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a grand jury in ferguson, missouri could be in place by tomorrow. it will begin hearing evidence in the shooting death of michael brown. he is the unarmed black teen whose death sparked days of violent protests. despite the presence of the national guard the violence erupted once again in ferguson, 31 people were arrested, two people were shot after the peaceful protests once again turned chaotic. police say they were shot at but did not fire their weapons and once again demonstrators say they were met with tear gas. and we are in ferguson right now and let's start with the grand jury set to hear testimony tomorrow. what do we know? >> reporter: del, a grand jury could hear the case of the michael brown shooting as early as tomorrow. there is a standing grand jury that meets every week so it's unclear if it will happen as early as tomorrow.

but once it does a spokeswoman says it will take several weeks for the 12 jurors to review the facts of this case. and their ultimate task of course is to make a preliminary decision as to whether or not there is a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed. >> also another out of control night last night in ferguson. what is the situation there now? >> reporter: it's calm now. but as you know, del, the trouble starts once the sun sets and last night was the worst night in ferguson in terms of arrests, 31 arrested and police say some as far away from california and new york and two people shot and four police officers injured and even though police have been very clear about making a distinction this is a small minority, small number of criminals causing trouble and the majority of protesters are peaceful, a group called anonymous is calling for

nationwide protests on thursday, they are calling it a day of collective rage against the police. this unrest, on going unrest is impacting people's daily lives. kids in ferguson will be out of school for the rest of the week due to concerns about their safety. we spoke to a teacher and her 16-year-old son just a bit ago about what has been going on. >> i was very disappointed. i want to say a little angry. it's time for my students to come to school. and this is just stopping them from, you know, moving forward. >> reporter: now, the woman you just heard from, she and her son only hit the streets of protest for the first time yesterday and she caught my attention, del, because she was holding a sign that said can we have peace so i can teach? >> and there are also media reports coming out including the washington post that says michael brown had marijuana in his system when he was shot.

is the drip, drip, drip of information only making matters worse and creating more anger on the streets? >> reporter: i can't answer that, but i can tell you what one woman told us this morning and she said that everyone knows that cigarellos are used to roll joints alluding to the fact that michael brown was stealing them moments before he was shot and killed by officer darren wilson but she says it doesn't matter what was in his system, that this was overboard and he shouldn't have died and perhaps police could just have tasered him. >> live in ferguson, missouri today and thank you very much. meanwhile the faa says it is extending a flight ban below 3,000 feet over missouri and the restriction was put in place last week of request of missouri governor jay nixon and helicopters and goes into effect immediately and last until monday. meanwhile the michael brown

death has become a federal case. the president yesterday calling for calm as the nation watched. and libby casey is live in washington and what is the latest from the justice department where you are? >> reporter: del, the attorney general heads to ferguson tomorrow where he will meet with f.b.i. investigators and prosecutors and attorney general eric holder said the full resources of the justice department are committed to the federal civil rights investigation and to michael brown's death and to that end yesterday an autopsy was scheduled, the third autopsy, this one led by the federal government and to be performed by and holder's description one of the most experienced medical examiners in all of the u.s. military. we have seen dozens of f.b.i. agents canvassing the neighborhood where michael brown was shot. when it comes to policing efforts, doj sent today the head of the cop program, that is the community oriented policing services to go down and work with the police forces in ferguson. so we are seeing an ever growing

federal presence in missouri, del. >> the white house keeping an eye on iraq saying the u.s. air strikes helped them retake the mosul dam but we are hearing from the islamic state group, are they making new threats against the u.s.? >> reporter: that's right, a new video has been posted on line by islamic state fighters saying they will go after americans if u.s. air strikes hit them in iraq. now counter terrorism officials say the islamic state or isil is a growing threat regardless of whether or not the u.s. has ramped up efforts with the air strikes and say this is of concern but that is almost on its own right now because the islamic state has grown to such a degree, unfettered and american officials say more than 3 dozen strikes hit targets over the last four days or so and a coordinated effort to protect the mosul dam, something that president obama announced just last night himself saying that

it is back into the iraqi's hands and talked about how that was done in a coordinated effort between iraqi and u.s. forces. iraqi and kurdish forces on the ground. american war planes and drones overhead. a combination of lethal force used to push the group known as the islamic state away from a crucial piece of iraqi infrastructure. >> with our support, iraqi and kurdish forces took a major step forward recapturing the largest dam by the city of mosul. >> a mosul dam a source of drinking water for millions of iraqis and fears it could be used as a weapon if destroyed it could send a 65 foot wall of water down the river toward mosul and baghdad. >> united states military will continue to carry out limited missions i have authorized, protecting our personnel and facilities in iraq and both

irbil and baghdad. >> reporter: president obama promising american aid to the iraqi army and kurdish military forces in the north but some in congress say the president is not doing enough. >> i think we may need some boots on the ground having troops embedded with the iraqis and special operators on the ground. >> reporter: on monday the eu announced economic assistance for the iraqi government. >> unanimous in our determination to do whatever we can to help the all of the authorities of iraq. >> reporter: meanwhile theel humanitarian crisis grows larger by the day. the u.n. says at least 600,000 iraqis have been forced from their homes from the violence, up to 24,000 of them from just one small town. >> translator: we have no clothes to wear and nothing until we reached here. on the way i saw many people who fell to the ground because they were thirsty and they begged us for water to drink but we had

nothing. >> reporter: del, president obama indicating that iraq is likely to get more assistance from the u.s. and others contingent on a successful power sharing government, a new government set up by the prime minister hider. >> live in washington, libby thank you very much. rocket fire has resumed in gaza breaking that temporary ceasefire and derailing any peace negotiations in cairo. israeli military saying three rockets were fired from gaza, they say they returned fire at specific targets and saying negotiating teams have been ordered to leave peace talks in cairo and we have our story. >> reporter: just moments ago there was a loud explosion. we are told by our sources on the ground that happened actually in the north of the gaza strip next to the town. so far we can confirm there have been ten bomb ings at least, most of them landed in open areas even though one of them

that happened in the south of this trip next to rafa and next to the airport area, people were wounded there, seven people were are told by health officials and among them two children. i have to tell you since this morning there has been a lot of anxiety in gaza and people were following very closely the talks in cairo but the mood was very gloomy and we are also hearing reports that people are fleeing again their neighborhoods. for example it has really suffered the brunt of the bomb ings just before the nine day ceasefire and also in rafa area. the question is where will they go? if you recall, over the past few weeks they have been heading to the u.n. schools here in gaza while those schools are at null capacity and estimated 250,000 people live there. so it's a big question where will the fleeing families go for

safety. >> what we know is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered delegation reporting he and his government to come back and leave cairo so it would seem for now that these talks have pretty much stalled and pretty much fallen apart with this delegation now leaving. but to suggest that they won't start up again, it's a bit too early to say at this stage. still, an awful lot of concern. we are now seeing of course as hoda has been saying various strikes in gaza. and that of course leads many to worry that this of course could see the resumption of the intense fighting as we saw over the past several weeks in july. however, it does seem at this stage that neither side, neither israeli government near hamas wants to see that kind of fighting again, that kind of violence again but the fact that the ceasefire talks have collapsed certainly is cause for concern. >> in africa the death toll from the deadly ebola out break in west africa now topping 1200. officials there say they are

taking every precaution necessary to get the spread of the virus, 17 patients who fled a center in liberia have been found and they were at a medical center in monroe, the capitol and three doctors in liberia who contracted ebola are said to be improving after given the experimental drug zmapp yesterday. in nigeria a doctor who became infected in late july has recovered and now released from the hospital. she was the one who treated an american citizen who contracted the disease and later died. earlier today we talked to marie cooper, her sister died from ebola in liberia and she was there treating the sick and fears for her relatives who are still in liberia. >> i don't know if everybody understands the whole ebola virus, what it can do. because you have no idea who has it or who doesn't. and because of the poor healthcare system that we have, you just don't know who is

coming in your yard that has ebola virus. they might not even know. so, yes, i am afraid. but i'm just going to leave everything in god's hands and keep praying and make sure that i do my best to educate them with what i know about, you know, contacting the virus. >> reporter: marie cooper saying she was wearing black in mourning of her sister. in sinagal neighbors where 300 people died from ebola and officials say they are scrambling to deal with a disease that also kills. >> reporter: doctors can't tell what is wrong with their daughter. she is in pain. this hospital ward is hundreds of kilometers away from the ebola outbreak, still she fears the worst. >> translator: i am scared it could be ebola. >> reporter: but this is not ebola. it's likely to be a different virus, one that is far harder to contain. and that kills more people in

