♪ arch. this is "al jazeera america" live from new york city. i am tony harris with a look add today's top stories. bre breaking news. canada's capital city, a soldier entered and fired more shots. michael brown's autopsy showing he was shot at close range. and all four former blackwater security guards charged with shooting more than 30 iraqis found guilty.

question begin with breaking news out of canada. downtown ottawa ute of lock doyne. incident happened. a soldier was killed in a hit and run in quebec. the driver was a young canadian

who recently converted to islam. thomas drayton joins us with the latest developments? >> the alert level, the highest in four years. a lot of anxiety in ottawa, the capitol on lockdown. the shooting has not been ruled out as an act of terrorism. >> 9:52 a.m., ottawa, shots ring out in the heart of canada's capitol. a soldier standing guard was fatally shot by what witnesses describe as a lone gunman with a white scarf around his face. moments later, just steps away, more gunfire. this time, inside the canadian parliament witnesses describe hearing .2 rounds of gunfire, the first in the foyer. frightened workers kneeling inside report hearing .30 to 50

shots with most appearing to have been fired by officers.30 0 shots with most appearing to have been fired by officers at the gunmen. when the shooting ended, a loan gunman was lying motionless on the ground near the library entrance. moments later, eyewitnessths? >> it's in a complete lockdown. mps and senators along with staff are in various lockdown rooms. people are quiet shaken. the whole idea of it happening in their own backyard, this kind of terrorist attack, didn't seem possible. but we are in a situation where it was my understanding that the lone shooter has been killed and there may be some -- for sure, there is one other one, and there could be possibly three. >> we have no idea who these people are. we have no idea what they are talking about.

>> reporter: another act -- with the belief of another active shooter came more events. police converged crouching behind police cars and along fences. police cleared streets around parliament diverting buses and shouting, "it's still an active scene." nearby residents were told to stay away from windows and rooftops and all ottawa police stations were closed. the u.s. embassy was placed on lockdown. >> all available resources have been deployed to this ongoing police operation. our priority is a the safety and security of our community. additional resources are on sta standby should they be required. all measures have been taken to ensure the safety and security of our residents. >> the attack in ottawa comes two days after who was described as a radicalized islamic convert restaurantdown with his car,

killing one before being shot and killed by police. with canada's security now on high alert, questions remain including whether this was a direct attack on the canadian military. >> we are very aware of the large presence of military personnel in our community and want them to know that we are committed to their safety. >> once again, police are still trying to sort out all of the details surrounding the shooting. they are reviewing a suspected terrorist watch list to see if the shooter was on that list and if there could be any connection to a terrorist group. as of right now, tony, there is no clear motive behind today's shooting in canada's capitol. >> thomas, appreciate it. people under lockdown have been live tweeting their experiences today. we have been following it. take a moment and share some of that with us. >> reporter: sure, tony, a partner of parliament jerry burn has been tweeting. he just tweeted out this picture, and i don't know if you can tell here it's a little bit dark here but you can see armed officers here going door to door, room to room, he writes.

cdn police, public security men and women doing hero's work, inside parliament. also, take a look at this, jacob, a photographer, he works inside parliament hill. he tweeted out this picture earlier. i asked him: are you still on lockdown? he wrote back, yes, just got notified i cannot drive home. should be out soon, though. and christopher ross, he is a web developer who works a block and a half from parliament hill and just steps from the war memorial. he tweeted this picture out earlier with some armed officers here, a folding bed here, and he then tweets this out just a few minutes ago: the police escorted us from the building finally, ottawa is a ghost town. and daniel tisch, with a pr firm, he writes it's surreal to find myself in ottawa on a tragic troubling down. mydown vantage point and adam skode, who works at the t.v.

tower. earlier, he tweeted this picture out, he said offices with windows crowd around t.v. and radios. asked him if he is still on lockdown. he said that at first, people were being escorted out by police but then they weren't leaving. he is about 10 minutes from parliament hill. pamela thayerman at chateau laurea. he tweeted outside the hotel after lockdown lifted partially. earlier, she tweeted this picture saying that in lockdown in the lobby, and she even said that some of the cooks were told to guard the hotel as well. and this is one of the mother powerful images from inside the cau caulkas, graham richardson tweeted this, a shot from inside cau caucus room, chairs, benches barricading the doors here as parliament members are trying to make sense of all of this, tony.

