jazeera in new york. good man, john. a reminder - you can keep up to date with all the news on the website pt the usual address applies. aljazeera.com. . >> i was disappointed in the actions of tonight. defiant once again. protesters in ferguson, missouri met with tear gas after ignoring a government curfew. >> i wholeheartedly and unequivocally stand behind my veto. >> rick perry standing his ground, calling charges of abuse of power nothing more that trumped up political play.

and violent gun battles continue to rock libya as foreigners flee for safety. plus a message from the pope, what he says about the work. catholic church and asia. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america, always a pleasure to have you with us. i'm morgan radford, live from new york city. ferguson missouri turning violently overnight. a couple of hundred protesters defying a curfew put in place when gore -- governor nicole mitchell. that show of force because of this. looting of liquor so far as during protests. a memorial for 18-year-old michael broken will take place this afternoon. his -- michael brown will take place this after noon. his shooting death brought the suburb to boiling point.

police arrested seven people overnight and one shot. do we know what led up to all of that? >> good morning. governor nixon said bringing piece to ferguson would not take a night, but it would be a start. last night was not the start that everyone here was hoping for. now, police say they had hoped not to use tactical vehicles and deploy smoke cannisters and tear gas. that is exactly what they were forced to do. they say they were forced to do that, because there were reports of people breaking into this barbecue restaurant. as they arrived they had to deploy smoke cannisters and tear gas to clear the area, and there were reports of a man shot. once they arrived bystanders took the man to the hospital. we are told me is in critical

condition. place say that shots were fired into the air, and one hit a police car. this was not the first night of calm that people were hoping for. there was no looting, but one person was shot. let's go back for a moment. what was the point of the curfew in the first place, if calm was not achieved? >> so yesterday mashed the one week anniversary of 18-year-old michael brown's death. in that week that followed it was tense. there was a lot of looting. police had not been able, they say, to restore law and accord to camp down on the violence. the hope was by declaring a state of emergency and imposing a curfew, that law and order would return to the streets of ferguson, and people and property would be protected. property especially be protected from looting that had been happening earlier in the week.

>> i understand... >> we have to remain healthy. i talked to many citizens saying that they had nowhere to get the things they need. several people came up and were standing talking to protesters saying "hey, let's leave", they were in front of the"s. i can tell you if they are willing to protect the businesses, we'll stand there also and protect the businesses. >> the governor said he understands people want justice, but before there is justice, they must maintain peace, and people were very angry at a news conference with the governor, they were shouting at him, and it was reiterated during the news conference that the fbi had 40 agents on the ground going door to door, trying to get information, any information they can, for witnesses, who can provide hep as the federal government, the department of justice conducts an independent

investigation into the death of michael brown. >> sounds like they are channelling anger later today. there's a rally planned for today. what do you know about that? >> there is a lot of anger, but i want to mention it was reiterated yesterday by law enforcing governor, and for the most part the protest had been peaceful. that is the expectation today. there is a unity rally for justice, michael brown's personalities are expected to speak, as is mart join luther king the -- martin luther king ii oo.. and reverent al sharpton. they do not want the ilwill of a few to overshadow the goodwill of the many - and i'm quoting that. >> live for us in ferguson, missouri. thank you for being was.

as mentioned reverend sharpton's national network made passionate pleas for michael brown. dozens gathered in harlem. sharpton denounced what he called a smear campaign by police s eric gardner's family was there, that's him in a choke hold. he died after a chokehold happened after his arrest for selling untapped cigarettes. you can hear him saying "i cannot breath." much of the tension in ferguson is race based. the black population was 53% back in 2000. 30% white. that changed a decade later when the white population dropped to 28%. the racial realities of the community is not reflected in the police department, where three officers in the community are black. >> we'll discuss that issue coming up in the next hour.

at 8:50 retirement army lieutenant russell honora will join us with a look at police tactics and community relations. texas governor rick perry came out swinging against a grand jury indictment calling them a farce and abuse of power. he's accused of abusing his office, he was defiant, vowing to beat the political prosecution against him. >> we don't settle political differences with indictments in this country. it is outrageous that some would use partisan political theatrics to rip away at the fabric of the state's constitution. >> perry was charged for trying to force a democratic district attorney to resign. he threatened to veto funding for lerner's agency if she

didn't step down after a drunk-driving arrest. she didn't. we'll take a look at that in the weekend politics segment. >> to iraq, where kurdish forces are moving in. the peshmerga recaptured three christian villages near the largest dam. this is a day after the united states carried out nine separate air strikes against the armed group in its heaviest day of attacks. zeina khodr has more. >> a major military operation to recapture the mosul dam, behind me, less than 5km. you see the smoke in the distance. peshmerga forces are on the ground trying to advance. to recapture a dam which is still upped the control of thing under the control of the islamic state group. t the peshmerga, the kurdish forces are not involved in the

operation. they are receiving support from the u.s. military. an ill-equipped force would not be able to undertake a major battle without air support. the peshmerga spokesperson, kurdish forces captured three villages, as they pushed towards a highly strad eemic installation, the mosul dam, providing visity, it's a highly strategic fight. it is not over. >> five have been injured in shelling by the iraqi army officials say they aring targetting fighters from the islamic state and other factions. violence escalating where the ukrainian forces said a fighter jet was shot down after

