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With the bodies of migrants. The volunteers helping families find lost loved ones. Can we talk . And joan rivers remembering the life, and the laughter of a trail blazing comedy legend. For the first time in months there is talk of peace in eastern ukraine. That president and the to believe rebel leaders say a cease fire could begin as early as tomorrow, if talk goss as planned. Today nato leaders meeting in wales call on russia to immediately withdraw its troops. Moscow denied the troops are even there. And in eastern ukraine, fierce fighting. Harry faucet, with exclusive new video. On the day motte said there were several thousand troops and armored vehicles, this is what we saw heading down the road from the russian are border. We counted 11 battle tanks, two armored personnel carriers and multilaunch rocket system, and several mobile pieces with a range of 50kilometers. All passing the town, heading into ukrainian territory. This is the main move toward the border. We were stopped at the first chien point by a very professional group of fighter whose have three main battle tanks at that check point. One of them giving instructions on how to wristwatch set to a russian time zone. And apart from the convoy, a military vehicles coming the other way, we have seen no military installation before getting to the russian border. Now, we are being told that the travel back down this road, is simply too dangerous. Then the shells were coming down close to the main defenses already looking seriously outgunned. Demetris unit further advanced had come under direction fire, losing an armored carrier, he has no doubt who his men are fighting. It is the regular russian army. Because its a few maybe terrorists, but the most of them is regular soldiers. Putin is talking about a cease fire, and you are being hit by artillery. Everybody can see what we can say. The extra unseen defenses that the ukrainian politician have talked of. We havent seen them either. The man in the blue suit is the politician in question, the kiev backed governor, now in exile. I am sure that with tanks and machine guns they dont plan to make any peaceful negotiations surely they want to seize this territory. But they dont have much chance of success. Both sides are now talking about a cease fire. The question is whether by then, mario will still be in ukrainiannd has or will it succumb, where the government poster in the main square, already looked like a historic relic. And an earlier receive yet era, is twitching back to life. Harry faucet, al jazeera, south eastern ukraine. Of course, the crisis in ukraine dominated day one of the nato summit underway. But its just one of many conflicts World Leaders are talking about, james base has that story. And thats because of the range of crisis across the world they have to deal with. Top of the agenda, is the situation in ukraine. Typical balancing act for the nato leaders also for the president of ukraine, whose present here, trying to deter russia, and yet at the same time, not further antagonize president putin. In the nighting in ukraine, probably as nearly as many now, as there are separatist who are a part of that fight, too. Now, they have come one a package of measures, support for the ukrainian military, training help, helping rehabilitate those soldiers that are being wounded in the conflict. Also, a new very Rapid Reaction force, the Rapid Reaction forces will be known as the spearhead force, about 4,000 troops able to deploy within two days. As well as ukraine, a number of other issues including the Islamic State group, and their very brutal tactics. And discussions about what to do with syria, nato leaders are all deeply concerned and i can tell you, that one issue that has come up is the payment of ransomes which some leaders believe have been paid by other nato countries. Its believed that some 280 million has been paid since 2008. By nato nations. The u. K. Prime minister, is saying enough is enough, this is just encouraging further hostage taking and he is urging his fellow leaders to stop paying. Its membership has grown, and challenges have changes. Randall pinkston has more on the past and its future the fall of the berlin wall, marked the beginning of a new role for nato. The north atlantic treaty organization. Initially, the u. S. , canada, and western europe formed nato to counter the threat from the soviet union, and its communist block nationed. This was the Political Landscape at the end of the cold war. Nato nations in blue, the soviet union and its allies in red. But today the alliances are vastly different. It now include many that were former allies including poland and the baltic republics. But some of the old conflicts the threat to the you drain and new crisis from afghanistan to the Islamic State pose new challenges for the old alliance. And wales with one of the most beyond the defense for its members. In 1995, and again in 1999, nato launched air strikes in the former yugoslavia after allegations of war crimes. Major disaster is occurring this morning. Roof the attack, nato declared the war on terror, sending military forces to afghanistan where they remain to this day. But despite that, they both