[ police fire tear gas and rubber bullets inferring son, missouri. aljazeera reporters caught right in the middle of it all. >> thousands of refugees able to flee an rackee mountain top. it's less likely american troops will have to get involved in a rescue. >> a new ceasefireunder way in gaza, after airstrikes. who's firing and why some may

not want a long term deal. >> amateur video shows syria under siege, government forces attacked by opposition fighters in one city and a reported government assault an another. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. another night of unrest inferring son, missouri, protests over the shooting death of an unarmed teen turned violent. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse demonstrators. >> 10 people were arrested, including two reporters. caught in the middle of it all, aljazeera journalists. >> they were forced to flee when a tear gas canister landed right beside them. >> the body meanwhile of 18-year-old michael brown has been released to his family. police aren't identifying the officer who shot brown but that officer has reportedly hired an attorney. >> the justice department getting involved into the investigation of brown's death.

breaking silence on the case. >> patience for the investigation that is now underway, but be unwaiving in our insistence that it be open, thorough and fare. >> let's go live this morning inferring son. you were reporting on the story, you quickly became part of it. >> that's right, del. just leading up to that in the days preceding what happened last night, we had seen calls for peace and calm, the police asking protestors to couple some of these protests over the last few nights, unrest over the last knew nights. the police chief said they would not like seeing these protestors stay up after sunset. we were thinking as the days progress that this would deescalate. obviously the night did not unfold the way that we had expected. >> the police mobile command center in the parking lot of a

strip mallooks likes a militarized zone with police descending on the area. addressing reporters, ferguson police chief called the presence appropriate. >> none of that was military equipment. that was all the swat teams have their equipment vans and they are big vans, big trucks. >> following three nights of unrest, the chief called on protestors to remain peaceful and restrict protests to daylight hours. vehicles loaded with tactical officers left the command center to faceoff with demonstrators. hour crews tried to make it around ferguson. as we moved closer to the strip, we were met by many layers of police. the next set of officers blocked us. >> they told us foot traffic was allowed to go through. >> irate residents had confrontations with police.

>> hands up, don't shoot. >> but were forced to back away. [ gunfire ] >> as night fell, police fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds. what started as a peaceful day of protest dissolved into chaos as police fired rubber bullets near where our crews set up its camera. >> we've got floodlights. hey, we got press over here! all right, sam, sam! >> oscar! >> a local news crew captured the incident from across the street. our cameras continued to record as we retreated into the neighborhood. police later approached our equipment and eventually allowed us to evacuate the area. del, today was supposed to be the first day of school inferring son. school officials yesterday announced they would postpone

that until next week, as the atmosphere here continues to be very volatile. hoping for this to deescalate in the next few days, but you can see from last night, that is not the case as of yet. >> i noticed that there weren't any protestors around you or your position. you and your photographer all forced to run out. what were you thinking when the tear gas came your way and how is it affecting you physically? >> we were very surprised by this. we had been there for about an hour, been in contact with police officers who were just feet away from us. i had spoken to police officers who knew we were there. we had had discussions with them. we understood that this is as far as we could get in terms of where the protest was going on about a mile up the road. we didn't think that there would be any problems here. we were very surprised, because we were very close to where those canisters were shot from. we yelled that we were press but

they continued to fire. we retreated half block into the neighborhood until we could get out of that situation. >> you've been there a few days now. i notice that you didn't have a gas mask, which means you did not think it was going to escalate this badly. why do you think it escalated the way it did? >> police have said that protestors tossed molotov cocktails in their direction. we didn't see any of that, because we weren't close enough in. as he mentioned, we didn't have gas masks because we were about a mile away from the epicenter of protests. we were pushed back by a checkpoint, the police had had all the residents that they could pushed back as far as we were. they weren't allowing anybody in. we thought we were at a safe distance, but clearly they pushed through and fired canisters into the neighborhood, as well. that's where we were, del. >> thank you very much. >> patricia bynes is a democratic councilwoman in ferguson. she was at the protests last

night and joins us by phone. >> i know you've had a long night, thanks for being with us. what did you see on the streets of ferguson last night? >> i'm a democratic committee wham, ferguson township. on the streets every night since saturday, people have been out protesting, and last night, what i saw was a lot more focus than i've seen before on the press, on telling them to put the cameras up. i actually saw what happened to the aljazeera crew, unaware of what i was actually witnessing at the time. now since seeing footage, other camera crews, you know, looking and focusing on what's been going on there, and a number of journalists have been locked up. it's getting -- it is escalating. there's been tear gas for the past three nights, but this new focus on the media in trying to shut down and let people know what is happening is doing nothing but angering people even more. >> i don't want to focus too much on our story.

i know residents there have real grievances right now with the police. have you seen molotov cocktails being thrown at police because that's what they're saying is the justification for using tear gas. >> i did not see that. after they cleared out the scene, i went back up to the scene. there was a little bit more peaceful and started asking people did they see that. someone did tell me there was a picture somewhere of that, but i did not see that. >> how do you think police have been handling the protests so far, and also, what do you think about the transparency as far as them not releasing the name of the officer yet? >> i don't think that the coordination between the police media and actually what's going on is helping the situation between the police presence and riot gear, there is certain things the community is upset about, they are not releasing the name of the officer. we need to know whether other people were harassed by the

officer. they won't release the autopsy report, saying they want to push this back. people are angry at coverup and the push toward the media is really aggravating people. >> patricia bynes, thank you for your time. >> the crisis in iraq, military operations to evaporate the yazidis in iraq less likely this morning. a special team have taken a closer look at the situation on mount sinjar, saying it is better than most people expected. lisa stark is in washington, d.c. this morning. it looks like things are changing on the mountain. what is the pentagon saying about it? >> absolutely, del. the military is saying that it's a combination of its airstrikes and the humanitarian drops that have greatly altered the dire situation on that mountain. that was the word that those advisors sent after they actually got on the mountains to take a look. it appears that putting u.s.

eyes on the ground helped the pentagon determine there may not be a need for u.s. boots on the ground. >> the islamic militant siege appears to be over, allows thousands of yazidis to escape according to the defense department. chuck hagel now says that means it is far less likely that the u.s. military will conduct rescue and evacuation missions. this comes after a small team of u.s. military personnel went to mount sinjar wednesday to assess the situation. earlier, deputy national security advisor ben rhodes said the u.s. had been working on a plan to rescue the yazidis if need be. >> you look at different ways to move people to a safer position. >> u.s. officials say several thousand rackee refugees still remain on the mountain, but the pentagon said the numbers are smaller than expected and that

refugees appear to be in better condition than originally thought. hagel says the u.s. humanitarian air drop of food and water have helped keep them alive. military airstrikes on islamic state targets allowed many of the displaced to flee the mountain. britain's prime minister pledged his countries support for the mission in iraq. >> britain will play a role just as we did with british aid help to go keep these people alive in a really desperate situation. >> the u.s. will keep bombing the islamic state group militants as long as they pose a threat to the yazidis and to u.s. personnel. the administration insists it will not put combat troops back on the ground in iraq. >> the role of u.s. forces is not one of entering com boot on the ground, it's how to provide humanitarian assistance to this affected population. >> the u.s. made another drop of humanitarian aid last night.

