jonathan betz has more on that story, jonathan. >> yes john this has been one of the biggest roadblocks for detroit, as it tries convince the court and its creditors of trying to climb out of bankruptcy. >> droit has detroit -- detrois a plan. comprehensive settlement has been reached with the city. the groundwork for that deal laid last week. >> a lot of creative constructive thought went into it to unlock value where that value otherwise wasn't necessarily readily participat participate -- apparent. >> some was likely a leverage on the windsor tunnel. the company will still take a hit on the debt it's owed. city workers have agreed to take a hit too. this summer they approved the 5% pension cut set out on detroit free structuring strategy, aside from hedge funds and individuals there's only one big creditor still blocking the city's plan. financial guarantee insurance company says that plan is unfair to creditors and wants to tap the city's art collection to pay creditors. >> detroit is going down a checklist, all right, is the plan in the best interest of crorgs, is the plan feasible

jonathan betz has more. >> the president made it clear military action can go so far when unemployment and oppression encourages so many to fight. >> every person can contribute to the islamic state. >> reporter: in parts of the world the call to join the fight is attractive. >> you sacrifice, you get more >> reporter: because there is in little else. >> a lot of the governments fails the youth, i.s.i.s. appeals to the youth >> reporter: in syria or iraq extensive poverty, a lack of jobs and desire for purpose in their lives helps feel the blanks. the group pays fighters hundreds of dollars a month. many are attracted to the feeling of belonging to a cause, like building an islamic state. >> unless we address this underpinning crisis in the middle east, youth unemployment of increased youth population, an ideological cap in the middle east, then we are constantly doing this military intervention. >> it's a concern echoed at the u.n. >> if young people live in places where the only option is between the dictates of the state or the lawyer of an under ground. it cannot succeed. >> an exp

jonathan betz has the story. >> the traffic stop in south carolina is at the center of the latest allegation of excessive force by police. prosecutors say trooper shaun grover seconded this map at a convenience for for a seatbelt vial augusts. it's what happened -- violation. it's what happened next that got the trooper fired. four shots in three seconds. jones was struck in the head and taken to a hospital where he was treated and released. . >> that same video was shown in court as a judge granted a 75,000 cash bond to the former trooper. he's charged with assault and battery of a high aggravated nature that could carry 20 years in prison. the defense attorney says it doesn't show the whole story, and that it shows his client was not guilty, and that the trooper was justified in shooting the ub armed me. >> the public has been stewing and brewing over this situation. >> the trooper's boss called the shooting disturbing, but said it was isolated, and he could face 20 years in prison. >> jonathan betz, thank you. >>> the police shooting ta set off the ferguson protest is in the headlines. th

jonathan betz has more. >> the president made it clear today, military action can go only so far when unemployment and oppression are encouraging so many to fight. >> every person can contribute something to the islamic state. >> in parts of the world some analysts say the call to join the fight are so attractive -- >> we'll give you 700 times more than this. >> and little else. >> a lot of governments are failing youth, so i.s.i.l. is promising youth we'll return you to a glorious time. >> extensive poverty a lack of jobs and a desire for purpose in their lives help fill i.s.i.l.'s ranks. group pace its fighters hundreds of dollars a month and many are attracted to the feeling of belonging to a cause like building an islamic state. >> unless we address this underpinning cries in the middle east of increase -- crisis in the middle east then we are constantly doing this military intervention. >> reporter: it is a concern echoed at the u.n. today. >> the only option is the dictates of a state or the lure of an extremist underground, no policy is succeed. >> how this policy is sucking in

jonathan betz explains. >> for 150 year britain ruled hong kong as a colony independent of china. but in 1997 it went back to china, one country, two systems deal. hong kong is not a separate country but it does have its own government, freedom of speech and protest which china does not have. it remains under communist rule. but the biggest promise for hong kong was, it would get universal suffrage, everyone would get to vote. starting in 2017. for the first time the people of hong kong could choose their own leader in a democratic election. something that hong kong does not have right now. a few months ago, china started to backtrack. it released the white paper determining china's central government has comprehensive jurisdiction over all regions. that would mean china would first screen the candidates. hong kong could only vote for candidates approved by beijing. sparking protests, worrying that china is chipping away at freedoms they've long enjoyed. >> that's jonathan betz. >>> u.s. has already spent more than $1 billion to fight i.s.i.l. in iraq. this weekend president obama