remain in turmoil. Some Member States are urging a more aggressive response to the ukraine crisis as well as to the threat from the Islamic State in iraq. I do believe, International Community as a whole, has an obligation. To symptom the Islamic State from addens vanceing. Further. Nato secretary says an expanded role for the organization will require more defense funding for Member States, more trains exercising and new partnerships. Now kirk is a former am was door and the executive director of the Mccain Institute for international leadership, kurt, welcome. Thank you. As nato leaders sit down for talks, putin is calling their must have, what do you mean by that . Well, that they are talking about rush are sha invading and being jut set by that, but they are not doing anything about it. That no one is willing to challenge rush are shas invasion of ukraine. Instead, nato is preparing to defend the ball tick states creating this response force. A few countries that are increasing defense spending. Put nothing immediately. And he knows that. Seeing that nato is not going to respond in any direct way, and then he will keep going. And he is basically proving to nato, and also frankly proving to the ukrainians that they cant count on nato to come to their educated even with russia in an active invasion. Do you think nato and the europeans are worried that rush are sha will retaliate economically either on germany or cut off the supply of natural gas. I think the Energy Supply issue is one. Let alone the military side. When you talk about steps like i suggested that would be bell jens sharing trainers for the military, advisers in the ministry of defense, equipment sales. Tactical advice, perhaps even reenforcement from the air and ground. Those military steps are are things that many nato ally dozen not want to do, because they do not want to actually engage in any kind of military confrontation with russia. Ambassador, how seriously should nato take the suggestion from the rush president that potential Peace Agreement is near . Not at all. The reason for suggesting that there is a process of negotiation, is exactly to influence western leaders into thinking they should not therefore take any tough steps. What if they were to upset this process thats just beginning. So there is no deal . Manipulating that very well. Mrs. There is no deal. Well, it is not a deal, it is a proposal, and he made that up. But there is no deal between the ukrainians and the russians, what you heard from the president is there was agreement on the cease fire. You immediately heard theres no. Which is not true, then the russians say theres a peace plan that putin has proposed. But that plan is emphatically one sided in favor of russia, telling them they cant even have their own forces in their own country. What kind of man power do you envision, and who is going to foot the bill . And who is paying their share and who is not . So first off, with nato, you have two ways of funding, one of them is individual nations and its alliance. 28 individual nations. They bring them to the table, you pay as you go. The second part is theres some common funds and military budget. And there are the u. S. Pays about 20 the european allies pay about 80 . What we have seen, is that on the national site, where nations pay for their own Defense Budgets european allies have cut dramatically. When you add it all together, the u. S. Accounts for half, now it accounts for threequarters. That needs to change. It cannot be in europe or what we would say to an american taxpayer or Congress Mapp that the u. S. Cares more about European Security than europeans. So we do have to reverse this trend. There have beenal steps. So if putin is calling what can they do about it . Very important, the we should not overlook them. The idea of increasing the Baltic States renewing the commitment under the alliance treetop p an attack on one is an attack on all, creation of this force, additional exercises and a more serious approach to defense planning for the east. All of that is very important. But what nato is not done is anything to help ukraine, and thats where i think nato needs to go next. Advisers, equipment, and even offer reenforcement. It is their fight to win, they have to defend their territory, but they need help. Ambassador, thank you very much. Thank you. In iraq, the so called Islamic State group is launching new attacks even as it is losing ground, there are reports the group kidnapped dozens of men from a sunni village today. Soldiers are battling to take back the city for the fourth time since they creased in june. They helped to push the fighters back, and today iraq set a top Group Commander died in a strike, but that report has not been confirmed. The fight has some women taking up arms. To battle along the force known as the p. K. K. Josh rushing has that story. We have linked one a unit of the p. K. K. This happens to be mostly women, and led by a woman as well. Asia star, and they brought us over to show us the front line. With the Islamic State. When commander knewer pointed out the black flag across the way, she noticed something extraordinary happening. Two women, one carrying a child, were crossing no mans land, coming toward