the need for that clearly he not over. even for the yazidis who have fled down the mountain, they are in need of help, as well, so the humanitarian effort will no doubt continue on into the future. >> there were concerns that the u.s. was going it alone, but there is help from allies. >> not only for the humanitarian effort, but the military effort. france, britain and germany have although said they are going to help militarily, as well, provide non-lethal weapons in the face of germany, arms in the case of france and britain and australia and canada according to the white house have indicated they will help in the humanitarian effort, so this is truly becoming more of an international effort. >> coming up, we'll talk about iraq with a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. >> the funeral today for an army

general killed in an insider attack in afghanistan, major general harold green will be laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. the highest ranking service member to die in afghanistan. >> a truce in gaza has been extended, both sides greed to a five day ceasefire. it looks to be holding now, but moments before it came into effect, rockets flew from gaza into israel and israel fired back. nick ship is in jerusalem this morning. how much progress has been made in cairo toward a longer-term peace? >> well, i think the bottom line here, stephanie, the most important part this morning is that we have a ceasefire. we have the longest ceasefire since fighting began. we've gone through nine ceasefires before this one. we have a level of optimism from the palestinian delegation that we haven't seen and we have both sides demonstrating by sitting for marathon talks, 10-12 hour

meetings that they are interested in coming to some kind of agreement. both sides say as one israel official put it to me, they are light years apart. that's really about what both sides would like ideally to happen. the israeli side want the complete demilitarization of gaza, that means no rockets, no ton else. that is simply not going to happen. hamas is not going to agree to that. hamas wants the entire lifting of the israeli siege, open borders, lifting of the mediterranean sea restrictions. this morning, we heard from a member of the delegation of hamas speaking just about 10 or 15 minutes ago outside of the hospital in gaza city. >> we are keen on having an agreement concluded. yes, this demand must meet and satisfactory the demands of our people. the lifting of the siege, opening the sea port and

airport, et cetera. >> hamas is asking for complete lifting of the siege. israel is asking for a complete demilitarization of gaza. neither are going to happen over the next five days. negotiations are help to go achieve a compromise rather than a long term deal which is impossible to get right now. >> the rockets fired, do we know who was behind that? >> well look, we don't ever know exactly who was behind them, but what is clear is that before the war, there was a kind of implicit understanding between hamas and israel that if one side hit empty fields in the other side's area, the other side would return fire, hitting empty field, as well.

that's what we saw last night, eight rockets fired from gaza into israel, all of them hitting empty fields, the israel military striking 1230 local time, 30 minutes after the ceasefire was announced, hitting empty fields. it might feel like at home that you are hearing about more violence and rockets, but there's a kind of language here when hamas fires and israeli fires back. that's why despite you had violence around the time of the ceasefire involvement, you now have a ceasefire that seems to be holding, the longest that will allow both sides to try, not necessarily going to happen, but try to get to a long term agreement. >> nick schiffron live in jerusalem, nick, thank you. coming up in five minutes, we'll speak with professor doug waxman about a long term deal. >> value put for events in crimea. he was supposed to address the parliament there. he was going to meet with his security council. there's no word yet on why he

canceled those events. the russian convoy out of moscow is on the move, heading toward ukraine. ukraine's president accusing value put of planning an invasion. >> back in this country this morning, the northeast mopping up after major flooding. over 13 inches of rain fell on parts of new york's long island and that's more than that area usually gets in the entire summer. it broke the record for rainiest day in new york state history, more than five inches of rain fell in just one hour wednesday morning. >> that storm has been making its way up the east coast, may be dealing with the same flooding. >> let's get more with meteorologist nicole mitchell. good morning. >> if you think of the atmosphere like a big sponge, this sponge this time had a lot of water in it. >> more like a bucket. >> it wrung out very slowly as it moved along. that's why it was able to dump so much water.

talking totals, new york, long island got hit the hardest. we saw the flooding in detroit and baltimore. a couple of isolated spots getting over a foot. a lot of the totals were much less. if you ended up under one of those bands, you were certainly feeling it. it's moving through maine, eastern parts of maine reporting flash flooding. you might have a slow go. the system is lifting out, but some portions not far from portland, talking about three inches and 90 minutes and it's just when it comes down that quickly, it's not able to drain properly, so it builds up in the streets and roads and then we have the problems like we have seen. >> this system is continue to go move out. you can see the atmosphere, so the darker colors dry, the green is wet. we have much drier air that has moved in now, so just spot. >> i chances as all this cleans out. behind this, cooler air, more comfortable in the 70's, some

people like the 80's and 90's, but i think it feels good out there. >> fall-like. >> it is going to be miserable for days to come. >> a five day ceasefire now in place. >> will the israelis and palestinians broker a longer last be peace? we'll be live with the latest on the ground in gaza. >> >> pushing off the rails, leaving several cars full of people dangling over the edge of a mountain. ♪ ♪ >> we know the song, we know the man. broadway honoring robin williams. >> today's big number is $150 million. >> why one company wants a bigger piece of the taxi business.

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the big guys. >> it's called get taxi. it wants to expand, but it's two competitors have more money. >> uber raced $2 billion in june, worth $17 billion and lift got a $250 million in april, valid at three quarters of a billion dollars. >> as we have been reporting, israel and hamas agreeing to hold their fire for five more days, but a brief flurry of rockets has raised concern about a long term deal. andrew, you were listening to that news conference with a palestinian delegation. are there signs of progress on a diplomatic front? >> yes, there are, in the sense that there is a five day window to try and get something done. beyond that, it's hard to really give any estimate on how things will go, but as far as this ceasefire is concerned, it was

rocky to begin with, with the rocket fire coming in from gaza, not only just before the midnight deadline on wednesday night, but also afterwards. now things have settled, apart from drones being heard in the sky. now hamas have had a news conference that ended only half an hour ago, in fact less than that in which a whole series of really, i suppose rallying calls were made for supporters, insisting that there was unity in the palestinians movement, demands include putting an end permanently to the siege, lifting the blockade on the seaports and insisting that israel would have to repay for the damage it has done and that the international community would have to help in rebuilding all of the housing and massive reconstruction of gaza.

he also thanked the egyptians for the progress they've made in keeping the talking about alive. now, what can actually be done now remains to be seen, because there is an immense amount of difference between the israeli side and the palestinian one, but as far as really these talks go, they are on. it would seem and we're await to go hear from the israelis. >> andrew, if you would, describe two things. first of all, that what is that behind you and how fragile is the feeling on the streets that this ceasefire will lead to a longer peace? in other words, how fragile are they feeling about this temporary ceasefire? >> the feeling really is very fragile indeed. people do have a little more hope now, but where you're looking at behind me is where you'll see anywhere east of gaza city now, which is buildings destroyed, one after the other,

right down the street, six in a row just here. the level of destruction is extraordinary and described as unprecedented by the united nations. there needs to be a prolonged pause in the fighting. they're not really naive enough to think there can absolution overnight. while there is time set aside in peace, then there is hope with the talks. that's really what they have. all they have now is hope. it's one of their few possessions. >> andrew simmons live in gaza. as you were speaking, we saw a little girl walk out of a bombed out building with a skillet. thanks very much. >> doug waxman joins us with his analysis from newton, massachusetts this morning. professor, it's always great to have you, thanks for being with us. i want to talk about these rockets. a lot of people don't understand how the palestinians, hamas can say they want a ceasefire and

right before it goes into effect, a couple of rockets are lobbed toward israel. >> well, i think first of all, it's not clear whether hamas themselves were responsible for this rocket launch. they denied responsibility. it's more likely to be a smaller palestinian militant group. of course, hamas might have allowed them to take place. i don't think we should read too much into the fact that these rockets take place. >> palestinian militants not unified with hamas who don't want peace and how many of those are there in gaza? >> there's all sorts of divisions both within hamas itself and within the palestinian delegation in cairo, so in the case of hamas, you have a division between the political leadership between hamas and its political

leadership. it's difficult for hamas to coordinate the different elements within the organization. within the palestinian delegation, there's a big divide between hamas and the west bank palestinian authority led by fatah. >> it's an important clarification. israel has slammed a panel that the u.n. named to investigate war crimes, calling it a kangaroo court. is the u.n. a neutral party in all this? >> well, i think we have to extinguish between the u.n. as a whole and the u.n. human rights council. the u.n. human rights council has a long track record of conducting very one-sided investigation of israel and basically focusing a huge amount, a disproportionate amount of its time and attention on israel. there is good reason to be wary of the powerballty of the u.n. human rights council.