jets jonathan betz has the tale on the crisis. >> it is a crisis. 130,000 syrian refugees have come into turkey from the border. i.s.i.l. has not captured that city, but has taken dozens of villages nearby. thousands could run. friday, turkey opened this stretch of its border along syria, to allow the syrian kurds in. camps along the border are filled. turkey has the second-largest population of syrian refugees beyond lebanon. the clashes today broke out to the south. people were stopped by turkish police from heading to syria. a lot of people wanted to return and fight. there's a large kurdish population in the south-east of the country. they've been fighting for independence for 30 years. turkey is worried that syria's kurds will inspire turkeys to breakaway. >> thank you, appreciate it jonathan betz. >>> i.s.i.l. is pushing its gains in syria virtually unchecked, flexing its strength in iraq. a senior commander saying 40 soldiers were killed in fighting. 68 missing. iraqi and kurdish forces battling in anbar, the first stronghold. western countries, including the united states, starte

jonathan betz has been following their lightning movement across the middle east. jonathan. >> since it's changed its name repeatedly, many the president as you heard, still refer to it as i.s.i.l, islamic state of iraq and the levant, or i.s.i.s, islamic state of iraq and syria. they are both translations of the group's original arabic name. but recently it dropped the last half of the name, and calls itself islamic state, and calls itself a caliphate. the o ottoman empire was one. the islamic state group is so violent and so feared. not even al qaeda will work with it. some in the west consider it a significant danger. >> what we see in syria and now in iraq in terms of i.s.i.s. is the most serious threat to britain's security that there is today. >> reporter: for months, rebels have been claiming territory across syria and then iraq. demanding people of other faiths convert to islamic pay a tax or be killed. >> it's grotesque acts of violence show all the warning signs of genocide. >> reporter: it's fighters are -- its fighters are armed with american weapons ab

jonathan betz is here with more jonathan. >> john, every year reporters without borders ranks countries how friendly they are to reporters. finland and norway have cultures that allow press to flourish. where is the united states on this list? you have to drop down to 46th. to find the united states. in front of row romania and hai. the u.s. dropped 13 places from last year. reporters without borders blames that on the government's crack downed on whistle blowers and leaks. it actually mentioned the cases of chelsea manning and edward snowden. reporters without borders placed united kingdom 33 on the list also because of the edward snowden leak. caichts worractivists worry, drs obsessed with hunting down whistle blowers. >> coming up more of my conversation with abdullahal shami and the impact of silencing journalists on all of us. >> and al jazeera special report. war on truth. now more than ever journalism is a dangerous business and not just because of the risks of covering war. governments and rebel groups alike are cracking down on reporters and much worse. paul beban is here with

jonathan betz has more on that. jonathan. >> russian president vladimir putin hopes for a deal by friday but many are not convinced he's actually serious about peace in ukraine. ala has survived much in her long life famine in world war ii and now a shell into her home. >> we just started living well and then they started killing us. >> reporter: as president obama tried to soothe nervous populations in estonia, russian president outlined his own plan in ukraine. but obama didn't seem encouraged mentioning other deals that collapsed. >> so far it hasn't helped either because russia has not been serious about it or has pretended that it's not controlling the separatists. >> reporter: indeed although putin outlined a plan, noted he couldn't be certain. >> this comes as nato prepares to meet and the west considers a fourth round of sanctions against moscow. >> russia must admit it's a party to the conflict and take genuine steps to lead to the deescalation of the conflict. >> reporter: the president hinted nato may now