nervous p. K. K. Fighters. Today, they were allowed to pass, with miles to go before they will find the nearest doctor for the child. We are surprised to find p. K. K. Fighters so far south of their mountain strong hold. These kurdish rebels have struggled against turkey for years from their remote bases in northern iraq. In iraqi curd islamic stan there has been a war, until now we havent taken a position, but now we see it as very important as pkk to be here. We are here to protect our people. The most harmed people is women. But all women in the world. We do this to protect womens rights because if there is no one protecting women, they are likely to be the victims. Even if a woman is suffering in america, we share her feelings. And we are are sharing for her. Mortars in the distance reenforce her point. Since 2003, after the invasion of the u. S. , there hasnt been any improvement in iraq, there are always explosions death and blood. The only solution at the moment is war. There are no alternatives. That was josh rushing report, and you can get more of the report from iraq, coming up on america tonight thats right after this program, after the top of the hour. Coming up next, volunteers in the immigration cries us and the desperate sedge for those that start adjournny to america, but never finished. Plus. Angelina with the big fat lips. Oh. She called them as she saw them. A look back at the life of joan rivers. A local sheriff says 400 migrants have died there since 2009, trying to avoided Border Patrol agents. His department estimated five times as many people walked into the dessert and were never seen again. Brooks drown employs just a few Law Enforcement officials and thats why relatives of the missing rely on a pair of unlikely volunteers to sedge for their loved ones. Heidi joe castro has the story. The phone has been ringing every morning for the past week. On theline, a uatemalaen father whose 20yearold son disappeared in a south texas dessert a month ago. The young man has been making his way to minnesota to reunite with a father he hadnt seen for ten years. Has no clue what has happened to him. Border patrol is swamped here. And the sheriffs autopsy has only four deputies. That leaves the south texas human rights center, with staff of two full time volunteers, as the last beacon of hope for migrant families. A catholic none from ohio arrived three weeks ago to help. She is trying to find where he disappeared. They are zero training for this, what they do have is drive. And informed guess work. Maybe we go out to this road, whatever it is. Another migrant, told julios father he has fainted from exhaustion, the companion left him under a tree. Close to some hills and a water source. That was a month ago, in 100degree heat, with no food or water, theres no chance of survival. And they are searching for a body. How far away from the road do you think it is. 1. 8miles is what it says. On that same road we were on. Yes. We hit the road to retrace his last known steps. This was the intersection where they got out of the car. He had already walked more than 20miles in the dessert, he must have been relieved to see a smugglers car waiting on this highway. They thought he was already safe, and ready to finish the last leg, and then the cargoes sputters out, and before you know it, he is on foot. A my saw the migrants and chased. Julio ran for an hour, until he collapsed somewhere in the endless scrub. Do you think theres any water. Its logical a desperate person may got this way, but we find no body. Careful where you step. What only i looking for. Well, you just want to be careful with your step. All right. And keep your sense of smell. The chances are like winning the lottery, because this land is so vast. Minutes later we spot another place that seems to fill the other migrants description, a popped, a hill, a tree, and here on the ground a discarded jacket, and if you follow me, this could potentially be a break through. A shallow grave. Theres some bones there. Theres a lot of them buried here. A closer look, reveals they are just cattle. But another day without answers is another day of torment for julios father. If you were dead your parents would be looking for you, until the day of their death. We just want to ease their burdens. Of the 20 some cases they have received this summer, they found two bodies. They have never found anyone alive. But a serj is never called off. Because it comforts families to know that someone cares. He may have i dont know, been Strong Enough to move. And is looking. Julio still has not been found. But a bit of help may be coming. The gnash guard who are now making their way to the border say some have volunteer for these search and rescue missions. Now, they say if this materializes, they will welcome the help. John. Tomorrow, be sure to join us for a one hour special. The impact of the flood of undocumented and what the impact has had on this country, and is search for a solution to the crisis. Thats tomorrow night, 8 00 and 11 00 eastern time. We hope you will joan us. The flood of migrants has included tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, and like American Children they are headed baaing to school and that means that School