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the first traumatic of the russian convoy truck that ukraine call an invasion. we begin this hour with a growing violence from the he's lack am state. as western governments try to come up with an effective response to the rebel group in iraq and syria. it rages on. new information from the united nations show that 191 people have been killed in the civil war. delivering a strong review to the security council saying it's not doing enough. >> the killers, destroyers, and torchers in syria have been empowered and emboldened by the international paralysis. there are serious allegations that war crimes have been committed time and time again. yet the security council has

failed to refer the case of syria to international criminal court will it clearly belongs. >> the islamic state i in areas. iraqis are trying to push the group out of the country. this comes as soony officials suspend talks on a new government. the attack was in response to this bombing in baghdad. 70 people were killed inside the sunni mosque in the eastern side of the country when the shia armed group open fired. an international plan involving several countries is needed to deal with this threat from the islamic state group. this comes as u.s. aircraft conducted new attacks in northern iraq. airstrikes have intensified since the murder of james foley. the u.s. is saying that they

will not solve the problems for them but the u.s. is getting more involved. explain how so. >> reporter: well, first of all in the 48 hours since that gruesome murder of james foley that you just mentioned the rhetoric is escalating yesterday from the secretary of defense, the chairman of joint chiefs of staff and today, some subtle rinkels in the rhetoric that could signal an expansion of the u.s. mission against the islamic state group not just in iraq but syria as well. ben rhodes is the national security adviser here at the white house. yesterday martin dempsey said to route out islamic groups and to defeat them, something has to be done. they're going to b to have to be driven out of syria. is rhodes considering an air campaign in expansion into syrian territory as well. rhode said the president is actively considering what would

be necessary to protect americans and that action would not be restricted by borders. also, all the policy is still the stated policy is one of protecting americans. but now the nuance is going from a defensive posture to protect from the islamic state group and erbil and that vital facility of the mosul dam to a more defensive posture. >> we'll do what is necessary to protect americans. if we see plotting against americans. if we see a threat from the united states emanating from anywhere we stand ready to take action against that threat. we made very clear time and again if you come after americans we'll come after you wherever you are. that's what's going to guide our plan in days coming. >> reporter: so it's not just an offensive that threatens americans in the consulate in erbil or perhaps that dam at

mosul, if breached it could effect baghdad. that would be justification for continuing airstrikes around that facility. but rhodes is saying there is plotting against americans and that the airstrikes are not meant just to contain the islamic state group in iraq but to allow iraqi military forces like the peshmerga to go on offense against the islamic state. >> let's talk about language and rhetoric. the obama administration has been talking about how scary the islamic state is, so how likely is it that it will actually translating into military action? >> reporter: well, the question that has been raised over the last couple of days since we witnessed some of these statements from top administration officials does the rhetoric match the policy.

when it comes down to it, there will be no month american combat troops on the ground in iraq. the question becomes how do you achieve all of these policy goals without inserting american forces. they talk about the need of iraqi forces. the opposition of so-called vetted forces. the peshmerga to carry on the fight off the ground. if they're not able to roll off the advances of the islamic state what next to achieve the mission of the administration. >> five civilians were wounded by an explosion in gaza. 17 people were executed today after being accused of

collaborating with israel. according to gaza made up of the hamas andy ha and jihad groups. jane ferguson has the latest from gaza and a warning that the michaels in the story, they are graphic. >> reporter: seven more executions have taken place and some of them took place where right where we are in the street of gaza city. you can see the remnants of what has been left behind. these are hoods put over the heads of people before they were shot here on the street. it's an extremely grim scene. further down the street more examples of blood and plastic gloves that may have been discarded by the execution here. there are more hoods and sandals, potentially, of those

executed. the factions came together to form a revolutionary court, as she called it. hamas, jihad, and they had found these people guilty of collaborating with the israelis. giving israelis information that the factions say calls palestinians death. they say now during wa wartime courts are not convening, and a number of representatives from the factions hande handed down sentences on these people. we know at least five people were killed overnight and so far today on friday in those airstrikes. five houses at least have been hit and lots of agricultural land around the edges of the gaza strip has been hit it would appear that the israelis are