we begin with jonathan betz. >> the u.s. is deeply worried about americans joining isil, so the justice department launched a new program that hopes to stop them before they head to places like syria and iraq. the message is just as chilling as the voice. >> my name is [ inaudible ] and i'm from america. >> reporter: an american proudly joining the fight in syria. to stop them before it's too late, today the attorney general launched a new fight. >> we have processes for detecting mesh extremists. >> reporter: they launched a new program to come forward if people suspect someone from becoming radicallized. >> we can work with them to identify threats before they emerge, to disrupt home grown terrorists and app -- app rehind would-be terrorists. already a french fighter is accused of killing four earlier this year. and over the weekend in both germany and indonesia possible isil suspected made news with court appearances and arrests. the u.s. government believes at least 100 americans have joined the fight in syria, including

jonathan betz is here to explain. >> 12 of them in 2012 they tried to kill the teen who stood up against the taliban so girls could go to school. two years after a shooting that shocked the world, pakistan today said the gunman did not get away. >> this gang compriseof a total of ten terrorists. >> he hathey have the gang who d to kill molela yowsefsai. targeted the teen. >> the entire gang involved in the lime of malala have been busted. >> a bullet hit malala's head outincredibly, the teenager survived and thrived. >> one child, one teacher, one book. and one pen. can change the world. >> she's now 17. and has already been nominated for the nobel peace prize, been named time's most influential people. yet in her home country mallala is the inspiration of too few girls. more than five million kids and most are girls. three out of four pakistani girls can not read or write. most have no access to education. and begin working at a very young age. >> translator: mallala is the daughter of our soil. i hope she brings attention to this. >> pressing issues like terrorism and the economy. it s

jonathan betz explains. >> for more than 150 years britain owned hong kong. but in 1997 it handed hock kong back to china. it is not a separate country but it does have its own government. it is ruled by a governor or chief executive, and has freedom of speech and protest. but the biggest promise was it would get universal suffrage that means everyone would get to vote. and for the first time people of hong kong could choose their own leader in a democratic election. something hong kong does not have right now. but a few months ago china released the white paper declaring china's central government has comprehensive jurisdiction over all local elections. that meant china would first screen the candidates so they would only vote for candidates approved by beijing. that sparked the protests we're seeing in hong kong. >>> protests in favor of democracy in hong kong have been held around the world. this woman head the demonstration here in new york and is in our studio here tonight. welcome. >> thank you. >> you were at tiamem square, right? >> i was in hong kong

jonathan betz is here. >> north korea and syria at the top are finland netherlands and norway, where is the united states on this list? you've got to drop all the way down to 46 to find the united states. that's just behind places like rowromania and haiti. the u.s. dropped 13 places from last year, reporters without borders blames that on the government's crack down on whistle blowers and elaboration. it mentioned the cases of chelsea manning and edward snowden. reporters without borders put the united kingdom as number 33 on the list also because of edwaredward snowden's leak. overall activists worry not only are wars and regimes holding back journalist. john. >> coming up, more of my revealing conversation with lls and the impact of silencing on all of us. >> an al jazeera special report. war on truth. >> now more than ever, journalism is a dangerous business and not just because of the risks of covering war. governments and rebel groups alike are cracking down on reporters and much worse. paul beban has more, paul. >> john taking risks in combat areas is not only dangerous, but m

jonathan betz has the story. >> home depot is one of the largest home retailers and hackers have been stealing information from it for months apparently unnoticed. home depot says it first got word of suspicious activity last week. the retailer launched an investigation with the help of banks, i.t. firms and even the secret service. and it told customers there might be a problem. >> usually they ask me if i wanted a home depot credit card, she didn't do that today. >> home depot confirmed its payment system was breached. at risk, those who paid with credit card or debit cards as far back as april. home depot expressed regret over the hack, they say that no customers will be responsible for fraudulent charges to their accounts. the company says it's not yet sure how much customer data was stolen. but if it started in april, the hack would have come during home depot's busy spring shopping season. almost all of home depot's stores in north america are affected, including nearly 2,000 in the u.s. however, the company says its shoppers in mexico and online are probably safe. as are custom

. >> a few months ago many americans never heard of the islamic state group, and jonathan betz has been following their advance across syria and iraq, and he joins us with more. >> it has been lightening fast, launched 10 years ago, but the group has changed its name, many refer to it as i.s.i.l. or islamic state of iraq and levant, or i.s.i.s., or islamic state of iraq and syria. it dropped the last half, and declares itself six the islamic state, and called a caliphate. it means the same thing, a sovereign state ruled under islamic law. the ottoman empire was one. and today fighters are doing what they can to create another islamic state. >> the islamic state group is so violent, and so fearful, not even al qaeda will work with it. some in the west consider it a danger. >> what we see in syria and iraq in terms of i.s.i.s. is the most serious threat to britain's security that there is today. >> for months rebels have been claiming territory across syria and iraq. demanding others convert to islam. >> it's gross esque, targeted attacks of violence, showing the warning signs of genocide

jonathan betz has more. >>> the infamous attack in central park happened in 1989 when violent crime was at its peak in new york city. on april 19th, a 28-year-old investment banker was jogging when assaulted, raped and beaten so severely she was in a coma for days. police arrested five young men. none of them older than 16. they were found guilty of the attack a year later. the eldest spent 13 years behind bars. the other served seven years. the teen said police forced them to confess, but it could take more than a decade to see convictions overturned. >> in 2002 a confessed murderer said he committed the crime. d.n.a. evidence linked him to the scene. the central park five, as they came to be known were exonerated. the battle was not over. they spent a decade sues the city -- suing the city, a case both agreed to settle for $41 million. each man getting about a million for every year backhand bars. the mayor de blasio called it an act of justice. nothing required the city to admit that police or prosecutors did anything wrong, by putting five teenagers in prison for a crime they did no

i'm jonathan betz in new york with the headlines. a promise of peace in eastern ukraine as a new ceasefire appears to be holding. pro-russian separatists and the ukranian government agrees with the deal as the countries consider new sanctions. the rebels are not done, trying to breakaway from ukraine. >>> president obama says he's building a core coalition to cattle the islamic s g

jonathan betz has that story. >> reporter: one out of every four women in the united states will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. it affects more than a million women every year. and each minute, 20 people are beaten by their partners, most of them are women, but men are victims as well. and domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness among families. also it kills more than 2,000 americans every single year. that's about 14% of all homicides. and young black women are more likely to die at the hands of their partners than from anything else. >> we have a domestic abuse survivor, and director of the non-profit truth and reality. she joins us tonight. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> those statistics are terrifying, why does it take an incident regarding ray rice for the country to sort of sit up and take notice? >> every so often there is an incident. think about to chris brown and rihanna. in this particular incidence with nfl being our favorite sport, it has brought this into the fold of the american public. what is interesting is the nfl took a very strong inte

jonathan betz has details on the regional crisis. >> so far 130,000 refugees have come into turkey. i.s.i.l. hasn't get captured the city, but fighters have taken dozens of villages, so thousands could run as fighting intensified. on friday turkey opened this stretch. border to allow the syrian kurds inside turkey, camps on the border are filled. turkey has the second-largest population of syrian refugees beyond lebanon. people were stopped by turkish forces from heading into syria. a lot wanted to return to fight. there's a large kurdish population inside turkey, they have been fighting for they are own independence, and turkey is worried that syria's kurds will inspire turkey's kurds to push away. >> i.s.i.l. is pushing its gains, stretching its military commence. 40 commanders were killed in fighting. 68 soldiers were missing. iraqi and kurdish forces are bot battling in anbar province. united states and others have started to strain kurdish peshmerga fighters. the international community's focus on i.s.i.l. pulls the focus away from the syrian war. this video shows rebels pullin

