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done alone. the ebola outbreak is affecting sierra leone. ♪ refugees from the battle of the islamic state of iraq in lavant, in the last 4 house. turkey opened up a stretch of land yesterday as kurds began to fear imminent attack on the syrian bordertown. isil has sieged several villages. estimates are thousands more are waiting to cross. at the same time, they released 46 turkish hostages in june. the latest. >> reporter: more than 3 months in captivity, it marks the end
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to the turkish government's hostage crisis. they were captured in the city of mosul in june. they included diplomatic staff and special forces police. people wearing blackoutfits with faces covered with black vails entered. they assured us they are not going to harm us. they took all of our belongings and told us to leave and go into the streets. >> escorted by the prime minister, the group arrived in the capitol a saturday. >> today is not only a celebration day for you and your families. it is a very significant day for the whole nation. i wish from god that all of our days in the future would be as good as this one and we will never experience such a sadness ever begin. again. >> no ransom was paid. there was no armed confrontation with isil.
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>> translator: yesterday, at 11:30 at night, the rescue operation that had been going on for days had finally, reached its final stage. we reached so hard for months to reach the outcome today. i want to thank the members of the turkish service who worked with all kinds of sacrifices. >> more than 30 turkish were captured in mosul in june. they were frieda month later. when the second group of hostages were not set free as well, questions were raised as to what was being done to secure their release. at a international summit, turkey said it would not sign up the military coalition. some think that won't change even though the hotages are safe. >> i think turkey will continue to be a reluctant and appear eth youetic member of the coalition continued by the united states. it has indicated its territory will not be used in any combat operation. >> with the war in syria raging,
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it may have to take a more active role in the fight against isil. al jazeera. >> turkey has been reluctant to join the u.s. coalition. will that change now? randall pinkston joins us live from washington, d.c. randall, has there been any reaction from the u.s. about what's happened with the hostages? tell us a little bit more about how hard the u.s. has pushed, particularly for turkey to join the coalition. >> it's good time any time hostages are released in c contrast to what happened to the american and finish hostages with the beheadings by isil. this has been a day of brief reactions by the white house. a written statement coming from the national security spokeswomanan tells "al jazeera america," we welcome their release and are pleased they will soon be reunited with their
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families turkey is one of the countries on a list of 57 coalition partners put out last night by the u.s. department of state. turksey a member of nato but said it will only permit humanitarian and logistical support from air basis, nato air basis on its territory. specifically has refused to become part of any military measures against isil. richelle? >> you said turkey was one of 57 countries on this list. they are significantly more important than a lot of other countries on this list. can you tell us more about that? >> yes. let me clarify. there are 53 countries plus nato, the arab league and one other organization of states. 53 nations. turksey a haven for rebel groups fighting syrian president assad. those include isil. it's been a transit point for cross-border transit of
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materiale, goods and these fighters pouring into syria and now pouring into iraq. so turkey has a problem on its hands. which ones does it allow to transit. which do they start? it's a major power in the region, a huge geographical area and has one of the largest fighting forces in the region. obviously, if they chose to become involved militarily, their boots on the ground would be critical to fighting isil to accomplishing the goal president obama has laid out of degrading and destroying isil. souf, turkish officials are saying no military engagement on their part. >> we will have to see if that changes. randall, before i let you go, let's talk more about something much closer to home. really a stunning security breach at the whitehouse. this guy jumped the fence and actually got into the north portico of the white house. what else do we know about? >> richelle, it's interesting that you mention that because minutes okay, a friend of mine,
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a journalist from charlotte, north carolina. there has been another incidents at the whitehouse. pennsylvania avenue avenue someone attempting to intrude. we don't know the circumstances but we know traffic has been closed off against the white house in front of the white house as we speak. now, to what's happened yesterday, a 42-year-old man from texas jumped the fence and made a mad dash across the north lawn to the front door of the white house. he made history because he is the first person that we know of who was able to actually reach the interior of the white house. his name is 42-year-old omar gonzalez. we don't know why he did it. we know he was arrest and now undergoing sackatric evaluation. secret shoulders swept the north lawn to make sure gonzalez did not drop anything. no shots were fired, we are told, because gonzalez was not armed and did not appear to be carrying a backpack, which might have indicated he had some kind of an explosive device.
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interestingly, the incident took place just 20 minutes after president obama took off from the south lawn in marine 1 headed for camp david. one of the questions being asked is: why secret service agents did not release specially trained dogs which are intended to take down anyone who intrudes on the north lawn of the white house if the agents can't cash the person. >> that's what happened on september 11th. someone else jumped the next. this time, the dogs were not released and the agents didn't catch the man and he got inside the white house. a lot of questions and, for sure, a lot of investigation being done about that incident. richelle? >> just remarkable. yeah, maybe we don't know the why of it, but there will be vigorous investigation into the how of t that's for sure. randall pinkston action thank you so much. live from washington. >> sure. >> in baghdad thousands markche in the streets to protest u.s. air strikes in iraq. supporters of the shia cleric.
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many thought government forces following the u.s. invasion of iraq. they say they stand for peace and are against isil. john hendren is on the ground with more. >> reporter: they came by the thousands to protest what they called the new occupation. in baghdads tahrir square, followers of asardar channelled no to america, no to occupation. the americans trying to reoccupy iraq after they left it. they want to build a new coalition to put their stamp on us. we don't want any foreign presence. we were dum be at the occupation. >>. >> prime minister and many other iraqis welcome american and freshmaning airstrikes. in the baghdad neighborhood known as sadr city, many blame the american okay pages for creating a power vacuum they say gave rise to iraq's security
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crisis. >> it was created by the americans in and the israelis. after their creation, they have threatened whole world. iraq has become a battlefield to defeat isil after they created it. >> a statement of just how strongly the sadarists feel in a capitol rocked by daily isil car bombs. here where the memory of fighting against u.s. troops are still fresh, the sadarists view the aid at best with suspicion. the sadr regime welcomes limited foreign aid. >> on the iraqi troops but of course we need advisors from our frien friends that will help as well. >> but no foreign floopz combat? >> definitely not. >> on the streets of the capitol where iraqi soldiers have long since replaced foreign troops, for some, there is the lingering
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memory of once foreign boots touch iraqi soil, they can take years to leave it. john hendren, al jazeera, baghdad. >> for months, kurdish known as peshmerga have been on the front lines in the fight against isil in iraq. they lost at least 200 soldiers in the process. they think the death toll could be higher: we have been given rare access to their hospital innin erb erbil. >> his unit headed forwards where his vehicle hit an improvised device killing one and maiming three others. >> we don't have specialized equipment for ieds. it's a huge problem. nobody has taught us how to deal with them. he was on the same operation when his units came face to face with the enemy? >> i lost my nephew.
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they killed him. they shot me and my nephew tried to help me. a sniper shot him in the head. >> we were given rare access to hospital wards. the peshmerga has kept the media out before now fearing the site of wounded soldiers might hurt moral and the army and the kurdish people. >> we are losing a lot of people because there is such a huge difference between us and them. they come to die. when they run out of ammunition, they blowthems up. >> the peshmerga has fought against them for three months take okay far bigger guns with little more than assault rifles and grenades. their official death toll is 200. it's a sensitive subject that could affect morale. >> in our history, we have
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always sought patriots. we need more. the international community needs to lead this fight because it's a global fight. we are alone in fighting them for the whole world. in central erbil, the weapons market is busy. civilians are preparing to protect themselves, unsure if the peshmerga can hold the line. an increased security threat was announced two days ago with a warning that isil is preparing to target civilians in public places. >> isil is waging a social media war with a steady flow of hollywood style real action trailers, beheading videos
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undermining morale. kurdish spirits have been listed. they need to promise weapons to arrive to the battlefield. al jazeera. erbil. >> it representatives for presidential candidates. abdullah abdullah has reached a power sharing it will agreement. they were the top candidates. allegations of fraud after the june run off election led to a political standoff. in yemen, fighting is intensifying with warnings the country could be hours away from civil war. government forces are fighting the houti officials. cease-fire talks have fallen apart. dozen killed in the capitol
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healthcare workers in sierra leon are going house to house on the second day of a nationwide e ebola curfew. it's a drastic, unprecedented move to control the spread of the deadly disease. as al jazeera victoria gaumbi reports, it may create economic hardships for locals. >> these are just some of the thousands of those going door to door trying to find and isolate people affected by the ebola virus. >> it they have their family. how they can prevent themselves from getting ebola. >> a sticker is placed on each house thatvost volunteers visit.
