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>> don't shoot. >> more than 2,000 march in new york city. they're calling for justice for two black teens killed by police. [ explosion ] >> more israeli airstrikes in the gaza city today. this time a 12-story argument building is destroyed. two dozen people were injured. israel said that it targeted the building because it housed a hamas operations room. meanwhile, they push to jump start a new round of peace talks. >> reporter: after more than six weeks of fighting. [ explosion ] this is perhaps the largest act of property destruction by israeli forces in a single

strike. distraught residents left the area with little more than clothes on their back. many were injured including children. >> we were informed a half hour before the shelling. this tower has 11 floors and 32 families living there. immediate after we left there it was targeted and f-16s targeted it. god help us all. >> reporter: israeli military said that it was targeted because the building was used by hamas but residents deny this. they mark this as a further sign of escalation following the temporary truce earlier this week. >> what is of concern at the moment is to put an end to the bloodshed. once that happens the humanitarian relief aid and rebuilding must start. >> reporter: after weeks of blood shed in mass destruction

many residents of the gaza strip wants to see an end to the violence only if they lift the years-long blockade. in the black crowned violence and calls for the definite cease-fire they may call for an investigation into whether israel committed war crimes. but it would also mean that they, too, could face the same scrutiny. al jazeera, gaza. >> now to the battle against the islamic state group for the first time iranian troops helped iraqi forces. they crossed the border to help tak against the islamic state. >> this is just 30 kilometers from the iranian border and for

the first time iranian units have crossed that border in support of the kurdish peshmer peshmerga. they brought artillery to counter shelling by the islamic state group. the peshmerga are stalled on the outskirts because of the extensive mines and bombs. iraqi helicopters backed them but not u.s. airstrikes. the u.s. is limited in response here. focusing on areas of national u.s. interest and using those u.s. strikes to protect u.s. citizens and other assets here in the north. there have been reports of bombing an in baghdad, and a car bomb near where intelligence

meets. >> also in iraq several deadly explosions across the country including the capitol baghdad. in all 30 people were killed and 130 others injured. the islamic state group that murdered james foley still holds several prisoners. the international committee of the red cross said three of its workers where kidnapped last october. we'll take a deeper look for

answers about questions of the islamic state, where it's funded, and where it gets it's members. we'll take a look at that in 15 minutes here on al jazeera america. it's been two weeks since police shot and killed an unarmed black teen. there was a rally for the officer who shot michael gown we're speaking on the online campaign support darren wilson. our mission is to declare we share the united believe that officer wilson's actions were warranted and justified and he has our unwavering support. we believe the has and will continue to validate our position. >> preparations are under way for the funeral of michael brown. services will be held monday morning in st. louis. reverend al sharpton will

deliver the eulogy. good to see you diane, what was the tone of today's rally? >> reporter: well thomas, it was a cordial tone and the people who came out were a mix of law enforcement officers from around the st. louis area, and just people from the community who say they support darren wilson. now to date we've seen support for officer wilson on social media but we have not seen people come out publicly to support him until today. >> we're here to support darren wilson, and we have no desire to engage in the negativity campaigns. many of us have received death threats against ourselves and our families. contrary to media suggestion we are not affiliated with hate groups but we respect first amendment rights in this country. >> this rally was raising money

for possible legal expenses for wilson. they're selling t-shirts, taking in donations and it oh supports a larger fundraising effort. >> we've heard from several members of the community to date has officer wilson made any public statements? >> he has not. he has been in hiding, and since the shooting, and so we have not yet heard from him or any members of his family. >> i know there have been other developments as well. the naacp held a rally in forget. can yoferguson. can you tell us what was halli was happening there. >> there were teenagers marching through the community wanting to bridge a gap between law enforcement and the african-american community. there has been tension and they're trying to defuse that and bring the two sides

