. >> all right, ken bowen, president of terror free america. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >>> coming up, chaos in ferguson, police with military equipment. a critical look at where that gear comes from and who pays for it. >>> also tonight children kidnapped and hidden overseas. >> i'm very relieved to have the kids out of afghanistan. this has been a long, grueling process that has -- that we have tried to work on for months and months and months. and so their safety was a real concern. >> inside one mother's struggle coming up. .bl . >> al jazeera america presents... labor day marathons >> our government is allowing an invasion >> our most acclaimed series.... back to back to back... toughest place... >> i call that a lot of hard work for next to nothing >> the system... >> a justice system run by human beings can run off the rails >> and borderland... >> a lot aof people haven't got a clue what goes on near the border >> al jazeera america presents labor day marathons >> this is not over... >> al jazeera

house republicans led by gail bowen are so -- john boehner are so concerned about not maintaining the majore, they gained a $20 million line of creditment nancy pelosi is considering a $10 million for ads. they are considering last-minute spending split. michael graham in new york is trying to hold onto his seats. developments are reminding voters that he's under indi indictme indictment. >> congressman grim let staten island down. >> now he wants the vote. >> there's no way i'm voting for him. >> in the battle for control of the u.s. senate, the national rifle association is on the air in giorgio, lefageing the disdain soth erpers feel -- southerners teel towards new yorkers. >> in a mansion in new york, michael bloomberg sleeps safeliment armed guards protect him. michael bloomberg wants to take away your right to self-defence, and he's pushing gun control. michelle nunn will help him do it. michael bloomberg spends his own money to elect nunn. >> notice the snoring at the start of the add. here it is gape. listen. >> in an elegant new york city mansion (snoring in background). >> b

house republicans lead by gail bowen are concern -- john bone are are concerned about -- john boehner are concerned about not retaining a lead, they have sustain out a loan. both parties are preparing for a last-minute spending blitz on competitive races. in new york, a republican michael graham is trying to hold onto his seats. democrats remind voters that he's under criminal indictment. >> congressman grim let staten island down. >> it's worse than embarrassing. >> i would think if you were innocent of the charges, he would have said that. >> now he wants the vote. >> in the battle for control of the u.s. senate, the national rifle association is on the air in georgia, leveraging what southerners feel towards new yorkiers, their disdain. >> in a new york city mansion, billionaire michael bloomberg sleeps safely, a team of armed guards protects him. he wants to take away your right to self-defence. he's pushing extreme gun control and michelle nunn will help him do it. michael bloomberg spends his own money to elect nunn, and nunn supports the michael bloomberg gun control agenda. >>

also in "gmt," jeremy bowen is with the syrian army as they confront the force of islamic state. >> reporter: the syrians say it isn't going to work because they're experience, battle-hardened and they're fighting every day. >>> also, decision day for scotland. voters must decide, independence or stick with the united kingdom. >>> also coming up on the program, aaron, of course. alibaba. >> oh, david. this chinese internet giant is expected to be the largest stock market flotation, that's when a company starts selling shares, in history. alibaba could have a market value of some $170 billion. sounds great, but we're asking, do investors actually know what they're buying into? >>> it's midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. 9:00 p.m. in the australian cities of sydney and brisbane, where the public have been told of a terrifying plot unearthed by australian intelligence. the prime minister tony abbott told the country of a plan by australian citizens luinked to the so-called islamic state to kidnap and behead a member of the public. that triggered a major anti-terrorism operation in

earlier i sat down with alan bowen, a lawyer and travel expert, and i asked him why do these prices vary. >> it is all based on competiti competition. and depending how competitive the market is at your place of residence, you'll get a better deal. we're lucky in the uk, we have a lot of competition and get the best rates it can find in europe. >> the car rental coming back and saying we're complying, not doing anything wrong. do they have a point? >> i have to say i will be very suspicious of that, and i think the eu will find it very difficult to continue to monitor pricing. pricing is fluid. isn't fixed. the price of a car there is depending when you want it. clearly where they can see there is competitive markets afoot, they have to reduce the prices in order to sell the car rental. >> you've done a good job with mobile operators and charges across the single market. so, i mean, i'm just wonderer g i ing if it will be like a dog with a bone with this. >> i think that's going to be very difficult. there is six large operators in europe. then hundreds of local operators and we're a lar