>> those tweets from folks in the middle of the action. that's appreciated. thank you. on the phone is canadian senator jim munson, senator, good to speak with you. are you still under your building, still on lockdown? >> yes, we are. we have been hear about five or six hours now in one part of the parliament. we are hearing reports. we may be taken out pretty soon, but we are still here. this pretty close for all of us. i just wanted to mention to you that my wife drove me to work to parliament this morning. as she left, she was at a red light. right behind, right behind the shooter's car. the car was parked near the war memorial and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. she satisfyr say gentleman park a car, no flashing lights, gentleman gets out with a blanket, mid-morning, war memorial and runs over across on

the grassy area and she saw a flash of light. well, obviously, that was the shot. that killed the poor soldier. it's pretty close to all of us. many aof us are shaken by what e have seen and what we are continuing to see. >> wow. so senator, you are telling me now that your wife was a witness to a lot of what transpired at the war memorial? >> yes. i was a foreign journalist, a foreign co correspondent for some time working out of london working in belfast and beirut so she is used to these things. in our country, we are a pretty peaceful group of people and it's the classic we never thought it would happen here, and our appeals court is dees decent, but we don't have the security you see in westminster or in capitol hill with the uzzis, machine guns and so on. so we, as a country, though, there is, as i was saying before

to others, as a tget on our forehead and it's a canadian flag. we have joined fight against i.s.i.s. there are going to be repercussions. >> do you have to now, you think, rethink security in your country because of what's happening with isil and because of the eventses of this week so far? not just what happened today but what happened on monday as well? >> well, you know, we have fighter jets now as you mentioned and in the prove incident of quebec which is not very far away, just a couple of hundred miles away. servicemen were rundown by a radicalized canadian, the term they are using, canadian men who are part and parcel of a couple of years ago, the fight that happened. so we are not immune from this. this country used to think an ocean separated us from reality. the reality has struck home. we are going to have to live with this. >> was there a heightened

security presence on parliament hill in light of the country's terror alert being raised? >> we certainly didn't notice it. there are always a lot of police cars on the hill. the from the royal canadian mounted police but you didn't feel that this morning when it happened. it was as much a shock to me as anybody else who maybe should know better, but when the security officer ran in to our committee room and said, get out, get out, there is a gunman in the building, there was that surreal moment where is this really happening here and now? and when you heard the volley of begunshots, it made you feel there was more than .1 shooter. it has been said said by othere was more than .1 shooter. it has been said said by oth s others. it's sad a soldier died, second soldier died but with these caucus meetings, wednesday here on parliament hill here in ottawa, there are hundreds of

members of parliament and senators who are having meetings. they were just outside. this gunman was just outside the door. >> senator munson, appreciate your time. you have been general us with your time with us today. >> president obama spoke to canada's prime minister earlier. he condemned the attacks and offered any assistance canada needs. mike viqueira, is there any information out of the white house on a possible motive behind the attacks? >> reporter: no, but that's one of the first questions that comes to mind here in washington, storage. you are absolutely right. president obama did call his counterpart, prime minister stephen hamper of canada. he expressed his sympathy, his con doll he knews, condemned the stack and he and other white house officials have been on the phone offering their i have assistance in trying to look at the genesis of this attack and, of course, the question comes: could it happen here? is this part of a larger plan? could this be an education that

there is an attack likely in the u.s.? josh earnest in a somber opening statement at the whitehouse here said he, of course, is the president's spokesman noted the geographic, political, cultural affinity that the united states and canada have and then spoke to that very issue. let's listen. >> there is no conclusion like that that i am able to share with you at this point, but we are obviously in the very early stages of determining what exactly happened here as i mentioned, a number of u.s. officials in this government have been in touch with their canadian counterparts to offer some assistance as they respond to and deal with this tragic situation. >> reporter: tony, one of the sure indications that u.s. officials think that there is a danger to the united states would be a public raising of the threat level thus far. we haven't seen anything like that from the department of homeland security. >> is there any indication, mike, that u.s. agencies are on higher alert as a result of these attacks? >> reporter: well, one small indication that we have seen,

the rough parallel to the war memorial in ottawa here in arlington is the tomb of the unknown soldier in the military district of washington in charge of security there has added additional security. meanwhile, an official with the department of homeland security tells al jazeera, our security posture, which always clues a numbers of measures both seen and unseen will continue top adapt appropriately to protect the american people. so you can read in to that what you like. obviously, law enforcement, homeland security, looking carefully at events that have transported. >> in iraq.

>> mandatory life in prison. the others can get 15 year sentences. a look at how the cause got to this point. >> reporter: it's taken seven years to bring the case to court. for hussein, it fields like yesterday. >> we went to the plates of the incident and saw bullets in the square and burned cars. >> his older brother was driving his taxi when guards from the american private security firm known then as blackwater blocked the street and started shooting. >> i arrived at the hospital and

saw three to four people dead already. and many injured. my brother was in very critical condition. he was shot in his lungs. >> two years ago, hussein and other families settled a civil suit out of court he said each family received about 230 dollars after legal fees. he said he wanted to see the men hanged. they walk around freely as if they haven't conducted a crime at all. all of the victims' families were surprised and hurt to see them walking in the streets. >> reporter: when hussein and his kundy heider were taken to the u.s. to testify at a trial, heider said he was struck by how kind people were. >> he says he doesn't think the guards represent all americans. >> this is a square now. for most people, american soldiers killing civilians at checkpoints and security

contractors driving around with guns blazing is a distant memory. but the black water killings here left a legacy that contributed to changing the course of iraqi and american history. >> when it came time to negotiate an agreement to leave a limited number of u.s. olds here, anger over the killings played a large part in iraqi lawmakers insisting the troops leave. as dangerous as iraq has become, most iraqis say they would rather take their chances than ever begin allow foreign soldiers or security contractors to rule their streets. jane araf, al jazeera, baghdad. >> several developments on the ebola front today. new ebola czar ron klain is on the job. he met with top white house aids to coordin nature the government response here at home and in west africa. cameraman ashoka mukbo is vitters free. the centers for disease control said it will monitor all passengers arriving from west

africa for 21 days. now, that expanded layer of screening starts monday. it will roll out in six days where officials say 70% of allwest african passengers arrive, passengers will get information cards and a thermometer. they will be required to check in daily to report on their status. iraq's pesh perfect fighters are preparing to deploy to fight in kolbani. earlier, they approved sending troops to help ssyrian kurds. u.s. led airstrikes have done little to slow down the fighters there. the armed group stepped up its assault after hearing reinforcements are on the way. berna bernard smith is on the turkey-syria border with the latest. >> reporter: with intensive gunfire coming today, that's continued into the early evening. we understand most of the fighting to the east of kolbane where kurdish fighters are trying to push back is lim isil fighters. kurds in kolbane are is able to

coordinate with the u.s. coalition, send them the information of where they need to target and the u.s. coalition are able to target buildings, housing isil, isil equipment, isil fighters. turkish president says he doesn't understand why kolbane is important for the u.s. as there are no civilians left in there. however, the u.s. has said that it is because there are more fighters pouring in from isil, that it has more targets to hit. the u.s. has said it would be wrong, the u.s. secretary of state saying morally wrong not to help the kurds in kolbane. >> the point gone confirms a second weapons drug did not reach kurdish fighters as planned. the u.s. air dropped 28 bundles of supplies provided by iraqi kurds. this video was posted yesterday claiming to show isil fighters with kratsz full of weapons. military officials originally said it knew of only one bundle

that went astray. >> one was destroyed before isil could take it. iraq is asking for more co am list airstrikes against isil. the military wants the air support as it begins a campaign to retake lost cities right now, an operation to retake tikrit. al jazeera received exclusive access to the operation. imran khan reports now from baghdad. >> reporter: >> battling isil requires patients and sometimes hitting a target. this is actually a makeshift roadblock that's been booby trapped with explosives. it takes a lot of fire to clear it. this is the latest iraqi army offense ive to secure the mainly highway between tikrit and baghdad. along the way, they have retaken villages in street to street fighting who have fallen back to positions closer to tikrit. >> isil can't go near a 5

kilometer radius around these villages that we control now yet they are still circling. these people have been assured that they are safe. taking tikrit won't be easy. the hardcore of ice ill fighters are members of "the sun"ni rebel forces who joined the group and know this area well. >> one of the main cities along the way, the army is held by shi malitias who have held positions in the north of the holy city of samara until the ramieing army arrived. >> when the main shrine was hit in 2006 t sparked years of sectarian violence. we support the army and the police forces. they are the ones responsible for taking up the execute file across these areas. they are secured. specially perimeter of all of samara city toward tikrit. our main goal is to protect the holy sideline. >> it went on to balad, samara

and will reach tikrit. the idea is that they take control of towns and villages on either side of that road in order to be able to deny isil ground. once they have taken ditikrit, they will move and draw an im e imagenary line from here to here. what that will do is it will cut ice i will fighters off. they won't be able to communicate with each other. they won't be able to resupply each other. now, isil still control huge parts of iraqi territory. parts of anbar province and mosul up here in the north. but, taking control of this key highways may gives the upper hand. >> if this operation is successful, it will deliver a way for them to resupply themselves. >> will be key as isil has proved adept to using roads to devastating effect. imran khan, baghdad. we continue to following

breaking news out of canada's capitol where a shooting has the city on lockdown right now. we will bring you the latest developments. plus, talks with the government and hong kong are not working so protesters are taking a new approach

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it is week 4 of demonstrations in hong kong and frustration is running high. senior government officials and student leaders failed to break their impasse during talks on tuesday. protesters took their grief applications to hong kong's leader, marga ortigas has this error report. >> reporter: these demonstrators say they have been put in this position by an ineffective government that has let them down. ner demanding free e leningsz and social justice as well as the city's chief executive to resign. >> ses a messenger from the central government before he can make a decision considers all matters. >> the protests have lasted for more than three weeks. on tuesday, land mark mediation talks between senior government officials and protest leaders failed to reach a compromise. demonstrators feel ignored. they say the talks show that

instead of representing their interests to the central government in beijing, city officials only serve as a mou mouthpiece for china's ruling party. it was that party that had promised people in hong kong a workable democracy within a communist state. >> the demonstrators got as far as the side entrance to the government house where the chief executive lives before being stopped by police. a disappointed and frustrated, they say, but they are not going to stop their civil disobedience until they see a concrete change. >> but also frustrated is another group of people who say they are also fighting for hong kong. they live in the city and oppose the street demonstrations and have started a petition to show they represent what they call the silent majority. >> we demand that they give us the roads back, give us back law and order. they have kidnapped our opinions for more than 20 days. it has gone beyond our tolerance. >> many here fear the increasing

devisiveness is in the government's favor? >> they could crack down with high force that would make it more just clarifiable because peace and law, the legal system is being at attack. >> despite covered orders and pleas, those out on the street say they don't plan to leave any time soon. they have been able to camp right by the doors to the legislature. the protesters know they have the central government in beijing concerned. there has been no challenge to its authority quite like this. the question is: how long before the tolerance on either side runs out? margo tigas, hong kong. >> a check in the market, worries about oil and the shootings in canada's capitol sent stocks lower today. the dow is down 153 poinltsz. the s and p lost 14. as you can see, the nasdaq was down to nearly 37 points. we are continuing to follow the

latest on the breaking news out of canada, parliament on lockdown after a gunman fired shots and killed a shouldoldier an updown, michael brown's autopsy providing new clues about where he was shot and how he was killed.

>> consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america let's get you back to the breaking news out of canada now, downtown ottawa is under lockdown after a gunman shot and killed a soldier near the country's parliament building. officials are trying to figure out if he acted alone. president obama spoke about it just moments ago. >> the situation there is tragic, just .2 days ago, a canadian soldier had been killed in an attack. we now know that another young man was killed today, and i express odd behalf of the american people our con dole

answers to the family and to the canadian people as a whole. we don't yet have all of the information about what motivated the shooting. we don't yet have all of the information about whether this was part of a broader network or plan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions. but it emphasizes the degree to which we have to remain vigilant dealing with these kinds of acts of senseliless violence or terrorists and i pledged as always to make sure that our national teams are coordinating very closely, given not online as canada -- is candidly one of our closest allies in the world but our neighbors and our friends. >> let's bring in ali velshi, the host of "real xwhoind. let me set you up. you worked insidemoney". let me set you up. you worked inside you worked inside that building when you worked at ctv? >> yes. >> what is your reaction to all of this?

