what happened inside the three-day stand off and how does this group recruit soldiers from the american midweste the latest. >> franken cats. they are cute, cuddly and ridiculously expensive. but is there reason to worry about the designer felines living next door? >>> while parenthood is an easy punch line but a father's plea is about a forgotten population. >> keep it right here, america. "night line" is back in just 60 seconds. >> from new york city, this is "night line." >> good to be with you tonight. it took 9/11 to learn that al qaeda means the base. now after a grenade attack, we're learning that al-shabab is arabic for the youth. we have a lot to learn about the militants, how they are influenced by al qaeda and how they recruit people from all over. we should get more information in coming days. here is lindsay davis from nairobi with the very latest on the terror attack. >> more than 48 hours after the stand off began, intense gunfire and loud explosions filled the air this afternoon just outside the west gate mall in nairobi. as journalists and crowds of onlookers sprinted for cover

what happened inside the three-day stand off and how does this group recruit soldiers from the american midwestbut is there reason to worry about the designer felines living next door? >>> while parenthood is an easy punch line but a father's plea is about a forgotten population. >> keep it right here, america. "night line" is back in just 60 seconds. [ female announcer ] having grands biscuits in the morning is easy. pop them in, go about your business, and in just 15 minutes, your family can enjoy warm fresh from the oven biscuits. pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy dinner. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop! [ pop ] >> from new york city, this is "night line." >> good to be with you tonight. it took 9/11 to learn that al qaeda means the base.

. >> at one time, the american midwest was covered in tall grass prairie.stem has since diminished. thanks to an act of congress, this wildlife refuge was created to preserve this environment that played an important role in american history. it might be hard to believe now, but 200 years ago the great prairies of the midwest provided habitat for a wide variety of animals. even grizzly bears once from these lands. roamed these lands. these prairie lands were converted into fields for raising crops. farmers cultivated the rich, fertile nearly all the prairie land and animals disappeared. us to the neil .mith national wildlife refuge located in iowa, the purpose of this refuge is to reintroduce the prairie. this is an m mcdonald, a student at iowa state university whose ecology.is wildlife >> watch where you are going. >> today, she is looking for birds and birds nest in this new prairie. located between two cornfields, they call it a prairie strip. >> here we are at one of the prairie strips. you can see it is a nice, diverse prairie. there are lots of diffe

military organization announced the possibility there were foreigners involved in this attack mainly americans possibly radicalized americans from somewhere in the midwesthen carried out the attack. this happened on a very busy time at the mall that is known to be patronized by wealthy kenyans but americans diplomats and ex patriots. we have cell phone videos of folks in the grocery store. the gunmen were going through collecting muslims and non muslims. muslims being executed. clearly at this hour the battle rages on. thank you, leland. >> we are hours away from president obama addressing the general assembly at the united nations about iran's nuclear program. the more important meeting could take place after his speech. president obama might meet with the new iranian president before he makes his debut on the world stage. they are urging president obama to stand his ground with iran. the white house still hasn't ruled out a meeting. on thursday john kerry will meet with iran's foreign minister to discuss the nuclear policy. this will be the highest level talks between the u.s. and tehran since 179. >> a woman is the center of the irs tea party scandal

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the american people. >> so why do you think so many republicans up in the northeast midwest are calling him no good. are personal statements by people like peter king. what's it about? sniemtd a couple might be running against him for president too. >> the president, is he ultimately running for president. i've said he is. do you agree? >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> stick to the point, congressman. i said i believe he's eligible. he had an american mother. i believe you're a natural born citizen. do you agree with that? >> we've had this discussion about president obama. so i -- >> i'm talking about cruz. stick to the point, congressman. cruz. >> he's as eligible as obama is. >> what does that mean? >> obama is president, ted cruz can be president. >> what do you mean? explain terms. this is serious business, congressman. you're chuckling about this. >> absolutely. >> is he eligible to be president or not. you're touting the guy saying he can run for president. is he eligible? you brought it up, i didn't. >> i'm gichg you a yes answer. >> even with that crazy theory of donald trump is true, he'd st

americans believe president obama botched the libyan situation badly, his overall job approval rating still stands at 47%. same number 47% disapprove. joining us now from chicago, the sage of southern california in the midwest, dennis miller. so why do so many americans kin continue to support mr. obama. >> by the way billy, the guy who drives you to and from work every day zen mode. >> carl. >> what is he israeli? >> i have to deal with the people who are throwing rocks at the car. >> zen mode. [ laughter ] >> the zen mode. get out of here. you are the driver. -- you have a driver. >> i know i about v. to deal with the chaos. don't you get that? >> sure. okay. all right. you are mr. mellow. >> miller, let me just give it to you. there are no tinted windows like out in santa barbara where you live. they are not allowed here in new york. people see me in the back of the car, okay? hey. >> ailes doesn't allow you to drive. you are the mother stone over there you would be in fights every day they would have no show. >> i have got to get a helicopter. that's what i need. >> oh, you are a piece of work. >> obama. >> barack obama's approval rating? >> bill: yes. >> i wouldn't say obviously to me the president is

americans for pros prosperity. michael minnis. and policy analyst for bread for the world, and andy fitzgerald, an intern from guardian midwest, who is receiving snap benefits. chrisy, i'd like to start with you, over the past 50 years a version of snap has been a part of american culture. why this move now? what is the trigger to make the cuts? >> the trigger to make the cuts is the reauthorization of the farm bill. snap actually surprisingly is a huge part of what we call the farm bill that comes up in washington about every five years or so. the supplemental nutrition assistance program actually accounts for 80% of the spending this this bill. food stamp programs are set to expire at the end of this month and that's why congress addressed it this month. >> hasn't it always accounted for a huge portion of the farm bill? >> it has. >> why such a big deal on this go-round? >> right now there is outside support for splitting the foot programs from the farm programs. this is something that conservative organizations have been calling for a number of years but this year there is enough grass roots pressure to actually split these two

storms are possible along the gulf coast, and a ridge of high pressure will keep the midwest very warm. >>> in sports, the boston red sox are starting to run away with the americaneague east. and last night they turned in one of the best defensive games in team history. the red sox tie a franchise record by hitting eight home runs. david ortiz hit two, including his 427th home over his career. boston wins, 20-4, taking two out of three from the central leading tigers. >>> meanwhile the yankees are inching closer to the wild card. new york gets a rare four-out save from mariano rivera to win 6-5 and complete a sweep of the white sox. the yankees have won 17 of 24. they start a four-game series with boston tonight. >>> and the defending champion giants are all but out of the playoff picture, but they get a prime time performance from the kung fu panda. third baseman pablo sandoval homers 13 times in his win against san diego. >>> and the nfl kicks off tonight when denver hosts baltimore, but you might not hear about a more resilient football player than a montana high school senior. koni dole broke his right leg in his team's season finally last year. the injury w

the troll history of america's university. then at 10:00 p.m. eastern meredith whitney explains why states and the midwest would become the new powerhouses for the american economy. we wrap up tonight primetime programming and 11:00 p.m. eastern. her experiences and the experiences of others with the american foster care system. that all happens tonight on c-span2 book tv. >> and now on book tv jesse walker talks about his new book, the -- "the united states of paranoia", in which he discusses the popularity of political conspiracy theories and paranoia going back to the founding of the country. this is about 45 minutes. >> our author. today we present a book dealing with an american history of conspiracies, just three days ago the cra admitted that such a place known as area 51 those actually exist. even though they disavow all knowledge of any aliens, so-called conspiracy theorists' rejoice. [inaudible conversations] >> the best way the some of mr. walker's book is from page a worries says, pond and stand to write off political paranoia has the future of the french, they are wrong. the fear of conspiracies has been a potent force across the political s

the american people. >> why do you think so many republicans up in the northeast and midwest are calling this guy no goodthese are pretty personal statements like those from peter king. >> a couple of them might be running against him for president too. >> let me ask you about the president. is he running for president? i say he is. would you agree? >> i think he would. >> i believe he's eligible. you have an american where you're born, i believe you're a natural born citizen. do you agree with that? >> listen. we've had this discussion about president obama, so -- >> i'm talking about cruz. stick to the point, congressman. cruz. >> he's as eligible as obama is. >> well, what does that mean? >> obama is president, ted cruz can be president. >> this is serious business, congressman. you're shuffling about this. is he eligible to be president or not? you've been touting the guy. explain. is he eligible? you brought it up, i didn't. >> i think he's eligible. i'm giving you a yes answer. >> if obama was born overseas to an american mother even if the crazy theory of donald trump is true, he'd still be presid

the individual apps. >>> more reports of meteor sightings in the midwest. look at this videotape. this is greenwood, indiana, the americaneteor society says september has had 13 major meteoric events and that is more than any other month since data collections began. >> arthel: as lawmakers continue to battle over the best way to keep the government running amid a fight over obamacare, there are new concerns this hour about the tone of these negotiations and whether anything will likely get done. just to give you an idea, listen to the kind of rhetoric that's been coming out of washington. >> we're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. i will not negotiate over congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. >> a vote on budget and only on budget. you want to debate your social agenda? we can do that and we can vote that up or down at a later time. but don't hold hostage the american economy and the american people so you can get your social agenda. >> it all adds up to just one thing. a law in trouble. a law that needs to be repealed. that's the goal of every

the troll history of america's university. then at 10:00 p.m. eastern meredith whitney explains why states and the midwest would become the new powerhouses for the american economy. we wrap up tonight primetime programming and 11:00 p.m. eastern

florida, mississippi, alabama, iowa allege the rivers or midwest or tornadoes, we don't ask, you know, why would you want to rebuild that? we stand up for other americans. >> we spoke to to christie. the suggestion that some people on the shore that some people should be sent packing doesn't sit well with him. >> i am not going to get in a situation where i'm going to start to condemn property in the state because a group of environmentalists would like to see that. there are property rights. if folks comply with the law and make their structures more resilient, and tougher against the weather, then i don't think there's any reason why i shouldn't let them rebuild. >> the federal government has allocated $60 billion to help communities recover from sandy, money the state of new jersey is happy to take, but the state is not using much of that money to buy people out of destroyed homes. instead, christie has another plan, build massive artificial dunes an nearly every beach. >> what do you say about critics who say this is not a good use of federal taxpayer dollars? >> i think it's beyond debate now that natural do not systems that can be engineered appr

the region. >> it is labor day weekend i am sure millions of americans will be traveling across the country. unfortunately, we have a frontal boundary making its way out of the north central plains into the midwest and i think today, we are going to see some potentially severe weather in terms of whind we could see wins up to 60 miles an hour and hail as big as three inches in diameter. where? i think across illinois on into missouri, even back into oklahoma. unfortunately, texas needs some rain, but they are not going to see any. it's going to be exceptionally hot, a lot of hot, humid unstable air pushing out in the south. in dallas, you climb to 104. in corpus christie, nothing but humidity. it's oppressive but their high, 92 and san antonio at 100. this heating pushing off the golf is going to continue to charge from the north and interact with the air from the frontal boundary. you get the combination of hot air, cold air, i think the volatile storms will be across illinois, really across the great lakes region into nebraska and kansas. again, damaging winds, hail, even a chase for a few isolated toranados. the rain there is going to shift into the northeast as we track into tomorrow. over t

americans in the nation's heartland have their own opinions about u.s. involvement in syria. in oklahoma, many people have strong views about the u.s. getting involved in syria civil war. john harwood joins us from midwest city, oklahoma where he asked residents how they feel about the syrian crisis. i know you have a lot of good stories to tell us, john. >> reporter: susie, lots on syria and budget and financial issues, as well. we got a taste of it in oklahoma's fourth district. the republican representative went to tinker air force base and heard the base had been hurt but budget sequester and furloughs. they simply can't afford the shut down that some republicans threatened. >> i don't know what you would do on the flying operations and how that would operate, especially if, you know, with a mission if they have to do the nuclear mission that the navy is responsible for on a day to day basis. the counter drug counter operations that you have along with the north american defense. i'm not sure how you do that in a total shut down. >> come to my town hall tonight. >> reporter: and indeed, at that town hall tonight, conservatives said a shut down is what we need as a tool to get rid of obamacare. >> th

the country we have states impacted by this new device tax. but it shows how this is an industry that's an american success story, it covers all air dwhreefs country from the midwest to the east coast and the west coast. and to share in that view, a new leader as well, the medical device industry generates $12 billion for california, significantly more than for any other state, so the 21st congressional district is representedly bimr. valadao. mr. valadao: a nearly $35 billion device tax took effect on january 1, 2013. plarkt place. at this time it's cost over $1 billion. for fiscal year 2014, which starts october 1, the device will cost manufacturers over $2.5 billion. the additional cost burdens resulting from this tax will force manufacturers to reduce or freeze hiring or even eliminate current employees. putting over 3,000 american jobs at risk. that's why i co-sponsored the protect american innovation act which aims to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. this is a bipartisan bill that will with substantial support from both democrats and republicans, both parties know the medical device tax hurts patient access to medical innovation and the competitiven

americans would be more inspired to pay their taxes and build their businesses if they saw any good example coming from washington. you know, the midwestern values, people don't like waste in the midwest. and they sit here and listen to all the discussions night after night after night here of the billions in waste. and they must think what in the world are y'all doing? >> and i think there is a reason why there is such low approval ratings. and you're right, when you come from an area like the midwest. we have a balanced budget amendment. >> that -- >> i am saying that there is an ethic that you can't spend money you don't have. you have to live within your means. and i think that is sort of a common sense thing that most people around the country get. and they're at a loss as to why washington, d.c. doesn't get it. >> but not spending money you don't have, you don't give defense contracts out to defense contractors where you give an open checkbook and the sky is the limit. i mean, there is some sort of discipline in contracting. i'm talking about billions and billions, not even saying you don't need the stuff. but when you give them an open checkbook, let them do cost overruns, no a

americans would feel more inspired to pay their taxes, more inspired to build their businesses if they saw any good example coming from washington. midwestern values, was waste -- people don't like waste in the midwest and sit here tonight and listen to all the discussions night after night here of the billions of dollars of waste, they must think what are you doing? >> i think that's why one of the reason this is such low approval ratings from the public. when you're from the west and we have a balanced budget- >> not to criticize everybody else in the country. >> i'm not saying that. is there an ethic you don't spend what you don't have and have to live within your means. it's a common sense thing most people around the country get. they're at a loss as to why washington d.c. doesn't get it. >> not like don't spend money you don't have is that you don't give contracts out to defense contractors where you give an open checkbook and the sky's the limit. there's some sort of discipline in contracting. i'm talking billions and billions of dollars how we do defense contracting. not saying we don't need this stuff. when you give someone an open checkbook and let them do cost overruns and no accountabili

make this very clear to the american people and to my colleagues, that this has nothing to do with the traditional battle lines in agriculture. this is not one of those midwest farming versus southern farming type things. this is not a specialty crop versus a row crop type issue. it has nothing to do with that at all. what this is is an ideological fight where we see hyper partisanship and gridlock politics taking over the congress. today the house of representatives has a vote -- a very important vote. what they are proposing is that they cut $40 billion from the nutrition title over ten years. that's $40 billion. here again, this is not about a traditional fight that you sigh -- and you've seen for decades in agriculture here. this is about hunger in america. it is a sad fact. it is something that maybe people in this building don't like to acknowledge. but, mr. president, we have people who are hungry in this country. they may be people that we go to church with, they may be our neighbors, they may be friends, coworkers, folks who graduated from high school with us; they could be seniors, children, or the working poor. but we have people in this country w

the midwest because of rising oil prices. it's the biggest one-week spike in the prices since july. >>> meanwhile, top-secret documents now reveal a new threat from al qaeda targeting americanrones. "the washington post" reports the terror group has hired engineers to jam or hijack the drones. the plot was revealed in documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden. >>> and some troubling news overnight about that japanese nuclear plant damaged in the tsunami in 2011. radiation levels have now surged there by as much as 20% to a new high. the government, meanwhile, is planning to build a wall of ice underground, hoping to stop radioactive water from pouring into the pacific. >>> and more than 250 people have now joined the search for a firefighter missing in new mexico. token adams vanished in the wilderness last friday as he was checking on a forest fire there. because, though, he is a former navy s.e.a.l., authorities are hopeful that he'll be found alive. >>> and a montana judge has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a former teacher who received only 30 days in prison for raping a student. the judge had come under fire for claiming the 14-year-old victim was,

the midwest. 80s in rockies. phoenix 106. >>> now this morning's medical headlines and hard numbers backing up a serious and growing health threat. experts report 2 million americansar. they kill 23,000. not necessarily from overuse in people. the government estimates 70% of antibiotics in the u.s. are used in industrial farming, and that makes animals grow faster and prevent disease. >>> in another health alert this morning, a survey is sounding the alarm on extreme teenager binge drinking. university of michigan researchers questioned 16,000 high school seniors and found one in five of the seniors admitted to binging or consuming five or more drinks in a row or worse. one teen said they drunk ten and as many as 15 drinks in a single sitting. >>> a followup on a story we told you about yesterday on "world news now." you may remember the homeless man in boston who returned thousands of dollars he found. >> of course. good samaritan glenn james was given a special citation from the boston police department. he certainly deserves it after turning in a backpack that contained $2400 in cash and $40,000 in traveller's cheques. james thanked all the people who have give

americans want to hear another speech. there have been too many speeches. there have been too many words. there has been far too little action. this is the middle east. this is not the midwest. talk is very cheap here. people really have the perception that the president has made too many speeches and done too little. we fear that if it is just another speech and it is not followed by effective action the most dangerous thing to israel and to america's allies will be a perception of the weak america. those words will be heard not only in the midwest and not only in the middle east, but they will be heard in iran and they will be heard all over the world and heard in russia. they will be interpreted, and they will have to be very strong and followed by effective action to have any meaning. otherwise, the weakness and the perception of weakness will probably be very, very dangerous. >> i want to ask you, ambassador, about that. a limited strike, is israel in favor of that? you are the one i come to when i have a question about the region . is that enough? >> well, quite frankly, i heard that the military analyst of yours before and i think he is right. i don't know what a lim