jeremy bowen, bbc news. >>> let's move onto something completely different. the monkey is probably the greatest tourist attraction. most of the 200 or so spend their time up on the rock. some have been getting more confident, cheeky perhaps. in search is of food, they adventure to town. locals say they're invading their space and becoming too aggressive as well. authorities are having to work on i a plane to move some of them to animal sanctuaries. not all however. >>> now if you've ever wondered what an exploding star looks like, we can help you. here we are. the big bubbly cloud here is a shock wave generated by the explosion which took place around 3700 years ago. those bits you can see, that's where the debris hits other clouds of gas and dust ripping them to shreds as they do. this is an awful long way away. it's not going to do planet earth any damage it says here. >>> let me remind you of our main story. that's the warning of washington about militants calling themselves the islamic state. u.s. says they are the most dangerous threat to the country in

also in "gmt," jeremy bowen is with the syrian army as they confront the force of islamic state.

that's our syria twitter q&a with jeremy bowen, our middle east editor, at 2:30 "gmt." >>> stay with us here on "bbc world news." still plenty more to come, including this. fifa clears russia and qatar of corruption allegations linked to their world cup bids. [car revving] [car revving] ♪ ♪ [car revving] introducing the first ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe. once driven, there's no going back. oh no. who are you? daddy, this is blair, he booked this room with priceline express deals and saved a ton. i got everything i wanted. i always do. he seemed nice. >>> this is "bbc world news." i'm rajesh mirchandani. these are the latest headlines. scientists have received their first picture of their space probe after it landed on a comet. they're now studying fresh data from the craft millions of kilometers away. >>> the shiite militant group hezbollah has told the bbc it shares a common enemy with western powers in the extremist of the islamic state group. >>> now, the humanitarian organization msf is to begin clinical trials of three potential treatments for ebola in west africa. me

alan bowen joining me there. >>> if you're a tech lover, i bet yourself excited. apple is set to launch its first new product. it's been something like four years. we know the ipad, iphone, and ipod have been credited with revolutionizing technology. samsung has the gear. even motorola has launched the 360. so here's the question. is apple late for the wearable tech party? listen to this. >> the market for smart watches is still in its infancy, so 6.2 million units were shipped in the first half of the year. compare that to something like the smart phone market where we saw 570 million units shipped in the same time. vendors here are struggling to find relevance and one of the great things that apple does is work on the back end systems and applications which plug into their devices. >> we're also expecting to see the new iphone 6 and possibly a new payment system. >>> it may be the most expensive video game ever to be created. destiny is reported to have cost half a billion dollars to make. that mean more than the world's most expensive movie, "avatar." it is hop

over the years they've created tremendous amount of value, where explain yu how bowen i fill that they can be. which now is an enterprise value and fire and security engineer products play that kept the name tyco international. but that was just the first round. then at 2011 another breakup, first it spun off the control business. it merged with pent air. in a transaction that valued the flow assets. that was in march of 2012. then it spend off the as adt in september of 2012. this left the re -- quote the newest tyco as a simple fire safety and security big. to see how much wealth the tyco breakups created, there is one more wrink of of one more spin, and that's when covidien itself spun off the business in order to being a meaner, more focused company, one that could be, as we said, when it happened more easily acquired by a medical device plan like medtronics, which is exactly what just happened today. sew let's put it together. when you add them up, covidien plus te connective, at vt, and the remaining tyco international you get $112.4 billion. remember the old tyco wall street wor

