check check newtown school shooter adam lanza was mentally ill - some of the findings in a report handed down >> bad expected to hit the north-east. >> four ohio officials charged in the stewed steubenville rape case, a school principal, two

coaches among those accused of covering it up. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. the long0awaited report on the sandy hook tragedy answers some questions, but not all. the 48-page summary into the mass anger was released monday. the report makes it clear motive was unknown. adam lanza had a large arsenal. >> adam lived with his mother nancy, a woman that took care of his needs, including providing the weapons used to kill her and 26 others at sandy hook elementary school. his relationship with his family was strained at best, except when it came to guns. >> this was an open gun locker in the family home. the 20-year-old led an isolated

life. he spent his time playing video games, some violent like school shooting. some night like the dance game ddr. his bedroom windows were covered with track bag liners. for the three months leading up to the shooting he insisted conversations with his mother be by email even though they lived under the same roof. he was diagnosed with asperger' and had mental issues that showed no signs of aggressive nature. he was particular about the food he ate and clothes he wore. his mother cooked his favourite foods and left before he went on his murderous rampage. she got back, and the next morning he shot her and then shot his way into sandy hook elementary school for reasons that the report says may never be fully understood.

>> lanza was obsessed with mass shootages, particularly the columbine shooting. >> a powerful weather system storming across the u.s. could interrupt holidays for millions. rain and snow are frustrating >> flooding rain and snow - it's not over. the same storm bringing rains to arizona, and snow to the rockies brought 10-12 inches to northern texas. more than 43 million travellers are expected to fly - many on wednesday. aaa says it's expected to be the single busiest day of the holiday week. >> i'm trying to go home. >> you can't get home. >> i can't get home. had to spend the night in here in this airport, on the cold floor. >> for those accustomed to snow,

the wintry system is moving in earlier than expected. >> my flight was delayed i was bumped from two other flights. i was trying to connect to kansas city. i wish i could click my heels and be home. it's tough. >> it will get worse. with so many travelling this holiday the weather is expected to make getting around a nightmare. >> the flight was leaving at 10. we gave ourselves three hours to get here. drove in the car for four hours, sitting through the traffic. >> ice is a major problem. making roads treacherous. crews in north carolina will work through the night, prepping for the storm, spraying salt on the roads keeping them clear for tuesday morning.

clsz >> we are watching this area of low pressure carefully in the gulf of mexico. it will make its way up to the eastern sea board. what will happen then is for most areas to the north-west it will be snow. for areas to the east it will be rain. we'll watch the path. it's critical because if it goes towards the west, that means many people will get rain. if it goes towards the east, a lot more people will get snow. that will make a major impact on flying. we expect it to be nasty for most of the eastern sea board. it's the snow-rain line that we keep you informed of. towards the north-west there'll be beautiful weather. it has been dry - unusually dry and sunny towards seattle and washington and oregon for the last week. it will stay that way through the weekend. thursday, cloudy. 52. overnight lows to 39. down towards the south-west -

well, we saw the storm i was telling you about move through, things have dried out. no rain in the forecast. it's not until thursday, unfortunately that we see rain off the pacific. 66 degrees staying until friday, not until saturday will we start to get to better weather. to the south-east, we are looking at the rain continuing from many locations, least through a lot of parts of the morning to the north. it is a mix of rain and snow. >> president obama says he's optimistic about the agreement on iran's nuclear program and hopes the deal will dismannedle the history of mistrust between iran and the u.s. >> i firmly believe in what president kennedy said - never let us negotiate out of fear, never let us fear to negotiate. i believe that. this diplomacy, backed by

unprecedented sanctions on iran brought us the progress achieved this weekend. >> critics in congress says it gives iran too much lee way. it doesn't forbid the country enriching uranium. >> president obama's secretary of state john kerry and other officials describe it as a step towards the ultimate goal, ensuring that rain can never develop a nuclear weapon. there are sanctions in place, an easing of the sanctions to last six months. there are many in congress and elsewhere saying the deal is not enough. many are pushing for more sanction, not fewer sanctions on iran. they sea iran will play the game, parallels are drawn to north korea, coming to the table, getting what they want and going back to previous behaviour. >> ben rhodes is the deputy

national security advisor. and he spoke with al jazeera america's inside story. this is his response to republicans and democrats who say new sanctions should be put in place. >> sanctions in place brought to to where we are today, bringing iran to the stable. now is not the time to renew sanctions. not before we have time to test whether we can reach an agreement. >> many key members were brought into the white house before the weekend when it was clear a deal would be on the table. one is bob corker, the top republican on the foreign relations committee. here is his reaction. >> i think you'll see on capital hill, a bipartisan effort to make sure this is not the final agreement. people know the administration is long on announcements, but short on follow through. i think there's a lot of concern. >> president barack obama is on a west coast fundraising trip

