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multi-million dollar masterpiece. >> the first shots rang out at 9:52 this morning in the heart of canada's capitol erupted into chaos. a gunman on the loose. in a few hours, it was over. police killed the suspect who was identified as michael zehava v overtime vo. his shooting left a sold death. corporate nathan zerello. president obama condemned the violence, offered u.s. assistance. canada's prime minister spoke to the world. >> let there be no misunderstanding. we will not be intimidated. canada will never be intimidated. >> john terrett is in ottawa tonight. >> good evening, john, from ottawa which at times to see has if he would more like an armed military camp than a capital city. we have had word from the authorities that royal canadian

mounted police and the city of ottawa police, that thinks are still fluid and in flux here most of the downtown district has now been re-opened, but there is still a lockdown going on around the area that canadians know as parliamentville where the parliament buildings are and people who live in that area have been asked to stay indoors tonight and no, ma't come out. earlier this evening, the kane aidian prime minister, stephen harper, addressed the nation. it was a televised address postponed many times why we think they got the wording absolutely right. in the end, mr. harper mention did the terrorism word. >> fellow canadians, in the days to come, we will learn more about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had. but this week's events are a grim reminder that canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world. >> kane aidian prime minister stephen harper speaking earlier this evening. the first victim has been named

t 24-year-old nathan cirillo, who according to his facebook page is an outdoorsman, an enthusiast for keeping fit and loved animals. a shooter has also been named. now, the police are still not necessarily linking the death of the shooter inside the parliament building to the death of nathan cirillo. the shooter was make he will zehav-bibeau, 32 years old. it is reported he was well known to the federal authorities, he had a criminal record in quebec and vancouver and he was on a watch list. people of ottawa and canada will be relieved that the momento momentousents of wednesday have come to an ends, and they will get some sleep tonight. it may not be very sound sleep because there are many unanswered questions. >> that's john terret reporting. for many people in ottawa, it was terrifying today. thomas drayton tells us what

unfolded. >> john, it's been a very active day at 9:52. ottawa police tweet shots have been fired at the national war memorial and a ceremonial guard was hit. two minutes later, multiple shots were heard at parliament hill. by 10:00 a.m. tactical teams arrive. i witnesses report seeing a shooter running with a rival. at 10:12, spavrling knocked down. tom members of government are moved to a safe and skooufr location. various reports emerge a gunman was seen in a car. ottawa police report there were multiple shootings in the area. s wassun expect was shot and ottawa goes into lockdown mode. president obama is briefed on the shootings. the u.s. does not raise its threat level. two days ago, canada raised it's threat level from low to medium after soldiers were attacked by a man authorities described as radicalized convert to islam. officials announced the guard,

nathan cirillo died. they confirmed one male suspect is dead. an ottawa hospital says it is treating three patients they have since been released. in a press conference, officials warn that it is too early to know the motivation of the crime, but a full investigation has begun. canadian prime minister stephen harper describes the day's eventses with two sifrmz words: despicable attack. john? >> thomas drayton reporting. president obama called the shootings tragic and outrageous. he spoke on the phone about canada's prime minister. our senior washington correspondent mike viccer a vic more. >> president obama was informed shortly after the began. he spoke with his homed execute advise or lisa monaco and then began a series of calls, white house officials calling their canadian counterparts offering whatever assistance and support they could as the drama unfolded near the kane aidian parliament. then president obama was on the phone with his canadian

counterpart, the prime minister stephen harner. they had a long conversation. it went about as you might expecting. the president cogdetermined the attacks, offered solidarity and support, whatever the canadians may need. president obama later in the afternoon in an unrelated photo op spoke of his conversation with harper and the possibility, at least the speculation that this could have been a terror attack. >> we don't jet 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 when it comes to dealing with these acts of sense liveless violence. >> no visible or discernible increase? execute. one thing we were told, the roughly parallel site in

washington to the war memorial there in ottawa where those attacks began is the too many of the unknown solid in arlington, virginia. we are told by the military district of washington which overseas that site that they did increase security there. other than that, no visible increase in security, though you can bet the f.b.i. homeland security is looking at this very closely trying to determine if there is any link to terrorism. the threat level in the united states was not raised throughout the day on wednesday. john? >> mike vick avicquera in washington. >> at the private intelligence firm and an author of a book "political islam" in the age of democratization. the prime minister of canada called this gunman a terrorist. how big of a problem is home-grown terrorism in canada? >> i think that in the last few days, john, we have begun to see what was sort of latent extremism for many years.