kent bowen is coming up in around ten minutes time. >>> a chinese national gets popped by the cops. plucking to steal u.s. corn feed technology. all the details, up next. >>> jobs thursday is here. a strong reading expected as wall street locks in another record close. business fed chair janet yellen holds firm on low rates saying she'll not tackle rising asset prices through monetary policy. >> monetary policy faces significant limitations as a tool to promote financial stability. >> out on the periphery eurozone will give a boost to mario draghi. . the services sector expanding in spain and italy in june. >>> nicolas sarkozy denies all wrongdoing as he defends himself against corruption charges. >>> and setting the record straight, volkswagen denies reports it will launch a takeover bid for u.s. truckmaker paccar. >>> the european markets this morning holding in positive territory across the board around 0.3% gains as we wait for discussions from mario draghi. that is one of the things we're going to be watching out for as we move across the session. we've got payrolls friday. thu

david bowen, moviecitynews.com editor. >> it wasn't so awful for the movie business. that's the funny thing. it was down significantly in the united states, but the movie business is primarily interested in international numbers these days and those numbers are up for the big movies. >> "the wall street journal" today, i was reading that through the international impact, which is to say that yes, movies may do better over there. but actually long-term it's bad for business because there is so much piracy that there's no sort of secondary market the way there is here. do you buy that? >> it's somewhat of an issue. the netflixzation of the whole world will change the dynamic i think ultimately of posting the revenues. >> the whole thick is glass ceilinged around 35% of the audience in the united states. eventually, that will become 80%, 90%, and it will feed over into the rest of the world. there are a lot of companies working on that all over the world right now. >> let's go through some of the winners and losers in terms of move virginias this summer. what was the big

will yan bowen was filling in for haverford. where the speakers normally deliver addresses filled with aspirational platitudes, bowen used his turn to deliver one last lecture. >> encouraged to come and engage in a serious discussion. not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing counterarguments. >> he called some of the students immature, and arrogant. happy graduation. >>> the sports lead. >> california chrome did it! >> he's a colt that won six races in a row including the kentucky derby and the preakness. he keeps his filly up all night with his snoring. now, new york racing officials have decided the 3-year-old colt can continue to wear a nasal strip during next month's belmont stakes. the horse has worn that strip for the six straight victories. california chrome is trying to end the longest drought in triple crown history. 36 years. >>> now to wolf blitzer. >>> thank you, jake. happening now, breaking news. ready to evacuate. u.s. marines are standing

julie bowen is in front of me now from "modern family." >> you talk about "modern family" all the time. one of my favorites. i'm giving you a heads up. >> the show is nominated as well as sofia vergara. >> you have a hit coming up with cnn international in how many minutes, vicky? you've got a hit now with cnn international. we have to let you go. oh, man. what a bummer. okay? we're coming back to you. >> reporter: this is fun. >> get some good ones, okay? continue the madness. >> reporter: absolutely. >> nischelle turner. she is rocking it at the golden globes. she's getting all the a-listers coming rige ining right up to h the platform. more from the red carpet with nischelle coming up. plus the news of the day. we promise. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your

and what stuart bowen's investigators found that nearly $2 billion in cash in hundred dollar bills was stolen after it was flown from the airport base and wasful iraqis hidden in a bunker in lebanon. c-span.y night on join us as we get an inside view of covering presidents from gerald ford to barack obama as we talk with ann compton. >> here on c-span the communicators is next with peter thiel, talking about startups and working in the tech industry. then a look and private sector efforts to combat poverty. and a conversation on border security. >> c-span, created by cable companies 30 five years ago and brought you as a public service. >> peter thiel, what does the title of your book "zero to one" mean? >> "zero to one" refers to an innovation or doing anything new where you do the first thing of its kind. the first word processor, first smartphone, first car, first plane. it has a connotation of breakthrough innovation that is a quantum leap rather than a small, incremental innovation. my book is about how as a society we need to be innovating more and really significant innovations

