stark for sheriff. sounds good. >> you bring up my record, he's been arrested for drunk in public over 90 times. at least i'm good at it. john stark says he's had at least 70 stays in the jail over the past 30 years. >> i live here. my parents live two blocks away. everybody knows me. stark's latest arrest was once again for public intoxication and this time it was also considered a parole violation. on an earlier conviction of assaulting a law enforcement officer. stark says he was intoxicated that time, as well. >> i spit on a police officer. it wasn't the right thing to do. i was once again arrested when i wasn't violating anybody. >> i will admit i'm defiant toward the law. i'll give it the finger any time i can. >> stark has been in administrative segregation for the past four months because of a history of aggressive behavior, but he recently filed a request to transfer to general population. the decision is up to the jail's institutional classification committee. >> he's never gotten a chance at

. >> john stark. can you comment on john stark? >> i'm an alcoholic, i guess.r a professional drinker. >> he's a frequent flier. he comes in here quite often, usually for drunk in public. >> will i stop? i don't know. it depends if they run out of beer. >> i would see john stark come in three times, four times on a weekend. >> how is it hanging, robby? >> john is john. >> they all know me. in a way, these guys are my family also. they want me to run for sheriff. stark for sheriff. sounds good. ♪ >> my opponent will bring up my record. he's been arrested for drunk in public over 90 times! at least i'm good at it. john stark says he's had at least 70 stays in the jail over the past 30 years. >> i live here. i went to school here. my parents live two blocks away. they know me for four counties. everybody knows me. stark's latest arrest was once again for public intoxication and this time it was also considered a parole violation. on an earlier conviction of assault on a law enforcement officer. stark says he was intoxicated that time as well. >> i spit on a police

they transfer to stark when they turn 18. depending on their sentence will remain here until age 21 or 25. we met several wards convicted of murder. they ask that we not use their last names. >> when i was 12 years old, i killed some guy who tried to kill my brother. it was gang related. i retaliated and have been here ever since. >> you shot him? >> no, we beat him to death with tire irons and bumper jacks, mops, stuff like that. >> the guy walked through the gate. i drew down on him with a tech 22 and told him why he was selling dope over here. we told him not to sell dope in this particular area. he looked at me and tried to hit the gun out of my hand. he ran up the stairs, i fired. he got shot seven times. i killed him. me being 15, it excited me to shoot at somebody because it made other people look at me and say, see that guy, that's a cool guy. that made me proud. >> what made you proud. >> them knowing i would kill somebody or not worry about it or worry about getting caught. >> this is our son evan. tomorrow he would

we'll go to the white house, where lisa stark is standing by. lisa, hopefully we can get more details from you. what more are the pentagon, and the white house saying on this? >> well, really, they are being tight-lipped. on coalition partners, and there are reports of arab partners joining in the effort, the united arab emirates, saudi arabia, they are among them. it will be up to them to detail what their role was. any role they may have played will be a boon to the white house. it's been important for the president to gather an international coalition, and especially a coalition of countries in the region, of arab countries, to indicate that this is not a war against islam, it's not a war against sunnis or any particular group, it's a war against terrorism as the u.s. sees it. i do think it's significant. you talked about this latest missive, if you will, or message from i.s.i.l., where they are talking about they do this - they put out this call to launch attacks in their in-countries against americans, canadians, the french. that, i think,

but much of it survives and it documents the attack in stark detail. but it also reveals something else. the encourage and resiliency by which so many ordinary civilians survived mass murder in a crowded shopping mall.

randy starks of the miami dolphins and frosty rucker. this is according to a "usa today" data base that tracks player arrests. >>> recommendations were presented at the regents meeting in san francisco to create a consistent approach to respond to and investigate sexual assault and also calls for establishing an independent sexual victims advocate at each school and to develop an education and awareness campaign of all its sexual violence awareness programs. >> all of this is now explicit. it's not just sending an e-mail,

. >> we interviewed a restaurant owner in dallas named patrick stark who said he switched over to 98% non-gmo food, and one year later, his sales had increased to $10,000 a week, because the longevity of the oils is longer. people want healthy, clean, pesticide-free food, and they will pay for it, because when it comes down to it, if you get autism or cancer, you will be spending $1000 to $10,000 per month more.

. >> in stark contrast to mr. abbott, i stood in protest to $5.4 billion in cuts to our public schools. mr. abbott has been depending them in court ever since. the judge's ruling ruled in favor of our children and against mr. abbott. mr. abbott, these cuts and the cuts that you are defending and tha have left our classrooms overcrowded, that have left our teachers laid off, that's not liberal, that's not conservative, it's just dumb. and it's shortchanging our children and selling out their future. as governor, i will make the education of our children a priority. and i will fight to make sure that our schools have more resources, not less. >> thank you. senator davis, you recently released a book in which you discuss your personal polite with aboorgs. what do you see as fair regulations on abortion? >> i have always believed that women should be able to make this most personal and difficult

. >> the figures are stark. they are saying in the month just to september 1st some 260,000 extra people displaced within ukraine and the total is some where around a million now as a result of the fighting here. the reality is that many people are not registering with the authorities when they leave their homes to another part of the ukraine or to russia. they are simply going to stay with relatives, so the true picture could be bigger than that. we are hearing in relation to the statistics, more casualties, 15 servicemen killed in the past 12 hours. and if you want more stats, listen to this, imf saying all though they are giving the latest disbursement of the bail out funds, 17 million dors and going to give it to keyive. but a grave and real prospect that ukraine economy will fall short and that puts in doubt the next disbursement of $2.7 billion due around december time. so not just a human cost, there is a grave economic cost as this conflict here in the east continues. >> breaking news now, we have a repo

we see in the hang seng, the main stark market has taken a tumble in the last couple of days. -- stockarket has taken a tumble in the last couple of days. and one editorial is very harsh about the protest. it calls the chaos and illegal. it is rattling napoli fat -- financial markets, but disrupting the city's social order. it says here, it is high time to let reason prevail over the recklessness of what he calls these political extremists, who according to china daily are not democratic at all. >> let's come back to france. the papers are focused on the historic win of two seats in the french senate. >> this is the first time in the party's history that they will have two senators. according to the left-leaning paper, they because they benefited from support outside the national front. you can see your the headline says "when the right votes for the national front." these are mainly locally elected officials. these two senators got the support of more than 400 of these, who are not card-carrying members. they are from other right-leaning parties. according to them, this is proof that

. >> lisa stark has now moved inside from the white house. cu hear me? >> i can john. >> they turned out the lights on the white house and you moved night. give us an idea what the president's day was like today? >> there were a lot of private meetings and tomorrow is the day he's going to be in public. he's going to go to new york and speak to the u.n. i find it interesting not only did the president not come out and speak tonight about air strikes, he said what he had to say nearly two weeks ago when he talked about his rationale for why he was going to move into syria, not only did he not come out to speak, but they turned the lights out. the secret service says it's a regular night, we still turn out the lights at 11:00. for us it's hardly a regular night but the white house is starting to project this business as usual attitude, the president didn't come out and speak, they're turning the lights out. we'll have to wait to hear from him until tomorrow. we do understand that he may have made some calls to members of congress, perhaps nancy pelosi and

lisa stark for us at the white house. how significant is this lawsuit? >> reporter: it was filed by the sierra club and another group called earth justice. if the judge agrees, it could put pressure on the department of transportation to ban these rail cars. now the department of transportation does not agree that these rail cars are a problem, but they have safety rules that would phase them out over a number of years. environmental groups say the government is simply acting not aggressively enough, not quickly enough. >> fred mallar is a man on a mission. mallar and others have been sounding the alarm about freight trains carrying crude oil. they can stretch 100 cars long. when there is a problem this can happen. >> is there an acceptable level of derailment. >> there has been a huge spike of crud that is more flammable than other types of crud. the oil industry disputes that, but with shipment skyrocketing, so have accidents. an accident in alabama. a near disaster in philadelphia, and then april in lynchburg, virginia, right downtown. >> never in my

