>> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. next monday 9:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm michael eaves with a look at today's top stories. police on high alert after the sheeting of two new york city police officers. targeting the white house and the pentagon and letting russia's economy fail may prove to be a dangerous move for the u.s.

>> good afternoon, ples precincts in cities and towns across the u.s. on alert today two days after two new york city police officers were shot and killed by a man who said he was upset over the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. ismaaiyl brinsley suffered from mental health issues. mayor bill deblasio, is urging people to stop protesting against police. mayor and police commissioner holding a press conference right now. let's listen in. >> putting together the story of what led up to this murder, seemingly senseless murder, and we're going to share with you as the chief did yesterday, once again ask for your assistance chief voice will be assisted by

others who led in that investigation. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to thank brooklyn and other special detectives as well as the intelligence bureau that has been helping us out quite a bit with outside agencies as well. we were in touch with fbi, atf and other agencies around the country to tap down what this individual had been doing. he had tried to commit suicide about a year ago, we got that from family members, we're still delving in on that. instagram he put out 119 images on his insanta gram, insanta in quite extensively on his insanta

gram account about america and its inequities. quite a bit. he talks about mike brown and trayvon martin as i said, we have recovered his cell phone from baltimore and is over several thousand images on it, we're bearing down on that as well. one of the cell phone videos is an image of central park, watching, and we date that about december 1st. again he's just a spectator it seems as people walking by, he's recording it on his cell phone. we found that down in baltimore where he left it. couple other things about him. computer crimes has worked very hard to come up with a profile or image of this individual and it's quite scary. he doesn't talk about guns a lot. we spoke with his ex girlfriend the lady he shot, very courage oust young woman, he put the gun to his own head when he broke

into her apartment, she talked him out of that, he later shot her. she said she had never seen him with a gun before that instance. we are looking forward to that one piece of time where he was in brooklyn from about 12:07 to the time of occurrence, 14:47 hours. what you see here is a tape of lennox center mall where he's walking around. if we could play that tape. we're asking the public's assistance if they have seen him, we don't know where he was for two hours. he's had that bag in his hand for most of the day. we have him with that bag over near the crime scene as well. we believe the gun was in that bag at that point, that's what we're thinking right now. it is a styrofoam container within that white bag, that's what we're thinking right now, he pulled it out when he did the shooting.

again, public health, if we can identify where he was, that jacket was quite distinctive, the indians sign, and we found another ins insta gram message. >> where it's seeking the community's assistance with this very important investigation. we've been able to establish the arwhere bs of ismaaiyl brinsley, from his travel into brooklyn. >> you're watching a live update of the police department, brooklyn based police officers over the weekend. hearing some of the first details from the new york city's investigation into ismaaiyl

brinsley, his history mental health wise before coming to new york on saturday and turning the gun on himself. both commissioner bratton and mayor deblasio are expected to take questions. right now let's bring in lisa stark, who joins us from washington. lisa this story is obviously resonating throughout the country. all eyes were on the mayor when he spoke the first time this afternoon at a charity function, for new york city police department. some say he has blood on his hands. how did he respond today in his first public comments of the afternoon? >> he didn't address that but he did speak about the cold blooded murder of these officers.

a tribute has been established, at that site. he said at the luncheon that the attack is an attack on democracy and an attack on all new yorkers. he also called for protestors to put aside demonstrations right now, to focus on these two families who are now preparing for funerals. >> i think it's important and regardless of people's viewpoints that everyone recognize it's a time to step back and just focus on these families. i think he it's a time for everyone to put aside plit debates, puplitfiscalpoliticald. debates. >> that was a speech that was planned long before the tragedy

of this weekend. i want to mention that the chief of police, bill bratton, spoke out, he linked them to these two murders, they may have inspired the killer to shoot these two officers. as you just now heard at this press conference when they were talking about what they found on the phone of the man who committed these killings, he had been at least at one of these protests perhaps as a spectator. michael. >> in the wake of the michael brown death as well as eric garner the justice department is launching its own investigation. what is the reaction to what happened in new york city over the weekend from the department of justice? >> as you can imagine they are as appalled and outraged as everyone else. we did hear from deputy attorney general james cole. he called the killings heinous and cowardly acts. he was asked if he thought that the fact that the justice department is looking into police departments, is trying to

perhaps change the way the police act, if that had anything to do with motivating this person to take on and shoot these officers. he said he did not think so. here's mr. cole. >> what you have to be able to do is have a conversation about isolated instances where we see fro filing, where we see excessive force and at the same time we have to make sure that our officers are safe and that we do everything we can to make sure that the brave men and women who are part of law enforcement are protected as much as we can. >> reporter: and the deputy attorney general saying, protesting dense the police or talking about police tactics does not undercut police work in his view. now, president obama of course this weekend also condemned the killings and he offered his assistance to new york in any way possible. the issue of politics though is really starting to take hold in this issue. the partisan politics. republican, some republicans are

accusing democrats of not having the back of the police officers in this country, democrats disagree with that. chief bratton says situations like we are facing should bring us together and not tear us apart but politics already rearing its head, michael. >> lisa stark, thank you. first victim of shooting spree is still in the hospital in maryland. ismaaiyl bri lynn bruney li hita thompson, in critical but stable condition. flown use incidents in the line of duty, 25 of the officers were male, two were female, 26 of the officers were killed with

firearms. and they died during several different situations, tactical situations such as barricades, traffic stops and pursuits. the fbi says 26 of the suspect s were men, one was a woman. mifs mifs imichiganmaria in. ines. >> thank you, during this time we stand together stronger than ever. politicians come and go our mission remains the same, maintain order and keep people safe. other police departments have also been posting messages of support, saying, wearing arm

bands in support of their fallen brothers. new york jets nick mangold said, they risk their lives every day and he wore the nypd cap yesterday. nypd lives matter, blue lives matter and all lives matter have been trending with bd writing i don't understand how you would be able to argue that one is more important than the other and capo writing two wrongs don't make a right. no one deserves to lose their life, no matter what. >> ines, thank you very much. justice for dantre hamilton, former police officer christopher manny will not be

charged with his death. shot the mentally ill person 14 times he did in self defense. in tunisia, it's taking its time steps towards democracy. beji seps was electricke sebszj. was elected president. >> first democratically elected president since independence, results coming out by the election commission seeming to reflect a larger gap than people had expected a roughly 10%, between the 88-year-old are candidate and moncef marzouki.

however all the political parties so far including the islamist nava party, who essentially didn't really put their full weight behind any specific candidates have been calling on people here to remain calm. they say that this is a moment that people should be joyful, that the tunisian people have yet again demonstrated the ability to transition towards democracy and regardless who tunisians wanted to win, they should join in the celebration because this is a cause for joy. it is important to note that not only this is first time tunisians have elected a president democratically, but first time in the arab world that there's been a democratic transition of power between one president to another. tunisia for another time sets the agenda in the arab world as dit in 2011 with the uprising that removed the dictator back

then. >> that is jamal el shael reporting. kurdish forces report taking snieb snieper fire from i.s.i.l. fighters -- sniper fire from i.s.i.l. fighters. the battle for sinjar has become the latest focus in the campaign to take back territory seized by i.s.i.l. over the summer. ton outskirts, peshmerga were able to reach many yazidi on mount sinjar, limited access to food and water. coalition forces say they conducted 22 air strikes over syria and iraq earlier today. in syria, 12 air strikes destroyed i.s.i.l. position he at kapano aleppo, pasano and irakka.

sinjar al asad, mosul and fallujah. the largest criminal fine imposed by the united states against a company for bribery. french firm alstone will pay penalties over charges it bribed government officials. the scheme lasted over ten years in a number of countries. >> altogether, alstone secured approximately $300 million of profits for themselves. such rampant and flagrant wrongdoing demands an appropriately strong law enforcement response. >> the company will plead guilty to violating the foreign corrupt practices act. the u.s. has ramped up overseas bribery charges over the years which was a branch in the u.s. drivers license in arizona

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>> several new developments in north korea today. the white house says was

involved in developing the plot of "the interview." the white house has declined to comment about whether the u.s. is responsible. and the united nations security council is discussing the country's human rights response for the first time today. north korea is refusing to attend. kristin saloomey joins us live from the united nations. kristin, let's start with the new threats from north korea. what can you tell us? >> well, pyongyang is threatening strikes against the white house, the pentagon and the u.s. mainland which it calls a, quote, cesspool of terrorism. in response for president obama quote recklessly spreading rumors of north korea's orchestrated attack against sony pictures. of course referring to the hack of sony which led to the cancelling of the satirical comedy "the interview" which featured a plot to assassinate north korea's leader kim jong-un. the u.s. promised a retaliation

