What youre forgetting is the consequences. Ultimately, that woman has the choice the baby never had. And in Department Report from correspondent Sheila Macvicar. Savoring babies from drug addiction even before theyre born. And where is relisha rudd . A child taken from a homeless shelter only foot tip footstepse Nations Capital and did washington, d. C. Do everything it could to protect a little girl lost . And good evening, thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. Add this hour theres at this hours theres increasing sign that president obama is ready to take a tougher line against the vishous shadowy vicious shad ohy Islamic State. Not only in iraq but syria where the militant fighters have found sanctuary. The pentagon has announced another 350 military personnel are being sent to baghdad. President obama says he will use a nato meeting in wales to press the allies to mount a campaign against the i. S. And just hours after the video of Steven Sotloff is genuine. Whatever these murderers think they can achieve by killing innocent americans like steven they have already failed. They failed because like people around the world, americans are repulsed by their bar barrism, we will not be intimidated, their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take fight against the terrorists. The president signaling a firmer stand against the Islamic State, just days after he said his administration didnt have a plan to deal with i. S. And its syrian stronghold. He spoke to reporters on the way to a nato summit as he faces increasing pressure to lay out a plan and purpose for a broader u. S. Military strategy. Our objective is clear. And that is to degrade and destroy i. S. I. L. So its no longer a threat not just to iraq but also the region, and to the United States. While the president cautiously measures the options on how far u. S. Forces will go to contain i. S. His Vice President delivered a more impassioned warning. We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will resize either reside either way the white house seems to be sending an answer to the video posted over the last two weeks. The first one posted the murder of james foley. The second, after u. S. Air strikes appeared to be gaining ground and pushing i. S. Back from key targets in Northern Iraq was titled a second message to america. That video also features a masked i. S. Figure, apparently the same man killing foley, this time murdering Steven Sotloff, sotloff was forced to say he was paying the price. The recording also suggested a british hostage could be next to die. Britains foreign minister said, he wasnt ruling the option out. The Islamic State is believed to have been holding at least one british journalist and two american aid workers as well. The 31yearold sotloff was abducted in syria nearly two years ago. He wrote for Time Magazine and other publications. He leaves a grieve family. Today we grieve, but our village is strong. We will not allow our enemies to hold us hostage with the sole weapon they possess, fear. Josh rushing joins us from erbil in iraq in Northern Iraq josh we are hearing the president and the Vice President delivering very Strong Language about its response to the Islamic State. How do you see that played out . What is the u. S. Activity there . What that Strong Language means on the ground here and we really are yet to know, theyre sending more troops but theyve said that those troops are just for diplomatic protection. Theyve also used Strong Language about degrading and destroying the Islamic State. You dont do that with troops that are here to protect the consulate. So i dont think the number of troops that they sent which will put up to about 820 in country are necessarily related to destroying and degrading the Islamic State. I think easiest way for the u. S. To do that at this point would be to up the number of air strikes right now. Theyre approaching 200 air strikes since they started here and the air strikes are making a difference on the ground. I know its authored a political debate in the u. S. , can you win a war with only air power but i think if you apply that to iraq its a mistaken idea because you have boots on the ground here. You have hundreds of thousands of fighters ton ground. And the air on the ground and the air strikes are exactly what they need to tip the scales. If you look at what the Islamic State has done recently with the beheading videos and the things we have heard about these things are not advancements. They are not taking more land, more towns and villages, in fact they are losing land. The momentum goes back to when the u. S. Started those air strikes. Josh what else can you tell us about the reports were hearing about a massacre by Islamic State forces in tikrit . It happened six or eight years ago when the Islamic State took tikrit. They killed as we are learning hundreds of cadets, persons going through army training. They have not been released to the families nor have the families gotten the details of their deaths or what happened. So its a very emotional issue here in iraq and there have been demonstrations from the families in baghdad, wanting more information and wanting the bodies so that they can bury them. From al jazeeras fault Lines Program correspondent josh rushing, from erbil, thanks so much. Thank you joie. And to consider the power and reach of i. S, al jazeera contractorror lindsay moran. They wanted to limit i. S. s reach so they wouldnt be able to reach in the region and even to america. Is it true that i. S. Could have the reach, the force to come into the United States . I think its a grave concern now. There has been some talk about are there i. S. Sleeper sells in the United States. I kind of balk when i hear that term because i think it overstates the danger and kind of oversimplifies it. Conjures this ie image of jihadist communities in the United States. I dont think were there yet. But it is the goal of the Islamic State, to distinguish themselves from al qaeda which since 9 11 has not been able to carry out a major strike in the United States. And the significance of releasing these sorts of videos that are very directed at the United States, americans being murdered onscreen. This sort of symbolism it is a states. It is. It is a threat to the United States. And you know, bizarrely and shockingly, those kind of images and the sophisticated Online Video Campaign that i. S. Is propagating, that appeals to some people. I think though that theres there is a limit to what you can achieve via social media. In terms of getting recruits. I. S. Is going to be targeting people with western passports, that they think would be susceptible to their targeting. The same way that when i was at the cia i would target foreign assets. I would look for people who had access, in this case i. S. Will look for americans or westerners who have the u. S. Or western passport broad, who might be susceptible to their recruitment propaganda. Theyll spot those people assess them determine what their vulnerabilities are what their motivations are. It might always be ideology. It might be something as simple as money. This is a very well funded group. They will go about that recruitment process in trying to recruit foreigners into their ranks and thats sort of the scary element of it thats the real danger. But at this point we are talking about thousands of foreign fighters for the Islamic State but only about 100 americans that are known to us. Its harder for americans to get to syria. I think its going to be much harder for the Islamic State to recruit