields of the liberation front. >> but despite the oh ordeal says he harbors no resentment. it's not a religious war but a political one. >>> it's the power of what's in the philippines in the province. people here have thron long prie themselves. >> some of the fighters say this is where they were trying to get when the fire fight broke out nearly two weeks ago. they wanted to raise their flag of independence over the city hall. she says she always felt safe and accepted growing up here but she's beginning to notice a change. >> translator: it's not like before whether you were wearing a hijab or not, muslim or not it made no difference. we were just free to walk around. now you're wearin

the northern province is saadi paul has defected to the taliban according to officials because the abdul high is thought to be the highest ranking civilian official to defect to the taliban it comes as the american military needs to gear up to completely withdraw from the country by the end of next year. students of a new york university have accused city police of using heavy handed tactics while bringing a protest under control police reportedly shouted punches and some of the protestors and shoved down into the pavement six students were arrested the protesters were venting their anger over the university's decision to employ former cia chief general petraeus. up next now a special report antarctica by left. i got some angry but polite messages after i came out in favor of the foreign adoption ban of russian children by people in the us say this is not a dig on america i think russia or any country that respects itself should export any children to anywhere at all people tell me that i'm paranoid that the decision to stop the foreign adoptions punishes the children were a massive reut

the first modernizers, and i think that's the best word to describe people like mohammed abdul, mohammad -- or any of these thinkers that they are modernizers and not necessarily liberals. the question for them was, how do we catch up? napoleon had come to egypt in 1798. the old order was beginning to crumble. bernard lewis framed the question brilliantly, what went wrong? why have those europeans advanced and we haven't? why is it that those men that we had met decades earlier, centuries earlier as crusaders suddenly turned into the modern frenchman? what is it that happened in the middle east that changed all this? and the beginnings can you see the beginnings by the rulers and by those thinkers emerging within the state. they create a massive state. the current joke is the egyptian army as a state, well, that's muhammad ali's state. this was all focus on building a large army. doesn't have time for those ideas of europe. modernization is simply let's copy the technology that they had to give have a printing press? let's import wonder do they have modern weaponry? we have some as well.

everyone has said to you, i don't know what the details exactly are, but i understand you got paula abdulcorrect? >> no. we kept that one out of the papers. >> jimmy: do you think you're ready for fatherhood? >> with paula? >> jimmy: with anyone. >> without, paula, yes. that wouldn't have been a great idea. >> jimmy: have you raised anything before? have you -- >> a few kids dotted around, jimmy. >> jimmy: there are some kids insulting their school mates somewhere? >> a few rumors. yeah. this is the first official one. >> jimmy: have you thought, sat down, and thought what did my parents do to create this vicious monster that sits before us all on television? >> yeah, they had sex. that's how you do it. >> jimmy: i mean after that. that made you the man that you are. a critic, a very frank individual. >> i was a brat when i grew up to be honest. >> jimmy: did they discipline you? >> i was talking to somebody, my dad would never ever discipline me. he would pretend to my mom. he'd take me into the study. he would say whatever. i would come out. i said mom he gave me a hard time. so he was

. >>> abdul ghan baradar was arrested in 2010. one of the four men who founded the the taliban. >>> even as they rally more victims fall in the city streets. and hundreds of native americans say they're being expelled from their tribes because of some missing paperwork. details next. >> every sunday night >> another arrest in connection with the boston marathon bombing. officers arrested usher maramaod, a friend of a florida man arrested last may while being questioned by the fbi about his suspected connection to tamerlan tsarnaev. >>> 23 injured across the country. >> put down the gun. >> the wounded included a three-year-old and two teens. they were among the 13 people shot, in an apparent gang related attack on the city's south side. chicago's mayor rahm emanuel was at the vigil. he called for the protestors to end the violence. >>> a process called disenrollment in which tribal officials decide who belongs and who doesn't. >> adelina feels like a refugee, their relatives are being told by the tribal council they don't belong.