>> stuart bowen was the only u.s. official who really tried to investigate what happened to all of the money the united states sent to iraq. there are different estimates. over $11 billion of the roughly $20 billion in iraq he money that in the united states sent to iraq was unaccounted for. what bowen's investigators found was nearly $2 billion in cash in $100 bills was stolen after it was flown from the air force base to baghdad apparently by powerful iraqis and was being hidden in a bunker in lebanon. where the people who had stolen it after it had been airlifted by the u.s. air force to baghdad. they were hiding give for safekeeping for future use. >> do we know who those people are? >> not sure but they were working with the powerful lebanese to be able to hold it in lebanon the way they were. >> how is it possible to move $2 billion and $100 bills from iraq to lebanon and not have someone not even an american official know about? >> that is the question -- did they know about it? it would take some infrastructur

bowen was the only u.s. official who really tried to investigate what happened to all of the money the united states sent to iraq. there are different estimates. over $11 billion of the roughly $20 billion in iraq he money that in the united states sent to iraq was unaccounted for. foundowen's investigators was nearly $2 billion in cash after00 bills was stolen it was flown from the air force base to baghdad apparently by powerful iraqis and was being hidden in a bunker in lebanon. had stoleneople who it after it had been airlifted by the u.s. air force to baghdad . they were hiding give for safekeeping for future use. >> do we know who those people are? >> not sure but they were working with the powerful lebanese to be able to hold it in lebanon the way they were. move $2s it possible to billion and $100 bills from iraq to lebanon and not have someone not even an american official know about? >> that is the question -- did they know about it? it would take some infrastructure to do that. some logistics and

what stuart bowen's investigators found was that nearly $2 billion in cash, $100 bills, was stolen after it was flown from andrews and her -- andrews air force base to hidden ind was being a bunker in rural lebanon. >> tonight, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. join us december 7 as we get an insider's view of covering presidents from gerald ford to barack obama as we talk to and compton who recently retired after more than 40 years as what has correspondent for abc news. >> monday night, peter teel, cofounder of a powell and paypal and of palantir. >> people should rethink competition. most business books tell you how to compete more effectively. mind tells you that perhaps you should not compete atll

. >> bowen was the only u.s. official who became best tried to investigate with -- try to investigate what happened to all the money sent to iraq. , roughly $20ion billion in iraqi money that united states sent back to iraq was unaccounted for. s investigators found, nearly $2 billion in cash after00 bills was stolen it was flown from andrews air force base to baghdad. it was being hidden in a bunker in rural of not. -- rural lebanon. >> join us sunday, december 7 as we get an insider's view of covering president gerald ford to barack obama. >> passing a budget extending certain tax breaks and approving nominations and responding to the president immigration actions. these are part of the to do list facing congress when it returns monday. we get details from cq roll call .

in the bowen case in this court, the court accepted the sincerity of the belief that the use of the child's social security number would offend religious belief and commitments, but said they still had to make a judgment about whether that was a substantial burden. so it does have to be, with all due respect, part of the analysis. >> i still don't understand how hhs exercised its judgment to grant the exemption to nonreligious corporations if you say it was not compelled by rfra. >> i don't think -- >> then it must have been because the health care coverage was not that important. >> it didn't grant an exemption to any nonreligious organizations, justice kennedy. it granted an exemption to churches, and that was it. with respect to religious nonprofits, it constructed an accommodation, but the accommodation delivers the contraceptive coverage to the employees of the nonprofits. it just does it through an indirect means. but there is no diminution of there's no basis for questioning the government's interest with respect to that accommodation because the employees get the coverage, just as t

bowen of new york to be a commissioner. the presiding officer: pursuant to the provisions of senate resolution 15 of the 113th congress, there will be up to eight hours of postcloture consideration of the nomination equally divided in the usual form. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent with respect to the harper nomination, the motion to consider be considered made and laid on the table and president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 the time following the scheduled recess recess -- the time following the scheduled recess until 4:00 p.m. be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees and that at 4:00 p.m. all postcloture time be expired, the senate freed to vote on qifertion of calendar number 755, that's bowen, and the senate proceed to note on cloture on calendar number 691, mastroiann