jonathan betz joins us with more. >> entire families have disappeared all at the hands of islamic state group. amnesty international calls it ethnic cleansing on an historic scale. many fled homes in iraq, mountain sinjar home to religious minorities like yazidis. one teen survivor reported they filled up the vehicles indiscriminately. he and his cousin were lined up face down on the ground, cousin was killed, he survived by playing dead. the islamic state group is clearly targeting civilians based solely on their religion. pressured to convert to islam or be killed. pressure is increasing under surveillance and cannot leave. can someone get us out of here? the islamic state group is clearly committing international war crimes. shining more light on the atrocities happening in iraq. david. >> some parts of the middle east are using humor to try distance themselves from it. broadcasting cartoons mocking the islamic state group. these images were aired on state tv in iraq. the message is that i.s. fighters do not represent islam. we are keeping our eye on a developing story out of somalia

jonathan betz is here with more. >> she lives in london but was visiting family in iran for a few months. suddenly she was arrested her life threatened and now her family is fighting for her freedom. for almost three months she has been in iran's notorious prison. half of that in solitary confinement. arrested for trying to go to a men's volleyball game in iran. >> she was only trying to watch a volleyball match. and she has been in prison for three months. >> reporter: her brother insists the arrest was a big misunderstanding and his sister thought the laws had changed. >> the general feeling was the whole issue was almost resolved and women could get into the stadium. >> she is only 25 years old. >> reporter: since her supporters have been pushing to free the 25-year-old. protesters interrupted a new york forum with the iranian prime minister this year. and the british prime minister raised her case during an historic meeting with iran's president. she lived in london for years earning a law degree. she has now been charged with propaganda against the regime. activists say she is among

. >> jonathan betz is at the map. jonathan. >> i.s.i.l. moved yet closer to another syrian city ein al arab, 130,000 refugees from syria went into turkey. does dozens of villages nearby were taken. turkey opened up the border to let hundreds of thousands of credit kurds into turkey. turkey has the second largest population of syrian refugees, behind lebanon. turkey has felt the crisis. stopped by turkish please to head back into syria, a lot wanted to return and fight. it is important to point out the kurds live in land stretching from turkey to iraq in this purple-blue area. u.s. launched attacked after i.s.i.l. launched attacked in iraq. so now we're seeing u.s. air strikes again in syria after i.s.i.l. tried to capture kurdish towns in syria john. >> thank you jonathan. chairman of the committee on homeland security released this statement on air strikes against i.s.i.l. tonight. in times of war and piece it's important that we come together as a nationehe said. to defeat i.s.i.s. he said, we must cut off the head of the snake which exi

jonathan betz is at the big wall and look at the region. >> we don't know why the strikes are happening. it does come after a huge influx of refugees went into turkey over the weekend. i.s.i.l. moved closer to another city, 130,000 syrian refugees left a town on the turkey border with syria. i.s.i.l. has not captured the city, but took dozens of villages nearby. turkey, on friday, opened a stretch of the border to allow the syrian kurds inside turkey. camps along the turkish border a filled. tushy has -- turkey has the second largest population of refugees. there were clashes in serut, people were stopped from heading back to syria to fight. keep in mind the kurd, minority, live in land stretching between turkey, syria and iraq, and the u.s. launched attacks in iraq, after i.s.i.l. tried to capture kurdish land in iraq. the strikes kept fighters away, i.s.i.l. fighters away. we are seeing u.s. strikes again, this time in syria, after i.s.i.l. tried to capture land controlled by syrian kurds. >> that's obviously where the action is happening. joining us is douglas oliphant the senior sec

. >> jonathan betz, aljazeera, new york. >> the c.i.a. estimates that more than 30,000 people are fighting for isil right now. coming up, we're going to talk to a former iraqi air force general who once served at a top advisor to sadaam hussein. >> >> some ukrainians angry at a member of particlement threw him in the trash and threw objects on top of him. people are angry that he wrote a bill that tightened restrictions on anti-government protests. before that, he tried to criminalize liable. >> the world health organization said the ebola outbreak is the worst it has ever seen, saying 5,000 people in five countries have been infected since marsh. patients in nearly half of those cases have died. the hardest hit country is liberia, even though the first cases were in guinea. 1300 people have died. >> president obama unveiled the u.s. response to the ebola outbreak, sending 3,000 troops to west africa, as well as material to build field hospitals, additional health care workers and much-needed medical supplies. an assent that professor of