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And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff france joined the u. S. In the skies over iraq today, conducting its first air strikes on the Islamic State group. Military video showed attacks on a logistics depot, plus a munitions and fuel dump. Officials said dozens of militants were killed, and president Francois Hollande promised more to come within limits. translated other actions are expected in the coming days with the same goal to weaken this terrorist organization, and come to the aid of iraqi authorities, by that i mean iraqi troops and Kurdish Peshmerga based in iraq. There are no french troops on the ground, only planes which, in liaison with iraqi authorities and in coordination with our allies, are weakening the terrorist organization. Woodruff back in baghdad, car bombings killed at least 30 people at a shiite mosque and markets. And in washington, obama signed a bill to arm syrian rebels. Sectarian fighting in yemen escalated sharply today as shiite rebels battled sunni militiamen in the capital. The rebels attacked the headquarters of state tv in sanaa, after surging out of northern yemen in recent months. The prou. S. Government is largely caught between the warring factions. The World Health Organization is appealing for renewed efforts against ebola in west africa, despite the murders of eight health workers. Their team was attacked in a remote part of guinea. Meanwhile, a threeday National Lockdown began in sierra leone, to slow the disease. Aid workers went door to door today with health tips and soap. And Bloomberg News reported the centers for Disease Control now estimates a worst Case Scenario of 550,000 cases, before the outbreak subsides. N. F. L. Commissioner roger a storm of domestic vines over n. F. L. Players, Roger Goodell said new rules over personal conduct are coming and acknowledged mishandling the case of former ravens star ray rice but said now i will get it right. The same mistakes can never be repeated. We will do whatever it is necessary to ensure that we are thorough in our review process and that our conclusions are reliable. We will get our house in order first. Woodruff goodell said he does not want to resign. Also today, president obama launched a new effort against sexual assaults on college campuses. The its on us campaign aims to send a message that its everyones responsibility. The president criticized what he called the quiet tolerance of sexual assault. In the philippines, widespread flooding from a Tropical Storm and monsoon rains shut down manila today with neckhigh water in places. The floods drowned whole sections of manila after more than 10 inches of rain fell over a 24hour period. At least three people died and some 37,000 others were displaced. Drug maker glaxosmithkline has been fined nearly 500 Million Dollars for bribing doctors in china. The Police Ministry said British National mark reilly the companys former china manager paid doctors to use glaxos products, beginning in 2009. He was ordered today to leave the country immediately. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 13 points to close at 17,279. The nasdaq fell 13, to close at 4579. And the sandp dropped a point, to 2010. For the week, the dow gained 1. 7 percent. The sandp was up 1. 3 percent. And the nasdaq rose a fraction of a percent. Woodruff still to come on the newshour. Irans foreign minister on how to deal with the Islamic State group. Voters in scotland reject independence from the u. K. Chinese ecommerce giant alibaba sells its first shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Getting an extreme view of Natural Beauty on federal land in utah. And david brooks and e. J. Dionne on the weeks news. Woodruff now to iran and our interview with foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif. He is in new york this week for the so called p5 plus one talks on that countrys nuclear program. As questions loom over whether a deal can be reached by a late november deadline and what will happen if there is no agreement. Earlier today, our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner asked about that, the u. S. Strategy in fighting the Islamic State militant group, and why tehran has ruled out working with washington to defeat the organization. Warner minister zarif, thank you for joining us. Very good to be with you. Warner today, france joined the u. S. In launching airstrikes in iraq against the isis militants. Do you think thats going to be an effective strategy to counter these militant forces . Well, i believe the International Community should come to realize that this is a common threat, a common challenge and it requires a common response. In our view, the response should come from the region and supported by the International Community, not the other way around. We have been cooperating with the government of iraq and the government of or the Regional Government of kurdistan in order to defeat these terrorists, because we consider these terrorists a threat to all nations in the region and beyond because of all these foreign fighters that you have. Warner so you and president obama are really on the same page on this, that is, that International Community can assist maybe from the air, training and equipping, but not getting involved