americans. Theyre not going to be able to do it just via social media. You really need the face to face one on one contact Building Rapport in order to get someone to come over to your organization. But it is tremendously sophisticated. They think the way the cia thinks. Thats is way any organization thats trying to recruit essentially traitors. Thats what they want to do. They want to figure out what motivates this person, how can we make this person come to work for us . One thing that i think is frightening is that i think within the United States, you know, theres a huge pool of potential recruits within prisons, disenfrashed veterans who might franchised veterans who may have felt forsaken by the veterans organizations or these people that the Islamic State will try to target and try orecruit. People who have whether it be financial motivation or some reason to hate their country. Rational or irrational. Rational or irrational, right. Lindsay moran, al jazeera contributor former cia insight. Thank you. The enemy is the ebola virus, authorities are calling this the largest and most complicated outbreak since the disease was identified. Reveling in dr. Kent brantly and Nancy Writebol another u. S. Missionary has tested positive. The fourth to be infected is dr. Rick sacra, obgyn, who contracted the virus while working in west africa. The situation is worsening in nigeria. 200 are monitored for ebola. 60 have had very high risk exposure. The w. H. O. Says that 40 of the ebola cases have occurred in the past 21 days alone and warned if that number of infected continues to accelerate the outbreak can only get worse. British aid worker William Pooley is now walking on his own, less than a month ago he became infected. I was very lucky in several ways. Firstly, in the type of care i received which is a world apart from what people are receiving in west africa despite a lot of organizations best efforts. But those best efforts have not been enough to save many more. Months after the outbreak of the worst Ebola Outbreak in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it. In west africa, cases an death continue to surge. Riots are breaking out. Isolation centers are overwhelmed. Health workers on the front lines are becoming infected and are dying in shocking numbers. Others have fled in fear leaving people without care for even the most common illnesses. Entire Health System have crumbled. As one crisis spins off, another. Quawrn teens have led to food quarantines have led to foot shortages. This man escaped only to be chased into an open market. The number of cases have risen so rapidly theres increasing concern that the infection is spiraling past the ability to get it under control. There is a window of opportunity to tamp this down. But that window is closing. We need action now, to scale up the response. We know how to stop ebola. The challenge is to scale it up to the massive levels needed to stop this outbreak. There just arent enough medical resources, Safety Equipment and most critically Trained Medical workers to help. The w. H. O. Estimates at least 600 million is needed to fight the current outbreak, a steep cost for struggling nations in west africa. The provision of care to its people is the primary duty of government. But we also must understand you know these countries came out of years of war and internal conflict. The Health Systems, they were totally virtually destroyed. At the epicenter of the outbreak in liberia, sierra leone and guinea, there are less than 1 doctor per 1,000 people. Health care workers join the fight on the ground in west africa. In my view its every country in the world needs to be thinking what can we do to help. Because if we dont get on top of this outbreak, as a global community, then this could affect all of us. In unexpected ways. Its not somebody elses problem. Its our collective problem. Were joined again this evening by dr. William shafner an expert in diseases at the vanderbilt medical center. Appreciate you being with us. What were hearing is language that is really stepping up. Mr. Freedon at the cdc using the word epidemic. Are we really seeing a change . Are things reaching a more critical point even than weve seen in the past few months . I think thats right joie. We havent gotten our arms around an epidemic and it is an epidemic, we will see more cases before the World Community can organize supplies and resources so we can provide the Clinical Care thats necessary as well as the Public Health response which will curtail the spread of ebola. Have you seen anything like this before . Ive not seen anything like this before. Now defined as although an outbreak in the western part of africa, its a worldwide problem. And countries all around the world are being called upon to provide resources and expertise, because its one small globe. And we all need to work on this problem. You know, you say that, that the world is being called on to help here. But what theyre talking about is perhaps hundreds of Infectious Disease experts and thousands of medical Trained Medical workers to come in and actually help on the ground. Is this realistic . Can we really put an expectation on the world to be able to deliver the kind of help that would be needed apparently to contain this . Well, well see. The call is out. And it wont happen all at once. This will be people coming in, over time, for a period of time, then being relieved by compatriots who come in from another country to help out. But we need to get that Clinical Care established because if the Clinical Care isnt there, the patients remain at home, the family takes care of them, and then they get infected and the epidemic rolls on. So first we have to get the patients out of the home into good hospitals where we can provide reasonable care and then the Public Health people have to get all the contacts, follow them up, provide surveillance on them, and then, only then, will the chain of transmission start to be broken. But dr. Chef realistically do you see the world paying attention, when the w. H. O. Says, we need 600 million to fight this epidemic, do you see the world coalescing to prevent this from spreading further . Im an optimist, i have high hopes, actually the money might be the easiest part. Its the human beings that will be harder to recruit and to get in, and to get them functioning. And have it all happen soon enough. To keep the epidemic from growing further. Infectious disease expert dr. William shafner, from vanderbilt, appreciate you being with us. Always a pleasure. Up ahead,. Why is threatening these women with jail time the right thing . It holds women responsible for their conduct and hope it deterse future behavior. Women have had the opportunity to avail themselves of drug treatment programs and they have not. Tennessee takes a novel approach to save babies from being born into addiction. Why criminal charges against pregnant drug abusers. Later in the program, a different take on the Islamic State. The fight against i. S. Is it seen as a growing power . Or powered by a bunch of buffoons . Oscar winning director alex gibney talks about his Ground Breaking new series edge of eighteen these cameras that we gave them. Are not recording devices, theyre story telling devices a powerful portrait of american kids. There are so many unexpected stories. Exploring their hopes, fears, and dreams. Its a moment when theyre about to be on their own, but not quite ready to be. And the realities of modern teenage life. These are very vivid human stories. 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