Districts are having to adapt. Melissa chen has that story. Mario is 15 and like most getting ready for school. I came here to learn in school. He starting school here at San Francisco international high, 3,000miles from the home he left behind. He risks his life to come to america. In mexico, it bumps much more difficult, because there things change, there are thieves that rob you, you may even sleep on the streets and it is difficult, but when you get to the boarder, you have to walk a lot and be strong, because then theres the dessert. Many here have a similar story, and every student is new to the country, every student, is learning english. Many show up alone, without parents without absolutely nothing. Sometimes they are renting a room. They have seen more than 1,000 new immigrant students enroll this september. Part of the National Influx of more than 66,000 unaccompanied children who have crossed the border. The spike has come from central america, el salvador, guatemala, and honduras. Mario came to San Francisco looking for an uncle but he now lives with a foster family. One collage one irony is that many students escaped Gang Violence back this their home country, only to find gang culture here in San Francisco. In places like the mission district. If they avoided gangs advocates feel they may have success. These students are different. We work with some of the most motivated intelligent students. They have navigated countries and borders they have managed to navigate systems so much bigger than this. Mario says that the journey was difficult and dangerous, he is glad he is here. It is like entering a new world. Everything. Your way of life changes. The dream attend a community college, and become a mechanic. And just to add little bit more about San Francisco, international highway it is a regular high school, these students are not just learning english and then transferring to so called regular high school, they are learning english while working toward as degree in graduating with a high school diploma, they tell us 80 of the students graduate and of those that do graduate, 70 go on to college whether its a four year or a two Year Associates degree. Quite an achievement, melissa chen, thank you. Up next, the Justice Department investigation of Ferguson Police. Why fast food workers were arrested across the nation, and the changes they want. Who they are fighting for, and why many admit it is a uphill battle. Its a response to the rise of the selfdeclared Islamic State. And our place in the universes, unlocking the mystery billions of years in the making. There was a Major Development in the controversy surrounding the Fatal Police Shooting of a teenager in ferguson. Launched an investigation into that police department. More from usher. Attorney general eric holder said they have to take a hard look at err tomorrowing their practices. Now i want to be clear, this is not a stop gap or a short term its a long term strategy. Its been nearly a month since the shooting of Michael Brown set off a week of angry protests it exposes a community grappling with a divide and a depp seeded disinstruction that is almost all white. That led the department of justice to open a civil rights investigation, into the shooting now lit look at the whole Ferguson Police department. In ferguson, our investigation will assess the Police Departments use of force, including deadly force. It will analyze stops searches, and arrests. And it will exam individuals detained at the city jail. Gave the d. O. J. The authority to investigate state and local Law Enforcement agencies for unconstitutional patterns or practices of conduct. That would include getting rid of the Police Officers who regularly ebb gauge in unconstitutional conduct. It could involve getting rid of deschampsing supervisory personnel, who have been turning a blind eye. So the remedy can go from the very bottom through the very top. Two years ago, the d. O. J. Launch add civil rights investigation into the death of trayvon martin. George zimmerman shot the teen to death after an altercation, but was acquitted of criminal charges. That investigation remains open. Over dozens of Fatal Police Shootings. In h the history of police brutality. They are now overseeing reforms in albuquerque. Shelden is a law professor at i. I. T. Whose expertise is in civil Rights Violations involving police. Politically and emotionally. And otherwise, so this can take weeks it will probably take months. In the last five years 20 investigations into the practicing of Police Departments around the country, in a statement the city says it welcomes the d. O. J. Investigation, and says it has been working to be transparent as it continues the process of earning back the trust of residents, and while the unrest is over, some residents say the underlying aingeer and frustration, wont be quelled unless real chains are made. Al jazeera, they rallied for higher wages better healthcare, and the right to june i dont know a union. Dozens have been arrested in new york, detroit, and in chicago. Dianne reports. In chicago the protests starting on the sidewalks near a mcdonalds. But then quickly moved to the street. Chicago Police Arrested about two dozen protestors. Do you mind