for that action but not comment whether the united states is behind the internet outages plaguing the democratic people's republic of korea. >> as far as the topic of human rights is concerned what is the significance of the u.n. meeting that is happening today? >> well, north korea has long been on the security council's radar for its nuclear program ant its discussion of nonpliftion in thnonproliferati. but this is the first time the u.n. is discussing north korea because of its human rights. and frankly it's a little unusual to discuss the country based solely on human rights. but the argument we have been hearing today is that the situation there is so bad and it's being orchestrateby the highest levels of government, systematic human rights abuses, they talked about the prisons where political prisoners are sent, women, children,

malnutrition, mass starvation, systematic rape, torture, there is no country in the modern world that parallels north korea for its human rights abuses which they say in many instances constitute crimes against humanity. so the united nations not expected to take specific actions against north korea at this point, even though that's been requested by the general assembly, they've requested referral to the international criminal court, and sanctions but the mere fact that the u.n. is taking this up and putting north korea on notice is significant here. >> kristin saloomey reporting from the united nations, thank you. sony says it still plans to

distribute the mief "the interview." a lawyer -- the movie "the interview." a lawyer for the company says the distribution has been delayed and it's figuring out how to best distribute the movie. russia's central bank announced today it is bailing out trust bank for about $500 million. the central bank this is seized control of the bank until it finds an investor. let's bring in cyrus sonate. recently sy russ you wrot cyrusn opinion piece. what was the basis of your arguments? >> major importer of goods if russia falls we get osee a major ripple effect through economies within the european union, the united states and that could affect growth all across the world. >> of course there are sanctions in the u.s. against russia and

the goal of those sanctions was to get russia to a certain level of diplomatic agreement over certain issues but you say those sanctions should be lifted at this point? >> not lifted but eased right now. the main thing is for the ability for russian banks and companies to buy and sell dollars. dollars are a life blood of the international economy, if you are not able to buy and sell them, you will cause collapse. rosnef which is the largest importer of russian debt it basically cannot service this debt because it cannot access the u.s. market. and if it cannot do that then it defaults and that ripples across the system and creates situations across the russian

sector. >> are they at a tipping point almost? >> absolutely. if right now these sanctions aren't eased and banks cannot access the dollar market we can see them defaulting. we see this also for people who have taken out loans, russian citizens have taken out loans in dollars and so basically their payments are doubled. and so those people will default on their loans which ripples to u.s. banks and to russian and french and italian banks who have lent them this money. and with worldwide growth being so low as it is, any kind of impact like that or failure of italian or french bank could cause panic across the system. >> as we've heard russia is bailing out a mid sized bank for about $500 million. but if the ruble is struggling as it is, sometime the price will go back up but in the meantime the ruble will go back

up, in that case how can they do these moves to save their economy through their banking system? >> russia has $4 trillion of reserves built up, they can use that to support the ruble and support bailouts like this. but that money is going to dry up. president putin says they're not going to burn down to zero on their reserves. that is the cushion we're working with but it could disappear fairly quickly if these situation continue. >> president obama seems very adamant about these sanctions and the result they're trying the achieve in russia bringing to the table and becoming more cooperative. do you think putin is going to come to the table and prevent this or will the economy go into complete slide? >> i think we are seeing the european union break here.

the french said they would like to relieve the sanctions and that will cause an impact on the u.s. coalition. i think it would cause the u.s. to move faster to try to get a deal done with president putin. it's not aputin doesn't want anything done here. he just doesn't want it to be seen as a weak power. because russia is not a weak power and that's the big problem here. >> cyrus sonate, read his article, the west should not let russia fall apart. thanks for being here. >> thanks so much. >> the dow is about 155 points in a positive side, the nasdaq up about 8 points. s&p 500 row 16 to reach new record. the killing of with two new york city police officers raises a big question about the police and the citizens it protects. we'll talk about new york's former commissioner.

and former ties with the u.s. could open up a new world for cuba's younger generation. are

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>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm michael eaves. new york city mayor bill deblasio is trying to ease tensions with the police department today in the wake of the killing of those two police officers over the weekend. he's asking protests against the police to be put on hold until after the officers are laid to rest. he says there's an important lesson to be learned from there incident. >> we have a deeply troubled career criminal who did this heinous crime assassinated two police officers. it is a horrible thing. i emphasize the one immediate lesson to learn from that is: any time we have any evidence, we as citizens need to step

forward and act. we need to protect our police as they protect us. that's what we can learn from this troubled individual's horrible actions. >> police commissioner bill bratton says funerals will be held for the police officers on saturday. criticisms should be held to a minimum until after the funerals. lee brown, we appreciate your time this afternoon. >> my pleasure to be with you. >> if you were police commissioner again here in new york what measures would you have taken to prevent this from happening? >> if you are referring to the killing of the two officers, that's very difficult for a police commissioner to prevent. from what i can gather, looks like we have a person with mental problems, not only did he cel the two -- kill the two

officers, he shot his ex-girlfriend and to took his on life. that's pretty difficult for police departments to prevent. >> do you think the antipolice brutality rhetoric caused the death of these two officers? >> i wouldn't go as far as to say that. as i said, i think we're talking about someone who has mental problems. not a psychiatrist, but it becomes quite clear that there are mental problems when you take your own life, shoot two innocent police officers and by the way, let me express my condolences to the families of the two officers who lost their lives as well as the members of the new york city police department who lost the lives of their co-workers. but i wouldn't go as far as to say that. when you have something occur like we saw happen there in staten island, i'm sorry, in new york city, it's a problem with the individual. who i would guess has some mental problems.

you just don't go kill your -- shoot your ex-girlfriend, she didn't die as i understand it, kill two innocent police officers that he didn't know and then kill himself without having something mentally wrong with you. >> all of the precincts here in new york city have been placed on high alert. two uniformed officers are guarding each precinct outside in full view of the public. and one of the unions said the nypd is now a war time police department and will act accordingly. what is your opinion of that term and also, that plan of attack? >> i'm not sure what he means by war time police department. but the new york state police department is managed by the police commissioner. he's the one who makes the decision about the nature of policing in that city. i can understand the police union being concerned. i used to be a union leader

myself in my younger days. i've been a commissioner, i've been a mayor. so i can see it from the vantage point all three of those positions, we must be concerned, everyone must be outraged by the senseless killing of two new york city police officers. but i'm not sure what he means by the militarization of this city. what they must do is continue to carry on the business of the city. the police have an obligation to go to work and conduct themselves in a manner that is even at a higher level than anyone else because more is expected of them by the oath they take to uphold the law and serve the people of the city of new york. >> mr. brown, when you were commissioner of the nypd, david dinkins was mayor of new york. and as bill deblasio is facing at that time, he faced

criticism, in the wake of the washington heights riots. in particular one of the issues the police unions have was the desire to appoint an independent police commission to look into civilian conduct, one of the reasons protesters are on the streets of new york on a regular basis trying to advocate change within the police department, it is very eye ronical in a sense that we have -- -- very ironic, in a sent that we have today in 2014. >> it was crown heights not washington heights. >> pardon me, crown heights. >> player dinkins did implement more of a civilian control police board. i think that the answer is not in police review board. i think the answer is in the method by which the people, the police officers, carry out their

business. when i was the police commissioner of new york we implementa concept of policing that we called community policing. briefly defined it's a partnership, underline the word partnership, between the police and the people in the city to do three things. number 1, to prevent crime, number 2, to arrest those who commit crimes, and number 3, to solve problems, to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods. i strongly believe that what happens prior to an incident will determine what happens during and after an incident. if community policing had been the dominant style, many of these problems could be avoided. so i would be a strong advocate of this style, community policing, because you bring into the policing efforts not just the police department but the people that they serve. let me give you an example. when i was the police commissioner in new york city,

one officer made an arrest in a predominantly african american public housing and a large crowd surrounded him. out of the public housing came one african american man, stood next to the officer and just folded his arms and stood there. the crowd dispersed and when they did, the man from the public housing came up and spoke to the officer and said i thought we were going to have to kick butt there for a while. now because the officer had established good relationships had he had an ally there and that has to be duplicated in every part of the city. i think best answer is to assign officers on a permanent basis, hire officers who want to work in the spirit of service and not the spirit of adventure, evaluate them not just on the number of arrests they make but on their ability to solve problems, their ability to get to know the people who live and work in that area and many of the problems that we see surfacing there now could be

avoided. >> former new york city police commissioner lee brown joining us from houston, thank you so much for your time sir. >> you're welcome. >> new jersey's governor saying cuba must return a fugitive to his state. living in cuba since 1984 as a guest of the castro regime. chris christie says her return should be part of a diplomatic deal with havana. bltion. one thing cubans do know is change is around the corner and it's for the best. gabrielle allesando reports. >> on a side street in havana, kids being kids, not a worry in

the world. watching on the sidelines, 13-year-old luigi and his friend lorenzo, wait anxiously for their chance to play. what changes could come to their country with the change in relations with the united states. >> without this blockade, we won't have to bring everything from china, and our school lunches will get better. everything will be modernized. >> so he can do many things other children in the world now take for granted. >> i think it will be better because we will have the power to communicate with people that will be abroad by internet to connect with them to send e-mails like to my father who has been living in the u.s. the past months. >> cuba is a country where for the past decades the big decisions have been made by the leaders, fidel and raul, now in

his 80s. but it's the cuban children those so young they have no historical could b context.where country's been, especially if the either way them will be the first generation growing up in a new cuba. but that's if they decide to stay. look everywhere around havana and you will see signs of americana. a decision to leave or to stay. >> for sure i want to live in the united states because it's better for my future. >> i want to visit the u.s. but i still want to continue to live here in cuba. >> as the sunsets on the

boardwalk, they know their country is entering uncharted waters. gabriel allesandro, al jazeera, havana. >> cardinals bishops and priests who work for him, the cardinal founded a group of cliques and gossip. >> it takes hold of the person make them discordant like sata satan,. >> the pope's remarks came during what should have been a traditional christmas greeting to vatican staffers. >> in bucharest, the capital of romania, hundreds of people live

underground in sewer tunnels. >> from afar it looks like just another manhole cover but this is a door to a parallel society, a world beyond the reach of police and the authorities. right beneath the feet of commuters, stifling heat and pungent nauseating smell. and then you see the syringes and the needles everywhere. presiding over all of this is bruce lee, the so-called keen of the sewers. >> translator: i want to stay here. i don't like it outside. i feel action fictio asphyxiate. for them i do everything. i work to have a better life. >> bruce lee connected lights from electricity stolen from the

main supply. he hands out drugs and cigarettes in return for scrap metal and other items scavenged from above ground. almost everybody has hiv down here. >> what you don't get used to is the continuous injecting of drugs all along these sewers. there are sharp needles on the floor and frankly what's most surprising of all is that these people choose to stay here. >> orlando has been living in the sewers for two or three years. he isn't sure exactly. he shows me his leg, the raw, open sore, the size of a human hand, where the drugs have ravaged his skin. he tells me wants to go home but he can't escape. the head of social services insists there are barely 40

people in bruce lee's tunnel and they are supported by outreach workers, a needle exchange program. they have not been abandoned by the country. >> european union values very much the human rights perspective. we cannot force a person to come into social service, if that person doesn't want to. >> there are decent homeless shelters like this one north of the city center and they do have beds available but they also have rules. no alcohol. no drugs. no violence. >> translator: there in the tunnels they don't have rules. they are allowed to do everything they want. that is why they don't want to come here. our teams have asked them to come here and they have refused because they wouldn't get the same degree of freedom here. >> in bruce lee's tunnels, he wants to see some make new lives

above ground but for many here the surface world will never be more attractive than the owe bolivian oowe owe owe blioblivion of the drugs.

>> a group of israelis entered the holy al-aqsa mosque for the jewish holiday of han kah hanuk. conflict is not uncommon because both jews and muslims consider this a crucial part of their culture. nick schifrin reports. >> havening the messiah's

arrival. >> that will come very soon please join god. >> in the center of the city, changing the thousand-year-old status of the city's holiest place. >> i'm happy to be part of the redemption of the jewish people. ♪ >> reporter: and a new breed of right wing israeli campaigner spurs them and a new generation on. >> we want to come back, we want to pray in the temple mount. >> reporter: they head the temple mount movement on top of one the jerusalem's most sacred shrines. promising to keep a conflict boiling. >> young men and us boil with anger. >> reporter: accord to jewish tradition, the dome of the rock,

is the head of david's rule. for muslims where man communicates with god. >> especially, the population of jerusalem. >> the temple mount is the holiest place in the world. the only holy place of the jewish people. >> the jews call it the temple mount, just below the wall is where jews have prayed for 2,000 years. the lawk al-aqsa mosque. in 1967 israel captured and occupied this site. they decided that israeli soldiers would leave, muslim officials would run it and jews would be allowed to visit but not pray. that arrangement is known as the status quo and that's what the temple mount movement plans to

