Game changer for industry. Plus eyes wide shut. Kids in sleep and getting the right amount of rest is essential for everyone. And we begin tonight with the latest on u. S. Plans to fight the Islamic State group. According to the New York Times the white house has approved the use of drones over syria. Both manned and unmanned vehicles, kill Senior Leaders there. So far the u. S. Has only conducted air strikes against the Islamic State inside iraq. U. S. Officials said the drones might fly into syrian air space without approval from the assad regime. Jim walsh is a Research Studies associate at the mit program. What do you make of this move . Well john im not surprised because you had the president of the United States come out and remark to the American People saying, essentially, speaking with a new tone and a new emphasis, a new priority for the Islamic State. And then the day after, you have secretary of defense hagel and a top ranked uniformed officer come out with even more aggres
The protests much Michael Brown. Iisrael has carried out 100 airstrikes. Today there has been an outpouring of support for james foley and widespread condemnation from the Islamic Group who murdered him. Foley was abducted 15 months ago while working in syria. Since then his family has been waiting and hoping for his return. The Islamic State group claimed in reaction to american air attacks they beheaded foley. He was strong, courageous, loving to the end. We just hardly recognize our little boy. He justhe was just a hero. You know from the videos his last wor last words were i wish i could see my family. So jim had a big heart. Just, i just, thats what we shared with president obama. You know, we pray that jims death can bring our country together in a stronger way, and the values that jim hold dear. Held dear. Jim would never want us to hate or be bitter, and we cannot do that. So we are just very proud of jimmy. President obama spoke earlier today about foleys death. He was forcefu
Dont resist, ill bust your ass. Under attack and is there any hope for healing . A night of special coverage, forward. All right, welcome everyone to Al Jazeera America and our special coverage tonight. Im joined by my colleague joie chen and joie, an eventful night in ferguson, missouri. I dont want to are concern our viewers. This is the area which has been a staging ground for Law Enforcement and right now its also a staging ground for any emergency vehicles given weather situation that weve been seeing here. A very stormy night here in ferguson, missouri and the north county area outside of st. Louis. Demonstrators have been out anyway but there has been a lot of concern about what is going to happen, it might all be dampened by whats happening with the weather. Absolutely. Over the course of the next two hours there are a number of things we will discuss with you and bring to you. Including whats being proposed now, the socalled Michael Brown law and that is a law thats being prop
Service steps down is the Security Breach over or just beginning. Behind the picture 35,000 walruses converged on a slither of land in alaska. What the image says about their plight and climate change. We begin this hong kong where the call for democracy is growing stronger. Its 11 oclock thursday morning there now. Protestors have given the chief executive of hong kong a deadline to resign, saying they want him out of office by thursday night, or theyll begin to occupy government buildings. Scott heidler is amidst the tents and umbrellas in hong kong. What are you seeing this morning where you are . What we are seeing is a little bit of a shift. Not many protesters have come down to where we are. We are in front of the chief Executives Office. The main protest area is down the street a little bit. Again, dozens of protesters, its 11 oclock in the morning. Before we see a peak in numbers of protesters, but dozens have come down here. This is something we havent seen for a couple of day
The hope here is that they can build on Law Enforcement, the community can build on what happened last night. Peaceful demonstrations to where there was clergy, were talking about elders from this community in the crowd last night, keeping the temperature down on the demonstrations, will that carry over into tonight . Thats what everyone is loapg for, police in the community, tense, fingers crossed. Its been very tense day on the street. Law enforcement has pushed the media back into the corners here and theyve cut off traffic to this area. A repeat of what they did last night, though it did seem to be effective. Well take a look at that, the developments throughout the day with the attorney general here in the area and well learn much more coming up as america tonight begins right now. On americ america tonight, the countrys top law man in ferguson. Its important because it shows their concern whats happening in stlowz. Thats going to speak st. Louis because that speaks volumes. As th