. >> he danced with paula abdul. >> a 3-month-old baby has better motor control than you do.sible. it is the death now of cool brooklyn. it is now queens or staten island or maybe narnia. but dj is dead. dj stopped being cool when ellen got one. ellen has had one for three years now. >> are you a homophobe? >> no, i am a cool fob and that is cool. >> i want to go back -- how much time do we have? thank you. i don't believe this story is real, andy. we had this discussion. i don't think it is real. >> i believe it is real because frequent "red eye" guest michael money gnaw han is good at telling if it is real and sniffing out real things. >> he is also good at it. >> it is 1 hz% real and he has seen the fliers. >> maybe send the new prince george to dj school. bring him state side. see if he has any skills. >> i like answers with solutions, jesse. >> all right then. >> i feel like there is still more time for the show so we can finish talking about the story. >> i don't see that. >> i can't imagine the viewers feel like that at all. >> again guy, what do you think? baby dj, ri

in the pau abdul video. >> is it mick scatter or mc scat. >> how come -- they ruck tag about the littlemated cat. >> tucker barnes with a look at -- >> mc scat.c >> it's to the to be scat. >> it takes a village. >> let's get to the my first photo of the day.e this is the happy time of day when we get cuteness. >> oh. >> and this iss. whitney, everybody.ve >> hi, beautiful little lady. >> looking a little pensee and reflective. >> yes, she is. >> she is gorgeous. >> you know what she is waitingg for to see her cake that she ordered. >> there it is. >> there's the cake, there she is. >> excellent. >> eating birthday cake. it looks awfully good. >> happy birthday one-year-old i should say. >> that stuff confuse me. >> one year's old. >> i know that cake was so good. i wonder if she just like demolished it.hed sometimes you let the kid put their hands all in it for the t first one. she has ha like frosting on her cheeks. >> what a love she is.e >> love the picture, and ofre, n course, a great, big happy birthday to you britney. thanks to your family for sending infa the picture and that's a

i would not kareem abdul-jabbar lieu lu al sin door, but that's the name. >> i feel look once they start football the chatter will good -- good away but the criminal problems are not going anywhere, especially aaron hernandez. it's awful. >> there's an image problem, and all the duis and the -- belcher last season killing his wife and then him. it's a huge image problem for roger goodell. part of the problem is these guys are so aggressive on the field, but that's a problem off the field. when you ask them to be different people outside of the boundaries, it's very difficult, almost impossible. so a lot of this you can see coming because they're aggressive people, and they're fighting for their jobs and their careers every play. and to turn that off when they walk off the field, doesn't happen. >> real quick, ravens and broncos you you like? >> i like broncos but the ravens have last ten starters since the super bowl, the most players to lose from a super bowl starting team, so the ravens have an uphill battle. >> i like the broncos. i knock not wait for them to kick off which they will

. >> reporter: abdul akman was taxi driver in damascus. he said the syrian regime arrested him and attacked his wife and children. 7 months ago they left. today they lift in this makeshift city along with dozens of other families. there's no electricity here, food, water and clothing is scare. health service service virtually non-exist stand. >> these small children are fleeing the country just here on the border because of the war. deplorable conditions here. this is a hole that was dug so that all the people here can have a toilet to go in. >> after months of heavy bombing and fire fights, rada al hallal said the children were so scared that all they did was cry all day long. >> translator: i never imagined i would ever. in this situation because i have built a new house. all the money we saved, we built the house. it was very new. very beautiful house. we had to leave and come. so, i don't know what will happen to us. >> reporter: roba al maju and her family are trying to help the refugees here by distributing supplies and donations. sh

featured entertainers include the backstreet boys, singer paula abdul. it is the third telethon since comedian jerry lewis 45 year role as host ended. mda officials say last year's telethon raised more than $58 million. the mda show of strength ," as its called, telethon is tonight from nine to eleven right here on abc7. coming up on the abc sunday morning news, we will show you how to navigate the streets of san francisco on foot with a high-tech tool that will help you avoid those pesky mills. here's a live look from our mt. tam cam. there's a bit after cool down in store, at least the first few days of the week, and then heating up. lisa argen will have your forecast in just >> welcome back, everyone. it's 89:41 on this first sunday in september. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge. you see all that fog out there. but traffic moving at a very nice pace on this sunday morning. here is the san mateo bridge. traffic also doing quite well there as commuters figure out how to do without the bay bridge. what will the weather be like today? lisa ar