on the ground . Well, i believe the iraqis themselves are quite capable of liberating their territory. What the International Community needs to do is to prevent assistance to the terrorists, which has been coming, unfortunately, over the past three, four years, from various quarters in the region and outside the region. Warner so youre talking about saudi arabia, some of the other gulf states, their help with financing and training . Youre talking about turkey, thats allowed foreign fighters to cross over into iraq and syria . Well, im not in the business of naming names. We are willing to work with them, particularly with our friends in the region, in order to defeat this threat, but defeat it fundamentally, not simply by military action. Warner but by all accounts president rouhanis government has rebuffed overtures from president obamas government to actually cooperate because we were not convinced that the United States government was serious. Im sure that what happened yesterday in the house and the senate, approving the request of president obama for financing the syrian opposition, does not correspond well with an attempt to fight terrorism. If you undermine the Central Government in syria. That would enable the i. S. Terrorists and to gain even more territory. We see this as basically contradiction in terms of trying to defeat isis, but at the same time funding those who are trying to undermine the very government that is withstanding isis terrorists. Those forces who are operating on the ground in syria are unfortunately isis and people of the same color. Very. Warner all of them . Almost, a majority of them. At least a majority of those who control any territory in syria, are either isis or Jabhat Al Nusra or other fringe alqaida groups. Warner alqaidalinked groups. We do not believe that supporting these groups will help the process of democratization and respect for the will of the people in syria. Warner but you are a major patron you are a major patron of the Syrian Government . Can you not use your influence with the Syrian Government to in fact encourage them, force them to make such an inclusive arrangement with their own opposition . Actually, nobody can force anybody in our region. We have influence in iraq, we have influence in syria, we have influence in the region. The reason we have influence is that we do not impose our will on the countries in the region. Warner well, but many would point out that the shiitebacked hezbollah fighters have in fact moved up from lebanon to assist president assad, but let me move on to the nuclear issue. One reason youre here early before u. N. G. A. Week, which is the nuclear negotiations, you face a twomonth deadline now to finish this second phase and really finish a deal. Do you think theres any prospect of getting there . Well, i think theres every prospect of getting there, provided that people want to address a problem, not the constituencies. There are two ways of resolving this problem. One is to try to resolve this problem, and the other one is try to appease those who do not see any resolution, whatever the parameters, that resolution may be in their interests. So if you abandon the second alternative and put our focus on the first alternative, then i believe a solution is at hand. Iran does not want nuclear weapons. Iran does not need nuclear weapons. The only problem, if i may, is this basically infatuation, obsession with sanctions. Sanctions do not achieve any objective. Sanctions simply put pressure on the people. Warner but those in the United States that dont trust iran say, well, iran has an obsession with building a gigantic Nuclear Infrastructure that they dont need for energy purposes, that will be nuclear weaponsready. I mean, dont you have a problem of the hardliners on both sides, when youre talking about constituencies . Well, there may be lunatics everywhere. Warner laughs but no serious person in iran wants to build a nuclear weapon, because people have very serious strategic calculations. What we can suggest to people there is a lot of mistrust to go around. I mean, iranians dont trust the United States. We can change that, and its important for all of us to try to instead of living in the past, to try to write a new history. And writing a new history is to try to come to arrangements that would scientifically prevent iran from building a nuclear bomb. Warner so if the iranian government wants to persuade the rest of the world that, as you say, the intentions are purely peaceful, why not agree to the much lower level of centrifuges, number of centrifuges that the United States and the western powers are insisting upon . Because were not here to accept arbitrary decisions. Were here to negotiate. But what we are suggesting is not that you have to take this or leave it. We are saying that lets consider together how best we can do this. We have agreed to limit, for a certain number of years, the number of centrifuges that will be spinning. And that is out of no necessity, simply in order to create confidence. But im not prepared to accept any arbitrary numbers. Warner okay, now, of course, iran then wants all of these sanctions rolled back and lifted. Many of those would require, to be permanently lifted, u. S. Congressional approval. As you well know, theres a lot of opposition to that. Would iran accept something less for instance, just having president obama waive those . Well, obviously i do not engage in negotiations on the air, but we understand u. S. Politics. We understand the constraints that president obama is facing. As we dont accept them asking us to do the impossible, we will not ask them to do the impossible. Warner so if president obama wanted to do something of an end run around congress, that would be enough assurance for you . Its up to him. We deal with the government. Of course, we know the complexities, the domestic complexities involved. But as sovereign state, we deal with the United States government, as a sovereign state. We do not interfere in the internal domestic politics of the United States. If president obama promises us to do something, we will accept and respect his promise. Warner so is an extension beyond the november 24th deadline possible . I dont think so, and im not prepared at this stage to entertain that idea. Im not saying that november 24st is the doomsday. Im saying that we should put all our energy into reaching agreement by that time. Warner so no brinksmanship . I believe this issue requires statesmanship, not brinksmanship, and im prepared to exercise as much of that as i can possibly do. Warner despite the political price president rouhani and you and your government are paying for this at home . Well, leadership requires courage, and i hope that everybody is prepared to exercise that courage. I believe we are at the point in history that we can in fact what we do has an impact on the future of our region and the future of the perceptions of two nations towards one another. So we should seize this opportunity. Warner minister sharif, thank you so much. Good to be with you. Woodruff on our website, you can see more of margarets interview with foreign minister zarif, including his comments on Washington Post journalist jason rezaian, who has been jailed in tehran for almost two months. Woodruff well, the votes are in and the nos have it. Polls had flipflopped in recent weeks, but in the end, scotlands residents decided to stay in their 307 year union with the united kingdom. A dreary mist shrouded the scottish capital of edinburgh this morning, matching the moods of 1. 6 Million People whod voted for independence only to see it lose. It shows that still there are a lot of people in scotland that didnt want that. Its not a landslide vote so we think thats a good thing overall even if it is still no because its going to show that were not all happy with the way things are. Woodruff the official announcement came in the Early Morning hours. The majority of valid votes cast yesterday by the people of scotland in response to the referendum question, should scotland be an independent country . Were in favor of no. cheers and applause from the no Campaign Headquarters the cheer was deafening. Im happy that in the morning im gonna wake up scottish and im gonna wake up british. Im just so happy. Woodruff the leader of the no side, alistair darling, was triumphant. The people of scotland have spoken. cheers and applause we have chosen unity over division and positive change rather than needless separation. Woodruff the breakdown showed 55 voted to stay with the united kingdom, while 45 voted to leave. And the unprecedented turnout topped 85 . Despite his disappointment, despite his disappointment, yes Campaign Leader alex salmond said the turnout was a huge point of pride. This has been a triumph for the democratic process and participation in politics. Woodruff salmond has been at the forefront of scotlands Pro Independence movement for decades, but today he announced hes resigning as Scottish First minister. We lost the referendum vote but scotland can still carry the political initiative. Scotland can still emerge as the real winner. For me as leader, my time is nearly over. But for scotland, the Campaign Continues and the dream shall never die. In london, with the threat of separation past, Prime MinisterDavid Cameron renewed his promise to begin granting scotland more powers. We have delivered on devolution under this government and we will do so again in the next parliament. The three main prounion parties have made commitment, clear commitments for further powers for the scottish parliament. We will ensure that those commitments are honored in full. Even so, there were complaints from some in camerons own conservative party ranks that the promises are too generous. And Queen Elizabeth issued her own statement, speaking of her enduring love of scotland and urging the entire nation to Work Together in Mutual Respect and support. For more on the significance of the result of the referendum and what comes next, we turn to louise richson, principal and vice chancellor at the university of st. Andrews. And Washington Bureau chief of the economist magazine. Welcome to both of you. Louise richardson, were you surprised at the margin of victory for the no vote . It was 10, almost 11 points. I think everyone was surprised by the margin of victory but we all had so little to go on because this was such an unprecedented occasion and we were seeing 16yearolds and 17yearolds vote for the first time, an lect trait where only 30 recently registered, a turnout of 85 , so it was very difficult to predict but i