government agency, even stuart bowen didn't have to give certain pots of money to look at. so if you spend a dime on reconstruction, whether you are the state -- usaid, state, dod, or the department of commerce, i own it. and that's one source but the other thing if you look at my statute, it uses the term independent, like in every other paragraph. so they really say independence. specifically said no government agency cannot cooperate with us. no government agency can stop any of our audits and investigations, inspections. we have tremendous authority here. so i think i answered the question. we are unique. we have unique authority. we are also not housed in any one government agency. at state ig is in state. we sort of sit above everything just looking at reconstruction. and if we can't help the taxpayer then, you know, i don't know what else but i'll take a permanent entity is really necessary at this time. we got the authority. >> inspector general, we are running short of time. am going to ask two persons to ask their questions together, if you don't mind. >> she's wa

bowen of new york to be a commissioner. mr. reid: i send a cloture to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of sharon y. bowen of new york to be a commissioner of the commodity futures trading commission signed intie 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 691. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed

it will be john, susan page, jeff earl, david joaquin, karen bowen and alexis. jim cunningham and lauren fox and todd gilman to end. >> thank you, david. sir, you talked earlier about candidates running as climate change deniers, the problems that they would have. well, natalie tenant, democratic senate candidate in west virginia and miss karen lundergan grimes in kentucky, both came out and faster than many republicans denouncing the new standards and referring it on assault on the coal industry. republicans rather than taking the climate change approach and they say it is war on the poor. and it will lead to higher electricity rates for lowest income earners. how do you respond to those charges and what do you say when other democrats, grimes or tenant criticize within hours. >> with respect to the republicans poor might be surprised the concern for them but, i think that, if you look at the real economics of this, i think that, as the epa analysis shows, prices, because of the efficiencies that is being built into the system here, you will see prices, you wil

., and i was wondering about a special inspector general like phillip bowen in iraq and neil barofsky of the t.a.r.p. who would report directly to congress and provide access in the same legislation for the vets to have access to these special inspector generals. the second thing i would like to mention is the role of the unions. i saw very briefly betsy mccoy before congress, and she was saying that from one union alone there are 300 workplace rules. we have to get the cost of the v.a. down. that's an expensive kind of care. and also we have to be able to fire not only high-level people, but snippy secretaries who refuse to give vets appointments that they need when they're being referred out to other specialists out of the v.a. >> host: senator wicker on unions and special inspector generals. >> guest: okay. i think betsy mccoy, as she refers to, is a former lieutenant governor of new york. i very much appreciate that insight that she provides there. and there should be, i think, an easier way to hire and fire and particularly to terminate people who, as the caller suggests, are not

this is an e-mail from randy bowen in san antonio: does an all-volunteer military make it easier for politicians to throw the u.s. into conflict? >> guest: you know, that's interesting, randy. it -- maybe, you know? look, you're getting, this isn't my area of expertise, trying to analyze what goes on in a politician's brain. i wonder why people want to be politicians, you know? because you're kind of a strange cat to begin with. so i don't know. but i think there could be with a flippancy there more than we would like because they feel they have no stake in the game. >> host: wayne, abilene, texas. good afternoon. >> caller: hi. i'm thinking about the cap program that you were part of, and what if that had been the way that the marines had operated and had done away with the almost suicidal search and destroy missions? and i'm thinking also down in three corps general westmoreland, his last day on duty was asked at the 5:00 follies how could the rocket attacks on saigon be stopped. he said, they couldn't then abrams showed up and said he was going to stop them. he pulled in the troop

this is an e-mail from randy bowen from san antonio, doesn't all volunteer military, make easy to throw the u.s. into conflict. >> if this isn't my area of expertise, analyzing what goings on in the person's brain on why people want to be politicians, a strange cat to begin with. i don't know, i really think there could be a flippancy there. more than we would like because they feel they have no stake in the game. >> host: wayne in texas, good afternoon. >> caller: hi. i am thinking about the cat program, current portions program. what if that had been weighs the marines operated and had done away with almost suicidal search and destroy missions? i am also thinking general westmoreland's last day on duty, the 5:00 prize, how could the attacks in saigon be stopped? he couldn't. abrams showed up and said he was going to stop it, pull the troops and what if those tactics, the combined action program had taken place in i corps. and i have a friend who was over it there 66 through 70 and the late 70s he told me he could walk over 75% of vietnam's, bill colby and a friend worked on a motorcyc