going to jail. If it helps our situation, i have no problem with it. Similar scenes played out in new york city. Detroit, and los angeles. Where fast food workers demanding union representation, and a 15 an hour wage, took to the streets. These workers represent the lowest paying occupational group. The Congressional Budget Office estimated about half of the nations 10 million restaurant workers make within 25 cents of the federal minimum wage of 7 went five an hour. Douglas hunter says he takes home 800dollar as month, and spends most of it on rent. 25dollars is all i have left after i pay rent. And so it is very difficult, every day i have to scrape, to try to make ends meet. The Service Employees International Union wants to organize workers and invite in hope healthcare to join in the days demonstrations. The Restaurant Industry blasted the unions effort and its call for higher wages. In a statement, the National Restaurant association said, many restaurants would be forced to limit hiring, increase prices, cut employee hours, and implement a combination of all three to pay for the wage increase. Getting a 15 wage wont be easy. The cbo says even raising the federal minimum wage to just over 10 an hour, could cut up to half a million jobs. But president obama dismissed that claim at a labor day rally, earlier this week. Many of the prose tors say they know this is a uphill battle. They say its worth the fight. Dianne al jazeera, chicago. The quick rise of the Islamic State group seems to have left al quaida behind, but now the leader is taking a claim in another region of the world. Jonathan best is here with a closer look. Al quaida has lot a lot of influence and power, so the group is trying to reassert itself, it is still largely run out of pakistan where it commands fighters ail over the world, but now that al quaida has announced it is starting an affiliate in india. That will add to the other official branches already spread across two continents. With its rival the Islamic State group tearing across iraq and syria, today al quaida is trying to launch a come back. After months of silence its leader released an hour long video rejected the group, and boldly declassing he has his sites on india. This is to help raise the flag, and return to rule. With nearly 200 million muslims india has the Third Largest muslim population. Its long faced rebels that are trying to break away. Some worry the countrys poor could be drawn to the group. Al quaida is right, inyeah has shut the door of dialog, they have come to the conclusion that holy war is the way out. Years of war have deeply weakened al quaida, recently its aging leadership has struggled to compete. The al quaida itself is a degraded force. I dont think a new group under a rag tad bunch, which is already in flight, under tremendous threat of itself. Which is increasingly discredited even within the jihad movement. Is going to constitute anything that will be a threat to india. For now, it is the Islamic State group that has grabbed thousands of recruits. Now al quaida is calling back. Thats an apparent dig at the Islamic State group. Showing little mercy, as you know to nine jonathan, best. A u. N. Delegate and one of the top middle east advisers for mit romney, he joins us from los angeles, welcome back. Nice to be with you, john. Lets just start with the Islamic State growing so fast. Is al quaida under some sort of pressure to respond. Well, they have been leading franchise for the movement, and we have seen with isil, a tremendous amount of money that they have looted, that they have extorted from shopkeepers, they are retaining a lodge number of recruits and they control a large swath of territory in syria, and iran. So they are becoming the focal point. This is reaching out trying to get some attention, and move the focus. Where al quaida may have an edge over the isil folks. Why now. Well, you havent heard from al quaida, and certainly the the recruits that they want, the money that they want to raise from fellow travel hers that will ice sell, and they certainly want to get back in the game. They are clearly trying to get attention. They have been fighting terrorism for many many years and you cant expect them to buckle under any time soon. Why does al quaida want a foothold in india. I think al quaida is trying to show that they are global jihaddy franchise. They are in syria, now they can say they are in subcontinent, and i think they are trying to and so by raising the issue of cashmere, which was an islamic hot point, and recruiting tool that has been pushed back by the middle east, and even chechynia, raising the cashmere issue and talking about the subcontinent, may show in their view, maw show they have global reach. So what has changed since 9 11 . What sort of power do they have. It certainly is degraded. For al quaida being run from the has been degraded by drone attacks. They have lost their safe haven which for them was similar to the territory that isil now controls where they can train and raid money. Including the cool bombing so the american intervention, in afghanistan, and the continued pressure from the drone strikes in the dribble areas have seriously degraded al quaida, and thats good for the world, and