looking for anything left of the network of tunnels to direct their airstrikes towards those. >> jane ferguson reporting there. the pentagon said there will be consequences for russia's decisions to send their convoy into ukraine. they said they went ahead because ukraine was stalling. ukraine called it a direct invasion. tensions are high in the event. >> in the morning ukrainian officials were blocked by the russian forces and prevented the inspection of the rest in the convoy. despite previous agreements and the fact that ukrainian officials had been invited of russia we are concerned about the safety. more over, deep concern because so far ukrainian side are aware of the contents of the cargo. they say these that are

blatantly not true. for instance, they're saying they don't know what the contents of the cargo is, and we told them that we would form them as far back as august 12th. and 59 of their people were on the ground to shape the cargo and other things. unfortunately, they're saying things that are not true, and they give conflicting, various officials give conflicting interpretations of their objections. >> 9 western allies do not trust russia and say the convoy is to help rebels. we have this report. >> reporter: on the mover the first of 60 aid trucks. they've been o on limbo at the ukraine-russian border.

now kiev is calling the move a direct invasion. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this is where the trucks are thought to be heading. the straightist-held city of luhansk where the fighting rages. the city remains under bombardment. at this monastery civilians look for protection. angelica escaped fighting in the town. she said she had been in the monastery for a month. her 5:00 her family gathered what they could and fled. we're on the road. now the scene of some of the fiercist fighting even here without water, electricity and the constant threat of shelling,

locals are trying to live normal lives. we passed the last ukrainian checkpoint, and we're now in no man's land. the separatist fighters are only a couple of kilometers down this road and remain in control of the town. the ukrainian army, together with volunteer battalions continuing to tighten the noose on the separatists last remaining strongholds. right now the ukrainian forces appear to have the upper hand. >> it looks like donetsk and luhansk are already ours. we're just in the process of cleaning up. >> reporter: but the battlefield changes shape on a daily basis. with the arrival of a russian convoy the tide of war could still change. al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >> n.a.t.o. accuses moscow of moving heavy weapons to help separatists. fighting in the east ukraine has

gotten worst since last month. 2,000 people have died since april. 155,000 have been internally displaced. las malaysian holds a special ceremony of when an airliner was shot down. these are the first bodies to be returned. the remains have been handed over to the families for burial. we have reports from eastern ukraine on the investigation's progress. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest crime scenes in aviation history. flight m 817 ripped apart in the air. the wreckage scattered among the fields. investigators will be searching for any holds made by the shrapnel and any explosive

residue although both sides own similar technology. now before it was shot down reporters saw missile launches in the territory. >> an associated press reporter on thursday saw seven rebel rebel-owned tanks outside of the eastern ukrainian town, in the town he observed a missile system that can fire missiles up to 22,000 meters. >> reporter: at 215 in the average, a surface-to-air missile was fired from pro russian territory. and ukrainian authority say this happened just before the plane went down. they tell a russian security

official they shot a plane down. we can't verify this recording. >> they shot down a plane three days before m 817 was shot down in the same area. it seems likely that the separatists thought they were locking in on a high flying military transport which would be similar from a radar point on the ground. >> reporter: we warned, do not fly in our skies. that tweet was later removed. this is what he had to say when asked if he brought down the airliner. >> i did not have any missile launcher in my command, and i did not give any orders to bring down malaysian plane. >> reporter: russia is accused of shooting down the plane with

air to air heat-seeking missile. >> not only would there be a hit further back near the engines, so we wouldn't see heavy shrapnel near the cockpit, but it boo be a cut through components there. >> reporter: to prove this the wreckage needs to be taken away and meesed back together. the relatives of those who died in these fields deserve answers. the crash site was left unsecured for so long it may be too late for investigators to come up with a definitive conclusion that all sides can accept. al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >> the missouri national guard began pulling out of ferguson today. the streets of the suburb were peaceful for a second night. the police say they made eight arrests and it comes days before michael brown is to be laid to rest.

