. >> thank you paul beban in donetsk. >>> i want to tell you that in egypt the prosecutor there has charged the ousted president mohamed mursi with passing state secrets to qatar. mohamed mursi, on trial, but now charged, according to authorities there, by the egyptian prosecutor, with passing state secrets to qatar. >>> now to yemen - 50 have been killed in fighting in the past few days between yemen by troops and shia rebels in the north of sanaa, the capital. hutus are not letting up in demands for the governments resignation. let's go live, we were going live, i hoped to go there. we'll try to get them back but hear what they say in the report. >> reporter: government loyalists on the streets of

paul beban has been talking to scottish americans gathered at a bar in new york city. so, paul, are the independent supporters optimistic tonight. >> they are optimistic and hopeful. a moment ago the bagpipe music ended, kicking into high gear after the yes vote from glasgow. a positive swing in their direction. this bar is mainly filled with yes supporters. strongly favouring independence. this is organised by a group of scottish americans who are in favour of independence. if there's anyone that will vote no, they are keeping it under wraps. i'm talking to people all night. let's hear what they had to say about this. >> i'm a bit disappointed but excited. i'm hopeful. you never know. we'll wait and see. >> the whole experience by the scottish people abroad and home has been great. i think tomorrow scotland, family, friend, neighbours will go on with our lives and do what we have to do. it's a great thing for the scottish people. >> at the end of the day we are scottish. if it's a yes vote, great. >> there's a lot of camaraderie, people will be here until the wee hour

reading behind the lines john it's not going to be easy. >> paul beban, thank you very much. as paul mentioned, men money and munitions fueled the group's expansion but long term its survival, much more mundane, the intent to govern. patricia sabga reports. >> plundered state-of-the-art u.s. made military hardware but beneath that formidable war low pressure lies the key to the islamic state's staying power, a simple highly effective top-down bureaucracy. >> there's sort of core set of functions that the islamic state seeks to put in place as soon as it overruns a village or district or even a province, that ends up looking very hierarchical. >> capitalizing on power vacuums in war torn syria and disenfranchised sunni area of iraq, the islamic state draws heavily from experienced workers in the area it captures. i.s. typically elects a local elir, law enforcement and financial administrators to collect and redistribute money generated through extortion looting and oil sales, and looks to restore essential services like electricity. this frawrt not only feables the islamic stat

paul beban is here with more. ul. >> reporter: john, covering conflict is made much more dangerous today. first media organizations have scaled back their foreign bureaus, that means more freelancers with less support in the field. also as one journalist put it they're seen as walking atms, easy targets for kidnap and ransom. during lebanon's civil war, in the 1980s, journalists were held hostage for years. journalists were held during the reign of the khmer rouge. as paramilitary drug gans and governments. but nothing in modern memory compares to syria. of the 227 journalists killed around the world since 2011 one-third died in syria. but it was the beheading of two abducted american journalists that brought the risks of reporting the syrian conflict into sharp focus. >> he was concerned. >> he knew it was getting more dangerous. >> he was concerned. >> james foley and steven sotloff were two of the more than 80 journalists who have been kidnapped in syria. 20 are still missing. working as journalists or supportin

paul beban is live with more on that. what are you hearing about those figures, paul?reporter: well, we're hearing that the figures have doubled in the last month. what they said is that -- around 260,000 is the estimate of people who have been displaced until september 1st. that's significantly up on the previous month's figure. and they also say those figures themselves are probably willful underestimates of the real figure. because many people are not registering with the official authorities, they are going to relative's houses and cowering and seeking refuge there. nevertheless what we are seeing is large suedes of the countryside being left. >> reporter: and sadly it doesn't seem like it is going to get better. with putin saying he could take over kiev in just two weeks. >> yeah, that was a comment he made to the ec president, and actually he has been criticized for apparently revealing a confidence, but it shows the mind set of the russians. what we are seeing, i think that the political pace is falling behind the actual reality on the ground. according to the u

paul beban reports. >> it's been more than five months since nearly 300 young women ages 16 to 18 were yanked from their beds in the dead of night, by the radical group boko haram. nigerian president goodluck jonathan says his government is doing everything they can to find them. >> towns of innocent people have been killed and hundreds of peasants kidnapped. innocent daughters, we are facing with resources at our foal. >> all that and still no sign of the girls. they were taken on april 14th. 57 managed to escape soon after that and the international community rallied to help including the united states which sent 80 troops to coordinate an aerial search but the u.s. mission was scaled back six weeks later after the pentagon said it was no closer to finding the girls. the cries of nigerian activists echoed around the world. demonstrators from washington, d.c. to london soon joined the protest but the attention to the plight of the girls has faded since then. now the only information about where the girls are seem to come from rumors, including this week's information that the girls we

. >> paul beban reporting. , paul. >>> pakistan's prime minister says he won't resign despite the political crisis. kamala harris reports. >> reporter: what began has peaceful protests are now firmly in a volatile stage. tear gas hangs over the streets of islamabad. and now there appears to be descent in the party of opposition leader imran khan. >> translator: imran khan told me that they said to take cad ray along and we are not move without the army. the court committee said they wouldn't have unwanted politicians among us. >> reporter: the military denies it is backing the opposition. so far it has stepped in only when asked by the government. as was the case on monday when protesters stormed the state tv channel. anti-government protesters have continued to challenge the police with force. resulting in sporadic scuffles. >> translator: i never saw tear gas in my life. this is such a painful gas. i can't breathe easily. i was just there, and police are firing tear gas from almost two kilometers away. i'm her

paul beban is here with that story. paul. >> three afghans who disappeared from a military base in cape cod have been found. taken into custody, canadian border near niagra falls. they told customs agents they were refugees. last week two afghan men disappeared and were found in buffalo new york. >>> angry residents about last month's shooting of teen michael brown. he was shot by a ferguson police officer unarmed at the time. his death ignited weeks of sometimes violent protests. diane eastabrook has more from ferguson. >> this was organized by the ferguson mayor, city council around also by the department of justice. but when we got here this evening the meeting was only allowing people from the city of ferguson to get in. they even had to present beings identification to get into the door. we came here with the intention of attending the meeting but were not allowed inside. after the meeting we talked to some of the people who attended and said they were actually satisfied with what they heard tonight. >> it was about

and paul beban has more from the city of mariupol. >> reporter: the figures really are stark, but theyay be chronically underestimating the situation. what they are saying is in the month just to september 1st, some 260,000 extra people were displaced internally within ukraine, and the total is somewhere around a million now as a result of in exsesz of five months of conflict here. many people are not registering with the authorities when they move from their home to another part of the ukraine or across the border into russia. they simply go to stay with relatives, so the true picture may be far bigger than that. what we are also hearing in relation to statistics is more ukrainian servicemen have been killed according to any national defense council, and if you want more spa statsistics, the imf has come out and said they will give the latest dispersement of their bailout fund to kiev, but they say unless the fighting subsides in the east, then there is a very grave and very real prospect that the ukrainian economy will fall short and that puts in doubt the next dispersement of some $

to better understand the trends of alcohol use and abuse on college campuses we turn to paul beban with more. paul? >> the federal government calls abusive underage college drinking a widespread and significant health problem. nearly 4 out of 5 students say they drink, and half take part in what is known as binge drinking. what is that. it is drinking enough to exceed the legal driving limit of 0.08, and doing it quickly, in two hours or less much the binges are problematic. nearly 600,000 college students suffer some form of alcohol-related innoury, and 1800 of those students die of those injuries. there are other risks as well. sexual assault, violence and poor academic performance. there's good news in all this, and that is na the problem is getting better. since the early 1990s, the number of college students that reported binge drinking to a low, you can see 43% in 1991 down to 35. there has been ups and downs. overall the trend is downward. it's positive. >>> thank you. joe is the found are of rebound brooklyn, a treatment center in new york city and is in the studios. welcome. >>

as paul beban explains, journalists are scene as walking atms, easy target for kidnap and ransoms. >>orter: during lebanon's civil wars in the '80s, journalists were held hostage for years. in cambodia they were detained during the rain of terror of the khmer rouge and in south and latin america they have been targeted by paramilitaries, drug gangs and governments. nothing in modern memory compares to syria. according to the committee to protect journalists. of 227 journalist killed around the world since 2011, a third died in syria. it was the beheading of two journalists that brought the risks of reporting the syrian conflict into sharp focus. >> he was concerned. >> he knew it was getting more attention. >> james foley and steven sotloff were two of more journalists kidnapped in syria, 20 are missing. the reason you have not heard about them, is most are syrians, working as journalists or supporting international reporters. most of the international media pulled out, making it difficult to know what is really going on there. syria is not the only place where journalists are targete

paul beban is here with more. >> this is a haunting, elegant and ephemeral memorial. one night the two beams of light shoot four miles into the sky. the most powerful night, but it seems fragile. on a clear night it's as far as 30 miles away. they pack 7,000 was of power in two big squares. that takes a lot of electricity. new york's power electricity donates the power. there has been efforts to make it takenable. they have been run on biodiesel, made in part. the tribute is presented. it was presented, and funded by donations. as for the lights themselves, they made and operated them. called space canon. this beautiful thing had an unintended consequences. you see the flickering leagues. new york is in the middle of an islamic fly weight. birds navigate by moonlight and star light. they circle, and they are trapped. they wear themselves out and get exhausted. they had volunteers from the autoball society monitor, the birds get bearings back and head south. the tributing light was switched on in 2002. and the plan was for it to be temporary. it's well received. it's s

. >> paul beban is here with that. >> eric holder is historic and divisive figure. he's beloved by some liberals and almost universally criticized by some. controversial butt out of the gate. >> it was the first major speech as attorney-general. a celebration of black history month in february 2009. >> this nation thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot. in things racial we always will and i believe about be a nation of cowards. >> with that holder ignited what would be six years of partisan flare ups about him and his agenda. >> holder sailed through the confirmation, the goodwill did not last. reaching rock bottom. a project known as fast and furious. some accused holder of covering up his dep's role in weapons that may have been reduced in the death of an agent. >> mr chairman, would you inform the witness as to the rules of this committee. >>..too scpt with the way you conduct yourself was a member of congress... >> there was no love lose between hoeler and republican darrell iself. most democrats have high prays for holder. senator dianne fienstein called hi

. >> thank you paul beban in donetsk. >>> i want to tell you that in egypt the prosecutor there has chargedhe ousted president mohamed mursi with passing state secrets to qatar. mohamed mursi, on trial, but now charged, according to authorities there, by the egyptian prosecutor, with passing state secrets to qatar. >>> now to yemen - 50 have been killed in fighting in the past few days between yemen by troops and shia rebels in the north of sanaa, the capital. hutus are not letting up in demands for the governments resignation. let's go live, we were going live, i hoped to go there. we'll try to get them back but hear what they say in the report. >> reporter: government loyalists on the streets of sanaa. they say they are ready to die for the republic, accusing the hutus of manoeuvring to create a religious state. >> translation: i feel sad because in 2011 the hutus are with us. now they are allies with the old regime and will never accept that. >> reporter: this gathering is sunni. thousands of people and the preacher who attended friday prayers denounced terrorism, . weeks of divide has d

we begin with paul beban. >> the crisis with i.s.i.l. is the big foreign policy issue as we head no the midterms. the president and the u.s. faced a range of tough issues around the globe. close to home, violence in central america sent a flood of children across the u.s. border. turning to west africa, there has been the worst outbreak ever of the ebola virus, showing no signs of slowing. in the middle east an explosion, on again, off again violence between israel and the palestinians. there's a fragile ceasefire holding there. the most significant issue that the u.s. is grappling with is i.s.i.l., in iraq, syria, and the atrocities that have stunned the world. of major importance is russia, actions in ukraine and syria putting it at odds with the u.s. >> reporter: russia's response to the u.s. campaign against i.s.i.l. has been relatively muted saying air strikes shouldn't have been launched without approval from the security council, and syria itself. it comes at a time when relations between the u.s. and russia are chillier than they

paul beban is here. >> key air traffic facility outside of chicago, technicians are working round the clock to get it back to speed but it won't be to full capacity until mid october. the ripples are getting smaller but the effects of friday's incident are still being felt far and wide. >> actually it's affecting the whole world. traffic coming from europe and asia flying to chicago are impacted likewise simply because they have to absorb some of the delay. >> brian howard the man accused of cutting radar cables and then setting them on fire as part of a suicide attempt appeared in court on monday dressed in hospital scrubs with a bandage on his neck. his lawyer said howard poses a danger to himself but not to others. >> brian tried to take his life. in fact he did so in a way that inconveniented and more, many, many -- inconvenienced many more, and he deeply regrets it . >> at issue how one person could do so much damage. aurora center outside chicago where howard works is a critical piece of complex air space puzzle. aurora's issues have been shifted to other centers, a sweeping rev

paul beban has more. >> i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you. >> september 14th, 2001, as he toured the devastation at ground zero, president bush vowed america would respond. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> reporter: the white house wanted sweeping powers to bring america's military might to bear on the people that master-minded those powers. the white house started drafting a bill for the us of military force or aumf. at its core a simple sentence authorising the president to go after al-qaeda anywhere, any time, with any force deemed appropriate. congressional support for the bill was virtually unanimous. but one congress woman asked her colleagues to slow down the rush to war. >> some of us say let's step back for a moment, pause for a minute and think through the implication of our actions today. so that this does not spire at out of control. >> representative barbara lee of california believed the bill was too vague, too broad, giving the white house a blank check to wam a war anywhere in the world. friends in congress

paul beban, aljazeera. >> who can forget in the days and weeks afterwards, president bush saying we arest a generation, now 13 years later, we still are. >> we are joined by jim walsh, no stranger to our program here. also michael balboni, the former home land security advisor or new york state and michael kay. thanks for being with us today. >> the president said last night in his address that america is safer today. would you agree? >> i think we're much more aware and built up an infrastructure. we've been able to connect the dots from our security force perspective. the hardest thing is taking national security and make it hometown. i think weaver done that. the question is remaining vigilant, continuing resources. it gets expensive over decades. at this point in the world, we still have issues with sharing the right intelligence, making it actionable so that we can truly engage all the resources we have at state and local levels. >> the one thing i keep hearing people say over and over again when talking about the islamic state, al-qaeda, boko haram, is that it's confusing. for ame