launching an attack on rebels. a rebel leader says he's planning to launch a major offensive, bragging about having 12-00 fighters trained in russia. ministers from russia, germany, ukraine and france are meeting in berlin. a u.s. special envoy is expected to visit tripoli, hoping to broker a ceasefire, after fighting between rival militi militias. >> we have more. >> reporter: rival groups fight in trip. the men wanting to take control of the capital. former rebels like these stepped into the security gap, working in a semiofficial capacity paid by the state, representing the city of misrata and zin tan. >> this is the result of today's

battle between the rebels and what is left of the militias. violence is getting worse, putting the lives of foreigners in danger. filipinos are among those. many embassies and international organizations closed. they are bringing up. the battle in andre benoit brought leaders and elsers toot. and it will push for an end to the fighting. we condemn violence in the use of arms. we stress the importance and reject the military coups. military's parliament requested assistance. the envoy is due to arrive next

week, to negotiates a ceasefire between the groups. on friday thousands protested against the decision, what is seen as international intervention. they see the fighters as having a chance to talk on their own. within hours, violence returned to the capital again. the fighting last month forced the united nations and several western governments to evacuate doints from libya. pope francis reaching out to the china on the final day of a visit to south korea, where he spoke at a meeting of the catholic bishops from 22 countries in soul. pope francis encouraged leaders to build a stronger relationship with the vatican. he has time to bap ties a victim of the ferry accident. the risk of fires continues out west. time to check on the forecast. >> we can outbuy a drop of rain

across parts of the west, where it is remaining dry. we have rain out there. notice across the western u.s., that's where we had high pressure dominating. all across the region we are deal with the drought. we have 21% of the area, and extreme drought. that's the area in the brighter red. much of california dealing with drought. it's been very dry, well below average. and with the little rain that we could be. we will help with the fires. all the way to northern california, where there's a fire weather watch in place as we get into the day. and through areas of wyoming. high pressure is dominating. we have an area of low pressure. storms through indiana and illinois, continuing to see rain

through minnesota. >> racial essential didn't begin with the death of michael brown, coming up, what is said. plus dozens of migrants found near death in a containership. a gaol break - this filmed by the inmates that busted out. >> saturday on techknow. i cannot imagine interest like this. >> a miraculous new ipp veption. >> this is the victim detention radar. as long as your heart is beating we can protect you. techknow, every saturday, go where signs meets humanity. this is the best driving. >> here in the vortex. estate eastern on al jazeera america.

cl you're looking at a life picture from gaza. talks are underway in cairo trying to organise a permanent ceasefire between hamas and israel. now, take a look at this video. this is new video of a gaol break in brazil filmed by the

inmates themselves. get this, the prisoners are glooe fully showing off how they got out. here you see one of them digging as the rest patiently wait. 13 prisoners managed to escape and police tracked down two of them. the prison guard on duty has been inspected and officials say the cell hadn't been inspected for nearly 60 days. also in brazil, the socialist party plans to launch a presidential campaign after its candidate died in a plane crash. >> she was his running mate, marr eacho silva. popular among the younger. eduardo campos will be laid to rest today. >> a murder investigation under way in the u.k. after one person was found dead. as jonah hull reports, they appeared to be migrants from south asia. >> it was a graham scene that

awaited workers as dock workers unloaded cargo from a ferry. staff here at the ports became aware of screaming and banging coming from a container from that particular ship, or that particular ferry. as a result of that noise, staff were alerted and breached the container to find 35 persons within that unit. the police do not know where the shipping container originated and would say only that they believe those inside came from the indian subcontinent. did they have any idea when they set off that this was how they would observe in the u.k. >> 35 patients were found in the container when we first arrived in the morning, after quarter to seven. >> the man who died suffered a

heart attack. this sa murder investigation in cooperation with european authorities and interpol. >> this is, in my view, from what we have seen, organised crime. you don't end up with 35 in a container for no reason. someone is behind this, we have a homicide. we need to investigate and bring offenders to justice in this country or any others. >> members of the group, children among them were treated for hypothermia and deride ration at a number of hospitals. they'd been at sea for 12 hours. it's not known yet what means of transport, what conditions might have brought them to the belgium coast. this is a hospital that a number of people were brought to. the police described it has a humanitarian operation. it's dangerous and deadly

lengths that the gangsar prepared to go to. >> now, of the 35, there were 28 adults and seven children. police are in the process of trying to talk to them to figure out who put them in the contain etch. >> a big find where 800,000 of marijuana was seized on waters last week. now the discovery came after smugglers sponed off the coast, suspects and ships got away. in the progress they threw 900 pounds of marijuana into the ocean. >> protesters in ferguson are returning to the streets. the small town is a mix of emotion and tension. as ashar quraishi reports, the area is trying to figure out how to deal with the divide. >> reporter: this woman lived in st louis most of her life, and says tension between the police and young people had been simmering before the michael brown shooting.

>> the police is a new gang. how you treat me like you're better than me because you have a badge and authority. no, ignorance for the law is no excuse. >> reporter: in the st louis suburb of ferguson that anger played out in the streets after a police officer killed michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. residents say the predominantly white police force face a history of targetting blacks. >> i'm troubled with the shooting of the police officers, and after that occurred. black on black crime. i'm tired of all the killings. i don't understand why this is happening. >> some commended the police with the handling. >> i saw a lot of cops showing restraint. they need to hear that from the african-american too. >> in an interview with al jazeera's john seigenthaler, the mayor outlined some challenges. >> african-american officers are

not a dime a dozen, it's hard to go out and get african-americans that want to be in police work. we talked about the divide between young african-americans and law enforcement. you don't see them coming out in droves. >> according to a 2010 consensus. it remains one of the most segregated communities, making it prone to schools and a high crime rate. >> there has been an undertoe that bubbled to the surface, and it's our first priority to address it, to fix what is wrong. >> i guarantee you st louis will not be the same because of people, and i'm one of them that will not stand out from the issue. they could have been my nef use. >> people -- nephews. people say a thorough and transparent investigation would be a long step towards helping racial tension. >> we'll discuss the issue in the next hour. at 8:50, retired army official

russell honora will join us for a look at police tactics. an annual horse rate in italy is drawing thousands. and at 8:0 prime beach front abandoned for decades. don't go anywhere.

a live look at ferguson following another night of violence and protest over the police shooting of an unarmed black teen. good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. it's a pleasure to have you with us. i'm morgan radford. a horse race from medieval times lives on in italy. it's the palio de siena, and honoured virgin mary. many frown upon the dangers of the bare back riding on a dirt track. it doesn't keep the crowds away. >> reporter: this is the moment they wait for all year long. the palio has been an annual tradition for almost 500 years. jockeys ride bare backed along spine-chilling turns in the medieval city scare, and front the crowd.

each horse represents a city district. the price is in valuable. the pride and glory of beating your neighbours, an achievement worth risking their necks for. this man has watched the palio his whole life. >> translation: the palio is not a horse race, it's a war. each district has a captain and lieutenant. they meet to seek alliances and plot against enemies. >> reporter: zena is a rich town, it was hit by a banking scandal, and the country's economic prizes. and yet when it comes to the palio no expenses is spared. residents donate to the district, and a good jockey earns as batch as $250,000. not glad for a 90 second race.

it's almost a religious experiences. horses are dressed. all in the hope of this... >>. >> in the end the race was won by the district. the fans and residents of the district invaded the track to celebrate the victory while the others are living in disappointmentment this is what the palio has been for 500 years, a horse race with the power of uniting and dividing this med evil town. animal rights activists called attention to the paleo known as the most dangerous. more than 50 horses have been killed in that race. in bolivia pet owners holding a parade for furry loved

ones. this celebrating st roche, the patron saint of dogs. residents carry the dogs to be blessed by a priest. and they were treated to extra love and affection. this pup enjoying a distance in the town square. rain continues throughout the midwest. eboni deon is here with more. what can we expect? >> more flooding. the rain has been continuous in the next 24-36 hours. we'll see a slow-moving storm system mogg across missouri. heading to illinois. quite a bit of lightening we are seeing, and downpours. right now we are seeing it off to the east of viduka, and independe indiana is being hit hard. we see it moving too the cincinnati area, as we get into the first part of the work week. it hooks like it will be a mess across the region.

it will be heavy. some areas could end up with 2 inches or more. flooding woes - we are expected to see a few spotty showers. a cold front moving through. temperatures stay in check. >> thank you so much. >> survey tuned. coming up in the 8 o'clock hour, the fall out from texas governor's rick perry's grand jury indictment. all that and more coming up in weekend politics. the correspondent takes the icebucket challenge. there he goes, nice and cold. i'm morgan radford, i'm back with you when al jazeera america continues. don't go anywhere.

. >> we brought out the unit. they got out on the street. at what time they looked through the binoculars, a subject came out holding a handgun. >> a failed curfew in ferguson. protesters defies orders to stay off the street. air strikes in iraq the heaviest since the islamic state group began. war games on a grand scale -

putting tanks to the test. and paradise lost, a beach resort turned ghost town and a plan to bring it back to life. good morning, thank you for joining us. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. chaos rained in ferguson, missouri, where a government curfew could not stop the violence, hundreds of protesters were out on the streets as police fired tear gas throughout the night. tension high as ever due to last weekend's killing of unarmed black teen picture there, michael brown. we go live to ferguson. good morning to you. what are people waiting up to there? >> good morning. it is a different morning than this was yesterday. by this time yesterday morning when there had been looting people were on the streets beginning to clean up. there was no looting last night. i did speak to a woman who said

because of the curfew, she stayed home, she didn't know about the violence overnight and said "i want this to be over as quickly as possible." >> it was the first night of a state of emergency in ferguson. about one to 200 people remained on the streets an midnight, despite a curfew. one man was shot, several arrested. police say they were forced to fire smoke cannisters and tear gas to clear the streets to reach the man who was shot. when they arrived protesters took him to the hop. he's in critical condition. place say people broke into a barbecue restaurant and the heavy response was to protect protesters and officers. >> we have a shooting victim. he may lose his life. it's a subject in the middle of the road. we had a place car shot at tonight. and, yes, i think that was a proper response tonight.

to maintain officer safety and public safety. >> on saturday, a week after 18-year-old michael brown was shot, missouri governor jay nixon imposed the midnight to 5am curfew in the hopes that it would bring calm to ferguson's tense seats. if they are going to achieve justice, we must first have and maintain peace. this is a test. the governor was heckled by protesters during the news commencism. >> excuse me governor, you need to charge the police officer with murder. [ chants ] . >> reporter: earlier in the day protesters of brown's death were peaceful. the ferguson native and captain tasked with security says he's

disappointed. make sure the citizens are safe and businesses are healthy. the businesses have to remain healthy. i talked to many citizens, that said they had no way to go and get what they need. they have to remain healthy. >> governor jay nixon said that he knew healing ferguson's wounds, that predate the death of michael brown would not heel in one night, but hoped last night would be the beginning. the governor said and stressed to people that without peace, there can be no justice. >> speaking of peace, it was interesting watching the woman shout you need to charge the police officer, there's anger over why the officer who killed the shot, darryl wilson, hasn't been charged. what is the status of that investigation? >> there is a lot of anger, and

there's a feeling that things are not moving quickly enough. towards that end yesterday, one of the state captains, highway patrol captains mentioned that an federal bureau of investigation ate canvassed the streets, trying to find witnesses and get information that can assist into the department of justice's investigation. very want people to understand it's an expedient process. >> before you leave, that curfew last night didn't work. will they try again tonight? >> in light of what happened last night, it's a good guess. there'll be more details once we listen to a news conference today. >> natasha, thank you for being

with us. as natasha mentioned, fbi are canvassing the streets and employees in ferguson are clearing up after the store was looted. this store was looted during riots. the crowd taking everything off the shells. that's the shot where michael brown allegedly stole a box of cigars. this, heavy hitters, were in ferguson to show the support for the protesters. the reverend marched down the street, praying with michael brown's family. jackson called the shooting a state execution. it made matters worse. >> cigar, shoplifting. he was a boy on his way. we will not put a value of our loved ones.

we will march with the dignity of our heritage. >> that happened in new york, where civil rights leader led a rally, calling for justice and announcing a smear campaign by police. >> tear gas and armoured vehicles dive deeper into how place handled the situation. author and retired journalist joins us for the weekend conversation. >> i'm confident that we will ultimately prevail, that this sparse of a prosecution will be revealed for what it is. >> that is texas governor rick perry defiant in the face of criminal charges. vowing to fight an indictment for allegedly abusing his power. al jazeera mike viqueira reports on what the indictment could mean for the 2016 white house contender. >> appearing before the press,

governor rick perry called the charges outrageous, trumped up. we don't saddle political differences with indictments. a grand jury charged perwhere are with abuse of office. >> you have been arrested with dwi. >> the threat of events began last year, when a democrat and a district attorney for the county that includes the state capital of austin. he fled guilty, serving 45 days in prison, leading rick perry to declare her unfit for office: it would veto $7.5 million for her office. she wouldn't leave. rick perry went through with his threat, hence the abuse of power charge. rick perry was defiant on saturday. >> i said early on that i would

veto the dollars, as long as they had someone in the office who i lost confidence in. i did what i said i would do. rick perry hasn't ruled out another one for president, after the 2012 run collapsed. let's say i can't. sorry. the question now, will the indictments hurt his chances for next time. republicans see the charms as politicalment brought by a prosecutor and grand jury, a liberal island in a sea of texas, and a prominent democrat david axel rod had doubts. >> the charges seemed sketchy. if they don't stick, they would be given an avenue of attack. >> he would go through the series of ents, getting arained, having to appear in court is

going to be damaging just visually. for texas's longest serving governor, a political future. rick perry is the longest standing texas governor, and the first in nearly a century to be indicted. that is one of several political stories we are discussing in the weekend politics segment. coming up at 8:30. make sure you don't miss that. in northern iraq kurdish forces are moving in on the islamic state group as fighters set their eye on a large dam. three christian villages have been recaptured near mosul. yesterday the u.s. carried out nine air strikes in its heaviest day of attacks. zeina khodr has more. >> we are north of mosul dam, 3km behind me. you can see from the smoke in the distance that a major military operation is under way. we understand that kurdish

forces are trying to recapture the mosul dam, which is in the hands of the islamic state group. they are not carrying at the operation alone. they are receiving help from the u.s. military. we actually here planes hovering above us. u.s. war planes. we understand that they have carried out a number of air strikes. the peshmerga telling us that the operation began approximately at 5am. they have made some advances, taking three small christian towns. what they are trying to do is advance towards the mosul dam, using aircover from the u.s. military above. this is not going to be an easy fight. we tried to approach closer to the dam. the peshmerga are preching us from doing so. we are telling them from safety

reasons. an ongoing provision to retake an installation providing water and electricity to thousands of iraqis. there's the possibility of the islamic state blowing up the dam. u.s. intelligence experts believe they will not do that. they'll be hurting themselves. floodwaters would ipp undate the villages, including the city of mosul, the strong hold of the islamic state. the white house is keeping an eye on the turmoil in iraq. president obama cutting short his vacation. >> al jazeera's libby casey joins us live from washington d.c. good morning to you. zeina khodr mentioned the u.s. carried out a number of air strikes. iraq is one of many conflicts confronting the administration now. what else has the president been dealing with? >> yes, and he's on vacation, but really it's a vacation in name only, he has been in

martha's vineyard, a lot has been on the agenda, making multiple addresses and is coming back to d c, that is a long planned trip to washington. that's nothing new on the radar. you mentioned iraq, and we mentioned from zeina khodr. in iraq the white house had multiple missions and things it's been washing. from the question of -- watching. from the question of humanitarian aid and air strikes. they addressed before heading off to martha's vineyard, and the question of the formation of the new government, the prime minister designate and whether haider al-abadi will move ahead. that looks stable. the white house less concerned with nouri al-maliki giving up power over the next couple of weeks. that cleared up a little bit. there's the question of what happens next and it's one of many international hot spots. this past week the president had to turn his attention to

domestic issues as the nation watched ferguson missouri to see what would happen in the wake of police killing of michael brown. president obama addressed that from martha's vip yard. do we expect him to say more on that, what is happening. >> it comes back to washington d.c. he'll be here for meetings tomorrow and tuesday. the white house is downplaying the purpose of the visit. we got the itinerary, this was on the agenda to come back to d.c. for meetings. officials, white house speaks men said there will not be a -- spokesmen said there will not about be a news-making moment. there's nothing on the schedule for the president to make a speech, but we'll watch and see what he's doing. his surrogate has been speaking

from the white house. libby casey live from washington d.c. thank you so much. >> residents fleeing the fighting are putting the strain on resources in towns across iraq. jane arraf reports from erbil. hospitals are trying to cope. >> reporter: public hospitals in the kurdish region were struggling. as a region of iraq they are supposed to get drugs and supplies from the ministry of health in baghdad. because of the dispute over oil revenue between baghdad and erbil, supplies nor salary have come for months. >> the last few months we have suffered in the drugs and medical supply. because of economic crisis and baghdad interrupted. >> reporter: this maternity hospital is trying to cope with

displaced iraqis and a case load of expectant mothers. it's a difficult time for everyone. it's the same story in hospitals across the region. >> this is one of three trauma centers in the kurdish capital, with fewer than 200 beds, filled with patients hurt in accidents. on top of that the hospital was filled with a flood of peshmerga fighters wounded on the front. the hospital director says on one day alone last week they treated 40 wounded peshmerga fighters. this unit is only seven. a hospital like that, in a situation, in a worse situation. we need more than seven bits. >> this fighter was wounded in the battle to take back mack

more. surgeons removed shrapnel from the brain. the prognosis is not clear. upstairs other kurdish fighters treated for burns and eye industries caused when the vehicle he was in hit a landmine. in the room next door, kurdish fighters, which fought for decades. he was wounded defending the camp, where thousands of demobilized fighters lived for 20 years. staff tried to cope with the fighters and of the everiry day -- every day trauma of an emergency ward. this is the mother of a 2 yield boy that fell from a second story. she's been told that he has died. behind the doors hospital staff prepared his body to be taken to

the morgue. more than 500,000 iraqis have been displaced by the fighting. [ gunfire ] meanwhile violence in libya, where rival militias clashed near the tripoli airport. 17 were killed. a u.n. envoy will voist trying to broker a ceasefire. >> palestinian and israeli negotiators are back at the table in cairo for indirect ceasefire talks. you are looking live in gaza. the current 5-day ceasefire will expire monday midnight. palestinians negotiators say his side are not optimistic a deal can be reached. israel lost 67 people, gaza over

1900. protesters carried anti-wore banners in israel saying "there is another way", and urged an end to the gaza strip. the fighting killed 1900 palestinians. and israel lost 67 people. the event was delayed by a week. stay tuned. violence is flaring in ukraine. luhansk burning after a series of deadly clashes, and this morning a fighter jet shot down by russian separatists. we'll talk to the grand-daughter of former soviet premier. and a freak of nature caught on camera. a common site in an uncommon site. >> i'm john terrett, about to tyke part in the als -- take

part in the als challenge, i'll be doused in freezing cold water. i'm having serious second thought right now - i mean serious second thoughts. just saying.

good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. violence is escalating in ukraine, where this morning the ukrainian military said that rebel forces shot down a fighter jet in luhansk, after launching an attack. the rebel leader said russian separatists are planning a major offensive against the government forces. in a video statement. he bragged about getting a battery of russian tanks and getting more than 100 fighter. they are returning to a normal life. in a small town, businesses and hospitals in luhansk have been destroyed. food and medical aid have been delivered. supplies are running thin. . >> translation: right now we have nothing.

people have brought out everything. what they need and don't need. they took medicine that they could. they did not know when it could end. >> luhansk was retaken by ukranian forces last month, but saw sporadic clashes in recent days, we talk to an associate professor and is the great grand-daughter of former soviet premier. ukraine says look, we have the convoys crossing to the border, and russia denies it, who is right? >> russia denies convoys are crossing the border. i think the convoys seen on thursday and there was a story on friday, i think it was a russian message to say we are not invading you, but we are showing if we decide to, we can. >> we can. >> yes. that's no evidence that the ukrainians did destroys any of

this. i'm surprised. i think ukranian government is playing a campaign. >> you don't think they got the convoy. >> today, for example, or yesterday there has been reports that ukrainians are downplaying it. >> it sounded like there was progress. >> we have to be careful to report the news before it happens. on friday it was an international scandal. the war is starting. today we are waiting for the aid convoy to be introduced to ukraine, almost everybody agreed that it is going flow, and it's not really part of the invading forces, nor that there are other forces waiting in the dark i think the two sides are playing

for international opinion and leverage. they want to make sure they are not part of the disaster. but the war, the conflict is still going on. >> the big question look the at the larger picture with israel and what is happening in gaza and here in ferguson and iraq - does that mean that ukraine has faup off the international -- fallen off the international radar? >> we are talking about it, so clearly not. there were reports on friday that incursion is not invasion. we see president petro porashenko of ukraine, and president vladimir putin of russia. >> not president obama. he has not talked about it. >> he's busy. >> with the other things. >> it is - i find it apparent that the europeans talking between each other. there was a finish president that was involved, talking to

putin, in crimea. whatever, in all this part. very close to east donetsk, and then went to talk to president petro porashenko of ukraine, so this is important. i think small countries are taking charge, because maybe the big countries like the united states have some other ideological agenda, they cannot allow russia to occupy the world space the way russia wants to. small countries wanted to go - want it to end. it may be an opportunity for the small countries. >> what is vladimir putin's end game. >> we have been talking about it. he wants to destabilize ukraine, which he did well so far. i don't think he's still - we talk about will he invade, will he not. he doesn't need to. >> is that part of a goal. >> right. creating doubt, making sure that maydan government will never be

popular. it can be. 300,000 fled parts of east ukraine. it will not be popular. it will remain if the conflict resolves in term of violence. it remains a frozen conflict, which is a problem. >> and a protracted conflict. >> thank you so much. always a pleasure. >> mother nature unleashes a freak of nature on a beach in belgium. eboni deon has a look at wild weather. >> that's right. we'll take you to the video and show you a water spout forming over the beam, which is not common in belgium. this one happened to move onshore and created a bit of damage. we'll get to that. you can see it. you can barely make out a cloud, but it created damage, and damaged a terror as. as quickly as it developed and

around our beaches into florida. we dealt with that, and we did see a tornado forming there. there was zero and didn't last long, the national forecast is coming up. >> rick perry refuting allegations of abuse of power and was considered a potential for 2016. is that idea dead on arrival. it's a big issue in weekend politics, plus the gaol break caught on camera. can you believe it. don't go anywhere.

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contribution. >> the indictment is first up on the weekend politics segment. joining me, republican strategist and former aid to charles roz. good morning gentlemen. >> rick perry says look, this is an abuse of power to the special prosecutor, accusing me of abuse of power. who is right? >> depend who you ask. >> i'm asking you. >> if you are a republican primary voter and i'm in new hamp shirks rick perry hopes that you think he is right. the real question is what did the average american thing who was going to be a voter. the answer remained to be seen. there's an art to be made that the da, the da that brought tom up on charges, which were vacated. we have a booking video of her which is damning and calls her credibility into question. there's mud all over the place.

we have to wait and see where things settle before making a reasonable judgment on what happened. and what perry's future looks like. speaking of where things settle i want to show you a couple of tweets, starting with david axel rod. links bring it up. he said unless he was trying to demons trabley trying:? from jed bush:. >> even though he may be safe criminally, how does this play on the court of public opinion. >> i'm not willing to go one way tore the other. it's funny that you bring up david axel rod, because i agree 100% with his assessment of the situation. with the information that we have as of right now, it's sexy at best. it appears that way. however, no matter how this

plays out criminally, imagine governor in the middle of the debate and he's the republican debate, and he's the only candidate on the stage under criminal indictment. whether he's found innocent or guilty it's not playing well for him, and the video will play over and over for him to name three agencies that he would cut, and he couldn't name the third, and handed a debate under criminal indictment is not good news. >> i agree. we hope the debate or rick perry hopes it cocurse during the presidential primary where the electorate is more forgiving. if that's the dynamic at play, rick perry emerges as the nominee, it's tough to overcome. if it's occurring and playing out, he could get, in effect, the sympathy vote from voters

that view that as a witch-hunt. >> he could boomerang and get the support of voters. sketch yip at best, and -- sketchy at best, and let's keep in mind it's a democratic area. it's one of the few democratic areas in texas. >> speaking of the sea of red, what about the g ox perform, how does -- g.o.p., how does it defend itself. we are talking citie, barrie, scott walker. how do you defend yourself with all of this dark cloud? >> the thing the party has to do is not allow those three issues to define the party as a hole. they are particular to each governor as mentioned and republican activists hope when the dust clears and the facts are laid bare that each man is innocent of the wrong doings. what is important, and you hit on this in your question, is not

to let the three incidents define the party as a hole. i think it's easier that the three are governors, they are seen as kings of their open, or queens of their open domain of their own statement. the three members of congress, members of the senate, it would be different. democrats could get mileage out of it. when you talk about a governor, or the confines of an individual state, it's different. >> speaking of this culture of corruption and governors, do you think perry will go the way of bob mcdonald, expected to take the stand this week? >> we are watching to see what will happen with this soap opera. >> watching. >> yes. and messy marriage and so on. at the top, with the governor. but with governor perry, your question - he went that way the last time he ran. he came in as a rising star and

was supposed to catafalque for the nomination and claimed out. who knows, you know, 15 minutes can be a lifetime. let's give rick perry the benefit of the taught and we'll see what type of candidate he erges. >> wednesday, this epic saga between the clintons and the president. the first time they were in the same room after dicey comments and criticisms. let's pull up what she said before the meeting. >> read the book. we are agreed we are committed to the values and interests of the country. we have disagreements as partners and friend, as we might very well have, proud that i served with him and for him and looking forward to see him. >> hold up, hold up. were the comments accidental or was she distancing herself from

obama. >> the word accident and the clintons - they don't go together at all. everything is measured. everything is calculated. of course talking to a journalist from the atlantic with the credentials that she brings to the table. of course she was taking a mild shot, mild criticism at president obama. she must distance herself as she is about to one for president, many say, capturing the democratic nomination. she has to put space between the two. this is much ado about nothing. >> why do you say that? >> the media overblew the situation. >> can you overbelow something between the clintons and obama at a time like this, precious before of the 2016 election. >> excellent question, perhaps right. perhaps i'll concede that. >> just a question. >> it will be interesting, that relationship, the dynamics.

>> i have to disagree with my pal here. in true clinton fashion this is app example of one of them, hillary, trying to have it both ways. she wants to be a loyal democrat and knows the president's approval ratings are in the tank. she wants america to judge her, yet our foreign policy is a mess unlike it's been in a long, long time. she's in a difficult spot. i believe she is running for president. >> no doubt about it. >> she is having to defend a president whose popularity is not high. >> no doubt about thatch. >> she's in a sticky situation, and there's a crazy cab oaky dance in the hamp tonnes. >> it's the biggest. >> sorry, forgive me. >> cab oaky dance. >> right. . >> okay. >> the whole thing leaves people scratching their head. you have to say is this the person i want to be the standard

bearer from my party. and at the same time if you are an independent voter, if i vote on the woman, did she do a good job in the biggest test of her career. i recall on the republican side john mccain and george w. bush not being the best of friends. >> the question is what i'm scratching my heads about. if she throws her hat in the ring will the president support her. >> i'll defer to domenic first. i have strong feelings on that. >> of course the president will support her. let's be honest about this. without bill and hillary clinton there's a possibility that he may not be re-elected. let's not forget the speech that bill clinton did on president obama's behalf. if she runs, it's my contention the nomination is hers, and she was running since secretary of state. she was setting up cred ep

shalls, and you better believe it president barack obama and the democratic party will be solidly in her corner. >> what do you think, is bill her secret weapon. >> i agree. this president feels an enormous debt of the gratitude for bill clinton pulling his cam pain out of the trash can and elevating it for the speech he gave in charlotte. the payback was tacet endorsement of hillary a couple of months ago or a year ago. if you are his loyal vice president you'd have to grasp the head saying "boss, what about me. i didn't take shots at you, i've been a good soldier, i avoided many of the gaffs." he did take shots at president obama, before they went off. he's good. >> you're right. he did get out in front of him on gay marriage. that, to me, seems innocent.

bide ep esque makes. >>, "boss, what about me." >> i like that, we have agreement. the way i like to end it. thank you both, always a pleasure to have you. this week marks four decades since turkey's invasion of cyprus. but disputes over the mediterranean island, over a once thriving beach down - it runs deep. plans are under way to break the deadlock. >> the signs say forbidden zone, a barrier of wire and screens, and the threat of prosecution keeps the curious away. >> the rescort was a playground for the rich and famous. the heyday was defended. homes and hotels abandoned. >> this is to show what a neighbourhood might look like. >> the greek cypriot was seven

years old. now he is part of a determine coalition of greek and turkish sipry ots, seeking to reopen it as a pioneering city. >> by talking about this, buying it, we actually are starting, in a way. to live there. we are starting in the souls of the people, to build the piece. >> very few civilians entered the area, a few photographs show a ghost down, overgrown with vegetation. >> for 40 years, it has been sealed off and less to crumble. uninhab iltable. part of it will preserve, exactly as it were, 40 years ago when it fled. other parts crumbled into the ground, absorbed by the habitat.

reopening the july, it could be crucial in resolving the future of this divided island. >> it is part of the larger town. reopening the town will attract needed tourism dollars here. >> there's only one thing i want to say to the politicians here and in turkey. properties coming back to us. >> the question of the ownership could be problematic. >> translation: we can't say let's open it. who will we give it to. questions are dependent on a comprehensive solution of the cypress problem. >> turkish and greek in effectors meet, but are making little apparent in resolving the problem. the grass roots project offers an example of how the breakthrough may be on the

horizon. >> all right. take a look at this new video of a gaol break in brazil. this is filmed by the gaol breakers themselves. i don't know how they got a cell phone in there. you see one digging as other wait behind. 13 escaped. the police tracked down two of them. the prison guard on duty happens been suspended. the cell had not been inspected for 60 days. perhaps that's how the cell phone got in there. >> teams showing off at the biathlon. bringing out the big guns near a military training area. they had to tackle obstacle courses russia blew the competition away, figuratively and literally with a 1-2 finish. tear gas and armoured gars

used against protesters in ferguson, missouri. retired lieutenant general russell honora joins us before the break. a deadly disease leaving millions powerless over their problems. could sa cure lie in the light-hearted viral video. our john terrett accepts the challenge sweeping the nationment be sure you don't go anywhere. when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now

>> this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america. >> we utilised a plan and approach by the city police department in many parade event. it was effective. we sustained the health of the businesses. we also sustained the safety of the protesters.

>> that's captain johnson of the missouri state police, on why officer fired tear gas again last night. trying to disperse a crowd of protesters who defied a state order of curfew. joining us now via skype is russell honora, retired general and author of leadership in "the new normal", and joins us for the weekend conversation. general, thank you for being with us. first off, with a curfew in place, and reports of guns in a restaurant. were place rite in the way that they reacted last night? >> i wasn't on the ground. but the results are - one person was shot, and several in the hospital, that the police enforced the curfew, and learnt the challenge with the curfew, there's two things going on. ensuring everyone got the word,

and number two, what is the consequence of breaking the curfew, and the concept of civil disobedience, that people lected to dissipate a curfew because there's something that they are pensioning for in their voice, and if people are unhappy, thl break the curfew, and the best thing police can do it try to contain it and make sure they are not going anything to enhance the anger. and the people are contingent to say hey, stop shooting bullets and the tear gas and keep the armoured vehicles back on the one night that they did that they had good results, as long as you continue to, what you say, use the heavy tactics, you have to break the rules in a crisis, which is what my leadership training taught me. >> you talk about diffusing the

situation, you are talking tear gas and stun guns. what need to be done to diffuse the situation. they have to get a political voice to promise and builds competence with the people. the due process for investigating the shooting is underway, giving them updates, and now all they talk about is controlling the people. they don't talk to the case, they spend little time communicating about the case. we know the pr stumbles that they have made. they had a failure in tactics, pr and politics. politicians will have to stand up and own this. the captain is the strument of enforcing the law. someone will have to stand up and be the political leader communicating with the people,

and trying to bridge past this concept where people think the only voice they have is to demonstrate in the middle of the night. >> we talked about the tactics and the politics, and can you talk about the root cause, you said the word brim. we are talking about issues of race and class. how similar do you think frg is in dealing with the issues. >> well, you know, we have 3 streets, rural street, main street, people that have got a job, and railroad street. i read about this extensively. we are at police. underserved by economy and school. this is indicative of railroad street. when you cross the track, you know it's in a different place. we have to fire the solution to poverty. people will become disengaged.

it lead to - when there's an event like this, poor people have little trust. that's what happened. people trust the government because the government had not been there for two generations living in poverty. when that happens, people are disengaged. 6% african minister with little voice in politics. >> the youth is becoming engaged. i have a teenage twitter follower, she's 13, gigi, and tweeted me saying "i think that police need to stop killing others because murder makes it a lot worse, i feel sorry for mike's family and parents", how d we stop this hap so kids like gigi can rest assured. >> gigi need to understand the justice will come in ta courtroom, but the solution will happen in the voting box, that

there has to be a resounding message that as they move forward and recover and heel, that people will have to get engaged from what is happening in politics, and they'll have to vote for government. we have gone around the world fighting so people have the right to choose the government. it doesn't always work. right in america, we have the pockets along railroad street where people are disengaged from the lit call process, because politics has not served them well. >> retired general honora. it has been a pleasure to have you with us. you may have noticed your facebook feed has been filled with video of friends shrieking and shivering, mine has. the ice bucket challenge is soaking the nation. the online campaign raising awareness and money for a deadly

disease. john terrett looks at how the chilly trend began and the impact it's having. >> reporter: if you've been online there's a chance you have seen someone taking the axe ls ice bucket challenge. dumping ice cold water on their head. amyothophic lateral sclerosis stands for amyothophic lateral sclerosis. also known as lou gehrig's geese after the baseball great diagnosed with it in the late '30s. it kills off motor neurons, ending the brain's ability to initiate and control muscles. a viral campaign on the internet is thrusting the disease into the spotlight. according to the a ls association, 15 new cases of als are diagnosed each day. as many as 30,000 americans have the disease at any given time. a ls affects 20% more men than women.

the life expect si of an als patient averages 2-5 years after diagnosis. there's no cure, which is why money for research is important. icebucket challenges are not knew. 29-year-old als patient peter fraities, who can no longer talk or walk decided to use it to call attention to the disease he and a friend are responsible for launching the cam pain and starting the sensation. >> before this so many didn't understand what a ls was. >> jay see here, accepting the challenge. >> politicians and celebrities joined in. the a ls association says from july 29th to august 14th, the national and state chapters have seen nearly 146,000 now donors, raising $7.6 million, compared

to $1.2 million in the same as last year. it's uncredible the amount of money raising because it's gone viral. you didn't think we would do the story and nobody would get wet. you're right. and it's me. before i do this i nominate two colleagues, tony harris, and dell walters, walters, by the way, not water. someone has hut pies in here, gin and tonic, terrificment the only way to do this is quickly, so here we go. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter:. >> reporter: this is why al jazeera reporters are always totally immersed in their stories. john terrett feeling that this mite not have been a good idea, al jazeera. >> dell and tony, looks like john terrett is coming for you.

interesting. the ladies didn't get the lock. maybe we should challenge julie chen or morgan radford. the als raised $32,000 last year from july 29th through august 15th. in year they have raised more than $5.5 million. tony and dell you may be able to help out with that. check out the tubs rowing through the waters of belgium, it's part of a 30 second annual bath tub race. teams race the seaworthy creations, powered by human force. participants are rewared for the beauty and originality. tomorrow morning, more of the fallout in ferguson as proignore curfews. can law enforcement maintain order. that and others. that does it for this edition. live for you in new york. thank you so much.

>> announce >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm stephen cole in doha. in the next 60 minutes - a show down in northern iraq. peshmerga fighters battle the islamic state to retake control of the mosul dam. villages burning, a fighter jet is down in ukraine as fighting continues between separatists and government troops. live in ruin in gaza. we look at how israeli attacks, little hope for children