perhaps this seems to be a cry for attention from al quaida. So as this country prepays to look back at 9 11, what concerns should there be in the u. S. About al quaida expanding . Well, the real concern is this, india is a Nuclear Armed country. They have a having Large Nuclear arsenal, and they are sitting next to pakistan, which also a fairly large arsenal. Theres been tremendous tension along the indian back stan border. Ever since it was partitioned when the british umpire, when britain gave freedom to india. There have been a number of wars along the border, very violent conflicts between pakistan and india. One thing that worries me, is that a terrorist attack, like an 9 11 in india, Something Like the mumbai attack that took place several years ago, could rapidly escalate, and could put two Nuclear Powers india and pakistan at each others throat thats a very dangerous situation for the region and the world. Given the nuclear arms in both countries. Robert obrien, always good to have you on the program, thank you. Thank you. Today marks to hundred 50 days since three of our colleagues were imprisoned in egypt. Peter kress that, mohammed fami, were found guilty of reporting false news and assisting the muslim brotherhood. Charges the men and al jazeera deny. In virginia a federal jury has convicted a one time republican rising star in corruption charges. Former governor and his wife were accused of selling their influence to help a diet supplement business, and the owner of it. Prosecutors say they took 165,000 in loans and gifted that including golf out agos lavish vacations he was once considered a possible president ial candidate, he and his wife could go to prison for decades when they are sentenced in january. They say they will appeal. Lets go to our science and Tech Knowledge correspondent. Where are we in the universes. That is the great question. I got a look at the space telescope, one of the four great on serve stories that is trying to answer that question four satellites to photograph our galaxy across the spectrum of invisible right. It is the best tool in answering a fundamental question. What does our galaxy look like . You would think it would be similar, but actually thats what makes it hard. It is like being drop down in the Center Square of the city, and being told i want you to draw a street map now. The ability to navigate among these is invaluable to astronomers. It is pretty mind blowing. Here is an example, the next start, one of millions shown in these is only 4. 3 light years from our sun. Yet the planets that go around it, are so tiny that we cant even see them. One of the brightest stars is 8,000 away. They measure the evidence, using hub bells imagery, and they have assembled a map of places are they are concentrated in so called super clusters. Slightest sense of where we were, that it was this tiny cluster, but it turns out we are in a super crust tear is 100 times larger than what we imagined. All right, it is difficult for me to get off of that, let me try a question, how can scientists determine whether one cluster of dallassys begin, and another one ends . Well, if you sort of think of this being a new form of measurement, that allowed them to zoom way way out, think of the movement of these galaxies and they are all moving. As the movement of water, and when we are looking at the globe, and the various bodies of water and how they move, the places where a current moves in one direction. We know they are separate thats what we are doing here. We determine that they are different super clusters so in this case, it is not as if you are ever going to really have a universal no one knows other than us, but i like the idea that some day we will shake hands with a space alien, and say i am from earth, milky way. Thank you very much, a satellite traveling on the far side of the sun has captured an amazing view of the solar eruption, look at this, dramatic bursts of flame. Full of radiation, it was captured back on august 4th. This video is repeated it is a time lapse of images from the solar flay that was reported by nasa solar terrestrial relations observatory, also known as stereo. Comic legend being remembered tonight. Daughter melissa said she died peacefully surrounded by family. Rivers was a pioneer in the world of female comedy, her daughter said she pent most of her life accomplishing her greatest joy, making people laugh. She was iraqi referent. Squishing the bobs flatter than a dad debt in an episode of hoarders. Irrepressible. I am going naked. And irreplaceable to her many fans. Theres always been me. The queen of the insulting quip, able to szczur any subject with a brash remark. Her legs go on and on and on, like Gweneth Paltrow when someone asks her about kale. Brooklyn born joan al command drove would turn her background into a comedy bonanza as joan rivers. I know about house work, because you make the bed, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again. She got her big break on the tonight show. Can we talk, she was a tramp. Performances that cool putted her to success, as she told current tonight show host. I have been working eight years in grenitch village, and nothing, and he said you will be a star. But at the height of her