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crime, but was it terrorism? the national conversation. ♪ this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i'm stephanie sy. the suspect of the killing of nine people in south carolina is due in court in just a few hours. dylann roof faces nine counts of murder the 21 year old is also facing weapons charges. we're seeing the first images of roof before he opened fire. the youngest member of the tragedy posted this video on snap chat. roof is the figure highlighted. flowers have been placed to honor those killed. jonathan martin is live in charleston. jonathan what more are we learning about the suspect? >> reporter: stephanie, good

morning to you, in addition to the nine murder charges that you mentioned. dylann roof could also be facing the death penalty. in that hasn't been decided yet. but the governor mentioned that is the route she is really hoping the state will go. we're also learning more about a possible motive in this case. we have been hearing from a friend of his who has been speaking to reporters. he says as recently as a week ago, roof told him he wanted segregation to be reinstated and blacks in general were bringing down the white race and he needed to do something about it. that is what the friend told reporters. again this is a friend who said he knew him for some seven years, and roof had gone to high school with him but dropped out in the ninth grade and had more recently been working here in town for a landscaping company. >> jonathan how are the people remembering the victims today? >> reporter: well just like the

last couple of days we have seen people continuing to come by the church to put down flowers, to just stop and pray. there is also a big prayer vigil happening tonight at 6:00. and so many people here have a personal connection to the victims here. we're talking about a 26-year-old recent college graduate, all the way up to an 87 year old grandmother. the reverend was a father of two, and became a pastor at the age of 18 and was -- elected to the house of representatives later. this woman was a part of he ministerial staff as well as a speech therapist and girls track and field coach. this 26 year old, a 2014 graduate of alan university division of business administration in columbia. he was described as a warm and

helpful spirit. this was the wife of reverend anthony thompson he was 59. this 70 year old was a maintenance person at the church. her grandson described her as the heart of the family. this 54 year old was employee of the charleston county library system for years. this was another retired pastor and attended ame church every sunday and wednesday for bible study. this doctor was 49. susie jackson served on the choir and usher board. he was 87 years old, and a long-time member of the church. and again those nine victims always want to put a face with the names, and really show those people and the impact they had on the community here. again, a vigil happening later tonight. and looking ahead to the

weekend, a lot of special church services planned here in charleston to remember those victims, not just here but also throughout the country. >> so many churches in the holy city as they call charleston. we are also learning some of the details of the 911 caller credited with helping capture roof. >> reporter: right, she is a north carolina florist who was driving to work she heard about the description of the shooter, the car, license description, and she called police. here is what she had to say. >> i was able to see him. i was able to get behind him. i was able to get his tag number. i was directly behind him at a stoplight. and everything going through my mind was what if. and i could see those people in charleston with their hands gathering around praying, that that prayer would be answered. >> so she followed him for some

35 miles according to police and didn't stop until police were able to apprehend him about 15 minutes later. a lot of people calling her a hero in many ways. >> jonathan martin for us in dharlston. jonathan, thank you. howard brown is a pastor at the christ central church in charlotte, and joins us via skype. pastor thanks for your time. the faith community has played a central role in empowering black people in this country. how far does this massacre set this country back? >> it's -- it's really discouraging. african americans in particular along with other people groups in this country gather at churches to find hope to find renewed dignity that may have been taken away from them through society's racism and prejudice, and to go to church

in an attempt to regain that dignity, in an attempt to reconnect with your creator, to get a redeemed picture of who you are, and to have someone come in and not only interrupt that process, but do something contrary in that worship and redemptive process is truly discovering. >> how do you talk to your kids and the community about what has happened? >> well we as a church begin to give people comfort and hope at this time. we have agreed as a congregation to pray together for this situation, to answer questions, to be open to open the word of god to -- to once again find hope of the one characteristic about the african american church is it's deep sense of

recovery when these things happen, and that recovery is not -- is -- is because they have sought their maker. they have sought the lord jesus to redeem themselves out of these historically difficult situations, and so in a real sense, yes, this has set the african american church and the church back in -- as far as degree of sorrow and hurt but in a real ironic sense, what we do as believers, is we trust our lord to give us the hope and joy in christ to dig deeper and seek deeper for hope at this time. >> pastor howard brown from the christchurch in charlotte. thank you so much for your time. michelle obama talked about the shooting this morning. she is in italy with her mother

and daughters. >> my heart goes out to the people of emmanuel and to the people of charleston. i pray for a community that i know is in pain. and with the hope that tragedies like these will one day come to an end. >> she said she was particularly pained by the fact that the shooting happened in a place of worship. to other news now, heavy rains from the remnants of tropical storm bill have been hitting the heartland. two people have died in oklahoma including a 2-year-old boy, missouri has declared a state of emergency, and flood warnings stretch all the way to illinois. and a major highway between dallas and oklahoma city is closed this morning after rains weakened a hillside north of the texas border. it send rocks down on interstate 35.