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anyone suspected of being infected with the virus is sent to an isolation ward in the capitol freetown. doctors say they don't have enough staff to treat every patient. >> we need healthcare workers. we need people trained. we need experts. we need people to come here and cope with the staff to help them to work with standard supplies and equipment. the government's nationwide shutdown has con find more than 6 million people to their homes. chaurty workers say the restrictions are making it difficult for people to earn a living. you can just imagine what it means for a community like this where people normally, the
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highest honor t. >> as governments try to contain the disease, the world health organization says the first vaccine could be available as early as november. people on the front line with the fight against ebola continue on. >> saudi arabia has put new ebola screening if measures in place. 2 million are expected to make the journey. those from nigeria will face screenings. muslims with ebola cases are not being allowed to make the pilgrimage. they will be screening for the mid east respiratory syndrome that has killed 300 people since it e merged in 2012. changes are expected in scotland they rejected the idea of leading the u.k. many want edinburg to have more power. more from the scottish capitol. >> scotland woke up this morning
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to a mixture of feelings for, frustration, disappointment for some relief for others who are glad that they don't have to keep asking this question a double defeat, really, yesterday for yes campaigners. first they had the no vote to contain with and then the father of their cause, the leader decided to resign. i think campaigners felt incredibly shocked by that. but it was political strategy from the father who only really have a narrow margin. >> they can depend upon here tensions boiled over. we saw a yes, campaign ing rally where they were commiserating one another. boil over as they were joined by people supporting the no campaign unionists. a couple of missiles were thrown and things got rather overheated. the i believe the yes campaigners went away and then there were some fraca between
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the police and those unionist supporters. >> kind of division and that example we saw yesterday, george, where i don't think that has a majority of people here in scotland. we have got this issue of revolution, the impacts of the referendum here and how that's going to affect the rest of the u.k. is going to be a lot of debate and discussion to make sure that all of the different parts of the u.k. get a balanced settlement. there will be a parliament debate in october although he promised a timetable but it's going to be a long road until we get scotland in 10 democrat with the settlement with the rest of the parts of the u.k. >> julyly mcdonald reporting there. more than a million and a half favor sus ceded from great britain including the majority of residents in glass go. joan a hull has more from
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scotland's largest city. >> it's been said that scotland will never be the same again this is can country sprint down the middle on the question of independence. edin burrough is said to receive new powers of self determination understand the umbrella of the united kingdom. >> in the second city, glasgow, far less affluent, many mainly working class voters have hoped for so much more. people are absolutely -- they genuinely thought we were going to win and there was an opportunity to change their children's destiny forever and it never happened. >> a majority in the city once known as the second capitol of the british empire no longer wants to be british where to now for their separatist sentiment.
