school year gets underway. all that straight ahead. this is al jazeera america, and i'm thomas drayton in new york. parents of michael brown sh join community leaders calling for justice for their son. in iraq kurdish forces advance against isis, and fierce fighting again the islamic state group in syria. trying to make college campuses safer. reduces sexual assaults is the topic of tonight's special segment, "the week ahead."

hands up, don't shoot. >> a community comes together. tonight, parents in pain, words of comfort. >> i wear this uniform, and i just stand up here and say i'm sorry. >> the call for action. >> we have had enough! >> "flashpoint ferguson." it is 7:00 in ferguson, missouri. you're looking live as night begins to fall. the second night of a state-imposed curfew to deter violence, and it's just hours away. in washington michael brown's death is getting nor attention. the department of justice is ordering its own autopsy of the slain teen's body. the autopsy is based on what it called the extraordinary circumstances of the case. we're coming from ferguson, missouri tonight. i wonder if that news from the

department of justice offers any comfort to the community that this investigation is being handled properly. >> well, thomas, from the beginning that has been a frustration. residents and protesters concerned that the investigation wasn't being handled with transparency, and that has come as some comfort that the federal authorities are looking into this. they're also ordering that autopsy they're waiting for. they have ordered another autopsy because of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of michael brown just last weekend. just to give you a sense where we are, this is where much of the action took place last night as well. just a few moments ago we saw the superintendent, ron johnson, come through the crowd here. there are large numbers again tonight, and there have been large numbers protesting here and large numbers came out earlier in the day at a rally for justice. they came for miles. thousands of people all with different stories, united with

one purpose, justice for michael brown. most of the crowd never made it inside greater grace church, forced to listen outside on the radio. >> just by the mention of that name. >> donita pete was one of them. her 15-year-old son la von was killed by st. louis county police in 2012. police say he pointed a sawed-off rifle at an officer. the family disputes the account. she's here for her son and mike brown. >> it brings back bad memories and the cases are so similar. this has to stop. it can't keep going. it don't stop here. if we don't do something about it, it's going to continue to happen. >> for those who did get inside, they saw michael brown's family and heard from reverend al sharpton. >> we saw millions of dollars roll down all kinds of military equipment like you were at war with your citizens. if you got enough money to bring

all that equipment in here, you got money for jobs for these young people! >> people here say love is their weapon, and some are opting to wear the message. >> t-shirt. don't shoot hands up t-shirt. >> even displaying it was a challenge. dozens parked along the interstate just up the hill from the church. >> with so many people, the traffic was just vicious. there was a lot of people backed up. we tried to get off the interstate, and we couldn't. we decided to pull over and show our support. >> to let the word out that somebody was killed and the police that killed him is not in jail. that's what i feel. >> for a week now in ferguson, you've heard the anger, feel the outrage and see the sadness. sunday was no different. and thomas, as you mentioned, we're just a few hours away from the curfew in effect for the second night in a row. residents are told between

midnight and 5:00 a.m. in ferguson they should go home, and everyone is waiting to see what effect will come as we see still a large number of people out here this evening. thomas. >> last night we saw protesters as you mentioned. are authorities change how they handle the curfew and the protesters, if there are any tonight? >> reporter: well, missouri governor jake nixon said today that he thought the sur few was a success despite the fact there were a couple of hundred protesters who refused to leave the streets last night, which resulted in police moving in with some armored tactical vehicles firing gas and tear gas at them to disperse those crowds. seven arrests made last night. he called that a success. it was difficult for us from the media standpoint because we basically were corralled in one area and not allowed to go out and verify what was going on on the streets ourselves. it looks like a repeat of yesterday. we saw a bus load of police officers come into the area just

like yesterday. we saw superintendent ron johnson enter the crowd. so it looks and feels very much like last night. whether or not the results or the -- what ended up happening late into the evening transpires again tonight, that's a big question. we did have thunderstorms last night. it is clear today as well. so whether or not that skushs people or encouraging people to go home tonight, we have to wait and see. >> i want to get back to the unity rally. was this in any way a sense of haefling? we heard moufl messages from several civil rights activists. >> reporter: we did. a lot of people came out here as you saw in the piece. many could not go inside to see what was going on. they were listening over loud speaker, but there are messages of outrage and frustration when it comes to the investigation into the death of michael brown. some of the tensions that we've seen here not only in ferguson but within st. louis county as a whole when it comes to the relationship between the residents here and the police that are, you know, basically