natasha joins us from ferguson. does it seem like the situation has been defused at least for now? >> well, the question certainly is being asked will the calm on these streets of ferguson remain? it's been three nights in a row of no violence. that's certainly a good leap forward given what has been happening to the last two weeks or so. the national guard might be pulling out, but the missouri highway parole may remain to oversee security. crowds are smaller, but they say they'll continue to protest particularly because they're angry that officer darren wilson has yet to be charged. the missouri state happy patrol in particular has been highlighting how it's trying to mend the riff, if you will, over the last couple of weeks between

police and the people of this community. >> we can see a table with the coloring book, box of crayons and a sock puppet, set of set of weapons. this is what we see. >> the missouri highway patrol has highlighted it's efforts at community policing. they mentioned a couple of troopers have actually been playing basketball with the kids, and they say they're no match. >> it doesn't mean a lot if you have to live there. this has been an incredibly stressful few days for the

community of ferguson. how have the people of ferguson been coping with what is happening? >> ferguson's smallest resident has been impacted because the start of the school year has been delayed. a pop up school, if you will, has been established at the ferguson public library on monday. only a dozen kids showed up. then because of word of mouth by today more than 200 kids were at the ferguson public library. we spoke to a mom who said that she was anxious to get her son back to school and believes she's been teaching him real lessons in real time. >> regardless of what has

happened, he'll just think everything is bad and everybody is not bad. >> they have collected supply and food and whatever this makeshift school is not going will go to local schools once school hopefully starts next week. >> natasha, thank you so much. a lot of donations are pouring in for both michael brown's family. lawyers for the family say the money will be used to cover funeral and burial ex-pensio expenses. th a major protest march is scheduled this weekend in new york for the deaths of--for the death of erik garner. he died july 17th when police

tried to detain him with a chokehold. organizers are expecting thousands to take part in this march. this weekend including members of michael brown's family from missouri. the obama administration is making changes to the affordable care act's contraception mandate. religious non-profits can now opt out of birth control coverage by note fighting the helped department. >> the administration believes that it is legally sound the departments are augmenting their regulations to provide an alternative for non-profit religious organizations to provide notification while insuring that enrollees receive separate coverage. >> the government will arrange for a third party insurer to pay for and administer the coverage. the change comes two months after the supreme court ruled that closely held companies did

not have to provide birth control to employees. warning about being too optimistic about the unemployment rate and we may soon say that we have higher interest rates. we have details on that. >> consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america

>> on wall street amongst rising tensions in ukraine the dow is down 38 points. the s&p 500 is also down the nasdaq was up. federal chair janet yellen said that the labor market has not fully recovered from the great recession. she said that the economy has made considerable progress but said that the recession complicated the central banks' ability to assess the job market and when to adjust interest rates. ling bring in a senior columnist with yahoo finance. yes, she does have a difficult

job, indeed. the unemployment rate is falling quicker than expected. obviously if you're one of those u unemployed it's not falling fast enough. but why is yellen not committed to the urge employment rate. >> reporter: there are a lot of people who are working a part time because they can't work a full-time job or exited a labor force, not even work any more. this is one of the difficult nuts to crack if you look at the performance of the economy. we simply don't know which of those dynamics are fleeting, people are retiring early or if it means that the job market is just not as strong as the unemployment rate makes it seem. what janet yellen was saying, we need time and we knee to be pragmatic as we look at the data

as it comes in. >> is there such thing as booking too cautious? >> well, potentially hypothetically there is a risk if the fed were to wait way too long while the economy heats up and gets a lot of momentum behind it, and we do have inflation picking up result, then the fed might find itself to be a little behind the economic trend and the bond market might living interest rates ahead whatever the fed thinks is right. the fed might have to rush to catch up and raise rates in bigger increments than it would prefer to do. but those risks really are not emanant. we don't see those indications that inflation is picking up in a major way especially when it comes to things like wage inflation which has lagged for years. >> has the job market the way we knew it just fundamentally changed and it will never be the same. >> it's very difficult to say. it seems in some respects things

have changed. for example, we're till looking at labor force participation rate. it's at all decades lows right now. part of that is about the baby boom generation, the largest in existence retiring in large numbers. we have to get used to the idea that fewer people are in the labor force than were used to. we just can't make that declaration and therefore the economy can higher the interest rates. we had a big argument among the econo economists. how far would we let it fall before inflation was a problem. a lot of people thought 7%, but it turns out not to be a problem. >> we'll just have to wait and see. michael, thank you for explaining this to us lay

people. thank you. coming up, the fight to stop the gains of the islamic state group. getting involved with syria to help against the fighters. and mudslides in washington state.