. >> reporter: it was the start of a new life for 15-year-old a abdul. he had just moved to the states in 2011. he had only been here eight months when he was in a car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury. >> we're living in an emergency situation that has not ended yet. >> reporter: for the last two years he has been living at this nursing home in tampa. it's one in a handful in the state that care for medically fragile and complex children. officially they provided excellent acute care and his son improved dramatically, but then it all stopped. >> i felt bad. i didn't know what to do. i was looking for anywhere. >> the department of justice, the dojs suing the state of florida for discriminating against the kids and violating the americans with disabilities acts. there are 186 children requiring intense medical care, housing and nursing homes. 3,000 are considered at risk for being sent to one. critics say it's the result of a reduction in community based services such as at-home care or group home. >> these people do not have voices. t

. >> abdul issa, the leader of that rebel group who you just saw speaking before that execution is notf the crazies in syria, he is not an al-qaeda leader. he has obtained weapons at least once from the leaders of the so-called moderate opposition, the supreme military council of the free syrian army. but the release of that video now requires that the obama administration regard mr. issa as one of the bad guys. >> there is a pretty shocking video by "the new york times" posted today. it is syrian rebels executing captured assad soldiers, gunshot to the back of the head, naked. if the u.s. attacks syria, do those men in those videos become, by definition, our ally? >> no, in fact, i believe those men in those videos are disadvantaged by an american response to the chemical weapons use, because it in fact empowers the moderate opposition. we all know there are about 11 really bad opposition groups, so-called opposition. they're fighting assad. they are not part of the opposition that is being supported by our friends and ourselves. that is a moderate opposition. they condemn what has ha

the video which "new york times" acquired from a rebel group this week purports to show abdul samad issaers. >> and for the avoidance of doubt, these are the individuals were considering fighting for. for more now, i'm joined by malcolm nance, a vettian intelligence officer and blogger small wars journal. welcome. let met put it bluntly. who are these people that we are supporting, and how much of this rebel opposition. >> well, you have to understand that in syria, on the opposition side, everyone who is out there is a muslim. first we have the free syrian army, which is supposedly the moderate group, which we saw in that video, but there are men on the battlefield. they'll do brutal horrible things. second and most important is the al nasra front. they are essentially the syrian branch, they call themselves al qaeda in iraq. and the syrians whose office support them. on the other hand, you have another group entirely, which no one controls. they say there's 1,200 militia groups in syria. they are we call mwrs, men with rifle, who organized themselves, call themselves a battalion or bri

. >> earlier al jazeera spoke to abdul hadji, the man dubbed at the westgate mall hero. he is seen here risking his life by saving families while under fire. he told us how he felt after meeting the people he helped for the first time since the incident. >> when we met, it was very emotional, very, very emotional. for me also i think it was important that i met some of the survivors, because it kind of brings closure. we were able to sit down for a long time and piece together the different information we had about the whole incident. i think by meeting with them it actually -- a lot of things make sense. >> reporter: the only reason you had a firearm is because you are the son of a former defense minister of kenya, but you're a civilian. you went there to try to rescue your brother, and in so doing you ended up saving a large number of people. you only had 14 rounds in your pistol. how on earth did you manage it? >> my priority was not to be engage the terrorist but to find a way to get into the mall and try and rescue people. like i said before, we were giving cover to

joining now is iman abdul nure from los angeles. he's the editor and chief of all for syria, and he's a former friend of the syrian president. welcome. good to see you. >> hello, john. hi. >> can you tell me a little about your friend and what you think about him now. >> he was a friend when he wasn't supposed to be a president since '84. since i knew him, he passed through three stages in his life until the 21st of january, 1994 when his older brother was killed in an accident. then the stage was prepared for him to be president. it has led him to be a totally different personality. then after the death of his father in 2000, when he became president, also his personality totally changed. so he's not the same person we knew him as in 1984. that's the issue. >> when his personality totally changed, what happened? >> what happened? he became more prepared and started to take lessons especially after 1994 to be a leader and to know more about syria and all the secret accords done by his father with a lot of international powers and ab