>> on the stream, >> from political activisim in the nfl, to protecting some of the worlds most vurnarable sea creatures. join us for a conversation with footballer cris kluwe and dolphin activist, ric o'barry. >> the stream, on aljazeera america >> as a mother, i ask for justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. >> a mother pleading with the islamic state group to spare her son's life. >> the f.b.i. investigating a major cyber breach at several u.s. banks. hackers reportedly forced their way in, customizing customer's information and accounts. >> a 9-year-old girl

accidentally kills a gun range instructors. many ask how young is too young to be handling weapons. >> a desperate search for survivors in china after dozens of buried in a mountain of mud. >> a video message from the mother of abducted american journalist was reds. she pleads with the group to free her son. >> millions of dollars demanded for the release of another hostage, a 28-year-old aid worker in syria. >> the u.s. is looking into reports that a second american has been killed while fighting with the islamic state.

>> sending this message to you. >> in an emotionally directly to the leader of the islamic state group, the mother pleads for her son's life and freedom. >> as a mother, i asked for justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. i ask you to use your authority to spare his life. >> he appeared in the same video showing the execution of another american journalist. the group is threatening to do the same to him if the u.s. doesn't stop targeting fighters. >> stein has no control over the actions of the u.s. government. he's an innocent journalist. >> while one mother asks for her son to be spared, another celebrates her son's safe return home.

on wednesday, journalist peter curtis held for two years in syria thanked those who helped secure his release. >> i had no idea, when i was in prison, that so much effort was beings expended on my behalf. now having found out, i am just overwhelmed with emotion. >> another american, a female aid worker is being held for ransom by i.s. they are demanding $6.6 million for her release. the pentagon will not pay any ransom. there is growing concern over americans traveling to syria to join i.s. >> foreign fighters can get radicalized and come back to their home lands, whether the united states or any other western nation. >> an american was killed working with i.s. in syria. a second may have also been killed fighting with the group.

president obama ordered surveillance flights over syria. >> he should order military action. they want to make sure they have plans available to carry out action. >> you saw white house spokesman there, not exactly denying the fact that these surveillance flights are now taking place over syria. those same sorts of reconnaissance flights took place over iraq. they were a preview to the bombing campaign there now underway. >> there has been a call from some members of congress to begin the debate over the use of u.s. military force in syria. what are they talking about? >> you do have a letter written from some members of congress total left of the spectrum, the democratic party barbara lee who

voted begins the war and walter jones of north carolina is a republican, going against the grain of the republican party and he's been an anti war member for quite a few years now. they're not going to have a lot of influence. it's going to be a very difficult proposition to get congress to go on the record. they are going to want to be consulted, but that is going to be a very difficult vote and position for the leadership, particularly john boehner in the house of representatives. >> mike, thank you very much. we want to offer this editorial note. we call for the journalist's relief and stress that journalists have a right to verify and publish the news wherever it is. >> the islamic state group has become one of the wealthiest groups in the world. the group controls oil fields in iraq and syria and makes as much

as $2 million a day by selling the oil on the black market. in our next half hour, we'll talk about the possibility of the conflict in syria and iraq spilling over into even more countries with our military expert, former army major mike lyons. >> moscow has launched a full scale invasion as separatists have taken control of a port city. they have done so with the help of russian tanks and armored personnel carriers. we have the very latest. >> the crisis here in ukraine, which has been dragging on, many would say, for several months now is entering a very critical next 24 hours. there are two main questions on the table, firstly, how long can russia go on denying what is increasingly becoming undeniable, the pressure of russian soldiers and ukrainian soil. what will be the response of the ukrainian government is the second. speakinging to a source in kiev,

there were meetings taking place as to how to describe the on going in occurring that go are reported just east of where i'm standing now by russian forces, whether they would call it an invasion. according to reuters news agency, they're saying president poroshenko is calling it a russian invasion now. if this is an invasion, do we now move to an official declaration of war between ukraine and russia. are troops actually here? russia continues to deny that. we have also heard from the satisfactorily proclaimed prime minister of the dough nets people's republic, the separatist organization today, he seemed to admit that there were indeed russian regular soldiersifieding among the separatist ranks. >> among volunteers from russia, there have been former military servicemen. they fight for us, understanding that this is their duty.

i will be even more frank with you. there are curveball russian soldiers among us who prefer to spend their vacation not on sea beaching, but among us, among brothers fighting for their freedom. >> there are questions as to what is russia's intention in the southeast of ukraine. it is simply to open another front to distract from the conflict further north or is this potentially an effort to forge a bridge head between mainland russia and the already annexed territory of crimea. >> there are more tanks crossing into ukraine, the third movement from russia this week. >> 173 victims of malaysian airlines flight 17 have been identified. it is believe that had plane was shot down by a surface to air mitchell. most of the bodies identified were found intact.

they hope to identify the more difficult cases in the upcoming weeks. >> the united nations is stepping up aid into gaza, residents trying to rebuild after war. the long time ceasefire agreement with israel appears to be holding, but benjamin netanyahu says he will not tolerate even a sprinkle of rockets from hamas, netanyahu adding that he believes israel came out on top. >> we didn't agree to give any of the terms hamas asked for, and this ceasefire has been achieved without any of the terms been given. in addition to that, i think that also hamas is isolated. >> hamas, though, is also claiming victory. the palestinian group said israel agrees to ease restrictions on valve and trade, another round of indirect talks will take place next month. >> there are new details about the gun range tragedy that left an instruct or dead. >> the 9-year-old girl who

accidently shot him was old enough to be there. we have the very latest. >> this little girl is nine years old and the uzi recoiled when she shot it, striking the instructor in the head. the bullets and burgers restaurants are very, very popular attraction near las vegas has reopened, the opener saying the policy of allowing a child to fire a weapon with an instructor is standard practice in the industry, but other gun ranges in the area tell the associated press agency that those rules are more stringent when dealing with high powered

automatic weapons like the uzi involved in the case. the owner said the policy is under review. >> what about any potential charges in this case. >> for now, the police say no charges. they are treating this as a tragic incident, which of course, is going to live with this little girl for the rest of her life. >> there's nothing for parents to say my child is too young for a weapon that is this powerful to kick. >> i would probably want my child to have a go, as well. >> he was far too small and the instruct or standing beside her if not a little in front of her instead of behind her, as he should have been. >> it's even tough for an adult to handle a weapon like that. >> now to the tensions have eased in ferguson, missouri, the national guard said their

mission is complete. the st. louis county police chief is defending his department's aggressive crackdown during those protests, saying the military style equipment and the tactics were necessary to keep the peace. >> the sister of the boston marathon bombing suspects has been arrested for making bomb threats. she was arrested in new york wednesday. police say she threatened her boyfriend's ex, allegedly saying i know people who can put a bomb own. she has been charged with aggravated harassment. >> there has been a major data breach of a number of u.s. banks and it could be the work of foreign hackers. >> what are investigators saying about this sneak. >> the banks and f.b.i. are keeping quiet about this, but there are reports that sign every thieves hacked into several american banks, stealing gig bites of information. the only bank named so far is j.p. morgan chase. the hackers were able to dig deep into the bank earlier this month.

according to the wall street journal, investigators believe the breach may have stemmed from a bad file on an employee's personal computer. in another case, hackers made their way in through a flaw in the websites. it's unknown if banking customers were affected in anyway, but the breach may have resulted in stolen checking and savings account information, wimp is very scary. >> national health officials are making a dyer warning about ebola, the c.d.c. saying the crisis is likely to get worse as it spreads across africa. it is predicted the number of cases will rise. these reports this morning, a c.d.c. worker is tied to at a outbreak. a c.d.c. worker has been flown

atlanta. that person is not attacked with ebola virus, but was around somebody that was infected. that person will be monitored for the next 21 days, thing cubation period from ebola. moot meantime, the world health organization has come out just this morning and said that nearly 20,000 people could become in effected with ebola in the coming weeks and months ahead. >> the ebola outbreak is spreading in west africa, the head of the centers for disease control speaking in liberia says there is need for urgent action. >> the world has never seen an outbreak of ebola like this. i wish i didn't have to say this, but it is going to get worse before it gets better. >> officials from the world health organization say it could be six to nine months before the outbreak could be contained.

balebola cases have now been reported in the congo, 24 case identified there, including 13 people who have died. the congo health ministry believes it is a different strain of the virus than the one spreading through other countries. >> diseases don't respect borders between countries. they tend to move across without anybody being able to control them. >> in monrovia, the capital of liberia, the disease has devastated the health care system. >> hospitals are closed, clinics are closed, some have reopened, but the staff is afraid to go back, because they're afraid to get the disease. all the streets of the city today have people dying and getting sick every day.

>> you remember just last week, the two american aid workers were reds from emery hospital just up the hill from here at the c.d.c. that seems forever ago at this point, considering the brand new news out of west africa and from the w.h.o. incredible strikes in numbers and underestimation as to how bad this is. >> what if anything do we know about new cases reported in the congo? >> it's separate strain from west africa. what's reported is that this new strain is from bush meat, like monkeys and other animals, wild pigs that people kill and cut up and don't cook properly. they are the carriers, we are told of this new strain of ebola in the congo, so officials are very concerned about the way people are eating this food and

the way they're going to properly dispose of the situation there. really an ongoing and fluid situation that doesn't seem an end. the doctor in west africa is concerned about where this is all going. >> live in atlanta. >> let's take a look at tropical activity in the forecast. >> our meteorologist has been tracking the storm systems on both coasts. >> yes, and why not talk about the gulf while we're at it, something is developing there. we have crystal ball hurricane. wind 75-mile an hour, staying off the coast, but rip current warnings in effect, and advisories all along the atlantic coast. area of low pressure developing in the gulf, showing a little chance of development. there are rip current advisories

there. as well. we have tropical storm maria moving off into the pacific with colder waters. surf definitely kicked up here along the pacific coast. these are the systems we're watching they're. >> the surf is kicked up all along the coast of california. surfers are taking advantage of that. people are advised to stay out of the current. >> one surfer was killed, by the way. >> an actor killed while filming cops. >> we'll talk to a former hostage negotiator whether a

mother's plea to hostage holders will help. >> today's big number is $560 billion. >> that is big. we'll tell you what it says about the health of the nation's economy, when we come back.

>> some good news and bad news concerning the nation's financial health. that is the subject of today's big number. $560 billion. >> that is the revised federal deficit for the current fiscal year. the figure is lower than last year's $680 billion deficit. >> the projected deficit represents 2.9% of the countries gross domestic product. they say that is down nine paint 8% from 2009. >> but the smaller annual deficit public debt will reach 74% of g.d.p. by the end of the year. >> the reality show cops has never lost a crew member until now. >> tuesday night in omaha,

nebraska, a sound supervisor for the show died during a fast food robbery. we have the details. >> the victim here is 38-year-old bryce dionne out of boston, a member of the production crew for seven years, recently promoted to the position of sound supervisor. his death has shaken the show's production team. police in omaha are shaken, too, called a friend. >> we've got a cop's cameraman hit. he is not conscious. >> he died in crossfire while helping film a police response to an armed robbery at this wendy's. >> we've been very fortunate over the years that we've never had an incident like this. unfortunately, this happened and we're dealing with it. >> the incident started when 32-year-old cortez washington pulled a realistic pellet gun, shown on top here, compared to a

real gun, and demanded money from wendy's employees. three officers and a two man cop show crew entered the building. >> the cameraman made his way into the eating area and was able to get down and hold the camera up. bryce got stuck in the vestibule, where they entered. when they encountered the suspect and the gunfire ensued, mr. washington started exiting his way out, as you can see in that bottom picture there. he's on his way out. officers are returning fire. bryce is in that vestibule and gets struck by a round. >> he was wearing a protective vest, but the bullet entered his chest. the accused gunman died in the parking lot, deon died from what police now know was a bullet from one of their guns. omaha's police chief says his officers acted properly.

he also says that knowledge does little to ease the pain. >> bryce was their friend. this is as if we lost one of our own. personally, i will live with this forever. >> the production crew has been working with the police since juneed. planned to spend one more week in omaha. the three officers involved in the shooting are on paid leave pending the investigation. >> also a texas man accused of shooting a drunk driver who killed his kids ho now been acquitted. david barajas and his family burst into tears after the verdict. >> we believe that we committed this crime. we also know that the jury did not believe that yard.

we respect that. >> a weight lifted off my back. i'm still missing my sons. >> defense attorneys argued that a rival gang member was to blame. >> a journalist has been held by i.s. since last year. the group has threatened to kill him if the u.s. does not stop airstrikes in iraq. in a video message to the group, his mother asked the group to grant her son amnesty. >> steven is a loyal and generous son, brother and grandson. he's an honorable man and has always tried to help the weak. we have not seen steven for over a year and we miss him very much. >> these are the first public

comments since steven was captured. joining us now to discuss her message to the islamic state group is gary messner, former chief of the crisis negotiation unit, joining us by skype this morning. thank you for your time this morning. what do you make of this plea, would you have advised this? >> absolutely. i think it's very well done plea from the mother that appeals to the isis folks on several levels. she recognized self defying caliphate. she talks about her son covering the suffering of muslims at the hands of high rants. she seeks mercy and cites an example of muhammed and there's the very universal feel of a mother seeking to help her son.

i think this was a very well done and appropriate tape and i hope it will be dealt with. >> she also seems to challenge the captors on religious grounds, urging them to follow the example of the prophet mohammed. >> i wouldn't characterize that as a challenge. i don't think it comes across that way. i think she is reminding them that if they're true to their own dictate, they would want to do what she is suggesting muhammed would have done. i think it's a very well crafted message and i think hopefully, it will have an impact, and if isis is locoing for a reason perhaps not to carry out this terrible, grisly execution, this might provide a rationale this

is a about mother and her son. do we know enough about this group to know whether this video will help? >> the isis folks have certainly demonstrated a proclivity to be brutal and disregard public sentiment about what they do, however, sometimes we find such appeals can be effective using them in the past. everybody has a mother, even some of these terrible terrorists and they can certainly appreciate and understand a mother's love for her son and it's hopeful this this appeal will impact someone. >> coming up, a look at the is state group's military advancements and however the group could reach.

>> a village in china was destroyed in a landslide. six people are dead, 21 missing, dozens of houses either collapsed or were buried under the mountain of mud use that here. a small reservoir was breached during that landslide. >> heavy rain causing a problem in the southwest, and that weather system is on the move. >> let's get another check of the weather with our meteorologist dave warren. >> as that system moves, it will take that area of flooding with it. it is pushing east of the rockies, the spin here is this area of low pressure that caused problems across the southwest, giving us flash flooding around areas in or his with heavy rain coming down in a brief period of time. that was a big problem there. it's moving out of arizona pushing east. now this area of flooding is approaching the midwest and right over iowa here in the corn belt, big crop this year getting more rain right over iowa with flash flooding expected, heavy rain here with two to

three inches of rain in the next 24 hours. this is the area we'll be watching, a flash flood watch in effect. >> the threat of the islamic state group continues to grow. >> concern that the rebel organization could be inside israel. we'll speak with retired army major mike lyons about what it will take to stop the group. >> international drama, a child abduction, this one with a happy end. how a british mother was reunited with her children. they had been taken to having a. >> a police officer seen tackling a suspect on camera. the latest incident making a case for police to wear body cameras. >> they walked off their jobs, because they loved their boss who was fired. it's a david and goliath battle that was won by the workers at the a supermarket chain. it's making headlines around the world.

>> history in the making here, just moments ago, turkey's outgoing prime minister was sworn in as the country's first popularly elected president. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. ahead, a scientific development that could make peanuts safe for those who suffer peanut allergies. >> we have more on the 9-year-old who accidental killed her instructor with an uzi. >> fear of rising crime in new orleans, where the police chief suddenly quit. >> ukrainian president poroshenko said russia has launched a full scale invasion, separatists have taken control of a strategic port city in southern ukraine. russian soldiers are fighting with separatists. >> a cyber attack at j.p. morgan chase, fortune hackers may have

stolen private information from several american banks. it's unknown if customers have been affected. >> in a video, the mother of american journalist steven sotloff asks the leader of the islamic state group to free her son, who is held hostage in syria. a second american may have been killed in syria while fighting for the i.s. group. >> we turn to mike lyons. al-qaeda seizing control of a border crossing, is israel now the target of the islamic state group. >> they would make a tremendous strategic mistake if they did. it looks like they took advantage of an open road network and took the town, likely focusing toward damascus, not israel.

>> they are posting sightings of the islamic state group flag. could israel eventually be reached. >> they are in the region partly a target for isis, as well. israel's masad is working overtime now, very good as shoring up their own borders. >> a conversation we had yesterday, you maintain 150,000 troops on the ground, boots on the ground will root out the islamic state group completely, but is this necessarily a debate more about whether the islamic state group is a threat or whether or not the united states has the will to wipe them out after all of the years of war we've gone through in iraq and afghanistan. >> it's going to do with the will more than anything else. if we decide to go to war here, fire missiles inside syria, we've got to get back to the mentality of total war of going in to destroy the enemy at this point. world war ii, this marsh to

tokyo, to berlin, that kind of mentality. we can't go in with small pin prick strikes that we've done for the last 10 years. >> why not let the islamic state group and syrian misbashar al assad fight it out, kill each other off and then we go in and pick off whoever survives. >> that's an option. containment is what the president's doing, containing them inside iraq. you're seeing isis now bringing its mission and fight back to syria. you saw more battles taking place there. that likely is the overall strategy for the united states, just that we're not talking about it. >> thanks for being with us. >> libya's ambassador to the u.n. warns the country is on the verge of a full blown civil war. the security council is calling for an immediate ceasefire and asking international partners to pull out of the country.

>> the search is on for a missing pilot after his fighter jet crashed in virginia virginia, wreckage found on the west virginia border. he lost radio contact after reporting an in-flight emergency, a witness reported seeing the pilot eject from the plane. >> a british mom has been reunited with her children after they were abducted and taken to afghanistan by their dad. >> it happens hundreds of times each year, but this one has a happy ending. >> it's been less than a day since attorney kim motley picked up the boys in afghanistan, where the father had been hiding them. they are 18 months, four and eight years old. we can't name them for legal reasons. she brought them to the afghan capital. this is the first part of their trip back to england and their

mother. a legal maze led through british and afghan courts. >> it's been a real grueling pros, and there were times when we didn't think that we'd be here where we are today, but we are. >> last year, the mother contacted motley, a well nope advocate for afghan women based in kabul. the children's afghan mother had taken them for a scheduled visit and never returned. a british court jailed the father pour abduction, but he refused to say where the 13 were. the mother feared they were lost to her forever. it took motley a year to find them, first laying the legal groundwork and working with afghan authorities in an unusual collaboration. >> i really think this, what we've done is a true blueprint on how other people can go and if they know where people are or their children are, can get their children safely and also legally. >> at the kabul airport, afghan

officials are uncharacteristically efficient. their temporary passports are stamped and the kids are on their way, lifting off from afghanistan on their way to dubai. only the oldest boy speaks english. he hasn't been in school in afghanistan. going back to england may be a tough transition. >> i'm worried about their future together, because the mom is going to need help. she's going to need help with the children, with their psychological development, help with the children financially, and so, you know, i hope that everything goes as it's supposed to. >> hours later, motley arrives in northern england with thee tired children and turns them over to their mother at the airport. >> i'm very happy to have them back. >> there may be some tough patches in the road ahead for this reunited family, but for now, a rare happy ending for three boys who will now grow up in britain, not afghanistan.

>> jennifer glasse, aljazeera. >> the f.b.i. says that they receive about 1200 reports of international child abductions each and every year. >> there need to be more happy endings. >> this, a dramatic takedown by a texas police officer might look like excessive force, but the body camera shows a different story. moments before the takedown, the suspect is shown taking a swing at the officer before he is sub sued. cases like this prove paid cameras are paying off. >> it shows every single and aspect of what the officer sees. it's accountability, it's protect, it's transparency. >> all of the officers are equipped with body cameras and required to take them on when dealing with the public. >> shaw said he was trying to save his 7-year-old nephew

drowning in a pool. he was a hero. now he's admitting the rescue story was all a lie but he has not yet said what happened. shaw has been suspended from the team. >> researchers say they have created an allergy-free poe nut. the number of kids with allergies have tripled in the last decade. we have more from washington. what have scientists do to develop this peanut. they treated the product with enzymes. it's the enzymes in poe nuts that people are allergic to. >> what does this mean for other food allergies, could they create more foods that are allergy-free? >> well, the researchers at north carolina university hope that they can do the same thing with people with wheat

allergies, other tree nut allergies taking the same process to apply it to make other types of nuts and foods that people with allergies can eat. >> how soon might we see these allergy-free nuts on the shelves? >> that we don't know. what we do know that is the north carolina researchers, which were supported by the federal government, the ago department here are working with the company to have it name the company and sign on to create some allergy-free products, somewhat they call hypo allergenic peanut products and they maybe in the stores in the near future. >> we also hear that another team of scientists is working to create a pill now to create allergies, what can you tell bus that? >> that's a group at the university of chicago. they've done something similar using bacteria that naturally occurs in the body to try to take out those allergens or

treat those allergens. in studies with mice, it seems to be working. they hope to create a pill or drug that people with allergies can take to prevent them having an allergic reaction. in north carolina, they are trying to create an allergy-free product so there's no allergic reaction, so two different ways of approaching this. >> a pill would be much favorable to the epi pen. >> something said nothing sneeze at about that, by the way. >> boston.com saying a former c.e.o. is going to take full ownership of the market basket after shareholders were forced to reach a deal. employees protested that he was fired, sales dropped and the

workers fired. he is back and so are they and he now owns the store. >> imagine how one women felt when she discovered unwanted guests in her spare bedroom. watches had made themselves at home and built a huge nest. there it is. i can hardly look at it. it was on top of the pillow in the bed. the nest was over a foot wide, 12 inches deep. the watches entered through the window undetected. >> she was trying to save the quilt and that's how she discovered the northwest. >> the l.a. times saying there's a bit of kitty chaos erupting on social media. apparently hello kitty is not a

cat. people took to social media, saying it is a cat. >> not only did they say she's not a cat, that she's a scorpio, a european. they are all sort of strange facts. this my seem is having a whole exhibit on hello kitty. >> dr. seuss may have not been far off. >> evolution likely included fish walking and breathing. that that is our discovery of the day. >> a hero's welcome from chicago's south side, celebrating the jacki robinson team that came up big at the little league world series. >> a closer look at the issue of kids and guns after that 9-year-old girl shot and killed her gun range instructor.

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>> one walking fish in africa is linked with human revolution. >> scientists looked at the habits of the dragon fish that can survive out of water. >> their muscles and bones changed allowing them to walk better. it is believed they evolved into four legged animals. >> a 9-year-old girl accidentally killed her in instructor. >> that video stirring debate about kids and guns, some questions why a child was given

such a powerful gun weapon in the first place. >> this shows a 9-year-old firing a fully automatic uzi at a gun range in arizona tells only part of the story. >> go ahead and give me one shot. >> what the video doesn't show, moments later, the powerful kickback causes the gun to lift up and to the left. her instructor is standing to her side, easy shot several times and killed. >> it made everybody more alert, certainly. >> it raises questions, why would a child who may not be physically strong enough to control such a powerful weapon be allowed to fire one? >> owner of the gun shop in nearby las vegas, a destination in what is called tourism feels what happened in the arizona desert is unusual. >> i have been at this now for

40 years. we've been having a machine gun rental range, and never heard of any of this happening. >> he is wrong. it has happened before. in 2008, at a gun expo in massachusetts, an 8-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while shooting an uzi. federal law that effectively banned the sale of fully automatic weapons to the public since 1986, but others of still allowed to have machine guns made before then. california's gun laws are even tougher, so you won't find an uzi at a gun range here. >> the gun simulator's inside here. >> only a handful of people in california are licensed to mess and operate an uzi. >> this is the smaller version of the full size she was shooting. keep your index there, put four fingers under the trigger guard there and put your thumbs side by side. >> he uses a smaller handgun and

virtual training simulator to give me a lesson. >> i'm firing this quite a few times and this gun is really heavy. >> it's light compared to the uzi, a much heavier gun. >> the uzi has a large grip, making it hard for small hands to grasp. >> can you sue he a reason why a child should be handle this kind of weapon? >> not really. full automatics are very hard to shoot, because they rise up and to the left. unless you've got somebody with enough weight and upper body strength, it's impossible to control it. >> as this young girl on vacation learned too late. >> we're going to dig deeper on this now. at this particular gun range in arizona, the age requirement to shoot a weapon of this kind was

aided bay parent. who is responsible for setting regulations? >> well, clearly the gun range is responsible, and then arizona has notoriously weak gun safety laws. >> could something like this happen in new york state or california where there are 60er state laws? >> no. for example new york passed the knox safe act and part of that was a tougher ban on military style assault weapons, which is what the uzi, designed for battlefield pumps. military style assault weapons are called that because they are designed for military use by armies in battlefield conditions and to lay do you know wide range of fire to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. >> they are used by gun enthusiasts who like to shoot at ranges within there are a lot of people that say this is a freak

accident. >> yes, but eight children die from guns every day in the united states. 85 people on average die every day in the united states from guns. we have a gun violence problem, i think it's pretty clear and it's of public health proportions, an epidemic of violence. i'm a parent and i think most parents and the parents, ultimately duties are possible in this very tragic incident. parents are ultimately responsible. i think that we need curl you really norms in the united states that we don't allow a 9-year-old child near a car to drive a car. why would we allow a 9-year-old child near a gun which is a military assault style rifle. the kickback, she lost control of the recoil which ended up killing the instructor. there's absolutely no need for that kind of exposure of kids that young to these very, very highly dangerous weapons. we've seen what these can do in

the hands of adam lanza and other mass shootings. >> let me ask you this. should the parents be charged criminally? >> well, i mean that is a tragedy all around. what needs to happen is they need to reexamine their policies and think again whether it's a wise thing to allow a child nine years old, a girl, they are not fully developed, they are weak physically to handle a weapon like this. general wesley clark said if you want to fire an assault weapon, you should join the army. that's good advice. >> mark david chapman saying he acted like an idiot, according to transcripts of his recent parole hearing, saying he is sorry for the pain he caused. his parole was denied for an

eighth time. he can apply again in 2016. >> >> a pittsburgh man was scheduled to get married this saturday. the church, reception and food all paid for. he decided to help raise money to provide medical care for kids in third world countries. >> we're literally going to be changing a massive amount of kids lives. it makes it feel like it's not the worst thing in the world that i canceled a wedding. >> he has already received about $10,000 worth of donations. >> it is a surfer's dream, hurricane marie creating huge waves along california's coast, but the waves may be too rough for some. 200 people have had to be rescued, including one man in malibu who was pulled to safety. >> he was happy. he was thankle. his eyes were big and he was appreciative that he was back on

the land. >> the wore goes over the decks, through houses and out the other end. if you own one of those houses, i'm sure it's unnerving. >> surfers and body boarders have flocked to the area to catch the big waves. >> goes to show that there are always two sides to mother nature. >> the waves picking up, beam want to go away from the water and have barriers set up. more from the storm off the coast. inland, heat building here, temperatures climbing into the mid 70's now, heading for the 90's again. when you have heat building up and humidity, you start to see air quality alerts, because you get ground level ozone forming. that's a problem across the southeast. out west, the drought continues and you're starting to see wildfire smoke. that's causing poor air qualities in california. you have the ground level ozone, the poor air quality, in california, sensitive groups. if you have lung ailments, you might want to limit your outside

activity. >> thousands of people packing the streets of chicago celebrating their little league baseball heroes. >> the jacki robinson all-stars bringing pride to the city. >> we have the national champions! >> 47 years, first time a chicago team has brought home a victory. the team one win away from becoming the first african-american team to clinch the world series title. they won the u.s. final, but came up just short against south korea. >> it was a big welcome home in philadelphia, too. >> their star player of the first female free and voluntary win a game in the tournament, cover front page of sports

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>> an eye opening america tonight special report. >> have you ever seen anybody get shot? >> one year later, correspondent christof putzel returns to the streets of chicago. >> i don't like walk out no more... >> why is that? >> a lot of shooting and stuff... >> a community still struggling against violence. >> i did something positive...

>> have people lost hope? >> this is a grown man that shot a little kid. >> or have citizens made a difference? >> glad that somebody that's at least standing up and caring about us man... >> america tonight only on aljazeera america >> what would every mother want, to live to see her children's children. i plead with you to grant me this. >> a mother makes a plea for her son's freedom as she asks the islamic state group to spare his life. members of the group are threatening to execute him. >> health officials issuing a dire warning about ebola. we are live with more on where the disease is spreading and why one american health worker had

to be flown back from west africa. >> tens of thousands of supermarket employees and customers score a victory after weeks of fighting and boy cots to get the former c.e.o. back at the top. >> check your garden for the weapons of choice in spain. >> i'm del walters. the mother of american journalist making an emotional plea to the head of the islamic state group, pleading for them to release her son. >> steven sotloff's mother makes the plea. >> i am shirley sotloff. my son, steven, is in your hands. >> in this emotional plea, the

mother addresses the leader of the islamic state group but its preferred title, asking him to let her son come home. >> you, the khalif can grant amnesty. i ask to you please release my child. >> she calls her son an honorable man. >> steven is a journalist who traveled to the middle east to cover the suffering of the muslims at the hands of tie rants. >> he had regarded from syria several times when he appeared last august. his captivity was kept secret even from friends. they thought if they publicized his case, his captors would kill him. last tuesday, the group showed the execution of another american journalist and had threaded to kill sotloff next.

>> his mother is speaking out. >> since steven's capture, i have learned a lot about islam. i've learned that islam teaches that no individual should be held responsible for the sins of others. steven has no control over the actions of the u.s. government, he's an innocent journalist. >> as she pleads for his freedom, another american is celebrating after two years in captivity. he was released this week. >> i am overwhelmed with emotion. i'm also overwhelmed by one other thing, that is that total strangers have been saying hey, we're glad you're home, welcome home. >> curtis's mother has said she's relieved, but her heart goes out to other families who are suffering, families like the sotloffs. >> i want what every mother wants, to live to see her children's children. i plead with you to grant me

this. >> mike viqueira joins us now from washington. what is the administration saying about these hostages in syria? >> first of all, the administration is saying what essentially it always says in this situation particularly over the course of the last several days as the polite of the hostages has gone more dramatic with the explicit and dramatic murder of james feel leon camera, that the united states will do anything it can to secure their relief short of paying a ransom. the united states is considering airstrikes within syria. the president has been deliberating on this point. that would represent a change in policy, not just an escalation of what the united states is doing in iraq now, having commenced airstrikes for the stated purpose of protecting american lives, direct threats to american lives at the consulate in erbil and the embassy in baghdad.

stephanie. >> mic, what is the u.s. response to reports that a second american may have been killed while fighting for the islamic state group. >> well, they're certainly not confirms it, but at the same time talking about the number of foreign fighters that are now entering the area on the side of the islamic state group and other radical islamic organizations. we've heard the news of the american douglas mcarthur mccain who joined the islamic state group killed in a firefighter with a arrival islamic group within syria. the white house is spreading carefully around this, even as they warn about the danger of foreign fighters becoming more radicalized and returning as a threat to their home countries. >> we are working cooperatively with interpol and other law enforcement agencies, as well as the homeland security agencies in countries throughout the west and region. these are kids radicalized, who

received military training. in some cases, they're battle tested and demonstrated a willingness to die for their cause. >> a pivotal moment in the white house as the president continues to consult with top aids about the next step in syria and iraq. >> across town, there's an effort now in congress to begin debate about the possible use of u.s. military force in syria, who is behind that? >> this might abno-brainer, stephanie, that congress should sign off on any escalation or policy change when it comes to com badding the radicals inside iraq and syria. it's very controversial. it would split both parties down the middle. the leadership doesn't want to put their members to a vote 10 days before election day. republicans have asked for a vote. if it comes to it, there's no

guarantee that's going to happen. rand paul has written an op ed saying we should realize that the interventionists calling for islamic rebels to win in syria and for the same rebels to lose in iraq. while no one in the west supports bashar al assad, replacing him with isis would be a disaster. rand paul is expected to run for president, trying to build support very subtly and in this article, he attacks none other than hillary clinton as being one of those interventionists. >> thank you. aljazeera's public liberties and human rights desk realized statement appealing to the kidnappers of journalist steven sotloff calling for his release, stressing that the journalists have a right to publish the news wherever the story is.

>> in ukraine, officials in kiev saying that moscow has now launch add full scale invasion. ukrainian president poroshenko canceling his troop to turkey. we are joined now from moscow. has the kremlin responded to allegations out of kiev today? >> well, they have. they've denied them as they always do, saying that the statements coming from kiev do not reflect reality. that's what the kremlin spokesman said. they always deny any involvement in the conflict in ukraine, either supporting the rebels for the presence of russian troops on the ground in ukraine. two days ago when two russian paratroopers were captured by ukraine and the kremlin denied

it happened. when they were put in front of the television, putin said they strayed across the border. they were found 40 kilometers inside ukraine. the denial that comes out from the kremlin is a blanket denial and repeated virtually every other day. >> today's news of a full scale invasion prompting very strong russian backlash across europe. >> former members of the soviet empire now members of nato condemn what they call the russian invasion. lithuania is urging the u.n. security council to declare ate violation in the security council. in europe, the president in paris said europe was facing the biggest crisis since the end of the cold war in 1991, saying the presence of russian troops inside ukraine was both

unacceptable and intolerable. >> peter shortstop for us live this morning from moscow today, peter, thank you very much. >> libya's ambassador to the u.n. warns his country is on the way to a full-blown civil war. the u.s. voted to impose sanctions on leaders in hopes of stopping the fighting between groups. >> international partners are asked to pull out of the country. >> those in favor of the draft resolution plays raise their hand. >> reacting to unprecedented armed confront is as, the security council strengthened sanction honest libya wednesday. the international community can now target individual militia leaders seen as undermining attempts to form a functioning representative government less than a week after fighters took control of the country's airport. the resolution requires the nation to say get approval

before transferring arms or arms-related material into the country. >> the situation since the 13 record of july has become even more complicated and threaden as wider civil war if it is not dealt with with care and wisdom from all parties. >> the security council called on countries to support the political process, not military activities amid reports that egypt and the united arab emirates launched airstrikes against militia groups. >> there are rivalries that reflect themselves. there are certain country that is support one group and others support the other. i think they should be discouraged, and rather encouraged to be more supportive of dialogue of compromise of a political compromise between the two factions. >> u.n. secretary ban ki-moon is studying ways to bring stability to the country.

diplomats say the libyans must overcome their political differences first before the promise of a democratic society can be achieved. aljazeera, the united nations. >> french president is calling on the u.n. to provide exceptional support for libya, saying terrorism will spread across the region if no action is taken there. >> the sister of the boston marathon bombing suspects is said to have threatened her boyfriend's ex, saying i know people who can put a bomb own. she is now charged with aggravated harassment. >> there is a dire warning about wheel. >> the c.d.c. saying the crisis is likely to get worse before better. the number of cases is predicted to rise. >> we are live outside the c.d.c. there are reports now that a

worker flown back to the u.s. is tied to the outbreak. what more can you tell us? >> >> the worker is not infected, but was around someone who was in a small office space. as a precaution, they were brought back to the u.s. and that person is quarantined for the 21 days, the time that the virus can come into the body and then take shape. all is well with that person at this point, but they are taking those precautions. >> the c.d.c. and now the w.h.o. are both saying this outbreak is spreading out of control. what more can you tell us about these warnings? >> >> huge warnings out of the w.h.o. and the c.d.c.

w.h.o. actually saying that the number could exceed over 20,000 cases in the coming months, that's six times when we know right now. doctors without borders feel the international employment of doctors and aid to the area has been weak at best. they are concerned that there hasn't been enough intensity and focus on trying to rid the ebola virus of west africa. dr. thomas fredon is in africa and made dire warnings.

>> the doctor just a couple of weeks ago made a statement saying the c.d.c. knows how to fix this. we know how to get it under control, but that was two weeks ago. things change quickly with the ebola virus as it continues to spread. >> live outside the c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta, thank you. >> new details are emerging about a gun anchorage di that left an instructor dead in arizona, the owner saying the facility and another he owns have operated incident-free for years. he he said the policy of allowing a child to fire a weapon with an instructor is standard practice in the industry. the age limit is eight years old with a parent present. >> the missouri national guard saying it is mission complete in ferguson. they were called in shortly after the police shooting of michael brown. the military style equipment and tactics are said to be needed,

necessary to keep the peace. a civil rights coalition is in washington, d.c. today demanding that all police officers involved in the brown shooting be held accountable. >> another country in corporate america has been hacked, the f.b.i. investigating a cyber attack at j.p. morgan chase. >> it is unknown if customers affected. >> d.q. attacked by credit card thieves. it is a data breach connected to the target hacking last year. they won't disclose how many customers and stores were affected. >> workers in new england have been protesting to get their boss back. >> a deal has been reached. there was a family feud over money and control, resulting in weeks of customer boy cots and

walkouts. >> is this a done deal? >> it looks like it for now. the price tag on this deal, $1.5 billion. that is how much the board has agreed to sell the supermarket chain back to the former c.e.o., who was fired two months ago and now reinstated. it's a major win for thousands of market basket workers and the man they call r.e.t. >> it is finally a done deal, the market basket supermarket chain is tonight back in the hands of arthur. >> for weeks, 25,000 employees who work for the supermarket chain have been chanting we love artie t., a rally cry for their beloved boss, who was fired two months ago. >> this new deal ends a six week standoff of customers boycotting and employees protesting with

aisles and store shelves empty, business has been down 90% during the unrest. the company has been losing $10 million a day. the employees protested without pay. >> he's one of us. he knows employees names. he talks to the customers. >> his firing was the result of a long standing family food by a board controlled by his cousin who wanted more runs for shareholders. arthur t. wanted lower prices for customers. the dispute got the attention of the area's politicians. governor patrick of massachusetts and the governor of new hampshire entered negotiation to say help broker a deal. they and i should joint statement saying they are delighted the parties reached an agreement. workers rejoiced. >> it's finally here, we can get back to work. artie's in charge. we have no more worries. >> the company says the employees who walked off the job

in protest can return to work without penalty. now that arty t. is back, business could be back to normal today. they have 70 stores across three states. >> parts of the country are once again going to be dealing with storming and in some cases severe weather today. >> for more, we turn to our meteorologist. >> it's the storm which is over the southwest, which is now moving, so taking the severe weather with it, here's the spin. an area of low pressure across the southwest has moved now and now will cross areas in denver and to the east with severe weather. we had impressive lightning, this video coming in around done very starts cloudy. these storms are producing very heavy rain, leading to flash flooding. saw that yesterday across the southwest. today, that area of flooding will continue to move to the north and we can see the storms

now across nebraska pushing into iowa and this heavy rain could lead to flash flooding throughout the afternoon and evening. storms plus heavy rain, about one to two inches of rain at least, maybe an additional inch overnight tonight. right over the center of iowa and over the area of the southern plains with blooding. watches in effect and a few warnings already. we'll likely see more throughout the afternoon and evening. >> the mayor of new orleans making a plea to state and federal leaders for help in combating rising gun violence. the steps taken to stop the bloodshed. >> a new twist in the rescue story of a football star. why he is now running the other way. >> showing off military hardware, as it can take to the skies without a driver. that video and others are captured by sentencin journalisd

the world.

>> time now for a look at the videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world. these are members of the islamic state group cracking down on marijuana. the principles of the group prohibit drug use. >> bowing taking its new unhand aircraft out for a test flight, trying to avoid being hit by missiles. the fighter jet uses flares to avoid being hit by weapons. this testing place in new mexico. >> the u.s. coast guard getting a companion while cruising off the new jersey coast. the team capturing this video of a what i will in and out of the water. >> the u.s.c. football player has changed his story going from hero to bench warmer. >> the city of new orleans is dealing with the rising wave of gun violence, the mayor asking for state and federal help.

new orleans has also gotten a new police chief this summer. what steps is he take to go curb crime? >> the new police chief has been on the job for a week and a half but said at a community meeting the other night, his top writer like everyone's is to get a handle on this violent crime. new orleans is a city that has grown a lot since hurricane katrina, but it's police force has shrunk, down some 300 or 400 officers. when you have shootings here like on busy bourbon street, the chief antmayor says it underscores that need. >> life for kyle and jamal will never be the same, the 4-year-old permanently blind and his brother brain damaged. both were hit by a drive by shooting. >> it took our breath away.

my wife started crying. we hurried up out of the house to get down there and see what was going on and where they were and the condition they were in. >> the shooting killed two people and wounded the boys' mom, sister and another young girl. it grabbed the city's attention, spotlighting a gun violence problem. >> you almost don't want to watch the news anymore, because this is all we hear. the day after this, there was i think in the seventh ward, three people shot. >> we have a culture of violence here where young people have very poor conflict resolution skills, and it goes to a lot of things, it goes to economics, it goes to education. >> following hurricane katrina in 2005, new orleans consistently had one of the nation's highest murder rates, but that's dropped over the last three years. in 2013, there were 156 homicides, the lowest number in nearly 30 years. >> it takes a huge amount of effort and planning.

>> still the gun violence this summer prompted the new orleans mayor to ask the state for help. in june, a shouldout on crowded bourbon street killed a woman. fifty state troopers were sent to help control high crime areas through labor day. the city police department is down from 11 1600 officers to 1. >> officers could respond as a faster rate, so all of those things work together, which affect our crime. >> in the last two years, the police department created an anti gaining task force and beefed up its homicide unit. community activist john robert said there needs to be more social outreach. >> they have small paces doing really well here, that have great programs to provide help

for the community and social and mental health. >> wayne is relieved the three men were arrested that were excused of shooting his family, but plan to move out of new orleans, afraid the culture of violence here won't change anytime soon. >> one of the things the mayor wants to do to help deal with the crime is create a civilian police force where people like you and i would dress up, who would be hired by the city, wear uniforms. they would not be armed, but would be responsible for patrolling busy areas like this to deal with noise complaints to free up the police officers to do some of the police work in the community dealing with violent crimes. how that will be paid for is still something that needs to be worked out, but the mayor hopes a tourism tax will help pay for some of it. >> live in new orleans, jonathan, thank you. >> now to the on going saga of

josh shaw. he told coaches and school officials that he hurt his ankles jumping from a second story window on saturday, said he was trying to save his 7-year-old nephew who was drowning in a pool. he admits the rescue story was a lie. he has been suspended indefinitely. >> the heat will be on across parts of the country today. where's it going to be? >> pretty much the same area where it's been, although we are trying to see relief from the north. this areas has seen over 100 degrees for a while, today climbing into the 90's. in kansas city is rain coming through, very heavy rain with flash flooding expected as cooler air pushes in from the north, still climbing into the 90's south of that front. can't make it much farther south than st. louis. atlanta at 91. hot and humid weather across the

east will lead to air quality issues. if you're susceptible to lung ailments, you might want to stay inside throughout the afternoon and evening. >> there's a new warning from the world health organization concerning cases of ebola. we're going to talk about the mosquito illness making its way across the u.s. >> going inside into a special section of prison, where those accused of working with israel are held in solitaire environment. >> the former golden boy of the golden state talks about going from a rising political star to being overshadowed hi his boss. >> the world's biggest food fight in spain, over 20,000 people turn out to throw, stop and bathe in some 125-tons of

tomatoes. >> it started in 1945 when a food fight erupted between local kids just like stephanie and me. we'll have more on this food fight when we come right back.

>> an eye opening america tonight special report. >> have you ever seen anybody get shot? >> one year later, correspondent christof putzel returns to the streets of chicago. >> i don't like walk out no more... >> why is that? >> a lot of shooting and stuff... >> a community still struggling against violence. >> i did something positive... >> have people lost hope? >> this is a grown man that shot a little kid. >> or have citizens made a difference? >> glad that somebody that's at least standing up and caring about us man... >> america tonight

only on aljazeera america >> good morning. welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in our next half hour, the potential merger between burger king and canada's tim horton's is drawing criticism on both sides of the border. why that corporate marriage is raising eyebrows in washington. >> they captivated america, thousands of people in chicago turning out for these kids, welcoming home the jacki robinson west champs. >> a look at the morning's top stories. the mother of steven sotloff is pleading for her son's life, asking the islamic state group to free her son who is held hostage in syria. u.s. officials are looking into reports that a second american may have been killed in syria fighting for the group. >> the fighting continues in southeast ukraine, separatists

taking control of a strategic port city, trying to create a link from russia to crimea. it is alleged moscow is helping the rebels. >> it is going to get worse, the ebola virus spreading across if i can are a. the number of cases could reach 20,000. >> the cases on the rise, hundreds of people with a mosquito virus. two more people confirmed in texas, most of them went to the caribbean recently where the view us is said to be out of control. >> should we be worried? >> i think it's not a fatal disease, but is certainly something to be concerned about, at least the latest of a whole string of new diseasing coming to the fore, and worrying people

now. >> nearly 700 confirmed cases in the u.s., most recently traveled to the caribbean islands, more than half a million cases reported there. the dominican republic with 400 alone. >> i was getting out of breath. >> ashley spoke about the disease. she traveled to haiti on a christian mission. >> like right now, if i do that, it hurts my wrist. it was really rough, and i can only imagine what it's like to the people in the caribbean, haiti that are suffering with it now without medication. >> the new cases diagnosed in the dallas/fort worth area make for about a dozen cases in texas, florida and new york accounting for the most. florida has seen cases directly attributed to mosquitoes carrying the virus. the disease is not typically

fatal, but can be debilitating to those most susceptible. >> very old are the ones more likely to have long term complications in this disease, this excruciating joint pain. the other high risk group are pregnant women, not the women themselves, but to their babies. >> it sounds horrible, doesn't it? i think the take away must be if you are going to one of those high risk areas, which right now appears to include texas and florida, you must do all you can to keep the mozzies away. >> joining us in an infectious disease specialist. first, there have been several outbreaks in the ebola epidemic now. >> we do have an epidemic on our hands, the disease is out of

control, continue to go spread. there's no end in sight. >> the c.d.c. just flew back a worker that had come in contact with another international health worker. these workers must be taking a lot of precauses. is this disease more contagious than originally thought? >> they are taking precautions, although workers that are doing contract tracing may not be wearing the head to toe haz-mat suits you see on the news. >> what is contract tracing? >> where you find a case and try to find who's been exposed to that case, family members, people they work with, others in the community, so you are going into the community, you're not geared up head to toe. there are risks involved in that. you're more likely to come in contact with somebody in that at the timing. >> let's now talk about chicken gunya. there seems to be mobilation in texas, who are most of these

patients who have gotten the virus. >> the majority have traveled to the caribbean. the other parts of the world, should there be concern about the spread of the virus? >> i think the majority will be travel-related. >> ok. talking to us about ebola and this new virus

>> a long term ceasefire with israel appears to be holding. netanyahu believes israel came out on top. >> we didn't agree to give any of the terms that hamas asked for and this ceasefire has been achieved without any of the terms being given. in addition to that, i think also hamas is isolated. >> hamas is claiming victory, saying israel agreed to ease restrictions on fishing, travel and trade. another round of talks will take place next month. >> during the war, hamas wounded up people saying collaborated with israel. some have been, cute. some of still being held. >> >> we were taken deep below the prison to a special ward where

men suspected of collaborate, israel are held. aljazeera was given exclusive access to the block of cells which is under strict security protocol. they are kept isolated for their own safety because if others knew of their alleged crimes, they could be killed. >> there are eight prisoners here. we only let them out to use the bathroom and to pray. when they leave the cells, we cover their face witness a hood. >> the inmates were instructed not to speak to us, but they all deny the charges against them. >> suspected collaborators can spend days, weeks and years in these cells before they face a revolutionary court who will decide their fate. >> on august 22, hamas executed 18 suspected israel informant, seven killed publicly in gaza city. it was the largest number of

suspected clap rarities killed by hamas in a single day since 2007. the executions followed an israeli air strike that killed three of its most senior military commanders. the single biggest strike since fighting began, its leaders made it clear anyone suspected of working with israel would be punished. the family of one man executed buried him quickly and without the usual funeral rites. they didn't want to call attention to the fact he was killed on hamas orders. worried about being recognized, they wanted our camera crew to leave butness he was wrongly accused. >> my brother is innocent. our lawyers say all the charges against him were false. this is all propaganda. >> israel has a long and successful history of recruiting collaborators and in formers in the occupied west bank and in the gaza strip. they do so through a variety of

different means. sometimes with money, other times it's through blackmail or by intimidating family members. while these men deny ties with israel forces, the mere suspicion of it is how most ended up here. aljazeera at the gaza central prison. >> human rights groups say the number of executions has dropped since the late 1980ed. >> two stories now involving malaysian airlines, experts identified 173 victims of malaysia airlines flight 17. most of the bodies identified were found intact. they hope to identify the more difficult cases in the coming weeks. >> australian authorities now believe malaysian air flight 370 turns earlier than thought. searchers are concentrating on

an earlier search zone in the indian ocean. >> a pilot lost radio contact after an in-flight emergency. a witness reported seeing him eject from the plain in virginia. >> in the sunshine state, it is easy for young politician to say get lost in the shadows. >> a one time boy wonder is now trying to get his groove back. >> just a few years ago, gavin newsome was the mayor.

then he suffered what was gore a got to be on the radar political junkie a devastating blow. he got elected to one of the least visible jobs in state politics. >> tell me who you are? >> lt. governor of california, gavin newsome. that's not really home, i'm more than that. >> he's disarmingly frank. where has he he been for the past few years? >> i've been busy, it's just an anonymous position. i could get a cure for cancer and be lucky to get a cub reporter to cover it. it's very difficult from being mayor of san francisco. >> it's a big turnaround from a decade ago. then he made headlines worldwide for signing off on same-sex marriage licenses, against the

law in his state, and in every other at the time. >> in 2004, the court said you're wrong. >> absolutely. >> this is illegal. >> a lot of people say its wrong. >> but most importantly, the court said its wrong. >> and my father. they've been the hardest part. >> and every major leader in the democratic party, not just the republican party. >> since then, 19 states and the district of colombia have approved same sex marriage. he made getting ahead of establishment approach a hallmark of his leadership. >> universal health care, before obamacare, universal preschool preschool, universal after school. >> his political ambitions hit a wall as number two to an equally outspoken governor. >> how many people can get stoned and still have a great state or nation?

>> brown and newsome clashed. he was set against the man once nicknamed governor moonbeam. in 2018, he'll be in line to run after brown, who is term limited. others say he'll aim for washington if either of california's senators retires and some even whisper he has presidential ambition. aljazeera, san francisco. >> newsome also wants to create an early earthquake detection system in california, giving citizens a heads-up before any hit. napa valley was struck with an earthquake on sunday. >> this is the apartment where rosa parks lived when she refused to give up her seat on a city bus.

police are now searching for those responsible. >> she was attacked right before she died, also, mugged in detroit. >> they really ransacked that historic home. >> the merger between burger king and tim horton in canada shining a light on a business practice that is becoming all too common. >> we talk about why more and more companies are leaving the u.s. and its corporate tax rate behind. >> brave surfers taking advantage of large waves churned up by a hurricane offshore. than this people burnt to ash... >> horrendous conditions... traffic labor on us bases... management stealing wages... exploited children put to work... >> how many of you get up at 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning to go out to the fields? don't miss our award winning series fault lines labor day marathon only on al jazeera america

>> huge waivers drawing surfers into the water off southern california. this video was taken bay drone and captures a professional surfer gliding across the water in malibu. a big swell is slamming the weeo

hurricane marie. in malibu, the surf is 12-16 feet. those waters proved too dangerous for one surfer who died this week. >> produce is the weapon of choice in spain. >> first, burger king and tim horton merging is causing frost rigs with the white house and congress. >> a lot of u.s. companies are going to foreign land to avoid paying corporate taxes. >> in the last two decades, 75 large u.s. corporations have moved their official address abroad. some of those companies have high profile names you might know. many have moved to places like bermuda and cayman islands where there is no corporate income tax. one is price warehouse coopers, which moved to bermuda in 2002.

the underwear manufacture fruit-of-the-loom moved its headquarters to the cayman islands in 1998. more companies are using a technique called inversion. it could cost $20 billion in lost tax revenue over the next decade. becoming the subsidiary of the foreign based country, pace taxes to the foreign country instead of the u.s. sarah lee merged with master blenders, an international coffee and tea company and headquartered in the netherlands. banana makers and medtronic will move to ireland this year when

their individual mergers complete. many companies renouncing their u.s. citizenship to avoid the u.s. corporate income tax rate of 35%, the highest in the developed world. in canada, it's 15% and ireland, only 12.5%. critics say company often use loopholes to avoid paying the 35% corporate in scum tax and if they revert and go abroad, they enjoy the u.s. laws. it will rob the u.s. of more tax revenue and ignite an arms race with other countries, which willower their tax rates, too. policy makers are bracing for a bigger wave of corporate defectses and inversions.

>> tax dodging is more judgmental and implies something negative here. inverse is preferred language. >> is this a good move by burger king or is it back firing? >> i think not a good move in the long term. it will save tax money and excited the stock markets in both the names. in the long term, it's bad, because i can anticipate that mcdonald's commercial, burger king of with a country. >> people are taking to social media saying they are not going to buy a whopper again.

is there a chance to the money they save in taxes they'll lose from actual sale, saying burger king is not a burger king. >> this idea of youth in america and the american attitude, it's hard tore sell that version canadian. it's less famous. >> what about common sense. if any of us were given the opportunity to pay less in taxes? >> their job is to make as much money as they can within the boundaries of the law. if the law involves them to do something we think is a bod idea, it's the responsibility of the law to catch up. >> paying fair share of taxes,

is warren buffet the biggest loser? >> he's a big fan of everyone else paying as high tax as possible. his reputation a little bit like burger king's might get dinged. my guess is he'll come through. >> is there a chance burger king might have to rethink its decision or is this a done deal? >> we saw bigger, better run companies away from this, walgreens and others, because they didn't want this risk exposure. >> it was weird and brash that burger king would do this. burger king's been passed around through private equity hands. we've gotten to the point where burger king's fair ball engineering is not that cheer or healthy looking.

>> thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> we showed you had this before in our images of the day. this is the scene wednesday in spain as 22,000 people took part in the town's annual tomato fight. it's billed as the world's biggest food fight and they're not kidding. 125,000 tons of tomatoes are used. the event was inspired by a 1945 food fight between local children in spain's tomato growing region. >> in chicago, a hero's welcome for the jacki robinson west little league team. a crowd gathered to honor the players and the coaches. the team won the u.s. championship at the little league world series. they lost in the finals so south korea. chicago mayor rahm emanuel on hand to welcome the team back. >> j.r.w. brought chicago to its feet, here's to our eyes and

pride to our heart. >> the team had a parade ending in my len yell park. >> let's get another check of our weather. >> we are watching two tropical systems on both coasts. low pressure off the gulf coast, rip current risk added for pores of texas now. this could develop a bit, this one fairly well organized. tropical storm marie moving into the colder water, causing problems along the pacific coast as that rip current risk continues going up to central

oregon. here's the s.a.t. picture, showing bands developing around the center of low pressure. it will sit out over the ocean and could potentially try to develop. there's a slight chance of that, but seeing heavy rain and rip current risk in poshes of texas. >> we'll look deeps at cyber crime and what we can do to protect ourselves. >> that is it for us here in new york. york.

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