lisa stark joins us with the latest on that.isa. >> david this was a report of the house homeland security, we heard from officials in the administration, including the fbi director, and he and the department of homeland security secretary said they are very concerned about this recruitment. on the internet. they are concerned about what they colon wolf attacks here in the united states. here is the fbi director talking about that this morning. >> it's no longer necessary to meet someone in al-qaeda to get training and inspiration to attack here in the united states. these are the home grown violent extremists that we worry about who can get all of the poison and training they need to kill americans in a way that is very hard for us to spot between the time that they emerge from their basement and maybe kill ne kill -- innocent americans. >> they also talked about to become the number 1 global jihad group that choirs attacking america. >> lisa stark reporting from washington. thank you very much. today at 2:30 pm eastern, john k

. >> lisa stark you are a veteran of all things washington. one of the things that came out of the hearing today was that the front door on the white house during this assault was not locked. >> exactly. the head of the secret service julia pierson testified there is a glass-type storm door and then the historic wood door. she said the other door wasn't locked, and the other door was in the process of being locked when omar gonzales burst through the door. she said that there are now automatic locks on those doors. that was not in place in september earlier this month when he came through the door and made it all the way to the east room. >> lisa stark for us in washington. we are going to take a short break. that is julia pierson testifying at this hour. we're going to take a short break and we will be right back. zarif and he then said, really? >> that's right for him the israel's enemies or nemesis in the region they are not to be reformed they are not to be changed they are not to be ♪ >>> i'm del walters in new york. you are listening to

. >> reporter: which is why montgomery county police captain paul starks says police work so hard to educate teens on the danger of taking the wheel. he tells us the three teens were driving west on hines road in olney early saturday when the convertible went off the roadway and struck a tree, light pole and telephone box before rolling over and coming to a rest. gangloff was ejected from the back seat. the two 17-year-olds were trapped in front. captain starks says they're investigating several different factors into what could have caused this crash working with the motor vehicle demonstration to determine whether the 17- year-old driver identified as austin hall violated any provisional license laws. >> investigators have an idea of the status but want to confirm it. >>s could come later, but now police are focused on completing this investigation. outside of the germantown montgomery county police station, stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> the front seat passenger 17- year-old max dechter remains hospitalized tonight. >>> classmates at sherwood high school are now mourning the loss of

a stark development. secretary of state john kerry working to build that coalition he has key testimony in the howpts anhouse of representative senate, where many of the details will be revealed. meanwhile the public as the congress starts their debate on whether or not to authorize the arming of those rebels squarely behind the president and it is bipartisan support. a pew research poll says 64% of republicans and 60% of democrats support the president's plan for expanded air strikes. the only difference is: whether or not that they go farr enough, those air -- far enough, those awr strikes in going against i.s.i.l. 66% of republicans worry it doesn't go far enough and conversely 54% of democrats worry that it will go too far. another key meeting to look forward to. the president travels next week to the united nations general assembly in new york where he will convene a meeting of the security council, try to do more coalition-building and meanwhile tomorrow here at the white house he meets with general

. >> a stark reversal from when the president said the guiding principle is merely don't do stupid stuff. after consulting with king abdullah. now, the president is calling on congress to amp up support. >> the result is that people see american weakness, a lack of resolve. >> the president weeks ago mocked syrian rebels, deflecting criticism from clinton. >> it's always been a fantasy this, idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sows fi ti indicated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors pharmacists and so forth. >> the president took u.s. ground troops off the table. and he stressed this would be more like u.s. drone campaigns that had mixed success. >> strategy of taking out terrorists. >> asked what it will take, 51% say it will require ground troops, 47% say air strikes. 22%, unsure. whether the u.s. should be doing more, 76% say yes. 15% say no. convincing the public he's up to the task will be a hard sell, with fox poll finding 57% use weak and indecisive to describe the president's leadership on foreign policy. now, on the positive s

. >> lisa stark for us in washington, thank you. >> mike viqueira covering the white house is with us here in new york this morning. good morning. >> great to have you with us, mike, you have new details about what the president is going to see at the u.n. today. >> every year the president addresses the opening of the united nations general assembly, he makes a speech, a laundry list of things around the station, a state of the union for state affairs. this time is different. we hear people talking about how the world is falling apart, conflict zones all over the place, intracted problems with limited solutions. the president is going to take a snapshot in time, this day and emphasize the positive. he's going to talk up this coalition as he has over the last several days especially since the airstrikes reveal five nations, sunni nations led the coalition. he's going to emphasize that, the fight against isil. he'll talk about the sanctions the e.u. and the u.s. imposed against ukraine and he's going to talk about ebola and international efforts to try to contain it and develop a vacci

. >> a stark reversal from when the president said the guiding principle is merely don't do stupid stuff. after consulting with king abdullah. now, the president is calling on congress to amp up support. >> the result is that people see american weakness, a lack of resolve. >> the president weeks ago mocked syrian rebels, deflecting criticism from hillary clinton. >> it's always been a fantasy this, idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sows fi ti indicated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors pharmacists and so forth. >> the president took u.s. ground troops off the table. and he stressed this would be more like u.s. drone campaigns that had mixed success. >> strategy of taking out terrorists. >> asked what it will take, 51% say it will require ground troops, 47% say air strikes. 22%, unsure. whether the u.s. should be doing more, 76% say yes. 15% say no. convincing the public he's up to the task will be a hard sell, with fox poll finding 57% use weak and indecisive to describe the president's leadership on foreign policy. now, on the po

lisa stark is in washington for us. you've been pouring over this report. it seems to confirm that malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down. >> it does. investigators don't say that outright, but everything found so far is consistent with a missile strike against this aircraft. they paint a picture of a jumbo jet flying along fine and suddenly broke apart in midair, brought about by something external in the plane. they released photos of the wreckage that show holes in the fuselage. those could be caused by a missile that explodes outside the aircraft, sending shrapnel into the metal. it appears the aircraft was brought down by a large number of high energy objects from outside this aircraft. this morning, we heard from the chairman of the dutch safety board. >> our main conclusion is that the flight mh17 broken down in the air because of large damage to the aircraft caused by high energy objects penetrating the aircraft from outside. that's our main conclusion. >> now investigators say the damage pattern does not indicate that anything was wrong with the

lisa stark is live in washington. good morning. normally, the medal is awarded within a few years of an act of heroism. how did these men get the military's highest award decades later? >> it took an act of congress, actually, stephanie, to wave that three year requirement. in the case of benny atkins, he was nominated for this honor in 1966, one of his commanders suggest he get it. it went nowhere. another commander continued a letter writing campaign and ultimately that is what worked. today at the white house, benny atkins will get what many believe is oh long overdo award. >> we met command sergeant benny atkins at a hotel near the pentagon. it's been nearly a half century since the battle in vietnam. he says he feels humbled. >> this award is for the other 16 americans that were with me in this battle. >> atkins was at first a reluctant soldier, drafted at able 22 after dropping out of college. >> i didn't know if you dropped out of college and went to the top of the draft list. >> you found the army suited him and reenlisted

but this video does go onto show an isis fighter beheading haines and delivering a stark message to british prime minister. >> your even allies of america which continues to strike the muslims of iraq and most recently bombed will own the destruction and claim the role, cameron. we only drag you and your people into another bloody and unwinnable war. >> haines was an aide worker abdukted in marlg of last year. an isis fighter with an apparent british accent threatened he would kill him. saturday, before war came of haines' killing, his family released a statement to us. they have said to isis, we have sent messages to you to which we have not received a reply. news of his death came hours later. the murder of david haines is an act of pure evil. we will do ifrg in our power to hunt down these murders and ensure they face justice, hour long it takes. >> the united states strongly condemns the barbaric streetment the united states stand shoulder-to-shoulder tonight with our close friend and ally in greek resolve. the u.s. will work with the u.k. in a broad coalition to bring them to justice.

. >>> the air strikes come after the beheading of two american journalists by i.s.i.l., lisa stark in washington d.c. has more on the escalation against i.s.i.l. >> we understand that we are not going to hear from the president tonight. he will not come out and make a statement about the air strike, which has begun. the pentagon confirmed they hit a number of targets. the statement from the pentagon said "with our partner nations", we are trying to get clarification what nations they were. there was some talk of gulf allies participating in this strike on syria in washington. we should say that this comes a day before the president is heading to new york to speak to the u.n. to rally international support, to fight against i.s.i.l., and it's surprising to many that you would do it before going up to the u.n. s.e.n.t.c.o.m., central command, did authorise the strikes on the authority of the president of the united states, there has been no authorisation from congress, there has been no authorize as from the united nations, but the white house insisted that it believes it has the author

. >> a stark reversal from when the president said the guiding principle is merely don't do stupid stuff. after consulting with king abdullah. now, the president is calling on congress to amp up support. >> the result is that people see american weakness, a lack of resolve. >> the president weeks ago mocked syrian rebels, deflecting criticism from hillary clinton. >> it's always been a fantasy this, idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sows fi ti indicated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors pharmacists and so forth. >> the president took u.s. ground troops off the table. and he stressed this would be more like u.s. drone campaigns that had mixed success. >> strategy of taking out terrorists. >> asked what it will take, 51% say it will require ground troops, 47% say air strikes. 22%, unsure. whether the u.s. should be doing more, 76% say yes. 15% say no. convincing the public he's up to the task will be a hard sell, with fox poll finding 57% use weak and indecisive to describe the president's leadership on foreign policy. now, on the po

lisa stark joins us from the white house, there's a lot of concern expressed about the threat level tohose of us in the united states. is there any sense that we are at a risk? >> we know from the white house that they were concerned about an imminent attack by the al qaeda-affiliated group, the kora son group. and the department of homeland security tells us that they and the fbi sent out a joint bulletin giving the latest information about the group, and they are adjusting measures as necessary. the administration, department of homeland security will say they are constantly re-evaluating those measures and adjust them when need be. >> let's wind back to earlier in the day when the president left the white house. he emphasised the importance of the partnership making the strike possible. can you talk about that partnership as well. >> that is a significant development. the white house long said it does not want to go it alone. secretary kerry has been on a round-robin, especially with the gulf states to bring the coalition together. it was significant that four of states that took pa

and this is the stark reality of why people don't feel safe. six civilians were killed here when a mortar hit this market. >> the family tried to manage as best they can. >> pensions and salaries aren't being paid. i have dealt the fighting doesn't come any closer to their home. it may be some time before life gets back to normal. >> the effort to contain the worst ebola outbreak in history continues. the u.n. holding an emergency meeting to address the crisis right now. >> secretary-general ban ki-moon issued combating the virus to hit the worst affected areas. >> the government is going to extreme measures. >> residents of freetown's stocking up on supplies hours before lockdown. all 6 million people fallen tears from house to house. >> a very clear message about ebola and be able to tell people what they should do. >> hospitals and aid organizations are overwhelmed. the government hopes the lockdown will help discover the second hiding and slow the spread of ebola. that is a hugely difficult task. the virus is by rolling. 700 cases were repo

. >>> the air strikes come after the beheading of two american journalists by i.s.i.l., lisa stark in washington d.c. has more on the escalation against i.s.i.l. >> we understand that we are not going to hear from the president tonight. he will not come out and make a statement about the air strike, which has begun. the pentagon confirmed they hit a number of targets. the statement from the pentagon said "with our partner nations", we are trying to get clarification what nations they were. there was some talk of gulf allies participatingn this strike on syria in washington. we should say that this comes a day before the president is heading to new york to speak to the u.n. to rally international support, to fight against i.s.i.l., and it's surprising to many that you would do it before going up to the u.n. s.e.n.t.c.o.m., central command, did authorise the strikes on the authority of the president of the united states, there has been no authorisation from congress, there has been no authorize as from the united nations, but the white house insisted that it believes it has the authorit

lisa stark has more. >> reporter: david godeske has been homeless for seven years. like most he slept outside. >> it was dry and warm, that kept away the insects. >> a self described computer whiz, he lost his job. a place that might surprise you. at the public library's main branch, homeless individuals rush in when the doors open. some are even dropped off by a shuttle bus from the homeless shelters. once inside they log on to computers to job-hunt or check e-mail. they meet friends or just read. protected from the elements. the director of the d.c. public library said for too long libraries have done too little for this population, often their most loyal customers. so this library system has now joined a growing trend. it has hired its first social worker. >> i think for many years we would sort of open our door and say okay we've done our job because we're providing them a warm place to go if they've got no place else to be. >> now social worker will help provide information on homeless services and will sensitize staff. >> when someone's sleeping outside and th

. >> that puts it in stark relief that that is the danger that turkey faces.nk you so much for being with us. the author of "political islam in the age of democratization." >> coming up the f22 finally sees some action. i'm going to look at why takeoff look so long. that story and more as "real money" continues. ♪ ♪ >>> the f22 is considered one of the most sophisticated jet fighters ever built. but it has been essentially just collecting dust for ten years. today it finally made his debut. the pentagon said it was a success, which raises the question what took so long to use it. >> ali this is one of the most expensive and certainly one of the most sophisticated airlines to ever take flight, and this was its first true test. let's first talk about the money. it is built by lockheed martin and boeing, and paid for by you. one of the most expensive fighter jets in history, the program cost $67 billion. but according to some reports the cost was as much as $678 million per plain. one of the planes it replaced cost a fraction of that. and the high price tag fuell

lisa stark has the report. >> some semblance of order over the west. security procedures and contingency plans for emergencies. work is already underway to fix damaged chicago center but that is going to be a massive job, 20 of 29 pieces of communication equipment were destroyed, the faa says it could take until mid october to get chicago center back up and running. other air traffic control facilities are taking up the slack but hundreds of cancellations and delays still at chicago's o'hare airport. the good news is at nearby midway where southwest, is centered, delays are minimal. >> all because of one person. it's infuriating. it's sad that it took this but it's just so frustrating when it impacts so many people. >> that one person, brian howard according to the criminal complaint, worked at the chicago center for about eight years. he had a security clearance so friday morning he just had to show his i.d. and swipe his card and went inside. once there he allegedly set fire to the equipment and tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists and his t

lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> today we got our first look at apple's new technology. the iphone 6, the apple watch and apple k, a method that apple said will be the most secure way to pay for your purchased. al jazeera's science and technologist specialist jacob ward here to tell us more about the watch, tell us about it. >> reporter: it was really the headliner of this event, and the faithful here in the hall you see behind me in cupertino. they've been waiting for a new cool category. they got it with the iwatch. it incorporates a new interface. it involves the iphone and involves the crown. this is how tim cook described it. >> when you turn the digital crown it some zooms in and out. when you have a lift you can scroll through the list, you can do all of this without blocking. and if you're within an app like the clock app, from for exampl for example, if you press the digital crown will "t" will return to the home screen just as you expect it to be. >> a who nouvea new new vocabulary for the apps. >> is there a question of security with pool being able to buy thi

lisa stark reports. >> trying to get air of traffic to some semblance of normal in the u.s. a review of all air traffic facilities both security features and contingency plans for emergencies. work is underway to repair chicago's communication center, 20 of 29 pieces of communications equipment were destroyed. authorities say it could take until mid december to get chicago center up and running. other facilities are taking up the slab. the good news is midway, where southwest is the biggest airline, cancellations are minimal. but for the passengers it has been a nightmare. >> all because of one person. it's so infewer rate 88th -- infuriating. it's sad it took this but it's just -- you know so frustrating when it impacts so many people. >> reporter: that one person brian howard worked at the center for eight years. he had security clearance. friday morning he had to show his i.d. and swipe his card and he went inside. once there he allegedly set fire tot communications equipment and then tried commit suicide by cutting his wrist and his throat. now are chicago senator dick d

. >> it's a stark reminder of how quickly things can change. >> just something i needed to do.ope somebody benefitings from it, that motorists, slow down. look before you turn in junctions. >> beautiful act of humanity and kindness because it's a painful moment in their lives, but their willingness to save other lives is quite remarkle. it's quite beautiful showing love of their fellow man. >> the driver in the accident admitted causing death by wreckless driving, 18 months of a driving ban and 130 hours of community service. ♪ >>> derek, as he likes to be called, he decided to take a yearlong trip around the world, and this video features his pit stop in the swiss alps. >> they are beautiful. >> absolutely stopping and gorgeous. >> this is the video you can sit back, relax, and enjoy. ♪ >> he has an interesting story because he was considered successful, a fiance, a home, was not happy, and decided to be brave and broke up with his fiance, decided to sell the house, and just kind of throw caution toll wind and he hit the road. ♪ >> this is awesome, the wa wanderlust stirred in

lisa stark is in washington this morning. a lot of emotion in the aftermath of sotloff's murder. >> absolutely. secretary of defense chuck hagel said it makes you sick to your stopple ma'am. president obama has said americans are repulsed by the bar baism of the murder of two american journalists now and made it clear that if anything, this makes them more determined than ever to continue the fight against the islamic state group. >> president obama issues a blunt warning to the islamic state group, his number two, vice president joe biden has even stronger words, vowing retribution for the beheading of american journalist steven sotloff. >> when people harm americans, we don't retreat. we don't forgive. we take care of those grieving and when that's finished, they should know, we will follow them total gates of hell, until they are brought to justice. >> last night, students held a vigil at the university of central florida where sotloff studied before heading to the middle east. his family talked about him through a spokesm

lisa stark has the details. >> reporter: the sun isn't up yet but david gadesky is, gadesky has beeness in washington, d.c. for three years. like most last night he slept outside. >> there was no rain, it was dry and cool and that kept the insects out. >> he is a self-described computer expert. he lost his job and then he lost his home. there's been a spike in the number of homeless, churches, the city all scrambling to meet the demand, so would be a place that would surprise you. the public library. some are dropped off by a shuttle bus from the homeless shelters. once inside they log onto computers. to check e-mail, read, protected from the elements. the director of the d.c. public library says for too long libraries have done too little for this population. often their most loyal customers so this library system has now joined a growing trend. it has hired its first social worker. >> i think for many years, we would sort of open our doors and say okay we've done our job because we're providing them a warm place to go if they've got no place else to be. >> now social worker jean wi

more from lisa stark. >> reporter: the chaos at the airports in chicago and in the skies over the midwestegan very early in the morning when the fire department was called to chicago air traffic control center which is in aurora, west of chicago, there they found a fire in the basement and a man with self-inflicted stab wounds. >> this was apparently an isolated incident. there is no indications of terrorists, there is no reason to believe anyone else is involved at this time. >> we don't know what his moaivemotivewas at this point. >> the man is a contractor, services communications equipment. he splashed gasoline on that critical equipment and then set it on fire. chicago center had to be evacuated. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. and thousands of people found their travel plans up ended. chicago's ochicago's o'hare and, flights were cancelled. handed over to other centers. flights did reopen later in the morning but takeoffs and landings were severely affected it could have a ripple effect throughout the weekend maybe even beyond. >> that's lisa stark reporting. >>> a judg

the fbi says it remains a top priority. >> lisa stark reporting. friday be tuned in for a special report "fighting i.s.i.l.", an indepth look at the effort to stop the spread of violence in iraq and syria. that is friday, 8:00pm eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific. >> in three hours scotland will go to the polls to vote on whether to cut ties with the u.k. the scottish government says the 300-year-old union is no longer useful, and an independent scotsman would be one of the world's richest countries. the latest poll is too close to call. a turn out is expected. facebook says there has been more than 10 million interactions on the topic. british prime minister david cameron has been working hard making emotional appeals for scotland to stay. cameron joked saying assassination would be a welcome release from his campaigning. cameron would be the first prime minister to lose a portion of the union since david lord george lost ireland in 1921. andrew ross is a professor of social and cultural analysis at new york university, born and raised in scotland, educat

lisa stark is live from washington. this was a big discussion on capitol hill today. >> they're called foreign fighters. it was before a sub committee of a house homeland security committee, and lawmakers were told this war in syria has proven to be an unprecedented draw for foreigners who have come in to join in on the fight. >> this is what worries officials. radicalized american citizens. a 22-year-old florida man who denounced the u.s. and joined a group fighting the syrian government, and then pulled off a suicide-bombing there. there are an estimated 12,000 foreign fight necessary syria. several thousand hold a western passport, including 100 americans. individuals who might find it easy to slip into the u.s. terrorists could be just one visa-free flight away from arriving from the united states bringing with them their skills and their training and ideology and their commitment to killing americans. >> the biggest concern is with the islamic state group. a homeland security official who say there is no evidence t

you've ever imagined yourself traveling the world because we all have, except some people like felix starkeset out and do this traveling the world. felix took off june of 2013 with 121 pounds of luggage. for an entire year, traveled more than 11,000 miles all on a bike. >> that's awesome. he's got strong legs now, i guess. >> he did end up visiting 22 countries this whole time documenting everything with his video camera. he put all those images together to create this documentary called "pedal the world." just absolute freedom and the discovery of our globe. that was it. yes, i know we're all jealous. to ask him more about this, we have felix via skype right this minute. welcome to the show. you're back home. your doin. it's over. it's a wrap. >> right. it's over. i'm already starting to plan new trips. i want to break out of the system for some time. i said, all right, maybe i can bicycle the world. so i just left home. after one year i returned home. >> wow. what was the hardest part for you? >> it's hard to put effort in the pedals every sing dale to get from a to b, no matter if you're

>> we believe the issue should .e driven home harder that is the stark contrast between democrats and republicans this year in the candidates we are supporting. work it is all most exclusively what we focus election means for the economic prospects of working people. >> you recently compared the message that democrats and asublicans are conveying they mobilize their base. you did say democrats need to do a better job. if you could give him a grade a, what would it be and why? >> it is a great question. was --was talking about of course anything like this is going to be a generalization as candidates take different approaches. the republicans from the outset have had a strategy that has used their advertising to really motivate their base. and to aim at inciting people to ant to vote in this election lot of the work that democrats have done in the selection has been aimed at persuading undecided voters. that has been on one issue here, another issue there. up to ast have added appeal to thea base of the democratic party. that, especially as we go into this last month of the election, w

you have been seeking reaction to the stark video and its consequences?>>reporter:the reaction that we received today is mixed. we have many fans that believe that domestic violence is strong. it's excessive based on the fact that they already penalized them. >> it came inside of the revel hotel elevator of ray rice knocking his then fianceÉ out with a brutal punch. they suspended him for two games. >> your whole career is messed up based on some marital issues. >> a lot of young boys want to be like the guys in the nfl. i think that is a good move to cut them. >> the actions are not only in your sport but in your community and family and everything. it plays a major part. >>reporter:ray was accepted in a pretrial program. the case is adjudicated. the case cannot be re-opened. they suspended rice for domestic violence. they asked the revel hotel for the video. the statement "that video is not made available to us. no one in our office had seen it until today." activists have been blasting the nfl saying they are too lenient on rice. they are asking to hav

people born in the united states with american passports who come and go freely, and more from lisa stark foreign fighters are raising alarm bells. they are sa significant security concern, according to testimony on capitol hill. it was before a subcommittee. lawmakers were told that the ongoing war in syria proved to be an unprecedented draw for foreigners coming to join in on the fight. >> reporter: this is what so worries security and intelligence officials, radicalized american citizens. in this case a 22-year-old florida man who headed to syria denounced the u.s., joining a group fighting the government, and pulling off a suicide bombing there. there were an estimated 12,000 foreign fighters, several thousands with a western passport, including 100 americans. individuals who may find it easier to slip into the u.s. terrorists could be a viza free flight away from arrive in the united states, bringing skills and training and ideology and their commitment to killing americans. >> reporter: the biggest concern is with the islamic state group. a homeland security official says there's no