. >> bowen tried to investigate what happened to all the money that the united states sent to iraq. there's different estimates. over $11 billion of the roughly $20 billion in iraqi money that the united states sent back to iraq was unaccounted for. what stewart bowen's investigators found was that nearly $2 billion in cash, in 100 dollar bills was stolen after it was flown from andrews air force base to baghdad by powerful iraqis and was being hidden in a bunker in rural lebanon. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. get a view of covering presidents from gerald ford through barak obama. >>> next on american history tv, authors and historians discuss the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election that took place in the midst of the civil war. lincoln, who ran on a platform of emancipation and preservation of the union, defeated his democratic opponent winning 212 electoral college votes to mcclellan's 21. this was part of a symposium on the election hosted by the linc

billion in iraqi money that the united states sent back to iraq was unaccounted for, and what stewart bowens investigators found was that nearly $2 billion in cash in $100 bills was stolen after it was flown from andrews air force base to baghdad apparently by powerful iraqis and was being hidden in a bunker in rural lebanon. captioning performed by vitac

this subcommittee convened a hearing with special inspector general for iraq reconstruction, stewart bowen on the lessons learned from the stabilization relief and reconstruction operations in iraq. the purpose of that hearing was to get a better understanding of how the u.s. approaches reconstruction efforts. and where we can improve so that we won't be confronted with the same problems and repeat the same mistakes. the major takeaway from that hearing in addition to the billions of dollars in wasted taxpayer money, was that the united states government was unable to adequately plan, execute and oversea such large scale operations. have we learned any lessons from iraq? have we learned to use our assistance more effectively and more efficiently? while we may have implemented a few reforms as a result of the recommendations from these oversight entities in front of us, sadly it seems we still have a long way to go. having seen previous gao and cigar reports relating to oversight and accountability of u.s. assistance in afghanistan, several things are strikingly obvious. one, is that gao an

and i was wondering about a inspect specter general of phil bowen in iraq and neal borassky who would report directly to congress and provide the same legislation for the vets to have access to these special inspector generals. the second thing i would like to mention is the role of the unions. i saw, very briefly, betsy mccoy before congress. and she was saying that -- from one union alone, there are 300 workplace rules. we have to get the cost of the v.a. down. it's an expensive kind of care. and also, we have to be able to fire not only high-level people, but snippy secretaries who refuse to give vets appointments that they need. and when they're being referred tout other specialists out of the v.a. >> senator wicker on unions and inspector generals? >> i think betsy mccoy as she refers to is a former lieutenant governor of new york. i very much provide that insight that she provides there. there should be, i think, an easier way to hire and fire, particularly to terminate people who, as the call suggests, are not there with the best interest of the patient and treat the patients c

thing to do was fill up -- a way to skirt due process, but now gitmo is empties odd like a carnival bowen child's piggy bank, we have to try and charge bad guys the old fashion way. this will be a high profile weather balloon, we'll see if miranda is still the stable traditionalist we've g

with me is whitney bowen, a divorce attorney from orlando, florida. it is all your fault, encouraging divorce, tearing people apart and ruining it for youngsters who won't get married in the future. what do you got to say for yourself? >> first and pore most, i don't make apologies for the results of a bad recession. people are not in a position where they can afford to get married. marriage is a luxury, and i don't think that millennials today, when you look at the fact that, you know, there are so many divorces that they experienced growing up and looked at costs of getting married. the consequences of getting divorced. there is noincentive, they're working hard. stuart: listen, don't you think when you see your parents get divorced and a lot of millennials have seen parents divorce. that's setting a bad example. doesn't make you jump into the enthusiastic ring. is the divorce rate 50%? half of people who get married will be married and divorced within x number of years, is that true? >> i believe it is. in my line of work, i definitely see it in to