together. >> what will the hours ahead hold? are more protests planned for the funeral on monday? >> there will be some rallies tomorrow. there will be some church services in his honor. some of the things, some of the activities that we've been seeing over the last couple of weeks particularly over the last few days will be continuing tomorrow as well. >> the funeral for michael brown will be held on monday. diane estherbrook. thank you. on the heel of the confrontation between police and residents in ferguson. senior white house officials said they would be conducting a full review. we'll look at programs equipping police are military gear. president obama called for more separation between the armed forces and civilian law enforcement. thousands of people marched in new york city today protesting police brutality. the march started on the staten island street where erik garner

died. he wahis death has been called a homicide and they are calling for a federal investigation. >> we call on you to change the mind of this racist regime. >> it began with a prayer. >> and bring us some good police in this city. >> at the site where erik garner took his last breath. an estimated 2,500 people took to the streets in anger, grief and a desire for justice. in the wake of garner's death it emerging new york's police department has received more than a thousand choke hold complaints despite the fact that

the department had banned the process. and the police had used the stop and frisk more than any other times in the city. >> now they said they were going to top stop and frisk they started murdering them. >> they ruled garner's death a homicide. the grand jury will now decide if it was a crime. deaths like brown's and garner's is too often the outcome of the aggressive policing they see every day. >> these are two of many across the country that should be federally investigated. too often they say it does not lead to justice. >> the nypd said they hope from garner's death. >> we hope that out of this could come something positive and moving forward we could get beyond this and learn from one another. >> reporter: but for alicia

garner, erik's only surviving sister, it's about making her brother's death mean something. >> life was taken away from him selfishly. we are fighting for justice. >> justice, his family hopes, will be the biggest part of his legacy. >> we should mention new york police at new york's protest was peaceful. there were no arrests. a convoy has left ukraine after crossing over the border without permission. russia said that trucks were carrying humanitarian aid, but ukraine said that was involved in separatist: ukraine promptly described it as an invasion.

german chancellor angela merkel met with president perishin poroshenko. we have more from the front lines of this conflict. >> reporter: on the road to luhansk. a city under siege. the red cross has been trying to reach the city for several days, and the root is still too dangerous. this hospital close to the front line is running out of supplies and they're now dependent on the red cross for help. >> more so the patients here are a victim. this is what we can see. >> reporter: on a visit to kiev german chancellor angela merkel talk about bringing an end to

the conflict. >> the plans are on the able about how to achieve peace with each other. i think many initiatives have been taken from the ukrainian side. >> in luhansk the weak and vulnerable are suffering the most. 83-year-old was was severely injured while sitting on a park bench. she'll never walk again. high above luhansk ukrainian soldiers are poised for more shelling. this is one of the last remaining separatist pockets. here in eastern ukraine the battlefield shifts on a daily basis. >> reporter: in the nearby town locals are celebrating their allegiance to kiev. the town was recaptured by ukrainian forces.

>> we need to live in a free country in our ukraine. not in russia. >> reporter: germany has pledged $670 million to rebuild the war-ravaged region. but with little prospect of a cease-fire in sight there can be no hope for new start. >> a potentially discouraging development in nigeria where authorities hoped the outbreak was fading. two more cases of ebola were announced on friday. the world health working said more than 2600 people have been infected in nearly 1500 have died from the current outbreak. hardest hit liberia with over a 1,000 cases and 600 deaths. sierra low yes or no with 900 cases and 400 deaths it's.

guinea 600 cases and 400 deaths. in nigeria 16 have contracted the virus. this is the worst ebola outbreak in history. the "world health organization" said this practice has contributed to a gross under estimation of the outbreak magnitude. richelle carey spoke earlier with infectious disease doctor about the criminalized act of hiding infected measures. >> i don't think it's an effective measure for working with the outbreak.

getting in under the radar, and if they are hidden in the communities and with their loved ones, so i was in there two days ago, and free town looked very similar the wa in sierra leone. a quarantine is not effective in controlling this outbreak. >> what is effective? what will get this under control? >> experimental drug called zmapp, but i think we need to take a step back and strengthening the public health and getting doctors in the field working, isolation centers becoming function.

we're looking at challenges on the whole health system. >> that system also facing cultural challenges in many west african communities where mistrust and lack of faith in the medical establishment are all too common. the chinese government said the u.s. is overreacted to a close call with one of its jets and an u.s. navy plane. a pilot it wassed within 30 feet of the pilot several times. they called the pilot's acts unprofessional. china fired back. it said if the usa would pull back. these things wouldn't happen. the bardarbunga volcano

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>> it's saturday night and time to take a look at a group that calls itself the islamic state. but first how it came to be. it was originally based in iraq. but when civil war broke out in syria 2011 many of its fighters traveled there. it was in syria that the group had it's first dramatic military

successes. abthe name was claimed to islamic state in iraq and the levant and isis. it became more extreme and eventually carried its military operations back into iraq with far greater force than before. in june following a string of conquests it changed its name once again. the new name islamic state. it's new name reflects to include all muslims and t and caliphate of islam. >> these recruiting videos are intended for those from the

west. >> the group remains primarily composed of iraqis and syrians. the islamic state has roots with al-qaeda and iraq and it's original leader. nicknamed the sheik of the slaughters. he has reportedly beheaded it's western captives. it has turned into a region all too familiar with violence. has released videos of mass execution as well as the beheading video of james foley. >> i expect that the foley beheading will be an effect of it recruiting tool. >> it's a group that wants to show that it is paying attention to what is said about them.

ollivant was featured. >> they're extremely sophisticated. with a isis did was to take our words and use it to their potential followers and say look, these western analysts take us very seriously. >> reporter: it's an effort described by some world leaders as a direct threat to the west. al jazeera. >> take a deeper look, joining to talk more about the issue is former deputy under secretary for intelligence and analysis operations for the department of homeland security. researcher at the university of maryland where he focuses his study on shia militias. good to have you with us? >> thank you. >> jack, i want to start with you. i've known you for five years. we've spoken extensively on these terrorist organizations. the islamic state is something

unlike anything we've he ever encountered before. >> for the first time we see a radical islamic organization with the ability to project power beyond syria, where it was originally birthed, to iraq and with aspiration to rule the caliphate that would essentially go beyond the middle east, europe and possibly into the western world. >> a brutal organization. they have an end of times brutality. >> yes, and the interesting thing about this where al-qaeda was also aspirational, they never had the ability to take and hold territory. we now have a protostate sitting in the middle of the middle east. that's very dangerous not only to the countries that surround that area, but also to the countries in europe and iraq. >> philip, this is more than just a terrorist organization. this is a full-pledge army here. they are very sophisticated.

>> yes, when you're trying to build the stage one goes to the other. they've also tried to establish a social welfare programs and a variety of different set ups to support the state's apparatus. >> what is interesting here, philip, americans who have never been to the middle east are some our intrigued by the islamic state group. why so? >> when you have ease of access. if we're talking about social media, this is a system that can easily accessed by any american, european, anyone in east asia, and they can see the material that this organization is putting out. and also the--just the nasty brutality of it really will attract people to just look, gawk, it's kind of like wanting to look at a car accident. it's horrible, and sometimes people want to stare. >> with that said, in your research do you feel that the islamic state has changed the

game when it comes to recruiting via social media? >> i think that's a cliché statement that they've changed the game. there are other organizations that have been successful to recruit. they have been using this recruitment tech neck for over a year now, so this is not something that's all that new. but the big piece of this is how developing and how it's becoming so far really normalized. and this is just now a new piece of a larger puzzle. >> but it does play a major factor, jack, working under homeland security. you looked at social media. this was a factor in fighting terrorism. >> it was. we often had individuals, american citizens that became radicalized as a result of going online and using social media. as philip said this is not a new tool. this is not a game changing.

we're seeing something develop over the next seven, eight years. they have been able to reach out and get foreign fighters and that's troubling. >> they're also radioing for skilled individuals as well. >> absolutely. if you look at the calls that isis has put out on their webs, they're asking for volunteers and those with the skills to not only run an army but to build a state. >> how effective are these online recruiting videos welcome. >> there is consternation about the brutality aspect, but they have a sub universe of people they want to recruit. in terms of effectiveness, yes, they will drew people in. it does have an effect of

rallying people who already support tem. yes, they have been rallying effective. >> several thousand fighters may pull pass peters of western nations including americans. this is troubling. >> well, it is. we don't know how many americans are fighting with isis now, 12-13. i've heard an excess of 2,000. there are probably several thousands of britain, chec chechen, and they are allowed free access and potentially free access into their home of record or alternate around the world. >> first of all, we don't know if these americans were fighting for the islamic state, and

second of all, they could return to their homeland. >> yeyou'll find that there are others fighting in iraq. kurdish forces are fighting in iraq. they're operating in the provinces both groups are known to have strong links to iran. and then the army of economy. that brings us back to the islamic state. as we mentioned they are in charge of mosul and tikrit. philip, with that said is this a game changer? i hate that said but when we see groups coming together, what does this mean? go well, it could mean different

things. they've always been operating together. in terms of its, a look at how they've been operating. the conditions they can develop for defenses not good at all. if you want to found your organization and you look for ways to defeat them even through their different alliances. if there are further alliances, it's never a good thing. >> michael: what do you think of iran identifying isis. i think that the iranians are, as odd as this may sound, they're turning out to be strange allies or strange bed funding. >> the islamic state.

>> the iraq army owned u.s. vehicles and weaponry could not be verified but it proved to be an immense payload. the group has been tapping into pipelines, looting soldiers facilitiestorage facilities, and smuggling oil to other countries. but one of their main sources of money is ransom money. >> they use kidnapping for

ransom money. >> it was a clear effort by the islamic state to collect them all, to hold them all together, and then to barter them. and there were similarities with each captive. they were following almost the exact same script where there was clearly a naturalized effort to get these captives and as much money as possible. >> reporter: the u.s. does not pay ransoms and recently launched an unsuccessful operation to locate u.s. hostages. in retaliation for recent attract in iraq the group killed james foley. they warned president obama that american journalist stephen soltotlott will be next to die.

>> did we under estimate the islamic state. >> under estimation is one way of saying it, but not countering them has caused most of the problem. >> how much of a threat do they pose to the united states? >> it's hard to say. there's been some rhetoric that they might be in the united states already. i don't know if that's true or not. but we do know that one of the things that al baghdad said, i'll see you in the u.s. yes they want to bring the fight home. it is a danger. now americans are over there in an undetermined number, the ability of those individuals the ability to come back further

radicalized and damage further our homeland is a concern for homeland security and law enforcement security take very serious. >> there is a rivalry with al-qaeda saying we'll do what you haven't been able to do since 9/11 on a greater skill. >> these guys kicked al-qaeda out. there's been a little bit of up man ship. isis is getting all the press and alqaida is saying well, we've been second-seeded here. but they're both bold and they are full of terror. the idea that we will behead someone, come to your how soon and kill you. that's terror. >> how do we stop the islamic state as far as social media and as par as funding?

>> i come at this as a researcher, and i like it we know terrorist organizations put out a lot of information online because it gives me a clear picture of what they're doing. they're shooting, i'm assuming other intelligence agencies look at it as well putting together counter measures defense them. in terms of currenting them there are a knew different ways. if you're seeing these different things, that's a great plus it check on and to get in those equity works. there is not much one with do, let's say i'm starting a twitter answer, to take those off and make a human department because they'll make 15 more. i'm not adverse to someone saying we continue to kick them off once in a while.

>> where are they getting their equipment. >> unfortunately, a lot of equipment that they're using is u.s. i.q. that's fallen into their hands. you might recall that there were times in the last or two ms. when the iraqi went up to isis workers. right away they've lost. when they've beaten up army divisions so they have a healthy robust on u.s. equipment. they have so much iran winter from saddam hussein's days. they are well armed and well financed. >> what do you think of the airstrikes? >> i think the airstrikes are been effective. they've mounted in the north. they helped the peshmerga

tighters, th. >> i think those airstrikes will continue, as you know, and they're expanding the option of expanding that into syria. a lot of isis basis and their onclay is in track going in tonight. >> though think it will be enough to stop the islamic state? we don't know. and there is an old adage that airstrikes alone can never win a war. certainly they'll have toughen up, and they'll need to bunt isis. at the same time it's very difficult to say where we will be in this situation three or four weeks from now. >> is negotiating are the

islamic state even an option? >> i guess they're following in their mind what's god's plan on earth. if we negotiate with them, they'll take value advantage of it to perez the delays. it's one of these press coverage and i don't think any ring why the east or west. >> perhaps a restated request. what is fear for the public. do we know what is coming? >> no, we don't. i think iran is contained in the series o. they may have those who travel to europe, and other countries. again, it's difficult for us to get excited about that and to

raise a chairan call because we just don't know. one tim that the military is doing is try to put up a pictures of who is running. again, it's really just been with us for three months, four months. in fallujah, they took fallujah eight months ago. and it was still thought to be a fairly smaller group than it is. >> we have effects questions that remain. we focus study on militias.

>> thank you. >> a cell phone captures police shooting a mentally ill man wielding a wife. and we'll look a how the chirp of ferguson is dealing with two weeks of chaos in their society. stay with us.

>> in ferguson, missouri, today there was an naacp rally for michael brown. meanwhile in st. louis there was a rally for officer darren wilson, the policeman who shot and killed the unarmed teen two weeks ago. >> we're speaking solely on behalf of the online campaign titled support darren wilson. our mission is to formally declare that we share the united belief that we believe the actions of august 9th were warranted and justified and he has our unwavering support. >> today's supporters believe

negativity and hate have precluded officer williams in law enforcement. >> you're just on your way. >> eight-year-old jabril still has not had a chance to wear the new outfit he has picked out for the new school year. but he did get a chance to learn more about animals and make new friends at the pop-up school at the ferguson library. it's been dubbed the school of peace. due to the turmoil in ferguson school was postponed more than a week for the district's 15,000 students. that left families scrambling to make last-minute daycare arrangements. jabril's mom said that she and her husband had to take days off from work. they were relieved to take him

back to school. >> they tried to commit a sanctuary for ferguson kids in a time of crisis. we talked to those who appeared to be struggling with the emotions and fear of almost two weeks of intermittent violence. on monday a dozen kids lined up to go to school. on friday as word spread there were more than 200. >> i will tell you that we're doing something wonderful and magical, that we had to turn a child away yesterday. because for this child school was in session, and they tried to skip school and come to school here. >> when jabril saw the police walk by he was initially nervous. >> he said to me, i wanted to be a policeman but now i don't know. are they like scary? we had him take a picture with a policeman and get a feel that they're okay. you know, because he was walking

past and really, really scared. i'm like, you don't have to be scared to uphold the law. >> why would you want to be one? >> because. >> you also help people. >> he'll finally be able to wear that back to school outfit on monday. and he was able to learn on the treats the realtime history and social lessons. >> he learned first we have to stand up for what we believe in, and nothing is given to you. you have to go after the things you want in life. he has learned a great deal. >> reporter: al jazeera, ferguson, missouri. >> a police shooting that happened just a few miles from where michael brown was shot and killed is raising questions about how police respond to the mentally ill. the police released this cell phone video of the incident.

officers shot and killed the man on tuesday after they say he robbed a convenience store. he had a knife and didn't respond to officer's command. in the video he could be heard telling the officers repeatedly to shoot him. shoot something now under investigation. a former police officer addresses the use of deadly force in this case. >> when a police officer hears something shoot me, kill me, whatever those words were, offer his mind is going to go, click, hey, this guy is not mentally stable so maybe what we can do is calm him down. if you listen carefully to the officer's commands one of the officers say something along the line drop the knife. hey, i'm not a cop, you're not a bad guy.

we're two human beings and let's resolve this. unfortunately the suspect does not comply, and he moves aggressively towards the officer. yes, you want to try to do that, hoover, the--however, it does not mean that someon the officer wants someone who is mentally derange to stab a knife in their face or throat. if a person aggressively moves past 25 feet, your life is now in jeopardy and deadly force is the response to protect yourself and your partner. >> he said that officers are not trained to shoot to kill. they're trained to shoot to stop. and aiming at the center mass of

a body can decrease the chance of by passers being hit by the bullet. we'll look at th michael brown tomorrow at 8:30. coming up, we'll tell how stands to win and who stands to lose.

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college football's highest division will introduce a 14 bracket the college football playoff to crown it's national champion. the select quartet will be selected by a committee that includes past and present college athletic members as well as condoleezza rice. each year it will switch among six bowls. the cotton, fiesta, orange and sugar. it has been a long time calling for the bcs's biggest credit. each year it seems that a worthy team or two has been left out one of the biggest discrepancy was when auburn watched southern california and oklahoma play for the championship. while the committee is charged

with choosing the four most deserving teams without record to the polls, it's big business for college football. forbes.com said that espn pays over $150 million for exclusive tv rights to five major bowl games and then up the ante to 7-point. billion dollars to broadcast all those games to 2025. the the bcs paid each team in major bowl games and the move won't be without its critics. there are five power conferences and four spots. not to mention at-large teams and up start conferences that can make some noise. another rule change could lift restrictions regarding how athletes interact with advisers and agents. before nearly all contact was

forbidden. the conferences will be left to determine how the athletes can cash in on their image and notoriety. jessica taff,age. >> so players can be compensated while on the playing field but they won't see that money right away. >> we now know that these players can be compensated. they can be paid something more than a scholarship. as long as the money is put in a trust as the way it's stated right now, these kids are going to be employees. they are employees. they have been employees. and the word is going to be in the vocabulary. life has changed on the basketball and football courts. it will trickle down to those like johnny manziel, sign his autograph, get compensated by

the companies that would do it, and the way it's spelled out right now. as long as he receives it four years after he has entered college no one is paying or going to give these kids money the minute the game is over. that's a myth. it's not pay for play, it's pay for playing. that's what is happening. >> we just had the hurricane muppetter hunters. >> yes, we'll have all the details coming up.

>> meteorologist: welcome back. we have a large low-pressure storm and it is cold, cold for

this time of year. and it has brought snow levels dropping down in parts of montana, glacier national park and so much rainfall. we're getting anywhere from five to eight inches of rainfall. a lot of flood warnings, flash flood watches stretching across the northern part of north dakota even towards minnesota. but this rainfall is going to be moving north into canada as we get through the day tomorrow. but still this is a lot of rainfall. great fall is the rain gauge over two hours is two and a half inches. we have more than that in other areas. we got a fair amount of rain stretching towards chicago, well over a third in indianapolis, anan inch. we have incredibly heavy rainfall. looking at this picture from glacier national park. it's above seven thousand feet so we got a couple of inches of slushy wet snow this morning. fall is coming pretty soon but

the satellite picture shows us that moisture from the monsoon moisture coming from the southwest drier conditions in the four corners but that's pumping itself all the way up into that pressure system tracking across montana and north dakota. and then we look at the satellite closer and we have something that has developed into the tropics. you can see the bahamas. they're preparing for tropical storm force winds over the course of 24 to 36 hours. at the national hurricane center it's showing the track they expect to stay in the atlantic and swerve up against the east coast. however there is low confidence when you put them together about exactly where it's going to go on the east coast. >> thank you. that will do it for this hour. thanks so much for joining us. i'll be back with another hour of news at 11:00 p.m. eastern

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