that doesn't mean the u.n. system itself, which does many things of which israel is an important part, you hear that claim, disparaging against the u.n., very important and often supportive of israel. >> doug waxman from northeastern university, thank you. >> in syria, the islamic state group seizing control of several towns and villages near aleppo. this video shows rebel shelling government positions. other amateur videos show damage to government buildings nearby. 170,000 people are now believed to have been killed in the three year civil war. >> let's switch gears to the weather now. a lot of people around the country could see rain today. >> let's go to nicole mitchell for how many of you out there are going to get wet. >> in some places, it's not a negative thing. the northwest, this new system, this is the first time in a while for the northwest. i haven't seen widespread flag fire danger.

we have the next system come in, more clouds and humidity. even if you're not seeing the rain on the ground, the fact that temperatures have dropped 10-20 degrees and there's nor humidity in the air really helps. some of these cells going over burned areas lead to flash flooding. the monsoon flows, the whole area is under drought conditions, but of course, if you get too hutch much as once, just something to monitor. >> when we come back, we'll talk about that new round of protests and also the violence inferring son, missouri. >> overnight, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of protestors and reporters. we were right in the middle of it all. we share a personal story live from ferguson. >> pope francis taking his first trip to share as head of the catholic church. his calls for peace greeted with north korean rockets. >> a massive sinkhole swallows up lands and trees in louisiana. the families impacted will share a multi-million dollar

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>> you're looking live at the capitol building on capitol hill. 66 degrees right now, cool in washington, d.c. this morning. congress still away on their recess. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. coming up in this next half hour, new hope for american nancy writebol, infected with the ebola virus. we'll tell you what her husband is saying about her recovery. >> the president and hillary clinton together in person days after she called his foreign policy flawed. >> in our next hour, immigrants and police, how law enforcement in one u.s. city trying to build trust with people who are just afraid of police. >> first, a look at hour top stories this morning. the pentagon is less likely a military operation will be necessary to rescue stranded

yazidis in northern iraq. a group of marines and special forces landed on mount sinjar and they say only a few thousand yazidis remain. more than 700,000 displaced iraqis are now moved to a province. >> israel and hamas agreeing to a five day ceasefire. officials from the palestinian delegation are ready to see a long term deal reached. >> violent clashes overnight between protestors and police in missouri, police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds that gathered to protest the shooting death of an unarmed teen. ten people were arrested, including two reporters, who were later released. >> our own correspondent found himself at the center of the story. he was about to file a report when a tear gas canister landed near him. he joins us live from ferguson once again. goose to see that you're ok.

tell us what happened last night and what were you thinking when it happened? >> well, we were really surprised. we were about a mile from the center are where most protests have been going on over the last few days. really, we're as far as we could get at that point, police were not allowing us to move forward. they were not allowing residents to move into that area. we thought we were at a safe distance when a slew of people ran from the neighborhood saying they were being shot at by police using robber bullets. we heard flash grenades before the police came down the street and then began firing canisters of tear gas and rubber bullets in our direction. we were surprised to by that, because it was so far away from the action. the frustration boiling over in this town over the last few days over a number of decisions, one at you've been reporting, the decision not to release the name of the police officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown, as well as some

of what the residents are saying is heavy-handedness by the police over the last few days dealing with these protests there in the center of ferguson. >> where dug and what happened after you fled that area? >> we were surprised. as soon as a tear gas hit, we began to run further into the neighborhood, we went a half block inside and took to the side waiting to see fit would be safe to go back to the live location. we provided phone reports until we could do that, but the police started coming down the streets, so there was nowhere for us to go. there were residents behind us continuing to move backwards and we basic had to call 911 and tell them that we were there so we could have our hands up and come out. when that armored vehicle came up to us, they pulled us into the vehicle and drove us around and had us remove our equipment and get out of the area as quickly as possible. >> usher, thank you.

coming up in our next hour, we'll hear from another aljazeera correspondent about what he experienced last night inferring son. >> u.s. special forces have now reached mount sinjar in iraq. they found a better situation than expected. the pentagon saying that humanitarian effort is working. there aren't as many yazidis holding out hiding, as a result, there won't be any attempt to evacuate those refugees. a retired air force colonel, former member of the jointly chiefs of staff joins us this morning. colonel layton, the defense department saying those airstrikes worked and it's less likely that those refugees will have to be rescued. what happens now and do the airstrikes stop? >> well, del, good morning. i think that in this particular case, the airstrikes around mount sinjar will continue until they find that there are no or very few.

few isis fighters in the area. there are 1,000 refugees still on mount sinjar, so the humanitarian crisis has not completely gone away, but it is far less prevalent and pervasive than it was -- thought i had would have been just a few days ago. >> you were in those rooms as a member of the joint chiefs of staff. you know that one of the things you don't do is tell people what you are going to do. is there a chance that the pentagon is only saying things are better on mount sinjar to tamp down talks of more u.s. troops coming in and could there be a larger presence on the ground in terms of contract soldiers, which we haven't talked about so far? >> all of those are absolutely true. there is a possibility that the pentagon and the white house are trying very hard to not only limit expectations on the domestic front here in the united states, but also to, you

know, really put isis off guard, so that isis looks at this situation and thinks the united states is ignoring it and going to another problem when in fact the united states is fully engaged and going to work the issue quickly. as far as contract soldiers are concerned, that is a distinct possibility that some of these might end up there. there's a whole bevy of contracting groups, some of them based in the u.s., some in countries like south africa that have a lot of experience in iraq. >> but you say might be there. is it your opinion that they probably already are there? >> oh, i think most certainly they are there. of course, none of this has been talked about in the general press for this particular situation, but i would say that contract forces are most likely in these areas, because these groups tend to go to where the

fighting is and they're very keen on fighting isis, keen on going after any take of forget like that. quite frankly, it's the answer to groups like the chechens and others that do the same thing for the islamic extremist side. >> colonel layton, thank you for being with us. >> coming up, we're going to get a live report on this, the situation on the ground in iraq. >> there are so many women and children involved in this. i heard a story of a woman who 10 days after giving birth had to climb up mount sinjar with her newborn baby and keep it alive until she could get aid. so many stories there. >> lets turn to ebola. another doctor has died from the virus. he was treating patients when he was infected. liberia received the experimental drug. it will be given to two doctors with the virus. 128 new cases were diagnosed

just on sunday and monday. >> also, a glimmer of hope, the widow of the first american to die of ebola speaking out. >> she says her husband's death half a world away is causing alarm here at home. we have more. >> i have to do something about wheel. >> she is spreading the word about ebola. she's general manager of a radio station broadcasting to minnesota's african community. she's been personally hit by the ebola outbreak. >> he was just such, you know, a loving father and husband, and but his passion for liberia and making a change in liberia and being a part of a systemic change in liberia took him over, and he died with that cause. i respect that. >> her husband, patrick sawyer was the first american to die prom ebola in this recent outbreak that has now claimed more than 1,000 lives in west

africa. he was working in liberia on a government project. he leaves behind three young girls in minnesota. his oldest daughter, devastated and scared. >> she knows daddy's in heaven and she's trying to put the pieces together. we talked about that. she's hearing ebola and she's piecing it together in her 6-year-old brain. she asked me sometime recently if it's her daddy that's killing everyone. >> what do you say to her when a 6-year-old raises these fears? >> it broke my heart, because she shouldn't have to have these fears. no kid should ever have to go through this. >> minnesota is home to a large, well established community of newer african immigrants. it has the most liberians living here outside of liberia. >> it's a real concern, and that's why we are trying to do the best we can to minimize the

panic. >> chair of minnesota's liberian committee spoke to us. >> it was reported that she had gone to work and she sneezed. the lady she was taking care of called the head nurse and said is this lady from liberia? when the head nurse said yes, can you find somebody to take care of me today? >> after numerous meetings between city officials and liberian community, brooklyn fire and other first responders are now required to wear extra protection when dealing with anyone showing the most minute ebola symptoms. >> people have already started expressing concern. oh, when our kids go to school, they're going to play with liberian kids. that kid is not sick, is not showing symptoms of ebola. they cannot transmit the disease to somebody else. >> aljazeera, brooklyn park, minnesota. >> of course, two americans are

still recovering from ebola right now in atlanta. that is where robert ray is live this morning. robert, good morning. how are nancy writebol and kent brantley doing, how are they progressing? >> good morning to you. they are progressing fine, according to doctors inside emery hospital. behind me, they're in the isolation unit there where the two of them have been for almost two weeks at this point. they were given the experimental drug that the z map serum. whether or not that is actually helping them, we don't know yet, nor do doctors. they don't know no it's a good thing or bad thing for their body's immune system as the antibodies run through their bloodstream to try to fight off this terrible virus, ebola. >> writebol and brantley received doses of z map and now we hear it will be given to doctors in liberia?

>> indeed. the doses landed in liberia just yesterday. there's only 10-12 of these doses that have been made by the company. that's according to the firm out in southern california, so there's two doses that have arrived in liberia that are going to be given to a couple doctors over there. they are not sure again whether or not this is actually a real thing, whether or not it's going to help them, so, you know, there's really an unknown at this point, as to whether or not this is a good thing. there's a lot of ethical questions brought up as to if this company can make this treatment, as they call it, shouldn't it be given to all the people over in west africa. lots of questions, still to this day. >> even though it remains untested, we should remind viewers. i understand nancy writebol's husband spoke yesterday. what did he have to say? >> he did. in fact, he just landed a couple

days ago from liberia along with many aid workers that are part of the organization. a lot of them are being put into a quarantine unit where just for safety for the next 14-21 days. he did make a comment about his wife's progress. listen to this. >> we're making good progress, although we are not ready to say she's out of the woods yet, but we're very hopeful. -- to be in personal protection equipment. i patted her just to let her know i was there, that i loved her. >> very hopeful, as he says, but still the unknown, as his wife is behind me in the hospital, her prognosis still unclear, even though doctors are saying these two patients, these two aid workers are getting better. we're not sure exactly what the end result will be. steph. >> robert, live in atlanta,

thank you. >> an update for some unforgettable images. dozens of families in louisiana are going to split a $48 million settlement over this giant sinkhole. it opened about two years ago west of new orleans and continues to swallow land and trees. it's believed to have been caused by a salt mine. >> pope francis arrived in south korea as part of his first papal visit to asia. >> as much as this is a visit to south korea, to the vatican, it's a visit to share as a region, seen as a real prospect for growth for the catholic church. 3% of people across this region be catholic, the vast majority in the philippines. in south korea, there's been growth in the numbers. 4.5% of people here identified at catholic, by 2005 in the last

census that had risen to 11% of the population. i think south korea is seen as something of a model and as well as that, is close to china, a country which does not have diplomatic relations with the vatican where there's an underground catholic church which bears allegiance to the pope and the vatican. this is a way of the pope coming here and issuing messages not just here, but around the region. in terms of his schedule here, he will attend an asian catholic youth conference, two days of that on thursday and sunday. the centerrer piece of the events here will be saturday when he delivers a mass for the 124 martyrs of early catholicism in this country. he'll be expected to address current day issues, as well, the sinking of the ferry which sank in april and the issues around that, the issues around capitalism in this country and the growing wealth gap, something the pope has talked

about more widely as a global problem, as well as that north korea, firing free projectiles into the coast just hours before the pope arrived. he is expected to say a mass for reconciliation on monday. >> north korea fired three short range rockets into the sea of japan. the pope called for an end to displays of force on the divided peninsula. >> when you see these images, you will wonder how nobody was killed. about a dozen passengers were injured after this train derailed in the swiss mountains, a mud slide causing the train to derail, dropping off the tracks, two cars left dangling from the mountainside, passengers had to be rescued, but nobody was killed. >> let's look at other headlines making news around the world. an arizona state football player publicly announced he is gay. the lineman told his story to a phoenix magazine for gay sports

and is the only publicly known gay player to be playing. >> opening a supermarket, free market allows customers to try out products at no charge in exchange for written reviews, provided they do so in the right time frame. as i heard one person in the newsroom say, try that in brooklyn or any other major u.s. city and see what happens. >> i'd be there, for sure. new york state banned people from taking tiger selfies. it's now an offense to get close to tigers and other big cats. you can get find up to $1,000. this is a thing on dating apps, men taking pictures with tigers to get more dates. >> -- to see what happens when one of them -- >> agreed, agreed. >> first, she criticized president obama's foreign

policy, now hillary clinton trying to mend fences with her former boss. what she had to say about the political missteps moments before they met face-to-face. >> mummies older than thought, details ahead in our discovery of the day.

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later. >> asks hillary clinton and president obama face-to-face last night, the first time they've met since she apologized for criticizing his foreign policy strategy. aids say the two talked, spent time together. before the meeting, clinton insisted their differences were small. >> we agree, we are committed to the values, the interests and security of our country together. we have disagreements as any partners and friends, as we are, might very well have. i'm proud that i served with him and for him. >> let's talk about the spat with a professor of campaign manager at nyu. this created commotion. do you think clinton's comments were calculated or were they a slip up? >> i go back to the fact that politically, this was very in ept on her part. i think the comments were not as political as when she tried to

walk back from them. in her book, she said what she really believes and she first in a substantive interview and said listen, this is where we have agreements, but the walk back itself was inept and awkward. a hug summit. the entire thing was bizarre. the president's people, david axelrod with his tweet going back to 2007. in his tweet, he basically calls out hillary for voting for the war in iraq, which he calls a disaster. do these bold statements by hillary walk back or not suggest she has thrown her hat into the ring for president and it's happening. >> i think it's absolutely clear she has all by declared her candidacy. she is ready, willing and able to run. this is something that all potential candidates face when they have to distance

themselves. we saw george b. bush have to distance himself. she is giving democrats the same issue they had in 2008. this is a party moving to the left and she's proving herself to be this interventionist hawk. >> she's sounding hawkish. is she reading the public right on this? president obama's polling on foreign policy does nat look good. on the other hand, do the americans really want the u.s. to intervene more? >> she's reading it wrong when talking about the primary election, inviting a challenge from the left. she's going to make it easier for herself in the general election, because it will be harder to be painted as obama incarnate. it's made it harder, but easier if you imagine rand paul. imagine the change if you get hillary clinton or rand paul.

>> this is a weird universe. >> not that i think rand paul has got the strength to get the nomination, but you could see mill len yes, ma'ams running to the right at this point. it could change an election if something like that happens. >> genie, always great to see you. >> new york's theater community paying special tribute to robin williams, the lights in broadway dimmed in his honor. he starred in a number of plays. last night, the audience was led in a sing along to one of williams' most iconic tunes, friends like me. ♪ ♪ >> anybody who's had a child over the last two decades knows he played the genie in the disney film alladin.

>> he really was an everything. plenty of wet weather across the country, nick comb is back with that. >> vast improvement from the last couple of days. the monsoon flow system coming into the northwest with some really beneficial rain for the drought conditions and the rain danger that we've had. even what we've had through the northeast is clearing, so still rain showers, maine, for example, might have a touch and go commute this morning with rain still standing on the ground, but conditions improving, a lot more sunshine today. out west, it fires up in the afternoon hours, but not too many problems out here. behind that last front, temperatures from chicago to new york in the 70's, very comfortable, a little bit below average, but i'd take it over the 90's. >> there you go, nicole, thank you very much. >> ahead, a lot of i am granted communities across the country

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to keep business rolling in the gaming industry. ♪ ♪ >> the king of pop breaking new ground on social media. the new music video from the late michael jackson that's now gone viral. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> violence erupting again overnight in missouri following that police shooting of an unarmed man. >> police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse demonstrators. ten people were arrested, including reporters. >> aljazeera journalists found themselves right in the middle of it all. >> oscar! >> they were forced to flee when a tear gas canister landed right beside them. >> meanwhile, the body of 18-year-old michael brown has been released to his family. police aren't identifying the officer who shot brown, but that

officer reportedly hired an attorney and the justice department is getting involved in the investigation into brown's death. we are inferring son this morning. usher, you quickly went from covering this story to becoming part of it. what happened? >> that's right, stephanie. we saw a number of people coming into neighborhood saying they were being fired upon by police, using rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. we heard a number of loud pops as we were standing there to do our report. shortly thereafter, a police vehicle came up on the neighborhood and aimed at us, shot a rubber bullet past us. we shouted, explained that we were the press and then another tear gas canister came toward us

and we backed away, so the situation escalated quite quickly for us. we moved away as soon as we could and got back to our live location. >> it must have been very disorienting for you, usher. how are the people in ferguson reacting to with a what appears to be an increased police presence? >> we're right here in what's considered the mobile command center of this operation. there are a large contingency of police, from various municipalities, a stream of police vehicles that have been been coming in and out of this area. many of them look like military type armored personnel carriers, so there is this sense that this has become a military operation. that's something that the police chief of ferguson addressed talking to reporters just yesterday. >> none that have was military equipment. that was all the swat teams have their equipment vans and those are big vans, big trucks.

>> while it may seem like those are not military vehicles to the police chief, to the layman, to the people we've talked to on the streets, it sends a sense that there is a bit of intimidation at work here. you see these vehicles, high powered rifles, you see them standing and facing off with demonstrators standing in this area in ferguson, protesting what's going on here, what they call a lack of transparency in the investigation and lack of information about who was involved in the shooting. they have nod released the name of the police officer. a lot of anger boiling over here amongst the residents in ferguson. >> usher, thank you. >> we have a team of correspondents stationed there. it wasn't anything they expected. >> it was an incredibly surprising response, certainly unlike anything i have ever seen and i've covered these types of protests, i covered the occupy

wall street movement, this was an extremely strong response by the police and the community was absolutely outraged in the kind of scene. the middle of ferguson, it was turned into what looked like a war zone, police advancing along the street and pushing the protestors further and further back and western literally caught right in the middle. >> sebastian is going to join us live in 10 minutes. usher worked in kansas city, very familiar with missouri and how they think. >> a lot of in sight there. coming up, we'll talk with one of ferguson's community activists about what it will take to put a stop to these clashes. >> a u.s. rescue operation in iraq seems less likely, the pentagon saying the special forces have reached mount sinjar. those who remained they say are in better shape than once thought. we have details. >> there's no denying the yazidis of iraq need a safe place right now, but the pentagon says the situation has slightly improved in the sinjar

mountains, where many yazidis fled islamic state group fighters. many yazidis have now left the mountain range and found shelter inside kurdistan. those left behind have enough u.s. donated food and water to get by. it is determined that an evacuation mission is for less likely. additional, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance as needed and will protect u.s. personnel and facilities. >> the u.s. made the call after a team of u.s. military experts visited the mountains on wednesday. for the moment, the decision eases what has become a dilemma for the obama administration, how to help baghdad repel the islamic state group and save the lives of iraqi citizens without deploying large numbers of ground troops. the u.s. with him keep bombing targets as they pose a threat to yazidis and to u.s. personnel and property. the humanitarian crisis is just

start to go deepen. >> the majority of the displaced are all people and young children. what we need most at the moment is food flies, but as the number of refugees is rising, the situation is getting more difficult. >> thousands of yazidis are now turning tents into homes, because they don't know when they can return to their villages. >> they came down from the mountain and walked for 12 hours until reaching the road. we were later transported by cars into syria. we pray to god to punish those responsible. >> the u.s. may be adjusting plans to help the yazidis and other iraqis survive the threat, but even with the cries in sinjar mountains improving, their job won't be over anytime soon. aljazeera, washington. >> let's go live to lisa stark in washington. lisa, if that u.s. military mission to mount sinjar is now off the table, isn't going to happen, what might we expect instead? >> well, we are definitely going

to continue our humanitarian aid. in fact, the u.s. made a seventh air drop late yesterday. they've provided 100,000 of ready to eat meals and fresh drinking water to those trapped on the mountain and remain. we are likely to see continued airstrikes in iraq, as well. we have about 1,000 troops and advisors still there, many working with the kurds at a joint operation center to help the kurds strategize in their fight against the islamic state group, but yesterday, national deputy security advisor ben rhodes made it clear the u.s. won't be directly engaging the islamic state fighters. >> we don't believe that involves u.s. troops reentering a combat role in iraq. it involves frankly a very difficult logistical challenge of moving folks on the mountain to a safer position.

>> now, the administration also has said it is watching to see if this new inclusive government of iraq does take shape. if it does, the administration has promised stepped-up help to the new government of iraq in the terms of equipment, training and advice, so that is what we're going to see, the iraqi, the designated prime minister has about 30 days to form his new government. del. >> there was a lot of concern in washington that the u.s. might be going it alone. we now know that the united states isn't the only country that will be contributing to the humanitarian effort in northern iraq. >> absolutely. you know, the white house has been reaching out to allies and this has really ultimately paid off, it appears. britain has made a number of drops, transwith water purification equipment. just as important is the fact that many of these countries are also going to help militarily, france is going to, britain and germany says it's going to send

in non-lethal military help. this is really an international effort right now. >> lisa stark in washington, d.c. this morning, thank you very much. >> a new five day truce is in effect in gaza. so far, it appears to be holding, but there was rocket fire overnight out of gaza. israel launch would its own airstrikes in return. nick schiffron is in jerusalem. nick, good morning. the talks on a longer term deal have been taking place in cairo. any progress? >> one israeli official put it to me this way, the two sides are light years apart, but that really is about what each side ideally wants. lets take a look at both sides. we heard from hamas just in the last hour or show, a senior hamas official was speaking in gaza. he says hamas has a long list of demands, including lifting the israeli siege entirely and access to their own sea port. >> we are keen on having an

agreement concluded, yet this demand must meet and satisfactory the demands of our people. the lifting of the siege, opening the sea port and airport, et cetera. >> the lifting of the siege, the sea port, israeli officials say that's not going to happen. the israelis want the complete demilitarization of gaza. hamas officials say that's not going to happen. what is going to happen over the next five days is the longest ceasefire they've had yet. u.s. officials talking to both sides about compromise, an agreement where they can say go back to gaza, to israel, to their respective republics and say this is what we greed on. the long thermostat at us agreement between hamas and israel is not even on the table. it's simply too difficult to

get. u.s. officials trying to get to some kind of agreement that will at least buy hamas and israel a year or two of peace. >> what is the u.s. role? president obama had a call with prime minister benjamin netanyahu yesterday. do we know what came of that? >> obama and netanyahu relationship is very contentious and adjustment officials admit that each call has been very contentious in the last few weeks. also contentious, a request by israeli officials to restock about a billion dollars worth of ammunition that came in during the war. u.s. officials tell me that no one in the administration had actually objected to that, but it increased the tension, and it increased the friction between obama and netanyahu, bottom line, the u.s. has publicly supported israel throughout this war, even with a little criticism about civilian casualties and has restocked the israeli military as it was fighting this war.