one car was struck by a falling boulder. police body cameras are now in nearly a third of the nation's 18,000 police departments. advocates say when police use deadly force these cameras help hold them accountable, but those same cameras could also expose much more of your life than you bargained for. libby casey reports. >> reporter: this small device could revolutionize policing in america. body-warn cameras many say, will hold police accountable for their actions. one recent study reported that when officers wore body cameras there was a 60% drop in the use of force and 80% drop of complaints. but body cameras can also reveal the dangers police face every day on the job. turn it off. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the officer was shot three times, and hit once in the leg, but he survived and

the suspect was later caught. since the death of michael brown, a black teenager killed by a white police officer in ferguson missouri police departments around the nation have rushed to equip their officers with body-warn cameras to document their interactions with civilians. the chesapeake police department was one of the first in the nation to experiment with body cameras, and now they are worn by every officer. did you have reservations about bringing body cameras into the police force here? >> no i didn't. since we went full on in to deploying the cameras, our complaints have gone down about 44%. >> from citizens. >> from citizens. >> complaints about police officers. >> that's correct. >> police officers go into people's homes, a significant proportion of police calls are for domestic violence. they are seeing people at the

worst moments of their lives, accident victims in cars as they die, there's a lot of things that police officers see that you don't want to end up on youtube. >> reporter: and yet the aclu is in favor of arming police officers with body cameras. >> she just took off. >> there's good reason to believe if done right body cameras can help this very serious wide-spread problem we have of police abuse. >> reporter: as they become standard issue for more police officers around the country, we're only beginning to understand the consequences of what it means to record everything. libby casey, al jazeera. prosecutors are set to wrap up their case in the colorado movie theater shooting trial today after eight weeks of emotional and dramatic testimony. the jury will here from ashley moster. she was paralyzed and suffered a mace carriage when the gunmen

opened fire in the theater, her 6-year-old daughter was killed in the shooting. u.n.-brokered talks to end the fighting in yemen break down. why the yemeni government in exile says waiting for a peace agreement is a waste of time. and has greece received enough to hold off a debt default.

welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:45 eastern, taking a look at today's top stories. in new york legislators have come to a temporary agreement on rent control as lawmakers continue to fight over the protections of renters in the city. the obama administration is proposing a major new regulation meant to make trucks more fuel efficient. it would call for 24% less fuel

consumption in heavy duty trucks. it is the latest in the series of moves by the epa to reign in carbon pollution. the man on a roof was a stow away who fell from a plane. a second person suspected of being a stow away was found alive on the same flight. he is in serious condition at a hospital. talks to end the war in yemen have collapsed. yemen's foreign minister telling al jazeera, his delegation plans to leave geneva as early as tomorrow. u.n. negotiators have been meeting for several days now. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> reporter: it has been almost a week that yemen's warring factions were trying to pin down an agreement on a ceasefire that would pave the way for international aid to flow into yemen, and then for yemen's different factions to start the political process about setting

aside their differences, forming a national unity government, but it didn't work because of the huge differences between the warring factions. the houthis and forces loyal to the deposed president saleh say they want the saudi lead air strikes to come to an end to move forward. the government in exile say they want the houthis to pull out of areas that control and then they will stop the shelling. that's why the prime minister says that nothing has been achieved and they are flying back to saudi arabia tomorrow. >> hashem ahelbarra reporting from geneva. pakistan will suspend its death penalty for a month to respect the sang taty of ramadan. the european central bank is

throwing a lifeline to greece offering additional cash to keep the nation afloat. greeks have withdrawn billions from bank accounts this week. no one is calling this a traditional bank run, but it has shades of one. >> talks drag on between the country and its european creditors to unfreeze billions in bailout funds. if greece doesn't get the money it will probably default on a bill due in 11 days paving the way for the country to exit the euro zone. greece could limit the amount of money people and businesses could withdraw or send out of the country, and that has prompted the greeks to pull more than 3 billion euros from the bank this week alone.

that's why the decision was made to shore up the embattled banks but only through the close of monday, and that puts pressure on the prime minister to strike a deal with creditors at an emergency summit scheduled for monday. but tsipras has voters to listen to. they are urging their government to hold the line on tax hikes and pension cuts. tsipras insisted a deal is still possible. >> the trip to russia has got to urk some of the e.u. leaders. >> oh definitely. and the last time the same thing happened. and russia has been working to

drive a wedge, or exploit wedges and divisions within europe because they want sanctions lifted, so the more countries they can get on their side or the more divisions that they can drive between europe create european disunion the more likelihood -- >> it's brinksmanship, and this is just the latest move. the state department just released a major report on what the u.s. government defines as terrorism in 2014 and the main focus of the report is isil. analysts say weak governance in the middle east as enabled the group to make unprecedented advances in iraq and syria. some special golfers are hitting the links battered from war, how some disabled army veterans are getting high-tech help to play 18 holes. ♪

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event right now. this is all an effort to raise awareness about the ivory trade that is definiting the world el font population. the dominican republic is considering deported thousands back to haiti. many have lived in the republic for years but they don't have the paperwork to prove it. >> reporter: dominican government officials have told al jazeera that they have not begun deportation since this deadline passed. that is despite that many are now at risk of being deported to the haitian side. the government said about 300,000 people failed their paperwork by the deadline on wednesday, but only about 10,000 had all of the necessary

documents. we spoke to a man who falls into that category. he said he filed all of his paperwork but was told it lacked some proper documentation. and now he is very afraid he could be sent back to a country he knows very little about. the government is sending mixed messages, you have officials saying they are going to be patrolling areas where people of haitian decent are known to live and work but at the same time we're not seeing the deportation, and that could be because they are worried about the international scrutiny. we saw a protest earlier here in the capitol outside of the haitian embassy. at that protest many of haitian decent saying they feel

dominican, they are dominican, and this should not be allowed to happen. argentina may become the first country to establish a law against cat calling. the proposed legislation would fine people who call out women as much as $774 if caught. those for the law believe it will curb sexual violence against women. spirit airlines passengers are upset after being stranded at airports nationwide. >> i will never ever book spirit again. >> they are booking us on every other airlines. this only seems to be affecting spirit. >> some have been left with no flights or alternative since monday. the company blamed the delays on bad weather. many say they were not notified of delays. the u.s. open golf

tournament is underway. but a few miles away there is a different kind of golf course making it easy for disabled veterans to tee up. >> the course looks good. i have tried playing golf with my prosthetic leg. it doesn't go so smoothly. >> it stands me up so i can stand up and swing through, one hand or two hands, whatever works best. i can put that way, and then lower myself back down. i'm jim martinson, i was an e-5 sergeant in the military and lost my legs in 1968 in vietnam. if i keep my head down just swing nice and easy. >> my name is aaron boil i served as an e-5 sergeant. i did a tour in iraq and then served in afghanistan, where i was hurt. >> nice shot. >> i lost my right arm and right

leg and had severe damage to 34imy left. >> we have blind golfers, posttraumatic stress golfers. >> every day you come out here and see a different person, a different injury. you hear different stories that they are willing to tell you. it's amazing. >> do you want me to help you or have you got it? >> i have got it. >> all of the bunkers are designed so i can travel in the bunker, hit, clean up my mess and then move on. every hole is named after a medal, and number 3 is the medal of honor hole. that means a lot to me because a lot of those guys gave their life. jack nicklas designed this golf course for grand total of $0. he did it just because he wanted

to help. >> okay. aaron, here is the competition right now. i'm going to be closer to the hole than you are. >> people come out here and can't take the trash talk then they shouldn't play with us. >> it's rehabilitating. it allows you to relate to life because in life you have challenges. if golf you have challenges, not -- not nearly as big. >> we just had our second child, a baby girl. she's almost two months old, and i love my life. and my injury didn't stop that. you keep going. you keep hammering at it. you keep moving. i'm kind of nervous about having a girl though man. >> oh it's a piece of cake. >> is it easier than the boy? >> much easier. [ laughter ] >> whether it's you having a job or taking care of your family you keep moving. >> man, i hit that ball a long

ways. >> yeah, you did. >> american league golf course gives me hope. >> great great great sport. >> boston's red sox third baseman is paying the price for using social media mid-game. he liked an image during a game. he will return to the field on thursday when the red sox face the kansas city royals. the fccc is taking steps to help poor americans pay for broadband internet. they will get $9.25 a month to pay for phone and internet access. delaware's governor has signed a law decriminalizing marijuana. pot smokers will be able to possess up to an ounce for private use. those caught smoking in public could still get their pot confiscated and face a fine.

23 states have that law now. thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next life from doha. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello there, welcome to the news hour. i'm shiulie ghosh in doha with the world's top news stories. coming up in the next 60 minutes. the suspect in the south carolina church attack that killed nine people has now been charged. we're live in charleston. yemen peace talks in geneva have collapsed. warring factions have failed to reach an agreement to stop the fighting. israel eases restrictions to allow tens