here to protect and enforce the law. so some healing we're starting to see, we see some people talking about looking forward. again, there is still a lot of anger and frustration and outrage after that shooting of michael brown just over a week ago. >> once again in the final moments we're about five hours away from another curfew at midnight there. can you set the scene for us? >> sure, absolutely. i will step out of the way. we're at the intersection where much of the action has taken place the last few nights. as you can see behind me, we're at the intersection of ferguson avenue and west florence avenue. that's the main strip that runs through ferguson. police have blocked off the main strip where you see people proceeding back and forth along this street. if you can see further up about a half-mile up the street, people are already making their way towards this police blockade. we saw that a number of times last night. i suspect we will see that again

tonight. that is really where most of the action has taken place. the streets are blocked after around the area as well, so only people on foot can come inside here with vehicles unless they're parked in the parking lots cannot come in after they've left. once that curfew is in effect. these people are cleared out of the area as orderly as possible. any media left behind will be corralled into this area behind or potentially risk breaking that curfew and then the consequences of which they have not made clear to us tonight. >> they're wanting to be heard in the community of ferguson, missouri tonight. thank you. martin luther king iii was at the unity rally in ferguson. he told me earlier the community there is starting to heal, but this is going to be a long road. >> ultimate healing will not come until there's a dramatic change in one of the areas in policing. i believe community policing is

sefrnl certainly something that must be engaged, but also police departments need human relations sensitivity and diversity training, and then finally and most also importantly, opportunities must be created not just in ferguson but certainly first and foremost in ferguson and throughout st. louis county. there really is an abundance of talent, there's an abundance of opportunity in this land called america. that opportunity has been -- the communities of color have been excluded, and that is why you have such a high level of frustration and animosity and anger. the anger is because african-american young men are stopped probably seven, eight, nine times more than others. even in this particular city of ferguson, if you look at the amount of tickets, i think almost 90% of the tickets that

are given in this community or maybe 95% are given to african-americans who live and just come through this community. so it's almost like you target african-americans, and that creates this for the act. so there's a legitimate anger against those in charge because it really -- no one would mind people being stopped because they're speeding, but when you target people, profile people, that is wrong. it must change. >> what will it take to heal this community? >> well, number one, there has to be some justice for the brown family. how justice comes is through the court system, and the attorneys have said that michael brown was executed. it does appear that way. if that is found to be the case, then serious justice. i'm not an advocate of the death penalty, but if -- from a sentencing structure, this

police officer should never be able to be out of jail again. i mean, a kid was executed or murdered. that is not -- police are to protect and serve. that's the first thing, justice for the brown family. the second thing is i've talked about a transition in the community. for example, the police department needs to x number of passions that they will diligently go out to engage diversity, have diversity in the police department. that's just one area. also, it needs to be a training program, a commitment for training and dollars to train people in the community of feshg son and surrounding communities that will ultimately lead to jobs. that's what will heal the community. >> it's a long road ahead, and you're certainly offering words of comfort there. civil rights activist martin

luther king iii. we appreciate your time. thanks for joining us on al jazeera america. we'll have the latest on the shooting death of brown right here on al jazeera america. turning our attention to the latest in iraq, the u.s. military carried out 14 air strikes near the mosul dam today. it took out 19 islamic state vehicles includes humvees and armors carriers. they retook control of part of the dam from the rebels. >> reporter: they're on the offensive. they are in battle with the islamic state group. the kurdish forces are not fighting alone. the u.s. air force is covering their advance from the skies. the islamic state group is not making their task easy. we can see explosions from within the towns they control. they have also been leaving behind bombs on the side of the road as they retreat. one of the objectives of this

military operation is to recapture the mosul dam, the largest in iraq from the islamic state group that controls one-third of the country. ts a strategic installation that provides water and electricity to surrounding areas. there are many front lines in this war. they have advanced on more than one front. we are just 30 kilometers from the city center of mosul, the stronghold of the islamic state group. in this region east of mosul, they recaptured three towns. one of them is this town. this is evidence of the fight. the fighters managed to shoot one of the vehicles belonging to the islamic state group. we weren't able to enter the town because they're conducting clearing operations. it is one of of three christian towns they regained control of since the operation began early on sunday. commanders are confident, but it