>> new numbers today show 200,000 people have died in the civil war in syria where the islamic state has a stronghold. many more are traveled to neighboring countries to escape the violence. there are nearly 3 million syrian refugees, lebanon has the most with a little over 1 million. defense secretary chuck hagel said that the u.s. may need to conduct airstrikes in syria to stop the threat of this group. we spoke with a former u.s.

ambassador to iraq james jeffrey and asked how this has changed u.s. strategy. >> i don't think in and of it is it has. if they decide to up the ante and turn the pressure on against isis. we're not quite sure if he even went into iraq to contain eye kiss. president obama has done the right things, but he has not been clear in complaining to the american people what the objectives. i think containment is defeat. is it to destroy isis as secretary kerry said the other day? that's what i would afternoon. we're not sure what the president wants to do. >> you just said that containment means defeat. by one estimate there are 50,000 is fighters in syria. >> i don't think the number is that high. the figures i saw are between 10

and 20,000. i would lean towards 20,000 but that's over large area. stretching from aleppo near the mediterranean coast to mow cull up in the north of iraq. and the first priority needs to be to defeat them in iraq. that's where the strategic terrain is. that's where the oil fields are located, and we have pockets, certainly the kurds to the north and a better government to baghdad with whom we can ally. >> do you think the only way to stop i.s. right now is by killing its members? is there a diplomatic solution that should be at focused? >> again, president obama laid it out. it's diplomatic with the entire global community including the u.n. it's political, working with the

working with the kurds to insure an unified inclusive effective iraqi government that can motivate its soldiers and it's military but not with american logistics and intelligence, and iraqi force also do the fighting on the ground for us. >> the group remains a strong and deadly presence in syria. joining me now is former deputy assistance secretary of defense. thank you so much for your time. and the ambassador there just answered this question. does the u.s. need to get into syria in a meaningful way to break down the islamic state? does that need to be part of the strategy? >> i think it does.

i think at this point we have to recognize even though it's a nice catchphrase to say there is no military solution we have an emergency on our hands on a threat to the united states quite frankly to the rest of the world. the longer we delay action against the islamic state the more it's going to be a threat to our nation and the nations of the world. >> how did it get to be an emergency? it got to be an emergency because it was allowed to fester. no military action has been taken against isil, and allowing it to spread to take over an area the size of lebanon in an area that controls militarily, set up a governing system and started to persecute the people inside of it.

>> let me ask you this, the horrible, horrific action they took against james foley, they said it was in response to u.s. airstrike. it is possible that they did this to try to draw out the united states welcome. >> no, i think they have a strategic pain where they're terrorizing not only on the ground but in the media. clearly what they did to james fully is a sign of their seriousness, and a sign of their willingness to take any action necessary to continue on their campaign. >> do they really think that the u.s. will back out after something like that? >> well, i think they can take are a look at the last five or six years and recognize that the americans want to get out of the

middle east, not stay in the middle east, recognizing we have an administration that is more driven not perhaps what is right for the country, but what is popular in the opinion polls. if i was the islamic group i would take that bet. >> if you were right now in the same room with the administration, what questions would you have? >> i would want to see the intelligence not on the current capabilities but the future aspirations of the islamic group. they say repeatedly they're going to take this fight beyond iraq and syria. i would want to see conclusive evidence that that's exactly what they plant to do. i would want to tell the president exactly my view on how much of a threat the islamic threat is. therthe preponderance of the

evidence would say that it's a threat to the united states. i would want to be able to say to the president that this threat is not an issue of if. it is a threat of when. >> what do you make of secretary hagel's statements when he was asked to compare them to al-qaeda. >> what i take away from that in so many words he is saying that this is al-qaeda 2.0. this group is much more dangerous, much more capable and much more lethal than al-qaeda. as he followed on what chairman dempsey said it is clear that we need to expand our vision and our understanding of the threat and take the proper actions to defeating this threat. >> much more dangerous, how? in what way? >> first of all inside iraq it is setting up what it briefs to be a functioning state. it is military capabilities are much stronger than al-qaeda

where it was in its life cycle at this point. it is announced that it is targeting western interests not only in iraq, but outside of iraq and outside of syria. our question is are we willing to risk another potential 9/11. do we want to prevent this al-qaeda from doing that? >> do you think this administration is laying in its grouped work for putting troops on the ground? when you start talking about 9/11 that seems to be laying the groundwork for telling the american people we will have to put troops on the ground when you use that language. >> no, i don't think i'm saying that at all. i'm saying we need to understand that we need to take decisive military and to some extend diplomatic and political pressure on this route. but as ambassador jeffrey laid out that could be done with