>> it's stunning, tony. the kane addian psyche is not like the post 911 psyche. they don't think of this happening on their soil regardless of whether there is a nexus to terrorism or there isn't. there have been incidence of mass murders and gun murders. remember, canada is not a very gun-oriented society to start with. >> right? >> there are hunters but there will be nobody with a long gun in the center of any city for any occasion. you don't even see it in public places like at train stations and public events. there isn't that sort of presence of security and that sense of security menace in canada, and ottawa less so. it's like a village. it bears no resemblance to washington in terms of this concept n washington, it feels grand and you are in this space and sure, it's understandable. ottawa is not like that. parl parliament for the public, it's like airport security action. you have to go through metal detectors. journalists and members of

parliament and senators can get in and out through different doors. so you don't see a big public presence out there. i will tell you this, though: it is -- it's a heavily secure place. >> right. >> royal canad iant mounted police are there. military is headquartered there and there is a good police force in ottawa. it's just something people are not used to. ottawa downtown still under lockdown. i have been talk to some people there. >> you have been running around. i talked to senator munson at the top of the broadcast? >> jim used to be a journalit. >> he mentioned that. >> yeah. >> he said that his wife was at a stop light and was following what everyone beliefs now was the perpetrator of this attack. >> yeah. >> so i asked him: was there heightened security there on parliament hill in the aftermath of the terror alert being raised and he said if it was, he didn't notice it. >> right. >> do you think the capitol was actually prepared for a situation like this even in the aftermath of raising the terror alert level? >> it will be interesting to see

because, you know, there is clearly a lot of video like this. >> right. >> like washington, there is a lot of video around, video cameras around ottawa. but the video we have all been watching all day of the immediate aftermath of the -- >> inside the building >> inside the parliament building, you can see how quick the response is. >> yeah. >> you can see those rcmp members. they are obviously fully vested out. there are tactical -- >> no doubt? >> see the stripe on the side that. indicates those are rcmp officers. they are ready. >> right. >> they don't get a lot of opportunity to do this. they are very, very well trained and very ready. ottawa is under lockdown. there is nobody moving around that city. i spoke to a friend who said you can only leave the city going south. you can't come in to the city at all. i just spoke to christopher freeland. >> yeah. >> who is a member of parliament. she has been moved in to the basement of parliament. they are in a more secure lockdown than they were. again, i don't know how much they were ready for this. but they -- they do seem to have

done the right thing, at least in the early stages. the question that we needed answered, which we didn't get answered, is: are police believing that there are one or two more gunmen? >> yes. >> and do they have any reason to believe that there might be a connection to terrorism? as you know, they didn't answer that. >> no. >> as i was saying to david shuster, womening to canadian police conferences. it's not where they speculate and give you ideas and the journalists press. it's a bit of an agreement, if we don't know, we are not telling you. >> right. >> what we've got to deal with now. >> ali, appreciate it. thank you. you know, we are learning more about what happened the day michael brown was shot and killed in ferguson, missouri. a copy of the county's official autopsy was leaked to a st. louis newspaper and it shed some new light on how brown was killed. jonathan betz is here with more on the details of that reported. >> reporter: tony, new details came out because this autopsy report concludes the unarmed team was shot in the hand at close range and it appears to

support the ferguson officer's version of what happened that day in august. >> for months, protesters have said that 18-year-old michael brown had his hands up when he was shot by officer darren wilson. the official autopsy report appears to suggest otherwise. the st. louis post sdpaings asks two experts not associated with the case to review it. a forensic pathology who reviewed the report said it does not support witness claims brown was shot while running away or with his hands up. wilson has told investigators brown reached through the vehicle of his window and tried togran grab his

is the leak in your view to be trusted given that the authorities have made a habit in this case, as you know, of releasing information that would suggest that michael brown was a bad guy? and i am thinking of the surveillance store video.

? >> i have a lot of trust in our judicial system. i trust the prosecutors in missouri, before they go in front of the grand jury are going to present all of the evidence, not just the bad evidence, the evidence that points to guilt as well as innocence. >> that's required under a case called brady. brady material is evidence that tens to show signs of innocence. so, i am positive, and i have confidence that the prosecutors are doing that right now. they are just hashing out what's going on as far as autopsy in relation to the corroborating evidence and the information that was provided to them. so, i have all of the utmost faith that justice will be carried in this case. >> that the exculpatory evidence will be included as well, is what you are saying? you have faith in that? >> it should be. it should be. i do have faith in that because it's a high-profile case. >> it is? >> the prosecutors in missouri know this will be execuscrutini and will be reviewed at some point in time. so, i think it would be wise for them to disclose -- >> right. >> all of the ex cappatory including the inculpatory evidence. >> how do you read the did i see close you're that there was marijuanadisclosure that there

marijua marijuana? >> without nothing the levels of intoxication, without knowing how high he was or what those levels were, it's speculative. i think it would play a factor if we noticed that there was high levels of thc, but, again, most people that smoke marijuana don't get agressive. it's not consentit with somebody who is smoking that drug. if anything, marijuana makes you more tame, more relaxed but if the levels were high, an argument could be made it was self defense because he was being belligerent and acting in conformity with the high levels of thc. >> thank you for ting it up. what's clear is there was some sort of significant altercation at the car. correct? will you walk that out with me? some kind of altercation at the car. >> yes. yes. >> but it doesn't tell us who started that altercation. right? and whether brown -- >> yes. >> was reaching for the gun in an offensive or defensive way. correct? >> yes. and i want to say something, tony. i have been doing this for almost .15 years now.

it's very, very rare when a defendant is that brazen to go and grab a cop's gun. most people know when you do that, the officer's authorized to use deadly force because there is imminent and apparent deadly force. i find that part of the officer's testimony quite suspect to be honest with you. >> okay. but you are a defense attorney, so wear this hat for me. if you are in your position -- >> yes. >> don't you love this leak because at the very least, it muddies the water here? >> i like being fair in every k case. i don't like leaks. i don't like being not there. so this leaking game that's going on is really not fair to the justice system because it's being tried in the public eye instead of being tried in the covered where it belongs. >> okay. that's my next point. don't these leaks put the community, the same community from which a jury will come from, if there is an indictment here, in a hard position of having to make a decision here as to whether to believe the black witnesses to this case or

the police officer who has been placed in a position of trust what? >> right. >> who has taken an oath to protect and serve. >> right. >> well we have to remember, at this point in time, the law says that this officer, officer wilson, is in any event until proven guilty. we have nothing but allegations and suspicions and allegations and suspicions are not enough to convict somebody. so we have to give the officer the benefit of the doubt. but going back to this grand jury and the demographic of where this is actually happening, i am convinced that this is not going to stay in missouri if there is age indictment. there will be a motion to change venue. i think any defense attorney would be crazy to try this in missouri because i think in time, this jury pool has already been tainted. >> i agree. and john, what are your thoughts on the possibility, probability of an indictment in this case based on what we are hearing from this leaked autopsy report and some of the other character work that's been done against michael brown in that community?

>> i think it comes down to whether or not detective wilson or officer wilson's statements are going to be corroborated. if they are corroborated, that tends to help his testimony and, you know, the saying goes you can indictment a ham sandwich. the odds are if they are looking for an indictment, they beliepr one. >> john, it was good to talk to you. thank you. >> thank you, tony. >> today's politics, 13 days until the mid-term elections and the kentucky senate race is now the hottest. really? and perhaps the most crucial in the nation. david shuster joins us with more on this. >> this is the race that may determine if republicans gainful control room of the u.s. senate. incouple bent mitch mcconnell, the republican who stands to be senate majority leader is trying to fend off a strong surge by alison grielz. polls show grimes has pulled into a statistical dead heat. yesterday, former president bill clinton entered the fray as a grimes rally in kentucky, he ripped mcconnell for telling

donors was the worst of his life. >> worse than 9-11? that was worse than the day we had the biggest crash since the great depression? and i can think of a thousand things that were worse. and i am not mad. i am sad. don't you think it's sad? wouldn't you feel sick if you spent 30 years representing kentucky in the senate and the worst day of your life was when there was an honest attempt to limit black bag operations from foreign billionaires from buying your lesions. >> that was a tough riv. this comes downing to whether kentuckians are more willing to vote against barack obama who is not on the ballot or mitch mcconnell who is? republicans locally and nationally, of course, continue to criticize the president and accuse him of responding too slowly to isil and ebola. here is former republican house speaker newt gingrich. >> i regard isis and ebola as

two viruss that are epdemmics that threaten our simplization. i would rather overreact and get rid of them than criminal our civilization. >> that has been the constant theme the president has been too slow to react. the president, himself, cognizant of the drag he may have is staying away from those campaigns. west virginia joe mancion not up for re-election but campaigning in told the washington post, quote, there is nothing in these states president obama can do to help moderate at-risk democrats. people already have perceptions. so him coming to these states is not going to be productive for the candidates. the new hampshire senate race, democratic incumbent jean shaheen and scott brown held a con 10s, debate last night. they clashed' energy, ebola, and the obama administration when asked office she approves of

president obama, she could notget give an answer and the audience yeared. >> do you approve of the job president obama is doing? now, there will be a chance to follow up but this is a "yes" or "no" answer. do you approve? yes or no? >> in some ways, i approve, and some things, i don't approve. so, you know -- >> check on the box. >> like most questions that we deal with as policy makers, there aren't simply answers. yes or no. >> that may be true but it's not exactly a profile in courage. in florida last night, incumbent rick scott and charl krist displayed their contempt of one of another to a national television audience. their gub nat toerm campaign has been the costliest and meanest in the country. it started off with the moderator making a reference to last week's debate drama over a floor fan. >> everybody is comfortable here? >> yes. >> everybody is comfortable. >> okay. and then, the personal jabs between the candidates began.

>> i am on your side. unfortunately, rick scott is not. >> governor scott, do you want to respond? >> first off, you grew up with money. i grew up with family that struggled. i don't know my natural father. i lived in public housing. >> weird stuff and they hate each other's guts. in the 2016 presidential news, chris christie continues to tell donors and organizers he is giving serious consideration to a primary campaign. part of christie's appeal, although it's also his dang ier is his bluntness and he just demonstrated that in talking about the minimum wage. >> i have to tell you the truth. i am tired of hearing about the minimum wage. i really am. i don't think there is a mother or father sitting around a kitchen table tonight in america who are saying, you know, honey, if our son or daughter could just make a higher minimum wage, my god, all our dreams would be realized. is that what parents aspire to for their children? >> no. but that's not the point of the

minimum wage. the governor will get a chance to learn that should he decide to run for president. tony, that is our politics. >> wow. another good one. david, appreciate it. thank you. there are other stories making headlines across america today. ines is here. >> a suspected cereal killer in indiana refusing to respond to a judge in his first court appearance. he would not speak, forcing the judge to postpone the hearing. she told him he would spend the rest of his life in prison unless he cooperates. dan reportedly confess today killing at least seven women. schools in one pennsylvania district re-opened after a suspected cop killing fugitive was spotted in the area. pocono mountain schools were closed as police conducted a search. he remains on the run. he is accused of killing a state trooper more than a month ago. in a primarily black church in north carolina hit with racist flyers while churchgoers were

attending services on sunday, someone was plastering cars with flyers. the flyers said, kay hagan, desperatic senator doesn't win, obama's impeachment will begin. the disturbing image was a 1920s lynching. some church members were too frightened to speak on camera. >> at first, i was -- i was scared. you know, alternates concerned but then i got angry. it was very, you know, upset as, you know, that, you know, my church was targeted, you know, being it's a predominantly, you know, african-american church that i feel this church was targeted and i felt threatened. i feel threatened. >> the head of the local naacp things the flyers are more partisan than racist. an ohio woman who has spent the past three months in a hospital in pennsylvania after a rock came crashing through her windshield is going home. sharon budd says she is looking forward to the mun contain details of life. >> visiting with the kids, just

that type of thing. >> budd was driving on a highway when she was hit with a large rock. she suffered brain damage and lost an eye. doctors say her recovery is just simply horrible. >> that's horrible. she is fighting back. >> she sure is. >> very strong. >> thank you. >> and we continue to follow the breaking news out of canada. a shooting in the capitol as the city of ottawa on lockdown, we are live next.

♪ back to the breaking news out of canada right now. downtown ottawa, the capital city is under lockdown right now. a gunman shot and killed a soldier then opened fire. >> suspect is dead but officials are trying to figure out if the gunman acted alone. margo mcdermott is a reporter for cbc joins us from ottawa. margo, let me ask you this: you say terms like "lockdown." is the entire city on lockdown now or is this lockdown being lifted in selected areas? >> reporter: it's actually being lifted in selected areas. the precinct around parliament, sort of the big building that looks like a cassel and a couple of buildings behind beside it and the other side of the street are locked down still. police running around with guns drawn. still in that area. but the other parts of ottawa away from that are more -- people are able to leave their buildings. they are able to go home.

but i will tell you, for the last five hours, this city, which is not used to seeing people walking around with their guns drawn has been in complete lockdown, schools, day cares, cbc where i work, everybody was locked down, told not to go out, not to go near the windows because of what was happening here very unusual for this city. >> margo, what are you hearing about the possibility of a second shooter or, or is there any kind of conclusive evidence to suggest that this gunman acted alone? where are we on that part of the story? >> reporter: well, as far as we know, they are still looking for a second suspect. in a has not beg confirmed. this is what we know. we know the gunman won't to our war memorial right beside our parliament buildings, right across the street. he shot a reserve soldier who was standing on guard, ran across the street, hijacked a car briefly, drove up to parliament hill, entered the main building which is where our parliamentarians do their work. they were there. ran down the main corridor and was shot by the rcmp and

security guards inside parliament hill. there was some extraordinary video of that happening. you could hear the shot. we know tests killed then. the sold -- the reservist soldier, nathan sirillo died, as you mentioned. there is still no confirmation that there is a second shooter. >> yeah. >> but they are still searching for other people. the police had a briefed today. they are not confirming, also, that the manual who was involved in the shooting, the shooter, himself, who was described as wearing a scarf around his face was involved in any other terrorist cell at all because you know there was another attack in canada in quebec. so there is no confirmation yet. >> got you. appreciate that so much. a reporter for cbc, joining us from ottawa. margo, thank you. one american released from the north korea but two others still held there. we will talk to the sister of

one of them. kenneth bay, about why the recent release may be a sign of hope. >> hello. i am ray suarez. with the death of "the washington post"'s long-time editor ben bradlee, we check in on the nation's newspaper industry and exam inthe future of journalism. >> and the latest from ottawa live at the top of the hour.

arch american jeffrey foule is back home. he was arrested in may for leaving a bible at a nightclub in north korea. two other american citizens remain imprisoned. kenneth bay and matthew miller. roxan roxannena seberia spoke to his sister. >> she said his release is bittersweet. she wishes her brother could have been on his way home, too. >> these images of jeffrey foule renighting with his loved ones are bringing hope and disappointment to the family of kenneth bay. >> i tiered up just like probably a lot of people who

watched that. you know, it's a happy moment, a reunion. but it's also bittersweet because that's the moment that we have been fighting for and dreaming about for the past two years. >> the korean american is serving 15 years of hard labor. he is charged with trying to overthrow the north korean government ♪ you know you have been a good friend ♪ >> his friends say he was visiting north korea as a tour guide. a third american, matthew miller, is serving six years for committing what north korea calls hostile acts, foule was never sentenced. >> one thing that's different is both kenneth and matthew miller were both tried and sentenced according to their judicial system. so i know that makes things more complicated. >> the lack of diplo59ic ties between pyongyang and warrant have complicated the release. >> we will continue to work actively on their cases. we thank the government are sweeden for their tireless efforts. as you know, they are a

protective power. >> bay's sister says she is thankful but wants u.s. officials to do more. >> at the end of the day, it has been two years, so, you know, when you look at it from that angle, from the family's perspective, it's not enough until he comes home. >> in those two years, bay has called home four times. his family says he suffers from diabetes and back pain. >> they wa people to help them spread the word about his plight through this website and social media. until he, too, is on a plane home. >> you know it's hard to describe just the agony, the day-to-day of not knowing, but we have to keep fighting because, you know, we have to keep fighting until he comes home. but we don't have any choice. >> chong is also calling on north korea to show good will and release her brother. and, tony, she told me she thinks the state department this was as surprised as she was and has not received any signs her

brother might be next. >> appreciate it. see you back at 6:00. tony harris in new york city. ifou would like the latest on anything we covered in this newshour, head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. >> we'll begin the program today with the latest from canada, where gunfire broke out in the house of parliament in the capital, ottawa. the gunman and a canadian soldier are dead. and later, america's newspapers are in rough shape. technological change, and editorial competition and a radically changed ecosystem are all in control. as america looks back to the career of ben bradley, we look ahead to the survival of his industry. it'ssi