west africa. hepatitis e. southern chief doctor believes it's an epidemic going unnoticed. >> translator: the hepatitis out break started at the same time as we find out about ebola. both are dangerous and one is getting more attention than the other. we are trying to combat the virus as best we can. >> reporter: samples are sent to labs 800 kilometers away in the capitol dakar to confirm if it's hepatitis and for some the results come too late. 19 pregnant women have died so far in the district hospital and hundreds or thousands could be infected. doctors simply don't know. the world health organization calls hepatitis africa silent killer and this is why, 1.4 million died of the disease last year. now compare this with the number of people who died of ebola. so what is it about hepatitis that makes it so deadly? there is no vaccine and the

virus can stay in the body undetected for years. it is found in unclean water or badly cooked meats and here water is used for drinking and up stream they use it for sewage. . >> translator: it's a problem with sanitation. if we can be careful with what we eat and drink we can control the virus. >> reporter: it's the world's most deadly infectious disease, some patients will overcome hepatitis naturally. others face a wait for news. i'm nicholas hawk on al jazeera. >> coming up, on al jazeera america arraignment date for rick perry as his legal team is speaking out for the first time. a dollar store war worth billions and a couple of discount chains could be joining forces. ♪

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evidence in the case of eric garner who died in july being arrested by new york city police, that arrest caught on videotape. and he is on the tape and could be heard telling the officers he couldn't breathe. the medical examiner ruled his death was a homicide indicating it was caused by a choke hold. rick perry going to court on friday facing charges of abuse of power and the man who they believe is running for president in 2016 is crying foul and heidi is in dallas. >> arraignment hearing scheduled for this up coming friday at 9:00 a.m. in austin but unclear whether the governor will appear in court, his presence is not required, more likely one of his attorneys will enter the plea of not guilty against the two felony charges that perry faces and abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. it's unclear when perry will have his mug shot taken and fingerprints taken but we do know it's scheduled to happen sometime between now and friday.

and we heard from his attorneys for the first time yesterday giving a news conference announcing they have every intention of fighting these charges and pleading not guilty. now they call this indictment against perry a sham saying the governor had been doing his job and directed the focus at what they call an outcry so far against this indictment. >> 4 1/2 million people are told to be on alert, hackers stole their personal data from hospitals run by community health systems. they have centers in 29 states. hospital says the hackers could be from china and say they stole names, addresses, birthdays and telephone and social security numbers and patients will be given credit monitoring information and google celebrating a special anniversary, ten years ago today the company was listed on the nasdaq under the ticker symbol of goog and ten years ago it would cost cover 85 and today it opened $586 a share.

for the price of that stock you could buy plenty of places like the dollar and family stores. now those so-called too little box stores are in a bidding war and john is here and john they sell lots of stuff for a dollar but this is a multi-billion dollar deal we are talking about. >> it is and we are talking about stores that are right across the country from these three big, very tiny box stores as they are known and it's going to be billions of dollars that change hands, not just the one dollar that tends to change hands when you go in the shop. good afternoon to you. we are talking about being dollar store dominant this afternoon and the two dominant companies are dollar general, they are prepared to pay the big bucks for family dollar but there is another company involved called dollar tree. here is the story. the battle for discount store supremacy is heating up. dollar general offering nearly $10 billion in cash for family dollar. that is a lot of green that is bound to make rival contender dollar tree feel well a little

blue. with so much at stake the chief executive of dollar general is postponing his retirement and ceo planning to stay on to see a possible merger through. on the deal he said in a statement for family dollar shareholders our proposal is superior to the current transaction agreement with dollar tree, for dollar general and family dollar customers we will be able to provide better value and greater selection. dollar general is courting family dollar with $78.50 per share, that is $4 more per share than dollar tree bid last month. >> dollar general is probably going to win with a higher bid, they have more synergies with it and much more money, dollar tree is smaller company and general may have to raise the bid little bit but they will be the winner. >> reporter: if the merger goes through they will have a space in the retail market with 20,000 stores in 46 states and and

annual revenue of 20 billion and they have not countered with a higher offer and gave shares a boost on monday and investors will no doubt be watching closely to see how the dollar wars play out. >> i was checking the stock prices from yesterday and this is not today it's true to say but it was hit by 10% and dollar tree is down 2% and family dollar started in 1959 and all three of those companies as i mentioned have done as you can imagine rather well after the recession because everybody piled in to get cheap goods. what happened since the economy started getting better is family dollar suffered partly because what they did that the others didn't do quite so much is they had things on the shelves that were more than a dollar and customers walked this and said i'm not buying whatever it was for 7 bucks and they left and so the company changed the policy now but it may be too late and that is why they are a take over target. >> they are great when you are

sending a kid back to college and you can buy batteries and flashlights and all the things you don't think you can buy is $1 and by the way i bought all of my christmas gifts. >> $19 he spent on christmas last year. >> this year it's $25. >> a serious point if you are on a very tight budget you can run away with yourself on the places and coming out spending $25 you didn't mean to spend and you don't have so you have to be careful as always. >> coming up, on al jazeera america evacuations in california as a wildfire enters yosemite park threatening homes and businesses. stuart! stuart!

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mosul dam the islamic state group has a direct threat to the u.s. and threatening to kill americans wherever they are if the u.s. military goes after their fighters. and the trajel ceasefire has been shattered and talks derailed and israel say they took rocket fire from gaza today an ordered a new round of air strikes an ordering negotiating team to leave cairo and fires are causing big problems for yosemite park because of a fast-moving fire there, tourists are being relocated and as john henry smith reports that is bad news right at the heart of tourism season. >> reporter: the junction fire began early monday afternoon and ranged uncontained overnight just outside of yosemite national park. in less than 24 hours the flames have already consumed a 1200 acres and 8 buildings with at least 500 more structures being threatened. >> i can't believe how powerful

that is. the trees are a couple hundred feet tall and flames are two or three times hire. >> reporter: it started in the town of oakhurst and highway 41 is packed this time of year with cars heading into yosemite park during the busy tourist season but they forced the evacuation of 13,000 people including everyone staying at the 130 room best western. >> we have been real worried about something like this and now we have it. >> reporter: the family had been visiting from boston, during their visit to the park the fire broke and roads were closed. >> we walked about half-a-mile to get our suitcases and stuff and now we will head and try to find a hotel somewhere down in fresno. they are out of luck here and the fire got too close for comfort to the shelter causing managers to shut it down and send people south to a community center where the red cross has set up shop. >> this is a really tight-knit

community and offering donations and offering to help out neighbors and make sure everybody is comfortable during this crazy time. >> reporter: jerry brown has a state of emergency and bringing federal funds to help fight the fire, john henry smith, al jazeera. >> and dealing with the drought they are making matters worse for the crews in the area and let's go to dave and should we expect the winds to spread the flames or are we looking at some rain? >> we cannot get enough rain and the wind is picking up is the big problem there and the thunderstorms cause a little bit of rain and lightning, that rain could evaporate before it hits the ground and it ignites new fires and not the best combination. rain on the pacific northwest and moisture across the southwest and this is leading to flooding here across portions of arizona and new mexico but really not seeing that rain push west where it is needed. flash flood warnings are still in effect, very heavy rain over a short period of time, large

areas seeing flash flooding and a watch remains in effect because that rain continues to come down here across the southwest. it's the heat we are talking about in the central portion of the country here. these are the real feel temperatures when you combine the heat plus the humidity climbing above 90 degrees already easily up to near 100 later today excessive heat watches around st. louis, the high there expected to be 90 but feeling a lot hotter than that with the humidity. that could also fire off a few thunderstorms. the risk for severe weather ahead of these thunderstorms moving through the great lakes and into the midwest here over the next few hours and that is the area we are watching behind it does get a little cooler. not very active in the tropics and pressure coming out of africa but this is dry air and if they show signs of development they go in the dry air and not forecast to intensify much over the 48 hours for the very dry air in place. >> dave we thank you very much and thank you for watching al jazeera america, i'm del walters

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