i'm ray swarez. just recently the rockefeller brothers fund an enormous group controlled by the dissen tents of john d rockefeller pledged to pull it's portfolio out of investments in fossil fuels. they are turning their backs on oil, in another divestment move, still with us, jana nicklas the executive director of divest invest, which advices foundations on how to divest. a professor oversows oologist, and eva welch a professor of the management school. and professor, just before the break, you heard jenna talk about how -- and professor meyer talk about how this put pressure at the top echelons of these institutions. it was closer to peace a matter of private piety, but putting pressure where it is most effective. >> if i had the ear of the harvard and stanford president, which is what they want to accomplish, i would not try to have a long conversation with them about divestment, and endowments which by the way, have always sorts of intermediate layers, i would have the conversation with them why

i'm ray swarez. soldiers and silver servants invaded stood guard and kept the books in the farthest reaches. scottish politician writers and musicians have had a profound and long standing influence on broader british culture. now almost half the voters of scotland tell pollster they are ready to leave the united kingdom, and establish or re-establish an independent scotland. there's a national debt, and a portion of that would have to be accepted by scotland. there are expenditures for old age, university funding. all kinds of intertwined both revenues and expenditures and it would seem pretty tough to pull those apart, and make them into two separate and distinct entities. can you do it. >> well, of course, the first thing to do is the parliament already decides many such things. we have already done that for a lot of public services. the small european can'ts the average size for population for a country so of course we could do that, and of course we don't have to do it in everything. it doesn't

story, in washington, i'm ray swarez. coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern, putting the president's plan into action, and does the plan go far enough. also 13 years. a new look at some of the heros that risked their lives that terrible day, plus, a formerfbi director is chosen to examine the handling of the ray rice case, and it is taken years but there is a good sign for the environment this evening. those story and much more, coming up tonight at 6:00 on al jazeera america. >> it's still months before college football season kicks off, but the team at northwestern university is in the middle of a 40 hour work week. >> they are traveling more than even 10 years ago, they're being asked to sacrifice more they're asked to treat their sport as a year-round endeavor. so the demands on them are so intense that it has put them in a situation where it's like a fight or die situation. >> players earn no pay other

story, in washington, i'm ray swarez. the new front on america's war in terrorism. will the battle plan drawn up win over his opponents. he is here to support him, do you have anything else you would like to say on the outcome. >> no, thank you. a stunning verdict, why they may still face a

hello, i am ray swarez, that hasn't had all that much time to get used to being out of iraq, that the u.s. has go back this time it is only to get them ready again, to defend itself from the frill la army that controls big chunks of iraq. training syrians and fighting from the air, with partners doing a lot of the heavy lifting along with the u.s.,s it's the recipe for success barack obama gave a people ready for action, but still cautious after the last time. >> i will not he is tave to take action in syria, as well as iraq. first, we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. sek, we will increase our support to force fighting on the ground. third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counter terrorism opportunities to prevent attacks. fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to innocent civilian whose have been displaced by the terrorist organization. so this is our strategy. >> and it is in this next phase of the role in iraq, where the problems began long before his presidency. obama fulfilled his campaign pledge, getting

hole low, i am ray swarez, the united states now plans to send 3,000 soldiers to liberia to help that country fight it's spreading ebola outbreak. the world bank estimates that the disease threatens some of the poorest countries on earth, with economic contraction. a disaster as they are still getting back on their field after years of war. some are being bent to fast track a response to the disease. the signs are good so far, but we are still far from ready to scale up drug treatment. are we at the point where a public health strike force a nato for disease, should be equipped and waiting for crisis just like this one? with people constantly on the move, is the ebola crisis after czars and h1n1 a cig isal that the old disease tool kit just isn't enough to meet threats. >> ebola is now an epidemic, it is spiring out of control, it is getting worths, it is spreading faster and exponentially. >> the three west african countries hit hardest, liberia, guinea, and sierra leone are struggling to contain the virus. president obama plans to send 3,000 u.s. troops to the region, to build more

i am ray swarez. india is in a new place, among the top tonies in the world is measured by the u.n. and the world batching, but hundreds of millions of it's people are still poor. the economy is grown tremendously in recent years, but that new wealth hasn't yet changed the lives of many indians. after years of close ties to the soviet union, india set a new course after the cold war, they began a friendlier relationship, and set about opening it's closed and slow growing economy to freer trade. promising to shake up that slowing economy and bring the benefits of growth to more and more of his country men and women. the prime ministers in washington for top level meetings including lengthy talks with president obama. the meeting in the ole office tuesday, between president obama and the visiting indian head of government, can best be described as getting to know you. >> we have so much in common, it is critical for us to continue to deepen and broaden the existing frame work of partnership and friendship that already exists. >> the new prime minister is leading a country he promised

i am ray swarez. india is in a new place, among the top tonies in the worl

hem low, i am ray swarez. a long long time ago there were many different nationalities separate countries on the island of britain. the people spoke different languages over time, practiced different varieties of the christian religion, made different alliances around the world, in time, the riches and most powerful of the country's in britain, england, united whales scotland and ireland under one monarch and one government run from london, after three centuries of union, the people of scotland have agitated for more and more autonomy, running more of their affairs in scotland. now many are saying they want a complete break, to become a separate self-governing country, making that almost inconsequential line, into a real international border. will that benefit the scotts? do the english want them to stay in the united kingdom? the polling is in two weeks, and scottish public opinion is closely divided. >> should scotland be an independent country? in just two weeks, more than 4 million voters will have the cha

swarez. >> >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey, live from new york. here are the top stories - tens of thousands fill the streets of new york - one of several cities taking part in climate change marches. a peace deal in yemen. it has not stopped the violence. >>> refugees flood into turkey, the number topping 70,000. >>> mission to mars - n.a.s.a.'s spacecraft to reach the red planet tonight. >>> thousands of demonstrators in the streets of new york city - all in the name of protecting the environment. look at the crowds. organizers say 300,000 participated in what they call the people's climate march, the biggest of its kind, and one of similar marches around the world. as i said, the organiser said 300,000 - do we have an official number on the crowd? >> we are going by the organiser's number. a lot of people - 300,000, as estimated by the organizers seems small to them. just to give you an idea, the staging area for the march along central park west was 40 blocks long and it took four hours for the march to pass through the start behind me, and yo

this edition, thank you adam ramsey, in washington, i'm ray swarez. on america tonight, young and restless. >> a movement sparked by flash point ferguson the death of an unarmed teenager and a brutal police response. now, how the feds are stepping in while young protestors across the nation, are stepping up with more protests. >> also tonight, women this wartime. the mother serving as protectors and fighters against the dangers of the islamic state. >> why is it important to you as a woman to be involved in this fight? >> because we do this to protect women's right, because there's no one protecting women. >> fault lines correspondent in northern iraq, with an indepth look at the women leading the fight. and the bug police, called in to administer an unexpected drug test. >> and bath salt. >> party goers and a growing business. testing their dope to make sure it is clean mesh tonight's with an exclusive look behind the scenes of the bug police. >> like breaking bad in here. >> breaking good, not breaking bad. >> good evening thank you for joining us.

hello, i am ray swarez, the commitment of troops the resources to the ebola crisis a welcomed pledge in the reare john. but with the numbers of sick and dying growing, world leaders are calling it a catastrophe. the disease is overwhelmed, lee beer yeah, guinea, and sierra leyon, and some say the tipping point has been reached we are live with that story at the top of the hour. so police may be one step closer to tracking down the suspects of an alleged hate crime, thanks to the help of twitter. wac with that story. >> yeah, tony, it only took about 24 hours for some users to gather a lot of information. tuesday night, police released this video. asks the public to help identify a group of suspects. police say the group approached two gay males and made disparaging remarks. detectives say the group held down the gay couple while other members of the group punched them in the face, the victims are now hospitalized. well it didn't take long before someone tweeted this out. they appear similar to the ones to the police video. police have yet to confirm it's them, but the restaurant tony

swarez. on america tonight, revolution redo. they took to the streets and brought down a government, but remaining ukraine is proving to be tougher than they might have expected. >> it's our job to control the country, there's nobody else. when you turn and say who is that, it is us. >> america tonight sheila mcvicker travel to ukraine, and brings us a dependent at the challenges facing the new ukraine, even as the president arrived at the while house, with an appeal for help. also ahead, when young ambitions reach a dead end. teen moms are guaranteed a right to an equal education, why that so often doesn't happen. with a young mother who learned first hand. >> do you think people look down on you? of course they have. >> an indepth look at teen pregnancy, and education, and the fight to create opportunity for young moms. and on the edge, a journey into a lake of lava, why anyone would do this and how he survived it. good etching thank you for joining us. even as a fierce fight blazes on, the

brings us to the end of this edition of inside story, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. > >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> welcome to the newshour, i'm darren jordan, from the news center in doha. these are the top stories - afghanistan's election rivals sign a deal to end the dispute over who takes power. >>> more fighting in yemen's capital puts a peace deal with houthi rebels in doubt. >>> a bombing at egypt's foreign ministry kills a police officer. >>> sierra leone defend the lockdown for ebola, now in its final day. >>> welcome to the programme. afghanistan's two rival presidential candidates signed a power sharing agreement to end a dispute that had gone on for months. abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani accused each other of rigging the voting. the outgoing president hamid karzai welcomed the deal and hear is what he had to say. >> translation: i'd like to congratulate everyone. we pray that afghanistan, with the help of allah, will have peace, prosperity and happy possess, and that afghanistan witnesses and reaches the prosperity and security and sa

hello, i am ray swarez. the planet is hotter the atmosphere more filled with heat p thatting gas than ever. so why is a global plan to address climate change so hard for developed and developing nations to agree on? we are life with guests from the u.n. climate summit, at the top of the hour. woe mentioned that president obama announced several initiative initiato fight climate change, but there is still a lot of controversy. jake ward is here to give office reality check on climate change, and separate some of the myths -- hey, good to see you. >> first of all, where are we at this point in our evolution, in our understanding of this whole issue of climate change? won, tony, we have ruled out the possibility that natural cycles may account for what we are seeing. only three things can cause the earth to warm the way it has. our orbit, the sun's output of energy, and green house gases in the sphere, now, our orbit should have us in ale cooing period for the next i don't know 23,000 years. so it is definitely

hello, i'm ray swarez, when a city goes bankrupt, who still gets paid? and how do you split the pain? tonight on the program, lessons from detroit, as the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy enters what could be it's final phase in court. and how do crow rebuild city services? detroit may have an answer when it comes to water. join us live at the top of the hour, for inside story. >> a crisis on the border >> they're vulnerable these are refugees. >> migrant kids flooding into the us. >> we're gonna go and see who's has just been deported. >> why are so many children fleeing? >> your children will be part of my group... >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> there blocking the door... >> ground breaking... >> truth seeking... >> we have to get out of here... award winning investigative documentary series... no refuge: children at the border only on al jazeera america ♪ . >> today is the day many gamers have been waiting for. destiny, one of the most anticipated computer games goes on sale. and already it's greating records. the studi