Union bank. Tradition. History. Culture. Discover the best memories of your life. And now bbc world news america. Bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. The people of scotland have to decide whether to declare independence or not. And the head of the World Bank Tells me the Ebola Outbreak is having a catastrophic effect. Hashis is the first time it moved to cities. We are in uncharted territory. Three decades after the deadly mexico city earthquake, we speak to one man who jumped into action that day and has been helping ever sense. Since. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. After months of campaigning and polls which grow closer by the day, tomorrow the people of scotland will have their say whether they will stay in the United States or declare independence. And the United Kingdom or declare independence. In a few hours, it will be the voters who decide. Our correspondent james cook has this report. Scotland tonight is an nation divided, a country staring into its soul. For day after day now, thousands of activists have poured onto the streets. Many have taken time off work to fight for their vision of the future. We have all of the education. What else do you want . You get pocket money. You get pocket money for westminster. Sayse yes campaign tomorrow is about hope versus fear. Their message to the voters, the choice is simple. Dont be confused. If you want real power, if you want to organize your own future, your own taxes, vote yes. The campaigns have been divisive, but it has also breathed life into politics in scotland. The air is crackling with energy as the country enters the final hours of this campaign. And those battling to keep scotland in the u. K. Have not always match to the passion of their opponents, but they did today. What we have built together by sacrificing and sharing, let no narrow nationalism split asunder ever. Tell them this is our scotland. Flag, theretheir are culture, their streets. This is everyones flag, everyonescountry, culture, everyones streets. The man who more than anything has brought scotland to and brink does not disagree insists he want to build a new country for all. Are fundamental changes. We have seen a campaign of , assroots galvanization festival of democracy we are seeing in this campaign. There is no place i would feel more secure than in the hands of the people of scotland. Anause they know, they sense enormous opportunity. It is scotlands future and scotlands hands. Both he and his opponents have tried to use todays unemployment figures down by 15,000 in the last three months their a reason to vote way. Everyone who cares about the United Kingdom i am confident we have set out how scotland can have the best of both worlds. A successful economy with a growing number of jobs we see today. The scottish Unemployment Rate, 6 , is lower than the Unemployment Rate in london. The people of scotland have one more night to ponder, one more night to weigh up what to do. Whatever happens the myth has been dispelled. They say people do not care about politics. They are wrong. James cook, bbc news. President obama tweeted tonight that he hopes the u. K. Will remain strong and united. Aremore on how things shaping up in final bowling, i spoke with our correspondent in edinburgh. As scotland finally prepares to vote, just how electric is the atmosphere . Laura, it has been yet another remarkable day. Incredible an Referendum Campaign and the atmosphere is absolutely electric. You really get the feeling that engaged ine scot is this process, whether they are yes, no, or frankly undecided. We know there are tens of thousands who have not yet made up their minds. That is a the messages have been aimed at today, convince them to go one way or another. Frankly, they are saying tomorrow is scotland fell date with destiny. It sounds pretty epic. Tomorrow they will make a monumental decision about the future of the country. Those undecideds do not have many more hours to be undecided. What arguments are being used to sway them at this 11th hour . Throughout the days and weeks of the campaign, there have been two thrusts from both sides of the debate, an economic one and an emotional one about scottish identity. What the yes campaign has been saying is westminster makes decisions about our lives and our future in london. We want to take back that control. We want to decide what is best for our children and our future. What the news are saying is, you can have the best of both worlds. We will deliver you more powers to parliament, and we are better together. We are stronger and more secure together. The arguments on the economy it depends who you believe. Frankly both sides accuse each other of lying on this one. Certain things have not been decided. That is, what kind of currency scotland would use if they vote yes, what the taxation issues would be, whether or not there is a yes or no. Frankly it depends at this stage, i think, where your heart goes. Now to the Ebola Outbreak in west africa, which is taking a devastating toll. Already at least 2400 have been killed and thousands more infected. The u. S. Stepped up its response by ordering 3000 u. S. Military personnel to the region and the world bank spelled out a catastrophic toll today. A report warned that billions of dollars could be drained from west african economies if the epidemic is not contained. I sat down with the World Bank President for this exclusive interview. Kim, ebola has been devastating already, but how devastating is the Economic Impact . In one scenario in the next four or six months would get under control, we can limit the loss to gdp to about 100 million. If we do not, we could see an eightfold or higher increase, depending on how long it takes for us to get serious about the