bowen jells journalist james rosen investigators found some of the money in the bunker. perhaps he says iraq's government is aware of his findings and has never tried to get the money back either. >>> and finally, if you're looking for an exotic vacation destination, look no further than iran. the "new york times" has been looking into getting into the travel agency business. the drichlg posts -- a trip that will reveal the secrets from this once forbidden land. the description does not mention iran's civil rights -- or as a state sponsor of terrorism, a warning on the state department's website reads in part, some elements in iran remain hostile to the united states, as a result some united states citizens may be subject to harassment and arrest while traveling insider rang. >>> michigan republican governor rick snyder is getting some power behind miss cool pain tonight. he's trying to drum up support for the incumbent. the ongoing struggles of the state's largest city are front and center in that race. >> reporter: michigan's run governor snyder took heat for his repor

dan bowens has more on his secret battle. >> this is not a test. >> an actor beloved by so many who felt almost personal like an extended member of the family is gone taken before his time. now robin williams' widow is revealing something the famous actor never had publically. the 63-year-old comic who struggled decades with substance abuse said robin's sobriety was in tact. he was brave as he struggled with his own battles of depression and anxiety as well as early stages of parkinson's disease which he was not ready to share publically. the disease is a disorder of the nervous system that affects your movement. it also often leads to bouts of serious depression. >> depression is common in parkinson's disease. there are wide ranges in the estimates of how common we usually say about 50 percent or up to 50 percent of people with parkinson's disease can have depression. >> williams took his own life earlier this week inside his northern california home when t whether the diagnosis played a role is unclear. >> what we are being told is this underlying depression he suffered from is somethi

. >> reporter: actresses beth bears, july bowen and valerie bertonelli. >> i'm mean as a snake. she's a survivor. >> we know about beyonce. we'll be fine. >> you have three correct. >> reporter: game on. i quickly learned the only real prerequisite, the ability to let your hair down. it's important to be able to think right off the top of you head. >> this is really funny and it's hard to concentrate because i'm laughing so much. >> hamburger, things you put ketchup on and you eat them. >> reporter: and shake a leg, literally. ♪ twist and shout >> reporter: i'm having such a great time but i can't focus with martin short next to me. he is cracking me up. >> i'm telling you, it's getting hot in here. >> reporter: you know you're having a good time when on camera in front of a huge audience, you break out the rob robot. it's a far cry from the games you crew up playing at home, but certainly a winner to me. >> you have them all correct. >> i can't give away the ending. did my team win or lose? you'll have to tune in to the season premier of "hollywood game night" tomorrow at 8:0

>> maya bowen! >> reporter: maya bowen plans to become an elementary teacher. she and anya, a high school junior have gone from being thankful to impressed >> i did a paper, we could do it on anything, so i chose my mom, cause i thought that would be an easy topic, so then when i started researching and learning everything she did, i was like wow, like this goes way farther than i thought. she has like a much bigger influence than i ever thought. >> reporter: jenny bowen is now 68, c.e.o. of a now $7 million a year enterprise, hopes to expand its work beyond china to neighboring countries in asia. she has no plans to retire. >> woodruff: fred's reporting is a partnership with the under- told stories project at st. mary's university of minnesota. >> woodruff: again, the major >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. islamic state radicals in syria declared they've beheaded a second american journalist, steven sotloff. and the u.s. military awaited confirmation that air strikes last night killed the leader of "al-shabaab," an al-qaeda group in somal