iraqi troops, peshmerga troops at the lead. there are a lot of ways to do this without putting american troops on the ground. >> you don't think it will come to that. >> i didn't say that. i said we have other options before we consider putting american groups on the ground. >> i just wanted to be clear on that. thanthank you for the conversation and your insight. it's an insight very few people have. thank you very much. >> glad to help. >> and yemen thousands of protesters gather in the capitol for the fifth day of anti-government rallies. supporters o have given the ask the for the prime minister to step down. over the past few months the group had been battling hard line fighters and leaders were

threatening to protest if their demands are not met. in may mexico said 8,000 people have disappeared since 2006. it now says 22,000 mexicans are unaccounted for. the government said it originally failed to release the number of people taken or killed during the calderón administration. in nicaragua few artists have taken on such grand keeps but that is changing. we have that story. >> they tell stories of war, rebellion, struggle and hope, a kind of public blackboard where art and politics can merge. merge. murals and nic nicker aguaens

make their way. >> so far i'm alone. i haven't found anyone. i'm alone. >> while political changes led to the destruction of many murals, modernization brought it's own form of damage and neglect. but on the other side of the city a group of volunteers is working to rescue this artistic tradition. every saturday more than 100 children practice their painting and drawing inside this small house. for the volunteers who run the sous chef school. >> i love to learn to paint and

dance. i would like to be a teacher here when i'm older. >> reporter: like most of the volunteer teachers, she was once a student here. now he's the school's director. >> many of our students have not discovered the potential inside them. we would like to awaken the talent that is inside people. >> this group of older students are retouching a 50-meter long mural they created 50 years ago. it's a way to reclaim their heritage. this mural was an attempt to illustrate the community's history and values on one single wall from the time of the indigenous to the arrival of the spanish to the arrival of the importance of taking care of the environment. it has become a source of pride for the entire community.

a national form of expression borne from the revolution now receiving new life thanks to a group of young people who refuse to forget the past. david mercer, al jazeera, nickering al jazeera, nicaragua. >> the aclu has filed a lawsuit saying that undocumented migrants are not getting proper representation. the group adds women and women were not allowed to present their cases for asylum. 40-year-old david jordan and 41-year-old peter williams has been a charged with attempted

murder, home invasion and sexual assault. the two men tried to burglarize a home and ended up barricading themselves inside the house and taking two adults and six children hostage. >> portions of at least highways in north central washington remained shut today following the storm. washington state highway patrol said about a dozen motorists were marooned. another round of thunderstorms and flash flooding is forecast for this evening. parts of chicago saw heavy rain and flooding. suburbs were hit particularly hard last night. homes were completely covered with water. the district had to close all middle schools and high schools today. and a new york woman who has very unwelcomed visiters. she had 50,000 bees. that's a lot. >> oh my. >> in her ceiling. her neighbors are the one who is

reported the problem. the womb said she didn't think there was a hive because she only noticed a few bees running around. >> how did they get there? where did they come from? i was shocked. you know what, i would have loved to have had them and had the honey. >> the bees have a new home. they're moved to a farm in up state new york. i think that's a pretty unpleasant way to find bees in your neighborhood. she only noticed a few? i think two is too many. >> she said i wish i had honey to give them as little pets. >> she was calm. nigeria is seeing a growing number of people who say that taking care of patients have become more complicated after doctors have walked off the job. reporting what is happening there, look at the challenges showing the world what is going on around the country. next.

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>> nigeria confirmed two more cases of the ebola cases. that brings the total number of cases of 14 in that country the ebola outbreak is putting more pressure on nigeria's healthcare system which is crippled by a doctor strike. >> reporter: she has been in hospital for five months. he's had two spinal surgeries. he said the strike by the nigerian doctors has slowed his recovery. he's being cared for primarily by nurses and an occasional consultant.

>> here in nigeria. >> public hospitals wards that are usually overflowing usually look like this. doctors have been on strike since july 1st. they're demanding better pay and working conditions. they say the action is selfish as m nigeria confirmed it's first case of ebola but doctors say it's the only way to draw attention to a faltering healthcare system. >> so we have all the struggle. to make sure that it is improved. >> reporter: even though it's africa's largest economy, nigeria's healthcare is crisi

criticized for being behind. many nigerian doctors practice abroad leaving the country in need. they have a chronic shortage of doctors. there is one doctor for every 6,000 patients. they recommend a standard of one doctor for every 600 patients. the government said it's been trying to expand medical schools. >> encouraging not only government medical schools, but they have to make their standards and bridge a gap. >> reporter: officials say they've trained 800 volunteers to deal with ebola but the federal government said it has not effected it's ability to handle the limited outbreak in the country. while nigeria has been commended

so far to contain the deadly disease much more needs to be done to fix its healthcare system as a whole. >> the american james foley's murder has shown how dangerous it is in that part of the country. we have more on this part of the horrific story. >> reporter: james foley's parents say that he lost his life trying to expose the dangers in scare syria. james foley said reporters need to get close to conflicts. >> conflict journalism is very important. we need to know what is going on in the world. >> reporter: he died trying to let people know what is happening in syria. now the most dangerous country in the world for journalists the committee to protect journalists say nearly 70 journalists have died covering the conflict in

syria. 20 are missing and 80 have been kidnapped. stephen sotloff is one of them. the islamic state fighters who killed foley said that sotloff is next. >> we want to bring people home. >> reporter: organizatio. >> that made reporting overall a lot more bias. >> reporter: it relied on images like these from activists and novice journalists. >> many of them were not prepared to do the job, they were not trained with safety and security, and that resulted with a lot of fatalities among young am muir journalists. >> reporter: freelancers like foley also stepped in but their numbers are dwindling.

they have not sent any journalists there since foley was captured two years ago. >> it is too dangerous. it's signing a death warrant. >> reporter: the competing news headlines have made it hard for the world to follow a crisis that has taken nearly 200,000 lives. >> it is turning into a black hole. there is very little attention about what is happening inside syria. we saw the story fade away. >> reporter: foley's execution is surely to deter even more journalists to cover the country. >> i think journalists have paid a high price. ours has paid the highest price, and i certainly wouldn't want anyone to follow suit. >> the committee to protect journalists told me that journalists need more training to cover conflicts safely. journalist who is come back

after following conflicts need help with ptsd. >> that must be difficult. >> and many don't even know they have it. >> keeping horses wild. allegations being sold to be killed. >> the ebola outbreak in west africa is a public health crisis like no other. it strains medical systems in places where quality care is hard to come by in the best of times. it challenges political institution where is those are often shaky. it spreads fear made worse by misinformation. up next a report from west africa of how people and governments there are coping and a conversation with three experts to discuss how africa can meet ebola's challenges. that's just ahead here on al jazeera america.

>> there are places in the country where wild horses can run free. but activists say that the wild horses are being put to death and many are just turning a blind eye. >> i see horses up here. there is nothing any more exciting than to see a band of wild horses. >> for 21 years jen injury katherine, a documentary filmmaker has focused her lens on wild horses that still roam in wyoming and western states. now she has joined a bitter battle to keep them wild. fighting plans to round up these horses and remove them from this part of wyoming forever. the cattle ranchers here claim that the wild horses overrun the grazing areas on private land. the organization that represented them has won a lawsuits against the bureau of land management forcing it to remove hundreds of wild horses

from private and public land. in recent years the blm has rounded up wild ors to control their population. the horse gas to blm holding pens and pastures but now a federal investigation is underway into allegations hundreds were sold to be killed for their meat, a felony offense. the biggest buyers by far is a colorado livestock who has publicly advocated that the wild horses should be sold for slaughter. since 2009 tom davis has bought more than 1700 wild horses, according to the blm. in his applications uncovered by the non-profit investigative group pro publica, davis promised that the horses would be used for movies, turned out to pasture and put on oil fields. but inspection records show that davis sent hundreds of horses with blm brands to texas and

other towns near a border crossing for animals on their way to slaughterhouses in mexico. the blm refused to comment on his case, and the office of inspector general a would only say that that the investigation is ongoing. ginger katherines is convinced they look the other way. >> do you hold them culpable? >> i certainly do. they are culpable. this is the only wildlife species they're supposed to be managing, and they've made a horrible, horrible mess of it. >> al jazeera, wyoming. >> the police did not say where the flags are. two german artists say they placed the flags on the bridge with bleached out versions.

the switch raised questions about security at one of new york's most advisable landmarks. i'm richelle carey. for updates around the world check out our website with news from around the world go to www.aljazeera.com. thanks for your time. >> an outbreak of the ebola virus has never spread this far, never killed and sickened this many or gotten a foothold in a large urban area. how the response and the nature of the battle changes once it had happened is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray