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the verge of a mass extinction event. humans are at risk. >> more tournament miss refor brazil's tulle super star. out of america a year after the world cup went wrong. hello. a website has come to light registered by the charleston shooting suspect on which he sets out his racist manifesto. the site pictures features showing 21-year-old with a kong ned rat flag burning and spitting on u.s. flags and visiting a confederate cemetery. on the website, he provides a cryptic explains that he had no choice. he was charged with the murder of nine black members of a church in south carolina.

mourners have laid flowers outside the church. people gathered to deliver boquets and messages to home to the emanuel african episcopal church. nine people were shot dead in a bible study in what police believe was a educationally motivated attack. church leaders confirmed it will reopen on sundays first for the first send since the shooting. the refer end says it is important for the community. >> we are people of faith >> and our faith is stronger than the fear and the racism and bigotry demonstrated by one individual. tomorrow morning at 8:30 the worship service here in the sanctuary so we are thankful to

the law enforcement agency at all levels for working as hard as they did to make sure we can enter the mother emmanuel tomorrow. >> the shooting in charleston has reignated debate over the confederate flag. seen there in the hands of the suspected killer. historically it was a symbol of the breakaway of southern states in the american civil war. but in more recent times, it's become more closely associated with racism. a report from columbia in south carolina. >> the confedrecall flag long a symbol of racism flies as part of the memorial on the statehouse grounds in south carolina days after nine african-americans were killed inside of a historic black church allegedly by a white man with rachel grievances. the flag was used by the confederate army who fought to sus seed from the u.s. for among other things to keep slavery during the civil war in the

early 1860s later adopted by the ku klux klan and the alleged killer posed with it on. >> as symbol of had redhatred. it's epidemicable we have this flag flying on our state grounds. >> it can only be removed by the state legislature. supporters say keeping it flying is about free speech and honors a part of american history. the killings in charleston have fueled the debate of whether it's an appropriate symbol. >> i see disrespect. i see racism. >> on the other side of the capitol is a monument honoring former u.s. senator strom thurman. he is known for his long battle to block the 19 set up 64 civil rights act that gave blacks the right to share public facilities with whites. there is the issue of current laws. the u.s. attorney general investigating the shooting as a

possible hate crime. most states have additional statutes that call for tougher sentencing and penalties for crimes motivated by hate. not here in south carolina. this is one of only five states with no local hate crime legislation. >> many say it's another symbol of a racially segregated past that lives on. >> people who hate people who have no tie in to humanity believe that freedom of speech gives them the right to say anything and not account for it. and we have to change that. >> but others say race relations here have improved. >> everyone could do a little bit better and make, you know make extra effort but overall, i think we are great strides ahead of where we used to be. >> back at the scene of the crime, mourners hoping out of straj tragedy can come healing and a better rachel understanding and an end to any symbols that might prevent that.

columbia south carolina. >> joining frus columbia is lonnie randolph the state president for the national association for the advancement of colored people the nnacp as it's more commonly known. could i get your sites on the website -- your thoughts on the website pictures of what it reveals about the motivations that trigger behind the mass killing in charleston? >>. >> well, you can start there and i will say good evening and good night to you because it's our time difference. i think it's self-explanatory. while i heard the comments made by one of your persons that you had on that you interviewed said that we could all do a little bit better. i really don't understand what that means. what would cause us not to do the best that we can do in being good citizens and good human

beings? i am puzzled by how casual and the calfvalier attitude so many take toward the issue of race. race is america's worst atrocity. it is america's greatest form of terrorism. remember, this stemmed from the civil war, and i know that's the past. but we don't talk about things of this nature especially to our young people and this young man was -- i don't know three years out of high school and having this kind of hate toward several groups of people. i understand there was something there in his belongings that talked about the hate of jews. the fact this flag, there are those who support it will tell you, well this is not the flag that the ku klux klan carried.

what difference does it make? the fact that it's a shorter flag than what the ku klux klan endorsed? does that mean we can shorten our views on hate towards people? nothing that supports what that group supported should be flying on state property. the naacp has been consistent. this organization has been consistent in its views and nothing has changed about that. the fact that it is to honor northern virginia doesn't mean anything to me. >> lonnie let me jump in there and ask you, then. you are referring there to the confederate flag. certainly on the website that has emerged, we see the sub expect visiting a confederate cemetery. you say that it's oh, my goodness this is. in america's past but these divisions are in the country's present as well. why is this flag still flown?