here is our middle east editor jeremy bowen. >> the president's >> used to say that he had relegated america to the back seat. but now he is taking the lead. in the company, of his wife michelle, came, toermines to -- determined -- he reinserted and redefined america's leading role. told the obama assembled leaders and diplomats the future of humanity depended calledng against what he religiously motivated fanatics. especially the islamic state. >> no god condones this hair -- this terror. no grievance justifies these actions. there can be no reasoning, known negotiation with this brand of -- no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. >> president obama did not touch on his planned to create an army of syrian rebels to beat it islamic state on the ground. is youtube video purporting to show the first american raids on the i.s. stronghold in northern syria. but airstrikes alone do not win wars and the u.s. plan to tr

unless, of course, the americans and western allies want to go it alone. >> jeremy bowen there in damascus. for more on the coalition being formed, i was joined a short time ago from capitol hill by democratic senator bob casey, who's a member of the national security working group. senator, thank you very much for joining me. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> we have heard these 30 countries gathering to form late a plan. nobody is mentioning syria. nobody is mentioning iran. is that realistic? >> well, i think this coalition has to be a coalition that can work together and function in a manner that would lead to a coordinated effort, not only on the military aspects of this kind of campaign but on other matters as well. think it makes a lot of sense to limit this to those countries that can ensure there's a substantial buy-in or ratification of this strategy by sunni muslim nations and nations within the region. in addition to the help we're getting from european countries as well as our own. so what you don't want it to do is put something in the mix like having iran involved that w

jeremy bowen, "bbc news." >> rockets fired at israel from lebanon as as gaza today. hundreds of rockets of struck israel this week. the government said no country could endure that without a severe response. our report is from ash dodd, which came you said attack. >> in israel, even a quick stop to fill the tang can be dangerous. this morning, rockets from gaza hit a petrol station in ashdod. one man was seriously injured. the station was almost destroyed. this may be one of the most serious strikes from gaza to israel in recent days. palestinian militants have fired more than 500 rockets towards israel. many of them have been sperpted. but for some reason the rockets that were fired here this intercepted. ot later at the same station there was another rocket warning. so far this week, no one in israel has been killed by rockets. but how do you measure fear? israel knocks down some rockets in the air. to some here, this fight is another round of the country's war of independence against an enemy that refuses to accept its existence. the prime minister speaking tonigh

jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. >> the obama administration announced today that the u.s. has captured the suspected ringleader of the attack in benghazi, libya, which left four americans dead, including the ambassador. ahmed abu khattala was taken into custody during a secret raid on sunday. we have the details. >> september 11, 2012, the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, coming under attack from a group of islamic militants. the american ambassador, christopher stevens, was killed in the assault along with three of his compatriots. up until now, none of the suspects has been captured by u.s. forces, but in a secret raid, they have apprehended ahmed abu khattala, one of the alleged ringleaders. the commander-in-chief of the united states military conducted a mission to capture ahmed abu khattala. khattala has been charged for his role in the attacks in benghazi, libya, on september 11, 2012. the united states is taking him to a secure location outside libya. >> the obama administration has faced strident criticism or not doing enough to find those responsible, so a rare

recently, jared bowen of wgbh sat down with him to talk about some of the works in the exhibit and to look back at his now 60- year career. >> i have no idea what inspires me, all the things that i paint are thing that i know very well. >> reporter: and jamie wyeth will tell you: it's all he's ever known. 60 years of the prolific painter's work are now on view at the museum of fine arts in his first major retrospective. it takes us from wyeth's boyhood promise to late-in-life reflections. seeing all your work from very early on, to the most recent pieces, what is it like to see everything in one place? >> the emotion is sheer terror on my part, i mean i really am not being cute about it, i try to tell a variety of friends of mine, it's as if you're in a room and everybody's reading your new novel or your new poem, all the inadequacies staring at it, i cringe and say 'iwhat wasi thinking? why did i get obsessed with that?" so its not a pleasant experience, i'm obviously incredibly honored. >> reporter: in truth, he's always been in the spotlight as the third generation of the famed wye