may be too early to declare victory. but they are hoping the people of the towns will be able to return home. the islamic state group's recent advance in the north has displaced tens of thousands of people. >> translator: our president told us to save the christians and other minorities. we're here to protect them. we succeeded. we pushed the islamic state back. >> reporter: but taking territory is not the same as holding it. kurdish forces are ill-equipped and lack training. last week the islamic state group captured many regions as it advanced into the kurdish north. it was then the u.s. fighter jets and armed drones intervened. the obama administration has repeated time and time again that their military objective to to protect minorities and the kurdish territories, but it seems the military operation has expanded. the objective now is to allow their partners on the ground to go on the offensive.

zena hooder, al jazeera, southeast of mosul dam. displaced iraqi yazidis that crossed into syria are being trained to fight the islamic state group. about 55 are getting weapons and tact tal training at a military camp. the kurdish people's protection unit is running the camp. they say about 15,000 yazidis sought refuge in syria with the border of iraq. the u.n. is distributing food for the displaced yazidi that escaped the group. many are children among the 24,000 refugees who arrived in the town in the north. the u.n. says several thousands yazidis still remain trapped on the mountain. how much progress is being made? joining us from d.c. is al jazeera security contributor j.j. green. good to see you, j.j. >> thomas, how are you? >> i'm doing well. at this point is there a clear understanding of the u.s. mission in iraq? >> yeah. the u.s. mission in iraq is

designed to support iraqi and kurdish fighters. it's also designed to help them to push back the advance of isil. they're there to stop encroachment on things like the dam you were talking about and to protect u.s. fa sills and play a role in the assistance necessary to deal with the humanitarian disaster there. the problem has been for far too long by the admission of the u.s. and the iraqi and kurdish forces involved, isil was able to advance pretty much without any impediment. what they have to do is to basically stop them and prevent them from beginning to sort of, i suppose, recycle their strength, get new fighters and vehicles and weapons. that's what this is all about. >> trying to stop them. there's a number of u.s. air strikes.

how much effective have they been against the islamic state? >> very effective. the chief of staff last week said the problem for the kurdish armies has been the fact that isil has much better weapons than they do. humvees, tanks, artillery, rockets, everything. everything they have is better. so what they need is the ability to get the weapons they need, which the u.s. is beginning to provide for them and other allied countries as well, and some cover while they, one, get trained up on these elements of equipment and get them into circulation and begin to put them to use to make them of use to stop the advance of isil. so that's the challenge they're facing, and it looks as though it's not easy and will take a while but they appear to be very well-ready to go after this. >> the goal is to stop them further advancement, and president obama stated no boots on the ground with further

instability could this draw the u.s. deeper into conflict? >> doubtful. the u.s. has said and they pretty much held up to this from day one. this is not their fight. this is not the u.s. fight. this is the fight that the united iraqi army and military are going to have to deal with along with the kurdish forces. they're going to have to do this, but they need outside support. the u.s. is willing to help them do this, but it's got to be done by them. the u.s. can't go in and do another break it you own it kind of situation. it's a scenario where they recognize their limits, and this time after spending a decade in iraq or something like that, the u.s. is not willing to go in and put forces back into the situation again. >> with that said, how much will an inclusive government change the landscape moving forward? >> well, that's a really good question, thomas. when you look at the fact that the new prime minister replaces the old prime minister, it's going to take a while for him to get anything done primarily

because, one, they have to sort of secure the country, bring it back together. he's got to build some trust amongst the people disenfranchis disenfranchised. the other part of this equipment that a lot of folks haven't looked at are the sunnis that joined up with isil. they don't necessarily want this -- the al qaeda element or the extremist element involved in iraq. what they want is the opportunity to be a significant -- play a significant role in the economy and, you know, security in the country. they want to be a part of the country. so the thing is they may actually be be a little skeptical about the government being run again by a shia. it will take some time for the new prime minister to win them over and be done by demonstration. again being it's going to be necessary to push isil out of the picture, which may take some time. >> the president stated it's not an easy road. jj green, always good to see you.

>> pleasure. the government in syria launched a barrel bomb attack. we report the air-raids come as rebels are accused of killing hundreds more on their march to seize more territory. >> this is the aftermath of the latest air-raid aleppo. they dropped several fire bombs here early on sunday. dozens were wounded or killed. not an uncommon scene in this war, but observers say this sne in particular has been in a type of undeclared truce. even though it's under the control of the islamic state group for nearly a year and a half. for most of the that period the president's priorities seemed to focus on aleppo and other areas where nationalist levels are in partial control. the army appears to be losing fast and wide in this area in particular. isil fighters have taken two army bases and are battling for control of the last government stronghold, the airbase.

islamic state fighters are moving on more than one front. they're taking more territory from the free syrian army using what human rights groups describe as brutal tactics. in the last two weeks alone, they reported killed 700 people in the province, all of them from a single sunni tribe. in other parts of the country, no letup in the government's campaign against opposition-held areas. the fighters have been trying to stop repetitive attempts by the army to take the area. extense fires after the government's nightly air-raids on the city in the countryside in western syria. the only targets are armed opposition groups that it calls terrorists, but rights groups say in most cases it's civilians who are killed or injured. mohammed, val, al jazeera. president obama is back in washington taking a pause from

his vacation. much of his time was taken up by press briefings. the white house says developments in ferguson, missouri whim be talked about. the president will be briefed on the crisis in iraq. still ahead, ukrainian forces retake part of a rebel-held town in the east, while a russian aid convoy remains stalled on the other side of the border. in "the week ahead" rutgers takes part in a new pilot program to track sexual assaults on campuses. that is sparking a debate.

in ukraine a military convoy led by pro-russian fighters is going towards a town in the ukraine/russian border. they're set to deliver supplies to war-torn areas. as tensions continue in ukraine, the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine met in berlin today, but the german foreign minister

said the two are far apart. >> translator: the situation in ukraine continues to be difficulty. today's news shows we are far from ending en. we're far from reaching a political solution. >> the military says it scored a big victory over pro-russian fighters in eastern ukraine. kiev's forces are back in control of a police station in luhansk. emma hayward has the latest. >> reporter: a few months ago many of these men had never picked up a weapon. they were paramedics, students, builders and lawyers, and now they're firing live rounds getting ready to fight. the ukrainian army is using volunteer fighters like these to try to win back territory. the men here only have a few weeks' training before they head off to the front line. then it all becomes very risky and real. this is where they could end up

in the luhansk rejoan where they're still in control. the battle is fierce and intensive. this was once the regional airport welcoming flights every day. on sunday separatists brought down a fighter jet closed to luhansk, but the ukrainian forces say they still have the upper hand. >> translator: yesterday after a fierce balcs in the residential area in luhansk, the anti-terrorist operations restored control on the police station and raised the flag of ukraine on it. it's like the town of denefk donetsk and is freed. >> back at the balance tanyon they say ukrainian forces can't win the battle without him. >> translator: i think the work the volunteer ba tttalioning ar doing in the ukraine are very important because it's the future of the ukrainian army but the future of the police force. as we've seen, this army is less

efficient than volunteer battalions that operate on their own initiative and guided by the idealism in the fight against the enemy. >> translator: a fight these men say they're building to risk everything for. to keep control of their borders and, they say, their future. emma hayward, al jazeera in eastern ukraine. in cairo palestinian and israeli leaders are continuing ceasefire negotiations. nearly 2,000 palestinians have been killed in the conflict. most of them are civilians. israel has lost 67 people, most of them soldiers. prime minister been gentleman men netanyahu was firm today in stating israel's objective for the talks. >> translator: only if there is a clear solution to our security needs, only then will we be prepared to come to an understanding. if hamas thinks that through continued intermittent firing it will cause us to macon segs, it is mistaken. as long as quiet does not

return, hamas will continue to sustain very harsh strikes. >> the current five-day ceasefire is set to expire on midnight on monday. palestinians today expressed hope the talks would end the blockade of the gaza strip. >> translator: we're like other people and want to live in peace and safety. i hope the negotiators will reach an agreement to end this offensive on gaza. we want people to live in peace. a palestinian negotiator expressed doubt that this round of talks will be successful for the long term. still to come, a new jersey university is about to begin a pilot program to better gauge sexual assaults on campus, but not everyone thinks it's a good idea. we discuss this in depth in our sunday segment "the week ahead." rebecca stevenson joins us with a look at the forecast. >> they're going from cooler where they're warmer and much, much warmer where they're normal cooler. i'll show you the swing and where you fall when it comes to the averages coming up.