>> the naacp called for the removal of the stories. despite the inaccurate stories that have been told that we reached a compromise you don't hear me talking about any compromise. we asked for the flag to be removed completely from state property, and i respect the first amendment. but what i would ask those persons who say that this is a first amendment right, particularly those business people that have supported this put it on your business. put it in front of your grocery store. put it in front of your hospital. put it in front of your bank. we had two businesses in south carolina that did put it in front of their businesses. one of them is a barbecue place, maurice bessinger. look at his history, a known racist a person who went to the supreme court to deny african-americans from entering his business. there is no misconfusion or

misconception about what this symbol is about. it is about the things that the confederacy stood for. find me one sentence in the confederate constitution the constitution that the individuals who endorsed support this flag find me one sentence that says we are for all people equal rights for all people. no siree. you won't find that. it is for the rights of one group of people and we know who that group is. >> thanks very much for sharing your thoughts your views with us. appreciate it. lonnie randolph live from columbia, state president for the national association for the advancement of colored people. an access journalist has been detained detained. >> mansour says he is dismayed germany is cooperating with what he says are unjust orders by the egyptian government.

>> i am in detention in berlin airport in germany. i was detained upon an inter policy order despite the fact that i informed thempol order despite the fact that i informed them. i have this document from interpol to prove i am not wanted on any charge and that in all cases that were filed against me in egypt were fabricated. they insisted on holding me for investigation. they told me that they would transfer me to face an investigating judge who will dem my case. i refused today sign the detention request until i speak to my lawyer who just got here. we hope this misunderstanding will be resolved quickly. it is quite ludicrous that a company like germany would enforce this. when interpol, itself cleared my name is this document that i have in my hands. >> in response, the al jazeera

network's acting director released the following statement: the crackdown journalists by egyptian authorities is well known. our network is the arab's world's most watched has taken the brunt of this. others may not allow themselves to be tools of this media oppression, least of all that respect freedom of the media. he must be released immediately. the long awaited peace deal has been signed. greater representation for the rebels in the north and hopes to end decades of ethnic unrest. it fails to give the amount of ought on moo the rebels wanted. a report from the border between mali and moritania. >> we will bring you that report a better later o let's give you a little bit of context around

what's been happening in mali because the fighting has gone on for decades, escalated dramatically in recent years with violence in the north of the country after a coup in 2012 when large areas were seized by by al-qaeda-linked fighters. the tuaregs press for a separate state. in may, talks brokered by the u.n. in algiers resulted in an agreement signed by armed groups loyal to the government. until now the taureg has refused to sign. >> it is said although the deal is far from perfect, it's better than more fighting. >> to put it blintuntly, an imperfect peace agreement is better than a full-fledged war.

it's a compromise we know it demands sacrifices as it was rightly said in the report we are very far from the ideal of the militants. it's something of a partial autonomy. as i said, very far from independence. the problem here is that you have still in the northern part of the country skirmishes. you have terrorist cells acting against the unforces and you have also another handicap which is the fragmentation of the taureg movement. >> tens of thousands have rallied in london against the u.k. government's plans to boost austerity measures. roads were blocked as protestods voiced concerns. al jazeera was at the rally. >> reporter: it's the biggest and boldest challenge to the conservative government since winning a surprise majority in

last month's generally. in the heart of london's financial district, a sea of banners and slogans. it's precisely the global banking systems these protesters blame for exploiting society's most vulnerable a system they believe is propped up by prime minister david camrop's government. >> people campaigning over health service education, housing. all of these different things. what we are saying is we want a different kind of start. we are terrified of what the government is going to do. we are saying wealth we want an a lot tentative. >> through the center of the city, past downing street here to the very gates of parliament the police on high alert for signs of trouble. conservative party plans to introduce further spending cuts to pensions public services and social cell phone has raised the country's left wing.

environmentalits civil rights groups civil liberties some of the many thousands of people that have gathered here in central london united by one key aim: an end to austerity. >> there is so much wealth in this country, a lot more can be done by the rich. >> many here feel the conservative government's creating an unfair society, broadening the gap between rich and poor. they want the economic recovery to be driven by cooperation instead of competition. dive barca, argues,london. >> more to come for you on the al jazeera news hour. returning home to the ruins left by isil. a first family to make the journey back to tikrit to start rebuilding their lives. a city under water after two days of heavy rain. the people of mumbai are up to

their knees flood water. in sport, staying ontrack, a year of qualifying domination for mercedes. the un niethsdz is entering we are warning a dangerous new era for refugees. by the end of 2014, almost 60 million people were forced to leave their homes to escape war and persecution. the u.n. says there are now 19 and a half million refugees worldwide. another 38.2 million people are displaced within their own country. 1.8 million are seeking asylum. there has been a defendant huge rise in the number of people forced from their homes. syria's war is the world's single largest driver of displacement with 7.6 million internally displaced people and more than 3.8 million refugees

mark goldering, the chief executive officer of oxfam says more kneesneeds to be done to address this escalating crisis. >> when you see the burden that's being faced by those individuals, many of whom i just met within syria and lebanon this week, but, also by the host countries in the neighboring areas, you realize the scale of the challenge and the importance of striving both for political solutions and greater humanitarian assistance. we need to do two things. the first is we need to step up humanitarian assistance because we are only meeting a small share of those needs as a global community. and the second is, we have to recognize that with the scale of the crisis more of the developed nations of the world have got to do more to take some of the refugees in greater numbers than they are currently doing. giving money is important, but giving money is not enough when you've got so many closed borders.

>> many of those who have been forced to flee fighting in syria are seeking refuge intie. hundreds of families have fled as kurdish fighters for the isil for control of that town. a report. >> reporter: the shade of a park tree and a blanket, that's what acmad and his family have for shelter. the fighting in his hometown of tal abyad forced him out. they crossed into turkek seeing refuge but he is saying it is difficult to the feed his children. >> we have suffered so much. it's almost impossible to find milk for my baby. there is no work for me. how am i meant to buy food for me or my kids? >> there are hundreds of families like akmed's now camped out in the streets and parks of the turkish town. yet another addition to the millions of sirrians who have lost their homes because of the war. back in the town of kurdish fighters say they are in control

after kav capturing it from isil. administrative buildings used by isil still have its signs on the entrances. this one reads: islamic state membership. even though the expulsion of the armed group was welcomed by many, there are reports that some kurdish fighters are now targeting arab residents in the area. at least two arabs were killed on friday and several homes have allegedly been looted. the ypg, the kurdish group that controls it says these accusations aren't true. the situation in tal abyad is similar to that across syria. fighters from different groups together with the syrian army battle it out while homes continue to be destroyed and families displaced. left to soak refuge in a foreign land not knowing b or if they will return. al jazeera. well, the u.n. is appealing for $16,000,000,000 to help millions of yemenis avoid a humanitarian

disaster there. mohammed jandrun has more on that. >> reporter: suffering in place of celebration, this is yemen. we are supposed to feel joy says this man, to relax with our families. but look at us. the holy month began with a string of suicide car bombs and dozens dead in sanaa. we are living in pure horror this, this woman says. we are terrified. in geneva, peace negotiations between yemen's government in exile and the houthis were supposed to yield a cease-fire. instead, they resulted in scuffles. as the talks ended without an agreement to stop the fighting. the situation is so dire the u.n. launched an appeal for $16,000,000,000 to help civilians in yemen.

>> i am deliberately raising the alarm about the looming humanitarian catastrophfee facing yemen where 21 million yemenis, 80% of the country's population, are in need of some form of aid to meet their basic needs. >> severe water, food and medicine shortages are but a few of the many reasons the country's health system is close to collapse. millions of families no longer have access to proper sanitation, which means a recent outbreak of dengue fever could put more people at risk. unicef says 15.2 million people are in need of access to basic healthcare. yemenis had hoped they could observe their fasting and feasts in peace. now, it seems even this holy month of ramadan isn't enough to convince the warring factions to take a humanitarian pause. mohammed janjun al jazeera >> two people have been killed

in and six wounded when a car bomb exploded near a mosque in sanaa. islamic state of iraq in the levant said it was behind the attack. the group said in a statement published on several isil twitter accounts it was targeting houthi fighters who often used the mosque. residents of tikrit have started to return home three months after pro-government forces recaptured it from isil. two sides were engage nad month-long battle. en though fighters were forced out, much of the city has been left damaged and deserted. al jazeera's jane araf reports. >> for displaced iraqi families there are few occasions to celebrate. this trip home was one

don't want anything from the government except stability and peace of mind. >> tikrit is less than 50 kilometers from samara, but it's a journfamilies haven't been able to make for almost a year. iraqi forces and shia fighters recaptured the city from isil fighters in april. there has been so much destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest there is not much except a roof over their heads. there are no shops, no bakeries. the jasan family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit it's difficult. >> we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent an entire year not knowing where to go. the people of samara embraced us but we need all of the people in our neighborhood to return. >> city workers have restored electricity. tikrit needs a lot of expensive reconstruction and no one is offering to pay for it. >> it's not just rebuilding these needed of course. almost 3,000,000 iraqis have

been forced from their homes over the past year because of fighting. most of them won't return until they are reassured that isil won't come back again. >> it's not an easy promise to make. the front line has shifted time after time with isil retreating then returning. near samara these iraqi forces make a point of rehoisting a flag on a ridge captured from isil last week. with so much equipment seized by isil iraqi security forces have started designing their own armored vehicles. in desperation, this unit rigged up a remote controlled rifle to spray covering fire without putting a fighter in danger. the u.s. has responded by cautiously increasing its presence sending in more advisors to train sunni recruits at a base in ambar. these are the sons of tribes. they are not new to fighting, but it's a different battle. >> we fought in the old army then we fought al-qaeda in 2006,

'7 and '8. we were victorious and we smashed them completely because we had the initiative, the weapons and the support. nowadays isil is using armored vehicles and filling them with explosives explosives. how am i going to fight them? >> reporter: without the confid ince they can defeat them fewer will be willing to take the chance of going home. jane araf al jazeera, baghdad. still to come, afghanistan's king of the north, the man who is leading the fight against the taliban. plus: >> under the copy desk orthodox christianity like all of russia's religions was expressed. now, a revived union of conservative church and conservative state is gathering strength. i am rory challands in moscow. i will be back later to describe why some aren't so happy about this. >> coming up in your sport: in the firing line. roger federer with the world's

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containing the racist manifesto and pictures of the charleston shooter has been found online. 21-year-old dillon ruth was charged with murder of nine black members of a church in southern carolina. ang-al jazeera journalist has been detaped. a long-awaited peace deal has been signed. the new treaty gives a representation to the reynolds in the north and raises hopes of an end to decades of ethnic unrest. two days of heavy rains have brought mumbai to a standstill. millions have been standed in train stations or stuck in massive traffic jams because of flood flooded streets. more rain gheektsd.

>> reporter: this is how people in mumbai are traveling through the city. it's an improvement from industried friday. bringing cars, trains people to a halt. commutes that would take 30 to 40 minutes took 4 to six hours a day after, things aren't much better. >> yesterday, it was raining so heavily. i was not able to go to work. today, it's the same. i am trying to go. limited public transport lessened and was cleared from the train tracks. officials are asking people to use trains for emergencies only and advising them to stay indoors this weekend. rain ret up but flood water remains making it another difficult day tore people living

here. sflfrn this street was flooded after a bolder fell and prevented a flood gate from closing. fez jamil. >> the death toll of people killed by tainted alcohol has risen to 90. funerals have been taking place for those who drank cheap alcohol. 40 people are still in hospital. several have been arrested. unlicensed cheap alcohol is sometimes spiked with pesticides to give it more of a kick.

18 people and 6 wounded with their vehicle struck a roadside block bomb reports civilians from the the man regarded as most powerful outside kabul the governor has sent security forces he is offering to help neighbors do the same. a report on the man leading his region's fight against the talibantable some call him the king of the north. he started out fighting with the mujahadine 35 years ago. when the taliban was defeated, he trimmed his beard and became

a politician. people travel from all over afghanistan to meet him that's tribble elders and businessmen are hope this govern will solve their problems if you are committed to take the time, it's going to be more than weeks or months to wait right now the biggest issue is security from groups like the talibantable and the international movement. to attack central asia and south

china. new tactics. it's a dangerous war the governor has taken security into hi hands. we went to afghan security forces to clear out the talibantable. this has fortified the most important capital in the north. to a certain extent they stormed the attorney general's. 18 people were killed we are worried. we started sending forces to clear the talibantable mary people have begun to worry there