career, the creation of her own late night talk show cost her dearly. Johnny carson never spoke to her again, the show was a notch, but she took home an emmy as a daytime host, and became a hit with her daughter covering the red carpet at award shows. And sniping at stars on fashion police. Stay say was so excited because that morning her agent has called her up that george has picked her up for another 13 weeks. She always used herself for the target of her most biting barb. I saw what was going on under my chin, i dont want to be the one that the president has to pardon. Ironically, she was joking about her death just hours before, telling a new york audience that she could go at any time. She had medical scares before, and used her craft, to keep her spirits up. Just not going to be sad about that, we will do jokes and be up until we know. Joan rivers was 81 years old. Lap plan good evening i am going to take you to india right now. The rain is essential for the life of the subcontinent, but sometimes the rain can be deadly, and up here thats exactly what we saw. Take a look at the video that has come in. Over one dozen People Killed because of the very heavy rain. The military has been called in to help rescue over 100 people in villages that are cut off at the moment. And in another story out of this region, one bus carrying about 50 people at a wedding party, flash flood pushed it over a gorge. Still looking for the bus. This is the region we are talking about. The moisture hits the mountains that it is reare leased and unfortunately we will expected to see much more rain, we are also watching hurricane right here, making its way up baha. Over the weekend, the moisture could be a major problem, across much of the southwest, and bring flash flooding there, that is a look at your National Weather tonight a lot of drama in one exclusive neighborhood, after a day filled with danger, mystery, and one slimy character. Who spent a lot of time in the wild, so we decided to send him out on this special assignment, phil . Thats right, i definitely know my way around a swamp, which is where l. A. s newest most wanted is usually hanging out. But not tonight. He is white, could be about three feet long, and scientists call it a cobra. Thats right, a hot like this one, a highly venous snake. Normally you would find a cob bra 8,000 miles away in a place like thailand, one ended up in the yard of this resident. The search began monday after the albino cobra slithered into this yard, and encountered tiko, the friendly but a little too curious neighborhood dog. It was a terrifying experience for him. His neck shows wounds from the interaction. He was rushed to the vet, dr. Evan is an Exotic Animal veterinarian and treated him. Now you treated the dog, what did you find. I didnt find any snake puncture marks just a laceration, that i believe happened during or after the scuffle when the dog had run into a fence or a bush nearby. So pretty lucky for the dog. If the dog has been bit. If it was bit, not a dry bite, i think within ten minutes we would probably see clinical signs. The owners daughter snapped the only photos of the alleged attacker. Now the last the snake was seen it crossed underneath a fence and into this vacant lot, now, a field like this may be a pretty good habitat for a cobra trying to hide out. But theres plenty of sticks to hide in, a lot of holes i see some logs that it might be able to just stay in, they are generally active at night, so thats when we would see them cruising around, but bay day, if you are searching for a cobra plenty of holes. The most wanted snake in the los angeles area, finally got hooked. Found not far from the scene of the crime, a welcome relief for neighborhood that was very nervous. I was just drying by, and they were showing me this is where they lost the snake, and we saw it. You know, this was captured at 3 00 p. M. , l. A. Time, and i had a feeling it didnt go too far, and sure enough, they found it next to where we were standing so for now, animal control has it, but the snake had its 15 minutes of fame. Its own facebook, that was tweeter at me as i was searching for it. Obviously, this is something pretty serious, and we are very lucky nobody got bit. Yeah, and is it legal to own an exotic snake like that . Surprisingly it varies state to state, and even county to county. So here in l. A. You can own one of those legally if you get the right permit. And you have a purpose, marry education. Neighbors in that area indicated they had an idea of who on the street owned Exotic Animals they werent sure the that person had a permit. Is a underground market. There is. And i have seen a first hand here in l. A. , and so my thought is that for every permitted exotic relative pete like that, theres probably men out there that are not. So an area that could use more control. Everybody in our crew in the control room is worried about this dog, how is the dog. The dog is actually doing great. As we saw, it didnt get bit, it just looks like it did. So very lucky, and a little alert signal. So the mark wasnt a bite from the snake. Correct. They think it just ran into a fence or something, but definitely a big scare. 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