here are the top stories we're following right now. in ferguson, missouri the community gathered calling for justice in the shooting death of michael brown. the family of the slain teen joined reverend al sharpton at a rally. sharpton pressed for a fair investigation. earlier in the day the justice department said it will conduct its own autopsy in the case. in iraq u.s. fighter jets carried out 14 air strikes near the mosul dam today. they hit 19 targets and helped kurdish forces retake part of the dam for rebels. they have shifted gears, they're also supporting forces taking on islamic state group and protecting critical infrastructure. there was little progress in talks to end the kreis in eastern ukraine. germany's foreign minister hosted the counterparts today.

they've been trying to negotiate a ceasefire between ukraine's forces and pro-russian separatists. it is sunday night, and time for the look at "the week ahead." with college students across the country beginning to head back tole skoo, we want to examine an issue receiving a growing amount of attention, sexual results on campus. the white house released a report to establish a task force to protect students from sexual assault at american colleges and universities. it's jarring and puts the problem into some perspective. according to the report, 1 in 5 women sexually assaulted this college. the majority are by people they know. most often they occur during the student's freshman on or sophomore year and most of the cases go unreported. a campus sexual assault report found that 6% of men are victims of assault or attempted assault. here's courteney keely with more. >> reporter: it began with the promise back in january. >> we're going to work with colleges and ooufrpts and

educational institution of all kinds across america to help them come up with better ways to prevent and respond to sexual assault on their campuses. >> reporter: now with the new school year about to start, the white house is announcing that rutgers, the state university of new jersey, will be part of a pilot program to gauge the extent of sexual assault on college campuses. the school's center on vie slens against women and children will conduct an online survey of all undergraduate and graduate students, and in the spring they will host focus groups. sarah mcmahon the co-director of the center on violence of women and children says the oourt is pleased to help the white house with such a serious issue. sexual assault is incredibly widespread with 20% to 25% of college women nationally experiencing sexual assaults on campus. this type of assault affects victims, both women and men, in many ways. impacting mental and physical health and academic performance.

it's part of the white house task force plan to protect students. in addition to helping institutions identify the scope of the problem, it includes the implementation of prevention programs, helping schools respond more effectively to sexual assault cases and improving government transparency. the civil rights is currently investigating 76 post secondary institutions ranging from state schools to shoez in the ivy league for possible mishandling of sexual assault cases on los angeles. under title ix schools are obliged to students from sexual assaults. >> we need strong, displain naer policies athe kafrt level and need colleges and universities that don't adopt the policies to be held accountable for that. >> for some it's a good first step but many feel there's a lot of work that lies ahead. >> a first step. california is trying to take its own steps to hold schools accountable for keeping students

safe. here's melissa chen with more from san francisco. >> reporter: california's legislature is considering a bill that would require universities sieving state funds to set a standard for consensual sex. what does that mean? what does yes mean, and here rather than dealing with sexual assault and rape as something involving violence, you have to consider the fact that so many assaults taking place on college campuses involve alcohol and people passing out, so there's no active violence or force when the sexual encounters take place. critics say it requires universities to set standards, and you have to consider whether it's appropriate for an academic snus to decide what is the right kind of sexual cutting and sort of whether that is a huge leap to require college campuses to be accountable for everyone's behavior. of course, some lawyers wonder if this will hope up a pandora's box of lawsuits. when does yes mean yes? i mean, do you have to say so

verbally, and maybe two heem had different understandings of what they were going to do. proponents say determining sexual consent is easy. it's straightforward and, in fact, stanford university already uses what they call an affirmative consent standard. the campus believes its system is working. so will this pass? it's now before the assembly and passed the senate by a clear majority, so we could see this become law in the state of california. >> melissa chen in san francisco. let's talk about this further. i want to welcome sabrina who is a survivor of sexual assault as a college student in new york. she talks about her survival for the rape abuse and incest national network. i welcome samantha harris the director of speakco research from philadelphia. great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> why was this a dirty little secret for so many years? >> as a society we really teach