could be dark days ahead. nicole johnston al jazeera, nazarah sharif. >> more on the arrest of mansour in berlin. his lawyer joins me live in the studio. what do we know about his detention? >> it's shocking he should be arrested. where are the enter the policy informed the lawyers of mansaur? on the 28th of october 2014, that they have turned down all of the requests made by the authorities because they did not conform to the standards and rules of interpol. >> that's an important point. interpol rejected egypt's arrest warrant against him is it seems

this may be based on a request made earlier that month. some keeping him in a police station for many hours when there is no have judge. no judge could come in. until they look at his case properly. that's why there is a need now for the interpol season to be changed, looked into. you have the overwhelming majority of the interpol members, western democracies. new democracies. they shouldn't allow a dictatorial regime to extent influence, using the power of interpol to harass journalists

or stop them for days or months and dis turning their lifer, safety and their own lively. >> so tell me what happens to him now? >> this is the krieg by the e jipingdz. i have known from my experience with arab citizens when dictatorial rege-mails keep them at the airports for months if they are lucky days or weeks until a judge decides there are no grounds for detaining these people because the charge was politically motivated and the means to harass the opposition of disidents or people of the press like mansour and others. >> is it likely that he remains in detension now as you say, it's a weekend, so perhaps

courts in berlin are not as functional? he will face a german judge on monday. one scenario is that could he possibly be released and this could be resolved very quickly? what are your expectations? >> in theory and in practice a judge should have been there all the time i don't know what happened. his lawyer was doing his best. there is a good leading lawyer in berlin doing his best to find whether a judge could be summoned in order to look at this case because it is inconceivable to have someone who is an inch man. all he did was doing his job. leading programs on al jazeera and this is a ploy to terrorize al jazeera journalists and to paralyze al jazeera from doing its work. >> thanks very much for shedding a bit more light on the situation for us jrbar

representing the journalist mansour who is being detained in berlin? >> thank you. russia is a secular state according to its constitution but the orthodox church is wielding power over the spiritual, culture and political life. rory chalklands has more from moscow. for more than a thousand years through mongol innovations and communist athism the orthodox church has sometimes survived, sometimes thrived. today, it's thriving. the affection is called a miracle from god. they need each other.

pat tree arkansas and church gives to putin additional 240r9, additional legitimacy, yes. and patriarchs and church needs state because they part is pate in political life. >> using a recent law which criminal eyes truck driver offending religious feeling, there was an opera production banned banned. the theatre director was fired. now, the journey hits russian cine ma'am as. it's between the ministry of culture and shaings orthodox funds and tells the wartime journey of a young girl's spiritual conversion. there is this. sladz mirror, himself, a vast and contro versial 24 meter

statue taking place at the workshop a powerful church sponsored symbol of the unity of orthodox christianity and the state. >> on one side, he is a sainted and on the other, et cetera a prince collector of lands. he unified two lifes, a spiritual and governmental, military life. >> so a statutee to a collector of lands who happened to be chrissened on crimea's rocky shores built. this easter putin thanked the orthodox church for boosting pat tree on theism a sign he is returning to an age old model where kremlin and church work together to shore upstate power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianity

the basis of civilization is a tradition jay orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality. russia today is different from the 1830s. but echos of that statement remain the echoes seem to be getting louder. soy oil the earth has entered it's 6th period of extinction as a result of human activity. a study from the u.s. and mexico found 477 speetsz of vertebrae have disappeared rather than the nine that might have been expected. oil the barbarian line shaumberg's dear and it those

that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. the report warns, the process of pollinization by bees could end in three generations. if the current rate of extinction continues, humans quo it be casualties as well. joining us from mexico the researcher who led the research. were you surprised by this? i was. we were using conservative data we calculate thousands of records and second, we used the data from the international

confederation of nature on extinct pieces that is very stringent criteria before they declare one is extinct. and so we would expect using this data we will find a less dramatic result when we came out with the information, it was surprising. you know looking at some of the basics, if you could break it down these pieces what we find is a much much higher than that. this has been many scientists

and skeptics saying we are not entering the mass extinction because having the certainty that we use, we are really sure we are entering the 6th mass extinction. and let me refer you very quickly to some of the other sanctions yesterday saying that it will take like 200 years to reach the peak of extinction. 200 years is nothing in geological times. and this will be the fast event mass extinction ever this is why we are concerned. i would like to say we are extremely, extremely cautious on how we publicize findings. it's a dramatic and it may be kind of overwhelming to know what we are causing in nature. but on the other hand sooifrnts, we have to tell what

we see. >> if extinction rates continue at the current pace what does that mean for the human pieces is. >>? >> the human pieces 40, 50, 60 years, and we are the cause of those ex tinctions. we can do something to try to remediate the proper problem. what are the costs? i think the most importantnings to remember is that nature works properly because of these pieces.

remember, sign of thes find the benefit with get because of the proper work of nature. the combination of the gases of the atmosphere the quality and quantity of water, fertilization of soils, 75% of all of the drugs, the medicines that we are using right now they compound comes from plants and animals in the wild. so actually, it's a roving providing consistent services on the one hand and obviously, the possibilities of humans. >> i must say action doctor thank you very much for shedding a bit of light on what is a fascinating piece of research and thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> . good. so still to come with you on the al jazeera newshour a dramatic

mid-air rescue after a british army stuntman's parachute fails to om. in sport, the u.s. combat veterans who aren't letting injuries that get in the way of their golf.

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video filmed by spec tateors shows one parachuter catching another before they crash into the water. both men are safe and an investigation has been launched into the incident time for sport with lee. thank you very much. he suffered heart break in his home world cup and now the catch inand star of the brazilian team is outed after being suspended for four games attempted to headbutt nowhere oppose. punishment was increased. they are appealing. the tournament favorites,

germany. they scored first against sweden. sweden only scraped out of their group. the german team had too much. 4-1 to germany with just a few moment to go. the tournament over a week away and the warm-ups are coming towards conclusion federer reached the final for the 10th time. there is a sense of big occasion on the final day which i think

is very sweet you pulled out losing 4-1 in the first set. number 2 seed concerned about aggravating it before wimbledon. in london the top seed to win the tournament for a record equaling fourth time. disappointing a large crowd hoping to see the home favorite in action against victor troki, the players will have to come back on sunday. the winner playing the final later in the afternoon. which is likely to be good news for ken anderson into the final and can put his face up. the giant south african undefeated. three sets in the first before that rain came. mercedes completes a full year of domination with lewis hamilton's poll competition, round 8, hamilton with 2/10th

faster in qualifying. the only other man to win a race this season was third. the merits mercy driver has now been on pole for every race since last year's austrian grand prix. they didn't have it all of their own way way in qualifying. both men actually skidded off the rainy track. a chance of winning the first match on the fourth day. started at 118 for 5 in their first innings. still 182 behind. superb century took them into the lead. century stands with zamed and the maiden half century. the first lead of 117 and pakistan then take top 2, sri lankan wickets, removing star

batsman and enjoying it. still trail by 54 with eight 2nd winnings left in the 5th and final day. the world's best golfers are battling it out in the u.s. open at chambers bay. a few kilometers away in washington state, there are players facing an even greater challenge, a golf course for disabled war veterans the friends of american late veterans golf course. it was designed by jack nick nicholas two players, martinson and boil told al jazeera their story. >> the course looks good. i have tried playing golf with my prosthetic leg. these carts allow me to play. i love it. it stands me up so i can stand up, swing through, one hand or two hands, whatever works best. and then i lower myself back down. my name is jim martinson. i was an e-5 sergeant in the military and lost my legs in

vet vietnam in 1968. i keep my head down and swing nice and easy. >> my name is aaron boyle. i served in the u.s. army as an e-5 sergeant. i had two tours. one of in iraq and i served in afghanistan where i was hurt. i lost my right arm and my right leg and had severe damage to my left. >> we have blind golfers, am pew tea golfer, paraplegic golfers, post-traumatic stress golfers. >> you want me to help you or you got it? >> i got it. >> all of the bunkers are designed so i can travel into the bunker. i can hit out of the bunker and i can clean up my mess and then move on. >> is that a sandtrap right there? >> sandtrap there. yeah. >> jack nick lawsuit designed this back 9 for grand total of $0. he did it just because he wanted to help. >> it's rehabilitating.

it allows to you relate to life. in life you have challenges. i lost my leg. in golf you have challenges, not nearly as big. >> we just had our second child, a baby girl. i love my life and my injury didn't stop that . >> i am kind of nervous about having a girl, though man. >> it's a piece of cake. >> is it easier than the boy? >> much easier. >> whether that's you having a job or whether that's you taking care of your family, you keep moving. >> man, i hit that ball a long way. >> yeah, you did. >> american league golf course gives hope. great, great, great support all right. thank you very much. we have a round-up the top stories including the latest

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