>> nick schiffron reporting from jerusalem, nick, thank you. >> that russian aid convoy heading once again this morning to ukraine, those 280 trucks rolling toward the rebel held city of luhansk. value put is accused of bringing in rebel aid. >> value put was supposed to address parliament this morning, but his public events all canceled. no word from moscow on the reasons why. >> brazil is in mourning, it's financial markets in disarray following the brazilian presidential candidate who was killed in a plane crash. >> we have the latest from brazil. >> a giant hole in the middle of a residential neighborhood marks the spot of the plane crash that took the life of a young presidential candidate, eduardo campos. the plane debris hit 10

buildings in this port city outside of sao paulo. >> at the moment it crashed, we felt a big shake. it was an explosion and we didn't know what was happening. we thought a building had collapsed. >> perhaps amazingly, nobody on the ground was killed, but all seven of the people onboard were. two pilots, campos and four of his aids were all on the way to a campaign event. >> we're right at the crash scene. this is as close as the police will allow us to get, because it's still an active investigation. as you can tell, the weather is not good. it's raining and overcast. we're told these were the conditions at the time of the accident. initial reports are that the plane tried to land, but aborted at the last moment and at that point, the control tower lost all communications with the plane. >> he was a rising star in national politics, former governor of a large northeast state, where he stepped down

from governor this year with more than 70% approval ratings. >> brazil losing a young leader with an extremely promising future in front of him, a man that could have climbed to the highest posts in the country. without a shadow of a doubt, it is a loss. regardless of our differences, we always kept a strong relationship of mutual respect. >> as crews sifted through the wreckage looking for clues of what happened, the political world in before his still was left in shock. with the election only six weeks away, his supporters wonder where to go from here. >> it's pretty sad. we are going through a very complicated political situation. all of a sudden, we are trying to change things, something like this happens, it's pretty sad. >> no matter the politics, the overwhelming feeling here is that eduardo campos was a man who died too young. aljazeera, santos, brazil.

>> his death will likely affect the october election. experts say having him out of the race could push things into a second round of voting. >> a frightening train derailment in the swiss mountains. a mud slide caused the train to drop off the tracks, leaving two cars hanging off the mountainside. those onboard had to be rescued. a dozen passengers were hurt. >> if you walk out the door this morning, you probably realized, it is a lot cooler here, especially as cooler temperatures are making their way across the country in the wake of heavy rains. >> let's check in with meteorologist nicole mitchell for more. >> kind of nice. you can give the air conditioning a break for once after those high energy bills all summer. some of the rain recovering, moving through long island, widespread, four or five or six inches was expected, but a couple cores of heavy rain, over 13 inches, 12 inches, those were

high reports. in some cases, this was coming down at a rate of a couple inches an hour, sometimes four or five inches an hour. this is a look at portions of long seemed as we get through yesterday and you can see all the cars submerged. part of the problem was the rain came down just so fast that it wasn't able to saturate into the ground quite fast enough or move into the ground with all that saturated ground. continuing through the day today, we are going to see that all the areas are seeing the rain move out across the region, so that is good news. definitely spotty chances through the rest of the day, most places seeing the sunshine. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> it was another violent fight in ferguson, missouri. this time, members of the media find themselves caught in the middle between telling the story and becoming the story. >> also, immigrant communities across the u.s. have had their own challenges facing police. jonathan martin is going to join us live from nashville with the

step city leaders are taking trying to improve relations between both sides. >> a rescue at sea. after two fisherman are left stranded in the open waters. that video and others captured by our citizen journalists around the world.

>> in ferguson, missouri, recording an exchange with an officer before being handcuffed, also arrested beside him, a reporter from the huffington post. >> both were retained. when the two asked for the officers to identify themselves, wimp is their right, they would not provide their names and badge numbers. in our own aljazeera journalists found themselves caught in the middle between police and protestors. they were preparing to report on the situation when a tear gas canister landed in front of them and they had to flee. >> sebastian walker was in ferguson, missouri when all of

that chaos erupted last night. sebastian, you two caught right in the middle of it all, a melee, in fact. what did you see? >> well, del, we were with the protestors, so we were actually behind the police line, between the police and the crowd that had been pretty much gathering quite peacefully throughout most of the day. when the police did start advancing and trying to disperse the crowd, we stayed with protestors, to witnessed a full scale of the force used. some of the scenes that we saw were pretty incredible. i mean, i've covered these kinds of protests in this country and countries abroad. there was so much tear gas being used, we got caught right in the middle of it. the police were firing tear gas canisters down side streets, there were flash bang grenades being used. it was complete chaos and it's really quite astounding to think that most of the afternoon was actually spent with just a small crowd of a couple hundred people who were really just exerting

their right to peacefully assemble. the police crackdown when they were actually trying to get people out of the streets was just in discriminate. they were just treating everybody in the same way, journalists, we've had colleagues who have been arrested, our aljazeera team was struck by tear gas. we were right in the thick of it and some of the pictures we filmed were incredible. the center of ferguson was turned into a war zone with police in full military gear using the type of vehicles they use in war zones. >> the police say that they were there and that their response was in response to what they believed was going to happen. they also say that someone threw a molotov cocktail. did you witness anybody throwing either a molotov cocktailar cocktails or anything else at police? >> well, we were with the crowd all afternoon, and there was no

violence whatsoever before the police started firing tear gas canisters in the crowd. the one thing that seems to have sparked this, we were right next to the police when everything did turn violent. there was a sound of broken glass. it sounded like one bottle had smashed. we heard from other people in the crowd that a police vehicle had run over a bottle. it was really just one clash of glass that sparked a whole volley of tear gas fired into the crowd. at the end of this, when the police were advancing and grenades thrown, i personally witnessed one young man who was start to go throw a projectile back towards the police, so at some point, towards the very end of the evening, some members of the crowd, some of the younger members were starting to throw projectiles, too, but really, it was an incredibly heavy-handed response by the police to what was up to then a peaceful protest. >> sebastian walker, thank you very much. he is with aljazeera fault lines, and joins us from

ferguson, mississippi this morning. the question is going to be asked whether or not the response of necessary. >> i thought it was interesting that sebastian confirmed those vehicles they're using are used in the military. those are military vehicles, they're not just armored cars. >> a lot of immigrant communities across the u.s. have also had a tense relationship with law enforcement and some police departments are working to change that. live in nashville this morning, how and what are police doing over there? >> well, stephanie, good morning. there's a program here in nash have him that's actually been in the works for several years. it's called el protector, officers are starting to see immigrants call pleas, report crimes. if you talk to many who come from other countries in nashville, where there is a fast-growing immigrant community. they'll tell you there is this overwhelming sense of fear and confusion because federal immigration policies, tough ones, are still being enforced. >> the market is the go-2

grocery shop in nashville's latino community. people used so scatter when these are bay. >> now they interact with them and everything's good. >> he says the nashville police departments el protect oar programs has made a difference to build trust between immigrants and law enforcement. >> we need to educate them to let them know it's safe for them to call us. we're not here to deport anybody. >> one of three officers assigned, each day for the past six years, his job has been to visit homes and,s in the city's growing immigrant communities. he says he's not there to check immigration status, but to explain laws and seek tips about crimes. >> they are afraid if they get themselves involved, it creates a red flag through the channels

above and they'll come and look for them or pick them up. >> that fear is why daniel cruz waited two years to report sexual harassment and threats at work. >> i was afraid if i went to the police that they would arrest and deport me. >> how do you measure the success of this program? >> it's hard to measure, because there's no tools. there's not a survey that we do that we measure, but based on participation of events that we do, based on phone calls that we get, that's how we know that the program's being a success. >> odd voluntary coats say immigrants get a contradictory college. two years ago, a federal program led to the deportation of more than 10,000 people here. now, a similar program caused secure communities uses fingerprints to screen foreign born person who's arrested. the sheriffs office can hold them 48 hours if they're flagged by immigration and customs enforcement. >> when a minor infraction or

encounter with law enforcement can land you in jail and when you're in jail, ice can pick you up and initiate deportation proceedings. regardless of the name of the program, families are still being separated and people are still being deported. >> immigration policies aside, the officer said the program is necessary, whether it's solving a crime or reporting a medical emergency, he says every day, he sees lines of communication opened that were once closed. >> one of the other big tools officers are using here in nashville is the radio. they're going on these hispanic radio stations every week, actually several times a week sometimes to talk about crimes that are going on in the community and to seek tips. officers say it really has been effective. recently, they were a i believe to track down the suspect in the rape of an 11-year-old girl because of tips they got from going on the radio. they are saying this is effective and while there is still work to be done, lines of

communication are being opened that they were not seeing several years ago. >> they're really seeing results. are any other cities using this model, could we see it adopted nationwide? >> well, you are seeing it in other communities, there are cities in washington state and california that are using it. recently, the new orleans department started a program modeled after the national program. officers came here to train. you're seeing this going from a part time initiative to full time job where officers are spending five days a week in these communities talking to these immigrants. >> let's look at videos captured by our citizen journalists from around the world. >> oh, my god! >> that i guess a series of transformer explosions in downtown indianapolis, giving theme there quite the scare. the blasts sent smoke into the streets and as a result, the area had to be evacuated, no injuries or damage was reported. >> there was a major fire

breaking out of one of russia's metal plants in moscow. part of the plant collapsed. that sent a thick black cloud of smoke into the area. >> two men were diving when thor boat sank and they had to be rescued. >> it is soggy in some places across the united states. >> we have the details. >> northeast drying out quickly. you to have let some of those water areas recede this morning and some roads that need to recover now because of damage done. you can see that moving out of the northeast. the new area that we have is into the southwest, we've had the monsoon flow. that's been pretty persistent and the system moving through the northwest, this is beneficial. this is the first time we haven't seen fire risks, not any

of those warnings up. the only thing we're watching is flash flood watches into the southwest. that's very spotty, especially in the heat of the afternoon under the monsoon flow. if you fall under one of those, the whole west is mostly in drought conditions, so most of this is beneficial moisture. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> as we have been reporting, anger in ferguson, missouri bringing the entire city to a standstill once again. we're going to talk to a community activist about what it's going to take to end the violence. >> a big bet on atlantic city not paying off for the city's newest casino. why so many of the cities casinos are going belly up. >> a gas station up in flames, one resident tried to capture it all, before it goes down. >> a look now at our i am knowledges of the day and the protest that has engulfed ferguson, missouri after police

shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old, michael brown. last night, police fired tear gas on demonstrators and some members of the media in what is a fourth night of protests against the ferguson police department. department.

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iraqi mount be, forces landing on mount sinjar saying motor of the yazidis have fled. airstrikes have targeted the islamic state group in northern iraq. >> a truce extended for five more days in gaza, agreeing to the deal as they work toward a longer term truce. just moments before it took effect, rockets hit israel and israel launched airstrikes on gaza. >> another night of violence in ferguson, missouri, citizens taking to the streets, protesting the police shooting of an unarmed teenager. police using rubber bullets and tear gas to break up the crowds that have gathered. stephanie. >> some of our aljazeera colleagues found themselves caught in the middle of that unrest while trying to cover the story. they were preparing to do a report on the developments out of ferguson and were forced to flee when a tear gas canister landed at their feet. community activist joins us from

ferguson. thank you for being with us this morning. do you consider what happened last night between police and protestors an escalation? >> well, things do seem to be spiraling out of control. we are very disappointed that these acts are continuing, but we're really not surprised. these incidents are occurring because of our collective inability to do the necessary outreach in our more challenged neighborhoods, the tragic killing of michael brown was the straw that broke the cam em's back. we have allowed for individuals to live in isolation, and so but just beneath the surface, you have a sub culture that is very,

very volatile, very, very angry and this is that sub culture rising to the surface. we've got to learn from this, and we've got to learn that we can no longer allow people to live segregated from mainstream society. >> let me ask you because the justice democratic is now getting involved at a federal level in the investigation of michael brown's death. do you think they're going to reach the same conclusions? >> well, we hope that justice is served, and this community wants to see nothing more than the police officer held accountable for michael's death. anything less than that, you will have more civil disobedience and it will escalate. this has taken on a nothing moment like we ever never seen before where disenfranchised americans from all over america

america are looking at this and saying we are now going to get, we have your attention, and we're going to keep your attention. i just hope that we use this as a point of pivot and not just another point of protest, because there are some very serious issues where people are not allowed to have access to resources that they need to improve the quality of their life and have a sense of upward mobility. these individuals live daily with a sense of hopelessness. it's every ghetto, every urban core in america. -- foreign policy. >> i appreciate that you're addressing the underlying issues. the immediate issue also seems to be sort of a lack of transparency between the police. they haven't released the name of the officer who killed the 18-year-old. that what's causing this latest escalation, in your view?

>> well, it's just one of several things. we were told that his name would be released tuesday, then we were told tuesday that it would not be released. that was very discouraging. now, with the continued use of tear gas and their bringing in military-type vehicles, those types of things are now reaching a point where other individuals from the urban core, street-level leaders are now beginning to chime in and say hey, wait, what's going on? you are fighting against us. this is really starting to motivate real people from the street, so in -- i understand it's happening in new york, l.a., detroit, it's the urban poor rising to the surface, because they've been isolated. they've been segregated and they have not been given resources. we've got to learn from this and

our domestic policy that got to change. we have a very good foreign policy where we send aid all over the world. we've got to invest in our ghettos, we've got to send people resources, drug treatment, counseling, therapy, employment opportunities, not just today. >> i hear everything you're saying and i think what you're suggesting is this all reaches beyond the small town of ferguson, missouri. we thank you for your time this morning, james clark. >> chicago, gun violence, 1300 people shot there since the start of this year. >> now the chicago police will be getting help from the f.b.i. john henry smith is in the crow's nest with more. >> chicago "sun times" is reporting that the federal bureau of investigation plans to dispatch 65 of the 100 agents its placed in the city to work the streets of the south and west side of chicago, both rife

with gaining activity and crime. they will work on gang suppression missions and on street level drug surveillance. this move would come a week after illinois governor pat quinn approved sending 40 state troopers into the city to partner with police on so-called surge teams meant to corral wanted violent criminals. in july, the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms assigned seven agents to the area after maintaining for weeks that man power wouldn't help police officers, who weren't warming up to the idea. >> we want to arrest people. if we recover guns, we solve other crimes when we do that. doing more of that is obviously something that's good. >> the anger of frustrated residents reached a boiling point in late july, after 11-year-old shamia adams was

killed by a bullet coming into a home. >> sources say the troopers could be in place for two months, twice as long as originally anticipated. >> it was built as a huge summit, hug summit to be exact. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton seeing each other in person last night on martha's vineyard. no cameras allowed inside. the pair were at a party. it came days after she apologized for calling his foreign policy flawed. aids say they talked and spent time together. she insisted their differences were small. >> we agree, we are committed to the values and the interests of the security of our country together. we have disagreements as any partners and friends as we are might very well have. i'm proud that i served with him and for him. >> well, not clear if the two actually hugged it out as it was billed, add one aid also

recommended, but the were seated at the head table, the guest of honor, yes, right between them. >> new amateur video showing destruction in syria. these pictures appear to show rebels shelling government positions in aleppo. other videos on line are said to show the aftermath of government bombings. the islamic state group has seized control of several more towns near aleppo. >> the pope is calling for peace, he is in seoul. just before he arrived, north korea fired five projectiles into the sea. this is the first papal visit to asia in 25 years. >> a federal appeals court refused to black a decision throwing out the gay marriage ban in virginia. county clerks to begin issuing license honest wednesday unless the justice in washington agree to stop those. >> a stowaway ordered to stay away from the airport is

sentenced to six months behind bars for violating a judges orders. she was caught at los angeles international airport last week days after riding a southwestern ire lines flight without a ticket. >> there is a debate on how cities spend money. >> low income advocates say money could have been better spent. >> 10 miles long with 18 stops between downtown minneapolis and st. paul, it connect the a diverse set of twin cities neighborhoods from blocks of skyscrapers to underdefinitely and communities packed with refugees and people of color living at the margins. we set out to make sure it wasn't just a transportation system. we need to make sure that it was opening doors of opportunity for everyone along the corridor. >> the st. paul mayor said the

$1 billion light rail project was an effort to attract private development and encourage suburban residents along with businesses to relocate back to the urban core. unlike other major transit projects around the country, the twin cities set another important goal, to ensure the low effort income neighborhoods along the line would survive gentrification and new development and thrive. >> this work in the twin cities that turned out to be the most effective project of this type around the country, not only to limit displacement of low in come people, but to affirmatively connect them to opportunities they wouldn't odors have had. >> the c.e.o. of living cities, part of a coalition that committed loans and grant money to build affordable housing along the green line, as well as help 350 of the corridors most vulnerable small businesses survive construction and upgrade operations. >> these are businesses that truly are there to help families

get by. >> owner of an asian grocery store used grant money to renovate her market. are's seen a 40% jump in revenue since the light rail open. >> we've got new customers because of our renovation in here and they keep coming back. >> city officials promised that development around the light rail would create solid employment for low income workers, but long term residents like melvin unemployed for a year and a half remain dubious. >> we're the last ones hired and we get hired at lower tiered jobs. >> light rail critic randall said there are better ways to help people than spending money on expensive transit systems. >> to get one communiter to ride that would cost $50,000 a year. we could have given every single one a new tesla every single year for the next 30 years

instead of building the light rail line. >> there are over 600,000 people living in the twin cities and in its first month of operation, the light rail has had 30,000 daily riders. >> another controversial involving tax breaks, rolling the dice on the multi-million dollar gaming industry. >> atlanta city comes up short betting on the revival of the economy. we talk to a gambling industry lobbyist about the struggles the industry faces. >> the king of pop breaking into ground in the world of social media with his new video. ♪ ♪

rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america [ explosions. >> first the fire, then the explosion at a gas station in russia, all of it caught on camera.

a pump to the right of your screen was blowing smoke and caught fire. the flames caught two cars on fire, as well. buildings explode in a giant fireball as it spreads. four people were hurt. >> just ahead, the new video from michael jackson and the new ground it's breaking. >> it is an incredible video. new jersey planning an emergency summit over the fate of atlantic city. it comes days after a fourth casino will close its doors. it opened a little more than two years ago. its closure will leave more than 3,000 people out of work. >> casino gambling was built as a saving grace. >> why the numbers sometimes just don't add up. >> >> it's a $37 billion industry, but some credit agencies say casinos have seen their hey day. a report cited many big factors working against casinos, including saturation and low

wages. >> they say: the report rings true for atlantic city. it's gambling industry is faring much worse than the rest of the countries casinos. since 2005, atlantic city has gone from $5 billion in annual revenue to $3 billion. brand new casinos popping up are taking a slice of what used to be atlantic city's exclusive domain. smaller competitors like chicago and detroit are closing in on it. las vegas, the top casino destination in the country has remained fairly steady with annual revenues morals around $6 billion a year over the last deck today.

las vegas hasn't been la plagued with the revenue decline atlantic city has seen. las vegas has reinvented itself not just as a gambling destination but a place for family to say vacation. m.g.m. announced the arrival of rock in row yo, a 30-year-old musical venue and festival, one of the biggest in the word, drawing over 85,000 people per show. it hopes to attract even more families to the vegas strip. >> new york's governor has decided to take a gamble himself and expected to approve four full service gambling resorts in new york state, said to open as early as next year. they include a $1.5 billion casino complete with a botanic garden, ski slopes and year round renaissance fair. the plan has critics. there will be stiff competition from casinos in pennsylvania and a new casino in massachusetts.

>> joining us to discuss the state of casino gambling is a partner with the princeton public affairs group and gaming industry lobbyist. the fourth casino in atlantic city closes its doors. is the industry in trouble? >> the industry's been in trouble for a while. the american gaming association has been scrambling to try to get a better message out. i don't represent the gaming association of america, but i represent individual casinos. i think the protectionist policies are politicians in new jersey to say gaming could only happen in atlantic city is going to change. that led to policies of today, no reinvestment, no ingenuity i'll casinos were popping up on the borders. that competition at the time when the economy was robust in the early 2000s was not a

problem, but it became a problem when the recession hit. >> what happens to the taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars in tax breaks these casinos get. they come into town and say this is jobs, people are going to be coming in for tourism. what happens to the tax breaks when casinos go belly up? >> they're gobbled up and put into the pockets of the casino mog gulls. it's the human touch that nobody talks. 10,000 people are going to be unemployed in three weeks in atlantic city. it started with the closure in january of the atlantic club. >> you're also going to see fewer streets paved. >> absolutely. >> the infrastructure collapses because of this, as well. >> in addition to that, in new jersey, for example, like motor states, there's a dedicated tax structure that that goes to seniors, veterans, the

developmentally disabled, and college kids. those numbers down 50%. that's devastating. >> another concern is gambling addiction. they promise programs when they come into town. what happens to those programs? >> first of all, were it not for the casino industry, there would be no gambler's anonymous organizations. they're funded by the casinos. there is no positive proof that put ago casino in increases the number of problem gamblers. just like allowing for the legalization of alcohol or medical marijuana or recreational marijuana. there's no statistical proof that casinos have a proliferation of problem gamblers. they help solve the problems by investing into organizations that help them.

>> thanks for being with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> america tonight will continue to take a look at casino gambling this evening. it's the workers who are hurt the motor when casinos close. >> dawn england has been a cocktail waitress at the trump plaza for more than 30 years. she's been a regular at the rallies, leading the fight to save more than 1,000 jobs. >> you tell them what you want and you want it now. >> i grew up in a union family, my father worked as a brick layer his whole life and two of my brothers have followed suit with that. i was instilled with a really strong work ethic, a sense of commitment and i've got my teeth in this thing. it's not just about closing the buildings. it's about everything inside of it, a building is nothing until

you put people in there. it's about everything inside of it and everything around it. >> you can see adam's full report coming up on america tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> let's get another look at the weather today. it is going to be wet for some of you. we go to nicole mitchell. >> but some vast improvement for others. as we get across the country today, a wil lot of what was mog through the northeast is moving out. we have that monsoon flow in the southwest, the system in the northwest bringing beneficial rain, unless it falls on the burn areas where it can cause spotty flooding, most of these areas need the rain. behind the one big system in the east coast, we've had cooler air. the flow behind that out of canada has dropped temperatures even to just a little below normal, but not too bad to this final of year. new york is at 77 degrees. of course we've had that

temperature some of it into the 70's versus the 90s, bringing those temperatures back to normal. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> michael jackson fans are waking to a new music video from the late singer called a place with no name. ♪ ♪ >> the video was reds on a twitter account run by the jackson estate last night and the song was recorded back in 1998. it's featured on a too album released this year. people were treated to a big screen release of the video in times square. >> he's been gone, it's still incredible when he releases something, you can't wait to see it. >> first video release on twitter, ever. >> just like thriller back in the day when all of a sudden everyone wanted to watch and see exactly what it was and they're still talking about it today. >> that's it for us. thank you for joining us. >> more news in just two minutes

from doha, including the latest ceasefire in gaza.

>> hello, welcome to the news hour in doha. coming up, still defiant, hamas said a ceasefire demands on its demands being met. >> iraqi fighter jets in action as fighting breaks out near fallujah. >> campaigners in egypt remember hundreds killed in a bloody crackdown a year ago. we spoke to an aljazeera journalist who is jailed 10 months. >> the first papal visit