people that it is a shameful act. just sex in general is very shamed. even further, when it's nonconsensual, many victims have come forward and face shame from family members and friends, let alone going to the police or their school. >> who defines what is nonconsensual sex? is it the individual? >> yes. i believe in essence the individual defines that and two the individuals who participated in any act. >> miss harris, what was the game-changer, if you will, in the fight against sexual assault on college campuses? >> miss harris, you said? >> yes. >> oh. i think that the game changer was it -- the department of education's 2011 dear colleague letter to colleges and universities. when the department of education issued that letter and in numerous steps that they've taken since then, the federal government has gotten much more

involved in the problem of sexual assaults on campus. there's been the white house task force and most recently the legislation coming out of the senate. i mean, i think that was the real game changer. >> who must take the lead in campus sexual assault cases? >> i think that it really needs to be a joined effort. in today's day and age, as we see in the case inform ferguson, people don't trust the police anymo anymore. victims are unlikely to want to go to the police knowing in all likelihood they will face further judgment and revictimization when they go to the police. oftentimes campuses try to prevent thementsz as friendly towards the student says as a safe space to be. i think colleges have a great opportunity to reach out. >> you have to wonder, miss harris, do college campuses have the staffing and financial capabilities to meet these requirements? >> i don't know if it's an issue of financial resources, but, you

know, what we've seen is that they are simply not equipped to handle these serious felony accusations. i think colleges and universities are in an excellent position to provide support services to victims, and to provide title ix remedies, things like changing of class schedules and dorm assignments. when it comes to adjudicating the guilt or innocence of someone accused of a very serious crime law enforcement needs to take the lead. if as people do argue, if law enforcement, there are problems with the way that law enforcement handles this as well, the answer is not to double-down on the broken college system and ask colleges to do more but rather to focus on reform willing law enforcement so all victims, not just college students, can benefit. >> why were so many universities resistant to the idea that their star athlete orval di-- or thei

valedictorian could be an offenders. snoo they get a lot of money based on star students. to have these people now muddied up in this kind of event doesn't look good for the school. >> in your case you are a survivor? >> yes, i am. >> tell me about your case and how it was handled. >> i was assaulted by a fellow student, and it did happen off-campus. but i went to my school to try to receive help for this. when i went to the school police, i was turned away and told they could not help mem. i did gt to police in town, who performed a bit of an investigation, went to my house, went through my belongings, looked at the evidence they could find. but you never really heard much back after that. when i did go to my school for help looking for counseling and support on a level that a school should be able to provide, i was

told by my school counseling center that i should consider it at least it was half my fault and that this was just an alleged assault. >> did you feel alone? >> luckily, i had amazing friends and family members who were there to reassure me that it was not my fault and to support me through this, but i know that i was very lucky and most women don't have that support. >> how do we change the mindset, miss harris, on college campuses? >> whose mindset? >> the students and the way they look at sexual assault. we mentioned rutgers university. they're acting out sexual assault, and these students are watching wide-eyed knowing a little bit more about the effects of sexual assault and what they're having on their community. how do we change the overall mindset? >> well, you know, i think honestly the efforts of educating people, you know, people who are future college students about sexual assault on campus really needs to begin

before college. students need to be educated about issues concert and alcohol, and that needs to continue in college. that is place where colleges do have a significant role to play. >> where do we start? >> you provide the education. >> absolutely. do we start in high school and educate students in high school? >> i mean, honestly, it's the kind of education that needs to start at home. you know, people need to be talking to their sons and to their daughters about consent and respect and alcohol and all of these things that combine to create the problem of sexual assault on campus. >> a growing number of survivors are winning civil suits. has this played a role against university science. >> i think it has. it's brought this conversation out into the light rather than just whispered conversations in dorm rooms. by this being brought further out, students are starting to really question things and whether or not their skul is actually as safe as it claims to

be. >> you know, this really raised a further question, miss harris. should the federal government do more? i know this is a great first step. some argue that threatening universities, if you will, with federal funding goes a little too far, but should the government be doing more? >> i think that the problem with some of the government's recommendations are that, you know, currently universities are under tremendous pressure to address sexual assault on campus. as you mentioned before, there are other pressures that come on universities. for example, when, you know being an allegation involves a star at let, we see too many universities sweeping things under the rug. the problem is with the pressure from the federal government and number of schools under investigation, we also see pressures on schools to increase the number of convictions, and too often what we see is schools reducing dew point -- due

process protections who whether guilty or innocent are entitled to certain basic elements of awareness before they're found responsible for whatever the campus system is a felony. so, you know -- >> go ahead, miss harris. >> no. so that was my point. it's just that the problem is that the pressure currently on universities is creating incentives to essentially convict without first providing students with the level of due process necessary dealing with serious accusations. >> is there enough support in place to deal with sexual assault in the aftercare for survivors? >> no, there is not. in the aftermath of my own assault, tried to look out into the community to see if i could find resources. those they do exist, it's often few and far between or difficult

scheduling to meet. the funding simply is not there to have more widespread programs other than in very city areas. campuses often have very little in terms of true support for students. in my final year on campus, i did see more supports starting up, flyers being passed out of groups of students wanting to work together to get through this. >> in our final moments, miss harris, where do we go from here? >> well, the recent legislation introduced in the senate recommends that colleges and universities establish partnerships with local law enforcement for handling these claims, and you know, my organization was very happy to see that. when it comes to adjudicating these things, law enforcement is it play a role. that's not to say all of the support services she has mentioned are very important, and colleges should be provides those and they should do a

better job of providing those. so i think that improving those services while at the same time allowing law enforcement to take the lead whether it comes to the guilt or innocence portion of these cases is where we go from here. >> you started a very important dialogue. samantha harris, the director of speakco research and sabrina, preach your time on "the week ahead." >> thank you. >> before we go these are other events in the week ahead. on monday eric cantor will officially resign in congress. he decided to step down before completing his term after losing his primary to a tea party-backed challenger. on fridays malaysia will hold a national day of mourning for the victims of malaysian airlines flight 17. the jetliner carrying nearly 300 people were shot down over ukraine july 17th. we'll be right back.

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wrap up his four-day visit to south korea. he celebrated a mass for peace and celebration in seoul. he was showered with gifts from other religious leaders. he leaves south korea in about three hours. let's get a check on the forecast. rebecca stevenson has a look at the weather. >> look at how hot it's getting in parts of the southwest and texas today. you had a lot of rainfall coming down with the showers and thunderstorms but the temperatures started to cook. on the west coast we had temperatures that even right now sitting just above the normal mark for seattle at 80 degrees. as we go to what we had for the a high temperature, you can see phoenix had 108. now, seattle is not quite up dated that high of 80, but it's pointing out to the east coast and the northeast. this is where temperatures even today, even though they're right next to average for the day, they're still about a degree or two cooler than normal. so let's look at august so far. you can see this is the difference from normal.

wow. how far above normal we are for the west coast. 3 to 4 degrees above the average where we would normally be on these days of august as we get towards the end. as we look at the east coast, washington, d.c. is over 4 1/2 degrees cooler than normal. all the clouds around and showers have done their job keeping it on the cooler side. it is a significant difference and right in the central portion of the state where you see the cooler than normal temperatures from texas to oklahoma and into kansas. that's where the heat is on for the day tomorrow. it's going to start building up through mid-week. high pressure building in. they pop those temperatures up into the 90s, and we'll expect this to be a good trend going on. so some relief for the heat in the pacific northwest, and even a little bit stayed on the cool side for the northeast while the heat is going in the middle of the country. by the end of the month, we'll get a little more of that cooler relief coming in for that near the canadian border. so what we've got in chicago is

cloud cover keeping your temperatures very cool today in the 60s to low 60s, but it wasn't just the temperatures remarkable in chicago today. it was how low the clouds were, and now this is cloud cover well over 60% in coverage, and the clouds were well below 1,000 feet. fog was thick, and nouz there's a big concern we will have problems with fog in the morning. if you're flying noult of chicago o'hare or any of the surrounding airports, be prepared. we could have a lot of delays because of the fog and the storms dump rain up to 3 inches in places. >> plan ahead. thank you. just as thousands of new jersey workers are losing their casino jobs, a maryland casino will hold a job fair in atlantic city this week. rebel trump plaza, the showboat and atlantic club announce plans to close. they will host it at the convention center on tuesday. financial experts say half of all residents in the northeast

live within 25 miles of a casino saturating the gambling market. ali velshi reports on the latest financial outlook. >> it's a $37 billion industry, but some credit agencies say casinos have seen their hay day. a report from fitch ratings cited many big factors working against casinos including saturation and low wages. they say someone ominously, kweet, the u.s. regional gaming supply as largely met demand, end quote. the report especially rings true for atlantic city. its gambling industry is fairing much worse than the rest of the country's 464 casinos. since 2005 atlantic city went from $5 billion in annual revenue down to $3 billion. a big reason why? brand-new casinos popping up in pennsylvania, delaware, massachusetts, new york and connecticut, and they're all

taking out a slice of what used to be the aalantic 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 more or less around $6 billion a year over the last decade. las vegas hasn't been plagued with the revenue decline that atlantic city has seen. vegas stayed steady through the recession and reinvent itself not just as a gambling destination but a place for families to vacation. mgm resdmroorts announced the u arrival for rock in rio. it's a 30--year-old festival one of the biggest in the world, drawing over 85,000 people per show. it hopes to attract even more families to the vegas strip. new york's governor andrew cuomo decided to take a gamble itself

and will approve four full-service gambling resorts in new york state set to open as early as next year. they include a $1.5 billion casino complete with a botanical garden, ski slopes and a year-round renaissance fair. the plan has big critics. for one, there will be stiff competition from casinos in pennsylvania and a new $800 million casino in massachusetts. ali velshi, al jazeera. >> governor cuomo remains optimistic. he hopes it will inject big money into the stagnant regions of new york like the catskills. up ahead we go undercover. >> two kilometers beneath the city of suddenbury and it's a cutting edge particles physics lab.

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did you know 80% of the universe is comprised of what's called dark matter? a substance scientists have not been able to actually soeb. al jazeera's daniel lack traveled to ontario, kandz where researchers are trying to unravel cosmic mysteries. >> another day at the office for researchers at snow lab, 2 kilometers down. this sub terrainian labyrinth still produces nickel. signs of a working mine are everywhere. it's another world altogether, a stringently clean place of high science and experiments that probe the swirling edges of the cosmos. >> this is the halo detector. it's a super nova detector. >> they detect particles called nutrinos given up by exploding stars, the tiny most nuke russ particles in physics thashgs the building blocks of the known

universe. >> all of the heavy elements came from a super nova at some point in the past and were dispersed in space and available for the formation of planets. >> it blocked neutrons, which are back for dark matter experiments. >> reporter: they look for dark matter never seen or physically measured. this is science at is purist, recision engineering, rare materials and years of datd at that collection. much of it won't find anything but should point the way for others that search. >> when we look for dark matter, we're looking for the thing that we know how to look for it, and that's the same as the analogy of the guy that lost his keys in the dark, and the only place he looks is under the street lamps because it's the only place he can look. >> just what the discovery of dark matter means on a practical level is far from certain, but physicists insist it will points the way to a more fundamental understanding of the origins of everything around us. >> if we understand that matter, we understand things like how the galaxies form and how the

universe itself has evolved from the big bang and moving forward through time. understanding that matter will allow us to understand the particle that we think that our matter is made up from but even things like why the galaxy is here today. >> it's not all physics. two years ago a choir performed in one of the project chambers billed as the deeper concert ever. there are plans to use the low radiation environment for medical research, seismic monitoring and other uses. the people who work in this unique lab know they're some time away from the discovery they seek, but they have no doubt at all about their mission, making sense of the universe from deep beneath the surface of a tiny fragment of it. and finally, you name it, they tried to sail it. amateur boat builders used anything and everything to build a vessel from soda bottles and

cardboard boxes and everything in particular literally. the competition in key largo, florida is named aptly the anything that floats race. thanks for joining us. i'll be back with another hour of news at 11:00 p.m. eastern. be safe. >> coming up on al jazeera america's "borderland". >> yeah! >> my boys! >> good to see you! >> i don't know if i would say that i've every seen anything like this. >> are you and your daughter gonna take this train? this, takes guts.