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>> it was movement that encapsulated for millions the issue of self determination and at a time aspiration for real change. there is a real danger that millions who suspect change. most young people may become apathetic and feel there is no focus for their energy. >> the generals and luminaries of scottish life, some wonder whether the promises made by london to stave off a successful yes vote will be kept and what will happen if they aren't. >> i think the scottish have been brought in. >> that's the way i feel about it. i can't see, you know, westminster now, westminster will say you have had your
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chance. >> i at a time thought i knew what the future was going to be. >> a city in shock, a country still not entirely sure what happens next still to come on al jazeera, a new russian convoy rolls into eastern u vein. how the brain of a teenager changes over time and begins, we hope, to all make better decisions. join us tonight at 8:00 for a deeper look at the process of organ donation in the united states, who gets the transplants, coming up at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. 5:00 p.m.
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>> a big part of growing up is making decisions and one reason that teenagers sometimes make bad decisions may have something to do with the way their brains are structured a look inside the teenage brain. it won't take long. at 16, in mean ways, studies
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shows their metabolism is faster, immune system is weaker and they need more than one hour of sleep. you have a kid with powerful feelings with but no system yet to rein them in. very high. i think that's the reward circuit circuitry, maturing, developing more quickly without breaks. >> adrienne and jerry >>, former juvenile offenders emerging in that period of their
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lives. >> when you made a bad decision in your life, how did you make it? >> you feel hurt. you don't everyone know how they will bring it out. you don't think straight. but the science can only explain so much. often convicted by association. cognitive development, impulse control. those have no roll to play when you are in the wrong car with the wrong people at the wrong time. >> lizy bucan now works with juvenile offenders. >> we see where we get involved in the justice system that is that it often happens in groups. >> they haven't made the wrong ones. they are distinguishing being under 18 from being over 18 is when you are over 18, you are much less able to control the environment in which you are living in. you can't control what street you live on. you can't control what school you go to. you don't control who your
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parents are. >> when i was younger, it was hard for me. i had a lot going on my surroundings, you know, people were dying right around the corner whefrom where i lived. little. >> in spite of vulnerabilities to peer please, sir, circumstance and immature brains, teenagers are some of the safest people to be around. between 1980 and 2012, juvenile crime of all sorts dropped. no same time period, the number of crimes committed by adults skyrocketed. here is the thing to consider: the courts convicted felix for being in the car with the kill erb, not for pulling the trigger. adrienne went to juvenile hall because he was hanging around with kids who committed a robbery? >> i was with a couple of my friends, you know. we were having a good time. across the street with my girl. you know, and next thing you know, i seen my boys robbing some dude across the street. them type of people, you know,
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what else do you expect an officer to say? >> perhaps it's not their brains that continue to make the trouble. it's who they are and the assumptions we make about them. ays, san francisco. >> fascinating stuff. be sure to join us as we learn more about the teenage experience in our series, "edge of 18" right here on "al jazeera america." coming up next, on "al jazeera america,"tie's role is in the international fight against isil. . >> how long will this sentiment hold true?
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♪ ♪ welcome back to al-jezeera america. here is a look at your top stories: the results from afghanistan's presidential election will be released tomorrow. after months of dispute. candidates reached a power sharing deal today. they accused each other of fraud.
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sierra leone, day 2 of a 3-day shut down to curb the deadly e bible a virus emergency teams went door to door to dispose of ebola victims. kurdish syrians across the border into turkey fearing attacks by isil. 46 turkish hostages held by isil were set free by their captors. al jazeera is's international affairs talk more about that. your reaction to this, a perspective for 46 isil hostages freed. >> it's amazing because isil is known for killing hostages brutally on video rather than releasing them. rirm, i think it shows that the turkish government has advantages in being big and
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powerful and nearby. probably exorsized a lot. >> should the fact that this happened give family members of any other hostages reason to be hopeful. it seems to show that this organization is capable of negotiating in good faith. we don't, of course, know what the enticements were that turkey offered or the threats that it made. the turkish military is nato, big and powerful, near to mosul. it was dangerous for ice ill to mess with turkey to begin with. >> let's talk about turkey an the fact the president has wanted turkey to have a role in this international coalition. he is trying to pull together. why the hesitancy on the part of turkey? >> many had attributed turkey's presidency precisely to the
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holding of these 49 diplomatic hostages by the islamic state group and i have long felt that that is a little simplistic's. current government in turkey is opposed to the regime of assad in syria. it's really difficult to tell am. into syria. whether they are moderates. it's a difficult thing to try to vet these groups and individuals. which certainly the u.s. is pressuring it to do. >> fluid situation. can you see turkey's position changing? i think it's difficult for turkey to be an active and up front member of the coalition against isil on a military
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basis. the current government in turkey is, you know, mildly of the religious right on its right-wing. it kind of shades over into some pretty ill liberal sentimeniberd he were to move in that direction as to be seen on beating up on muslim freedom fighters as they con seem them on behalf of the west. it will be a role behind the scenes. >> geographer is everything why so many people want so much. juan hull, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ukraine officials finalized a fire deal. on the ground, more violence. russian convoys, 200 trucks entered the rebel stronghold today from russia. there were several explosions at
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a munitions factory there. a 9-point peace plan is set to go into effect on sunday. the pro-russian forces are putting enemies to work, forcing as many as 140 ukrainian soldiers captured as prisoners of war to clean up debris caused by army shelling. the government and pro-russians are expected to have a prisoner exchange this week. residents in the east are training to move forward. wying to move ahead. last march, far from resolving skrooim's problems, it has hurt the economy and crucial tourism industry. a report from yalta. >> there are a million futurists this year antonio tells us has he throws his taxi around the
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twisting streets in yalta? >> last year, i earned about $350 a month which was enough to live and en save some money. now my income comes at $200 a month. still shines if and the sea is inviting. much has changed in crimea. russians though numerous have not yet made it there are very few people hear this year. no one is renting the yachts. last year, we worked well. this year, there is hardly any work. >> crimea holds a special place in the hearts of many. some of the palaces at y'alla and stalin brought churchill and roosevelt here to draw the map of post-war rome europe. a new russian leader has redrawn the map once more. now, his image is sell brighted
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souvenir t-shirts. >> you will never capture. this should be easy enough to understand. >> this one over here refers to the soldiers who took over crimea earlier in the year. they were called the people. putin this suggests is the plig politest of them all. >> he promises a new age of investment. $19,000,000,000 mrejdz for job creation and infrastructure. it's needed: many shaz are suggested to want to come but finding difficult. >> the british are the main obstacle. we talked to tourist and we answer their questions.
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building the bridge will make it possible for cars and trains to use it. it will be easy and faster for tourists to reach crimea. >> crimeans are trying to adjust to the tumultuous times they are living through. it's better than being at war. y'alla, crimea. one year since al shack ab fighters laid siege. by the time it was over, 67 people. threatening kenya to this day, warning you may find some of the images in this story disturbing. the same launched itself
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dangerously. he killed his mother as she tried to protect him he during the mall siege in this church in the coastal town. randomly shooting at them. the government called it an act of terror. less than two months later, in june, a certainesis of attacks and another part of coast left close to 100 dead. fighters claimed responsibility. since the westgate mall siege a year ago, there have been several attacks and assassinations. in nairobi, the coast and northern kenya. police have said the accused are failing to present attacks and responding late when they happen. >> tomorrow, it's a attack in
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attack all of these to insure they are is able to propagate and their agenda. again, we minimize this inciden incidence. now working closely. private execute companies which guard places in the country. >> security checks in public spaces have become part of life in kenya here they are looking for with any suspicious looking people. many are not trained to engage with an armed attacker. >> recruits are taught about terrorism. different kinds of explosives and how to detect them. this is all new. the instructors have had to quickly change the training
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manual to deal with the terror threats. >> when we fight them, they. >> these guards will be deployed in times of danger, mostly with nothing but panic buttons, they will be ahead of police reinforcements. christians and muslims are celebrating the resilience of a small catholic church one day ahead of the visit to the baltic state by pope francis. the church is located in durbin north of toronto first built 16th century, destroyed by a fire 100 years ago and rebuilt and destroyed again in 1957 by communists. it was rebuilt and again destroyed after a spec dater declared the first ath yet state. it's latest incarnation, 15 muss
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let me families chipped in and stands as a symbol of religious tolerance. th this week was the three-year anniversary ve of the occupied wall street. a small crowd gathered in new york to mark the occasion. a far cry from the company that captured the country's imagination. a look back at the occupy movement. >> it started with this ad in thecapped-based antconsumer. a call to flood. peaceful barricades and occupy wall street. three years after the 2008 financial crisis, unemployment was up, income was down and a new movement was born. >> about 5,000 occupiers showed up in lower manhattan, no single leader, no clear demands. something they woulde be critsized for. their example inspired movements in 100 cities across the u.s. and many more globally.
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what did they accomplish? >> medium income has increased more than 69% since 1967. the poorest have cease less than a quarter % increase. however now there is more public sdpors. the 99%. much to make it an every day term. >> freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. a common complaint. a university of calendar davis pepper. parallels were drawn between occupiers and the tea party.
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it length a hand. first democratic mayor in two decades. a true occupy candidate has yet to emerge. legislation has met little success. still activism inspired by the group continues. to commemorate it's 3 year anniversary, the offshoot did just that. they paid off almost $4 million in loans for students at for-profit everest college, they accuse everest of predatory lend that benefits the 1%. courtney keeling, al jazeera. >> police in pennsylvania are still pursuing the man accused of shooting two pension state troopers last week, killing one. the search is focused in the remote areas of the poconos. reports of gunfire in and residents are being told to stay in their homes. the shooting of michael brown by a police officer in ferguson, missouri, set off days of fierce
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protest. one of the big questions is a situation like that. how do police conduct a fair investigation involving one of their officers. a wisconsin man lost a son in a please shooting. he is now working to change the way such vases investigated. >> tell me about yourself. >> 21-year-old kid, had some flaws h some promise. >> picture right there is the last picture ier took of him, bandaging his younger brother's knee, out playing basketball. the younger brother was crying. hey, nice picture. brought up my camera, snapped it and that was the last photo i ever took of him. stopped by kenosha police while driving a friend's vehicle. captured on the police car dashboard camera, the situation escalated. michael bell, senior showed me what he says happened next. >> michael was bents over the
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car this way with his hands behind his back and an officer pulled michael in a bear hug. this officer at some point started screaming he's got my go gun. >> this police reenactment shows their version of events. as retired explicitly pilot familiar with investigative procedure, he inspected an in-depth accident investigation would sort out the facts. >> how did it go down? >> it was a sham. within 48 hours, i get a call from the reporter at the local newspaper and he said, the police had held a review panel and they cleared themselves of any wrongdoing and the shooting was justified. he vowed then to fight for simple change. >> if a police officer takes a life, let's make sure that the department that was involved in that shooting doesn't investigate itself. i began to gather together a team that had experienced
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violence from the wisconsin police. without support from the police units, there was little chance the reform would ever become law. so, he reached out. >> i contacted the director of the state's largest police association. his name is james palmer. he essentially said, if you take down your bill boards, i will help you craft a bill that you suggest, and let's see if we can run it through the legislature. >> to michael bell's credit, he took it down and we began a dialogue that continues to this day. >> with union back, the bill was signed by the governor on april 23rd of this year. it. >> it just felt like i accomplished my mission. >> there is a dangerous tropical storm in the philippines coming up next. hundreds of thousands of people are forced to leave.
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those stories on "al jazeera america." tapping the keg for octoberfest celebration has begun in munich. .
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>> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> over 200,000 people fled the
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their homes in the philippines because of the top cal storm. the chaos going on man ill a. >> tropical storm battered manila for only a few hours. during that time, it caused thousands of homes to flood rescue crews are still working to reach people stranded by rising water levels. we could have been trapped in our homes so we needed to evacuate. >> a lot of people were asking for help. it was raining hard and the water levels were going up. so we needed to respond. >> the tropical storm made landfall on friday in the north of the philippines but it's affects are being reached. half a month's rainfall fell in six hours. tens of thousands found shelter in evacuation centers relief is being brought in as quickly as
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possible. our home is submerged all of our friends have been washed away in the currents. >> we don't want them to return home yet because the river is still high. some people want to go and clean up. so we let them. 12 million people, cut off traffic. we can't just move to another place. our home is here. we spent money on it. it would be a waste if we left. so we will stay here. many exact help from the government to be slow in coming. so they are rebuilding on their own with what little they have. dungley. al jazeera. >> drawing attention to climate change. organizers for tomorrow's people's march in new york are hoping a visually exciting presentation will help build their message. >> story is next on "al jazeera
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>> the first museum dedicated to islamic art in toronto, the newsim features art from the middle east, south asia and beyond. more from toronto. dimly lit to preserve ancient colors and objects, these galleries spent 1400 years of history. holy quoran. consult tour, certainamics and figureans tell of faith and society. >> they tell a story from where they are. who made them, who ordered them,
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what materials and it's a window to a world and that world tells us about civilizations and cultures that produce that art. >> these miniatures from persia, india and central asia show startling detail, almost abstract a mix of gold leaf and paint. they challenge what many may think of as islamic art. to connect these historical works with contemporary muslim artists who will be featured? >> we want people to realize the arts from the muslim world are not just something from the past. it's something that's living, breathing today. >> every as spect of the museum is supposed to compliment and enhance what's on display. take this staircase made of pure blue lapis stone. it's no exaggeration to say even the building is a work of arrested. >> as are the newsim grounds. pakistan's imran kureshi who
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oncepated a roof has made a concrete into a work of flowers. he hopes to close a gap in understanding between those who know of the vast heritage of islamic art and those who don't. >> it's an extraordinary phenomenon. enormous knowledge gap and i think it's the duty of everybody, myself included to try to figull in that gap. >> whether they are art lovers or curious about a world little known to them, there is an extraordinary experience awaiting north american audiences at this museum. one of the form ost collections. daniel lack al jazeera, toronto. >> the picasso museum in paris
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temporarily opened again. it has been undergoing renovations. most of the collection is not on play? in fact, there are only six works by picasso to be seen today and tomorrow. it will officially reopen late next month with 400 works by the spanish born. the peoples marriott eve of the united nations. promoted as the largest demonstration ever in support of climate change. they want to capture people's attention and so kristen saloomey reports. >> muiralist putting all of his artistic talent, surrounding by flying birds symbolizing hum humani humanity's connection to the environment. cutting our tree and they are representing their compressions that are affecting our land. >> an ambitious design for an
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ambitious event billed as the people's climate march. it's aim is to mobilize the masses, pressure politicians to take action to stem clooim change. >> organizers are thinking visually. not only in terms of art, but also in terms of who will actually take part. people from all walks of life, all over the world care deeply about climate change and are action tremely worried and scared and so this march is showing the huge variety of people and huge variety of reasons people are invested in this issue. from indigenous rights activists to labor unions to faith based groups, a thousand have signed to take part in the march. each one comes at the issue of climate change from a different perspective expressed through their art. these volunteers come from coastal communities hit hard by hurricane sandy in 20012. they are building an inflatable life boat for the march complete with life preservers to
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highlight the dangers of extreme weather rising sea levels which come with climate change. >> to put faces and names to what that are climate change. real communities that are on the front lines that are being threatened by what's happening. >> this inflatable carbon bomb targets the u.s. military, the word's largest consumer of oil. it's art not just for art's sake. all signs point to the growing popular support for climate action. christian saloomey, al jazeera, new york. >> in southern germany, big party octoberfest got underway today. the mayor performed his duty today at munich, the best part of the job, tapping the first keg of beer and goes to the governor of bavaria as it always does. 6 million tourists take part in the festival which runs through
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