mind you, we had a plot that was disrupted back in 2.006. some two dozen men were arrested and that plot was averted. so, you know, canada has essentially this kind of threat has been formenting and percolating for quite some time. i think the key thing to note is there are people who subscribe to radical and extremest ideas. now, we are seeing some of them, at least in the last two days, graduating taking that military takens -- sorry, that extremism, radicalism into actionable mil taenings. >> practically, how might the government respond? >>ncy. >> practically, how might the government respond? >>. >> i think it's very clear now that the standard operating procedure is going to change. and by that, i mean the security at key spots, particularly where soldiers are deployed and security agencies and many

places where, you know, you can't cover everything. but i think that the major attractions will see beefed up security. there is going to be a lot of behind-the-scenes increase and vigilance on the part of the rcmp. i think this has been a wake-up call for ottawa. >> so you think this is -- well it's hard to tell whether it's a lone wolfe attack or something more complicated. but does it matter? i mean, when it comes to the government's response, does that matter? >> yes and no. no, because at the end of the day, urge, there is a saying that reality matters only so much and perception is what shapes the outcome of any such incident. so whether or not, you know, we have lone wolves or we have small cells that are domestic and without any ties to outside canada or, worst-case scenario, there is a linkage to

international terrorism did he have zb zb the government will have to change the way it's operating. aman with a gun who was is able to make his way into the parliament and in very close proximity on members of parliament and we are told even the prime minister. >> that's going to be change. people are not going to be allowed near such facilities. there is going to be a lot of security and a lot of screening before, you know, people can legitimately actually access such buildings. do you focus on big cities? >> canada and the united states are in the same situation. you just can't essentially lockdown everything. it's an impossibility. >> that's at a time nature of terrorism. it has a target-rich environment in which to operate.

and non-state act orders are more agile than state agencies trying to hunt them down. we are not going to be able to bring terrorism ever down to zero level. but i think that the goal is to minimize it and pre-empt it as much as possible. and i guess we will learn as we go along. >> kamran bokhari, thank you for staying up late with us in toronto. we appreciate it? >> my pleasure. >> to the fight against isil. the pentagon confirmed some supplies from airdrops did end up in isil hands. fighters got one of the 28 buvenlingdzs of weapons and supplies meant for concerned forces. authorities said wind made the parachute go off course but that the bundle was not enough to give the enemy an advantage. today, turkey's president criticized the drops. he said they were getting into the wrong hands, called the incident a mistake and in the u.n., authorities are investigating three teenage girls from colorado who may have

tried to join isil and were most likely on their way to syria before they were stopped by german authorities. a security scare in washington, d.c. tonight: the secret service arrested a man who jumped over the white house fence. it happened again. this fox news video shows the suspect kicking a security dog before a second dog stacked him. the secret service says he was arrested immediately, taken to the hospital. his name has not been released. four former blackwater security guards convicted this morning in a deadly 2007 shooting in baghdad. the justice department praised the conviction. the group was charged with killing 14 civilians in baghdad 7 years ago. in all, 33 people were shot that day. the washington, d.c. jury found one of the former security guards guilty of first degree murder. the other three volunterian manslaughter. territory says: expect an appeal. >> it's difficult to understand

it in the evidence, but, you know, i am going to review our options with evan, and i expect we are going to appeal, and we are going to continue to fight vigorously for them. >> the u.s. attorney in charge of the case released a statement staying he believes it will bring a sense of comfort. more from baghdad on one family's fight for justice. >> reporter: it's taken seven years to bring the case to court. for hussein t feels like yesterday. >> translator: we went to the place of the incident. we went to the square and saw bullets in the square and burned cars. >> his older brother, fefti was driving his taxi when guards from the american private security firm known them then as "bla "blackwater" blocked the street and started shooting. >> translator: 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. >> reporter: two years ago, hussein and other families settled a civil suit out of court. he says after paying almost one third of a settlement in legal fees, each family received about $230,000. he said he wanted to see the man hang. be >> translator: this walk around freedom as if they haven't conducted a crime at all. all the of the victims' families were surprised and hurt to see them walking in the streets. >> when hussein and his cousin were taken to the united states to testify in the trial, he said he was struck by how kind people were. he says he doesn't think the guards represent all americans. >> translator: this is the 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 blackwater 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. soldiers here, anger over the killings played a large part in iraqi lawmakers insist, the troops leave. as dangerous as iraq has become, most iraqis say they would rather take their chances than ever again allow foreign soldiers or security contractors to rule their streets. jane araf, al jazeera, baghdad. some big safety concerns tonight when it comes to air bags. u.s. officials expanded the number of vehicles recalled because of airbag problems to 7.8 million. the national highway traffic safety administration says air bags made by tekata corporation could shooed dangerous slamnal at drivers. owners were told to replace the bags immediately. toyota, honda and nissan vehicles are included in this

recall. there is new information tonight about the shooting of an unarmed teen, michael brown in ferguson, missouri. a copy of the county's official autopsy report was leaked to a st. louis newspaper. jonathan betz is here with that story. jonathan office sglrn new details emerging. this leaked report reveals the you know armed teen may have been shot at close range in the head, possibly supporting the ferguson officer's version of what happened that day in august. >> for months, protesters said 18-year-old michael brown had his hands up when he was shot by officer darren wilson. but the official autopsy report appears to suggest otherwise. the st. louis post dispatch asked two experts not associated with the case to review it. >> it seems at this point that it still may be excessive even if michael brown was by the car, even if there was a confrontation. why did he have to shoot him in the head? >> a forensic pathology who reviewed the report said it does not support witness claims that

brown was shot while running away or with his hands up. wilson has told i know investigators that brown reached through the window of his vehicle and tried to grab his gun. a medical examiner who also reviewed the report says the evidence does support that there was a significant altercation at the car. wilson said he fired twice during the struggle hitting brown in the hand. sources tell the post dispatch that brown's blood was found on wilson's gun. wilson has reportedly said he feared for his life when he fired several more shots. in all of the autopsy found .3 gunshot wounds to michael brown's head, two to his chest, another three his right arm and one to his right hand. the forensic pathology said brown was facing wilson when sever of the shots were fired. a toxicology analysis included in the report says that brown had marijuana in his system at the time. >> we are looking for information it that is from the autopsy and other scientific

studies that will allow us to eventually reach final conclusions. >> a private autopsy arranged by brown's family mostly agrees with the official report. but that examination said that none of the gunshot wounds appeared to be fired at close range. >> 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 .40s because there is imminent and apparent deadly force. >> a third autopsy done by the justice department that has not been released. brown's family attorney says the autopsy does not answer why the teen was shot even though he was more than 20 feet from the officer's car. >> officer remains on paid leave as a grand jury now decides, john, whether any charges should be filed here. >> all right. jonathan beds, thank you. coming up, two different protests in two different be communities. how did reporters cover those stories? we will talk about that later in this newscast. meanwhile, president obama says

he is cautiously optimistic about ebola as the u.s. gets a handle on cases in this country. new travel restrictions being put into place for people traveling to the u.s. from west africa. the cdc will mon tor travelers for 21 days t will affect people travel from liberia, guinean and sierra leone. a freelance journalist who contracted the virus in west africa ebola free tonight. he was released from an omaha hospital. he thanked the medical team for saving his life. he was given experimental drug as well as a serum from ebola survivor dr. kent brant lee. come can up later this hour, how will some companies are making money from ebola. plus, how the drought in california could impact what you eat for dinner no matter where you live.

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areas. tobacco companies are some of the places where smoking inside buildings are shroud. drought in california until taking a toll on the feed we eat. one of the agriculture regions in the world, the river is in danger of running dry. jennifer london reports. >> on a late summer day, this family is fishing for dinner along the san joaquin river near fresno, california. chances are they won't catch anything. the state's second largest river is dying. topping american river's list of the nation's most endangered rivers. >> it's low. >> foto find out why, i met with john kane for a kayak trip on the river. >> the most important reason why the river is in such bad shape today is it simply doesn't get enough water to be a healthy river. >> why is that? when you say doesn't get enough

water? >> it doesn't get enough water to be a healthy river because so much water is diverted for agriculture. >> california central valley is home to the nation's bread basket. crops that grow here feed the world with crops making up 7 million acres of irrigated farm land. over the courts of the 366 mile run, the river and it's tributaries are dab 273 times. it helps irrigate harvey's lemon are orchard. >> if you want to go back to when it was decided the water was going to be diverted to go south to benefit a tremendous amount more people and grow crops that go all over the world, you could say it was that that killed the river. >> every day, penal drive right over the san joaquin river. but what you can't see from the

bridge is that there is no water here, and there hasn't been for years. as you come down the slope and you look this way, this was once the mighty san joaquin river. at one time, there was enough water here to carry steam boats 80 miles up river all the way to frez known. today, all you will find it plenty of sand, a couple of shell did and some footprints. the parts of the river that have water are so low, the once legendary migration of 500,000 salmon has been reduced to nothing. attempts to stock the river with fish have had mixed results. >> he is not a very big guy. >> those living and working here worry about a future tied to the troubled san joaquin. >> my backyard is this river. i get to go off and make a living off of it, it would be detrimental for me to see it deteriorate any more than what it is now. >> there are a lot of political forces that would rather just have the water for farms and not worry about the river. we are asking the state water board to stand up for the river and protect it. >> less groeber is with the

state water board, in charge of water rights in california. >> why hasn't more been done? >> everybody wants these things to happen, of course, quickly. in the end, there will be many people that will not like these specific answer. but what we are going to do in this prossays make sure we are relying upon the best science for the protection of fish and walled life and balance it, again, with the uses for agriculture conservationists like john kane say increasing the riveres flow a small amount can balance those needs. >> the river can be saved. the plan only calls for 25% of the river's natural flow stay in the river. >> still, even that might be a hard sell during the state's historic drought which has only made a bad situation worse for the farms and the fish so many people rely on. jennifer london, al jazeera, along the san joaquin river. >> coming up next on this

broadcast, the bi-partisan battle of sorts in kansas. why some republicans are supporting their governor's democratic opponent. protesters in new hampshire last weekend were described as rowdy revelers, but in ferguson, a different story. pa

this is "al jazeera america." i am john siegenthaler. coming up, new information about the missing students in mexico. the connection between a mayor and his wife, plus a tale of two protests. the growing outrage over the coverage of the new hampshire pumpkin fest versus the protests in ferguson. an amazing fine for one of the stars of the sopranos, a multi-million dollar masterpiece. the canadian capitol remains on alert after a deadly shooting in

downtown ottawa. police there sies a suspect named michael zehaf-bebeau was killed inside parliament. moments later, nathan cirillo was shot. the shootings have prompted tighter security measures across that country. some canadian military basis have been locked down. >> it emphasizes the degree to which we have to remain vigilant when it comes to dealing with these kinds of acts of sourceless violence. >> president obama condemned the violence, offered assistance to canada's government. authorities are investigating whether there are any lengths to terrorism. israeli police are describing a dedzly collision in jerusalem today as a terrorist attack. a baby killed in the crash was reportedly a u.s. citizen. several others were injured when a car hit a crowd of people near a train station. police say they shot the driver as he tried to run. they identified him as a palestinian resident of arab east jerusalem.

a spokesman for the israeli prime minister office said authorities have stepped up security there. new developments in the search for 43 students who disappeared last month in mexico. the country's attorney general says the mayor of iguala is a chief suspect. so is his wife and his police chief. more from adam raney. >> the announcement by the attorney general that it was the may who with grave orders that led to the attack on their students shows how this mayor has increasingly become one of the main suspects in this case. on that night, his wife had held an event in which she gave a report and which many say she was launching her political career. now, he had instructed police according to the attorney general not to let these students interrupt that event. the students had been out fundraising in iguala trying to pay for a trip to come to a national protest in mexico city. the mayor and his wife have not been seen in more than two weeks. they are considered fugitives from justice because they are

wanted for questioning in the case. the attorney general he had also said a total of nine mass graves have been found containing 30 bodies. on wednesday, protesters marched to express their frustration and rage in the case and they lit the city hall on fire. ets /* it's a sign of aggravation, frustration and rage that continues to build in this area as long as people don't have answers as to where these students are and whether they are alive or not. >> adam raney reporting. a disturbing report from the university of north carolina. the school says some of their academic advisors sent agethlet to fake classes for almost two decades to allow students to avoid all classes, turn in a 10-page paper and earn an a or a b plus grade. of the more than 3,000 students who took the course, 47% were athletes. mostly fwaud football players. athletes, however, make up only 4% of the student population.

the ncaa and unc released a joint statement saying, the report will be reviewed. despite repeated ainsurance from officials that the spread of ebola in the u.s. is highly unlikely, many americans are worried they will be exposed to the vitters. >> level of concern is creating money making opportunities for investors and for companies. rob reynolds reports. >> fear of the ebola advice is sweeping across the u.s. with one in 20 americans believing it is among the most serious problems facing the country. >> the whole country is on the lookout. >> ebola anxiety stoked by non-stop coverage on cable news channels is churning profits from panic many of those protective suits worn by health workers are manufactured by lakeland industries, a new york company. lakeland stock price has jumped over 300% compared with a year ago. investors see rising demand for personal protective products such as gloves and sanitizing

gel. face mass maker alpha proceed texas stock saw it raise 245% over 12 months. >> so there are some short-term opportunities for businesses. if you are a respiratory device manufacturer, you may farewell. >> one person in the u.s. has died from ebola: thomas duncan who was infected in africa. just to put that in perspective, more than 30,000 people in the u.s. die in car wrecks every year experts say the chances of a widespread outbreak of ebola are low but that hasn't stopped people from going online to order their very own protective gear at sites like ebolasuits.com, a florida company that pedals bright orange outfits ranging from 50 to $1,500 each. quackery follows it illness as day follows night. federal officials have already issued warnings to companies like young living essential oils

to stop claiming extractive cinnamon bark and other worthless stuff will prevent catching the virus mu. perhaps the ultimate profitier hales from sin city. an supranet entrepreneur who owns the e-bay name ebola.com, asking price, $150,000. rob reynolds, al jazeera. >> in kansas where the battle is heating up for governor, four years ago, republican governor sam brownback won by a landslide but now, dozens of prom comments g.o.p. leaders are staging a revolt and endorsing his democratic opponent. joeie chin has more on the tight race. does he have did he have joyie. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the kansas state fair in hutchinson in what could very well be a pistol year in kansas

politics. in the race for governor for kansas, paul davis is running neck and neck with the incumbent, sam brownback. >> i am paul davis, a mod with the rat a common sense leader, an independent thinker. the governor's experiment just isn't working. we are trailing our surrounding states in the rest -- and the rest of the country in virtually every economic growth indicator there is. it has plunged our state deep into debt. >> brownback ran in 2010 which was a hugian year across the country. he won a sweeping victory here the brownback promise was something along the lines that we would cut taxes and there would be a surge in employment, a surge in economic growth. >> certainly hasn't happened. >> in fact, what's happened is that as you might expect which

you cut taxes substantially, revenues have plunked. >> last year, kansas lost a 5th of its tax revenue. earlier this year, two credit agents sees lowered kansas's bond rating. >> clearly, there is a lot of dissatisfaction here for a politician like governor brownback in a bright red state to be fighting for his political life here is simply a remarkable political story. >> i am pretty conservative myself, but they went nuts. we had the weirdest damn set of bills come before the legislature this last year, just weird things, virtually eliminated the income tax part. and that sounds really good because nobody wants to pay more income taxes, but we still have basic functions that's the responsibility of the state to implement. >> let's go through this cut. the cut was the obama stimulus

money going away am, that paul davis agreed putting it in the budget. he left a fiscal train wreck in the state of kansas. he was a democrat leader then, the nancy pelosi of kansas. governor, you can blame everybody you want but you made the largest cut to funding. talk to these teachers. i talked to each teacher the other day. >> teachers are mobilizing in a grassroots effort to defeat governor brownback. >> i am a special education teacher in topeka public schools. >>, i think, has really lit a fire under our teachers because they understand that people are attacking their public schools, they are attacking students and attacking teachers and they have got to stand up and do

something. we are fighting for the future of our state. >> if you want to see more of that story from joeie chin, stay tuned for "america tonight" at the top of the hour. now, some alleluia businesses are finding themselves trapped in the middle of the debate over abortion rights. it focused on planned parenthood's plan to build a new clinic in new orleans. more from jonathan martin in new orleans. >> john, a lot of the recent controversy surrounding abortion in louisiana has sensored around this construction site where planned parenthood had planned to build a women's clinic that would provide abortions but construction has been idle for the last four months. many people will tell you that's the result of religion, politics and one of the city's most infl influential voices speaking out. >> new orleans is built on relationships. river parish disposal is one the top waste collection companies in business 30 years but the

family business and reputation is at risk. brother freemeyer said they have been caught up in abortion rights. >> we started getting e-mails. i am talking about 50, 60 a day. some of them, you know, the local letters that were coming in were from current customers that we service talking about how they want to cancel service. >> they were outraged that they had contracted to haul trash from a construction site. >> i don't know what they were building. >> it was for planned parenthood clinic in new orleans set to be the nonprofit's first office in the state to provide abortions. >> never opitz doors to do evil. >> criticism intensified when protesters called out contractors for working with planned parenthood. >> e-mails were coming about, you know, i pray for you every day, you and your family. y'all need to go to church and scriptures and stuff likely that. >> one of the city's most influential businesses weighed

in, a catholic church, the arch bip of new orleans declared any company working with the planned parenthood clinic was cooperating with evil that will take place. this warning comes at a time when pope francis has urged c h catholics not to focus on hot button issues like abortion and gay marriage. >> how big of an impact did your decision have to do with cancel the contract? >> it had a huge impact because the archbishop controls, you know, all of the catholic schools, you know, i mean it's huge. >> there are more than 1 million roman cathlics in new orleans and the archdiocese has spent tens of millions in the community owning more than 50 schools and universities including several froehmeyer does business with. >> a risk of losing a lot of customers, risk of losing a lot of friends, putting my employees at jeopardy becausemize downfall my company. >> the head of the construction company which hired frohmeyer

let hill quit the job but told him working on the clinic was a job. >> i understand to that aspect but i don't like backing an abortion clinic. >> it seems clear others fear rhetoricbution. this clinic was supposed to be finished in august. planned parenthood told al jazeera contractors have been bull ishingsdz harassed and intimidated. the group says it plans to build the clinic and see patients next year. >> respect for, relationships, beliefss all mean more than money. >> brother frohmeyer says he wants to focus on running his business and do his best to steer clear of religion and politics. >> another key part of this abortion debate centers around the new law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles of their clinic. right now, that law has been challenged in federal court. john. >> that's jonathon martin

reporting. tonight, we are taking a closer look at how the media covers unrest in america. we stop in keenee," where a pumpkin festival turned vie lent. witnesses say people were throwing cans, smashing road signs, setting fires, hurling things at police. there were several injuries as well. compare that to ferguson, missouri, when people protested the shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. they refused to go home after a curfew. >> night, a person threw what some might call a bottle bomb that started a fire and some stores were looted. one man was injured. the participants in keenee were described as partiers, revelers by the new yo"new york times" n august, the times described that night ferguson as chaotic violence committed by angry protesters. there is a lot of talk on social media, especially among african-americans that the news coverage was racially biased.

kamila lieu is back with us tonight. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so you wrote in your column on ebony.com, unlike the young people who mobilized in ferguson for an actual cause, there will likely be fewer serious ramifications for those who participated making keane, new hampshire, the laughing stock of the country. so what's your message? >> can you say pumpkin riot with a straight face? >> no. >> it's as if there was a riot at a quilting bee or, you know, a state fair. >> it was bad stuff. they were standing up on top of police cars. >> absolutely. >> throwing things. >> bad stuff. >> serious? >> remember the last time i was here? >> yes. >> and you asked me about violence in african-american communitys? wouldn't you say white college kids are just a little bit too violent? >> sure looked like it to me. so on twitter, let's take a look at -- is this the tweet?

no. here it is. if you can see there, it compares, this tweet has been going around. it compares ferguson to keane. you see on one side, the protesters described as thugs in ferguson, rowdy in keenee. animals in ferguson, mischief in keenee, destroying their community in ferguson, booze-filled revelers in keenee. >> yes. >> when you see this, what do you think? what do you think about journalism? >> that, to me, is journalism. the person who put that meme together -- and i am not sure who they are. i don't think they belong to a large news organization or a massive media outlet like you or i, but that is journalism. >> that's the work. >> that's the work i am trying to do. those fixed images, and to be fair, the second one on the left was actually from howard university, my alma mater where there was a protest or a freshman orientation, they stopped to take a picture in solidarity with the kids in

ferguson who had been protesting, but that is so much of what we have been trying to say, not just for the past 75 days since michael brown has been killed but for the past entirety. time that black people have been in this country. the playing field is not level. the way we are discussed is not fair. >> these names paint a picture. >> absolutely. if i tell you someone is angry, that there is discord, that there is frustration, tension, you know, it's palpable. you go on the streets and you feel this anger, you interpret that and that chains how you see a situation. even if it's justifiable rage. >> that's true? >> where? in the pumpkin festival? were there not enough pumpkin lattetion? did somebody bring a sweet potato pie? why are we having this? why is there a right when joe

paterno is in the middle of a terrible, horrifying scandal that anyone with a conscious should be upset about, why were there riots? >> boys will be boys? >> why is there a riot when a team wins an ncaa game? why is that a cause for a riot? we won, we are so angry we won. we won the game. we are going to destroy our little quaint college town where the community's economy depends upon us coming to the school. >> when there is a riot in the black community? >> how often does that happen? we talk about 1968. we probably should riot more. >> you don't believe that? >> i don't believe that, but i believe that the instances in which i have seen rioting in black communities in my lifetime when i consider history, they have all been tied to an actual event that has caused trauma and pain and a reason to be upset. >> you work for a promnant

journalism organization. what is it that other than journalists need to understand that they don't get? >> i think that you have to have some people who like me in the room. you are not going to be able to report on black people, on asian people, on latino people, on lgbt people if you don't have those people reflected in the room. and when you leave it to even the most well intentioned -- >> white people? >> -- white folks to decide how these stories, particularly something that's so racial over tones, you know, being an understatement, as something like ferguson and the crisis of over policing and police brutality and how that affects communities of color, if you are allowing white men to make decisions on how that is discussed, you are going to keep getting thugs and animals and a angry, violent in the narrative. >> if reporters had called the keane folks thugs and animals and destroying the community. >> they absolutely destroyed their community.

>> would that be fair? >> yes and no. i do not personally -- i am not really into the good/bad binaries. i think these were young people. i think many were intoxicated. i think that can lead you to making bad decisions. i also think on some level, we have to interrogate where privilege fits in to that. some of these kids saw what's happening in ferguson and said, yeah, man, the police. i don't like the police either. the police more often than not are there to protect you if you are in a community like keane, new hampshire, there to protect your pumpkin. protect your pies. yes. >> jamila lam am eiux, good to have you on the program? >> thank you. >> our picture of the day is coming up next. plus, you might recognize this actor from the sopranos, but he is a painter and expert in broche european art. he just discovered a lost matter piece worth millions.

one of the world's grateful collections of cubist the art is on display for the first time. they were donated to the met metropolitan musek by lamon lauder. >> they are picasso, george brock, juan gri and laja as seen

on display at the metropolitan music of art. >> for us, cubism seems to be the most radical movement of the 20th century. he presented us with an opportunity we could never have the created. the movement started in the years before world war i influenced by albert einstein and segmund freud. people could see the world in different ways, from airplanes. you had aerial views and from x-rays, seeing things from inside. all of these pre-conceived notions about what was true and right and real and what the world looked like have been shattered. the cubist picked up on that. >> the artists began seeing the world from new and multiple perspectives. >> so this is titled "still life of checked table cloth." there is a bottle of wine, a compote with green grapes, bass ale, and all of these things taken together create a completely different form, which

is that of a bull's head. >> until now, the museum had just a hand full of worked in the coonist style, a gap 81-year-old lauder was eager to fill. >> i wanted to have this collection, have a transform i have been affect. to me, the only place for a collection of this magnitude is in a great art museum like the metropolitan museum of art. >> while his cubism collection will belong to the metropolitan museum of art, it is now on loan and on display until february 16th. kristin saloomey, al jazeera, new york. >> fredrico castiluchi, an actor, artist and an art collector. he is known for his role as furio on the sopranos but also known for making a big discovery in the art world. he found a 17th century guert i & o tucked away for decades in an auction house in germany.

i asked him what it was like to see that painting for the first time. >> i it couldn't believe i was standing in front of a masterpiece. >> you knew it right away? >> it was like a lightning bolt that hit me. it was that -- i mean, it was that immediate. there were several paintings stacked up on a landing before i went to the second floor to see what else was in this auction house and i just pulled the two paintings that were in front of this painting, i looked at it and i was like, oh, my god, this is by grich i & o, my first thought and words that came out and now, i had to try to acquire it. >> they didn't realize what they had? >> no. actually, i spoke to yvonne, my better half, and i said to her, i said quiet, don't say anything. the gentleman was at the bottom of the stairs, and i asked him to come up, and i said, what can you tell me about this painting? and he said, well, it's an 18th century, you know, italian holy

painting. saint sebastian. >> right. >> and it's probably been cut down. you know, you see it's probably -- and i said really? you know what? you are probably right. and i said, you know, would you like to sell it? and he said yes, it will be in our sale in about two weeks from now. >> you cut a keel for what? $60,000? >> it came out to close to 70,000. yeah. >> and then you spent a little more money researching it? >> i did. >> and taking care of it? >> i actually brought in a partner because i was -- i was afraid that if someone else knew who this painting was done by that guerc i & o, the squinter, if someone else knew, then i would probably not be able to acquire it. >> did you have any idea how much money it might be worth? >> you know what? i knew what guerch i & o paintings were going for. that's why i never bought one. >> which was? >> they go for, i mean i have seen a large kind of array of

prices starting over a million to 14 million. so, you know... >> drum roll. to what -- it's now worth? >> it's now worth, i don't know. people are saying it's worth in the millions. i don't know. >> $7 million. >> yeah. maybe. >> 7 million? you bought it for 60, 70,000 and it's worth $7 million? you and your partner could make a tidy sum on this. >> yes. >> how did you authenticate it? >> first, i had to acquire the painting. after i won the painting in the auction, i -- you know what? getting it over to the states was a little tricky because you can't insure it for what it's worth because it's not authenticated. so i was like on pins and needles, hope that it would come to the states in one piece and it did. it was in its original frame and everything. and so i contacted robert simon, and he said, what you need to do is you need to contact the

experts. >> i mean you must have worried it might be a fake. >> yes. >> with all of the talk about fakes lately? >> fake, no, because, you know, i have been collecting too long. believe me, there are some great fakers from the 19th century that with our technology today, now, you can identify a fake. but prior to that, you had to rely on connoisseurship. peel looked at paintings, compared it to other paintings and drawings and they realized that this is by this painter, but this, to me, was the technique. i knew his work very well because i did a paper on his work when i was in school. every museum in the world, any place i am in the world, i will go and find a guerch i & o, just to look at. and so, having a photographic memory and being a painter, knowing brush strokes, you know, i was able to see that this was

an original thing. >> fredrico, it's nice to meet you. good luck to you on your mary careers? >> thank you so. >> it's nice that you have shared this painting with all of us the. we appreciate it? >> i really appreciate it. thank you, john. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> one more piece of art to show you. tonight's freeze frames from sydney australia, part of 2014 consult consultp sculpture users, australia's largest exhibit of its kind. >> that's our program. see you tonight. "america tonight" with joeie chen is next. ♪

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