i'm ray suarez. you'll probably hear it a thousand times between this moment and election day. turn out is going to be low. nobody comes out for the mid terms. november's election could be the lowest turn out midterm--ever. is that carved in stone? if they wanted increased voter participation could they do it? that's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. you'll probably hear it a thousand times between this moment and election day. turn out is going to be low. nobody comes out for the mid terms. okay, it's a common-place observation, but is it a verdict? does it have to be that way? today on the program a political strategy session. candidate or party or campaign decided that low level of participation isn't good. not for them, the party, or the country. is there really anything that anyone could do about it? we'll talk about the tools, techniques that might break people out of their current willingness to take a pass on the next election. let's begin with a look at the situation as it stands

i'm ray suarez. watching the policies statements coming out of the white house over the last few months was bound to confuse anyone. the president says he wants comprehensive immigration reform but doesn't serve with the congress that is likely to give it to him in a form that he'll actually sign into law. he reminds that bulky national legislature i got my phone and my pen. inflames opponents the white house started to back off. maybe not everything, maybe not right away, and then comes the last word from the administration. we're not doing anything until the mid terms are over . >> the facts are on immigration. what we've done for accompanying children, and why it's necessary. >> on supplied's meet the press host chuck todd pressed the president on his decision. >> what do you tell the person who is going to get deported before the election that this decision was essentially made in your hopes of saving a democratic senate. >> well, that's not the reason. what i've determined is i want to make sure

i'm ray suarez. ten of the hottest years ever measured have been in the 21st century. shocking amounts of canadian arctic ice and green land glacier packs have melted in recent summers. areas are finishing their ho hottest summers. scientists and activists have converged on energy. it's wide degreed that the worldwide temperature rise is the limit the planet can safely stand, and reports say holding the line is getting close to impossible. for one day only more than 100 leaders from around the world came together at the united nations tuesday to plot a new road map for combating climate change. >> we are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it. >> reporter: the plans and pledges are non-binding and are intended to serve as a building block to rise as a successor to the kyoto call. >> nobody gets a pass. >> reporter: some hope for goals include the elimination of deforesttation by 2030, cutting carbon emission, and offering build

i'm ray suarez. the fight against isil this time on the program during a meeting of general assembly in new york the president of the united states sprains the new american mission in syria and iraq and asks the world to support him. an alliance comes together to attack isil, and we're looking at the goals laid out by barack obama, and the means to reach those goals. there are members of coalition who are not friends with each other, but they hate isil more than they hate each other. can they really make a workable alliance and stay on task for what may be a fairly long conflict? >> i think that could be achieved if the united states stays focused. if they do not extend the war beyond that group, and work with these allies. let's be honest some of these allies were critical in the growth of isis and al nusra. important role in being a passage. i was not able to enter turkey but i know thousands who went to join isil and al nusra used turkey as a panels to go. and the trucks they're using are purchase

i'm ray suarez. did an american aircraft appear over syrian skies sooner than expected? saudi military forces are participating as are the united emirates. turkey, it's score of isil hostages, it's borders overrun with refugees may be looking for a role. qatar backed the streets but was not involved militarily. at the united nations president obama called for attack of isil. >> the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. the united states will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. >> before the united nations general assembly president obama said once again the u.s. is not in a war against islam, and isil does not act alone. >> today i ask the world to join in this effort. those who have joined isil should leave the battlefield while they can. those who continue to fight for a hateful cause will find they're increasingly alone for we will not succumb to threats, and the future belongs to those who build, not those who destroy. >> the president

i'm ray suarez. the president told an american public that hasn't had all that much time to get used to being out of iraq that the u.s. has to go back. but this time it's only to get iraq ready again to defend itself from the for real la army that controls big chunks of iraq and syria. training iraqis. training syrians and fighting from the air with partners doing a lot of heavy lifting along with the u.s. it's the recipe for success prayer partne success president obama gave. >> i will not hesitate to take action in syria as well as iraq. first. we will conduct airstrikes against these terrors. second we'll increase our support to forces fighting the terrorists on the ground. third, we will continue to draw on our substantial terrorism capabilities to prevent isil attacks. fourth, we'll continue to provide humanitarian assistance to those victimized by this organization. >> and it's the next phaseish obama fulfilled his campaign pledge getting americans out of iraq the robbery military is fighting i

i'm ray suarez. armies have been fighting what the policy intellectuals call non-state actors. whether it's the resistence army in uganda, al-shabab or the farc in colombia, they all need money to buy launchers, grenad grenades, bullets. now the islamic state in iraq and the levant with the stated goal of creating a country, the islamic state. teams around the world are now trying to shut down the money that has flowed to the region. in the air campaign against isil in syria coalition forces target the fighters and now their money. >> these were as were the strikes we conducted earlier this week in syria strategic attacks meant specifically to get at the ways this group sustains, leads, and controls itself. there will be more. >> this week's bombing runs destroyed 12 oil refineries in syria controlled by isil. >> the small scale refineries create fuel and fund attacks. >> u.s. central commands say that the refineries process 300 to 500 million barrels of oil. on top of the money that isil receives an

i'm ray suarez. we're looking at the understanding of isil on this program. when you see a convoy of pickup trucks and suvs flying the flag of isil. when they're on the news and carrying the best of lethal weapons you may wonder where they get the money. we're looking at the announced goal of drying up the groups' money. professor swift let's talk about some of the techniques and approaches to find out where it's coming from, how it's traveling? what can you do? the revenue, the funds that come in from outside. in terms of the indogenous revenue. when isis shatters. when it goes to ground in the face of conventional airstrikes it's more important to look at those indogenous sources. now looking at the exogenous sources, those that come in from the outside, the primary vector to look at, you're absolutely correct on this, the money that flow in from other countries. >> literally, physically. >> literally, physically carried in sacks. but you have to remember when someone moves from egypt into turkey a

"inside story" is next with ray suarez. >> one country, two systems? china, hong kong, it's "inside story." hello, i'm ray soares, since 1997, when the british left their crown colony and returned it to china, hong kong has been nervously negotiating a relationship next door. they took the lead only in military and diplomatic fathers, hong kong was going to remain what it has always been, a home to freewheeling capitalism, with law and currency, and now the young people filling the streets are testing just how much dissent hong kong's government and the government in beijing are willing to tolerate. protests in hong kong are not unusual. but this is different. and may be dangerous. police fired volleys of teargas in the thousands on sunday, and what authorities said are necessary but restrained response. demonstrators used umbrellas and goggles to protect themselves and vowed to keep up the pressure. >> well, it's very encouraging that so many people tal took toe streets today to demand democracy, and many people chanted the slogan, "went true democracy

i'm ray suarez. once upon a time, well, not all that long ago, really, if you wanted to play blackjack or poker, shoes dice or pull on a slot machine there were few places to do it legally. las vegas, nevada, atlantic city, new jersey, and a few places like card clubs tucked away in communities on indian land. fast forward to 2014 there are casinos across america. on reservations, river boats, city centers and a very short ride away in canada and the caribbean. add to the blackjack tables the slots that show up on racetrack to save that declining gaming, and an explosion of opportunities to play online for real money and limited access is over. atlantic city and vegas have to fight for every dollar with the gambling mecca on every shore losing the battle and now in full decline. in may 1984 don't trump opened his trump hotel and casino in atlantic city calling it possibly the finest building in the nation. on tuesday the casino shut it's doors making it the fourth atlantic city casino to shut down th

i'm ray suarez. sure one month does not make a trend, and along with that less than eye-popping job number there have been other healthy signs in the wider economy. but wage growth remains sluggish, and that remains a problem for anyone who sells goods and services to customers. the slower job growth means the federal reserve may not be so quick to raise interest rates. on the other hand, on the other hand, you get the idea. it's tough to figure out the overall direction of the economy. the answer to the question how is it going may depend on how old you are, where you live, and what you do to make a living. >> reporter: august broke the trend. adding 142,000 new jobs last month. it's the smallest increase since 2013. a sign of continued recovery but also unpredictability. here's a break down by sector. 47,000 jobs were added in professional and business services. 34,000 positions were added in healthcare. the leisure and oh hospitality added 22,000 positions. economists attribute this to people givi

i'm ray suarez. a long time ago there were different nationalities, separate countries on the island of britain. people spoke different languages, practised different varieties of religion, made different alliances around the world. in time the richest and powerful of the countries in britain, united wales, scotland and ireland under one monarch and government, run from london. after three centuries of union, the people of scotland acknowledge faith for more and more autonomy, running more of their affairs in scotland. now many are saying they want o complete break to become a separate self-governing country, making that almost inconsequential line at the tweed river into an international boarder. will that benefit the scots, do the english want them to stay in the u.k.? the polling is in two weeks, and scottish publish been is divided. >> reporter: will scotland be an independent country? we'll know in seven days when 4 million voters will go to the polls to choose yes or nor. alex salmond, the firs

i'm ray suarez.ecretary of state kerry is corralling commitments from governments as the united states figures out how to destroy the gorilla force that calls itself the islamic state. but a complicated flowchart would emerge. the saudis and qatarees have good relations with the united states, but have been snarling at each other. u.s. leaders despite the government in tehran, but both the u.s. and the islamic we re republic are friends with the shiite group in iraq. but the u.s. and iran on different sides right next door in syria where washington would love to undermine the government of bashar al-assad, while iran supports it. and both support the destruction of the islamic state, which is also trying to bring down assad. turkey also wants to defeat the islamic state, but wants to do it without embolding the kurds. this latest turmoil in the middle east has created a strange alliance. some 30 nations from around the world met in paris discussing how to destroy the islamic state or isil. >> transla

i'm ray suarez. the guerrilla army calling itself the islamic state is trying to create a new transnational state in parts of syria and iraq. the sunni army threatens the new political system forged under american occupation, and the syrian under bashar al-assad. thithe president is about to unveil his plan for isis. today on inside story we'll talk about how you craft a strategy to respond to a brutal army that seeks to place it's own stamp on the unstable middle east. >> if the mission is to degrade isis, you have to go to syria. >> let's destroy them. >> president obama hosts a meeting with congressional leaders tuesday. the meeting was one of many this week as the president prepared to address the mission about his plan to defeat the islamic state. president says he believes he has the short to expand a month-old air campaign against the sunni militants even into syria where the group is strongest. but he also says he would be grateful for more congressional support. >> americans don't want a lec

i'm ray suarez. a long, long time ago there were many different nationalities, separate countries on the island of britain. the people spoke different languages. over time practiced different varieties of the christian religion, made different alliances around the world. in time the most powerful in britain, england, united wales, scotland under one monarch. after three centuries of union the people of scotland have agitated for more and more autonomy running more of their apairs in scotland, now they're saying they want a complete break, a separate, self-governs country, making the river a real international border. polling is in two weeks and scottish public opinion is closely divided. >> will scotland be an independent country? we'll know in seven days when more than 4 million voters go to the polls to choose yes or no. >> few societies have secured this opportunity to vote themselves, to vote peacefully at the ballot box in a process agreed and consented. it's an opportunity that may not come our

." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the islamic state of iraq and the lavant, the guerrilla army that roared east to take over big chunks of western iraq has proclaimed it's own country. it's simply the islamic state, and it's leader is a man who goes by al baghdadi. the new country calls him 9 leader. many gather around to support the new caliphate. they say that others should fall in line. who is al baghdadi. how did he emerge from syrian civil war to control large parts of syria and iraq. >> reporter: al baghdadi, a man with a bounty on his head may recently have made a rare appearance. in this unverified video posted online the man who appears to be the elusive leader of the islamic state spoke out for a half hour during prayers. introduced himself as ebra him. >> it is a burden t to accept this to be in charge of you. i'm not better than you. if you see me on the right path, help me. if you see me on the wrong path, encourage me and help me. >> baghdadi born some 50 miles north of baghdad. he claims to trace his li

i'm ray suarez. we're looking at the streets in hong kong, the push back of the beijing government picking the candidates for local office, and what it tells us about 1987 when hong kong returned to china. does it lose or gain greater interest in controlling hong kong's future >> is there an amount of pressure that's too much? >> the question of whether china could gain by putting hong kong on a longer leash, if it would demonstrate its commitment to one country, it would keep it vital and get best practices from hong kong, it would increase it's soft power and be more of a partner in the pacific. it's china's prescription for power, but to date, the people with the power, they're having none of this. they regard what goes on in tibet and hong kong, with similarcateses, they seem to regard these as existential threats. so what china did on august 30th, they made it clear that in 20152015, hong kong voters would be able to vote for anyone that they preapproved. and he has been clamping down on free th

i'm ray suarez. nfl player adrian peterson is in legal trouble after it was found he used physical discipline with his own son, hitting him with an object i called "a switch." at first the vikings sat him down for last week's game. as the fury continued to blow up, the team reconsidered, barring peterson from all team activities. when and whether to hit your kids is a social war shack issues. it divides by race, religion, region, social class, and it leads people to very different destinations. you'll hear adults say yes, i was hit by a kid and it didn't do me any lasting harm, and i spank my own kids. and yes, i was hit as a kid, and i don't and won't. >> star running back adrian peterson on indefinite suspension after former charges of abusing his own son. the public and politicians including the governor, the vikings changed course. >> we made a mistake. we needed to get this right. >> it really is about getting it right. that's what we wanted to do here. >> peterson's felony charges is linked to

hello, i'm ray suarez. speaking to reporters in the estonian capitol, president obama said the recent executions of two americans by the guerrilla army that calls it is the islamic state united this country and stiffened it's resolve to bring the fight to the i.s. which now threatens the future of iraq and syria. the president reminded the killers of james foley and stephen sotloff america's reach is long, but so far there has been little public discussion of what form in american response would take, and what kind of action would, as the president said, would degrade and destroy the fighters of isis. >> today the prayers of the american people are with the family of a devoted and courages journalist stephen sotloff overnight our government determined tragically that teach wastephen was sustain from us in a horrific act of violence. >> it's still not clear when sotloff was killed but the video comes two weeks after the murder of james foley. >> they failed because like people around the world, americans are

i'm ray suarez. this time on the programme the unusual alliance that's being cobbled together to fight the so-called islamic state. that is destabilizing syria and iraq. last week president obama told americans u.s. ground troops would not be involved in going after the islamic state. and that others would carry the fight to the gorilla army, while the u.s. attacks from the sky. other alliance members tell their people the same thing - can this really be an air-based campaign on the part of all the big nations involved. over the weekend larry, the u.a.e., saudis, announced they'd send planes and be part of that. france said the same thing. sounds like the idea of bombing the group is popular, but not necessarily sending in soldiers. >> it's less risk. you saw libya, all the bombing, none are of the planes were lost, and it doesn't inflament the local population. i don't think it's a problem in iraq. you do have iraqi forces there, the peshmerga, and hopefully some units of the iraqi military, now tha

for this edition of "inside story," i'm ray suarez. >> we are in the lovely city of santa barbara at our desalination facility that was built during the last drought and we are looking at reactivating the facility to help meet the demands of this current drought. >> twenty plus years ago this

. >> the stream, >> you're watching talk to al jazeera i'm ray suarez. with me on this edition of the program i the board chair of the global partnership for education. let's talk more about china. australia, while through history and culture, has-railroadened to western europe, you're very much an asian economy and asian-oriented economy, and that probably took the shift inside the mind of australia about where you were and where you were on the globe. >> yes t did. it was a shift originally led by the prime minister bob hawk and prime minister paul casing, where the world led to the creation of apex, the community of nations coming together to talk through economic questions. and here we're all those years later, and under my prime ministership we sharpened that focus by having the whole of nation looking across the hundred years to come at the remarkable growth. we will see an region of the world and it's rising economic power. so we were very consideration of those shifting economic weight of the world in which we live and utah's place in that, and t

i'm ray suarez.in the three centuries since the crowns of england and scotland emerged aspects of daily life in the united kingdom emerged. and scott liberia identity remain. a lot of countries have regions that differ and accent, political sentiments, religious traditions. we're looking at the coming vote on scottish independence on the coming program. jeremy purvis and adam ramsey, campaigner for the pro independence group yes scotland. lord purvis on the bonds of national consolatio, have people minimized how easy scott long islanscotland will live without england and wales? >> i think so. probably south of the border it will be a really deep feeling of loss if scotland does make the decision. but it's for the people of scotland to decide. and it's a real wonderful thing, the democratic and peaceful process. you mentioned the river tweed, as the bea the barrier. i was born on berwick-upon-tweed just on the edge, to be able to cherish the identity, allow that to flourish, but given them the best op

i'm ray suarez. speaking to reporters in the estonian capitol, president obama said the recent executions of two americans by the guerrilla army that calls it is the islamic state united this country and stiffened it's resolve to bring the fight to the i.s. which now threatens the future of iraq and syria. the president reminded the killers of james foley and stephen sotloff america's reach is long, but so far there has been little public discussion of what form in american response would take, and what kind of action would, as the president said, would degrade and destroy the fighters of isis. >> today the prayers of the american people are with the family of a devoted and courages journalist stephen sotloff overnight our government determined tragically that teach wa stephen was sustain from us in a horrific act of violence. >> it's still not clear when sotloff was killed but the video comes two weeks after the murder of james foley. >> they failed because like people around the world, americans ar

hello, i'm ray suarez. over the weekend, [ audio difficulties ] sponsoring account delay, she said we continue to look to the courts to uphold the constitution, and make sure that there's access to all women for abortion, regardless of where they live. but the advocates say that the intention is to protect women's health. the louisiana director for right to life says that the legal process is far from over. a lar legal fight is unfolding in texas. just last week, a federal judge in texas also defended a part of that state abortion law. it contains a requirement for abortion clinics for ambulatory clinics. >> one of the first phonecalls i made canceled appointments, and called back in a panic and threatened suicide. and at that point, what do you say to people? >> if the texas law had gone into effect, the state would have had seven or eight clinics all in major cities. a federal judge ruled long travel times and other impediments that women faced would have been as drastic as a complete ban on abortion. the

from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern, president obama met this afternoon with lawmakers to layout the plan for the islamic state group. the next step, presenting it to the american people. ray rice already lost his job after a video showing him knocking his fiancÉ unconscious, now he's losing endorsements. we have that story and many more coming up tonight at 6:00. >> i got shot five times. >> just because you are pregnant doesn't mean anything. >> take this curse off of me. >> it's the latest project from film maker alex gibny. he won an oscar for taxi to the darkside about american torture. he

from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> on "america tonight," on the line. the wary warrior tries to grow support for his bid to cut down islamic state fighters. can the president persuade the u.s. congress that he does have a plan now? against a growing terror threat? and how will mr. obama's own words undercut his attempt to lead the fight. also tonight, down on the farm, a new twist for animal rights activists. sheila macvicar is in iowa, and we're in