response. Some of those are big numbers in terms of the economic those are big numbers in terms of the Economic Impact. When it comes to individuals, what impact is it having . Grantserday there was a awarded for the immediate response. We know that the u. K. And france are looking hard at their response. If those things happen, if we get a comprehensive response in place, i think we can get to the business of longterm impacts. Right now we have to focus on the shortterm. Error so many offers of help coming in and so many countries giving money. How is that being coordinated . We have to have an algorithmic, very clear, modular approach to what we will do in rural areas, poor areas, hospitals. We are working very closely with who. If the World Health Organization comes out with a designated, certified approach to the problem, then everyone will know what to invest in. Liberia, guinea, and sierra leone have been worst impacted. What is the impact there . I just spoke to the heads of those countries and they are under a state of siege. Those countries were all involved in conflict before and now they have very strong leaders who have been known for being leaders you can trust, leaders who fought corruption. The greatest fear is that all of the offenses that have been happening over the years in terms of moving out of conflict, trying to grow their economies summit that they really lose some ground on these right now. Farmers have left their field. Because of the influx of food from the world food row gram, races held relative world food program, prices held relatively steady. That may be changing. In every way this is just a catastrophe for these three countries. Has the response to the Ebola Outbreak been slow . It was inadequate. The problem was, no one thought the Ebola Outbreak would be like this. Every outbreak before had been a rural area. This is the first time it has moved to cities, has crossed boundaries so quickly. Territory. Ncharted how much room is there to contain ebola before it becomes uncontrollable . We have to mass of the scale in the next few weeks and we need a comprehensive response on the ground by the end of the year. I see a lot of policy signals, especially president obama yesterday, that we have got to approach it as we have approached other diseases and Public Health problems in the past. We need a protocol that everyone can follow that is going to be effective. We need the who to lead on this technical aspects. To coordinaten. Across the different agencies. And we need the donor countries, especially the United States, the u. K. , and france. Otherld like to see countries help. If that response to get this under control over the next few months does not materialize, we may have to go back to thank you very much. May orn combat forces may not have a role in fighting combatants. This comes one day after americas top general raise the possibility of Ground Forces if plan fails. Jane obrien reports. President obama as commanderinchief addressing troops in florida, the military post where the plans to take on the Islamic State are being thrashed out. Raise theneral possibility that u. S. Ground troops might be needed in iraq. Getpresident was keen to the message back on track. As your commanderinchief i will not commit you and the rest of our Ground Forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. After decades of massive ground the blame is, it is more effective to use our unique capabilities and support of partners on the ground, so they can secure their own countries future. His assurances came as secretary of state john kerry outlined the Administration Strategy to congress, which is debating a 500 million spending package that will include arming and training moderate Syrian Rebels. The administration wants them to be the boots on the ground, along with iraqi and kurdish forces. From the last decade we know a sustainable strategy is not u. S. Route forces. It is enabling local forces to do what they have to do for themselves and their country. Still publicis opposition to any involvement in the region, as well as criticism the u. S. Is not doing enough. Meanwhile, Islamic State issues another sophisticated propaganda video online, and clearly at the u. S. How best todebates tackle the militant groups, the militants seem in no doubt about their course of action. Jane obrien, bbc news, washington. Late today, the u. S. House of representatives did vote to approve president obamas plan to arm Syrian Rebels to battle the Islamic State. For more, i spoke with p. J. Crowley. The president underlined today there will be no u. S. Combat troops on a combat mission against the Islamic State in iraq. Yesterday the joint chiefs said there could be circumstances in which it would ask are u. S. Ground forces are in what is going on . If you have special forces on the ground assisting iraqi forces as spotters for airstrikes, that sits on a line where you could call it combat. R not clearly today and yesterday, the administration is showing some confidence that it has an idea the iraqisucceed on side of the struggle. What secretary kerry said notably today was, we are going first. Sil that suggests in terms of a comprehensive solution to syria, that is something to tackle down the road. President wants to box himself in and rule out Ground Troops . Clearly as we heard on the hill today, there is limited support for significant real involvement militarily in iraq. In fact a number of senators today said there is no support for Ground Forces in these campaigns. I think the president has a of thelt Management Task strategy, policy, and politics of this and is trying to tread a very thread a very narrow needle. What about special forces . They could be there, couldnt they . The administration will not talk about it publicly. There are a significant number of u. S. Forces on the ground helping iraq. What the administration is making clear, the United States is going to be repaired to help whether it is a racket and the kurds on one hand, the moderate Syrian Opposition on the other, but we are not going to own a result on the ground in either country. What about the strategy of arming the socalled moderate rebels in syria . Surprisingly the secretary of state was somewhat confident in saying the moderate opposition is holding its own what do you think . Flowere has been in at an to this. The weakness of the Administration Strategy is to say we are going to focus on isis and you do not deal with the rest of this reality here. The reality is there is more than one conflict here. To fightingtates is this as a conflict between the United States and its allies and there is also a struggle with assad regime and they larger and a larger struggle with iran. That is an aspect of this depending on what kind of support you want. P. J. Crowley, you do indeed. Thank you for joining us. Of iran two of americas top diplomats have holdled to new york to bilateral talks ahead of conference of Nuclear Negotiations which will begin on thursday. Youre watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights Program South america seeing a spate of extreme weather. We will have the latest. Today the Dow Jones Industrial average closed at a record high of more than 17,155 points. Maintained reserve its stance on record low interest rates. This week will be in for even more excitement when ecommerce ibaba will have their first public offering. K ma if its charismatic is its charismatic boss. We have a closeup look at mr. Ma. Area famous for highend shopping. In the building behind me stands one of the opposite is out internet giant ali baba. A company that has grown from a inrt up to a phenomena and internet retail in china. It was founded by english teacher jack ma, here on the left, who picked up the language as a teenager on the banks of the west lake in eastern china by giving free tours to visitors. He talked, ally, the while dreaming of his own business. Following several false starts, he gathered about a dozen friends in 1999 in his flat to found alaibaba. Alibaba. Connectingd on suppliers in china with buyers abroad. Enter the world of Online Retail shopping. The company did so well, three years later, ebay decided to close its china business. Now every engine the Technology Company handles more merchandise than ebay and amazon combined. He may have trained as an english teacher, but he could run a master class in internet shopping. Bbc news. Extreme weather is punishing the southwestern United States with a heat wave and a hurricane. Fires and intense rains are causing chaos from california into mexico. Flash flooding called in arizona. Thousands are trying to protect homes from wildfires burning out of control. Heat have this report from wave hit los angeles. Thousands of american tourists finally being airlifted home from baja in mexico after one of the strongest hurricanes in living memory. It was crazy. I have never been in a storm like that. Category four hurricane. Completely destroyed. Everything from the luxury tourist resort where thousands were holidaying to homes and whole neighborhoods. All of this has been lost, he says. Now we have to start over, little by little. The airport has been closed for high winds hit a san diego airport. Hit parched ground, causing flash flooding. Hailing, 70 mile an hour wind. Prepare for more of the same in arizona where the remnants of hurricane odile are headed next. They are just recovering from last week from flash flooding. Problem isles, the unseasonably high temperatures. The heat wave is overloading electricity supplies as millions crank up their air conditioners. Holy moly. Where there is heat, there is fire. 15 big blazes burning through the drought ridden landscape. On fire, ourree tree on fire. It was crazy. Destroyedan 100 homes in the town of weeds. This is my second sons bedroom here. With the historic drought and warm winds sending the flames, the extreme weather will likely mean more trouble to come for the southwest and usa. Bbc news, los angeles. It was 29 years ago this week that an earthquake struck mexico at least leaving 10,000 dead and many more buried under the rubble. One man came to the aid of others. He joined a group dubbed the moles. He spoke to us about his experiences. When the earthquake hit, he first thing i saw was part of the house opposite had fallen down. People were running about all over the place. Women were on their knees, asking god for forgiveness. Report just in says an earthquake near mexico city may have lamed 1000 lives. A Mexico Television report says that it has been declared a disaster area. I decided to walk into the center where i saw the hotel regis had collapsed and the Shopping Center was on fire. At i just got out of the parachute regiment. So, i decided to stay and help. All of the people of mexico, of mexico city, they are working to help the people. They are trying to help people. Then i heard about these people who are actually going into the rubble to do searches themselves. At the time, there were only nine of them. I tracked them down, and i realized i could join them. 1986, we became a properly registered rescue group. We do not get paid. It is not a job. I feel it is something i have to do. Have been all over the world. I remember the boss at my day job used to say, eduardo, you are going to see the world, but a devastated world. He was right. We go to the places that everybody else is leaving. I would say that being part of the group has changed my life completely. What an eiffel. That brings todays show to a clo