but took time out at a speech in california to laud the agreement, and even to his enemies, that he was criticised for back at his inaugural address. harry reid gave an interview to public radio, and he hints that the sanctions pushed for will not become immediately - they won't be on the senate floor. they'll push them off. timing them to the threshold that the administration wants to give iran its sincerity in putting aside nuclear weapons. >> a possible step forward to end syria's civil war. paes talks will start in geneva. the first meeting between the syrian government and opposition since the war began 2.5 years ago. >> the u.n. is working on a list of participants. it's unclear whether iran will

be invited. diplomats hope setting a date will reduce violence. more than 100,000 people have been killed since the start of the war. >> more than 11,000 of those killed in the war were children killed by bombing and snipper fire fire in their reality. stefanie dekker reports on the reality that these children live? >> it's 1 o'clock in a district of damascus. one of the local activists is asking a group of children what it's like living here. >> translation: when we were at school piles of dead bodies were brought in, we saw them being prepared for burial. >> as they continue to tell their story this happened. a shell hits the area. it's a snapshot of what it's

like on the ground. while political bickering has the luxury of time, many living here do not. the united nations says almost half of syrians are dependent on foreign aid to survive. that is 9.3 million people. 6.5 million of those are eternally displaced and over 2 million have pled syria, many many living in other countries as refugee. >> many have been killed, 11,000 are children. today these children survived. al jazeera managed to track them in the syrian capital. >> translation: we were riding our bikes when we saw the activist. he said, "we want to film you." we didn't get hurt. my mother was trying >> translation: my mother also cried. >> many asked the question if

political pressure paved the way for inspectors to visit, then why can't the same be down for medical aid that the people need. >> children caught in the crossfire in syria, international relief agencies hope the peace talks will open the areas cut off from humanitarian assistance. >> school officials accused of covering up a rape crime. >> a protestor sounds off on president obama during a speech on immigration reform.

. new charges are filed in the steubenville rape case, accusing coaches and school officials of a cover up. two high school football players from ohio from convicted last march of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a party, after images were posted on social

media. bisi onile-ere has more. >> a steubenville school superintendent, two coaches and a school principal are now facing criminal charges in a rape case that put the small midwest community in a bad light. the charges are a result of a week long grand jury investigation >> whether the adults knew of 2012 rape allegations involving two football players and a 16-year-old girl. >> the messages from that grand jury of citizens of this good county is this: this community is rectifying the problems. this community is taking charge. this community is fixing things. this community is holding people accountable. >> steubenville school superintendent mike mcvey. principal lynett gorman, coaches seth fluharty and matthew

bellardinte face a number of charges, including obstruction of justice and contributing to under-aged alcohol consumption. >> it is rape. >> earlier this year 17-year-old ma'lik richmond and adam may were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl. the case drew national attention after a photo and video. the assault surfaced online, the case dividing the community. there were accusations of a cover up. accusations others may have been involved. >> we must treat rape and sexual assault as a serious crime of violence that it is. and when it is investigated, or when any other crime is investigated, everyone has an obligation to help find the truth. >> the ohio attorney-general mike dewine size the grand jury

spent weeks investigating, hearing more than 100 witnesses. adults charged could wind up behind farce, from a month to more. >> the school's technology director was charged last month with evidence tampering and obstruction of justice. president obama gets an earful in san francisco. protesters spoke on monday while he gave a speech on immigration reform. the bill passed by the senate offers a path to citizenship. that is when the demonstrators interrupted him, demanding he stop deportations. >> most importantly we'll live up... . >> our families are separating. >> we'll live up to our character of a family. >> families are separating. we need to heple. >> that's what we are talking about. >> every day. >> that's why we are here. >> use your executive order.

to allow 11.5 million undocumented immigrants stay in the country. you have a power to stop the deportation. >> that's the way i'm going, that's why we are here. okay. >> [ chants ] . >> thank you. all right. what i'd like to do. >> no, don't worry about it guys. chant chant. >> let me finish. you guys don't need to go. let me finish. no, no, no, you can stay there. let . >> [ cheering and applause ] . >> hold on a second. hold on a second. so i respect the passion of these young people. because they feel deeply about the concerns for their families. >> president obama went on to tell the protesters that yelling

is the easy way out. instead he's trying to stop the deportations by persuading congress to change the law. >> civil rights act visits want felone hate crimes charged. they are accused of harassing a black student. melissa chan has the story. >> addressing the county district attorney the national association for the advancement of colour people, the nwacp, demanded tougher charges. >> they were motivated by racial hate and planned in concert with intentional premeditated offenses rising to the leftof a felony hate crime. >> despite the election of our first afghan american president. they are the most frequent victims of hate crimes. >> the president of the university appeared alongside the nwacp. >> somewhere in the process our

decision-making fail. as part of it i failed that student. within that we failed all of our students. >> the white students reportedly had a confederate flag in the dorm and nicknamed the blackman three fifths, a clause that used to count black americans as a three fifth of a person. they had a bike you-lock around his neck, shocking in california. >> the fact that this happened on my camp u i'm almost embarrassed to represent my school - it's what we are known for at this time. the 18-year-old boy could have been my little brother. >> i think the kids were going it as a joke. still - not okay. we are pretty sure it won't happen again. >> san jose boasts a diverse

campus. african-americans are 3% of the body. students took to the stage after the formal event. >> diversity means more than having poking black faces in positions of power. or tonen black faces on the school website. or tone black faces telling you everything is okay wh surely it is not. >> amidst the uproar the parents of the student requested privacy and issued this statement: >> in the heart of campus stand the stat use of tommy smith and john carlos. alumni of san francisco state and olimpians, a sim ball of black power and unity, and bare

feet, a reminder of black poverty in the u.s. a message many feel is sadly necessary and relevant today. >> the department of justice has not studied campus eight crimes since 1899 and 102 were reported. >> a life line for those that have the virus us that have aides. the hope act opens the door to organ transplants within the hiv community. >> rob had been battling kidney disease for 10 years when he was put on a transplant list. then in 2006 a doctor told him he was hiv positive. >> he told me that meant i could no longer get a transplant, which was devastating because i was waiting. >> he was lucky. in 2010 a nurse included him in a clinical trial of 100 hiv

organ recipients, giving him a second chance. march 2013 doctors transplanted a new kidney. >> it's like a new life. >> other patients like rob have new hope now that president obama signed hiv organ policy equity. hiv positive organs can be donated to hiv people who need them. it could save thousands of lives. eddy counsel people diagnosed as hiv positive. he has lost many friends to hiv. >> it's excellent news for the hiv community. it's another hope they have, that they no longer be waiting. rob says he is motivated to share the story with hiv. he's a living example of the

success of the hope act. rob hopes the years of waiting and uncertainty he experienced will become a thing of the pace. >> it's great. it's changing lives and it will give a lot of people hope. >> hope to focus on the future, and not give up on life. >> up to 500 hiv positive patients could benefit from the new program every year. relief could be on the way for drivers, how the iran nuclear deal could save you money. owning part of the eiffel tower, how much one person paid for the original piece of the landmark building.

>> the iran nuclear deal could have a far-reaching effect in the u.s. the easing of sanctions might increase supplies, meaning lower gas prices. crude prices fell $0.75 monday. the sanctions cut iran's production to 1 million barrels

a day. it has 37 million unsold tankers around the world. >> humphrey bogart called it the stuff dreams are made of. this is the maltese fall con from the 1941 film. it was auctioned for nearly $4 million. also michael keaton's batman suit and a nightgown worn by vivien leigh. >> a piece of the eiffel tower was auctioned for $$150,000. al jazeera's paul brennan has more. >> since its construction in 1889 more than 250 million visitors climbed its staircase and visited its lifts. it's the highest structure in paris recognised worldwide. it was a pioneering example of

art and engineering the the chance to own an original section of the eiffel tower was special. >> a lot of houses have been made because of this technique. it was artistic and technique. that's why it's magic. >> gustaph is on the staircase, his son-in-law on the landing. a section of the same steps is on display, halfway up the tower. valuing unique object is difficult. >> in october a violin reputably paid on the "titanic" went for $1.7 million. at the other end - a piece of the berlin can be doubt. >> how about a bridge, an american developer bought london bridge for a million, rebuilding it in his arizona theme park.

an eiffel tower staircase is an object of desire. >> i think it's a beautifulle object. it's not just a piece of the eiffel tower, it's a staircase, and wrought iron and an historical dimension to it. >> i wouldn't mind a piece, it has an historical and sentimental value. other sections are on public display and in the gardens of the yoshi foundation in japan. the new owner joined an exclusive club. painted battleship grey and rusting at the edges, the staircase doesn't convey the full romans and majesty. to look at it misses the point of the the magic comes from ascending and decending the stairs and knowing you are

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