change. on a recent sunday morning, daniel waits to walk in the al-aqsa mosque. >> we are praying that redemption will come to the jewish people, god will want to build the temple and we will be there. >> reporter: rabbis have once prevented people from even going there. >> continuing the extreme messianic activity will lead to a.r.m. gearmageddon. >> lately the frequency of the visits have increased. police wouldn't let us film with professional cameras. we followed with our cell phones. according to the tradition, the center of those temples known as the holy of holies known as the

dome of god. >> the holy of holies was. >> it me happy i can come to the place that is holy for me and holy for jewish people. it is important we have a foothold here. >> chance of god is -- the chants of god is great. the chants are loudest as the group approach the dome of the rock. as we walked there we filmed with another camera. >> the ethnic jews enter through the moroccan gait. we are not permitted to speak with them, the only possibility that we tell them they are not welcome here. this way, the shouting that you are hearing. >> during the crusader -- >> tarek masibi is from jerusalem's most famous

palestinian families. >> they try to let you feel that this place is not for you, it's for them. they want to destroy this mosque and rebuild the temple. >> nash ishibi thinks the movement exploded thanks to one man, yehudi glick. >> nothing is connected with the truth. >> reporter: 49-year-old american born yehudi glick teaches young juice to fight. >> it is a local call. we speak and say god we love you so much, we want to do what you commanded us to do. >> reporter: glick visited the site in december 2013. his call was radical and unequivocal. build the third temple and

replace the temple mount. >> instead of being a place of peace it is a place of terror and hatred and incitement. >> right ig wingers such as moshe fagan visit regularly. from going inside. they had to pray outside, tension with the israeli police increased, and on october 29th, this year, it boiled over.over. a young palestinian drove up to an israeli, pulled out a pistol and pulled the trigger four times. the target was yehudi glick. >> he aimed his gun at me and he said to me i'm very sorry but i have no choice. you are the enemy of al-aqsa and he shot me. >> glick was shot according to

israeli police by muhtas adjasi. without a trial, 12 hours later, israeli police shot and killed adjasi. his mother insists her son was innocent but she defends those who defend al-aqsa. muslims has been provoked by the presence of settlers on al-aqsa, you cannot be silence over it. >> reporter: but the temple mowrntelltemple mount movement e mount as their own. they hope to recreate scenes from that temple. the belts, the priests once wore are what they create today. and the scenes of women from inside the second temple is their inspiration today.

they try to use the same dyes and methods used in the first and second temples from the days of king solomon. >> like this, we make the same thing, we tell them here. >> religious leaders believe that one day god will bring the third temple back onto the mount. >> it's so ridiculous. it's like to tell to a muslim please don't pray at mecca, you cannot pray at mecca. >> as the women we've, they demand to up end 1300 years of history. the god is great protest chants continue as they walk out. they respond with their own chants. the temple they chant will be built. they believe their visits are the vanguard of zionists.

>> the rabbis understand the next mission, the new zionist mission. they call on the juice to go on the temple mount. >> reporter: even they say if it means war with muslims. >> if the building of the temple mount is our redemption, then yes, whatever it takes. >> it is a natural response, they will protect their home land, their al-aqsa, their mosque. >> the center of growing conflict. nick schifrin, al jazeera, jerusalem. >> still to come, the prime minister of belgium ambushed with fries. details, next. voice to get out there. >> by the thousands, they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a

humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. next monday 9:00 eastern. on al jazeera america.

>> well, belgium's prime minister was ambushed with fries and mayonnaise. ines is back with. ines. >> yes, belgium's prime minister was about to give a speech when watch. several activists started shouting and throwing fries and mayonnaise on him. cutting public sector spending, perhaps as surprising as the fries and mayo, he was escorted

away, his reaction to it, matthew champion saying, the prime minister is currently having the pest day of his life. smiling there. duncan robinson saying, poor old prime minister, and it should be tomato sauce for chips, tomato sauce being kept up, chips being fries. it's surprising, sort of acting that way. >> it's all about your preference, mayo versus ketchup. ines thanks so much. a legend of pop music died today. singer songwriter joe cocker was known for his gritty voice and soulful sounds. a career spanning more than 40

years, he died today of lung cancer at the age of 70. that's going to do it for this edition of al jazeera america. we'll see you back at 6:00 eastern. >> right when cyberattacks an american-based subsidiary of a japanese company, is that a matter for u.s. government security concerns? is it a threat to the u.s. at all? that's "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray