these are the stories we are following for you. five michigan homeowner standing trial for killing a woman on his porch. security breech of target, some 40 million customers are now effected. in europe, launching a very powerful satellite, is designed to map out the galaxy. >> who was standing on

his porch. the case first surfaced many compared it to the trayvon martin killing. a white homeowner charged with murder and manslaughter, those charges stemming from the death of 19-year-old just last month. al jazeera joins us now live from dearborn heights with more on today's ruling and d.c., this has been a racially charged case from the beginning. >> it really has. today the judge said that theodore made the wrong choice when he shot and killed 19-year-old on his front porch back in november, now during this preliminary exam, the judge heard from quite a few witnesses and they all shed light on what allegedly happened that night. she was bleeding and appeared disoriented but that mcbride walked away. the big question is what happened between that moment, and the time that

mcbride landed there on wafer's front door. now he has long maintained that he thought someone was trying to break into his house, when he went to answer his door, then his shotgun accidentally went off. his lawyers arguing that wafer didn't intend to shoot mcbride. and that mcbride we learned was more than three times the legal limit for alcohol, and that she also had marijuana in her system. now the judge had listened to testimony for a day and a half, and concluded that wafer will stand trial. take a listen. the first short was to bring the gun, not call for help, the not answer the door. as for the evidence that has been taken in this preliminary examination, it suggest to this court the defend made a bad choice. when there were only reasonable opportunities that were available to the defend at the time.

>> wafer is facing a number of charges including second degree murder, and manslaughter. >> retailers saying it began on november 27th, a day before thank giving and then continues until this past sunday. >> saying targets first priority is preserving the trust of our guests and we have moved swiftly

to address this issue. so guests can shop with confidence. we regret inconvenient this may cause. still unclear how much money may have been stolen no arrests have been made. support for the nsa coming from a rather unusual source, the president of russia. he now says the nsa surveillance program is needed in his words it is necessary to fight terrorism, it should be pointed out that he also once headed the kgb. just yesterday releasing a report that recommending limiting that program. mike has more. >> we have heard from everybody from vladimir putin to senator patrick leahey, their reaction to what that president advisory report that was released yesterday by the white house. 46 of them and 308 pages he is going to want to adopt and put before congress, or an executive action itself. it was a sweeping set of recommendations and probably the headline out of sit that this group of

individuals five individuals opponented by the president last august, at the height of the controversy in the wake of the edward snowden leaks wants to end the practice of bulk collection of telephone meta data. this is perhaps the most controversial aspect of what came tout of the leaks. the nsa the national security agency keeps that data for some five years and millions upon millions of records. the advisor committee says it should be kept by private companies if the government or any other agency wants to come and look into those. then they come in an ad hoc basis. also new limits oon what data they can command. many representative titans of technology with here in the roosevelt room, they have a lot of concerns. these national security letters from 20,000 a year are issues. by the fbi to the companies asking for ta da in the name of national security, the committee wants more

transparency, the committee recommends as has president obama, frankly, talked about 24 quite frequently, having someone there to stand up on behalf of the public and say hey, wait a minute, what about civil lynnertys all and all, the balance between security of the traditional sort, national security and the security of each individual to be safe from the fourth amendment terms unreasonable search and seizure. >> during his year in news conference, vladimir putin also said he will pardon his main political opponent.

al jazeera peter shape has more from moscow. >> whatever the criticism of president putin he can never be accused of hiding from the press. after a surprise announcement he approve add pardon for a multibillionaire mikkel. >> he refers to circumstances and i think bearing in mind those circumstances it is possible to make that decision. and i will soon sign an order about his pardon. a bail out to save it from bankruptcy, and apparently, no strings

attached apparently no pressure on kiev to join the union. even some consolelatory words once accused of wooing ukraine away from the russian embrace. and then there was the amnesty. for the so called obscene performance, with the poster girls of the amnesty. expected to walk free over the next few days. >> where also it seems lit be home for christmas. >> as for the fact they

are covered by the amnesty, they are not doing it for them, but if they are covered that's good. just six weeks before a start of the winter olympics in sue economy andty the arrival of the media army that will throw spotlight on this country. >> money will be used for nonhe that will equipment, training and others. andrew simmons is on the ground and filed this report. >> a military hand over that's meant to make a difference to the traumatized people of the central african republic.

another military acronym troubles and the largest of its kind in this country. it will try to calm the car which is on the brink of more killing and the threat of again side is ever present. it's twice the size of the existing force, and will double that number again. in the coming weeks, to 6,000. with the military build up, more political pressure is bearing down on the country's interim president. to calm the anger, and threaten full justice against anyone involved in the unknown number of atrocities. >> we have discussed the tradition, to rally on what needs to be done to prevent further crimes. in other words, it is critical, that the message comes from himself to make sure that nobody will be immune from any form of

prosecution. >> here a city like the capitol the risk of more large scale killing hasn't diminished. it's year, that all the military action is needed as a tax on villages by christian militia continues. the challenges are profound. it isn't about peace keeping it is about enforcing some kind of calm, and to have any hope of doing that, the new force needs tock fast, efficient, and equipped. the outgoing peace keeping force believes that the force will work. >> depending on the threat, whereas they will be able to go everywhere. and diminish the risk. >> but action is needed soon, if the fears of the minority muslim people don't lead to retaliation. the french army here wants to start disarming both sides, but it is too tension right now, and southers have told al jazeera that more fire

power is needed first. in the coming days it is expect there will be more pressure on the government to put out positive messages about reconciliation. and alongside that, more robust action to disarm the killers. andrew simmons, al jazeera, boston. >> family members of a murder soldier says justice has been done, but they say no amount of justice will bring him back. it took a jury 90 minutes to convict the two men of killing lee rig by in may. prosecutors say they hit him with a car and then stabbed him to death. the men are scheduled to be season tenned early next year. a georgia school board now allowing resource officers to bring military a.r. 15 rifle is basically the reason.

just yesterday we went to a gun shop here in the atlanta area to take a look at that weapon, if we roll some othe video you can see it, it is a very precise, piece of equipment, it's light, it has a target range of about 300-yards and it is based upon the m 16. now this particular gun was used in the aurora movie theater massacre, a year and a half ago, and then in newtown connecticut about a year ago. so officials here on monday got together with the police, they have been talking about this for months as to whether to pass this law, they passed it on monday, and now they are in the process of ordering this particular gun to be used in three different schools here in gainsville georgia. >> and robert, is gainsville the first or are we seeing this a lot? >> definitely not the first, though there are not a lot like this.

one in particular in california, fontana, they have ordered about 14 a.r. 15s that they have in their school district right now. there's another one in san diego, school district, and another one in los angeles. now, many police departments around the united states do have this as an issue, the piece of equipment for their police force, in fact, up in boston, recently, there's some controversy up there, a lot of talk as to whether the police should have the a.r. 15, some people there don't wantons why the implemented this new law. >> why are you bringing these into the schools. >> all of our officers carry these. shortly after the sandy look incident, we had a senate proposal to the school board, and in that proposal we requested to keep rivals inside the schools.

to leave the threat, to know their vehicle to grab the rifle, and then engage that threat again. >> is this a military style rifle? how would you describe it? >> it would be described as military talked to him earlier today as well. >> we didn't do anything to say let's look at this problem and see if there's other solutions. because the whole idea is to stop it before it happens. and how can you prevent it from happening but

bringing more guns in schools bringing more attention to the situation. plus that's just not the solution. our kids today are very hi-tech, they and see and cover it very closely now. >> is this news out of the white house. said to commute the sentences of eight people related of crack cocaine related crimes. six of them were sentenced to life in prison. president saying their sentences were unduly harsh. those convicted would have received less time if they had been tried under current laws most

of them will be free now within four months. the world's most powerful telescope has now been launched. unnext, a mission to map out the universes. blame

stripping the reverend of his credentialing but also removed him as the

pastor in lebanon pennsylvania. schafer has been a outspoken critic of his church's treatment of gay men and women. here is our story. around 1 1/2 million kilometers away. from here, without the sun's glare it will be able to survey the surrounding stars with unprecedented precision. write will refine those positions to many cases the 1% or better, so for the first time we will have an accurate map of the large chunk of the galaxy. >> the most powerful ever

put in space. >> this precision tracking technique will pinpoint the position of around 2 million stars an hour. that data around 50 gig bites each day, will then be transmitted back to earth for analysis. >> if we can measure the distances a lot of type of stars in our own galaxy, question with look at more distance galaxies. after around 1 billion stars it will al be able to measure the writen, composition, and motion through space. there are going to be served by this very powerful spacecraft, to map the way the galaxy is moving we will know how

it is formed how the galaxy is developing and together -- because it is applicable to others. >> we request not see -- and that is the planning. so if a plan around the star, is undetected by other techniques that we may be able to find it as well. >> scientists also expect to discover new as steroids tens of thousands of failed stars and as many as 20,000 super nova or exploding stars. from such a detailed survey, it is hope they will shed light on the structure, content, and evolution of our galaxy. how it came into being and how it is the way it is. on wall street this hour, taking a bit of a break after yesterday's

performance. stocks are up about 6 points but it could be worse. any finish would mean yet another all time high. we are also keeping a close eye on shares of target, as we have been reporting the company dealing with that major breech, the stock now down more than 2% at this house. hour. still ahead, a greeting cards normal, these cards are helping children capture their dreams.

target saying thieves broke in and stole the credit and debit card information of as many as 40 million of its customers. they say it continues until this past sunday. so stand trial for second degree murder. prosecutors say he shot

her back in november, his lawyer say he feared for his life and should be shielded by a self-defense law. the president of russia says the surveillance program is needed to "fight terrorism yacht. the white house releasing a report recommending the program be limited. they say that christmas is best seen through the eyes of children. and ethan wants jeff to have clothes and shoes. these are some of the dreams of america's homeless children, no video games, no bicycles, just a chance to be normal. >> they are so innocent. in what they see as the things like michaela's dream is i want a room of my own. in society, we have some many things that we want, but for these children, it's the simple things of life.

>> five-year-old mckayla has a simple dream. >> and i want my own room. so i can have my own puppy, and kind of throw a party. but i have to ask my mommy to get a puppy. probably invite some friends for a sleepover. >> mckayla's wish is featured on these pictures of hope greeting cards. >> what can you capture here. >> it is a project started by photo journalist, it seems professional photographers with homeless kids to help them visualize their dreams. >> all the kids listed what they wanted to do when they grow up and what they hoped for, and after they rose down what they wanted they were each paired with a photographer. they just wanted to take pictures, to capture what their hopes and dreams were.

i capture add lot of mine. >> we don't quite think of children as being homeless, but we have children here at the mission that range in age from newborns all the way up to 17. there seems to be a trend that moms and children are the fastest growing population in the mission world. last christmas we set a record we aren't browed of, but we had 52 people here. the fact she knows this is going to take forever. this is just temporary, it mean as lot. that she can hope and dream, and she doesn't need to get down, she is my little inspiration. >> pictures of hope cards are sold by 12 homeless shelters across the country, which keep all the money they earn. jonathan martin, al jazeera, nashville.

>> we still have delayed at the salt lake city city international airport because of wintery weather moving through. up to an hour, so call your airline to see if you flight is included. certainly, you can see that winter weather right now from utah into wyoming, we have some spotty rain that's what initially caused a cargo 757 landed just fine, no damage, but it slipped on the runway. mainly in the mines. we aren't expecting higher accumulations there. where we get the high accumulations today will be in parts of the rockies further over to the north.

it feels more like ten degrees below zero, but about 700 miles apart, a pretty big difference in temperatures. if you head down to st. louis, it feels like 41. well, that warm err air to the south, and the colder air to the north, it is already going to cause problems that we are anticipating so a freezing rain has gone into effect across parts of northern missouri, iowa, all the way over into chicago. starts at midnight, prepare for icy roads. freezes and you have the glaze. in about a tent of an inch of ice with that particular storm, it is a storm that will bring us a lot of problems as we move forward. today you can see the storms across the north, temperatures from the mid 70's to the south, 20's to the north, only getting warmner the southeast over the weekend. >> rebecca, thank you very much, and we want to

thank you for watching al jazeera america. in new york, 101 east is coming up. next. history. in an age of rapid modernization this ancient form of fighting remains a celebrated tradition. >>there isn't any weight class, no fighting ring or weight division and there are times when a small wrestler is paired up with a much bigger one