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>> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. outrage in south carolina this morning over the shooting of a black man by a white police officer. protesters gathered a short time ago in front of north charleston city hall demanding justice for walter scott. >> we ain't going to take this any longer. you cannot continue to kill young people and especially black people. all lives matter but especially black lives matter. we have been treated like cattle for years, and it's not going to continue. >> scott was 50 years old. he was shot over the weekend by an officer. the officer said the felt threatened and that scott had grabbed the officer's taser, but a bystander's video paints a different story. >> reporter: saturday what started as a routine traffic

stop for a broken taillight ended with this officer shooting and killing the driver 50-year-old walter scott. at the time local citizens called for calm. >> i don't want this to become an ferguson. i don't want any more lives to be taken. >> reporter: newly released individual seems to indicate otherwise. [ gunfire ] >> eight shots fired at the back of a fleeing scott. who reportedly had already been hit with a taser. he falls to the ground. though motionless the officer places him in handcuffs anyway. the officer claims he felt threatened. he would later claim in his report that scott tried to gain control of his taser. but he appears in the video to

drop on object of some kind near scott's body. they said the officers administered cpr, but the video does not show that. what the video does show the family says is clear. >> this officer gunned down an unarmed man who was not a threat. >> shaken authorities in north charleston agreed. >> i can tell you as the result of that video, and the bad decision made by our officer, he will be charged with murder. >> you know, i think that all of these police officers on this force, men and women are like my children. you tell me how a father would react? >> scott's family is gratified the truth came out. >> i don't think that all police officers are bad cops. but there are some bad ones out

there. and i don't want to see anyone get shot down the way my brother got shot down. >> what if there was no video? what if there was no witness or hero as i call them to come forward? then this wouldn't have happened because as you can see , the initial reported states something totally different. >> reporter: he joined the police department in 2009. he was denied bond on tuesday. the attorney who put out a statement defending him a day earlier, has dropped him as a client. >> the video you saw was received by the charleston currier. walter scott's family spoke on abc's good morning america. his mother calls the video shocking. >> when i looked at the tape that was the most horrible thing

i have ever seen. i am very very upset concerning it. i almost couldn't look at it. to see my son running defenselessly being shot it just tore my heart to pieces and i pray that this never happens to another person. this has got to stop. >> walter scott had been arrested ten times mostly for failing to pay child support. two of the arrests were on assault charges. afghan officials say a u.s. service member is among the dead following a shooting. an afghan soldier opened fire. the shooter is now dead. more from jennifer glasse is kabul. >> reporter: that fire fight happened within the provincial

governor's compound while a meeting was going on in the governor's office when a senior u.s. official and the governor himself. one afghan national army soldier was killed and one injured, we have no word on whether any of the international forces were injured. the police chief says they were american forces. nato will not confirm that. they confirm that there was a fire fight, and one afghan army soldier was killed in the fight. the governor's compound very very secure. there were lots of police and afghan army soldiers there, so it should be a very secure area but we have seen really the instability here with the afghan military. in 2012 it was a very big problem. afghan military soldiers opening fire on nato soldiers. 61 were killed in that year a lot of force protection measures went in to protect international

soldiers. we're not sure that is what happened in this event, but it has happened in the past. there are fewer international soldiers here as the nato forces draw down. but this clash between international soldiers and afghan soldiers show how difficult the situation is here in afghanistan. for the first time, ferguson's city council will have the same number of black and white numbers. voters turned out in large numbers on tuesday. >> with respect to some of the things that i want to do first is that i want -- and i have been -- and i ran on this and it was about community oriented policing and police reform and we have two openings that i intend to be very active in filling. and i think with my background

i'm someone who -- who can enhance that process. you know community -- i -- whatever chief we bring in ferguson they need to be about the community. i don't think a police department should be judged by how many tickets a police officer should be judged by how many tickets he writes i would rather him be judged by how many people he knows in his community. >> patricia joins us live from st. louis. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> what is the significance of today's election results? how will having three new african american council members change the dynamic? >> i'm hoping there will be three very strong voices for the community, so when we hear comments where people say, oh we didn't know this was going on in the community, we know there should be a lot more inclusiveness inclusiveness, now that there should be three strong advocates

on that board for the community that's basically almost 67% african american. >> some residents, patricia as you know say this isn't enough. they want to petition for a new mayor. do you support those calls? >> i'm watching a lot of people get involved in the political process for the first time and if the citizens of this community -- if they want to recall the current mayor that is sitting there, there's a process there, they have to do the work and put it on the ballot and to get it done so if that's what the citizens want to do they are going to have to make that happen, and i have said that from the very beginning, if people want to do it they have to do the work. >> and i know you have been campaigning for some of these candidates did you have a sense of the historically high voter turnout that we saw yesterday? >> i did. i saw people update their registrations or register to

vote for the first time just so they could vote for candidates. and not candidates who you see on tv or hear radio ads for all the time but for a neighbor. somebody who knocked on their door. and that's what real politics is about. so that was extremely exciting. to see the community come out in these numbers is extremely important and very exciting. >> yeah a new day in ferguson. meanwhile we have seen another unarmed black man shot and killed by a white police officer, this time in south carolina. do you think the movement that started in ferguson this summer will carry over to other states as well? >> absolutely. i think we have already seen that. there has been a movement going on for generations to speak out about this kind of stuff. but the spark was ignited in ferguson, and it has already spread, and i think that's why we're talking about a ferguson

municipal election and the international and national news we're hearing people say black lives matter all the way in north carolina. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. in chicago now comes the hard part. the mayor won another term. emmanuel won nearly 56% of the vote. in his new term emmanuel may have to find ways to close a $2 billion budget deficit at city hall as the city deals with pension costs. he will also have to deal with what is being called a growing economic divide in the city. some neighborhoods are doing well others seem stuck in the recession. as john hendren reports, the divide seems to be drawn along racial lines. >> reporter: it's not just the gucci and barney shops of the

magnificent miles, retail sales are rising nearly city wide nearly. but this is the tail of two chicagos one to the north, prosperous and mostly white, and the other one where police activity is a daily occurrence. it's blighted black, and intensely poor. >> all we have is liquor stores. we have to told everybody who we elected to represent us accountable for why we live like we're in a third world country. >> the city tends to fund projects downtown or in wealthier neighborhoods. one possible reason this neighborhood may be home to the nation's first black president, but chicago has had just one african american mayor in its history. >> everyone wants the black vote but people are not willing to protect the black community's interest. we are last on the toetem pole.

and we're struggling right now. >> reporter: schools are funded by local income taxes. those in wealthy neighborhoods perform better. in illinois more black men are in prison than in college. once there, for most the chances of getting a job, any job simply evaporate. this man has been looking for work since he left prison in 2013. >> the first thing they say is do you have a criminal background in and i say yes, and they say we are not hiring anyone with a criminal background right now. >> reporter: there are now generations of black men struggling to work their way away from similar pasts. >> right now we're watching this genocide unfold in front of our

eyes. in chicago we're seeing it. and 20 years from now, we're going to ask people what is your biggest regret and they are going to look back and say that was the genocide. we could have saved all of those lives. >> reporter: this postal carrier was shot 11 times this month as he climbed into his car to go to work. a cyber attack on the white house, russian hackers getting access to sensitive information. national security officials insist government networks are secure. randall pinkston is here with more. >> stephanie this attack began at the white house -- at the state department rather but went all the way to the white house. experts are saying analysis of malware points to russia as the culprit. a key administration official is defending how the government protects sensitive data. >> reporter: the hacking attack

originated last october at the state department forcing computers to shut down. >> we have spoken to the fact that there was an event last year. >> reporter: what was not revealed was that the hackers apparently then worked their way to the white house, penetrating one of two computer systems. the hack system is used by the white house advance and press offices as well as the general counsel's office. it's also used to exchange sensitive information about white house activities including the president's private schedule. deputy national security advisor, ben rose took pains to point out, that the network was not breached. >> we have classified systems that are secure and we take regular precautions to secure our unclassified networks as well. >> reporter: but the attack raises questions about how secure the nation's computer infrastructure is. >> there is always

vulnerability, and that's why we have a classified system because there is less risk. on thu unclassified system we take steps to prevent attacks. >> reporter: the breach was difficult to detect according to reports, and they cannot rule out the hackers are not still inside the system. president obama ordered a new sanction's system on attacks. the director of the cia pointed out that russia is a bigger cyber threat to the u.s. than china. >> thank you. another nation is sending its forces to yemen. and the prime minister of greece sits down with vladimir putin with hopes of helping his country's fragile economy.

welcome back to al jazeera america, it is 10:48 eastern. another day of deliberation for the jury in the boston marathon bombing trial. the jury asked what constitutes conspiracy and if they had to be unanimous on every start. tsarnaev faces the death penalty if convicted. a judge? texas says the justice department hasn't shown any reason why the order needs to be implemented immediately. air traffic controllers in france are on strike. workers want better jobs and retirement conditions. long-haul flights including to the u.s. are not affected. there are reports that iran is sending two warships to the

waters off of yemen. and the news comes as the u.s. stepping up its ammunitions sent in support of the saudi coalition. jordan is pushing a draft resolution at the u.n. to try to stop the war from escalating. >> reporter: bombs from the sky light up over yemen. the coalition hasn't been able to defeat houthi rebels with soldiers loyal to president saleh took control of the country earlier this year. on the ground fighters who support the current president hadi engage in street to street battles. the fiercest fighting is taking place in aden a strong hold for hadi supporters and his final

safe haven before he was forced to leave for saudi arabia. civilians are suffering the most. it's difficult to get an number of how many have been killed but there are pictures of people killed by the air strikes and the houthis. on the border crossing with saudi arabia there are still people trying to escape. >> actually the situation is getting worse. there's always company advice to immediate immediately. >> reporter: i live in the center of sana'a. i had to flee. there were several air strikes. it was terrifying. >> reporter: despite calls by several governments for aid to be allowed in to yemen, and assurances by saudi arabia that it will facilitate the arrival of aid by workers, very little has been able to enter the country. the fighting on the ground coupled with the consistent bombardment by air, means for now the one thing is constant

supply is violence. isil has released 216 yazidis from northern iraq. they had been abducted eight months ago. greek prime minister is in moscow today. russia's president says greece has not asked for money. rory challands has more on why these talks have some in the e.u. worried. >> reporter: there is a nightmare scenario that goes like this. greece decides it doesn't want to pay its debt defaults leaves the euro zone and runs straight into the arms of russia. russia offers a aid package, in return for weakening sanctions

on moscow. that's a possible scenario but maybe not that likely. greece is saying it wants to sort out its financial problems within the euro zone and you have to ask whether russia can afford to bail out greece when it has plenty of economic problems of its own. maybe smaller trade packages like lifting of russia's embargo on fruit and vegetables just for greece or an energy package for athens. but greece will have to offer something in return and the big question is what will that be? >> rory challands reporting from moscow. twitter shares are up on rumors that google may be looking to take over the social media company. it's not the first time twitter has been rumored to be a

takeover target. it is the oil and gas industry's biggest deal in a decade. shell has agreed to buy bg group for $70 billion. that company does oil and gas exploration. it's an attempt to close the gap on the world's largest oil company, exxon mobil. a huge number of sea lions comes at a steep price for the fishing industry.

>> new data on california's california'scalifornia's california's -- drought shows the state is doing a bad job on cutting back on water. water use fell by less than 3%. the governor has called on residents to cut consumption by 25%. huge numbers of sea lions have converged on an oregon river to feast on a salmon buffet, but some fishermen are worried. >> reporter: record numbers of california sea lions are

congregating there. they are suffering in california showing up on the coast malnourished and dying. but here they are fat and happy. they have been chasing and eating a record smelt run. but that smelt run is over and officials are worried that these sea lions are going to stick around and feast on the salmon. they are tribal survey teams in the lower columbia river trying to get a grip of what the population of sea lions is right now. a recent survey showed there are nearly twice as many as last year ten times as men as five years ago. bonnville dam 145-miles inland

this is the first big barrier that the salmon hit as they come up river, and they are easy meals for hungry sea lions who can do real damage to threatened fish populations. officials are considering youth nicing the worst offenders, and there may be more of that this summer too. even as critics say these animals are being scapegoated, blamed for something they shouldn't be blamed for, that the dams and development, human beings are really much more of a threat to populations. why do you think we're making the sea lions the fall guy? >> because it's easier than to blame the humans.

>> reporter: there may be a lot more at stake this year with the numbers of sea lions settling in to feed. you can watch alan's complete report tonight at 8:00 eastern. the huskies beat notre dame to earn their third ncaa title in a row for the women's basketball. it was a rematch of last year's game and a milestone for uconn's coach. a woman's right watch is out for a place of honor on the $20 bill. they asked who should replace andrew jackson on the 20. the vote is part of the push to include women on our currency. it is not binding at the u.s. mint. thanks for watching.

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