mark thompson has more. >> as a crowd of protesters approached a police station, officers, some dressed in plainclothes, respond with live ammunition. a chaotic scene, similar to those reported across turkey on tuesday night. kurdish communities have encouraged -- kurdish communities demonstrate against what they perceive as in action from ankara -- as inaction from ankara. they have lots militants close in on kobane syria's third-largest town. thousands killed after a series of clashes between kurdish activist and members of islamist groups -- kurdish activists and members of islamist groups. thousands marched through the istanbul suburb earlier in the day. right police resorted to using water cannons and tear gas to suppress the crowds. the interior minister accused the protesters of betraying their country. turkey parliament -- turkey's parliament has given the country the green light. they want the u.s.-led coalition battling the islamic state to meet his country's demands. turkey is asking for a no-fly zone. it also wants to start training moderate. rebels. -- it also wants to star

mark thompson has more on this latest advanced.t is raising alarm bells in neighboring turkey. >> the apostate organization on the verge of victory as militant home in on an embattled syrian border town with turkey. airstrikes have proven ineffective. after a three-week siege, a single black flag is raised. abe ubiquitous civil of the sunni fighters. it is an assault that has forced thousands of local residents to flee for their lives across the nearby border. on the other side, kurds have clashed with turkish forces. they say ingres should be doing more to protect the kurdish town. -- they say ankara should be doing more to protect the kurdish town. >> we want them to retaliate against those who are hitting their territory. there are lots of mortars and shells fired into turkish territory. and for the time being, they are not firing back. >> the country's main kurdish party has called for all turkish kurds to take to the streets in protest of what it sees as the government's in action. >> turkey has to make some hard decisions. ei

>> you just heard from mark thompson, it's a very complex iss but very important. so the purpose of our campaign which is called talk, read, sing is to take this -- the notn of the importance of early brain development and push it out to the publ and those families who have young children or who are caregivs of young children and phasize how important it is to interact with kids and stimulate the bin so that it grows and develops in the earliest years. and in the long run actually works to prevent the achievement gap. if we can get kids to develop their vocabularies and start out in school,ot behind their peers, th have a much better chance to succeed in school and in lie. but so the campaign really talks about -- we have two psas. 30 secon long, you can only talk so much about brain development in 30 seconds. we cut to the chase and talk about the importce of that early engagent and language stimulation in the earliest of years from the day a child is born. >> i know we can't show the psas because there are lights involved, but you have everybody interacting with

. >> reporter: i was over at nbc, an intern, a live shot from mark thompson, the old weather guy therewa setting him up, and i was able to look out across the city, and the thing i remember most is the buildings, the high rise. >> you could really see those. >> reporter: you could literally see them going like this, the cars bouncing, all the car dealerships there, the windows broke, all the car alarms, starting to go off, a weird sound, the cars started bouncing, got off in high off the ground, 13 seconds, one of those. anyway, yeah, vivid memory, everybody's got something to say about that day. >>> for us right there, showers are breaking apart, i did talk about it last night, this thing is real weak proving itself to be that, a split in the flow and this weak frontal, where the system is, just splitting this in two, most of the energy, the dynamics and drive them in humboldt, mendocino, light scattered showers, i suspect drizzle along the coast tonight in to san francisco and in the hills above mar and beach, i don't think we'll see more than that, your bay area weekend is going to

before being shot to death thompson was inspired by terror groups and his recent online activity included visiting sites of al qaeda >>> protests in south-west mexico as residents mark one month since the abduction of 43 students. members of a teachers union broke window setting fire to a

thompson canada. you can see 30s also showing up on the map in business mark, north dakota. so some of that cold air is headed in our direction. but, the time being we're still pretty mild and comfortable out ahead of this cold front. this front is going to be moving through during the day tomorrow to bring us a few scattered showers probably about a tenth of an inch at best. so not a whole lot of moisture to work with but as we time everything out, you can see by 11am we're watching for some spotty showers mainly north and west of philadelphia. but by the afternoon, dodging some of that scattered shower activity and that front continues to clear the coast wednesday night. but not a whole lot of cold air behind it for thursday. thursday will still be pretty seasonal temperatures in the low 60s. but as we move toward friday, we'll be watching this system approach our area friday night into saturday. the cold air could be there. enough to support some rain changing over to snow, of course, we'll be fine tuning that forecast. but for the overnight, partly cloudy, stays pretty m

thompson. we'll have much more on "morning joe." >>> for the fourth day in a row hundreds of protesters marched across ferguson and st. louis, missouri to mark two months since an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a police officer. the day was called moral monday. activists urged demonstrators to stage acts of civil disobedience. it concluded a weekend of protests that demanded charges in the shooting of michael brown and changes in how law enforcement operate there's. more than 50 people were arrested yesterday including jewish, christian and muslim leaders. many arrests came after police came face to face with protesters outside of the police station. the demonstrators were demanding to meet with the police chief. cornell west was knocked down and among those arrested, west was later released from jail. >>> so who needs monday night football when you have debate night in america. last night saw key match-ups play out in races in kentucky and arkansas and we want to start four in arkansas where republican tom cotton tried to tie senator mark pryor's agenda to that of president barack obama. >> which key pieces of legislation have yo

marks two years since hurricane sandy struck the east coast. >> much progress has been made but many home owners are working to rebuild. brian thompsonains how time and effort from total strangers are helping to get the job done. >> rebuilding this house on bayview avenue in keensburg has been a multiyear labor of love. the owner lived in brooklyn before buying and rebuilding this house prior to sandy. all to see it wiped away by the storm. he wasn't about the to walk away now. >> i'm a fighter. so she's not going to take this house away from me. >> reporter: all the insurance and grant money he got went in to lifting the house up. he had nothing left over to finish it. the st. bernard project and volunteers from farmers insurance launched a 29-hour construction blast that will allow dontis to move back in by december after the permitting and detail work is finished. >> feeling gratified to know you're helping somebody else rebuild their lives. >> reporter: this will be an overnighter, three shifts of volunteers to turn a shell of lumber studs into a home in almost move-in condition. >> sprinting. not a lot of rest. they got a ton of

mark pryor, the incumbent. ney, the green party. they will be questioned by a panel of arkansas journalists. gwynn of arkansas business and doug thompson of northwest media. each candidate will have 2 minutes for an opening statement minute, 50ve 1 seconds to respond while rebuttals are limited to one minute. at the conclusion of the broadcast, it's candidate will have two minutes. the order of opening questions and closing statements was determined prior to the appearance by a drawing in which the candidates or the representatives participated. our timekeeper is elizabeth of aetn. our first opening statement comes from mr. swaney. >> thank you for washing this debate. i am with the green party. the green party is only progressive lyrical party in the senate today. the green party has certain principles that distinguishes itself from the other parties. sometimes i hear people say they think the green party is just thedemocrats, but it is not case. the green party has three principles we believe strongly to guide our positions. justice,piece, social and protecting the environment. his first term as a senator, senator pryor was a strong

that's why a vote for mark pryor is a vote for barack obama. >> next question from mr. thompson and goes first to mr. swainy. >> mr. swaney, as recently as 2011 the president was willing to cut a deal. he was willing to raise the eligibility age on medicare. he was willing to make changes to social security. to the frustration of much of his party's del quation in washington -- delegation in washington, but conservatives balked because it included tax increases. he insisted on that. in hindsight, was conservative inflexibility on this matter a mistake? >> yes. yes, it was. social security is one of the most successful programs of legislation that's ever been enacted in the united states of america. and it's not really in trouble. they want you to think that it is, but it's not. it needs a little bit of help. probably all we really need to do is to remove the cap on payroll taxes, people that make more than $117,000 a year are not paying into the social security system. i think that ought to be removed. that may do the job by itself. but if not, what would be left would be a very

before being shot to death thompson was inspired by terror groups and his recent online activity included visiting sites of al qaeda >>> protests in south-west mexico as residents mark one month since the abduction of 43 students. members of a teachers union broke window setting fire to a building and are upset that officials have not located the missing students. they disappeared after an attack by local police in iguala. the incident left six dead and 25 injured >>> tensions boarded in north and south korea, where a group of activists hoped to launch balloons with anti-north propaganda leaflets. things didn't go to plan. >> after a day-long stand off, it seems that an attempt to launch leaflets to north korea ended. the group of people opposing this happening, a mixture of residents in the area that saw machine-gun fire coming from north korea into the area a couple of weeks ago when another balloon launch happened and left wing activists won the day. they followed the balloon leaflet ears. the police tried to separate them. at one point somebody from that group managed to get the box of leaflets and scatter them in the brush around here. north korea had been cons

mark pryor, the democratic nominee and mr. at the 11, from the green party. nominees will be questioned by panel of arkansas journalists. moro glenn morris of arkansas business, greg thompsonf northwest arkansas media. each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. each will have 1 minute and 50 seconds to respond to a question. rebuttals are limited to one minute. at the conclusion of the broadcast each candidate will have two minutes for closing statements. the order of the opening statements questioning rebuttals and closing statements was determined prior to the appearance tonight by drawing in which candidates could representatives participated. our timekeeper is elizabeth lewis and our first opening statement comes from mr. sweeney. sweeney: thank you for watching this debate. i am with the green party. the green party is the only progressive political party in the senate debate. the green party has core principles that distinguish itself from other parties. sometimes i hear people say they think the green party is like the democrats. this is not the case. the green party has three principles we believe very strongly in. that got a lot of our position

thompson. frank shaw, candidate for the house. onnor pearson, candidate for the senate and graduate of the clinton school of public service. our candidate for land commissioner mark robertson and penny, john is running for lieutenant governor, i would him.ciate your support for i'm glad to be here for pat ross, for mark pryor, with mike bebe. a hilarious headline in a website called real khracl politics. and this is what it said. theaid clinton goes back to brier patch. colon. obsession.s somebody saidness you understand he comes back all the time. i mean i was in faulkner county to look at the tornado damage. i buried two cousins and one of mother's best friends this year. high out to go to my 50th school reunion. i hate it but i am. to in november we're going have the 10th anniversary of the presidential center in little rock. way.re all invited by the i hope you will come. love my native state. without you i never would have a chance to do anything. i didn't come back to the brier patch. i came back to the future, the fort of arkansas and future of america. represent.t you so the first thing i want to say is you probably picked this out. this is not an ordinar

longtime friend tommy thompson, the candidate for the house, tyler pearson for the senate and a graduate of the clinton school of public service. the candidates for the commissioner mark robinson and john joyner for for lieutenant governor longtime friend of mine i would appreciate your support. i'm glad to be here for my cross and -- mike ross and a mark pryor. there was a headline on the website called real clear politics. as it's a decline than those back to the patch, his arkansas obsession. but think that this they talked to the reporter and said you don't understand. he comes back here all the time. i was there the other day to look at the tornado damage. iberia to two cousins and one of my mother's best friends this year. i'm about to go to my 50th high school union. i hate it but i am. you're going to have the anniversary of the presidential center in little rock. you are all invited by the way. [applause] i love my state. without you i never would have had a chance to do anything. and i didn't come back to the patch. i came back to the future of arkansas and the future of america. that's what you represent. [cheering] so, the first thing i want to say you pro

thompson. frank shaw. candidate for the house. connor pierson, candidate for the senate and graduate of clinton school for public service. [applause] our candidate for lance commissioner, mark robertson and john and penny buck halter. john is running for lieutenant governor. a long time friend of mine. i appreciate the support for him. i'm glad to be here for pat hayes, for mike ross, for mark pryor, with mike beebe. there was a hilarious headline in a website called "real clear politics". and this is what it said. clinton goes back to the briar patch, control lon, his arkansas obsession. thank goodness, vince talked to the reporter. you don't understand. he comes back here all the time. i was in faulkner county the other day to look at tornado damage. i buried two cousins and one of my mother's best friends this year. i'm about to go to my 50th high school reunion. i hate it but i am. in november we'll have the 10th anniversary of the presidential center in little rock. you're all invited by the way. i hope y'all come. [applause] i love my native state. without you i wouldn't have had a chance to do anything. and, i didn't come back to the brier patch. i'm here. i came bac

mark sweeney, candidate of the green party. the nominees will be questioned by a panel of arkansas journalists. michael he belin. gwen more rick of arkansas business. and dwayne thompson of arkansas media. each candidate will have two minutes. each will have seconds to respond to a question. while rebuttals are limited to one minute. and at the conclusion of each broadcast, each candidates will opening and closing statements were determined prior to tonight by a drawing in which the candidates for their representatives participated. our timekeeper is elizabeth lewis. our first opening statement begins with mr. swaney. >> well, thank you for watching this debate. i'm with the green party. the green party is the only progressive political party in this senate race today. the green party has several characteristics that differentiate it from the other parties. i hear people say the green party is like the democratic party. it is not. the green party has three principles that we believe in, and they are peace, social justice, and protecting the environment. early in the first term as a yor was asenator pr strong supporter of the iraq war, which cost lives of americans and